“When we thank God for the blessings in life and the Saints, especially thanking Him for His Mother the Panagia, it is like celebrating our own liturgy before God, similar to the Divine Liturgy”
When we give thanks and glory (doxology) to God, we offer a kind of ‘liturgy’ to Him.
Holy Communion is referred to also as the Eucharist, and we are reminded that the Saints sometimes refer to the Divine Liturgy as “Η Θεἰα Ευχαριστἰα” (Theia Eucharistia) The Divine ‘Thanksgiving’. The common root word here referring to giving thanks.
We have a similar opportunity to live liturgically each day, when we choose to give thanks. Our thoughts, words, and actions can be like small 'liturgies', taking what God gives us, transforming it to our best ability, and offering it back to Him so He may bless it further.
God gives us His creation: our skills, possessions, time, and opportunities, and we transform these things into something more(1) - offer it back to Him in gratitude - and then He blesses these things offering us even more beauty in life than we could ever imagine. Human beings are liturgical by nature. Our daily lives take after the Divine Liturgy; we live the ‘liturgy after the Divine Liturgy’. When we make the effort to constantly multiply and transform our God-given abilities and possessions to their fullest potential, thanking God for them, to the glory of God and love of neighbor, we will see that He will bless our lives and those around us with His peace and joy.
