Sign of Peace?

2Jan22 (22Epiphany). I love the idea that Epiphany is this pursuit of Truth in the world. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. One aspect of truth that we encounter that forms our life is the liturgy and how we celebrate the Mass effects our beliefs and the way we live. I would like to unpack a little more about the Sign of Peace in the liturgy. The wrong intention, the seeming intention and law of the Church. Let’s dive in to what the Vatican and USCCB says…Starting on page 27 of the USCCB’s newsletter is the published direction from the Vatican on the Sign of Peace. https://www.usccb.org/about/divine-worship/newsletter/upload/newsletter-2014-07-and-08.pdf.  Continued engagement is Adoremus.org. It is a great organization that dives into the liturgy and here you will find some commentary and explaining of the statements from the USCCB: https://adoremus.org/2014/09/ritual-expression-of-the-gift-of-peace-at-mass/ (these statements are also present in the newsletter after the Vatican’s statements, but I want to direct us towards Adoremus.org). Also, I mentioned about the liturgical rite used in Milan. It is called the Ambrosian rite and you can read more about it here: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2007/03/detailed-explanation-of-ambrosian-rite.html#.YeehBfFBzUI or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite