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11 sty 2012 · True liturgy implies that God responds and shows us how we can adore Him. 'The Church can celebrate and adore the mystery of Christ present in the Eucharist precisely because Christ himself gave himself first to her in the sacrifice of the cross' (Sacramentum Caritatis, 14).
Liturgy (leitourgia) is a Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen. Its elements are leitos (from leos = laos, people) meaning public, and ergo (obsolete in the present stem, used in future erzo, etc.), to do.
Catholic liturgy means the whole complex of official liturgical worship, including all the rites, ceremonies, prayers, and sacraments of the Church, as opposed to private devotions.
Liturgy is centered on the Holy Trinity. At every liturgy the action of worship is directed to the Father, from whom all blessings come, through the Son in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is structured around four fundamental dimensions of the Christian life: the profession of faith; the celebration of the liturgy; the morality of the Gospel; and prayer.
The Study Guide to Catholic Liturgy is in three parts with first looking at the Roman Rite, its theology and basic elements. The second part considers the Sacraments with chapters on the rites and on Sacramental and Eucharistic theology. The final section covers funerals, and liturgical time.
The Liturgy has been called “the summit and source” of Christian life. The way in which we live the Christian virtues in our everyday lives – at work, at home, and at school – directs us back to the liturgies of the Church.
