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Lex orandi,Lex credendi

Liturgy as aLifelong Education

in the Faith

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Teach us how to pray…

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Liturgy vs.Catechesis?

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Lex orandi,lex credendi

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Rule orandi,rule credendi

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Rule of prayer,rule credendi

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Rule of prayer,rule of belief

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Liturgical Catechesis

• Preparation (spiritual)– Not “rehearsal” or

“explanation.”

• Ritual or event– Not “performance.”

• Reflection (spiritual)– Not “evaluation” or

“explanation.”

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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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3) Vatican II Model

God

Sacrament Humankind

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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.

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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?

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How did that make you feel?

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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?

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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?…

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So what?So what?

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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)

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What do we mean when we say “symbol”?

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Language of Liturgy

• Liturgical language is composed of symbols– Name some liturgical

symbols

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1) Proclamation

1) Word

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2) Action

2) Gesture

Posture

Ritual

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3) Space

3) Environment

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4) Time

4) Music

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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.