YOUCAT Lesson 180, part 2 of 11 parts
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth
…….Photo above: …..A
lay person during a bible reading at St. Francis Xavier parish in Cross Plains,
WI. Seated at right is Pastor Fr. Thomas
L. Kelley. …..180
180 Why is the Mass sometimes referred to as a
“worship service”?
A worship service is in the first place a service that God
performs for us—and only then is it our service offered to God. God gives himself to us under the form of
holy signs—so that we might do the same: give ourselves unreservedly to
him. [1145-1192]
…….Numbered related paragraphs from
the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), Second Edition, follow:
…….HOW IS THE LITURGY CELEBRATED?
Words and actions
…….1153
A
sacramental celebration is a meeting of God's children with their Father, in
Christ and the Holy Spirit; this meeting takes the form of a dialogue, through
actions and words. Admittedly, the symbolic actions are already a language, but
the Word of God and the response of faith have to accompany and give life to
them, so that the seed of the Kingdom can bear its fruit in good soil. The
liturgical actions signify what the Word of God expresses: both his free
initiative and his people's response of faith. –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition
…….1154 The liturgy of the Word is an integral part of sacramental
celebrations. To nourish the faith of believers, the signs which accompany the
Word of God should be emphasized: the book of the Word (a lectionary or a book
of the Gospels), its veneration (procession, incense, candles), the place of
its proclamation (lectern or ambo), its audible and intelligible reading, the
minister's homily which extends its proclamation, and the responses of the
assembly (acclamations, meditation psalms, litanies, and profession of faith). –CCC
…….1155 The
liturgical word and action are inseparable both insofar as they are signs and
instruction and insofar as they accomplish what they signify. When the Holy
Spirit awakens faith, he not only gives an understanding of the Word of God,
but through the sacraments also makes present the "wonders" of God
which it proclaims. The Spirit makes present and communicates the Father's
work, fulfilled by the beloved Son. --CCC
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