{"id":45959,"date":"2019-02-20T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T02:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=45959"},"modified":"2019-02-25T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:54:08","slug":"pope-francis-recommends-mystagogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/pope-francis-recommends-mystagogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Recommends Mystagogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tech-progress-vatican-city-spiral-staircase-699808681-900x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"218\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the members of the Congregation for Divine Worship gathered in plenary session last week, Pope Francis gave a strong statement in an audience with them, emphasizing the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, and underlining the importance of the theme of the gathering: the liturgical formation of the people of God. To supplement the excellent summary already posted at Pray Tell, I would like to draw attention to something that was only lightly touched upon in that post, namely that Pope Francis recommended mystagogy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is what he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Catechism of the Catholic Church itself adopts the mystagogical way to illustrate the liturgy, valuing its prayers and signs. Mystagogy: this is a suitable way to enter the mystery of the liturgy, in the living encounter with the crucified and risen Lord. Mystagogy means discovering the new life we have received in the People of God through the Sacraments, and continually rediscovering the beauty of renewing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Really, it should not surprise us that Francis proposes\nmystagogy as a way to enter into the liturgy&nbsp;\nat ever-deepening levels. The practice of mystagogy has a venerable place\nin our liturgical tradition and appears in our current liturgical books (the <em>Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults<\/em>\ndevotes a whole period to it: \u201cthe period of post-baptismal catechesis, or\nmystagogy\u201d). John Paul II spoke of it; the synod on the Eucharist under\nBenedict affirmed it; books have been written about it, and, as the Holy Father\nnotes, the Catechism fosters a mystagogically sensitive approach. Yet I still think\nmystagogy remains something of a mystery to many of the faithful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the fact that Pope Francis has underlined the\nnecessity of mystagogy in liturgical formation is an occasion to take another\nlook at it. What is mystagogy? How might it be practiced today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was a presenter with the North American Forum on the\nCatechumenate (1988 to 2013), I used to conduct a mystagogical reflection on\neach of the rites we celebrated at our institutes (many team members did this;\nit was not just me, but I gained a lot of experience by doing it in these\ngatherings of anywhere from 50 to 200 people). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This mystagogical catechesis took place on the morning after\nwe celebrated one of the rites of the catechumenate. It had four steps:\nremembering the experience, participants naming what they noticed in the\ncelebration of the rite, eliciting the meaning they derived from what they\nnoticed (theological reflection), and, finally, instruction from the presenter concerning\nthe structure and intentions of the rite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll notice that this pattern begins by paying attention to our experience of the liturgy\u2014noticing things and naming them, taking time to become aware of our inner response to what took place, and staying with it rather than moving too hastily on to the next thing. The pacing of this exercise is slow, reflective, meditative. It\u2019s not a fusillade of superficial observations, nor is it oriented toward critique. We do this neither to praise or to blame, but to be attentive and to enter more deeply into what is essentially the mystery of God\u2019s presence and action in the liturgy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goffredo Boselli, in his 2014 book <em>The Spiritual Meaning of the Liturgy<\/em>, draws a parallel between mystagogy\nand lectio divina. In lectio divina, you listen to the Word and are attentive\nto how God is speaking to you through it. In mystagogy, similarly, we listen to\nour experience of the Liturgy and are attentive to how God is speaking to us\nthrough it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lectio divina can be done by one person alone, or by groups of people together. The same is true of mystagogy. When several people share their experiences and spiritual response to the liturgy, in an atmosphere of trust, it stimulates and broadens our awareness of what happens there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as an aside: One story that delighted me was told by a\npastor who, after an institute \u201cdid mystagogy\u201d with the youth of his parish at\nWorld Youth Day\u2014the young people grasped it and took to it right away! On the\nbus after each of the liturgies they attended, the priest asked them two simple\nquestions: What did you notice, and what did it mean? It was not complicated or\nhard. Their reflections however were rich, and they ended up getting more out\nof each of the liturgies as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t always need a group in order to do mystagogy, though. Once you get the hang of it, a simple exercise of mystagogy in solitude can also produce spiritual gifts. On the walk home from church, or during a time of journaling, if you simply ask yourself: \u201cWhat struck me in the liturgy today?\u201d\u2014then stay with it and bring it to prayer\u2014that too is mystagogical reflection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow it up with the second question: \u201cWhat did that word or gesture or common action \u2018say\u2019 to me about God or about Jesus; about the Holy Spirit or about the church?\u201d And watch what happens. You begin to be more present to your own experience of the liturgy. You become more attentive to how God is working through that liturgical experience. You will even learn to love the church more deeply, because it becomes evident that this community is the place where Christ gives himself to us. On a personal level, you become aware that God \u201csees\u201d you in the assembly of his faithful people, and is not indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What about the role of the mystagogue? In a communal\nreflection, of course, the role of the mystagogue is important. A mystagogical\ncatechist, or a mystagogical preacher, can contribute much to our appreciation\nof how the liturgy works through sign and symbol, and calls us to grow in\nholiness. A good mystagogue does not stop at what happens inside the four walls\nof the church, but leads us to reflect on how the liturgy fosters in us the\ndesire to praise and thank God in our everyday lives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis affirmed mystagogy in his address to the Congregation for Divine Worship. 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