The Liturgy

[zoe_otero]

Is the Liturgy exclusive work from Jesus?

 

[Reuben_J]

Is the Liturgy exclusive work from Jesus?

You have to qualify what do you mean by liturgy. Is it just a way to worship/pray or are you referring to the mass.

If you mean the mass, which is a beautiful form of worship, yes, Jesus commanded it, and in fact most of the contents of the mass is Biblical or Biblically based.

 

[pianistclare]

Did they give you any book or handouts in your RCIA class?

 

[twf]

The liturgy is the work of Christ, yes, but it is also the work of His people - us. We are invited to participate in His perfect prayer to the Father. That’s liturgy.

 

[GoGoDiego]

Is the Liturgy exclusive work from Jesus?

Yes. The liturgy is God’s work

The liturgy is the work of Christ, yes, but it is also the work of His people - us. We are invited to participate in His perfect prayer to the Father. That’s liturgy.

We benefit through God’s work and the work of the people and use it to communicate and worship to our God in spirit and truth

You have to qualify what do you mean by liturgy. Is it just a way to worship/pray or are you referring to the mass.

If you mean the mass, which is a beautiful form of worship, yes, Jesus commanded it, and in fact most of the contents of the mass is Biblical or Biblically based.

The Liturgy does not only confine to the Mass alone. While it is the highest form of liturgy and prayer, celebrations of the Sacraments and the Divine Office are still considered as liturgy. The Sacraments and the Hours are biblically based as well

 

[Brendan]

It’s not an either\or question. A Liturgy is a work of the people

Ancient Greek λειτουργία ‎(leitourgía), from λαός ‎(laós, “people”) + -ουργός ‎(-ourgós), from ἔργον ‎(érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people)

We see this in that there are multiple Liturgies, but only one God. Liturgies can change as the people change, God does not change.

That said, we cannot conduct a Liturgy without God. His Grace is what makes it possible for us to worship Him at all. And the Grace given to the Church allows the Church to establish liturgies that worship God as He desires to be worshipped.

 

[Ad_Orientem]

What is the work of Jesus alone is the Redemption itself, insofar as we are unable, of ourselves, to escape our fallen state or gain infinite merits. But God allows us to participate in the Redemption by offering Christ’s Sacrifice along with Him to the Father, and our own sacrifices in union with His. The chief *instrument *of the Redemption is the Sacred Liturgy, in which we do precisely this.

 

[Reuben_J]

The Liturgy does not only confine to the Mass alone. While it is the highest form of liturgy and prayer, celebrations of the Sacraments and the Divine Office are still considered as liturgy. The Sacraments and the Hours are biblically based as well