The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the
Church is directed.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 168
168 YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth
Why does the liturgy have
priority in the Church and of the individual?
Lay members of Our Lady Queen of the Universe parish at Woodruff, WI prepare to
assist their pastor and deacon in a Sunday Mass distribution of communion .....168
“The liturgy is the
summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the font
from which all her power flows” (Second
Vatican Council, Socrosanctum concilium 10). [1074]
During Jesus’ lifetime, multitudes of people flocked to him,
because they were seeking his healing presence.
Even today we can find him, for he lives in his Church. He assures us of his presence in service to
the poor (Matthew 25:40)… in united prayer (Matthew 18:20) and in the Eucharist. There we run directly into his arms. And when we let him get close to us, he
teaches us, feeds us, transforms us, heals us, and he becomes one with us in
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
“Without the Sunday Eucharist, we cannot live. Do you not know that the Christian exists for
the Eucharist and the Eucharist for Christians?”, answered the martyr Saturinus
(a.d. 305) during cross-examination to the accusation that he had taken part in
the forbidden assembly on Sunday.
Where two or three are gathered
in my name, there I am in their midst. Matthew 18:20
Catechesis and liturgy
1074 "The liturgy is
the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the
font from which all her power flows." (Sacrosactum
Concilium 10)13 It is therefore the privileged place for catechizing the
People of God. "Catechesis is intrinsically linked with the whole of
liturgical and sacramental activity, for it is in the sacraments, especially in
the Eucharist, that Christ Jesus works in fullness for the transformation of
men."( John Paul II, Catechesi
tradendae 23)14 –Catechism
of the Catholic Church, Second Edition
Church Liturgy
Our Lady
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