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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 172
DATE 26-09-2012
Summary:
- THE LITURGY, A SCHOOL OF PRAYER
- THE RULE OF LAW REQUIRES A LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON NATURAL LAW
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
THE LITURGY, A SCHOOL OF PRAYER
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - The liturgy as a school of prayer, as
a "special place in which God addresses each one of us ... and awaits our
response", was the theme of Benedict XVI's catechesis during his general
audience, held this morning
in St. Peter's Square.
The Pope explained how, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "we read that
the word 'liturgy' originally meant a 'service in the name of/on behalf of the
people'. If Christian theology took this word from the Greek, clearly it did
so thinking of the
new People of God, born of Christ Who opened His arms on the Cross to unite
mankind in the one peace of God; 'service in the name of the people', a people
which exists not of itself but which has come into being thanks to the Paschal
Mystery of Jesus
Christ".
"The Catechism also states that in Christian tradition, the word 'liturgy'
means the participation of the People of God in the work of God". In this
context Pope Benedict recalled how the document on the liturgy had been the
first fruit of Vatican
Council II. "By beginning with the issue of liturgy, light was very clearly
thrown on the primacy of God, on His absolute precedence. ... Where the gaze
on God is not decisive, everything becomes disoriented. The fundamental
criterion for the liturgy is
that it should be oriented towards God, in order to ensure we participate in
His work.
"Yet, we might ask ourselves", the Holy Father added, "what is this work of
God in which we are called to participate? ... And what makes the Mystery of
the death and resurrection of Christ, Who brought salvation, real for me
today? The answer is this:
the action of Christ through the Church and the liturgy; in particular the
Sacrament of the Eucharist which causes the sacrificial offer of the Son of
God Who redeemed us to be present; the Sacrament of Penance in which we pass
from the death induced by
sin to new life; and the other Sacraments which sanctify us".
Quoting again from the Catechism of the Catholic Church the Pope affirmed that
"a sacramental celebration is a meeting of God's children with their Father,
in Christ and the Holy Spirit; this meeting takes the form of a dialogue,
through actions and
words'. Thus", he explained, "the first requirement for a good liturgical
celebration is that it be prayer and dialogue with God, first listening then
responding. ... Sacred liturgy offers us the words, it is up to us to enter
into their meaning, absorb
them, harmonise ourselves with them. ... One fundamental and primordial
element of dialogue with God in the liturgy is concordance between what we say
with our mouths and what we carry in our hearts", he said.
The Pope then referred to a particular moment in which the liturgy calls upon
us and helps us to find such concordance: the celebrant's invitation before
the Eucharistic prayer: "sursum corda", meaning "let us lift up our hearts";
lift them up, that is,
"out of the mire of our concerns and desires, our worries and our distraction.
Our hearts, the most intimate part of us, must open meekly to the Word of God
and join the prayer of the Church, in order to be oriented towards God by the
very words we hear
and pronounce".
"We celebrate and experience the liturgy well", the Pope concluded, "only if
we maintain an attitude of prayer, uniting ourselves to the mystery of Christ
and to His dialogue of a Son with His Father. God Himself teaches us to pray.
... He has given us
the right words with which to address Him, words we find in the Psalter, in
the great prayers of sacred liturgy and in the Eucharistic celebration itself.
Let us pray to the Lord that we may become increasingly aware of the fact that
the liturgy is the
action of God and of man; a prayer that arises from the Holy Spirit and from
us; entirely addressed to the Father in union with the Son of God made man".
Following the catechesis the Holy Father addressed greetings to, among others,
faithful from Latin America, including a group of Chilean parliamentarians
whom he reminded of Catholic politicians' duty "generously to seek the common
good of all citizens,
in a manner coherent with the convictions held by the children of the Church".
___________________________________________________________
THE RULE OF LAW REQUIRES A LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON NATURAL LAW
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - In New York on 24 September,
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, addressed
the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law at the National and
International Levels.
Archbishop Mamberti spoke in his capacity as Holy See delegate to the
sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Brief
extracts from his English-language remarks are given below.
"Faced as we are by challenges old and new, the calling of the High-Level
Meeting on the Rule of Law is an important opportunity to reaffirm the will to
find political solutions applicable at the global level with the aid of a
juridical order solidly
based upon the dignity and nature of humanity, in other words, upon the
natural law.
"This is the best path to follow if we wish to realise the grand designs and
purpose of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, which remain relevant by means of various treaties on human rights,
disarmament, and the
codification of the great principles of international law and in the gathering
and progress made in the norms of humanitarian law.
"It will be possible to advance if, as well as working through ever more
specialised organs, including in economic and financial matters, the United
Nations remains a central point of reference for the creation of a true family
of nations, where the
unilateral interest of the most powerful ones does not trump the needs of the
weaker ones. Such will be possible if legislation at the international level
is marked by respect for the dignity of the human person, beginning with the
centrality of the
right to life and to freedom of religion".
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Tome Ferreira da Silva, auxiliary of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of
the diocese of Jose do Rio Preto (area 14,423, population 934,000, Catholics
701,000, priests 136, permanent deacons 17, religious 175), Brazil.
- Appointed Fr. Joao Francisco Salm of the clergy of the archdiocese of
Florianopolis, Brazil, archdiocesan bursar, as bishop of Tubarao (area 4,531,
population 363,000, Catholics 316,000, priests 52, permanent deacons 1,
religious 102), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Sao Pedro de Alcantara, Brazil in 1952 and ordained a
priest in 1979. Among other roles, he has worked as formator and later rector
of the Seminary of Azambuja, and as a coordinator for pastoral care.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 172DATE 26-09-2012
Summary: - THE LITURGY, A SCHOOL OF
PRAYER - THE RULE OF LAW
REQUIRES A LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON NATURAL LAW - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
THE LITURGY, A SCHOOL OF PRAYER
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - The liturgy as a school of prayer,
as a "special place in which God addresses each one of us ... and awaits our
response", was the theme of Benedict XVI's catechesis during his general
audience, held this
morning in St. Peter's Square.
The Pope explained how, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "we read
that the word 'liturgy' originally meant a 'service in the name of/on behalf
of the people'. If Christian theology took this word from the Greek, clearly
it did so thinking of
the new People of God, born of Christ Who opened His arms on the Cross to
unite mankind in the one peace of God; 'service in the name of the people', a
people which exists not of itself but which has come into being thanks to the
Paschal Mystery of
Jesus Christ".
"The Catechism also states that in Christian tradition, the word 'liturgy'
means the participation of the People of God in the work of God". In this
context Pope Benedict recalled how the document on the liturgy had been the
first fruit of Vatican
Council II. "By beginning with the issue of liturgy, light was very clearly
thrown on the primacy of God, on His absolute precedence. ... Where the gaze
on God is not decisive, everything becomes disoriented. The fundamental
criterion for the liturgy is
that it should be oriented towards God, in order to ensure we participate in
His work.
"Yet, we might ask ourselves", the Holy Father added, "what is this work of
God in which we are called to participate? ... And what makes the Mystery of
the death and resurrection of Christ, Who brought salvation, real for me
today? The answer is
this: the action of Christ through the Church and the liturgy; in particular
the Sacrament of the Eucharist which causes the sacrificial offer of the Son
of God Who redeemed us to be present; the Sacrament of Penance in which we
pass from the death
induced by sin to new life; and the other Sacraments which sanctify us".
Quoting again from the Catechism of the Catholic Church the Pope affirmed
that "a sacramental celebration is a meeting of God's children with their
Father, in Christ and the Holy Spirit; this meeting takes the form of a
dialogue, through actions and
words'. Thus", he explained, "the first requirement for a good liturgical
celebration is that it be prayer and dialogue with God, first listening then
responding. ... Sacred liturgy offers us the words, it is up to us to enter
into their meaning, absorb
them, harmonise ourselves with them. ... One fundamental and primordial
element of dialogue with God in the liturgy is concordance between what we say
with our mouths and what we carry in our hearts", he said.
The Pope then referred to a particular moment in which the liturgy calls
upon us and helps us to find such concordance: the celebrant's invitation
before the Eucharistic prayer: "sursum corda", meaning "let us lift up our
hearts"; lift them up, that
is, "out of the mire of our concerns and desires, our worries and our
distraction. Our hearts, the most intimate part of us, must open meekly to the
Word of God and join the prayer of the Church, in order to be oriented towards
God by the very words we
hear and pronounce".
"We celebrate and experience the liturgy well", the Pope concluded, "only
if we maintain an attitude of prayer, uniting ourselves to the mystery of
Christ and to His dialogue of a Son with His Father. God Himself teaches us to
pray. ... He has given
us the right words with which to address Him, words we find in the Psalter, in
the great prayers of sacred liturgy and in the Eucharistic celebration itself.
Let us pray to the Lord that we may become increasingly aware of the fact that
the liturgy is
the action of God and of man; a prayer that arises from the Holy Spirit and
from us; entirely addressed to the Father in union with the Son of God made
man".
Following the catechesis the Holy Father addressed greetings to, among
others, faithful from Latin America, including a group of Chilean
parliamentarians whom he reminded of Catholic politicians' duty "generously to
seek the common good of all
citizens, in a manner coherent with the convictions held by the children of
the Church".
THE RULE OF LAW REQUIRES A LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON NATURAL LAW
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - In New York on 24 September,
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, addressed
the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law at the National and
International Levels.
Archbishop Mamberti spoke in his capacity as Holy See delegate to the
sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Brief
extracts from his English-language remarks are given below.
"Faced as we are by challenges old and new, the calling of the High-Level
Meeting on the Rule of Law is an important opportunity to reaffirm the will to
find political solutions applicable at the global level with the aid of a
juridical order solidly
based upon the dignity and nature of humanity, in other words, upon the
natural law.
"This is the best path to follow if we wish to realise the grand designs
and purpose of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, which remain relevant by means of various treaties on human
rights, disarmament, and the
codification of the great principles of international law and in the gathering
and progress made in the norms of humanitarian law.
"It will be possible to advance if, as well as working through ever more
specialised organs, including in economic and financial matters, the United
Nations remains a central point of reference for the creation of a true family
of nations, where the
unilateral interest of the most powerful ones does not trump the needs of the
weaker ones. Such will be possible if legislation at the international level
is marked by respect for the dignity of the human person, beginning with the
centrality of the
right to life and to freedom of religion".
Vatican City, 26 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Tome Ferreira da Silva, auxiliary of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop
of the diocese of Jose do Rio Preto (area 14,423, population 934,000,
Catholics 701,000, priests 136, permanent deacons 17, religious 175),
Brazil.
- Appointed Fr. Joao Francisco Salm of the clergy of the archdiocese of
Florianopolis, Brazil, archdiocesan bursar, as bishop of Tubarao (area 4,531,
population 363,000, Catholics 316,000, priests 52, permanent deacons 1,
religious 102), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Sao Pedro de Alcantara, Brazil in 1952 and ordained a
priest in 1979. Among other roles, he has worked as formator and later rector
of the Seminary of Azambuja, and as a coordinator for pastoral care.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
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