Wrong word.I was dumbstruck dumb·struck adj. So shocked or astonished as to be rendered speechless. dumbstruck Adjective temporarily speechless through shock or surprise Adj. 1. when I read that "Catholics reenact... Christ's sacrifice on the cross for the forgiveness of sins" the September Glad You Asked by Joel Schorn. The Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism of the Catholic Church, or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Catholic Church, first published in French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II. says the sacrament sacrament [Lat.,=something holy], an outward sign of something sacred. In Christianity, a sacrament is commonly defined as having been instituted by Jesus and consisting of a visible sign of invisible grace. of the Eucharist is called "the memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection" and "the Holy Sacrifice, because it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ the Savior." A memorial is not the same thing as a reenactment re·en·act also re-en·act tr.v. re·en·act·ed, re·en·act·ing, re·en·acts 1. To enact again: reenact a law. 2. . We must get this word out of our consciousness in talking about the Mass. To call the Mass a reenactment would be like calling the current Jewish Passover celebration a reenactment of the Exodus, which it clearly is not. It, too, is a memorial o a remembrance, bat it is celebrated in such a way that the Passover from slavery to freedom is real today, much the same as our eucharistic celebration makes Jesus' presence real for us today. Norbert Bufka Midland, Mich. |
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