Sacrament of Charity Sacramentum Caritatis

Name: Sacrament of Charity Sacramentum Caritatis
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ISBN: 9781601370020

ISBN-10: 1601370024

ISBN-13: 9781601370020

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Authors: Pope Benedict XVI, Benedict XVI

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Set alongside his first encyclical God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est) where he stressed the relationship between the Eucharist and love, The Sacrament of Charity picks up that theme and expands it as he explores the mystery of eucharistic faith and how it reveals the mystery of the Trinity. Released on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Holy Father examines the important relationship between the Eucharist and the other sacraments, including the sacrament of the Church. He also highlights the social implications of the Eucharist and firmly connects it with the Church's social teaching.

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Publisher: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 92
Size: 6.08" wide x 8.94" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Joseph Ratzinger was born on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn in the state of Bavaria, Germany. Ratzinger entered the minor seminary in Traunstein, in 1939 and in 1943 along with the rest of his seminary class he was drafted into the Flak [anti-aircraft corps]. In 1944 he was released from the Flak and returned home only to be drafted into labor detail under the infamous Austrian Legion. In the spring of 1945 Ratzinger deserted the army and headed home but when the Americans arrive at his village shortly thereafter, he was identified as a German soldier and incarcerated in a POW camp for a brief time. Following his release he re-entered the seminary. In 1951 Joseph was ordained into the…

Introduction
The food of truth	p. 1
The development of the eucharistic rite	p. 2
The Synod of Bishops and the Year of the Eucharist	p. 3
The purpose of this present Exhortation	p. 3
The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Believed	p. 7
The Church's eucharistic faith	p. 7
The blessed Trinity and the Eucharist	p. 8
The bread come down from heaven	p. 8
A free gift of the Blessed Trinity	p. 8
The Eucharist: Jesus the true sacrificial Lamb	p. 9
The new and eternal covenant in the blood of the Lamb	p. 9
The institution of the Eucharist	p. 10
Figura transit in veritatem	p. 10
The Holy Spirit and the Eucharist	p. 11
Jesus and the Holy Spirit	p. 11
The Holy Spirit and the eucharistic celebration	p. 12
The Eucharist and the Church	p. 13
The Eucharist, causal principle of the Church	p. 13
The Eucharist and ecclesial communion	p. 14
The Eucharist and the Sacraments	p. 15
The sacramentality of the Church	p. 15
The Eucharist and Christian initiation	p. 16
The Eucharist, the fullness of Christian initiation	p. 16
The order of the sacraments of initiation	p. 17
Initiation, the ecclesial community and the family	p. 17
The Eucharist and the sacrament of reconciliation	p. 18
Their intrinsic relationship	p. 18
Some pastoral concerns	p. 18
The Eucharist and the anointing of the sick	p. 19
The Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Orders	p. 20
In persona Christi capitis	p. 20
The Eucharist and priestly celibacy	p. 21
The clergy shortage and the pastoral care of vocations	p. 22
Gratitude and hope	p. 23
The Eucharist and matrimony	p. 24
The Eucharist, a nuptial sacrament	p. 24
The Eucharist and the unicity of marriage	p. 25
The Eucharist and the indissolubility of marriage	p. 25
The Eucharist and Eschatology	p. 27
The Eucharist: A gift to men and women on their journey	p. 27
The eschatological banquet	p. 28
Prayer for the dead	p. 28
The Eucharist and the Virgin Mary	p. 29
The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Celebrated	p. 33
Lex orandi and lex credendi	p. 33
Beauty and the liturgy	p. 33
The Eucharistic celebration, the work of "Christus Totus"	p. 34
Christus totus in capite et in corpore	p. 34
The Eucharist and the risen Christ	p. 35
Ars celebrandi	p. 36
The Bishop, celebrant par excellence	p. 36
Respect for the liturgical books and the richness of signs	p. 37
Art at the service of the liturgy	p. 37
Liturgical song	p. 38
The structure of the Eucharistic celebration	p. 39
The intrinsic unity of the liturgical action	p. 39
The liturgy of the word	p. 40
The homily	p. 40
The presentation of the gifts	p. 41
The Eucharistic Prayer	p. 42
The sign of peace	p. 42
The distribution and reception of the Eucharist	p. 43
The dismissal: "Ite, missa est"	p. 44
Actuosa participatio	p. 44
Authentic participation	p. 44
Participation and the priestly ministry	p. 45
The eucharistic celebration and inculturation	p. 46
Personal conditions for an "active participation"	p. 46
Participation by Christians who are not Catholic	p. 47
Participation through the communications media	p. 48
Active participation by the sick	p. 49
Care for prisoners	p. 49
Migrants and participation in the Eucharist	p. 49
Large-scale concelebrations	p. 50
The Latin language	p. 50
Eucharistic celebrations in small groups	p. 51
Interior participation in the celebration	p. 51
Mystagogical catechesis	p. 51
Reverence for the Eucharist	p. 53
Adoration and Eucharistic devotion	p. 54
The intrinsic relationship between celebration and adoration	p. 54
The practice of eucharistic adoration	p. 55
Forms of eucharistic devotion	p. 55
The location of the tabernacle	p. 56
The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Lived	p. 59
The Eucharistic form of the Christian life	p. 59
Spiritual worship-logike latreia (Rom 12:1)	p. 59
The all-encompassing effect of eucharistic worship	p. 60
Iuxta dominicam viventes-living in accordance with the Lord's Day	p. 61
Living the Sunday obligation	p. 61
The meaning of rest and of work	p. 62
Sunday assemblies in the absence of a priest	p. 63
A eucharistic form of Christian life, membership in the Church	p. 64
Spirituality and eucharistic culture	p. 65
The Eucharist and the evangelization of cultures	p. 66
The Eucharist and the lay faithful	p. 67
The Eucharist and priestly spirituality	p. 68
The Eucharist and the consecrated life	p. 68
The Eucharist and moral transformation	p. 69
Eucharistic consistency	p. 70
The Eucharist, a mystery to be proclaimed	p. 71
The Eucharist and mission	p. 71
The Eucharist and witness	p. 71
Christ Jesus, the one Savior	p. 72
Freedom of worship	p. 73
The Eucharist, a mystery to be offered to the world	p. 73
The Eucharist, bread broken for the life of the world	p. 73
The social implications of the eucharistic mystery	p. 74
The food of truth and human need	p. 76
The Church's social teaching	p. 77
The sanctification of the world and the protection of creation	p. 77
The usefulness of a Eucharistic Compendium	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 79
Notes	p. 82
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