To know
After witnessing the concert of a symphonic Orchestra, commented a music apprentice when seeing the director who directed it: “It’s difficult to play a musical instrument, but move the stick like the director, I can do that”. He was unaware that it is required to know the movements of each instrument, and from memory the construction site as well as its times, rhythm, harmony and intensity with which it plays.
To play a musical work, it is necessary to strictly follow the sheet music If such firmness is required with a piece of music, how much more care is required when celebrating the Paschal Mystery where God himself intervenes. Pope Francis he wants the established prescriptions to be taken care of and their meaning to be deepened.
To think
In the books used in the Liturgy the words to be pronounced are written, but the gestures and positions that the celebrant must observe are also indicated. These Indications are printed in red. That is the reason they are called “rubrics”, Well, this word comes from the Latin “blush” which means “red color”. From there also derives the word “blush”, to indicate when the face turns red.
Pope Francis wants us to discover the beauty of the Liturgy, taking care of the rubrics and deepening their meaning: “Let us be clear: we must take care of all the aspects of the celebration (space, time, gestures, words, vestments, songs,…) and observe all the rubrics”. He cares not to take away from the faithful the right they have to participate in the Paschal Mystery as the Church establishes.
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To live
Postures and gestures have their meaning. For example, at the beginning of the Mass the “I confess” is prayed, and it is indicated to hit the chest when saying “because of me, because of me,…”. Signifying the pain for our faults. But it must be accompanied by heartache, by true repentance. In this way, words and gestures complement each other; they are meant by our inner feeling making the Liturgy a full and perfect act pleasing to God.
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