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CHRIST GIVING CHRIST TO CHRIST Liturgical Spirituality for Liturgical Ministers O UR L ADY OF V ICTORY P ARISH 29 O CTOBER 2016 ST. AUGUSTINE (+430) Christian sacramental initiation Easter homilies to the newly baptized Behold

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CHRIST GIVING CHRIST TO CHRIST

Liturgical Spirituality for Liturgical Ministers

OUR LADY OF VICTORY PARISH 29 OCTOBER 2016

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  • ST. AUGUSTINE (+430)

Christian sacramental initiation

Easter homilies to the newly baptized “Behold what you are. Become what you receive.”

(Sermon 57)

“…say ‘Amen’ to what you are.” ( Sermon 272)

We have become and are becoming Christ by

grace

Which means … we are called not just to celebrate

liturgy/sacraments, but to become liturgy/sacraments

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SACRAMENTS AS ENCOUNTERS

The intent of liturgy is twofold:

To give glory, thanks, and praise to God To sanctify human persons

In sacramental-liturgical rituals

Christ acts first Our activity follows in response

Encounter that establishes, deepens, and

culminates in relationship

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FOUNDATIONS IN FAITH

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God wants to be in relationship with us God is wholly and Holy Other God continues to communicate with and be in

touch with human beings

God chooses to make Himself known in ways

that respect our capacity to receive

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FOUNDATIONS IN FAITH

God’s self-revelation comes to us through

Sacred Scripture Tradition

Liturgy (which incorporates Sacred Scripture) is a part of the

living Tradition of the Church as a vehicle and expression of

  • ur faith (CCC, 83)

Lex orandi, lex credendi = The law of prayer grounds the law of

belief. Complementary: “spiritual indwelling”

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FOUNDATIONS IN FAITH

God’s choosing to make

Himself known invites a response

In faith, hope, and love

God’s self-communication is

not so compelling that a person could not reject the invitation

“The sacraments … bear fruit in

those who receive them with the required dispositions.” (CCC, 1131)

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SACRAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

Mediation God’s presence and will are “known” to human

beings through

Persons (“…they became sacramental signs of

Christ.” – CCC, #1087)

Events The things associated with them

Not “information about,” but God’s very self

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SACRAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

The invisible God uses perceptible

reality to be with us and to touch

  • ur lives

In love To transform us To inspire us to further action To move us toward our ultimate goal

In all this, human beings do not

cease to be human beings

Dealing with divine and human

interaction

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SACRAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

Not a substitute for God or

simply a reminder of God’s presence, but a channel and catalyst of God’s presence

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REFLECTION QUESTION:

How have you experienced

  • thers as a sacrament of

God’s Presence (i.e., life, love, compassion, mercy, etc.) for you?

How have you experienced

yourself as a sacrament of God’s Presence for others?

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BREAK…

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CHRIST GIVING CHRIST TO CHRIST

Christ the minister Christ the “sign” Christ the brother/sister Becoming by participation

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SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM, 14

“The Church earnestly desires

that all the faithful be led to that full, conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations called for by the very nature of the liturgy. Such participation … is their right and duty by reason of their baptism.”

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PARTICIPATION…

…is both internal and external (SC, 19)

…includes verbal participation, ritual actions,

gestures, bodily attitudes, silence, etc.

…is often expressed outwardly and yet, it is

primarily a habit of interior presence and assent.

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SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM, 14

“In the reform and promotion of the liturgy,

this full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all

  • else. For it is the primary and indispensable

source from which the faithful are to derive the true Christian spirit and therefore pastors must zealously strive in all their pastoral work to achieve such participation…”

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LITURGY, ESPECIALLY EUCHARIST

 It’s not about us.

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LITURGY, ESPECIALLY EUCHARIST

It’s about

God.

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LITURGY, ESPECIALLY EUCHARIST

It’s about

encounter.

It’s about

relationship.

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ENCOUNTER “Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.”

Pope Benedict XVI First Encyclical Letter Deus Caritas Est (25 December 2005)

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OUR RESPONSE

We give

thanks and praise.

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RELATIONSHIP GROWS FROM ENCOUNTER

The liturgy of the Church is

a privileged place of encounter – by God’s choice.

Every liturgy – every

sacramental celebration – is an encounter with the living God!

We should walk out different

from the way we walked in because of this encounter.

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PARTICIPATION AND ENCOUNTER

Begin with the conviction that I will

encounter the presence of the living God in the celebration of the Church’s liturgy

Sacrosanctum Concilium, 7

In the presider (and other ministers) In the Word proclaimed In the people gathered In the sacraments, uniquely the Eucharist

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THE LIVING WORD OF GOD

Read and pray the scripture readings

before going to Mass

Listen to the proclamation of the Word

What do you hear?

Listen to the homily

How does it apply to your life? How will you live the Good News?

With family and friends, ask: What did you hear?

What did you experience?

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LIFE LIVED AS OFFERING

Bread and wine and more…

Offer yourself

See yourself as placed upon the altar

Desire to be transformed

“Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice

and yours may be acceptable to God…”

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PRAY THE GREAT PRAYER

“Lift up your hearts.”

Caught up into Christ’s prayer

Listen and pray

“May He make us an everlasting gift to You…”

Unity

“Amen!”

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INDWELLING

Take and eat – take and drink Why did Christ give us the gift of the Eucharist?

To be with us (presence) To join us to His ongoing saving activity (sacrifice) To grow community (friendship)

Pay attention to the Life living within you

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MISSION

Mass – dismissal – mission Choose to make a difference Witness

How did you encounter the

presence of the Living God in today’s celebration of the Mass?

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REFLECTION QUESTION:

What are you taking away?

What would you affirm? What did you find

challenging?

What do you need to reflect

upon further?

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