Thursday, April 26, 2012
223. How does the Holy Spirit work in the liturgy of the Church? (part 3) (continuation)
(Comp
223 repetition) The very closest cooperation is at work in the liturgy between
the Holy Spirit and the Church. The Holy Spirit prepares the Church to
encounter her Lord. He recalls and manifests Christ to the faith of the
assembly. He makes the mystery of Christ really present. He unites the Church
to the life and mission of Christ and makes the gift of communion bear fruit in
the Church.
“In brief”
(CCC 1112) The mission of the Holy Spirit in the liturgy of
the Church is to prepare the assembly to encounter Christ; to recall and
manifest Christ to the faith of the assembly; to make the saving work of Christ
present and active by his transforming power; and to make the gift of communion
bear fruit in the Church.
To deepen and explain
(CCC 1097) In the liturgy
of the New Covenant every liturgical action, especially the celebration of
the Eucharist and the sacraments, is an encounter between Christ and the
Church. The liturgical assembly derives its unity from the "communion of
the Holy Spirit" who gathers the children of God into the one Body of
Christ. This assembly transcends racial, cultural, social - indeed, all human
affinities. (CCC 1099 The Spirit and the Church cooperate to manifest Christ
and his work of salvation in the liturgy. Primarily in the Eucharist, and by analogy
in the other sacraments, the liturgy is the memorial
of the mystery of salvation. The Holy Spirit is the Church's living memory (Cf.
Jn 14:26).
On reflection
(CCC 1098) The assembly should prepare itself to encounter its Lord and to become "a people
well disposed." The preparation of hearts is the joint work of the Holy
Spirit and the assembly, especially of its ministers. The grace of the Holy
Spirit seeks to awaken faith, conversion of heart, and adherence to the
Father's will. These dispositions are the precondition both for the reception
of other graces conferred in the celebration itself and the fruits of new life
which the celebration is intended to produce afterward. [IT CONTINUES]
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