Tag: Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 21
The first sentence of art. 21 makes it clear that the Council Fathers’ intention in undertaking a reform/restoration/renewal of the Liturgy was ultimately for pastoral purposes: so that the faithful might more deeply avail themselves of the divine life offered them through the liturgy.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 20
In a world of “virtual community,” what does the liturgical demand for bodily presence and activity in a particular space engender?
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 19
Article 19 wisely reminds pastors that there is no “one size fits all” liturgical education/formation program, but that initiatives in pastoral liturgy must take into account worshipers’ wide variety of educational backgrounds, interests and depth of catechesis/mystagogy.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 18
1) How have the Council Fathers’ intentions for on-going liturgical formation for the clergy been carried out in practice over the last fifty years? 2) What concrete “means” have been or could be developed that would successfully achieve the goals of this on-going formation in the present? 3) To what extent should this on-going professional…
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 17
Celebrating liturgy in the seminary and equivalent houses of formation has its own part to play; intellectual study of the liturgy without integration with proper celebration of the liturgy misforms seminarians and their equivalents.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 16
After decreeing that teachers of liturgy in seminaries and their equivalents be appropriately prepared for their work in article 15, the Council Fathers in article 16 discuss the place that liturgical studies should occupy in these institutions of higher learning.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 15
It might be of interest to trace how seminaries and other institutes of formation for pastoral leadership have responded to this decree of the Council over the last fifty years.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 14
In the fifty years since this document saw the light of day, much debate has taken place in trying to determine the meaning of the formula “plena, conscia et actuosa participatio.”
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 13
It might be of interest for readers to discuss whether or not Vagaggini’s categories are still applicable or helpful, what pious exercises / popular devotions are enriching the lives of the faithful in their area, and whether these pious exercises / popular devotions conform to the criteria article 13 presents.