In the Church, the official worship is called the liturgy, and there are three aspects of it.
There is the Mass, the celebration of the Sacraments and the Divine Office which is the Liturgy of the Hours.
The Mass is what we are most familiar with, and the format of the Mass is a standard ritual.
While the standard ritual of the Mass gives us a certainty and stability, some may find it rather rigid and even boring.
The liturgical law states that the essential parts of the Mass cannot be changed, and neither can there be additions or omissions.
That may bring us to reflect on what is said in the 1st reading about the essence of the gospel that St. Paul preached to the Corinthians.
He lamented that when someone came along and preached a so-called new message that was different from what St. Paul preached, the Corinthians welcomed it with open arms.
St. Paul stated that what he preached was the truth of Christ, and he preached it with love, regardless of how difficult or rigid it may seem to the Corinthians.
In the gospel, Jesus taught us a prayer that we are familiar with and it is the heart of all prayers.
All our prayers should flow from that prayer. That prayer should also lead us to forgive others and may we always find a deeper meaning for our lives in that prayer.