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࠙᭩ȱ ホࠚȱȱ

Reviewȱof:ȱ
J.ȱLAMBERTS:ȱWithȱOneȱSpirit:ȱTheȱRomanȱMissalȱandȱActiveȱ
Participation,ȱMinnesota:ȱ ȱ
Collegeville,ȱLiturgicalȱPress,ȱ2020,ȱiȬviiiȱandȱ1Ȭ186pp.ȱ
ȱRejimonȱVARGHESEȱ
ȱWithȱ Oneȱ Spirit:ȱ Theȱ Romanȱ Missalȱ andȱ Activeȱ Participationȱ beginsȱ withȱ anȱ“Introduction”ȱ (p.vii),ȱ followedȱ byȱ twoȱ parts.ȱ Partȱ oneȱ dealsȱ withȱ “Activeȱ
Participation:ȱAȱPrincipleȱofȱtheȱRevisedȱRomanȱMissal”ȱandȱwhichȱisȱtreatedȱinȱ
fourȱchapters:ȱ“ChapterȱOne:ȱActiveȱParticipationȱasȱaȱPrincipleȱofȱVaticanȱII”ȱ(pp.3Ȭ15);ȱ“ChapterȱTwo:ȱFromȱActiveȱParticipationȱTowardȱanȱEcclesialȱLiturgy”ȱ
(pp.17Ȭ24);ȱ “Chapterȱ Three:ȱ Theȱ Genesisȱ ofȱ theȱ Newȱ Missal”ȱ (pp.25Ȭ47);ȱ andȱ“ChapterȱFour:ȱActiveȱParticipationȱasȱtheȱBasicȱPrincipleȱofȱtheȱRomanȱMissal”ȱ
(pp.49Ȭ55).ȱPartȱtwoȱdealsȱwithȱ“ActiveȱParticipationȱinȱtheȱDifferentȱPartsȱofȱtheȱ
EucharisticȱCelebration”ȱwhichȱconsistsȱofȱanȱintroductionȱ(pp.59Ȭ60)ȱandȱfourȱ
chapters:ȱ“ChapterȱOne:ȱTheȱIntroductoryȱRitesȱ(pp.61Ȭ75);ȱ“ChapterȱTwo:ȱTheȱLiturgyȱofȱtheȱWord”ȱ(pp.77Ȭ91);ȱ“ChapterȱThree:ȱTheȱLiturgyȱofȱtheȱEucharist”ȱ
(pp.93Ȭ178);ȱandȱ“ChapterȱFour:ȱTheȱConcludingȱRites”ȱ(pp.179Ȭ183).ȱTheȱbookȱ
endsȱwithȱanȱ“Epilogue”ȱ(pp.185Ȭ186).ȱWithȱ Oneȱ Spirit:ȱ Theȱ Romanȱ Missalȱ andȱ Activeȱ Participationȱ isȱ aȱ timelyȱ bookȱ
publishedȱinȱ2020,ȱwhichȱmarkedȱtheȱ50thȱanniversaryȱofȱtheȱpromulgationȱofȱTheȱ
RomanȱMissalȱofȱPopeȱPaulȱVIȱinȱ1970.ȱThisȱMissalȱwasȱinȱparticularȱorientatedȱtoȱ
promotingȱparticipatioȱactuosaȱ(activeȱparticipation)ȱinȱtheȱeucharisticȱcelebrationȱ
ofȱtheȱRomanȱCatholicȱChurch.ȱActiveȱparticipationȱisȱnotȱjustȱencouragedȱbutȱ

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isȱ demandedȱ orȱ calledȱ forȱ byȱ theȱ veryȱ natureȱ ofȱ theȱ liturgy,ȱ forȱ liturgyȱ isȱ
describedȱasȱtheȱactionȱofȱbothȱChristȱandȱhisȱBodyȱ(theȱChurch)ȱbyȱtheȱSecondȱ
VaticanȱCouncilȱ(1962Ȭ65),ȱespeciallyȱinȱitsȱConstitutionȱonȱtheȱSacredȱLiturgyȱ
(SacrosancutmȱConcilium,ȱSCȱ7,ȱ1962).ȱMuchȱhasȱbeenȱsaidȱandȱwrittenȱaboutȱtheȱ
