Roman Catholic Churches

For Roman Catholics, the liturgy is the foundation for living the Christian life in the exercise of all ministries of the church. Worship has an integral relationship to spiritual formation, education, social justice, and other areas of Christian witness. The worship of the Roman Catholic church, referred to as the liturgy, is ideally seen as the summit of all the various activities of Christian living and ministry and as the source or inspiration for these activities and beliefs. It is described as such in the foundational document on liturgy from the Second Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium 10: " The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the font from which all her power flows. " The most prominent issues in contemporary discussions on the relationship between liturgy and the Christian life could be grouped into the following areas: spirituality, catechesis, and social justice. Worship and Spirituality Christian spirituality,…