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Lex orandi,Lex credendi

Liturgy as aLifelong Education

in the Faith


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Liturgy vs.Catechesis?


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Liturgical Catechesis

• Preparation (spiritual)– Not “rehearsal” or

“explanation.”

• Ritual or event– Not “performance.”

• Reflection (spiritual)– Not “evaluation” or

“explanation.”


Connection between God and humankind through sacrament

The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body Louis-Marie Chauvet

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1) Objectivist Model

God Sacrament Humankind

• Sacrament is instrument of grace; object; remedy; channel

• Clericalism; magic

• Individual piety; salvation of my soul

• Emphasis is on sacrament and not on person


Connection betweenorandi and credendi

Objectivist Model

God/liturgy Belief Humankind

• Faith is learned through catechesis; faith is contained in catechisms; little connection to liturgy

• Clericalism: teacher-student

• Right belief is prerequisite to getting the sacrament

• Emphasis is on learning the teaching and not on its relationship to the person




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2) Subjectivist Model

God Humankind Sacrament

• “I’m spiritual but not religious.” Faith is equivalent to living a good life (justice disconnected from liturgy)

• Elitism; associate only with those who think like I do• Sacraments are expressions of who we are and the grace

we have received from God;• Sacraments are only aids to living a good life, doing

justice


Connection betweenorandi and credendi

Subjectivist Model

God/liturgy Humankind Belief

• Faith is what we make it; little connection to the teaching handed down or the liturgy of the wider Church

• Relativism in beliefs; but also homogenizing of liturgy (i.e., liturgy wars)

• We shape the liturgy; it doesn’t shape us

• Emphasis is on liturgy that makes us feel comfortable




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3) Vatican II Model

God

Sacrament Humankind


What is Mystagogy?

A) Thursday-night mystery meat.

B) A rare disease.

C) The Church’s ancient way to connect liturgy and catechesis.

D) The husband of Mrs. Gogy.


What do we remember from Sunday? • What did you see?

• What did you hear?

• What did you taste?

• What did you smell?

• What did you touch?

• What was most memorable for you?

• What was your favorite part?

• Where else have I experienced something like this in my daily life?


How did that make you feel?


What does this mean?• What Scripture passage does it remind of?• What Church teaching (Tradition) does it

remind me of?• What would a catechist say about this?• What does it tell me

– …about God?– …about Church?– …about my role as a Christian in the world?– …about faith?


How does it connect to my life?

• What event or situation in my life needs to remember this experience?

• What in my family?….

• What in my school life?…

• What in my work life?…

• What in my community?…

• What in my world?…


So what?So what?


Mystagogical reflection

Liturgy(or any encounter with God)

Recollection(of the event’ssymbols, actions,texts)

Reflection(what was mostmemorable,engaging, ordiscomforting)

Catechesis(what Scripture and Tradition teach us;

what we can learn from the symbol, action, text)

Connection(to my life,to my situationand relationships,to the world)

Conversion(how itchallenges,confronts,affirms; whyit matters)


What do we mean when we say “symbol”?


Language of Liturgy

• Liturgical language is composed of symbols– Name some liturgical

symbols


1) Proclamation

1) Word


2) Action

2) Gesture

Posture

Ritual


3) Space

3) Environment


4) Time

4) Music


Four elements of Christian life that teachWord

Worship

Community

Service

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COMMUNIONHow all creation

will be unitedby God in

Christ

We share a meal.

We respond by giving thanks.

We hear thatGod loves

us.

We gather together.

We enter into a new relationship

with them.

They respondby changingtheir lives.

We tell/show others that God

loves them.

We are sent to love as we have been

loved.

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