Worship

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Jan and Hubert Van Eyk, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (1432)

You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve." (Matthew 4:10)
 

Catholic worship is centered around the proclamation of the Word of God, participation in the one sacrifice of Jesus (The Lamb of God) on the Cross, and the reception of the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Catholics worship God out of a sense of justice, giving what is due to God, and of gratitude, for what he has given and done for us.

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb

Elements of Catholic Worship: (Taken from the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2096 -2100)

Adoration

To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful Love.

To adore God is to acknowledge, in respect and absolute submission, the "nothingness of the creature" who would not exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and exalt him and to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name. The worship of the one God sets man free from turning in on himself, from the slavery of sin and the idolatry of the world.

Prayer

Lifting up the mind toward God is an expression of our adoration of God: prayer of praise and thanksgiving, intercession and petition. Prayer is an indispensable condition for being able to obey God's commandments. "[We] ought always to pray and not lose heart."

Sacrifice

It is right to offer sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration and gratitude, supplication and communion: "Every action done so as to cling to God in communion of holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true sacrifice. Outward sacrifice, to be genuine, must be the expression of spiritual sacrifice: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit. . . .  The prophets of the Old Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled with love of neighbor. Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice." The only perfect sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total offering to the Father's love and for our salvation. By uniting ourselves with his sacrifice we can make our lives a sacrifice to God.

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