Congratulations Scott Pluff!

Last weekend, Scott Pluff graduated from the Aquinas Institute of Theology with a Master of Arts in Liturgical Theology. He successfully completed his comprehensive examinations in the areas of scripture,
church history, systematic theology, moral theology, and liturgical theology. His major paper focused on the role of the assembly as active participants in the paschal mystery of Christ.

We are blessed to have Scott at Epiphany and I hope we are blessed with his talented and generous ministry for many years to come. The most important time during my week is our Sunday Liturgies and Scott is integral into making so many of them expressions of prayer, beauty and joy. It's not easy to strike a proper balance between engaging the assembly without turning it into a liturgical production with the assembly as little more than spectators. A prayerful celebration acknowledges the assembly without focusing on the assembly. It's not about us, but about the Lord. We join our hearts and minds to His, it is through Him, with Him and in Him that we dare to approach the Father and offer our worship. It is the Holy Spirit that has summoned us for before the altar, opened for us the Sacred Scriptures and entrusts to us the miracle of the Eucharist.

I am sure Scott has more to say on this, so keep checking back here and in the bulletin for more liturgical formation and reflection.