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THOMAS AQUINAS & THE LITURGY David Berger Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University Copyright © 2004, 2005 by Sapientia Ptess of Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida. All rights reserved. Second edition 2005. No part of this publication may be reproduced or nansmitted in any form or means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in Table of Contents Preface ................................................ ix writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be directed to: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48106 888-343-8607 Cover image: FraAngelico (1387-1455), Madonna of the Shadows. Museo de S. Marco, Florence Photo credit: Scala/Art Resource, NY Cover design: Eloise Anagnost Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Control Number: 2004090918 Chapter 1 Why Thomas Aquinas in Particular? ................... 1 The Authority of St. Thomas ........................ 3 Is Thomas Still Up-to-Date? ........................ 7 Chapter 2 The Liturgy in the Life of the Doctor Angelicus , ..... 11 The Liturgical Spirituality of the Sons of St. Benedict of Nursia ......................... 12 The Eucharist as the Center of Life ................. 15 Chapter 3 Liturgy as Auctoritas in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas .................................. 19 The Church's General Liturgical Practice as locus theologicus .................................. 19 The Role of the Liturgy in the Solution of Individual Theological Questions .............. 22 The Liturgy for the Administration of the Sacraments and Sacramental Theology ....................... 25 ISBN 0-9706106-8-8 vii viii AQUINAS & THE LITURGY Chapter 4 The Explanation of the Rite of the Mass in the Summa theologiae (III q. 83) ................... 27 The Sacrifice of the Mass as an Image Saturated with Reality ........................... 28 The Words and Ceremonies of the Rite of the Mass ........................... 32 Each Rubric of the Missal ''An Angel" ............... 37 Preface " Ii; II I' '1 " '" Chapter 5 Central Aspects of Thomist Liturgiology .............. 43 Three Leitmotifs as Characteristics ofThomism .... . 43 The Uniry of Man's Body and Soul and the Liturgy .................................. 52 The God-Man and the Liturgy ..................... 61 Chapter 6 Quid Hoc Sacramento Mirabilius? Real Presence and Transubstantiation ......... ........ 89 Theological Reinterpretations and St. Thomas ....... 89 Transubstantiation ............. ................... . 92 The Sacramental Presence of Christ in the Eucharist ................................ 101 Christ's Presence in the Eucharist and Reason ...... 106 Mystery, Jubilation, and Adoration. ; .............. 109 Chapter 7 Thomas-The Man of the New Millennium ......... 111 Bibliography ...................................... 115 Index ............................................. 129 T IS LITTLE BOOK has to be prefaced by a few brief acknowledgments. The first one is directed to Rome, to His Eminence Alfons M. Cardinal Stickler, S.D.B. Despite an arduous period of convalescence, he read the manuscript of the first German edition with "lively interest" and encouraged me to have the book published immediately. In this context particularly grateful mention is also due to the kind reviews, in many cases very extensive, by Professor Walter Hg,eres in the Tagespost, Monsignore Professor Dr. Brunero Gherardini (Vatican) in Divinitas, Jens Mersch in the Kirchliche Umschau, Raphael Delavigne in Catholica, Monsignore Ulrich-Paul Lange in Theologisches, Pro