Word of God celebration

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The Word of God Celebration is a liturgical celebration in the Roman Catholic Church .

origin

The Second Vatican Council recommended in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium in December 1963 its own services of the word on the eves of high-strength , on weekdays in Advent and in Lent to celebrate and on Sundays and holidays. Where there is no priest available, a deacon or other representative of the bishop should lead it.

The liturgical process was not determined by this Council document. The Instruction Inter Oecumenici (No. 37), published by the Congregation for Rites and the Consilium for the Execution of the Liturgical Constitution on September 24, 1964, recommended that the liturgical service should take the form of a liturgical liturgical service at Mass. The epistle and gospel from the daily mass should be recited in the mother tongue . If a deacon presides over the service , he or she should give a homily ; if the leader is not a cleric , he should read a homily given by the bishop or pastor. The celebration should end with intercessions and our Father . A handout is available for the dioceses of German-speaking Switzerland. For Austria, Germany and the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen there are so-called “work books” for working days and Sundays and public holidays. There are deviations in the Swiss handout to the other German-language regulations, both with regard to the process and the prayers.

In the second half of the 20th century, verbal worship services were widespread in the German-speaking countries as worship meetings without priests on Sundays with a similar sequence in diaspora areas . From 1965, the Holy See also allowed communion for the GDR . These services were referred to as “station service” . In 1967 the permit was extended to the entire Roman Catholic Church.

In the GDR, it was the practice for a so-called diaconate helper to bring the consecrated hosts from the parish mass to the ward worship services.

procedure

The liturgical basic order also applies to celebrations of the Word of God, as it was already presented in the Praise of God (1975) in the Communion celebration (No. 370). Up to the Gospel, their design is based on the form of the divine service of the Holy Mass . After a part peculiar to the celebration of the Word of God, which ends in praise, a third part follows, which continues with the intercessions and is similar to Vespers.

In the new praise of God the process of the Word of God celebration is under the numbers 668 to 671. The process distinguishes between a Word of God celebration on Sundays or public holidays and on weekdays. Italics in the process are reserved for Sundays or public holidays (Swiss alternative in brackets).

Overview

  • Answer from the community
    • Items to choose from
    • only if communion takes place: reference to the Eucharistic community - preparation of the altar - transmission and silent adoration
    • only if a communion celebration follows: invitation to communion - communion - {communion prayer} - closing prayer

details

  • Litany prayer (Switzerland): litany of the presence of God; Brother Klausen litany, invocation of the word made man, prayer. Hear, the Lord is only , Jesus litany, Holy Spirit litany.
  • Opening prayer: either the daily prayer of the daily liturgy, or - in the annual cycle - a pericopic prayer, which already relates to the Gospel.
  • Praise: In Germany and Austria seven different praise (A – G) are proposed. In the praise of God under No. 670 H 9 only praise B "Praise of the Triune God" is listed. In Switzerland there are nine prayers in this function, which only partially correspond to the German prayers.
  • Communion prayer: Only in Switzerland is communion followed by a hymn-like prayer, starting with “Praised are you” and ending with “through Jesus Christ”. A collection of these prayers has been published as a separate handout. The communion prayer is similar to the shorter German closing prayers.

Basic theological idea

The celebration of the Word of God is a dialogical event between God and man. Jesus Christ becomes present in the Word of God and he is given an answer in prayer and song during the celebration. Therefore the celebration consists of four parts:

  • the opening,
  • the proclamation of the word of God,
  • the answer from the community
  • and graduation.

Two basic lines should be made clear. The descending line (God speaks to man through the Word) and the ascending line (the church's answer to God). The ascending line (answer of the congregation) is emphasized in the celebration through a selection of possible answers.

A subsequent communion celebration (with hosts from the tabernacle ) is generally not planned and only permitted in emergencies (for example, if a church cannot celebrate Holy Mass for a month). Winfried Haunerland, however, sees such a celebration as possible. The holding of such a celebration is always subject to the consent of the local bishop. A corresponding note was to be found in the Praise of God (1975) in No. 370, but after the DBK from 2006 no longer in the Praise of God from 2013.

