The Impact of the II. Vatican Council in Transylvania on the Devotion to the Eucharist During the Episcopate of Aaron Márton

Abstract

There is a lot of uncertainty in the transition age. Old redundant frills and sometimes values also disappear and are replaced by age-appropriate values. The change in the worship life of the Church is unequivocal because it is about permanence and continuous development at the same time. The Holy Eucharist has been the life-giving soul of the Catholic Church since Christ to the present day. The external form of its celebration, however, has changed over time. In Transylvania, during the 2nd Vatican Council, the Catholic Church lived in a ghetto, but after the Synod, the liturgical shift in the celebration and reverence of the Eucharist also took place here. The Eucharistic spirit of Bishop Márton Áron of Alba Iulia helped a lot to make it happen smoothly. Nevertheless, actual cases reveal that the Bishop, too, had to deal with misunderstandings, priests who were willing to ignore all the rules. With his patient attitude and willing service, he tried hard to be the loving high priest of everyone, both of the caring, scrupulous priests and of the fussy ones, because it was about our greatest treasure, the Eucharist.