The Liturgy is at once both the end to which the
action of the Church tends and at the same time the source from which flows all
her strength. We, who have left everything to seek God alone and to possess him
more fully, should carry out the liturgical functions with particular
reverence. For when we accomplish the Liturgy, especially the Eucharistic
celebration, we have access to the Father through his Son, the Word Incarnate
who suffered and was glorified, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Thus we achieve
communion with the Most Holy Trinity.(Statutes of the Carthusian Order 41.1)
We are neither Carthusian monks nor nuns (at least I am not), but this paragraph from the Statutes should in some way focus our attention to the serious matter of prayer, redemption and the action of God, namely the Liturgy. Their sentiments must also be ours given our state in life. In what ways are we changed by the Liturgy (Mass and Divine Office)? If you are not changed, then what needs to be done in your life to be open to the divine changed hoped-for during and after the celebration of the Liturgy?
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