Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 79 No. 3, 2009.
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The Eucharist - the Summit in Accession, Permanency in Living the Initiation
Ivan Šaško
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In theological debates, pastoral activities and the life of the believer, the Eucharist is observed in the focus of sacramental life and is put in first place but far too rarely for it to be seen in the completeness of Christian initiation - the place where the Eucharist belongs during our walk through initiation and after it. By extracting the Eucharist from the context of initiation on the whole, the strength of the salvational event is lost, i.e. participation in it. A non-theological approach to the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation diminishes the Eucharistic strength and beauty of the Church.
Accessing the sacraments and developing the sacramental life of the Church which is founded on the inseparability and fragmentation of the sacraments - on their 'absolute' value - diminishes the dynamics of initiation which is written in our lives from Baptism through to Confirmation and the Eucharist but is read in the opposite direction - starting from the Eucharist (it is its fount). It is possible to see this dynamics in the example of the Eucharistic prayers (historically-cherigmatic, sacramentally-epicletic, existentially-eschatological dimension).
The sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation are directed to receiving one's meaning in reality and in light of the Eucharist which requires greater connection between the three sacraments at all levels in the life of the Church (cf. SCa 17-19). Through Baptism, believers are transformed in the figure of Christ and embodied into his Body (to be in God through Christ; to be Christly); through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Confirmation allows us to build Christ's Body to act through Christ and with Christ; act Qhristly); while the Eucharist gives us space to live Christ (bow to God and live in Christ; celebrate/live Christly). That doxological model is at the same time Christological which leads us from sacramental instrumentality to sacramental eventfulness.
The unavoidable theological truth can be seen in the inability to repeat the first two sacraments and the repetitiveness of the celebration of the Eucharist. The sacraments of initiation does not 'precede' Christian living but are granted and received opportunities that can be lived daily (the Liturgical 'today') in Christian maturity, i.e. the Eucharist. The same applies visa versa: the fullness of Christian life in the Church does not simply 'secede' the sacraments of initiation but are shaped as graces and a duty to realise the mysteries that are celebrated in initiation - in the Mystery of Easter of which we have become a part of through these sacraments. The walk through Christian imitation is a walk of conversion which is realised through God's help and in permanent connection with the Church community.
Ključne riječi
initiation; the Eucharist; sacraments; sequentia sacramentorum; ritual; Liturgical Theology
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Datum izdavanja:
2.10.2009.
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