Worship Flashcards
is interior reverence and homage offered to the Divine Majesty through words and actions in public ritual.
Worship
Authentic worship “in Spirit and truth” is never empty ritualism, But includes rendering service to the poor, the widow and the orphan.
True
whether secular or religious, is a social, programmed symbolic activity that can create, communicate, criticize, or transform the basic meaning of community life.
Ritual
Authentic rituals show four constant traits:
Symbolic,
Consecratory,
Repetitive and
Remembrance.
comes from the Greek word liturgia which means “public work”
Liturgy
is the Church’s official public worship This is different form private worship like the rosary, novenas, prayers to the Sacred Heart, or prayers to the saints
The liturgy
is the work of the most Holy Trinity
The liturgy
4 Aspects of liturgy
The Eucharistic Sacrifice
7 Sacraments
Liturgy of Hours
Sacramentals
the action of both God and man; the “whole Christ” (head and members) acts in the liturgy. As our High Priest Christ celebrates with his body, which is the Church in heaven and on earth
Liturgy
Characteristics/Qualities of Catholic Liturgy
Trinitarian
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
