CCCS1 liturgy (1066-1068)

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PART 2



PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY



Why the liturgy?

1066 In the Symbol of the faith the Church confesses the mystery of the Holy Trinity and of the plan of God's "good pleasure" for all creation: the Father accomplishes the "mystery of his will" by giving his beloved Son and his Holy Spirit for the salvation of the world and for the glory of his name. 1 Such is the mystery of Christ, revealed and fulfilled in history according to the wisely ordered plan that St. Paul calls the "plan of the mystery" 2 and the patristic tradition will call the "economy of the Word incarnate" or the "economy of salvation."



1067 "The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He accomplished this work principally by the Paschal mystery of his blessed Passion, Resurrection from the dead, and glorious Ascension, whereby 'dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life.' For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth 'the wondrous sacrament of the whole Church."' 3 For this reason, the Church celebrates in the liturgy above all the Paschal mystery by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation.

1068 It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from it and bear witness to it in the world:

For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that "the work of our redemption is accomplished," and it is through the liturgy especially that the faithful are enabled to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church. 4​

 

[scraparcs]

How is the Eucharist redemptive? Is it due to the real presence whereby Christ's blood washes our sins away?

 

[PassthePeace1]

How is the Eucharist redemptive? Is it due to the real presence whereby Christ's blood washes our sins away?

Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said. "Take and eat; this is my body. 27 Then he took a cup, gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the convenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.


The Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinty of Christ, so in that it is redemptive....Peace be with you...Pam

 

[scraparcs]

So does that mean that until the Eucharist is taken that one is unable to be redeemed from sin?

 

[PassthePeace1]

So does that mean that until the Eucharist is taken that one is unable to be redeemed from sin?

No

1067 "The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He accomplished this work principally by the Paschal mystery of his blessed Passion, Resurrection from the dead, and glorious Ascension, whereby 'dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life.' For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth 'the wondrous sacrament of the whole Church."' 3 For this reason, the Church celebrates in the liturgy above all the Paschal mystery by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation.

1068 It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from it and bear witness to it in the world:

For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that "the work of our redemption is accomplished," and it is through the liturgy especially that the faithful are enabled to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church. 4​

Jesus is the Paschal Lamb, He was the sacrifice and our redemption is from that act. Mass is a re-presentation of that same sacrifice, in which it is made present for us today. That is the way my priest explained it to me...It's not a re-sacrifice, Jesus is not dying again...but rather it's entering into that sacrifice for the re-presentation and made present at Mass in an unbloodly manner.

We will be getting into it deeper as the readings move along, we are just really in the prolong, so they don't go into things in detail.

Peace be with you...Pam

 

[lonnienord]

So does that mean that until the Eucharist is taken that one is unable to be redeemed from sin?

Nope. GOD can do whatever HE wants and HE wants to redeem us from our sin!! Not only can GOD do whatever HE wants, HIS SON died for our us.

While the Eucharist is a wonderful way to be redeemed from sin; for those who cannot recieve the Eucharist there is Confession both to a priest or directly to GOD. a sincere person begging for forgiviness from GOD will be forgiven!!

 

[D'Ann]

1067 "The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He accomplished this work principally by the Paschal mystery of his blessed Passion, Resurrection from the dead, and glorious Ascension, whereby 'dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life.' For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth 'the wondrous sacrament of the whole Church."' 3 For this reason, the Church celebrates in the liturgy above all the Paschal mystery by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation.

1068 It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from it and bear witness to it in the world:

For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that "the work of our redemption is accomplished," and it is through the liturgy especially that the faithful are enabled to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church. 4


Amen
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[D'Ann]

So does that mean that until the Eucharist is taken that one is unable to be redeemed from sin?

Good question. The answer is no though. Why? The Eucharist is the Body and Blood and Soul and Divinity of Christ... He died and rose from the dead for our sins to be forgiven... All we need to do is confess/repent of our sins ... Christ has already paid the price for our sins... We are redeemed when we confess/repent.

We partake of the Eucharist because Jesus commanded this of us, but one cannot partake of the Eucharist until one has repented/confessed all mortal sins (also venial sins should be repented of too, but venial sins do not prevent us from partaking the Eucharist). We are becoming one with Christ when we partake of the Eucharist.

I hope this makes some sense.

God's Peace,

Debbie