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CONTEMPORARY SACRAMENTAL PRACTICES
The Official Sacraments
Sources:
Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines. Manila: Paulines, 1992.
Bevans, Stephen B. and Schroeder, Roger P. PROPHETIC DIALOGUE: Reflections on Christian Mission Today. Manila: Logos Publications, 2012.
Martimort, A.G., et.al. THE CHURCH AT PRAYER An Introduction to the Liturgy,
Volume 1 PRINCIPLES OF LITURGY. Translated by Matthew J. O’Connell. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1987.
Martos, Joseph. Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the
Catholic Church. Revised and Updated Edition. Liguori, Missouri: Liguori Publications, 2001.
Pecklers, Keith F. THE GENIUS OF THE ROMAN RITE On the Reception and
Implementation of the New Missal. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2009. Pennington, M. Basil. The Eucharist Yesterday and Today. New York, N.Y.: Crossroad, 1985. Power, David N. THE SACRIFICE WE OFFER The Tridentine Dogma and its
Reinterpretation. New York, N.Y.: Crossroad, 1987.
Outline:
A. Contemporary Sacramental Practices
B. The Official Sacraments
Context
Vatican II onward…
Vatican II “…its clarion call was for renewal in the Church.
The call was for change – an up-dating (aggiornamento) of ourselves. - ¶ 5, Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines
Since the mid-1960s the Catholic Church has been visibly changing
Features on the Catholic Landscape
Sacramental Rituals
Attitudes & Behaviors
Experience of sacramental rituals
CHANGES
• Enthusiastic
• ReluctantCHANGES
Cultural Pluralis
mTheologi
cal Pluralism
New Trent -Like Uniformity
Aggiornamento – VAT II
Revision of the rites which was done under Vatican supervision
•Historical Consciousness
•Recovery of Liturgical Theology and Spirituality
•Promotion of Full and Active Participation
3 Fundamental Bases
- p.29, THE GENIUS OF THE ROMAN RITE On the Reception and Implementation of the New Missal, Keith F. Pecklers, SJ,
Liturgical Press Collegeville, Minnesota, 2009.
Rites 1970s
* Religious Profession; Consecration of Virgins…
*Confirmation; Christian
Initiation of Adults…
*Eucharist outside of
Mass; Penance
- pp. 82-83, THE CHURCH AT PRAYER An Introduction to the Liturgy, Volume 1 PRINCIPLES OF LITURGY, A.G. Martimort et. al.
Catholic bishops and liturgists in non-western countries expressed dissatisfaction Revision of
the rites which was done under Vatican supervision
Church Leaders would like
greater autonomy in designing sacramental rites
express the meaning of Christianity in their own cultural symbols
Catholic bishops and liturgists in non-western countries expressed dissatisfaction
Arguments
Accommodation
Early ChristianityNative
cultures
Coptic RiteMozarabic
RiteAmbrosian Rite
Early Christianity…. Native Cultures
More Moderate (Acculturation)
More Radical(Inculturation)
Pro
pone
nts
of A
dditi
onal
Litu
rgic
al
Ref
orm
s
Different Texts
Gestures, Vestments
Culturally Appropriate Liturgy
More Moderate (Acculturation)
Married , Female, Group Leadership in
the Church
Native Foods instead of
bread & wine…laying on of
hands…
Indigenous wedding
practices…
More Radical
(Inculturation)
Non-Western Liturgists
Straining
toward
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Catholic Theologians
Show no sign task of
understanding the sacraments
in the future difficulty to speak about
Catholic sacraments
Catholic explanation of the sacraments
Resemble one another around the
world
All resemble sacramental rituals of the modern world
Possible to Discuss
Catholic Theology
Catholic sacramental practices
THE OFFICIAL SACRAMENTSRevision of the official rites
gained
understanding
lost
Sense of mystery
UN
DE
RS
TAN
DIN
G
Contemporary Language Modern Dress
Drastically revised
and simplified rites
o Eliminated prayers and gestures
Sen
se of M
ysteryLatin Mass
Music
Confessional area
Incense & Pageantry
Baptismal font
Weddings & Ordinations
Observations/Reactions – loss of a sense of mystery?
some observers of contemporary culture – it is not the change in the liturgy that has reduced the sense of mystery but the secularization of the whole society
those who have understood the reasons
for the new liturgy and who do participate in it
with energy and attention – the sense of
mystery has not been entirely lost; it has rather
shifted from a sense of magic to a sense of
wonder.
FAVORS MEDIEVAL CEREMONIES For many the
medieval ceremonies were more palpably doors to the sacred,
excommunicated Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
established a schismatic church which retained the Tridentine mass and sacraments.
