"La liturgie est le sommet vers lequel tend l’action de l’Église, et en même temps la source d’où découle toute sa vertu. Car les labeurs apostoliques visent à ce que tous, devenus enfants de Dieu par la foi et le baptême, se rassemblent, louent Dieu au milieu de l’Église, participent au sacrifice et mangent la Cène du Seigneur...."
"C’est donc de la liturgie, et principalement de l’Eucharistie, comme d’une source, que la grâce découle en nous et qu’on obtient avec le maximum d’efficacité cette sanctification des hommes, et cette glorification de Dieu dans le Christ, que recherchent, comme leur fin, toutes les autres œuvres de l’Église." (SC 10)
Although the Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life,” many Catholics are unfamiliar with its rich Old Testament and Jewish background. In this article, we will look at four aspects of this background: the king-priest Melchizedek, the Passover, the manna, and the bread of the Presence.
LORD, that which You have given us, give to all Israel. May all Israel discover the sweet gentleness and sublimity of the Messiah, who is still waiting, and has already been with us for twenty centuries, Yeshua, the Lord. And together with the Messiah, may Israel discover the stunning beauty of the Good News that comes from heaven, the New Covenant capable of bringing to Israel the peace of her God, shalom upon Jerusalem.
Learn and pray some of the most important Catholic prayers.
Confession (or “reconciliation”) is the sacrament where Baptized Catholics receive forgiveness from God’s mercy for the offense committed against him, and are reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins. It is the place where you meet the risen Jesus, who gave the apostles - the first priests - the power to forgive sins in his name (John 20:23).
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Welcome to this short introduction to the celebration of the Holy Mass! The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life and its highest and most important prayer. In the Mass the whole mystery of our salvation is made present, and in the Eucharist we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus our Lord, who is really and truly present under the appearance of bread and wine and who gives himself to us in this great gift of love.
The Exodus, God's deliverance of Israel out of Egyptian slavery through Moses, prefigured God's redemption of all humanity from the slavery of sin through a new and greater Savior, Jesus the Messiah. The liturgical life of the Israelites in the desert on their way to the Promised Land prefigured the liturgical and sacramental life of the Church as it heads towards its heavenly Promised Land.