Liturgy: Elements

Taxonomy from Spirituality Liturgy –Sacraments –Sacramentals –Liturgy of the Hours Para-Liturgy –Stations of the Cross Group Prayer –Communal Rosary Personal [Private] Prayer –Adoration / Confession / Thanksgiving / Supplication / Meditation / Contemplation

Taxonomy from Social Sciences Sanctification of Life [“Rites of Passage”] –Baptism of infants / Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults –Confirmation –[First] Eucharist –Penance/Reconciliation –Anointing of the Sick –Ordination –Matrimony –Funerals

Sanctification of Time [“Cyclic Rites”] –Liturgical Day and the Liturgy of the Hours –Liturgical Week and Lord’s Day –Liturgical Month –Liturgical Year Paschal Cycle [Lent / Triduum / Eastertide] Incarnation Cycle [Advent / Christmastide] Sanctoral Cycles

Sanctification of Space [“Rites of position / orientation”] –Posture –Gesture –Action –Architecture –Art