Holiness in Time: the Liturgical Year in the Economy of Salvation Cover Image

Świętość w czasie: rok liturgiczny w ekonomii zbawienia
Holiness in Time: the Liturgical Year in the Economy of Salvation

Author(s): Andrzej Megger
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: liturgical year; liturgy; Economy of Salvation; time

Summary/Abstract: The liturgical year is the celebration of the mystery of Christ and of His salvific work over time. The Chosen People sanctify time because God reveals and acts through various events within it. The Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel teaches that time is an attribute of God and of holiness. Time permeates and subordinates space, because it is the very presence of Yahweh Himself. The paschal mystery of Jesus Christ is the fullness of time but not its completion. It is not only man and the whole of creation which are renewed, but time also is purified, because the resurrection becomes the center of the mystery of time. The content of the liturgical year is the Savior, so in the liturgy the time of the celebration anticipates as well the time of God himself, that is, eternity. In this way, time lived in the Church becomes an instrument of sanctification.

  • Issue Year: 69/2022
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 69-82
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish