The liturgy “interrupts our frenetic activities, leading us back to what is essential.”
In this week’s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, reflecting on the rites, signs, and symbols of the sacred liturgy.
The rites of the liturgy are not a collection of arbitrary ceremonies—on the contrary, they make us active participants in the listening of the Word of God, in giving thanks, and in communion. Rather than constraining our freedom with rigid frameworks, the rite—with the solemn simplicity of its rhythms—interrupts our “frenetic activities,” leading us back to what is essential.
The signs and symbols interwoven into the liturgy invite us to participate fully—body, mind, and heart—and to enter into a rhythm inhabited by the Holy Spirit.
“As we prepare for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, may each of us reawaken our openness to an encounter with God by rediscovering the signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy.”
