The reform of the liturgy has dramatically changed the way Roman
Catholics and al Christians understand their worship. The arena of
the encounter has shifted from a passive experience of observation
of the great Mysteries to one that invites active participation on
many levels. Yet, the imagination of many who preach, preside, and
gather to worship continues to be shaped by a passive model as well
as by the notion of sacramental activity as a product to be
received or given, rather than expressed and shared in communion
with one another. In "The Holy Preaching," Paul Janowiak deepens
the discussion of Christ's presence in the Word by offering
critical reflection on the disparity between the theology and the
practice of preaching and some explanation as to why that disparity
exists.
Janowiak provides an overview of twentieth-century ecclesial
sacramentality. He discusses the liturgical movements and important
theological issues that led to reform and provides an in-depth
analysis of how sacramental theologians Karl Rahner, Otto
Semelroth, and Edward Schillebeeckx advanced the dialogue of
Christ's presence in the Word. He explains that despite the seminal
work done by those sacramental theologians, a specifically
liturgical understanding of Christ's presence in the Word remains
largely a theological concept and not a grace-filled reality. Part
of this gap in theory and practice is the result of a fractured
liturgical celebration. The Liturgy of the Word appears a distinct
and often unrelated part of the entire eucharistic celebration.
Using contemporary literary theory, Janowiak tackles this gap and
roots out the foundations of this disparity between theology and
its practice in worship. He inserts creative liturgical and
sacramental theology into the literary particularities of sacred
text, shared tradition, and communal hearing. From this a new lens
on the sacramentality of the Word emerges.
The dialogue begun by sacramental theologians Rahner, Semelroth,
and Schillebeeckx is re-opened by Janowiak. He examines the fruits
of the liturgical reform of the past forty years and parallel
movements in critical theory. The result is an understanding of
Christ's presence in the Word in a way that reveals the Mystery of
God at work in the gathering of believers.
Chapters in Part I are Worship and the Mystery of God's Action
in the Word" and "The Church as "Totus Christus" A Renewal of
Sacramentality and Proclamation." Chapters in Part II are "The
Dynamism of the Liturgy of the Word as a Sacramental Event:
Insights from New Historicism on the Text and Its Context,"
"Reader-Response Criticism and the Liturgical Assembly as
"Communitas Verbi,"" and "The Holy Preaching: A Sacramentality of
the Word as 'Fulfilled in Our Hearing.'"
"Pal Janowiak, SJ, is assistant professor of liturgy and
sacraments at the graduate School of Theology and Ministry at
Seattle University. He is also the university liturgist and
coordinator of worship for campus ministry.""
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