Liturgy of the word

Now we move onto the Liturgy of the Word, when the focus of the Mass becomes the lectern, the place where God will speak to us in his Word.

Holy Eucharist - Liturgy of the Word & Liturgy of the Eucharist

Every Catholic knows what the Mass is. We drag ourselves out of bed on Sunday mornings, head to the nearest church, shake our heads at the chaos in the carpark, and walk in 10 minutes late. Alternatively, we attend the weekend evening Masses to minimise the disruption of our many plans on a Sunday, all of which are more important and more exciting than our 1-hour-obligation which we nevertheless fulfil every week to earn the right to call ourselves a practicing Roman Catholic. Very few…

The Liturgy of the Word

The relationship of The Liturgy of the Word and The Lirturgy of the Eucharist

Divine Office - Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church (Breviary) for Tuesday 27th July 2021

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As we continue our walk with Jesus through the Mass, we move from His baptism in the river Jordan to His preaching. We experience this in the next part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word. Here we usually read first from the Old Testament prophets. Each week Jesus listened to and read these words in the synagogue with His disciples—we too accompany Him. Remember when He read and taught in the synagogue of Nazareth: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to the…