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R220 Liturgy and Sacraments. Introduction. Introduction. Name Ministry Liturgical Background Hopes and Goals. Course Goals.
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R220 Liturgy and Sacraments Introduction
Introduction • Name • Ministry • Liturgical Background • Hopes and Goals
Course Goals • Express an understanding of “sacramentality” by applying it to their life experiences, and then, to the experiences they will encounter as lay or ordained ministers. • Participate meaningfully and appropriately at Mass as well as at other Liturgical/Sacramental celebrations. • To appreciate the practice and theology of the Liturgy and Sacraments in light of its 2000 years of history and Vatican II.
Course Objectives • Liturgy and Sacraments are ritual and communal celebrations • Sacramental Liturgy takes place within the bigger scope of theology • The celebration of Sacraments demonstrate a theology • Theology and practice of Sacraments have a sociology
Class Textbook Martos, Joseph. Doors to the Sacred. (Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. ISBN 978-0764807183
Class Requirements • Attendance for all lectures and participation in all discussions. Also End of Class reflection • 7 Reading analysis papers. PAPERS ARE TO BE E-MAILED TO THE INSTRUCTOR by Monday before the next class meeting or turn in hardcopy by class.
Analysis Papers • Read the article/chapter… • In your one paper, list in bullet-point 3 points that capture your attention (salient) • Pick one of those three points, and write a critical reflection on it. • NOT a simple summary • NOT a prayer auto-biography
SAMPLE • BRUCE WAYNE • R210 A- Paper 1 • La Purisima • Chapter 2 • To speak of Christian sacrifice is legitimate. • The Council of Trent’s canons on the Eucharist reflect a good list of “what not to do.” • “An integral liturgical theology of the Mass as sacrifice must always be framed in a sacramental context. • Critical Reflection Section… Single Space…Times New Roman, 12 size font. 1 Page.
Analysis Paper: Helpful Questions for you to write your bullet points • Why does the topic catch your attention? Does it bother you? Do you disagree with the chapter? Why is this topic important? How can you use this in your ministry? • Make sure it is within one page! • Save it, and e-mail to your instructors. • You can use the website… R220.weebly.com
Note • The purpose for keeping it at one page is to practice being concise and straight to the point. • In ministry, those you serve (or work for) would want exactly just that…
Final Paper • 4 to 5 page paper. More details to come.
R220 Liturgy and Sacraments Introduction
Questions • What is Liturgy? • What are sacraments? • What is sacramentality?
What is Liturgy? • Liturgy (λειτουργία): • Laos/ergon • People (of the Church) • Eucharist • Pope Pius XII (Mediator Dei): • “The worship rendered by the Mystical Body of Christ in the entirety of head and members.” • Gathering of people
What is Liturgy? • Liturgy (λειτουργία): • Laos/ergon • People (of the Church) • Eucharist • Pope Pius XII (Mediator Dei): • “The worship rendered by the Mystical Body of Christ in the entirety of head and members.” • Gathering of people • Encounter with God • God acts at liturgy
Sacraments • The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions (CCC, no. 1131).
Sacraments • Grace: God’s activity for us. • Divine life: partakers of divine nature (theosis) (2 Peter 1:4) • Rites: rituals. • Food/drink (Eucharist, Lord’s Day) • Washing (Baptism) • Dialogue • Walking • Celebration: requires community • Music, art, singing, eating, exertion, exhaustion
Sacramentality • “In recent Catholic theology the notion of sacramentality functions as a foundational principle for Catholic thought and experience since it is related to the principles of mediation and communion as well as the theology of grace. Grounded in the doctrines of creation, incarnation, and the resurrection of the body, it has much to do with how creation elevated by grace is able to mediate the divine presence even as that presence is personal, hence grounded in the Trinitarian economy. It is an affirmation of the capacity of finite creation to be a means for God’s manifestation and self-communication,” These Living Waters, 9.
Methodology: How are we going to study? Mike Pascual
Guiding Principles • Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi • Every Theology has a Sociology
Principle 1: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi • The liturgical adage of studying liturgy, applicable for religious studies (and theology). • Means “The Law of prayer dictates the law of belief” • OR “What we pray is what we believe.”
+ Lex Vivendi • Kevin Irwin adds “Lex vivendi” to the adage Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi • Loosely means: • What we PRAY is what we BELIEVE and therefore what we LIVE. • Application: To know and understand what we believe, we look at what we pray.
Principle 2: Theology has a sociology • How one understands their faith is heavily influenced by their sociology: their culture, society, philosophy et al. • Application: In doing theology, we need to consider our social location. We also need to consider where our theology comes from. • We don’t want to make naïve assumptions…
Theology has a Sociology • Three over-simplified Periods of Theology • The Early Church • The Medieval Church • The Vatican II Church
Sociology of Sacrament • In its original and secular context, the use of the word “sacrament” referred to soldiers making an oath of allegiance to the empire. • The seriousness of this concept is underscored by the fact that if a soldier failed to live their duty, it may lead to the death of other soldiers.
Sacrament • In the early Church, the threat of persecution made the reality of “sacrament” much more urgent. • Hence, the “sacrament” demonstrated the risk that everyone in the Church faced when admitting a new member.
Sacrament in Scripture • In Scripture, the word translates as mystery. • One can say there were Jewish sacraments. • Imposition of hands, oil, bread, wine, water, washings, kisses, greetings, the ritual meal (Passover), sacrificial offerings. • All in the context of showing forth God’s saving presence and special power (Reign of God) • --William Bausch. A New Look at the Sacraments.
The First Christians (were Jewish) • With this kind of rich tradition, one can easily imagine how they adapted these practices for their emerging tradition. • In this context, the word sacrament was open-ended, flexible and imprecise • because it can also refer to any object, any person, and anything which brought an individual into contact with God’s loving plan and activity revealed in Christ: our salvation.
Developing Understanding • In time, the Church community would have come to recognize seven special ritual practices that convey the mystery of God’s communicating love to humankind.
Next class… • Read Introduction and Chapter 1 of Doors to the Sacred • Critical Analysis Paper • E-mail by Monday • Recommend read by Friday/Saturday; Paper by Sunday; Relax on Monday!
