Agnus dei midi4/27/2023 ![]() ![]() I wanted to start here because this acclamation of the people is sung during the fraction rite, and if we don’t understand the eucharistic theology behind the rite, we won’t understand the fraction, or indeed how the Eucharist is related to the sacrificial nature of every meal that we eat. “I have often talked about the desire to tame Jesus this composition will help you to remember that the image of the Lamb of God has nothing to do with a petting zoo and a lot to do with a butcher.” After this comes the Invitation to Communion, which begins, “Behold the lamb…” Lamb of God as sacrificeīut what does it all mean? In an upcoming commentary in Today’s Liturgy on the chapter of the Catechism of the Catholic Church related to Jesus, I made a particularly graphic reference to the Agnus Dei in the Duruflé Requiem Mass: ![]() It designates the liturgical texts sung or said at the fraction rite in the Catholic Church, when the eucharistic species of the bread, now the Body of Christ, is broken, and a small portion is added to the chalice. The definition of Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, is quite straightforward. ![]()
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