OUR CHARISMATIC LITURGICAL SPIRITUALITY Formation 2019 BITE OFF

OUR CHARISMATIC & LITURGICAL SPIRITUALITY Formation 2019

BITE OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW!

THE OLD COVENANT(S) • Adam and Eve a couple (marriage) • Noah a family • Abraham a tribe • Moses a people • David a nation • Jesus the World!

THE OG PENTECOST Pentecost in the Old Testament (and thus the Jewish tradition) is “the second of the three major festivals, which celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mt Sinai to Moses and the Israelites. The period between Passover and Pentecost is a time of great anticipation… [It is 50 days after Passover] The counting reminds us of the important connection between Passover and Pentecost: Passover freed us physically from bondage, but the giving of the Torah on Pentecost redeemed us spiritually from our bondage to idolatry and immorality. ” - Jewish Virtual Library

RECAP • God wants to draw close to us He wants us to come to know Him as He really is and thus to live as His people

THE PROMISE For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. -Ezekiel 36: 24 -27

THE CHURCH IS CHARISMATIC The Spirit was given so that God could have a people who were in effective covenant relationship with him, who loved him and loved one another because they had proper knowledge of God (the law was written on their hearts) and because they had been given life and power through the Holy Spirit to do so.

THE CHURCH IS CHARISMATIC • It is the Spirit who makes present Christ, and more precisely, Christ’s offering (sacrifice) to the Father, in each of our hearts. Catholicism is about having relationship with God the Father – being in the Son - participating in the Son - which is only possible by the Holy Spirit.

THE CHARISMATIC DIMENSION OF THE CHURCH "Whenever the Spirit intervenes, He leaves people astonished. He brings about events of amazing newness; He radically changes persons and history. This was the unforgettable experience of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council during which, under the guidance of the same Spirit, the Church rediscovered the charismatic dimension as one of her constitutive elements: “It is not only through the sacraments and the ministrations of the Church that the Holy Spirit makes holy the people, leads them and enriches them with His virtues. Allotting His gifts according as He wills (cf. 1 Cor 12: 11), He also distributes special graces among the faithful of every rank…. ” (Lumen Gentium, #12) The institutional and charismatic aspects are co-essential, as it were, to the Church’s constitution. ” – St. John Paul II, May 27, 1998 Google: “World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities” and it’s the 4 th one from the top

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HOLY SPIRIT BRINGIN’ THE RAIN

STRUCTURE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH • Creed “Believe in an orthodox way” • Code “Live in a moral way” • Cult/Liturgy “Worship in a liturgical way” Sources: Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Lumen Gentium

HELPFUL DEFINITIONS • Spirituality how we pray, our piety, which extends to how we live our life i. e. Benedictine Spirituality • Liturgy – Greek service or public service • Liturgy refers to the public or official worship of the Church • Public here is not in contrast to private

FEATURES OF A LITURGICAL SPIRITUALITY 1. Sacred Scripture • Scripture is a central feature to the Liturgy • CCC #103 -104 For this reason, the Church has always venerated the Scriptures as she venerates the Lord's Body. She never ceases to present the faithful the bread of life, taken from the table of God's word and Christ's body. In Sacred SCripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welvomes it not as a human word, 'but what it really is, the wrod of God, ' ' In the Scared books, the Father who is in heaven comes lovingly to meet his children and talks with them. '

FEATURES OF A LITURGICAL SPIRITUALITY 2. Catholic Spirituality is supposed to be Scripturally rooted and expressed • Prayers drawn from or inspired by Sacred Scripture • Songs drawn chiefly from Sacred Scripture and Liturgical Sources • In conformity to Catholic doctrine • Characterized by readings and mediations on Sacred Scripture

FEATURES OF A LITURGICAL SPIRITUALITY 3. Liturgical Spirituality follows a pattern of time • Daily Morning and Evening Prayer • Weekly The Sunday Assembly – Eucharist • Yearly Following the seasons of the Church year “Christ Jesus, high priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile that hymn which is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven. He joins the entire community of mankind to Himself, associating it with His own singing of this canticle of divine praise. For he continues His priestly work through the agency of His Church, which is ceaselessly engaged in praising the Lord and interceding for the salvation of the whole world. She does this, not only by celebrating the eucharist, but also in other ways, especially by praying the divine office. ” - Sacrosanctum Concilium #83

HOW TO PRAY LITURGICALLY • We pray according to the pattern of the Church 1. Daily/Weekly/Seasonally/Yearly Pattern A. Learn to pray Liturgy of the Hours • It is a model for our prayer: Psalms, Scriptural readings, proper honorings of the saints and Mary, petition, thanksgiving, prayers • Morning and Evening Prayer are central • Follows the Christian year B. Meal Grace C. Sundays, centered on the Eucharist D. Cycle of the Liturgical Year

GO GET ‘EM #Boom