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9/2/2019 RCIA 13: Liturgy and Liturgical Prayer 13: Liturgy and Liturgical Prayer Liturgy: An Introduction Liturgy : work/service done in the name of the people Christian: Churchs participation in Christs work of salvation

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13: Liturgy and Liturgical Prayer

Liturgy: An Introduction

  • Liturgy: work/service done in the name of the

people

– Christian: Church’s participation in Christ’s work of salvation through…

  • worship of God
  • proclamation of the Gospel
  • active life of charity

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  • Narrower sense

– Rites and ceremonies of the Church’s corporate worship

  • Mass
  • Other sacraments
  • Liturgy of the Hours
  • Rite of Christian Initiation
  • f Adults
  • Blessings

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  • Chief liturgist: Christ

– Pleads continuously on our behalf to the Father – The Church offers thanks, praise, love to God in union with Jesus – God then blesses, sanctifies, loves His people

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  • Work of the Trinity (from above)

– Father: source of all blessing – Son: blessings come through Christ – Holy Spirit: sanctifies “We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.”

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  • Work of the Church (from below)

– Body of Christ united to her Head – Through the activity of the Holy Spirit – True worship rendered back to the Father

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  • Jesus is principal actor

– In His Word – In His minister, the priest – In the people gathered in His name – In the sacrament of the Eucharist

  • Body
  • Blood
  • Soul
  • Divinity

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  • The Mass as foretaste of Heaven

– Jesus stands before the Father

  • ffering Himself eternally

– All angels join in singing:

  • “Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and

honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen” (Rev 7:12)

– We participate in this at Mass, uniting with them

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  • The Sacraments

– Mass is the summit of the Church’s liturgy – Other sacraments also constitute the core of liturgical life – Action of the Holy Spirit at work in the Body – They do what they symbolize

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  • Liturgical calendar

– The liturgy sanctifies time (hours and days) – Advent – Christmas – Lent – Easter – Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office)

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  • Conclusion

– As the Church prays, so she believes – Unity of celebration and worship

  • Yet incorporates rich cultural diversity
  • Exhibits catholicity (universality)

– Human culture can be redeemed by being brought into the mystery of Christ

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Amen

  • Amen

– Derived from Hebrew root providing “believe” – Indicates solidity, trustworthiness, faithfulness

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Amen

  • Old Testament

– “Truth” – Acceptance – Following expressions

  • f praise

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Amen

  • New Testament

– Following expressions of praise or a blessing – “[T]he faithful and true witness” (Rev 3:14) – Jesus’ uses of it

  • Opens a teaching with it to tell us that His statement is

worthy of our complete trust

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Amen

  • Mass

– End of creed: I believe it all – The Great Amen after “Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, God, for ever and ever.” – Receiving Communion: “Yes, it is true!” (CCC 1396)

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Amen

  • Prayer

– All prayers end with “Amen” – “so be it!”

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Amen

  • Jesus

– “[T]he ‘Amen’ of infinite love and perfect faithfulness” (CCC 1064)

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Crucifixion (c. 1622) by Anthony van Dyck

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Liturgical Vocabulary List

Altar: the table on which the central sacrifice of the Eucharist is offered during Mass

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Ciborium: holds the Eucharistic hosts Chalice: holds the wine to be consecrated

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Liturgical Vocabulary List

Genuflection: bending the right knee to the ground as an act of reverence

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Liturgical Vocabulary List

Holy Water: blessed water just inside the en- trance of church used to make sign of the cross

– Powerful reminder of Baptism

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Liturgical Vocabulary List

Lectionary: contains Scripture readings proclaimed during Mass Missal: Contains prayers, directions, and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

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Liturgical Vocabulary List

Monstrance: vessel used to expose the Eucharist during adoration and Benediction Tabernacle: shrine for the exclusive reservation of the Blessed Sacrament

– Solid, immovable, prominent

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The Liturgy of the Hours

  • “Through [Christ] then let us continually
  • ffer up a sacrifice of praise to God”

(Hebrews 13:15)

– Early Christians developed custom of praying regularly at fixed times throughout the day – Participation in public prayer of the community

  • Even more important than private

prayer

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The Liturgy of the Hours

  • “For where two or three are gathered in my

name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20)

– In any liturgical prayer

  • f the Church,

the whole Mystical Body of Christ is present

  • As well as choirs of angels

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(1893) by Heinrich Hofmann

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The Liturgy of the Hours

  • Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office)

– Prayer of the whole People of God – Official prayer of the Church – Obligatory

  • in whole for priests, transitional deacons
  • in part for permanent deacons, some religious

– All the faithful invited to participate

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The Liturgy of the Hours

  • Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) (cont.)

– Four-week cycle of…

  • singing Psalms
  • reading Scripture
  • interceding for needs of whole Church

– Five times a day (the whole day and night made holy)

  • Office of readings (early morning)
  • Lauds (morning)
  • Sext (noontime)
  • Vespers (early evening)
  • Compline (before bed)

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