FAVORS CULTURAL ADAPTATION
excommunicated Rev. George
Stallings,
led his black congregation in
Washington, D.C., to break from the Catholic Church
over liturgical and ministerial
restrictions
More Moderate American Liturgists
DIVERS CULTURE - distinctively American form of liturgy and worship.
HIGH-TECH GADGETS FOR LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Critics of American Materialism and Individualism
Some aspects of contemporary culture are so incompatible with the spiritual and communal ideals of the Christian gospel
that there could never be a form of worship that is both fully Catholic and fully American.
Silent Spectators (Majority of American Catholics)
Pay little attention to liturgical pressures from the right and the left
In spite of massive effort to educate them through Sunday pulpit, many of them comprehend neither the scholastic nor the contemporary explanations of sacraments
.
Silent Spectators (Majority of American Catholics)
Their understanding of the sacraments is neither metaphysical nor experiential but based on the religious training they received as children.
Although they are invited to participate fully in the liturgy, many still attend as silent spectators.
Features on the Catholic Landscape
Sacramental Rituals
Attitudes & Behaviors
Experience of sacramental
rituals
CHANGES
Sacrament of Baptism
Freed from the belief that this sacrament does nothing except wash away original sin
Some Catholic parents have been less concerned to have their children baptized within days after birth;
some priests have begun to question the custom of baptizing children of parents who show little interest in raising their children as Catholics.
Sacrament of Confirmation
In some dioceses it is administered by pastors as well as bishops
The age for celebrating the sacrament varies from seven to eighteen
Sacrament s of the Holy Eucharist and Penance
Changes in the rites
Changes in the Catholic understanding of sin
Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Penance
Catholics are now less legalistic about weekly attendance in mass
They go to confession much less frequently than they used to
Those who do attend the liturgy regularly tend to receive communion more often and with less doubt about their worthiness to do so.
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
Before: once considered a sign that death was at the door, and being administered only to the dying,
Today: It is becoming more regarded as the sacrament of
healing; it is being received more frequently by the elderly
and the less seriously ill.
Sacrament of Marriage
Baptized Catholics who have little intention of being active members of the church today feel less need to be married before a priest.
Some pastors are beginning to question the value of church weddings
for such persons even if they request one.
Sacrament of Marriage
Divorce and remarriage – once unthinkable for Roman Catholics
Has come under discussion by canon lawyers and
theologians
Relaxing of restrictions for annulments
It is becoming more common
Sacrament of Holy Orders
The Catholic priesthood seems to have regained some of the stability lost during the turbulent 60s
Priests are no longer leaving the ministry so frequently, and vocations are no longer ….
Sacrament of Holy Orders
In the developing world, seminaries (and
convents, too) are full……
Sacrament of Holy Orders
Issues still remain
- The question of allowing priest to marry
- Allowing women to be ordained
Sacrament of Marriage
Sacrament of Holy Orders
Both marriage and priesthood are being looked in a more human and a less divine light
This makes it possible for Catholics to be less
dogmatic in their thinking despite Rome’s inflexibility
in these areas.
Ecumenism or Interfaith Cooperation
Decreasing dogmatism with – sacraments & worship in general
Christian Unity
Vat II Opening to the world
Interactions b/w
Protestants & Christians
Working together
Ecumenical worship services
Reforms
Interfaith Marriages
CONCLUSION:
The official Catholic sacraments have changed, and they are likely to do so again, for the forces of change are still at work.
CONCLUSION:
Nevertheless, the
Roman church organization is large and its hierarchy is very tradition-minded, ….
CONCLUSION:
It is good to know
that we are well-rooted and closely bonded people, enlivened by a consistent flow of life through centuries…. - p.47, The Eucharist Yesterday and Today, M. Basil Pennington, Crossroad, New York, N.Y.,1985
CONCLUSION:
In the dialogue between churches,
agreement on an appropriate and
commonly observed Eucharistic
practice, within reasonable
diversity…- p. 186, THE SACRIFICE WE OFFER The Tridentine
Dogma and its Reinterpretation, David N. Power, Crossroad, New
York, N.Y, 1987
CONCLUSION:
“ …the worthy and vital celebration of the liturgy in
Eucharist, baptism, marriages or funerals can be moments when the gospel proclaimed
and celebrated ….” – p. 66, PROPHETIC DIALOGUE: Reflections on Christian
Mission Today, Stephen B. Bevans and Roger P. Schroeder, Logos Publications, Inc., Manila, 2012
CONTEMPORARY SACRAMENTAL PRACTICES
The Official Sacraments
DIOS MABALOS PO… THANK YOU…