notionȱ ofȱ activeȱ participationȱ inȱ liturgicalȱ celebrationȱ beforeȱ thisȱ Councilȱ andȱafterȱ it.ȱ Yet,ȱ thereȱ stillȱ lingersȱ aȱ kindȱ ofȱ misunderstandingȱ aboutȱ thisȱ notion,ȱ
namelyȱ thatȱ everyoneȱ presentȱ inȱ theȱ liturgicalȱ celebrationȱ mustȱ beȱ physicallyȱinvolvedȱ inȱ someȱ “actions.”ȱ Hence,ȱ theȱ Belgianȱ liturgical,ȱ sacramentalȱtheologianȱ Jozefȱ Lambertsȱ asksȱ aȱ rhetoricalȱ question:ȱ “Haveȱ weȱ reallyȱunderstoodȱwhatȱactiveȱparticipationȱisȱifȱweȱletȱtheȱfaithfulȱsayȱandȱdoȱasȱmuchȱasȱpossibleȱinȱtheȱliturgy,ȱbutȱnotȱensureȱtheirȱprayerȱandȱfaithȱlifeȱisȱdeepenedȱandȱnourished?”ȱ(p.176).ȱAccordingȱtoȱhim,ȱobservingȱaȱmeaningfulȱsilenceȱinȱtheȱ rightȱ placeȱ ofȱ theȱ liturgicalȱcelebrationȱ isȱ alsoȱ activeȱ participationȱ becauseȱoneȱoffersȱpraiseȱandȱthanksgivingȱtoȱGodȱthroughȱ“sacredȱsilence”ȱ(p.176)ȱasȱ
well.ȱFurthermore,ȱheȱsays,ȱ“ActiveȱParticipationȱisȱfirstȱandȱforemostȱanȱentryȱ
intoȱtheȱpaschalȱmysteryȱofȱChristȱthatȱisȱpresentȱwithinȱtheȱcommunityȱofȱfaith.ȱ ȱToȱprayȱtogether,ȱsingȱtogether,ȱandȱactȱtogether,ȱbutȱalsoȱtoȱbeȱsilentȱtogether,ȱareȱultimatelyȱwhatȱmakeȱthisȱparticipationȱinȱChrist’sȱpaschalȱmysteryȱpossibleȱ
andȱenableȱusȱtoȱexpressȱit”ȱ(p.176).ȱ ȱHence,ȱ accordingȱ toȱ him,ȱ theȱ intentȱ ofȱ hisȱ bookȱ Withȱ Oneȱ Spirit:ȱ Theȱ RomanȱMissalȱandȱ Activeȱ Participationȱ isȱ “toȱ contributeȱ toȱ aȱ moreȱ intensiveȱ experienceȱandȱ activeȱ participationȱ everywhereȱ Christiansȱ gatherȱ inȱ praiseȱ andȱthanksgiving.ȱ Theyȱ doȱ thisȱ inȱ responseȱ toȱ theȱ wordȱ ofȱ theȱ Lord:ȱ ‘Doȱ thisȱ inȱremembranceȱ ofȱ me’ȱ (1ȱ Corȱ 11:24Ȭ25)”ȱ (p.ȱ vii).ȱ ȱ Itȱ isȱ towardȱ thisȱ goalȱ thatȱ
Lambertsȱexaminesȱinȱhisȱbookȱtheȱgenesis,ȱhistory,ȱandȱprinciplesȱofȱtheȱrevisedȱ
RomanȱMissalȱofȱPopeȱPaulȱVIȱasȱcomparedȱtoȱtheȱ1570ȱMissaleȱRomanumȱofȱPopeȱ
PiusȱV.ȱ ȱ ForȱthisȱLambertsȱtracesȱbackȱtoȱtheȱconceptionȱofȱtheȱrealȱmeaningȱofȱ
theȱterseȱtermȱ“activeȱparticipation.”ȱHeȱarguesȱthatȱ“fullyȱconscious,ȱandȱactiveȱ183175ȱ
participation”ȱ(SCȱ14)ȱisȱoneȱofȱtheȱprimaryȱprinciplesȱandȱgoalsȱofȱtheȱreformedȱ
(eucharistic)ȱliturgyȱenvisagedȱbyȱtheȱSecondȱVaticanȱCouncil.ȱHeȱevaluatesȱhowȱ
