{"id":35326,"date":"2017-01-06T21:55:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T03:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=35326"},"modified":"2017-09-07T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T14:40:30","slug":"liturgy-lines-weekday-liturgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/06\/liturgy-lines-weekday-liturgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Liturgy Lines:<\/em> Weekday Liturgy"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Elizabeth Harrington.<\/em><\/p>\n

This post originally appeared at Liturgy Brisbane<\/a> on July\u00a011th, 2004.<\/p>\n

Parishes are increasingly asking for guidance as to what they can do about weekday worship when a priest is no longer available to preside at eucharist during the week.
\nThere are no explicit \u201crules\u201d for weekday celebrations. However, the documents on the liturgy offer guidance on what might be appropriate:
\nBible services should be encouraged, especially on the vigils of the more solemn feasts, on some weekdays in Advent and Lent, and on Sundays and holy days. They are particularly recommended in places where no priest is available. (CSL 35.4).
\nThe scriptures, and above all in their liturgical proclamation, are the source of all life and power. All the faithful without exception must: always be ready to listen gladly to God\u2019s word. (LMI 47)
\nHence an option that parishes might consider for weekdays is a Service of the Word. This form of worship is familiar to us from the first part of the Mass. The weekday readings from the Lectionary could be used and a rite of thanksgiving or proclamation of praise included.
\nThere is however another possibility for weekday morning worship. The 1988 Directory for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest recommends celebrating some part of the Liturgy of the Hours, particularly morning or evening prayer. What can replace eucharist on Sunday is certainly suitable for weekdays.
\nThis form of worship is less well-known in parishes. Even the title is unfamiliar to many. Some may know it as the \u2018Office\u2019 or \u2018Prayer of the Church\u2019. The second Vatican Council called for the Liturgy of the Hours, which originated as the prayer of the people but had become the preserve of priests and religious, to be made available again to lay people. It said that morning and evening prayer were to be accorded \u2018the highest importance as the prayer of the Christian community\u2019.
\nParishes are sometimes reluctant to consider celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours because it seems too complicated for the ordinary person. But there is a simple version based on the ancient, or \u2018cathedral\u2019, form of the prayer, which centres on psalms and prayer of intercession. A pattern for morning prayer could be:
\nHymn \u2013 appropriate for the morning or liturgical seasonPsalms \u2013 one fixed, one variable
\nReading\u2013 a brief passage from scripture
\nGospel Canticle \u2013 Canticle of Zechariah (Benedictus)
\nPrayer\u2013 intercessions, Lord\u2019s Prayer, concluding prayerConcluding Rite \u2013 blessing, sign of peace
\nA parish could prepare its own booklet with the overall format, a small number of suitable hymns and psalms, the fixed psalm and the gospel canticle.
\nOn special occasions the prayer could be made more festive by the addition of candles, incense and singing. Whatever form of worship is used, parishes need to prepare the people by offering some catechises on its value and style. Lay people with the appropriate gifts for liturgical leadership need to be found and trained in the skills required.
\nServices of the Word or the Liturgy of the Hours should never be considered as \u201csecond rate\u201d alternatives, which we resort to only when a priest is unavailable. They have value in their own right and enable us to express and develop our faith in the presence of Christ in the gathered assembly and in the word.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiturgy Lines\u201d are short 500-word essays on liturgical topics written by Elizabeth Harrington, <\/em>Liturgy Brisbane\u2019s education officer. They have been published every week in <\/em>The Catholic Leader since 1999.<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2017 Elizabeth Harrington, Archdiocese of Brisbane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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