ReEd-204-Prelims PDF: Christian Worship Lessons

Lesson 1: Review of HCDC VM-Core Values and Spirituality Lesson 2: Review of Re Ed 101, 102, and 203 emphasizing Church's Identity and Mission The Mission Statement is a blueprint of an indiv...

Lesson 1: Review of HCDC VM-Core Values and Spirituality Lesson 2: Review of Re Ed 101, 102, and 203 emphasizing Church's Identity and Mission The Mission Statement is a blueprint of an individual's ideals, The HCDC Vision-Mission Statement is grounded in two commitment, goals, community, or institution based on reality. The Mission Statement will serve as the life-blood, energy, or force that strong pillars, the Mission of Jesus Christ and the Mission makes all members alive and actively participates in all tasks to achieve of the Church: Universal Church, Church of the Philippines, the life's purpose of community, institution, or society. and the local Church of Davao. The first Christian community lived the true spirit of a From that Vision and Mission, HCDC upholds its Core values: Servant leadership, dialogue, justice, peace, and integrity of creation, with community that imbibed the Vision of Jesus as a restoration wisdom as the underlying principle. Students may understand of the life of the Community of Yahweh in the Old Testament, Spirituality differently, but the simplest Way is to understand it as a way the "Qahal Yahweh," made into a holy nation in Mt. Sinai. of life or an engagement with God as God has revealed himself in Jesus Acts of the Apostles 2:44-47 recorded the experience of the Christ. It also has to be grounded in a religious tradition. first Christian community by the The Mission Statement of HCDC anchors on Jesus' work for Our Catholic Church traces its origin back to the Old Salvation, the Life Purpose of Jesus, the Christ (in Luke 4:17-21; Mark Testament Qahal and the New Testament ekklesia (CCC 1:14). Jesus' mission is to bring salvation to all humanity, the world, 751f). Both terms mean "the people of God called together" and history. His Mission of Salvation has two phases. In phase one, or an "assembly convoked by God." Thus, they stress the Jesus proclaimed salvation in terms of the Reign-Kingdom of God action of God in calling the people together. The Church thus in the concrete blessings of life today (a sight to the blind, healing claims to be a faith assembly whose root cause is God's free the sick, liberty to captives, good news to the poor, etc.) and in the call to all to share His divine goodness and love in Christ. future (resurrection, new heaven, and new earth, new history). Phase two (when Jesus was on the Cross) proclaims salvation by dying on Christ "inaugurated his Church by preaching the coming of the Cross for our sins. God's Kingdom" (cf. L.G. 5). His parables about the Kingdom The Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC no. 557-559) taught that the of God employed many specific images: a treasure hidden in Cross symbolizes saving love. The Cross is the glory of the Christians a field, the leaven raising the dough, the tiny mustard seed because of the Good News that it exalts. The paired Cross and the growing into a tall tree, a fishnet catching the good and the Resurrection is one saving event in the life of Christians, and it is the central teaching of Christian doctrine and theology. The Cross of Jesus bad. becomes the saving cross because he offered his life to save all PCP II described how, in the Philippines today, the Church humanity, the world, and history. It also serves as the summit of the must be a "Church of the Poor." The Church embraces and whole life story of Jesus. Thus, the Way of life of a Holy Crossian reflects the Way of life of Jesus Christ on the Cross, who triumph over practices the spirit of evangelical poverty, combining all forms of human evils. Hence, the HCDC community of Christ- detachment from possessions with a profound trust in the centered Evangelizers upholds that the Spirituality of the Cross must Lord. Pastors and leaders should evangelize the poor to always be concretized in our daily life, especially in caring for God's become true evangelizers in favor of the needy (cf. PCP II property as Jesus did on earth. 125-36).  