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and Christ’s Resurrection: 93,
99, 155, 310
threatened by sin: 235
with the Triune God: 103, 235
origins of: 451
pro-life stand of Church: 43,
391-92
transmission of life
and the conjugal act: 409
regulation of births (see Births,
regulation of)
water as the source of life and
fruitfulness: 107 (see also Baptism)
Life, culture of:
387-402
Light
of Christ: 16, 46, 87, 120, 186-87,
193, 196, 211, 229-30
and darkness: 39, 55, 74
eternal: 154
of faith: xvii
of God: 46, 51, 348
of the Holy Spirit: 107, 110, 193
of human reason: 5, 7-8
“Illumination”: 184
of the world: 117, 187
Likeness of God
and art: 433, 437
human beings as made in: 13, 316,
327, 359
see also Image of God
Litanies:
297,
518
Liturgical music:
165, 171
criteria for: 175
see also Music
Liturgical year:
173, 175, 178, 218,
478,
518
see also Ordinary time
Liturgy:
165-79
action of Christ the High Priest and
his Body the Church: 167
all the public prayers of the Church:
170, 174, 178
of Baptism: 184-87
Body of Christ at prayer: 170-74
celebration of: 171-75
as celebration of the Paschal
Mystery: 166-68
as centered on the Holy Trinity: 167
Christ as the center: 171
Christ in: 171, 177
directed to the Father: 167
the Holy Spirit in: 167, 177
Priests of: 171
as work of the Holy Trinity: 167
the church as the proper place for
liturgical prayer: 174, 178
of Confirmation: 204-7
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy:
112, 166, 212
of the Eastern Churches: 174
funerals: 159-60, 187
of heaven: 489
of Holy Orders: 267
Jesus as active and present in: 171,
173, 174, 177
link between Liturgy and Life:
175-76
liturgical prayer: 39, 257, 463-64,
473, 476
Liturgy of the Eucharist (see under
Eucharist)
Liturgy of the Hours: 178,
518
prolongs the Eucharistic
celebration and leads us back
to it: 173-74, 466,
518
Liturgy of the Word: 171-72, 175,
177, 217-18, 228
general intercessions: 217-18
homily: 217-18
profession of faith: 217
Scripture readings: 171-72,
217-18
Mary in the: 173, 178
of Matrimony: 281, 290
Mediator Dei:
165-66, 301
participation of the faithful in: 106,
167, 170-71, 174-75, 177,
300, 469
of Penance: 237-40
public act of worship: 170
reading of the Gospels in the: 172
reform and renewal of: 403-4
relationship of popular piety to:
476-77