Assessment

Continuous Assessment 30% + End of Semester Examination 70%

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce learners to a foundational discourse on the celebration of the Eucharist as understood in the Catholic theological tradition and as expressed and lived in different historical moments. The module will explore and critically assess the contributions of the major Councils of the Church on the Eucharistic celebration. There will be an extensive discussion of Vatican II’s reforms of the liturgy of the Eucharist and its implementation in the post conciliar reforms. Finally, the module will deal with the structure of Liturgical Time as it is expressed in the liturgical calendar and the Liturgy of the Hours.

Indicative Syllabus

The process of Christian Initiation. The Eucharist: the ongoing Sacrament of Christian Initiation.

From the meals of Jesus to the reforms of Vatican II. The Eucharist in the New Testament.

From the meals of Jesus to the reforms of Vatican II. A brief history of the Mass.

The structure of the celebration of the Eucharist

The GIRM and the General Introduction to the Lectionary. Reading a liturgical book

The Introductory Rites

The Liturgy of the Word

The Liturgy of the Eucharist: Presentation of the Gifts

The Liturgy of the Eucharist: the Eucharistic Prayer

The Communion Rite and Dismissal Rites

Liturgical Time: Feasts and Seasons

Sunday

Lent – Easter – Pentecost

Advent – Christmas – Epiphany

Saints Days

Daily Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours

Learning Outcomes

• — explain the key scriptural, liturgical and theological terms and issues for a discussion of the Eucharist and its celebration and have an appreciation of how our understanding of it has developed over time.
• — articulate in an ecumenical spirit a theologically coherent understanding of its development.
• — understand the achievement of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and the postconciliar period and see its relevance in responding to the changing conditions of culture and inculturation, especially in the celebration of the Eucharist.
• — appreciate the complexity of the hermeneutical interface between Scripture, Tradition, Culture and Magisterium.
• — know the guidelines for writing an academic paper and used the same in writing up a research paper.

Bibliography

• — Paul F. Bradshaw and Maxwell E. Johnson, The Origins of Feasts, Fasts, and Seasons in Early Christianity (London: SPCK, 2011).
• — Paul F. Bradshaw, ‘The Earliest Eucharist: Saturday or Sunday?’ in Ecclesia Orans 36 (2019), 225-240.
• — John F. Baldovin, Bread of Life, Cup of Salvation. Understanding the Mass, (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003).
• — Edward Foley, Nathan D. Mitchell and Joanne M. Pierce, eds., A Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Pueblo, 2007).
• — Edward Foley, From Age to Age. How Christians have celebrated the Eucharist, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008).
• — Edward Foley, Editor, A Commentary on the Order of Mass of The Roman Missal, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011).
• — R.C.D Jasper and G.J. Cuming, Edited by Paul F. Bradshaw and Maxwell E. Johnson, Prayers of the Eucharist. Early and Reformed, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 42019).
• — John D. Laurance, The Sacrament of the Eucharist, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012).
• — Enrico Mazza, The Celebration of the Eucharist: The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999),
• — Enrico Mazza, The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell (New York: Pueblo, 1986).
• — Philip H. Pfatteicher, Journey into the Heart of God. Living the Liturgical Year (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
• — Robert F. Taft, The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning Today, 2nd rev. ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1986).
• — Thomas J. Talley, The Origins of the Liturgical Year (New York: Pueblo, 1986).
• — Risto Uro, Juliette J. Day, Richard E. DeMaris, and Rikard Roitto, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).