Fire of Love, Water of Life

Goffredo Boselli, an advisor on the liturgy to the Italian Bishops Conference, earned his PhD at the Institut Catholique in Paris, and an MA at the Université Sorbonne, Paris. Boselli is the author of several books and articles on the topics of liturgy and spirituality, including The Spiritual Sense of the Liturgy: School of Prayer, Source of Life published by Liturgical Press.

Contents

Introduction   1
Easter: The center of Christian life   1
Presbyter and ministers   2
The Easter Vigil: model of liturgy   3
The meaning of mystery   5

Chapter 1: The Liturgy of Light   7
The cosmic Passover: where every living thing is reborn   7
In the heart of the night   9
The new fire   16
The flame of a candle   24
We walk in the light   31
Kindly light   36
The Easter Proclamation   38

Chapter 2: The Liturgy of the Word   45
The mother of every Liturgy of the Word   45
The Hebraica veritas of the Christian Passover   48
In the liturgy the Bible reaches its paschal truth   54
The Bible teaches us to celebrate Easter   58 

Chapter 3: The Liturgy of Water   71
The water of life   71
The baptismal Passover   73

Chapter 4: The Liturgy of the Table   85
The Eucharist, paschal sacrament   85
The table of the Risen One   89

Chapter 5: The Day the Lord Has Made   93
“I have risen”   93
“I live and you will live”   97

Subject Index   101
Scripture Index    105