Friday, September 2, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 187 - Part IV.
(Youcat answer - repeated) Sunday is
the center of Christian time, for on Sunday we celebrate Christ’s Resurrection,
and every Sunday is a miniature Easter.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
1167 a) Sunday is the pre-eminent day for the liturgical assembly, when the
faithful gather "to listen to the word of God and take part in the
Eucharist, thus calling to mind the Passion, Resurrection, and glory of the
Lord Jesus, and giving thanks to God who 'has begotten them again, by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead' unto a living hope" (SC 106):
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) If Sunday is disregarded or
abolished, only workdays are left in the week. Man, who was created for joy,
degenerates into a workhorse and a mindless consumer. We must learn on earth
how to celebrate properly, or else we will not know what to do in heaven. Heaven
is an endless Sunday.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
1167 b) When we ponder, O Christ, the marvels accomplished on this day, the
Sunday of your holy resurrection, we say: "Blessed is Sunday, for on it
began creation… the world's salvation ... the renewal of the human race.... On
Sunday heaven and earth rejoiced and the whole universe was filled with light.
Blessed is Sunday, for on it were opened the gates of paradise so that Adam and
all the exiles might enter it without fear (Fanqîth, The Syriac Office of Antioch, vol. VI, first part of Summer, 193
B).
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