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**Proper celebration of liturgy sends faithful away strengthened, nourished, ready to Evangelize, say bishops
**Vatican City, Oct. 07, 2005 (CNA) - 245 prelates from around the world began their eighth session of the 11th General Synod of Bishops this morning at the Vatican. The subject of liturgical reform and the deep consequences thereof played a particularly prominent role in the discussions. Addressing specific forms and practices within the liturgy, Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, said that “Focusing on the Eucharistic celebration, ‘ars celebrandi’ refers to both interior and exterior participation on the part of the celebrating priest and on the part of the congregation.”
He said that, "‘Ars celebrandi’ helps the priest to have a faith‑filled and disciplined posture at Mass. On the one hand, he cannot isolate himself from the presence of the people. On the other hand he should not become a showman who projects himself.
“The liturgy” he stressed, “is not primarily what we make but what we receive in faith.”
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**Vatican City, Oct. 07, 2005 (CNA) - 245 prelates from around the world began their eighth session of the 11th General Synod of Bishops this morning at the Vatican. The subject of liturgical reform and the deep consequences thereof played a particularly prominent role in the discussions. Addressing specific forms and practices within the liturgy, Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, said that “Focusing on the Eucharistic celebration, ‘ars celebrandi’ refers to both interior and exterior participation on the part of the celebrating priest and on the part of the congregation.”
He said that, "‘Ars celebrandi’ helps the priest to have a faith‑filled and disciplined posture at Mass. On the one hand, he cannot isolate himself from the presence of the people. On the other hand he should not become a showman who projects himself.
“The liturgy” he stressed, “is not primarily what we make but what we receive in faith.”
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