{"id":4475,"date":"2016-10-02T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:27:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:27:46","slug":"the-divine-liturgy-and-our-worship-of-god-20161002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4475","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Liturgy and Our Worship of God — 20161002"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Holy<\/a>In the last few issues of this article, I have been dealing with the concept of ANAMNESIS, that underlying idea which is the foundation of our worship of God. It is this actualizing memory of what Jesus did before He died.<\/p>\n

One liturgical scholar, Dennis Smolarski, cites three Biblical verses, two from the Old Testament, wherein this covenant-anamnesis link is clear. In Exodus 13:8, the LORD instructs Moses: \u201cOn this day you shall explain to your son, \u2018This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.\u2019\u201d This covenant by which God had granted Israel \u201cthe land of Canaan\u201d (Exodus 6:4) is remembered and applied to the relationship between God and Israel. Then, in the present tense in Deuteronomy 6:28, we read \u201cGod brought us from there to lead us into the land\u2026 promised on oath to our [ancestors], and to give it to us<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Smolarski, the National (now United States) Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) has argued that \u201cthe Christian concept of anamnesis\u201d has Jewish roots and is tied to the covenant theology and worship practice of ancient Israel. According to them, anamnesis <\/em>in Christianity \u201ccoincides with Jewish understanding of zikkaron<\/em>,\u201d a Hebrew word that is rendered memorial reenactment. <\/em>Smolarski, however, explains it as remembrance \u201cthat makes the effects of [a] historical event present and effective for the believer.\u201d<\/p>\n

According, however, to Christian understanding, the covenant by which God bestowed Canaan upon the Israelites, having \u201cstruck down the Egyptians\u201d but having passed \u201cover the houses of the Israelites in Egypt\u201d, has not been abrogated. On the contrary, much as Israel has been instructed to commemorate \u201cthe Passover sacrifice of the LORD\u201d, Christians make present for all time the salvific and kenotic Passover offering of Jesus Christ. The Pasch <\/em>of Christ, by which a new covenant <\/em>is established between God and humankind is not a supercession but the actualization and fulfillment of the ancient covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob <\/em>. As the NCCB\u2019s Committee on the Liturgy notes, \u201cthe synoptic gospels present Jesus as instituting the Eucharist during a Passover meal celebrated with his followers, giving to the Passover a new and distinctly Christian memory<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the Liturgy, we make real, in the present moment, our covenant with God as actualized by Christ, our brother.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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