Do you remember dressing up to go to church, on Sundays? Perhaps many of us still do, even though Sunday fashion has become a little more casual. The title “Endimanchés” refers exactly to that: “Our Sunday best”, with a play on words.
Our current issue aims to help us rediscover the meaning and importance of Sunday for our Christian faith. Sunday is the day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection; it is the Day of the Lord. As Saint Paul wrote to the Romans, “If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.” (Rm 6:5)
This leads me to ask, “How are our Sundays doing?” Are they lost in a flurry of activities and chores? If we’re spending Sunday dead tired… then maybe it’s time to make room for God, so that we may feel resurrected with Jesus. In this issue, Fr. Francis McKee pens the article “A Sabbath Rhythm for our Sundays”, sharing his thoughts on how our Sundays can be a foretaste of eternity, a day for re-creation, in Christ and because of Him.
Obviously, rediscovering the Day of the Lord implies that we reflect on a key commandment Jesus left us: “Do this in memory of me”, which we do when we gather for Eucharist. But what exactly are we doing during the Mass? Fr. Thomas Dowd explores the theology of the Eucharist in his article, “Why do Catholics receive the Eucharist?”
Finally, when we gather to give thanks, shouldn’t the Mass itself be an experience of resurrection? We cannot celebrate the “gift of God for the life of the world” without investing in the liturgy. David Doane, a church organist, lets us in on his perspective in the piece “Confessions of a Church Organist”, in which he reflects on the role of music in the liturgy. Various articles, in French, take a look at other elements of the liturgy: music and song, homily and readings, creativity… They all play an essential part in the relevance of the Mass to our lives, truly making it the source and summit of the life and mission of the Church we all form.
Good reading!
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