Training for lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Quick presentation on Theology.rhythm of liturgy.

1. Our Lady of the Presentation Parish Liturgical Ministry Training Winter OT 2013

2.  In our lives, how do we show thanks?
› What words do we use?
› Facial expressions, body language?
› Actions?
› Thoughts, feelings?

3.  Means “to give thanks”
As we gather for the celebration, each to
his/her proper role, enters fully into the Mass,
because it is both the right and duty of the
baptized person to do so.
Full, active participation in Mass is
a right because the Eucharist,
provides the nourishment and
grace we need to live out our
baptismal call.
It is a duty because without the
Eucharist, we cannot fully live the
life to which God calls us.

4.  The Constitution on Sacred Liturgy
(Sacrosanctum Concilium) is the Vatican
II document that legislates liturgy: the
public, ritual, communal prayer of the
Church.
 The Roman Missal outlines the rubrics,
ritual prayers, gestures and postures of
the Church when gathered for ritual
prayer.

5.  Worship was the first area to be
considered at the Second Vatican
Council.
› Worship is the way in which we praise and
give glory to God.
› Worship is foundational to all the work of the
Church; it is the MOST important action of
the Church. Everything else flows from and
toward worship.

6.  The Christian life is to be lived with vigor
 The Church needs to change to meet
the needs of the world – The Church
brings Christ to all people, all times, all
cultures
 The Church is not united, but unity is
desired
 The Church has much to offer the world

7.  is source and summit of Christian living –
source, because we receive the grace
we need to live the life to which God
calls us, and summit because at Mass
we have the most intimate connection
with Christ that is possible in this life.
 It is a sign and instrument of unity.

8.  The gathered assembly
 The Word proclaimed
 The person of the Priest
 The consecrated bread and wine

9. Liturgy of Word
Liturgy of Eucharist

10.  Gathering Rites
› Coming from our individual lives, bound by
our common baptism, we form the Body of
Christ, the Assembly.
› Penitential Rite acknowledges individual
responsibility to the community.
› Share the stories of faith:
 First Reading
 Psalm
 Second Reading
 Gospel
 Homily

11.  In Scripture, it is God who speaks directly
to us, individually and as a community
 Dei Verbum (Constitution on Divine
Revelation) defines Catholic
understanding of Scripture.
 Three-year cycle for Sunday Lectionary
(2 year-cycle for daily readings)
 Homily opens Scriptures for the gathered
assembly.

12.  Recitation of Creed
 Prayers of the Faithful

13.  Collection of gifts
 Presentation of gifts
› Early Church practices contained in current
prayers and gestures
› We place ourselves, along with the bread
and wine, on the altar, asking that we, too,
be transformed.

14.  Eucharistic Prayer
 Our Father
 Sign of Peace
 Sharing in meal: we become what we
consume: Real Presence of Christ
 Sending to bring Christ to the world, to
do the essential work of the laity: to
make the world holy.

15.  At tables, surface questions -
› WHY do we do…. at Mass?
› WHY don’t we do……at
Mass?

16.  Appropriate Dress
 Three- year cycle
 Commitment
 Learning/knowledge
 Flexibility