Mystical Body, Mystical Voice: Encountering Christ in the Words of the Mass
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
Mystical Body, Mystical Voice®: Encountering Christ in the Words of the Mass helps us understand the beauty of what the Roman Missal offers for fruitful liturgical participation as members of the Mystical Body of Christ. Fundemental to this book is the understanding that the words we say at Mass make a difference because language itself is sacramental. The language we use makes present that which we believe. Mystical Body, Mystical Voice® is rooted in this principle and will help us grow deeper in our understanding and experience of the Liturgy.
As an initiative of the Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Liturgy Training Publications, Mystical Body, Mystical Voice: Encountering Christ in the Words of the Mass, uses the texts of the third typical edition of the Roman Missal to illustrate how the liturgy is enriched and the Church’s understanding of the Second Vatican Council is deepened through the translation of the Missal. This book is not simply a guide that explains the revised texts as if we were simply changing the words we say at Mass; rather, it seizes the opportunity of the promulgation of the third edition of The Roman Missal as a valuable vehicle for liturgical catechesis.
Grounded in sacramental theology and the liturgical rites of the Church, respected authors Rev. Douglas Martis, sacramental theologian, seminary professor, Director of the Liturgical Institute, and Christopher Carstens, Director of the Office of Worship, LaCrosse, WI--recall for the readers that the Sacred Liturgy is safeguarded by the Church. Its purpose is the glorification of God and the sanctification of humanity. To that end, the texts of the Mass are viewed in light of the Paschal Mystery and the Church as the mystical body of Christ.
Mystical Body, Mystical Voice is intended to assist pastors; associate pastors, deacons; directors of liturgy; music; religious education programs; and parish and diocesan leaders in their catechesis about the Mass in light of the third edition of The Roman Missal. This accessible book explores:
Features discussion questions to help parish leaders and all readers deepen their understanding of the Mass.
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- Offers an unusually rich and thorough exploration of the meaning of the Liturgy
- Explores the beauty of what the Roman Missal offers for fruitful liturgical participation
- Assists pastors, deacons; directors of liturgy and music; religious education programs; and parish and diocesan leaders in their catechesis about the Mass
- Chapter 1: A Logical Look at the Liturgy
- Chapter 2: The Sacramental Nature of the Liturgy
- Chapter 3: The Use of Words in the Church’s Liturgy
- Chapter 4: Vatican II and the Third Edition of The Roman Missal
- Chapter 5: The Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word
- Chapter 6: Liturgy of the Eucharist
- Chapter 7: Communion Rite and Concluding Rites
- Chapter 8: Liturgical Catechesis for Active Participation
Part I: The Liturgical Primer
Part II: The Language of the Roman Missal
Mystical Body, Mystical Voice® is an unusually rich and thorough exploration of the meaning of the Liturgy - the signs, symbols, and language of our worship, and the divine reality that animates all three. Comprehensive in their scope, engaging in their detail, the authors have created an invaluable theological resource for the Church as we welcome the implementation of the new Roman Missal.
—Charles J. Chaput, OFM. Cap. Archbishop of Denver
Mystical Body, Mystical Voice® offers a clear and yet theologically profound exploration of the new translation of the Mass. It will be an indispensable point of reference in the ongoing mystagogical formation of the faithful as Catholics learn to pray communally with the new translation. The authors offer no mere explanation of the meaning of the words of the Mass. Rather, they succeed in forming the reader with a deep sensitivity to the supernatural reality of the Mass, made accessible through sacramental words and signs.
—Prof. James Pauley, STL, STD (Cand.) Assistant Professor of Theology and Catechetics, Franciscan University of Steubenville