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Programme
Welcome & Prayer
Review of the nature of the
Sacred Liturgy
and Holy Mass
The Ars celebrandi – some things
to consider
Useful (Re)sources
Reading for the October holiday …
Sacrosanctum ConciliumGeneral Instruction of the Roman MissalSacramentum Caritatis – Benedict XVICatechism of the Catholic ChurchSacramentum Redemtionis
We did half-expect to see the priest’s hands burst spontaneously into flame as he handled the distilled essence of the Mind that invented the universe.
Earth Unites With Heaven
Of all things Catholic, there is nothing so familiar as the Mass. With its timeless prayers, hymns, and gestures, the Mass is like home to us. Yet most Catholics will go a lifetime without seeing beyond the surface of the memorized prayers. Few will glimpse the powerful supernatural drama they enter into every Sunday. Pope John Paul II has called the Mass “heaven on earth,” explaining that “the liturgy we celebrate on earth is a mysterious participation in the heavenly liturgy. (p3)
The Mass – and I mean every single Mass – is heaven on earth.”SCOTT HAHN, The Lamb’s Supper (p5)
In our liturgy here on earth, we receive a foretaste of and a share in the heavenly liturgy that is celebrated in the holy city Jerusalem towards which we are wending our pilgrim way and in which Christ is, seated at the right hand of God, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle.
Sacrosanctum Concilium 8cf CCC 1326
Source and summit
[T]he Liturgy is the peak towards which the Church’s activity tends, just as it is the also the fountain-head from which all its activity flows.
Sacrosanctum Concilium 10
The celebration of Mass … In it is found the high point both of the action by which God sanctifies the world in Christ and of the worship that the human race offers to the Father, adoring him through Christ, the Son of God, in the Holy Spirit.
GIRM 16
Work of God
The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old
Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in
redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He
accomplished this work principally by the Paschal mystery of his
blessed Passion, Resurrection from the dead and glorious
Ascension, whereby “dying he destroyed our death, rising he
restored our life.” for it was from the side of Christ as he slept
the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth “the
wondrous Sacrament of the whole Church.” For this reason, the
Church celebrates in the Liturgy above all the paschal mystery by
which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation.CCC 1067
Work of God
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
Do this in remembrance of me
It is true to say that Christ always joins with himself in this great work, in which God is perfectly glorified and men sanctified, the Church his most dearly beloved Bride: she calls upon her Lord and through him presents her worship to the Eternal Father.
Sacrosanctum Concilium 7
Do this in remembrance of me
Thanksgiving
Memorial
Presence
ThanksgivingThe Eucharist is also the sacrifice of praise by which the Church sings the glory of God in the name of all creation. This sacrifice of praise is possible only through Christ: he unites the faithful to his person, to his praise, and to his intercession, so that the sacrifice of praise to the Father is offered through Christ and with him, to be accepted in him.
CCC 1361
MemorialWhen the Church celebrates the Eucharist, she commemorates Christ’s Passover, and it is made present: the sacrifice Christ offered once for all on the cross remains ever present.
CCC 1364
With him, she herself is offered whole and entire … The lives of the faithful, their praise, sufferings, prayer and work, are untied with those of Christ and with his total offering, and so acquire a new value.
CCC 1368
Presence
In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist ‘body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and, therefore, the whole Christ, is truly, really, and substantially contained.’
CCC 1373
Biscuit break!
Ars celebrandi
Mother Church greatly desires that all the faithful may be brought to take that full, intelligent, active part in the liturgical celebrations which the nature of the liturgy itself requires, and which in virtue of their baptism, is the right and duty of the Christian people, ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people’ (1 Pet 2:9; cf. 2:4-5)
Sacrosanctum Concilium 14
Before Mass
Whole life!!ConfessionFastingPersonal study & prayerArrive on time
ArchitectureChurches, therefore, should be suitable for carrying out the sacred action and for ensuring the active participation of the faithful. Sacred buildings and requisites for divine worship should, moreover, be truly worthy and beautiful and be signs and symbols of heavenly realities
GIRM 288
Art“Images of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints, in accordance with the Church’s most ancient tradition, should be displayed for veneration by the faithful in sacred buildings and should be arranged so as to usher the faithful toward the mysteries of faith celebrated there.
GIRM 318
Everything related to the Eucharist should be marked by beauty.
Sacramentum Caritatis 41
Sacred VesselsSacred vessels are to be held in special honour …made from precious metal …Non-absorbent materialsClearly distinguishable from those intended for everyday use
GIRM 327-334
VestmentsIt is fitting that the beauty and nobility of each vestment derive not from abundance of overly lavish ornamentation, but rather from the material that is used and from the design.
GIRM 344
During Mass
“We need to be aware, therefore, that “participation” does not refer primarily to external activity or function during the celebration of Mass; rather, it refers to a deeply spiritual, interior participation of mind and heart, filled with devotion and penetrating the very depths of the mysteries we celebrate.”
USCCB
MinistriesReaderExtraordinary Minister of Holy
Communion
Singing and silence
Emphasising the importance of the ars celebrandi also leads to an appreciation of the value of liturgical norms. The ars celebrandi should foster a sense of the sacred and the use of outward signs which help cultivate this this sense.These texts contain riches which have been preserved and express the faith and experience of the People of God over its two-thousand-year history.
Sacramentum Caritatis 40
The Roman Missal
The Lectionary
It doesn’t always need to be Holy Mass …
Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament
Prayer time
Assemblies
Useful Websiteswww.liturgytools.netwww.universalis.comwww.liturgyoffice.org.ukwww.biblegateway.comwww.bustedhalo.comwww.icelweb.org/musicfolder/openmusic.phpwww.ccwatershed.org/liturgywww.icelweb.org/musicfolder/openmusic.phpYouTube: bustedhalovideo
Task
Choose one area of the ars celebrandi and discuss how this is experienced in your school and how you could improve it.
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