Friday, April 27, 2012
223. How does the Holy Spirit work in the liturgy of the Church? (part 4) (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 1100) The Word of
God. The Holy Spirit first recalls the meaning of the salvation event to
the liturgical assembly by giving life to the Word of God, which is proclaimed
so that it may be received and lived: In the celebration of the liturgy, Sacred
Scripture is extremely important. From it come the lessons that are read and
explained in the homily and the psalms that are sung. It is from the Scriptures
that the prayers, collects, and hymns draw their inspiration and their force,
and that actions and signs derive their meaning (SC 24). (CCC 1101) The Holy Spirit gives a spiritual
understanding of the Word of God to those who read or hear it, according to the
dispositions of their hearts. By means of the words, actions, and symbols that
form the structure of a celebration, the Spirit puts both the faithful and the
ministers into a living relationship with Christ, the Word and Image of the Father,
so that they can live out the meaning of what they hear, contemplate, and do in
the celebration.
On reflection
(CCC 1102) "By the saving word of God, faith … is
nourished in the hearts of believers. By this faith then the congregation of
the faithful begins and grows" (PO 4). The proclamation does not stop with
a teaching; it elicits the response of
faith as consent and commitment, directed at the covenant between God and
his people. Once again it is the Holy Spirit who gives the grace of faith,
strengthens it and makes it grow in the community. The liturgical assembly is
first of all a communion in faith. [IT CONTINUES]
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