LA LITURGIA EN EL CONCILIO VATICANO 11 Y SU FUTURO EN LA IGLESIA

Resumen

-- The II Vatican Council general/y viewed the world positively and with a certaindegree of optimism. The credibility of the Church's message would necessarily depend on its capacity to reach far beyond the confines of the Catholic ghetto into the marketplace - into non-Christian and indeed, non-religious spheres. lt is important that the liturgical reforms be examined within such a framework In the present esscy we will review this important perspective in arder to understand the development of the past 40 years in Liturgy. Our Church has made great strides in recovering the intrinsic relationship between liturgy and life, worship that jlows into social outreach to the poor. Questions of multiculturalism and inculturation have called our attention to the importance of worship that is contextualized according to the needs and parameters of the given celebrating community. Here in Latin America, the comunidades de basehave made an significant contribution. Todcy we are much more conscious than we were thirty or forty years ago of our multicultural, multiracial identity, and the ejfects of globalization on our worship. Of course, there is much more to be done in ali these areas but it must be said that the pluses far outweigh the minuses. The 1980s and 90s have witnessed a significan! polarization within the Church over liturgical issues often referred to as "the liturgy wars. "lronically, the Liturgy and especial/y the Eucharist - source of our unity- has become the source of our disunity.