Liturgy Flashcards by Christine Casandra

public duty or sevice

Leitorgia

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of the people

Leitos

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work

Ergon

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means work done in behalf of the people; public service or work

Leitorgia

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people’s work and public duty ” in taking part in God’s redemptive plan

Liturgy

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official public worship of the church

Liturgy

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exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ

Liturgy

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is the official worship of the Church

Liturgy

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It is the source and summit of our total life of prayer

Liturgy

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The center of the Church’s liturgy is the _______________ which commemorates the Paschal Mystery of our Lord Jesus Christ - his Passion, Death, Resurrection, Ascension.

EUCHARIST

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Jewish-Christians were excluded from the synagogues, but they continued to develop a form of worship modeled on the Jewish service: a reading from Scripture with interpretation, preaching, prayer and praise.

Liturgy of the Word

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Assembly was presided over by an apostle, a prophet or a member specially gifted by the Holy Spirit.

Liturgy of the Word

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Prayers were completely free

Liturgy of the Word

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Jewish-Christians continued to meet for the breaking of the bread at the Lord’s supper.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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Private homes became inadequate, so sectional meals were tried, which leads to the danger of disunity.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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Adoption of the ceremonial Eucharistic meal instead of the community supper.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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all who are in the towns and in the country gather together for a communal celebration

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the Prophets are read

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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presider gives an address, urging hearers to practice these teachings - all stand up together and recite prayers, written by prominent leaders

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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bread and wine mixed with water offered with prayers and thanksgivings

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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people chime in with ‘Amen’

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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distribution of them, and the deacons bring a portion to the absent

Justin Martyr (~150 AD)

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Christian population rose to a vast majority all over the
Western world

4TH CENTURY: HOUSE TO BASILICA
Constantine

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Abandoned house liturgies for worship in larger public buildings

4TH CENTURY: HOUSE TO BASILICA
Constantine

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The emperor and his family erected great buildings for worship after the fashion of imperial buildings, palaces and halls.

4TH CENTURY: HOUSE TO BASILICA Constantine

all material things and creations are evil, including the human nature of Christ

Gnosticism

To offset Gnosticism (all material things and creations are evil, including the human nature of Christ), the material element of the sacrifice, the gifts of bread and wine, was now stressed, thus developing the Offertory of the Mass.

4TH CENTURY: HOUSE TO BASILICA Material creation

The altar became the center of attention, instead of the bishop himself

4TH CENTURY: HOUSE TO BASILICA Material creation

A definite framework used by all developed through tradition

7TH CENTURY Common liturgy

Liturgical texts and regulations were gradually prescribed

7TH CENTURY Common liturgy

eventually became the liturgy of the whole Western Church in preference to those from Alexandria, Antioch, Byzantium.

The Roman liturgy

The Roman liturgy eventually became the liturgy of the whole Western Church in preference to those from Alexandria, Antioch, Byzantium.

7TH CENTURY Common liturgy

reformed the liturgy by precisely outlining the rubrics, texts and behavior to be expected

Council of Trent (1563)

Insisted on good preaching at Mass and urged people to receive communion on Sundays - Saint Pius V established the Congregation of Rites, a clerical commission to watch over liturgical behavior in the Church

Council of Trent (1563)

Froze the form of worship that had tradition going for it, but left no room for the pulse of the people

Council of Trent (1563)

encouraged the use of Gregorian chant and called for writing of new Church music in the spirit of the liturgy

Pius X (1903-14)

asked all Catholics to go to Communion frequently, thus drawing their attention to a sacrament as a major source of spiritual growth

Pius X (1903-14)

lowered the First Communion age from 12 or 13 to 7 or 8

Pius X (1903-14)

Local language is used (vs all Latin

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Prayers and rituals are simplified to get back to their original intent

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Priest communicates directly with the congregation (vs facing the tabernacle)

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Scriptural readings are given great importance

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Congregation participates through spoken responses and song (vs minimal singing)

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Communion is often received in the forms of bread and wine (vs bread only)

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Introduced lay readers and lay ministers of Communion

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

Designed to celebrate Jesus present among the community of believers

Vatican Council II (1962-65)

THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF THE LITURGY

Trinitarian and Paschal Ecclesial Sacramental Ethically oriented Eschatological

directed to the Father, through His Son’s Paschal Mystery, in their Holy Spirit

Trinitarian and Paschal

Celebrated by the WHOLE Christ, Head and members, actively participating in various roles

Ecclesial

celebrated through symbolic rituals, words and gestures by which the faithful both express faith in Christ and share in the salvation symbolized.

Sacramental

directly related to moral life by empowering full responsible Christian discipleship.

Ethically oriented

making present God’s Kingdom already begun but not yet fully accomplished

Eschatological

VATICAN II’S GENERAL PRINCIPLES ON THE LITURGY

Active Full Communitarian Conscious and Intelligent Easy Fruitful

active involvement in the salvific plan of God

Active

readiness to cooperate with God in the work of salvation

Full

each member will perform his/her proper role/part in the community.

Communitarian

understand the meaning of the signs and symbols in the Liturgy

Conscious and Intelligent

without requiring too many explanation

Easy

ought to experience transformation

Fruitful

the official public worship of the Blessed Trinity’ by the whole Church, through the celebration of Christ’s Paschal Mystery, in a sacramental, symbolic activity, with intrinsic moral/ethical links, and in a built-in eschatological orientation toward perfect fulfilment in the future.

Liturgy

Two main parts of Liturgy

Liturgy of the Word Liturgy of the Eucharist

Two other parts of the Liturgy

The Introductory/Entrance Rite The Concluding Rite

Presence of God with His People or entering into the history of Salvation

Introductory/Entrance Rite

Making of the Covenant – Word given and accepted

Liturgy of the Word

Sealing of the Covenant – Covenant proclaimed and experienced in the covenantal sacrifice

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Sending on mission to share and gather further in view of realizing universal covenantal community.

Concluding Rite

Taking its origin from the very day of Christ’s Resurrection, the Church celebrates the Paschal mystery every seventh day, which day is appropriately called the

Lord’s Day or Sunday, the “New Sabbath”

is the pre-eminent day for the liturgical assembly, when the faithful gather “to listen to the Word and take part in the Eucharist, thus calling to mind the Passion, Resurrection, and the glory of the Lord Jesus”

Sunday

It is the annual cycle in which the various aspects of Christ’s Paschal Mystery unfold.

Liturgical Calendar

the memorials of martyrs and other saints.

The Sanctoral cycle

To sanctify the hours of the day, the _______________ is intended to become the prayer of the whole People of God.

Liturgy of the Hours

In it, Christ “continues his priestly work through his Church.”

Liturgy of the Hours

are sacred signs/symbols which signify some spiritual effect which is realized through the action of the Church.

Sacramentals

- blessings (homes, cars, field) - actions (kneeling, bowing) - words (litanies, novena prayers, pious invocations) - objects (ashes, candles, crucifix, rosaries, statues) - places (churches, shrines) - time (liturgical seasons)

Sacraments of Initiation:

Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist

Sacraments of Penance:

Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation

Sacraments of Commitment of Service:

Matrimony, Holy Orders