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BECOME ONE BODY ONE SPIRIT IN CHRIST. A RESTORED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLACE OF THE WORD IN THE EUCHARIST. PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORM. The significance of the Word. scriptural basis of prayers and songs. Vatican Council reform. The importance of the Word. basic for all liturgical actions.
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BECOME ONE BODY ONE SPIRIT IN CHRIST A RESTORED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLACE OF THE WORD IN THE EUCHARIST
PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORM • The significanceof the Word
scriptural basis of prayers and songs Vatican Council reform The importance of the Word basic for all liturgical actions proclaimed in the vernacular Scripture more widely used
The Assembly participates forms a community of Christ’s disciples listens attentively meditates on the Word celebrates Eucharist for life
In the very assembly In the person of the minister In his word Substantially and continuously under the Eucharistic species GIRM 27 Christ is really present
Always, . . . Christ is present in his word. CSL 7 Christ is present
‘The Church is nourished spiritually at the twofold table of God’s word and of the Eucharist’ GIRM 28 The Table of the Word and the Table of the Eucharist
Tradition Origen (254 AD) 'when you receive the body of the Lord, how you protect it with all caution and veneration lest any small part fall from it…But if you are so careful to preserve his body, and rightly so, how do you think that there is any less guilt to have neglected God’s Word than to have neglected his body?' Homily on Exodus 13.3
Tradition Caesarius of Arles (542 AD) … God’s Word is not less than Christ’s Body… One who listens negligently to God’s Word is just as guilty as one who, through carelessness, allows Christ’s Body to fall to the ground'. Sermon 300.2