"[...] in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred tradition,
Sacred scripture and the magisterium of the Church are so connected
and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others. Working
together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit,
they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls."DV
10 # 3.
For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the
Eucharist, that "the work of our redemption is accomplished," and
it is through the liturgy especially that the faithful are enabled
to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ
and the real nature of the true Church. John
Paul II, CT 23
"The sacred liturgy does not exhaust the entire activity of the
Church":10 it must be preceded by evangelization, faith, and conversion.
It can then produce its fruits in the lives of the faithful: new life
in the Spirit, involvement in the mission of the Church, and service
to her unity.
... Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how
to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift
of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God." CCC
2559
With
the coming of the Saviour Jesus Christ, God has willed that the
Church founded by him be the instrument for the salvation of
all humanity
(Dominus Jesus;cf. Acts
17:30-31).
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