Monday, September 12, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 192 - Part I.
(Youcat
answer) There are changeable and unchangeable components of the liturgy.
Unchangeable is everything that is of divine origin, for instance, the words of
Jesus at the Last Supper. Then there are changeable parts, which the Church
occasionally must change. After all, the mystery of Christ must be proclaimed,
celebrated, and lived out at all times and in all places.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
1200) From the first community of Jerusalem until the Parousia, it is the same
Paschal mystery that the Churches of God, faithful to the apostolic faith,
celebrate in every place. The mystery celebrated in the liturgy is one, but the
forms of its celebration are diverse. (CCC 1209) The criterion that assures
unity amid the diversity of liturgical traditions is fidelity to apostolic
Tradition, i e., the communion in the faith and the sacraments received from
the apostles, a communion that is both signified and guaranteed by apostolic
succession.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Jesus effectively addressed the entire person: mind and
understanding, heart and will. That is precisely what he wants to do today also
in the liturgy. That is why it has different characteristics in Africa and in
Europe, in nursing homes and at World Youth Days, and differs in appearance in
parishes and monasteries. But it must still be recognizable that it is the one
liturgy of the whole worldwide Church.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
1201) The mystery of Christ is so unfathomably rich that it cannot be exhausted
by its expression in any single liturgical tradition. The history of the
blossoming and development of these rites witnesses to a remarkable
complementarity. When the Churches lived their respective liturgical traditions
in the communion of the faith and the sacraments of the faith, they enriched
one another and grew in fidelity to Tradition and to the common mission of the
whole Church (Cf. Paul VI, EN 63-64).
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