Lex orandi, Lex credendi, Lex vivendi!
The Law of Praying is the Law of Believing is the Law of Living!
This great axiom of the Church tells us that the way we pray is the way we believe and as we believe, so we live. The liturgy is at the center of our lives as Catholics and so if we don't truly understand the liturgical worship we celebrate, we lose something of the belief of our faith and way it is lived out daily. This collection of articles, which will continue to increase as more articles are posted, is aimed at helping us all to understand the depth, beauty, and reality of what we celebrate in the liturgy so that it might sink deep roots into our minds and lives as we go out into the world.
Church Documents on the Liturgy:
Meditator Dei (1947) - Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium (1961) - Vatican II Document on the Sacred Liturgy
Mysterium Fidei (1965) - Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Holy Eucharist
Liturgiam Authenticam (2001) - On the Translation of Liturgical Texts into the Vernacular
Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (2001) - Document by the Congregation for Divine Worship
Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2004) - Encyclical of Blessed John Paul II on the Eucharist and the Church
Redemptionis Sacramentum (2004) - Instruction on avoiding Liturgical Abuses from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Sacramentum Caritatis (2007) - Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI on the Eucharist as Source and Summit of the Church's Mission and Life
My Homilies on Liturgy:
The Treasure of the Liturgy - On the Sacrificial, Meal, and Spousal Imagery of the Mass
Church Documents on the Liturgy:
Meditator Dei (1947) - Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium (1961) - Vatican II Document on the Sacred Liturgy
Mysterium Fidei (1965) - Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Holy Eucharist
Liturgiam Authenticam (2001) - On the Translation of Liturgical Texts into the Vernacular
Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (2001) - Document by the Congregation for Divine Worship
Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2004) - Encyclical of Blessed John Paul II on the Eucharist and the Church
Redemptionis Sacramentum (2004) - Instruction on avoiding Liturgical Abuses from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Sacramentum Caritatis (2007) - Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI on the Eucharist as Source and Summit of the Church's Mission and Life
My Homilies on Liturgy:
The Treasure of the Liturgy - On the Sacrificial, Meal, and Spousal Imagery of the Mass
