{"id":35806,"date":"2017-03-02T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T03:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=35806"},"modified":"2017-09-07T09:39:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T14:39:39","slug":"liturgy-lines-aspects-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/02\/liturgy-lines-aspects-of-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Liturgy Lines:<\/em> Aspects of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Elizabeth Harrington.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared at <a href=\"http:\/\/liturgybrisbane.net.au\/liturgylines\/aspects-of-lent-2\/\">Liturgy Brisbane <\/a>on March 2nd, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>At Mass this Sunday, the first Sunday of Lent, a few features of the liturgy during this season will be obvious \u2013 no <em>Glory to God<\/em> in the introductory rites, no joyful <em>Alleluias<\/em> to greet the Gospel, and the use of purple vestments and hangings.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that Lent is 40 days long \u2013 well around 40, depending on when you start counting and what, if any, days are omitted! The number 40 has symbolic rather than literal meaning. It is based on Christ\u2019s 40 days in the desert and on the fasts of Moses and Elias, so exact calculations are not important.<\/p>\n<p>The six weeks of Lent are not repetitive but rather cumulative. One way of understanding the structure of Lent is this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first four weeks take their direction from the readings, penitential rites and the rites related to the Catechumenate (RCIA).<\/li>\n<li>On the fifth Sunday of Lent (25<sup>th<\/sup> March this year) the focus shifts to Christ\u2019s passion.<\/li>\n<li>Holy Week runs from Passion\/Palm Sunday until the beginning of the Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper on Holy Thursday.<\/li>\n<li>The Triduum (Latin for \u201cthree days\u201d) refers to the period from the evening of Holy Thursday until the evening of Easter Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A popular practice in many parishes during Lent is the Stations of the Cross. The Church has never provided an official ritual for celebrating the Stations. In 1975, the Central Committee for the Holy Year suggested a list of Stations of the Cross that is more in keeping with the gospel accounts than the traditional form.\u00a0 It begins with the Last Supper and concludes with Christ\u2019s resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have used another set of Stations that differs from the traditional 14 when celebrating the Way of Cross at the Colosseum during Holy Week. It also omits those events that are not attested to in the biblical account of the Passion.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy <\/em>issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 2002 makes a number of what it describes as \u201cuseful suggestions for a fruitful celebration of the <em>Via Crucis <\/em>(Way of the Cross)\u201d. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternative forms of the Stations approved by Rome or used by the popes \u201ccan be regarded as genuine forms of the devotion and may be used as the occasion might warrant\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The choice of texts should take account of the wise pastoral principle of integrating renewal and continuity. It is always preferable to choose texts written in a clear simple style.<\/li>\n<li>The celebration could end with a commemoration of the Lord\u2019s resurrection \u201cto leave the faithful with a sense of expectation of the resurrection in faith and hope\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe <em>Via Crucis<\/em> in which hymns, silence, procession and reflective pauses are wisely integrated in a balanced manner contribute significantly to obtaining the spiritual fruits of the pious exercise.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we remember the sufferings of Jesus, we are led into the celebration of Christ\u2019s victory over death and into the renewal of our commitment to the life of faith at the Easter sacraments.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLiturgy Lines\u201d are short 500-word essays on liturgical topics written by Elizabeth Harrington, <\/em>Liturgy Brisbane\u2019s<em> education officer. 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