Liturgical Celebration: A Confession and/or a Proclamation of Faith

Misao iz apostolske pobudnice pape Franje Evangelii gaudium da Crkva »evangelizira i sama biva evangelizirana ljepotom liturgije« vraća nas promišljanju o temeljnom odnosu liturgije kao čina vjere (actus fidei) i evangelizacije, koja izvorište ima u slavlju vjere. Liturgija je sakramentalna u svojem ‘navjestiteljskom‘ dijelu (verbum in celebratione fit sacramentum) kao što je navjestiteljska u sakramentalnom spomenčinu Kristova otajstva. Stoga ovaj rad nastoji rasvijetliti intrinzičan odnos između Verbum i Sacramentum te razlaže misao o Ljepoti koja se, kao događaj spasenja, milosno posreduje u slavlju vjere. Ta su pitanja iznova aktualna u razmatranju mjesta liturgije u životu »Crkve u izlasku«. Liturgija se sve više prepoznaje kao dom Crkve, kao izvorište i susretište s otajstvom vjere, mjesto gdje se vjera milosno daruje, rasvjetljuje, obnavlja i milosno dijeli s braćom u vjeri. Premda joj evangelizacija nije prvotan cilj, liturgija kao mjesto milosnog darivanja vjere uvijek je navjestiteljska, odnosno evangelizacijska.The thought from the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium, that the Church »evangelises and is itself being evangelised by the beauty of liturgy« reminds us of the need to reflect on the fundamental relation between liturgy as an act of faith (actus fidei) and evangelisation that has its source in the celebration of faith. Liturgy is sacramental in its »proclamatory« part (verbum in celebratione fit sacramentum) as much as it is proclamatory in sacramental memory‑act of the Mystery of Christ. Therefore, this article will try to cast light on the intrinsic relation between Verbum and Sacramentum and reflect on the Beauty that is, as an event of salvation, gracefully mediated in the celebration of faith. These issues are always current in the home of the Church, as the source of and meeting point with the mystery of faith; the place where faith is gracefully gifted, enlightened, renewed, and gracefully shared with brothers in faith. Although evangelisation is not its primary goal, liturgy as a place of graceful gifting of faith is always proclamatory and, through that, it has impact on evangelisation