Das Herz der Kirche: Joseph Ratzingers Verständnis des Wesens der Liturgie
Heart of the Church. Joseph Ratzinger's Understudding Nature of the Liturgy

Summary/Abstract: In this essay, the Catholic liturgy will be discussed, focussing especially on the eucharistic liturgy as it might be understood in the context of Joseph Ratzinger's approach. The sacramental reality constituting the substantial aspect of the Eucharist is a central part of Christian faith. Considering this, precisely this sacramental reality can only be comprehended as the celebration of the Eucharist, and the related effects are only conceivable in the Eucharist by the actual sacrifice of the cross of Christ. In the Eucharist, the entire life of every single person who is baptized as a part of the mystical body of Christ is brought to the Father by Christ himself within the Holy Spirit. Finally, we obtain the precondition for a fruitful work of a believer and the connected effects of his efforts to sanctify the mystical body of Christ, as every prayer is transferred only by the Father in the Eucharist in the Holy Spirit.

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