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What is liturgy?

April 26, 2017liturgy

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What is liturgy?

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“Liturgy” is the official public worship of the Church, to be distinguished from the private devotions and prayers of individuals. Its function is twofold: to give honor, praise, and worship to God, and to obtain blessings for the human race so as to sanctify it (make it holy). “Through the liturgy Christ, our redeemer and high priest, continues the work of our redemption in, with, and through his Church” (CCC #1069). The liturgy responds to the “divine pedagogy of salvation” (CCC #1145, using visible creation (light and darkness, wind and the fruits of the earth) and signs and symbols taken from the social life of man (washing and anointing, meals, music and song, the embrace of peace), signs of the Covenant given to the Chosen People of God (laying on of hands, sacrifices, the Passover), and signs used specifically by Christ as part of His New Covenant with the universal People of God (healings, preaching and teaching, the breaking of the bread, the crucifixion and resurrection, givi

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In the Catholic tradition, liturgy is the Church’s official act of worship. In liturgy, God interacts with us in the various situations of our lives. All liturgical rites use Christian symbols and rites to “retell” or “remember” the person of Jesus, particularly his death and resurrection.