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Proclaimers of the Word   Diocesan Guidelines Proclaimers of the Word     Formation - Completed for 2008. FORMAL RETREAT OPPORTUNITIES All Proclaimers of the Word must spend some time each year in formal retreat in order to renew their mandate. What kinds of retreat experiences are available for you? + Diocesan Afternoons of Reflection + Diocesan Ministry Enrichment Days + Diocesan Liturgy Days + Parish retreats + Individual directed retreats   LINKS From the Holy See (The Vatican) Dei Verbum "Word of God" Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Relevation, part of the II Vatican Council documents The New American Bible General Instruction of the Roman Missal (including adaptations for the Dioceses of the United States of America) from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Introduction to the 2nd Edition of the Lectionary for Mass The Lector at Mass Readings and Psalms for the Month Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. This document is a PDF file. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this document. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to obtain this free PDF reader program. From within the Office of Worship website Abbreviations of the Books of the Bible Number of Weeks in Ordinary Time Order of the First Reading For Weekdays in Ordinary Time Order of the Second Reading For Sundays in Ordinary Time A Letter from the Office of Worship Dear Proclaimers of the Word, Yours is an awesome ministry and responsibility! I would like to quote from the new Introduction to the Lectionary #47: "To be received and integrated into the life of Christ's faithful, the word of God demands a living faith. Hearing the word of God unceasingly proclaimed arouses that faith. The Sacred Scriptures, above all in their liturgical proclamation, are the source of life and strength. As the Apostle Paul attests, the Gospel is the saving power of God for everyone who believes. Love of the Scriptures is therefore a force reinvigorating and renewing the entire people of God. All the faithful without exception must therefore always be ready to listen gladly to God's word. When this word is proclaimed in the Church and put into living practice, it enlightens the faithful through the working of the Holy Spirit and draws them into the entire mystery of the Lord as a reality to be lived. The word of God reverently received moves the heart and its desires toward conversion and toward a life resplendent with both individual and community faith, since God's word is the food of Christian life and the source of the prayer of the whole Church." What powerful images of spiritual transformation......    "source of life and strength"       "saving power of God"          "force reinvigorating and renewing              the entire people of God"                "moves the heart...toward                    conversion". And you, as Proclaimer of the Word, are the instrument of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works through your being and your voice to accomplish, in the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed aloud, the spiritual transformation of those listening. Beverly Rieger Former Director, Office of Worship