successfulȱtheȱpastoralȱimplementationȱofȱthisȱreformedȱliturgyȱhasȱbeen.ȱWhileȱ
highlightingȱ theȱ possibilitiesȱ ofȱ theȱ Romanȱ Missal’sȱ encouragementȱ ofȱ activeȱ
participation,ȱheȱformulatesȱsomeȱsuggestionsȱandȱimprovementsȱbyȱmeansȱofȱcatechismȱinȱorderȱtoȱbringȱforthȱmoreȱclarityȱtoȱcertainȱliturgicalȱelementsȱthatȱmayȱ somehowȱ stillȱ obscureȱ theȱ fullȱ realizationȱ ofȱ trueȱ eucharisticȱ celebration.ȱ
Thisȱ realization,ȱ accordingȱ toȱ Lamberts,ȱ hasȱ toȱ beȱ fullyȱ ecclesialȱ inȱ nature,ȱ asȱ
opposedȱtoȱcertainȱremnantsȱofȱtheȱsoȱcalledȱ“clericalȱliturgy”ȱstillȱprevalentȱtoȱ
thisȱday.ȱAȱlookȱatȱtheȱfootnotesȱandȱreferencesȱwithinȱtheȱtextȱofȱtheȱbookȱshowsȱ
thatȱheȱletsȱhisȱreadersȱfeastȱonȱtheȱcontentȱofȱmajorȱsignificantȱliturgicalȱsourcesȱ(documents)ȱthatȱcomeȱtoȱusȱfromȱtheȱchurch’sȱancientȱpastȱtoȱtheȱpresent.ȱTheseȱ
sourcesȱ aidȱ usȱ toȱ adequatelyȱ understandȱ bothȱ theȱ realȱ meaningȱ ofȱ activeȱ
participationȱandȱtheȱreasonȱforȱtheȱrenewalȱofȱeucharisticȱcelebrationȱinȱ1970.ȱ ȱInȱtheȱfirstȱpartȱofȱthisȱbook,ȱLambertsȱthusȱ“describesȱtheȱgradualȱrealizationȱofȱtheȱRomanȱMissalȱandȱdemonstratesȱhowȱtheȱconciliarȱdesireȱforȱtheȱactiveȱ
participationȱ ofȱ theȱ faithfulȱ inȱ theȱ eucharisticȱ celebrationȱ wasȱ theȱ guidingȱprincipleȱforȱthisȱrevision”ȱ(p.ȱvii).ȱThisȱfirstȱpartȱisȱnotȱsolelyȱonȱthisȱpointȱalone.ȱWeȱ nowȱ speakȱ aboutȱ theȱ liturgyȱ asȱ aȱ commonȱ celebrationȱ which,ȱ thoughȱcelebratedȱ withinȱ aȱ hierarchicallyȱ structuredȱ community,ȱ presupposesȱ activeȱ
participationȱofȱallȱtheȱgatheredȱfaithful.ȱHence,ȱLambertsȱsuggestsȱthatȱtodayȱ
“activeȱ participation”ȱ mayȱ notȱ beȱ anȱ adequateȱ termȱ toȱ useȱ forȱ aȱ communalȱ
liturgicalȱcelebration.ȱInstead,ȱsinceȱtheȱwholeȱfaithȱcommunityȱcomprisedȱofȱtheȱ
presider,ȱtheȱfaithful,ȱandȱtheȱliturgicalȱministersȱisȱtheȱsubjectȱofȱtheȱliturgicalȱ
celebration,ȱ heȱ choosesȱ toȱ speakȱ aboutȱ anȱ “ecclesialȱ liturgy”ȱ (p.18).ȱ “Thisȱ
expression,”ȱaccordingȱtoȱhim,ȱ“pointsȱtoȱtheȱpeopleȱofȱGodȱwho,ȱcalledȱtogetherȱbyȱChrist,ȱhierarchicallyȱstructured,ȱandȱanimatedȱbyȱChrist’sȱSpirit,ȱcelebrateȱ
