NLM: The Sacred Liturgy: The Neglected Foundation to Building the Culture of Life
Deborah Morlani posts an important commentary on the link between belief as reflected in the Liturgy and belief in the Magisterial teachings of the Church . She posits: The Church teaches us that the sacred liturgy is the centre, or font, from which all else flows within the Church; it refers to it as her source and summit. ( Sacrosanctum Concilium para. 10 ) It is this tenet which allowed Pope Benedict XVI, while still a Cardinal, to note that “the Church stands and falls with the liturgy” for when one understands and accepts the central place which the liturgy holds within the life of the Church and her faithful, this clearly follows and should hopefully help us to appreciate the foundational place and importance of the liturgy in a variety of questions. She then continues on with this analysis: I would propose, particularly to those actively involved within the pro-life movement (of which all Catholics, clergy, laity, and religious, should consider themselves involved to some exte