عنوان

Sunday Mass and Participation in Its Rituals

Number

LA115990

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Sunday Mass and Participation in Its Rituals

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Kenneth C. Russell, Paul-André Turcotte, Kenneth C. Russell, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

According to a poll conducted among the Francophone Catholics of Montreal, the rites of passage have taken priority over Sunday Mass. But, nonetheless, the eucharistic celebration continues to be considered as a participation in the pascal mystery. At the same time, the participation of mass-goers shows that there is a broad though selective acceptance of the gestures, of the response to those who preside over the celebration and of the changes in the ritual. The participation is based on an intimate religiosity which is expressed in a place considered before all else to be a social setting for a relationship with the divine. In this sense, a prayerful atmosphere is of primary importance. Hearing the Word of God has a central place in the concerns of the participants. They want the preaching to link the Word of God to the preoccupations of their daily life and to the world roundabout. On the whole, it seems that mass-goers refuse to let their religious experience be coopted by a rite whose institutional character serves to guarantee the historical continuity of a belief and a culture. According to a poll conducted among the Francophone Catholics of Montreal, the rites of passage have taken priority over Sunday Mass. But, nonetheless, the eucharistic celebration continues to be considered as a participation in the pascal mystery. At the same time, the participation of mass-goers shows that there is a broad though selective acceptance of the gestures, of the response to those who preside over the celebration and of the changes in the ritual. The participation is based on an intimate religiosity which is expressed in a place considered before all else to be a social setting for a relationship with the divine. In this sense, a prayerful atmosphere is of primary importance. Hearing the Word of God has a central place in the concerns of the participants. They want the preaching to link the Word of God to the preoccupations of their daily life and to the world roundabout. On the whole, it seems that mass-goers refuse to let their religious experience be coopted by a rite whose institutional character serves to guarantee the historical continuity of a belief and a culture.

Date of Publication

1992

Physical description

5-17

Title

Journal of Empirical Theology

Volume Number

5/2

International Standard Serial Number

1570-9256

Kenneth C. Russell

Paul-André Turcotte

Call Number

10.1163/157092592X00127

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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