{"id":33143,"date":"2016-06-09T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=33143"},"modified":"2016-06-09T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:05:03","slug":"if-its-not-the-mass-it-doesnt-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/if-its-not-the-mass-it-doesnt-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"If It&#8217;s Not the Mass, It Doesn&#8217;t Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During my many summers as a student, I maintained a vision that my teachers and professors somehow disappeared&#8230;perhaps morphed into a state of semi-existence during the hiatus of the summer months.\u00a0 This fantasy lasted even through graduate school; I distinctly recall my shock at seeing a liturgy professor shopping for groceries in July.\u00a0 Now, on the other side of the classroom, I know that teachers do, indeed, exist outside of class and regularly buy groceries.\u00a0 I also know that the main task for college teachers during the summertime is not only taking advantage of that long-awaited respite for research, but conference-going.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been to two conferences over the past week, the College Theology Society\u2019s (<a href=\"http:\/\/collegetheologysociety10.wildapricot.org\/Annual-Convention\">CTS<\/a>) annual meeting, in Kansas City, MO, and the Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities\u2019 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marian.edu\/afcu2016\">AFCU<\/a>) bi-annual meeting, held in Indianapolis, IN this year.\u00a0 The audience for each conference is quite different: the CTS is attended almost exclusively by teachers of theology and religious studies, while the AFCU attendees comprise a much more diverse set of administrators, staff, and faculty. \u00a0Yet, in each setting, I\u2019ve run into several repeating themes pertinent for Catholic, and Christian, theology.\u00a0 First, theology courses are often considered a \u201cburden\u201d by students at undergraduate institutions.\u00a0 In fact, a recurring mantra amongst students is \u201cI didn\u2019t hate theology as much as I expected.\u201d\u00a0 Second, many institutions have watched the sad, slow decline of many of our historic religious orders, particularly of women religious, and seem to be accepting this loss as fact.\u00a0 Third, and finally, Catholics are obsessed with Mass.<\/p>\n<p>While each of these threads is fascinating, it\u2019s the last\u2014this Catholic \u201cMass obsession\u201d\u2014I\u2019d like to consider.\u00a0 The theme for the aforementioned CTS conference was \u201cLiturgy + Power\u201d\u2014a purposely ambiguous title which might invite, and did invite, a multiplicity of interpretations.\u00a0 How much is the liturgy an \u201carena\u201d for power?\u00a0 Whose power is it?\u00a0 Does one stratum of the People of God have more \u201cpower\u201d than another?\u00a0 \u00a0Or, is the liturgy a symbolic system which invites us to celebrate and identify God\u2019s power?<\/p>\n<p>One of the more interesting twists, in my opinion, is the \u201cpowerful\u201d place which the Eucharistic celebration of the Mass holds for Roman Catholics.\u00a0 As our CTS plenary speaker, Bruce Morrill, SJ, aptly described, \u201cIf it\u2019s not the Mass, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d\u00a0 That is to say, Catholics look to the Mass, and the Eucharist, as the heart of their faith life, as opposed to any devotional practice, and that they prefer attendance at Mass to any other parish-sponsored prayer activity.<\/p>\n<p>My first thought was, \u201cGood!\u00a0 Look how the liturgical movement succeeded!\u201d\u00a0 First fueled by Pope St. Pius X and his call for frequent communion (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/curia\/cdwfreq.htm\"><em>Sacra Tridentina<\/em> <\/a>1903), the celebration of the Mass, intimate knowledge of the prayers and lectionary cycle, and full, active and conscious participation catapulted the Mass to the pinnacle\u2014or should I say summit\u2014of the faithful\u2019s Catholic life.\u00a0 Identifying this sacramental experience at the heart (or source) of the Body of Christ makes a great amount of sense.\u00a0 The Mass has more \u201cpower\u201d than the stations of the cross, my rosary, or even Eucharistic adoration.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the powerful, centripetal force afforded to the Mass, which drew the faithful\u2019s liturgical-devotional attention into it, has also left a vacuum.\u00a0 While the Mass might be the most powerful location of sacramental experience in the journey of Christian life, it is not the only one.\u00a0 And yet, at both conferences I attended, the pursuance of a wider and more varied set of worship experiences seems to be routinely neglected by Catholics, as well as by Catholic institutions who regularly provide worship opportunities for their campus communities.<\/p>\n<p>This monolithic attention to \u201cthe Mass\u201d does not match up with liturgical renewal, of course. \u00a0For example, a quick review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html\">Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy<\/a> turns up an entire chapter devoted to the Divine Office, daily prayer fueled by psalms and canticles, which is described as a \u201cduty of the Church\u201d which is also her \u201cgreatest honor,\u201d offering \u201cpraises to God\u201d unceasingly (<em>SC<\/em> 83-85).\u00a0 Particularly on more solemn feasts, the faithful are encouraged to come \u201cin common\u201d to church to celebrate Vespers (<em>SC<\/em> 100).\u00a0 So, too, are services of the Word recommended, likewise on these more solemn feast days, or during weekdays in Advent and Lent.\u00a0 Such services are particularly suitable when no priest is available, and call for a deacon, or other person authorized by his or her bishop (perhaps a lay ecclesial minister), to lead (<em>SC<\/em> 35).<\/p>\n<p>\u200bLest we assume that a vision for a more holistic liturgical life was a pipe dream designed for Roman Catholics alone, I have been reflecting about how these same calls for liturgical prayer and contemplation of Scripture are appropriate for a much wider Christian context: ecumenical worship services.\u00a0 In the midst of the scandal of division, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/chrstuni\/documents\/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_25031993_principles-and-norms-on-ecumenism_en.html\">Directory on Ecumenism<\/a> (1993) notes that prayer in common is itself \u201ca very effective means of petitioning for the grace of unity\u201d and expresses the \u201cties which still bind Catholics\u201d to other Christians (<em>Directory<\/em> 108).\u00a0 The Liturgy of the Hours provides one such structure for common prayer.\u00a0 Likewise, reading of Scripture, in translations mutually acceptable to all Christians gathered, emphasizes the spiritual life \u201cshared by all Christian people\u201d (111).\u00a0 Even further, sharing of resources, from a common heritage of hymns (111), to a utilization of common space (103) emphasize a real \u201cif imperfect\u201d communion amongst the Christian churches (104).<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in my experience of Catholic institutions of higher learning, whenever two or three are gathered, then ye must have Mass.\u00a0 The lack of daily prayer in the Catholic tradition, and of services of the Word, result in a double loss:\u00a0 not only do Catholics continue to dwell in a limited understanding of their own liturgical traditions, but Christians from other denominations are not involved in the source and summit of the liturgical life at their college campus.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps particularly for institutions with a Catholic identity who have a large body of other Christian denominations (as many of my AFCU conference colleagues are experiencing), Roman Catholic liturgical services which have the possibility of ecumenical participation have a powerful potential for cultivating unity in the midst of Christian diversity.\u00a0 This is not to say that a Catholic campus is not blessed to have adoration regularly, daily Mass, and confession.\u00a0 Nonetheless, the possibility of a liturgical life which is both authentically Catholic and yet non-exclusive is not sufficiently realized for many Catholic institutions.\u00a0 The Mass is not and should not be about power\u2014or about emphasizing exclusion.\u00a0 Perhaps enriching our liturgical life with multiple forms of liturgical expression would \u201cempower\u201d Christians to walk towards Christ\u2019s hope, that all might be one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my experience of Catholic institutions of higher learning, whenever two or three are gathered, then ye must have Mass.  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