EKUMENSKA DIMENZIJA LITURGIJSKOG ŽIVOTA
ECUMENICAL DIMENSION OF LITURGICAL LIFE

Summary/Abstract: The reasons to think and act ecumenically, a Christian does not find only in the preaching of Jesus, or in his prayer full of hope dedicated to the Father (John 17,21), but also in the act Jesus did to redeem and save the world. This act is so lifelike that it looks like a new creation; it is the culmination of God’s revelation. Jesus trusted the Church with his word and his work and sent it to the world to continue his mission with the strength of the Holy Spirit. Announcing the word of God, communicating liturgically the mystery of salvation through the unique sacramental order, the Church evangelises the world. Thus, this announced and communicated salvation makes Church and liturgy universal by nature, makes them missionary and eschatonic. That is why the Church is defined by the sacraments of salvation and communion and why liturgy is the source of its strength and the culmination of all the activities of the Church. Therefore, liturgy cannot be disconnected from the mission of the Church, particularly because the “mission” is the basic characteristic of the very nature of the Church.

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