Friday, August 19, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 182. - Part II
(Youcat answer - repeated) Celebrating the
liturgy means encountering God; allowing him to act, listening to him, responding
to him. Such dialogues are always expressed in gestures and words.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1154) The liturgy of
the Word is an integral part of sacramental celebrations. To nourish the
faith of believers, the signs which accompany the Word of God should be
emphasized: the book of the Word (a lectionary or a book of the Gospels), its
veneration (procession, incense, candles), the place of its proclamation
(lectern or ambo), its audible and intelligible reading, the minister's homily
which extends its proclamation, and the responses of the assembly
(acclamations, meditation psalms, litanies, and profession of faith).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Jesus spoke to men through
signs and words. So it is in the church, also, when the priests offers the
gifts and says, “This is my Body…this is my Blood”. Only these interpreting
words of Jesus cause the signs to become sacraments: signs that bring about what
they signify.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1155) The liturgical word and action are inseparable both
insofar as they are signs and instruction and insofar as they accomplish what
they signify. When the Holy Spirit awakens faith, he not only gives an
understanding of the Word of God, but through the sacraments also makes present
the "wonders" of God which it proclaims. The Spirit makes present and
communicates the Father's work, fulfilled by the beloved Son.
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