The ongoing debates on the present state and the future of the Roman Catholic worship are not confined to specialists, but are clearly of interest to a wider public, as the responses to the Sacra Liturgia UK conference, held in London in July 2016, have shown.
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference and raises the question of how to bring to fruition the insights and instructions of the Second Vatican Council and its key document on the liturgy,Sacrosanctum Concilium, in the life of the Church today. The initial contribution from Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, calls for a fuller implementation ofSacrosanctum Concilium. Following on from this other leading figures and liturgical scholars, such as Joris Geldhof, David Fagerberg and Alcuin Reid, examine Catholic worship from a variety of perspectives, including historical, pastoral, social, cultural and artistic themes. Taken together, these chapters present another crucial step along the route of authentic liturgical renewal in the contemporary world.
Uwe Michael Langis a priest of the London Oratory and a a Lecturer in Theology at Heythrop College in the University of London, UK.
Notes on Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Opening Remarks ??? Bishop Dominic Rey, Diocese of Frejus-Toulon, France
2. Towards an Authentic Implementation ofSacrosanctumConcilium??? Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, The Vatican
3. Liturgy and the Triune God: Rethinking Trinitarian Theology ??? Helmut Hoping, University of Freiburg, Germany
4. The Public Nature of the Liturgy??? Charbel Pazat de Lys OSB, Abbaye Ste-Madeleine du Barroux, France
5. The Ethical Character of the Mysteries: Observations from a Moral Theologian ??? Michael P. Cullinan, Diocese of Westminster, UK
6. Doing the Wl£i