Lesson 3: Christian Worship B. Worship in the Scripture In all religions, the form of worship institutes the ☞ In the Old Testament relations between human beings and God. According to the Scripture, the initiative for these relations springs from Yahweh called the people of Israel to a life of worship in the living God who reveals Himself. In answer, we adore the Old Testament in response to His covenant of love God in Worship which takes a communal form. This with them. Their acts of worship correspond to their worship expresses a human's need for a creator upon encounters with God. Yahweh's acts of deliverance from slavery in Egypt and leading His people to the Promised whom he entirely depends and fulfills his duty. God indeed Land constituted a gradual self-disclosure. Similar to how has chosen people to serve him and, by doing so, become the Israelites' conception of God evolved, so did their his witness. concepts of worship. The five significant events in the A. What is Worship: Etymology Israelites' history could trace to the Worship of Yahweh in Worship comes from an Anglo-Saxon word, "Weorp," the Old Testament. which means worth, value, and importance. Before this Word developed into such, this worship was a standard ☞ In the New Testament term of the ancient religious people. This "Weorp" Christ revolutionized worship by establishing the New Co originates from the Hebrew word "ABAD," which means "to venant in obedience to his Father: "You were not interest serve." Worship is an honor paid to man (Luke 14:10) or ed in sacrifice or offering, but in preparing a body for me; God. The term took its ground from Hebrew's you were not interested in holocausts or sin offerings.' understanding to make images (Jer. 44:19), serve, bow down, prostrate oneself," and Greek usage to mean "to Written in the book, I have come to do your will, O God!" ( revere, to help, to wait on, to do obeisance, to venerate. Heb.10:5-7). Jesus purified worship by linking it directly with daily moral living. He proclaimed that "the hour is In antiquity, the basic notion of worship is a SERVICE: we coming… when authentic worshippers will worship the still speak of religious services" long after the idea of Father in Spirit and truth." (Jn. 4:23). Like the prophets, worship has radically changed; in antiquity, the words for Jesus condemned mere outward observance and "worship" in Hebrew, Greek, and other languages all mean promised to send his Holy Spirit through whom he would 'service' initially. The Hebrew prophets, Jesus and Paul create a new priestly people, sharing in his very own substituted it with "right living, love, and faith for ritual acts; prayer eventually took the place of sacrifice as the center priesthood. (cf. L.G. 10); (CFC 1498.) The New Way of of worship. Worship is Worship in Spirit and truth. Not to empty external rites but in daily moral living, not the physical temple but living structures and not lip service but loving devotion to God.  Lesson 4: The Liturgy Lesson 5: The Liturgical Diversity and the Unity of The Liturgy is a participation in Christ's prayer the Mystery addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit. In the Liturgy, all Christian prayer finds its source and The Catechesis of the Liturgy entails, first of all, an goal. The inner man is grounded in "the great love understanding of the sacramental economy. This viewpoint reveals the inventiveness of its celebration. The with which [the Father] loved us" in his beloved Son diversity of liturgical traditions will consider ordinary in through the Liturgy. It is the same "marvelous work celebrating the seven sacraments. This fundamental of God" that is lived and internalized by all prayer Catechesis on the sacramental celebrations responds to "at all times in the Spirit"(CCC#1073). The Liturgy the first question posed by the faithful regarding this is the pinnacle of the Church's activity and the subject: source of all her power. - Who celebrates the Liturgy? - How is the Liturgy celebrated? "As such, it is the ideal location for catechizing the - When is the Liturgy celebrated? People of God." There is an inextricable linkage - Where is the Liturgy celebrated? between Catechesis to all sacramental and liturgical activities. Christ Jesus works entirely for The Liturgy is the work of Christ, head, and Body. the transformation of men through the sacraments, Our high priest perpetually celebrates it in the heavenly most notably the Eucharist." Liturgical Catechesis's Liturgy with the multitude of those already in the kingdom. purpose is to initiate people into the Mystery of The entire assembly is leitourgos during a liturgical Christ (termed "mystagogy.") The goal is to get celebration, each member performing the assigned from visible to invisible, from signifier to signified, function. The baptismal priesthood is that of the whole and from visual to hidden. Body of Christ. Through the Sacrament of Holy Orders, some faithful represent Christ as head of the Body.