Bitar, Valery (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2021)
The relationship between liturgy and contemplation is fundamental to Christian living. Of its very nature, contemplation is concerns the mystery, because its object is the mysteries of salvation proclaimed in the Word of God, fulfilled in the person of Christ, and celebrated in the liturgy. Authentic contemplation has to be nourished by the Word proclaimed and by the celebration of the mysteries of salvation. Moreover, all liturgy is ordered towards contemplation as to its proper perfection not so as to stop being liturgy, but to become contemplative liturgy. Our article seeks to highlight the inseparable bond between these two components of Christian existence, a bond guarantees both the authenticity of contemplation and the fruitfulness of participation in the liturgical celebration.
