Session 2B - The Power of Sacrifice: enriching our catechesis from the liturgical tradition

Fr Stephen Morrison, o.praem. – Parish Priest of Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham

The way we worship and what we believe cannot be separated – we pray what we believe and believe what we pray. Liturgy is not an ‘add on’ to our catechesis, it is at the heart of all we believe. The object of catechesis “seeks to promote communion with Jesus Christ” (Directory for Catechesis, 30 ⸹3), who as True God and True Man offers himself to the Father as a sacrifice that takes away the sins of humanity. The sacrificial aspect of the Mass teaches us to offer our very selves to him as a living sacrifice (c.f. Romans 12:1), in union with him; therefore, our catechesis both on Christ and on the Sacraments needs to reflect that truth and that endeavour clearly and convincingly. Could it also teach us how to catechise effectively?