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“I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whether believers live from the liturgy they celebrate.”With these few words Goffredo Boselli captures the essence of this present work.Believers can celebrate the liturgy throughout their lifetimes without ever really drawing their lives from it. And this is true of all believers—laity, clergy, or monastics. More than a century after the start of the liturgical movement and half a century after the start of the postconciliar liturgical reform, we must ask the difficult question of whether the liturgy has or has not become the source of the spiritual life of believers. For only by living from the liturgy can they receive the nourishment necessary to maintain a life of faith in today’s world.In The Spiritual Meaning of the Liturgy, Goffredo Boselli—one of Europe’s foremost liturgical theologians—offers an accessible and important guide for both scholars and interested laypeople to understand the meaning that permeates the liturgy and its implications for daily living. Readers will find here a resource to help understand the liturgy more fully, interiorize it more effectively, and live it more authentically.

“I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whether believers live from the liturgy they celebrate.”With these few words Goffredo Boselli captures the essence of this present work.   Believers can celebrate the liturgy throughout their lifetimes without ever really drawing their lives from it. And this is true of all believers—laity, clergy, or monastics. More than a century after the start of the liturgical movement and half a century after the start of the postconciliar liturgical reform, we must ask the difficult question of whether the liturgy has or has not become the source of the spiritual life of believers. For only by living from the liturgy can they receive the nourishment necessary to maintain a life of faith in today’s world.   In The Spiritual Meaning of the Liturgy, Goffredo Boselli—one of Europe’s foremost liturgical theologians—offers an accessible and important guide for both scholars and interested laypeople to understand the meaning that permeates the liturgy and its implications for daily living. Readers will find here a resource to help understand the liturgy more fully, interiorize it more effectively, and live it more authentically.

La pregunta que en los Hechos de los Apóstoles Felipe hace al etíope funcionario de Candace cuando intentaba leer al profeta Isaías -"¿Entiendes lo que estás leyendo?" (Hch 8,30)- también vale para la liturgia: "¿Entiendes lo que estás celebrando?". La respuesta es la misma del etíope: "¿Y cómo puedo entender, si nadie me guía?" (Hch 8,31).La mistagogía es el método y el instrumento que la Iglesia antigua nos ha legado para guiar hacia el misterio, para hacer que los creyentes vivan de lo que celebran. Lo que la lectio divina es para las Escrituras, es la mistagogía para la liturgia, aunque así como en las últimas décadas los creyentes han crecido grandemente en el conocimiento de la Biblia, que se ha convertido en verdadero alimento de su vida espiritual, no ha ocurrido lo mismo con la liturgia.Por esta razón, Boselli, a través de diversos artículos, propone una lectura mistagógica de algunas partes de la celebración eucarística y al mismo tiempo actualiza el sentido de la liturgia como modo de ser Iglesia y como manantial de ética social y evangelizadora.

2025 Catholic Media Association First Place Award, Liturgy or WorshipA rich resource for all who desire a deeper understanding of this most important celebration of the Christian year.  In the church’s liturgical calendar, the Easter Vigil is far and away the richest in rites and symbols; the most moving in its beauty; the most abundant in biblical readings, prayer texts, and music; and the most demanding and even most tiring for those who take part. In Fire of Love, Water of Life, renowned liturgical theologian Goffredo Boselli focuses his remarkable knowledge and insight upon this central moment of the church’s year, helping readers understand how those who celebrate the Easter Vigil experience the very essence of Christianity. This unforgettable book is a rich resource for presiders, homilists, liturgists, liturgical scholars, and all laity who want a more profound grasp of this most important celebration of the Christian year.