The symbolic language of liturgy

Abstract

The discourse of liturgical theology, situated in the conjunction between sacredness and anthropology, may facilitate the announcement of the kerygma in the coordinates of comprehension that post-modernity requires. The author deals with the question of the Mystery and its symbolization from the perspective of Christ Jesus who, as the visibility of God's beauty, makes transparent the splendor of the divinity in the sensible experience of humanity. Among the symbolic languages that take part in the liturgical celebration, light vigorously impresses the architect. The architect generates creative solutions for the areas of celebration, in the same way that, in older times, the orientation of rosettes and stained glass windows demanded the medieval master mason's attention.