Corso
Elenco corsi a.a. 2023/2024
Anno accademico 2023/2024

Liturgia delle ore. Anno liturgico. Musica liturgicaRA0702

Rev. Prof. Moses WANJALA
5 ECTS
Sede di Gerusalemme
Primo semestre

FINALITÀ

To lead the students to a deeper awareness and experience of the Mystery of Christ centred on the Paschal mystery as it unfolds in the lives of God’s people through(out) the liturgical year (seasons) and the celebration of the liturgy of the hours with the help of liturgical music, in view of harmonizing liturgy and life.

ARGOMENTI

The liturgical year: Meaning, origin and significance; celebration of the Paschal mystery as the heart of the liturgical year; Christ as acting in history, time and space: past, present and future; dimensions of the Paschal Mystery; universal liturgical year and other liturgical calendars; structure of liturgical year: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time; centrality of Sunday and of the Paschal celebration in the liturgical year. The liturgy of the hours: Theology of the liturgy of the hours; general instructions of the liturgy of the hours: Praenotanda (General Introduction), forms, structure and various liturgical gestures of the liturgy of the hours; rhythms and times of prayer in the Scriptures; Christ as the model of prayer; reform of the Vatican II and spirituality of the liturgy of the hours. Liturgical music: Meaning, purpose (role) and anthropological foundation; choice and evaluation of liturgical musical forms and styles; liturgical principles on music in the optic of Sacrosanctum Concilium; criteria governing the musical ministry according to current liturgical books, the Magisterium.

TESTI

Adam, Adolf. 1981. The Liturgical Year. Its history and meaning after the reform of the liturgy. New York: Pueblo; Adam, Adolf. 1992. Foundations of Liturgy: An Introduction to its History and Practice. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Brandshaw, Paul. 1992. The Search for the Origin of Christian Worship. Oxford: University Press; Chupungco, Anscar, ed. 2000. Handbook for Liturgical studies. Vol. 5: Liturgical Time and Space. Collegeville: Pueblo; Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. 2010. General Instruction of the Roman Missal. English translation of the Third Typical Edition. Washington: USCCB; Cullmann, Oscar. 1950. Christ and Time: The Primitive Christian Understanding of Time and History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press; Deiss, Lucien. 1967. Springtime of Liturgy. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Deiss, Lucien. 1996. Visions of Liturgy and Music for a New Century. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Duschesneau, Claude, and Michel Veuthey. 1992. Music and Liturgy. Washington: University Press; Gelineau, Joseph. 2002. Liturgical Assembly: Liturgical Song. Portland: Pastoral Press; Gordon, Davies. 1972. The Westminster Dictionary of Worship. Philadelphia: Westminster; Harmon, Kathleen. 2003. The Ministry of Music; Singing the Paschal Mystery. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Koester, Anne. 2007. Sunday Mass: Our Role and Why It Matters. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Martimort, Aimé, ed. 1987. The Church at Prayer. Vol. IV: The Liturgy and Time. Collegeville: Liturgical Press; National Conference of Catholic Bishops – Committee on the Liturgy. 1982. Liturgical Music Today: A Statement on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of “Music in Catholic Worship.” Washington: NCCB; National Conference of Catholic Bishops – Committee on the Liturgy. 1972. Music in Catholic Worship. Washington: NCCB; Neil, Alexander. 1993. The Liturgical Meaning of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: Waiting for the Coming. Washington: Pastoral Press; Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship. 1969. General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar. Vatican City: LEV; Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship. 1971. General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours. Vatican City: LEV; Second Vatican Council. 1963. Constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” on Liturgy. Vatican City: LEV; Second Vatican Council. 1967. Instruction “Musicam Sacram” on Music in the Liturgy. Vatican City: LEV; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2007. Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship. Washington: USCCB; Wanjala, Moses. Foretaste of the Heavenly liturgy: Commemorating, Celebrating and Living: An Anthropological, Theological and Liturgical Reflection on African Sub-Saharan Music through Saint Augustine and Sacrosanctum Concilium. Jerusalem: STS Publications, 2015.

NOTE

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to: Comprehend the theological-liturgical and spiritual substance of the liturgical year within the context of its historical development; Acquire knowledge and understanding of the liturgical year; Experience how the Paschal mystery is made present in different seasons within the liturgical year; Understand how the celebration of the Paschal mystery is related to cosmic time and space, that is, the liturgy of the hours; Learn to appreciate the celebration of liturgy and sacraments within designated time and seasons as central to Church’s life and mission; Enjoy the liturgical year and the liturgy of the hours with the aid of liturgical music.

ORARIO

Primo semestre
Giorni 8.45-9.30 9.35-10.20 10.35-11.20 11.25-12.10 12.15-13.00 15.00-15.45 15.50-16.35 16.40-17.25 17.30-18.15
Lunedì
Martedì
Mercoledì
Giovedì
Venerdì
Sabato
Domenica