In this episode of Catholic Unscripted, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert are joined once again by Brian Williams to explore the Catholic liturgy, the changes of the modern era, and what has been lost in the process.
Drawing on theology, history, and lived experience of parish life, the conversation examines how the liturgy shifted in the decades following the Second Vatican Council, why beauty and reverence were sidelined, and how music, language, and posture shape belief itself.
Rather than treating liturgy as a matter of personal taste or nostalgia, this discussion addresses worship as something received, not invented — and asks whether the Church can recover a sense of continuity, sacred order, and transcendence in an age shaped by utility and informality.