The Cultural Dimension of Liturgical Formation
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https://doi.org/10.15633/ps.27303Keywords:
liturgy, worship, culture, inculturation, liturgical formationAbstract
The author of the article undertakes a reflection upon the issue of renewal and vivification of the traditional relation of liturgy and culture, whose condition seems to be an appropriate liturgical formation of the contemporary faithful. Liturgy understood as worship of God performed by people is a part of human culture. Liturgy is a special example of the Christian inculturation, lasting continuously within the history. Today this process requires considering new challenges facing the crisis of modern culture, which has loosen its bond with religion. A contemporary man has lost the ability to comprehend the symbolic language of liturgy. Therefore the Pope Francis in his Letter Desiderio desideravi indicates a need of deepened liturgical formation of the faithful. Such formation, that will let the faithful grasp the timeless message of liturgy, will also unable them to shape it by applying new cultural codes. In this sense liturgical formation may play an important role in regaining connection of culture and liturgy, so that liturgy could still form and enrich culture, at the same time drawing from its heritage.
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