Word worship
The Liturgy of the Word , also called "Liturgy of the Word," is in the Catholic Church a part of the Mass , which the Eucharist precedes ( "Eucharistic Liturgy"). Some sacraments (e.g. baptism and marriage ) can also be celebrated in a literal service.
procedure
The word service follows the opening . The focus is on the preaching of God's word from the Bible . The Eucharistic liturgy follows the liturgy, beginning with the preparation of the gifts .
The structure consists of
- first reading (Old Testament or Acts of the Apostles, during weekday mass also the Acts of the Apostles)
- Response psalm
- second reading (letters from the Apostles, on Sundays and Holidays)
- Call to the Gospel ( Hallelujah call, another Christ call during Lent )
- Sequence (on some feast days)
- Gospel
- Sermon or homily
- Creed (on Sundays and Holidays)
- Intercession .
Eucharistic liturgy and liturgy of the word form a unit and are equivalent, while up to the Second Vatican Council the liturgy of the word still had the character of a preliminary mass . It is not possible to celebrate the Eucharist without a preceding literal service; they are “so closely connected that they constitute a single act of worship”. The believers should be covered “the table of the word” more richly through the variety of scriptures (three reading years ).
Demarcation
With the Second Vatican Council, the celebration of the Word of God was also introduced as an independent celebration. This is similar in its process to the word worship and communion celebration , but differs in individual elements. This also includes devotions .
Individual evidence
- ^ Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: Basic order of the Roman Missal, preliminary publication for the German Missal (3rd edition) (PDF; 545 kB) Arbeits Aid No. 215, Bonn 2007, No. 55ff.
- ↑ Praise to God, no.584
- ↑ Sacrosanctum Concilium No. 56.
- ↑ See Sacrosanctum Concilium No. 51.
- ↑ Praise to God, No. 668, 2