Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum...
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Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium
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" …the tradition I received from the Lord and also hand on to you is that on the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and after he had given thanks, he broke it, and he said 'This is my body which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.' And in the same way, with the cup after supper saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.' " (I Cor. 11:23-25)
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*1947-- dialogue Mass
*1947--Mediator Dei--Document on Sacred Liturgy
*1955--Musicae Sacrae Disciplina (Document on Sacred Music)
*1951--reform of Holy Week liturgy, especially the Easter Vigil
*1956--Assisi Congress
*1957--fast rule changed to one hour
*1957--allowed evening Mass on feast days
*1960--simplified liturgical calendar, breviary and Mass
*1962--Tridentine Mass was modified; vernacular could be used, but the canon still in Latin
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• Greek word: work
of the people or
work for the
people
• Public work
*Public work of the Body
of Christ
*Public response to the
free gift of grace from
our loving God
*Participation in God’s
work in the world
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*The Mass
*The Sacraments
*The Liturgy of the
Hours
Liturgy is the source and the goal
of all the Church’s activity.
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Goals:
1. To energize the Catholic faithful
2. To update the church
3. To encourage unity of all Christians
4. To reach out to the whole world
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*Liturgy affects us (influences)
*Liturgy creates an affect in us
(emotion)
*Liturgy produces an effect in us
(transforms & changes)
*Liturgy causes an effect
(response/action)
*Liturgy becomes an effect
(becomes a part of us the more
we practice it)
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Father:
*Source of all blessings from the beginning
*Plan of salvation
*Source of the liturgy’s blessings
Son:
*communicates his grace to the faithful of all times and places
*through the Apostles and their successors
*Christ makes present the work of salvation in the Eucharistic sacrifice and the Sacraments.
Holy Spirit:
*Prepares the assembly
to encounter Christ
*Recalls and manifests
Christ to the assembly
*Makes the mystery of
Christ really present
*Makes the gift of
communion bear fruit
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Though all of the Sacraments
"form an organic whole" in which
each particular sacrament has its
own vital place, "the Eucharist
occupies a unique place as the
‘Sacrament of Sacraments’: ‘all
the other sacraments are ordered
to it as to their end’.”
(CCC, #1211).
**In the bread and wine
*In the presider
*In the Word of God proclaimed
*In the assembly
*In all the sacred words and actions
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* remembering
(anamnesis)
* becoming what
we celebrate
through the
power of the Holy
Spirit (epiclesis)
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*The priest faced people
*Altar focus of attention
Removal of the altar rail
*Lay involvement in helping
to plan the services
*Laity as communion
ministers and lectors
*Mass of the Resurrection.
*Three Scripture readings
*Three year cycle of
Sunday readings
*Revised liturgical year
emphasized centrality of
Christ.
*Communion received
standing & in the hands
What do the Liturgy and the Sacraments have to
do with my life, and with the life of the Church?
•We must come to the Mass with the
proper disposition
•We must fully and consciously
participate in the Liturgy
•We must follow through with prayer
•We live our Baptismal call and the
Eucharist
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*How might we help others “participate
more fully, more consciously and more
actively in the Sunday Mass?”
*In a culture focused on the
“weekend”, how can we help others
reclaim Sunday as the “day of the
Lord”—a day dedicated to God?
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*Select one sacrament
where you have seen
a change. How are
you celebrating the
sacraments differently
today than in the
past?
Restore the Catechumenate (RCIA)
Music and art to promote piety and
engage all to participate
Liturgical calendar focuses on Christ
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*We are born anew by
Baptism, strengthened
by the sacrament of
Confirmation, and
receive in the
Eucharist the food of
eternal life.
(CCC #1212)
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*Role of parents & godparents in Baptism of Infants
*Rite of Reception of the Baptized into Full Communion for those who are already validly baptized
*Rite of Confirmation
*Prayers of Penance to show effect of the sacrament
*Rite for the Burial of Infants.
*Anointing of the Sick
*Rite of Ordination
*Rite of Marriage
*Rite of the Consecration of Virgins and religious profession.
*Funeral Rites so they may more clearly express the character of Christian death.
*Rite for the Burial of Infants.
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*(SC#106) By a tradition handed down from the apostles, which took its origin from the very day of Christ’s resurrection, the Church celebrates the paschal mystery every eighth day, which day is appropriately called the Lord’s Day or Sunday. For on this day Christ’s faithful are bound to come together into one place. They should listen to the word of God and take part in the Eucharist, thus calling to mind the passion, resurrection and glory of the Lord.”
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*“Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me
and I in him.” (Jn 6:56)
*Spiritual sacrifice by the
assembly of the faithful: offering
ourselves to the Father in union
with Christ…
*Christ transforms us into himself,
so we can transform the world
with his presence
Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for the gift of
Christ in the Eucharist, and we ask you to send the Holy
Spirit upon us so that we, like the Apostles, might take
Him “to the streets” of our daily lives. We ask this
through the intercession of Mary, Our Lady of the
Eucharist and Queen of the Apostles. Amen!
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium