Worship pulls us out of the bubble of our being that suffocates us. It is a rejection of narcissism and self-contemplation. It frees us from self-satisfied egoism and expresses our fundamental relationship with one another as co-worshippers. (…) We are liberated from our petty obsession with ourselves. We kneel and worship because – thanks be to God – we are not the center of the world. It revolves around other people, and ultimately around God. In the words of Richard Rohr: “Your life is not about you.” In the words of Saint Paul: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” We step back from the center stage. We are happy to have a small supporting role; in my case, it is the role of an unpolished monk.
(Timothy Radcliffe OP /*1945/, Being Alive in God)
