Pope urges care for liturgy

Rome, Mar. 03 (CWNews.com) - In a message to the Congregation for Divine Worship, signed from his bed in Gemelli Hospital, Pope John Paul II has called for careful attention to the celebration of the Eucharistic liturgy.

Taking note that the theme of the Congregation's meeting is ars celebrandi , the Holy Father said that although it is the power of the Holy Spirit that makes the Eucharist effective, still "it calls for a human response." The liturgy should bring together the clergy and laity in act of "contemplation and Christian coherence," he wrote.

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