Liturgy is a most intimate facet of the Christian assemblies lived faith in Jesus Christ and a function of the presence of within it. The liturgy, like the Sabbath is not playing for the faithful assembly, but it sustained summons home to God in Christ. It is the fundamental way church stands before the father in Christ, filled with his spirit.
Aiden Cavanaugh, Elements of Rite, 7.
Locus Communis 