Liturgy and robotics.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 26, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

* Fr. John Giuliani's letter (NCR, Nov. 28) refers to "an ecclesial institution offering little more than robotic exercises." Compare, for example, the Collect in the Roman Missal for the First Sunday of Advent with that by Thomas Cranmer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The first reads:

"All-powerful God, increase our strength of will for doing good that Christ may find an eager welcome at his coming and call us to his side in the kingdom of heaven, where he lives and...

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