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Significance of the Day. The Divine Service begins with the Hymn of Invocation (or the Processional Hymn, if there is a Procession), which helps set the tone and mood for the worship service, reminding us early on of God's great love through Jesus our Savior.
The majority of that work focused on the use of the Bible within liturgical rites in general and not within the text of specific liturgical rites. This article is a constructive proposal of a comprehensive taxonomy to describe all the possible ways that a liturgical text can appropriate scripture as a source.
The word liturgy comes from the Greek leitourgia, which is a com bination of leitos, an adjective which means pertaining to the people (laos), and ergon, a noun which means work. Hence, etymologically the word means any service done for the common welfare.
The Introductory Rites help the faithful come together as one, establish communion and prepare themselves to listen to the Word of God and to celebrate the Eucharist worthily. All stand. The Priest approaches the altar with the ministers and venerates it while the Entrance Song is sung.
What is the Mass or Liturgy? A good way to describe the Mass is to say that it is Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday made present today in ritual. It is not merely a meal which reminds us of the Last Supper, or a Passion play which helps recall Good Friday, or a Sunrise Service which celebrates the Lord’s Resurrection.
The liturgy aims at “the sanctification of human beings and the glorification of God” (SC 10). The constitution also states that “the liturgy is the summit towards which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows” (SC 10).
The Lutheran liturgy, also referred to as the Mass or Holy Liturgy, is the divine service which includes in it the preaching of God’s Word, both his Law and his Gospel, and Holy Communion in which the communicants receive
