To Experience True Relationship with God in the Liturgy, Faithful’s Participation Cannot Be Passive, Pope Says
- Pope Leo XIV emphasized that the Second Vatican Council's liturgical reform encourages the faithful to actively participate in the liturgy to foster a true relationship with God rather than passive attendance.
- The liturgical reform is rooted in the Church's living tradition and aims to make biblical texts more accessible, allowing the liturgy to be celebrated in vernacular languages.
- Sacrosanctum Concilium distinguishes between immutable divine elements and changeable human elements of the liturgy, permitting modifications to enhance clarity and active participation by the faithful.
- Pope Leo XIV stressed that bishops and priests must safeguard and promote a liturgy that respects norms, shines with noble simplicity, promotes unity, and aids evangelization within the Church.
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To experience true relationship with God in the liturgy, faithful’s participation cannot be passive, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said. “The faithful ‘cannot and must no longer remain silent and passive. Their physical presence cannot be reconciled with their spiritual absence,'” he said, quo…
Vatican City, 26 Aug (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV today appealed to the responsibility of bishops and priests for a correct interpretation of the Catholic liturgy in line with the reform promoted by the Second Vatican Council and rejected the abuses that have been committed in this matter from some sectors of the Church. "The liturgical reform promoted by the Second Vatican Council is in line with the living tradition of the Church. Its correct understa…
Pope at Audience: Active participation in liturgy leads us to relationship with God
At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Second Vatican Council Fathers' decision to promote liturgical reform, as he focuses on the 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. Read all
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