Abraham in the Catholic liturgy

Abraham figures prominently in Catholic liturgy. Of all the names of the Old Testament used in the liturgies of the Roman Rite, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham through their association with the idea of sacrifice and their employment in this connection in the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass. Abraham's name occurs so often and in such a variety of connections as to give him, among Old Testament figures, a position of eminence in the liturgy, perhaps surpassed by David alone.

Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum)

Roman Ritual (Rituale Romanum)

Liturgy of the Hours (Liturgia Horarum)

Roman Missal (Missale Romanum)

Abraham is referred to also explicitly (e.g. "May the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, be with you") or implicitly (e.g. In figuris praesignatur, cum Isaac immolatur in the Sequence of Corpus Christi) in various other liturgical texts within the Missal.

Roman Pontifical (Pontificale Romanum)

References

  1. Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
  2. Pastoral Care of the Sick, 219
  3. Pastoral Care of the Sick, 220
  4. Rite of Funerals, 167
  5. Rite of Funerals, 47
  6. Book of Blessings, 440
  7. Book of Blessings, 446
  8. Apostolic Constitution Laudis canticum
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