In the holy liturgy, Christ “continues to act.”
In this week’s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV begins a new series on his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, focusing on the sacred liturgy.
The liturgy is at once the space, the time, and the context in which the Church receives her life from Christ.
Every time we take part in the liturgy, we are immersed in the mystery of the Paschal event: the passion, death, resurrection, and glorification of Christ. Through the proclamation of the Word, the celebration of the sacraments, and communal prayer, we are refreshed, encouraged, and renewed.
We are then called to live the liturgy in a tangible way throughout our daily lives, making concrete what we have celebrated.
Let us allow ourselves to be shaped inwardly by the rites, symbols, gestures, and above all the living presence of Christ in the liturgy, so that our lives become a “living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.” (Rom 12:1)