Forms of worship similar to the celebration of the Word of God with communion celebration

Accompanying publications (selection)

Liturgical books

  • Word of God celebration. In: Gotteslob Nr. 668–671. Catholic Bible Institute Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-89889-204-9 .
  • German Liturgical Institute : Celebration of the Word of God. Workbook for Sundays and Holidays. Published by the Liturgical Institutes of Germany and Austria on behalf of the German Bishops 'Conference, the Austrian Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Luxembourg and the Bishop of Bozen-Brixen. Trier 2004, ISBN 978-3-937796-02-4 .
  • German Liturgical Institute: Gathered in His Name. Workbook for church services on weekdays. Time of day liturgy - Word of God celebration - devotions. Published by the Liturgical Institutes of Germany and Austria on behalf of the German Bishops 'Conference, the Austrian Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Luxembourg and the Bishop of Bozen-Brixen. Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-937796-07-9 .
  • The Word of God celebration on Sunday , published by the Liturgical Institute in Freiburg on behalf of the bishops of German-speaking Switzerland. 2nd Edition. Paulusverlag, Freiburg (Switzerland) 2015, ISBN 978-3-7228-0862-8 .
  • Solemn communion prayers for the celebration of the divine service with communion - supplement to the celebration book Die Wortgottesfeier . Paulusverlag, Freiburg (Switzerland) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7228-0724-9 .

Musical handouts

Individual works:

  • Hymn : You deserve our praise. Text: based on Hymnarium Valcidonense 11./12. Century, melody: Michael Heigengruber 2003. In: Benediktinisches Antiphonale 1: You deserve our praise. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach.
  • Praise : Praise for Sunday. Text: Apostolic Constitutions 3rd century, melody: Ludger Stühlmeyer . In: Working aids of the Department for Liturgical Education of the Archdiocese of Bamberg , Bamberg 2002.
  • Action sign : Lord, my prayers rise to you like incense. Text: after Ps. 141,2, melody and sentence: Matthias Kreuels . In: Praise to God No. 98.

Collections:

literature

  • Congregation for Divine Worship: Directory "Sunday Congregational Worship Without Priests ". With an introduction by the German Bishops' Conference. June 2, 1988 (VAS 94), Bonn 1990.
  • Werner Bauer: Word of God celebration. In: Divine service, information and handout of the liturgical institutes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 26. Vol., 1992, No. 12, pp. 89-91 ( online ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )).
  • Winfried Haunerland: Prohibition is not a solution - for the distribution of communion in celebrations of the Word of God . In: Anzeiger für die Seelsorge 6/2017, p. 11 ff.
  • Albert Gerhards: Now say how about communion - the crucial question of the celebration of the Word of God . In: Anzeiger für die Seelsorge 6/2017, p. 20 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sancrosanctum Concilium No. 35.4.
  2. ^ German Bishops' Conference: Called to common service. The management of worship celebrations - framework for cooperation between priests, deacons and lay people in the field of liturgy. 1999, No. 31-33
  3. ^ Bishops of German-speaking Switzerland: The Word of God Celebration on Sunday , Paulusverlag, 2015.
  4. ^ Liturgical institutes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, on behalf of the German Bishops 'Conference, the Swiss Bishops' Conference (sic!), The Archbishop of Luxembourg and the Bishop of Bozen-Bixen: Gathered in His Name . Trier 2008.
  5. ↑ on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Luxembourg and the Bishop of Bozen-Bixen: Word of God celebration . German Liturgical Institute, Trier 2004.
  6. ↑ Winfried Haunerland: Prohibition is not a solution - on the distribution of communion in word of God celebrations , section celebration consequences . In: Anzeiger für die Seelsorge 6/2017, p. 15.
  7. ↑ Huub Oosterhuis , Gotteslob 557, KG 804.
  8. ^ Praise to God (2013) No. 668.1.
  9. ↑ Winfried Haunerland: Prohibition is not a solution - on the distribution of communion in word of God celebrations , section celebration consequences . In :: Anzeiger für die Seelsorge 6/2017, p. 14.
  10. ^ The German Bishops 62, No. 36, 10th edition 2010, p. 32
  11. ↑ God's praise 1975, no. 370: “The Christian community lives from the Sunday meeting. If the Eucharist cannot be celebrated in this, a communion celebration should be held. The bishop must appoint the chairman of such a meeting. He needs appropriate training [...] The communion celebration can be described as a liturgical service followed by communion. "
  12. ↑ DBK: General Criteria for the Word of God Celebrations on Sunday , 2006: “All other forms of worship that take the place of St. Entering mass are only permitted on Sunday in an emergency. A meaningful form is then the celebration of the Word of God. In her Jesus Christ becomes present in the church through his word. All who hear and accept this word with faith receive orientation and a stronger bond with Christ for their path of following. "