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Dec 19, 2015
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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.