The Sacraments Of Christian Initiation
By DON FIER Two key features have been always present in the Church’s liturgy, dating back to apostolic times: There is one and the same Paschal Mystery and it is celebrated in a variety of forms. There is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all” (Eph. 4:5-6), yet the mystery contained therein “is so unfathomably rich that it cannot be exhausted by its expression in any single liturgical tradition” (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], n. 1201). It is most fitting, therefore, that throughout the history of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, “this richness found expression among various peoples and cultures in…Continue Reading