Sacred Heart Parish
July 31, 2011
Praying the Liturgy
The Worshiping Assembly at Mass: “ In the celebration of Mass the faithful are a holy people, a chosen people, a royal priesthood: they give thanks to God and offer the Victim not only through the hands of the priest but also together with him and learn to offer themselves. They should endeavor to make this clear by their deep sense of reverence for God and their charity toward brothers and sisters who share with them in the celebration (no.95). They should become one body, whether by hearing the word of God, or joining in prayers and liturgical song, or above all by offering the sacrifice together and sharing together in the Lord’s table (no.96). (Based upon Roman Missal Formational Materials from Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2010).