II. Christ’s Work in the Liturgy
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In the liturgy of the Church, it is principally his own Paschal mystery that
Christ signifies and makes present. During his earthly life Jesus announced his
Paschal mystery by his teaching and anticipated it by his actions. When his
Hour comes, he lives out the unique event of history which does not pass away:
Jesus dies, is buried, rises from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of
the Father “once for all.”8 His Paschal mystery is a real
event that occurred in our history, but it is unique: all other historical
events happen once, and then they pass away, swallowed up in the past. the
Paschal mystery of Christ, by contrast, cannot remain only in the past, because
by his death he destroyed death, and all that Christ is – all that he did and
suffered for all men – participates in the divine eternity, and so transcends
all times while being made present in them all. the event of the Cross and
Resurrection abides and draws everything toward life.
- SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
- CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
- Article 1 THE LITURGY – WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
- II. Christ’s Work in the Liturgy
- Article 1 THE LITURGY – WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
- CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2W.HTM