The Fathers and the Liturgy

The Fathers of the Church and the celebration of the Liturgy are at the center of Pope Benedict XVI's pontificate, says Fr Federico Lombardi, S.J., who is director of the Press Office of the Holy See: 

“Two particular aspects call come to mind.  First of all, the richness and the nature of the references to the Fathers of the Church.  There hasn’t been a break in the two thousand years since the Scriptures until today.  One can see the continuity in the reflections and in the deepening of the faith throughout time from Jesus to today.  The Fathers were somewhat eclipsed in the common culture of the believer, and now they have become more familiar,” Father Lombardi said.

 

In speaking about the second aspect, the Vatican spokesman underscored the profundity of the Pontiff when he refers to the liturgy and “the celebration of our faith: the significance of the rites, the expression of the relationship between believers and God, which grows through the history of our faith.  They are understood now in a living context, in which memory becomes actuality, and we more fully understand that come into contact with the mystery of God.”

I do believe that we are being preparing for additional developments.