Order of Christian Initiation of Adults: Ritual Edition

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Overview

Through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, parishes welcome new Catholic Christians, accompanying them on a journey of faith and conversion as they seek the living God. Priests, deacons, and pastoral leaders will find the Liturgical Press edition of the revised translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults combines ease of use with durability and liturgical elegance. Carefully formatted for readability in various environments, this revised edition of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults:

• retains the same arrangement and paragraph numbering as the previous Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, while simplifying the numbering of chapters.
• moves the National Statutes from an appendix to the front of the book, so that all relevant legislation concerning the Initiation rites are more properly grouped together.
• includes refined terminology to correspond better and consistently with pastoral practice, including the use of the terms catechumens and candidates.
• provides new sample introductions to be used by celebrants in the combined rites, making clear the distinctions between catechumens and candidates.
• expands the combined rites for the Easter Vigil to now include texts for the baptism of an infant (adapted from the Order of Baptism of Children).
• includes three elegant ribbon markers for easy reference.
• features a simple silver-stamped image by Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB, that beautifully reflects the sacraments of initiation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814689585
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	11/11/2024
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 10.50(h) x 1.38(d)

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Foreword to the Revised Edition   ix
Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship   xi
Decree of Confirmation of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments   xii
Decree of Promulgation for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops   xiii
Decree of Promulgation for the National Statutes for the Christian Initiation of Adults of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops   xiv
Christian Initiation: General Introduction   1
National Statutes for the Christian Initiation of Adults   9
          The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults
Introduction   14
          PART I – Christian Initiation of Adults
Chapter I
Order of the Catechumenate Arranged in Steps
          Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate   25
     First Step: Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate   27
          Period of the Catechumenate   49
               Celebrations of the Word of God   51
               Minor Exorcisms   53
               Blessings of the Catechumens   62
               Anointing of the Catechumens   67
               Optional Rites during the Period of the Catechumenate   71
               Rite of Sending Catechumens for Election   72
     Second Step: Rite of Election or Enrollment of Names   79
          Period of Purification and Enlightenment   95 
               First Scrutiny   98
               Handing On of the Creed   106
               Second Scrutiny   114
               Third Scrutiny   122
               Handing On of the Lord’s Prayer   130
               Rites of Immediate Preparation   135
     Third Step: Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation   143
          Period of Mystagogy   178
          PART II – Rites for Particular Circumstances
Chapter II
Order of Initiation of Children Who Have Reached Catechetical Age
     First Step: Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate   185
          Rite of Election or Enrollment of Names   196
     Second Step: Scrutinies or Penitential Rites   207
     Third Step: Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation   219
          Period of Mystagogy   240
Chapter III
Simpler Order of Adult Initiation   241
Chapter IV
Shorter Order of Adult Initiation to Be Used in Near Danger of Death or at the Point of Death   269
Chapter V
Preparing Adults for Confirmation and the Eucharist Who Were Baptized as Infants and Did Not Receive Catechesis   285
     A. Rite of Welcoming the Candidates   287
     B. Rite of Sending the Candidates for the Calling to Continuing Conversion   297
     C. Rite of Calling the Candidates to Continuing Conversion   303
     D. Penitential Rite (Scrutiny)   310 
Chapter VI
Order of Reception into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church of Those Already Validly Baptized   319
     Order of Reception within Mass   322
     Order of Reception outside Mass   330
Appendix I
Combined Rites
     1. Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate and of Welcoming the Candidates   333
     2. Rite of Sending Catechumens for Election and Candidates for the Calling to Continuing Conversion   350
     3. Rite of Election of Catechumens and of Calling the Candidates to Continuing Conversion   359
     4. Celebration at the Easter Vigil of the Sacraments of Initiation and the Rite of Reception   377
Appendix II
Acclamations, Hymns, and Chants   409