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22 Popular devotions allow the practice of the faith to pass beyond the bounds of the Church's official liturgy and to permeate more thoroughly the daily lives of people in their own culture. Pope John Paul II pointed out that popular piety provides important guidance to the Church for carrying out the task of inculturation.
Piety close piety The observance of religious rules. means devotion, or acting in a religious way. So ‘popular piety’ refers to the most common ways Catholics demonstrate their devotion to...
Popular Devotions.—Devotion, in the language of ascetical writers, denotes a certain ardor of affection in the things of God, and even without any qualifying prefix it generally implies that this ardor is of a sensible character.
Devotions can be understood to be a time set aside to devote oneself to pray, Bible study, or private worship of God. Different Christians have different names for this time. Some Christians call this time Bible study, Quiet Time, Daily Watch, Sacred Time, or an appointment with God.
Popular piety is an expression of the profound religious feeling of people at a given moment in space and time. The various sets of "Little Offices" (e.g. of the Passion or of the Blessed Trinity), popular from the thirteenth to sixteenth century are now virtually unknown except to museum archivists. [6]
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Popular devotions are a powerful and authentic expression of the prayer life of the Church. It is appropriate to suggest perennial values that devotions have and that should continue in future forms of prayer intended for ordinary people in the Church.