theirȱfaith,ȱinȱgratitudeȱandȱpraise,ȱaroundȱtheȱsacramentalȱsigns”ȱ(p.18).ȱHeȱthusȱ

184176ȱunderscoresȱtheȱtrinitarianȱdimensionȱofȱtheȱliturgicalȱcelebrationȱandȱpointsȱoutȱespeciallyȱtheȱpneumatologicalȱChristologicalȱdimensionsȱvitalȱtoȱanȱadequateȱ࠙understandingȱofȱtheȱconceptȱofȱactiveȱparticipation.ȱ ȱActiveȱparticipationȱinȱtheȱeucharisticȱcelebrationȱpresentedȱinȱterseȱlanguageȱinȱtheȱConstitutionȱonȱtheȱSacredȱLiturgyȱandȱinȱtheȱGeneralȱInstructionȱofȱtheȱRomanȱMissalȱcallsȱforȱmoreȱexplanationsȱsoȱthatȱtheȱfaithfulȱunderstandȱwhatȱ
itȱreallyȱmeans.ȱ ȱ Hence,ȱpartȱtwoȱofȱthisȱbookȱoffersȱaȱhistorical,ȱtheological,ȱandȱ
pastoralȱmeaningȱofȱactiveȱparticipationȱenvisionedȱinȱtheȱdifferentȱritesȱofȱtheȱ
renewedȱ eucharisticȱ celebration.ȱ Thisȱ effortȱ ofȱ Lambertsȱ beginsȱ withȱ theȱintroductoryȱrite(s)ȱofȱtheȱeucharisticȱcelebrationȱandȱendsȱwithȱitsȱconcludingȱ
rite(s).ȱ ȱ Thisȱ trulyȱ enrichesȱ oneȱ andȱ mightȱ helpȱ himȱ orȱ herȱ bringȱ aȱ renewedȱattitudeȱ toȱ eucharisticȱ participation.ȱ Inȱ thisȱ sense,ȱ thisȱ bookȱ servesȱ asȱ aȱ
commentaryȱtoȱtheseȱliturgicalȱsources.ȱ ȱ Sinceȱitȱhasȱbeenȱmadeȱclearȱthatȱtheȱ
eucharisticȱcelebrationȱbelongsȱtoȱtheȱentireȱgatheredȱpeopleȱofȱGod,ȱhenceȱasȱ
ecclesialȱ liturgy,ȱ Lambertsȱ asksȱ whetherȱ thisȱ principleȱ hasȱ beenȱ respectedȱconsistentlyȱ inȱ allȱ partsȱ ofȱ theȱ renewedȱ eucharisticȱ celebration?ȱ (p.ȱ 59).ȱ
Obviously,ȱheȱfindsȱcertainȱritesȱthatȱneedȱtoȱbeȱnuancedȱlestȱitȱshouldȱgiveȱanyȱ
impressionsȱofȱclericalȱliturgyȱandȱforȱwhichȱheȱformulatesȱcertainȱsuggestionsȱforȱimprovements.ȱ
Thereȱ areȱ accomplishedȱ Catholicȱ theologiansȱ whoȱ haveȱ developedȱ
pneumatologicalȱChristologicalȱtheology,ȱsuchȱas,ȱGermanȱtheologianȱHeribertȱ
Muller,ȱ Australianȱ theologianȱ Davidȱ Coffee,ȱ Americanȱ theologianȱ Edwardȱ J.ȱ
Kilmartin,ȱtoȱnameȱbutȱaȱfew.ȱSomeȱofȱthemȱhaveȱincorporatedȱthisȱtheologyȱintoȱ
theirȱdescriptionȱofȱactiveȱparticipation.ȱButȱinȱWithȱOneȱSpirit:ȱTheȱRomanȱMissalȱandȱActiveȱParticipation,ȱtheyȱallȱgoȱunnoticed.ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