{"id":204866,"date":"2026-08-26T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=204866&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=204866"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:13:26","slug":"in-the-sacred-liturgy-the-participation-of-the-faithful-cannot-be-passive-pope-leos-words-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/in-the-sacred-liturgy-the-participation-of-the-faithful-cannot-be-passive-pope-leos-words-today\/","title":{"rendered":"In the sacred liturgy, \u201cthe participation of the faithful cannot be passive.\u201d: Pope Leo&#8217;s Words Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"204866\" class=\"elementor elementor-204866\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f03b2ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f03b2ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e79f76b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e79f76b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ZKRKU\" data-testid=\"post-renderer-component\">\n<div class=\"fV3Jt\">\n<div class=\"GOJZx\">\n<div class=\"agPPc U4hHe hWX7X fs-mask\">\n<p><strong>In the sacred liturgy, \u201cthe participation of the faithful cannot be passive.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why did the liturgy change so much after Vatican II?<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV looks at the motivations behind the liturgical reform ushered in by the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n<p>The liturgy is an experience of a true relationship with God, so our participation cannot be passive; we should not be there as \u201cstrangers or silent spectators.\u201d Instead, through a good understanding of the rites and prayers, we should take part in the Mass conscious of what we are doing, with devotion and full collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>From this conviction arose the desire to make biblical texts and prayers more accessible to all the faithful, in our own daily languages, so that we are able to understand them easily and take part in them fully and actively.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we must reject the abuses that have occurred post-Vatican II\u2014where some of the principles underlying the reform have been taken to extremes or misunderstood\u2014and which still occur today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt every celebration of the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, let us ask for God\u2019s help to be strengthened on our journey and to enter into a deeper relationship with the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"i_jYa VP_4j\">\n<div class=\"Cvgi1\">To read more of Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s General Audience reflection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/events\/event.dir.html\/content\/vaticanevents\/en\/2026\/8\/26\/udienza-generale.html\">click here.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the sacred liturgy, \u201cthe participation of the faithful cannot be passive.\u201d Why did the liturgy change so much after Vatican II? 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