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The Liturgy
 


The liturgy does not belong to us: it is the Church’s treasure.

 
Homily via satellite
Closing Mass
49th International Eucharistic Congress
Quebec
22 June 2008

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The Church is most truly itself in the liturgy, as it is the place where God comes to us and enters our lives. Let us remember that the liturgy is celebrated for God, not for us; it is his work; he is its subject. For our part, in the liturgy we must leave ourselves open to be guided by him and by his Body, the Church.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The liturgy is a ‘participation in Christ’s own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit’. The Church, as Christ’s Mystical Body and united with him, offers worship to the Father. By identifying ourselves with Christ in his prayer to the Father, we rediscover our deepest identity as Christians, as children of “Our Father who art in heaven”.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The liturgy is a participation in Christ’s own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1073). The Church, as Christ’s Mystical Body and united with him, offers worship to the Father.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The liturgy is a 'participation in Christ’s own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit' (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1073)…By identifying ourselves with Christ in his prayer to the Father, we rediscover our deepest identity as Christians, as children of 'Our Father who art in heaven'.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


Only through the 'door' of the Paschal sacrifice can men and women of all times and places enter eternal life. It is through this 'holy path' that they can make the exodus which leads them to the 'promised land' of true freedom, to the 'green fields' of endless peace and joy.

 
Homily
Priestly Ordination
St. Peter's Basilica
29 April 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The liturgy is a sharing in the prayer of the living, universal community of believers in Christ.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 
 
 
The Liturgy
 


The liturgy is an encounter of the whole Christ, that is, with Christ and his body, the Church.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
3 October 2012

 

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