Review article
The role of the liturgy in the process of evangelizing
Bojan Rizvan
Ante Crnčević
Abstract
Bringing to light the importance of New Evangelization in the Church’s mission today, the author endeavors in his work to outline the role of the liturgy in the process of evangelizing in a new way. A process that grasps the entire theological thought is also essential for the theology of the liturgy which recognizes in the presence of Christ’s Easter Mystery the necessary backbone for such an evangelistic elan. Following the thought of pope Benedict XVI expressed in the document establishing the Council for promoting the New Evangelization Ubicumque et semper, the author seeks to find a place for liturgy and its theological expression which represents a unique compendium for the accomplishment of the New Evangelization. Through some sore points met in the process of New Evangelization, such as the modern understanding of the times, secularism which modifies the significance of ritual, cultural and social aspects of the assimilation of the contemporary society, the problem of loss of feeling for the holy, the infantilization of faith, the author recognizes liturgy as a tried out answer to the contemporary searchs and as a perpetual remedy for the mission of New Evangelization. The reality by which we truly become participant of the Christ’s saving deed gives us a freshness of step in the announcement of the evangelistical deposit.
Keywords
New Evangelization; liturgical time; liturgical ritual; liturgical culture; liturgical anthropology; liturgical pedagogy
Hrčak ID:
79681
URI
Publication date:
11.4.2012.
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