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Ritual is a
handbook offering guidelines
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Allows for
diversity according to various cultures, needs and
circumstances
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Can be used
as a teaching aid
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Ritual is a
set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic
value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the
traditions of a community.
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They include
not only the various worship rites and sacraments of
organized cults and religions, but also the rites of
passage of certain societies, oaths etc.
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A ritual may
be performed at regular intervals, or on specific
occasions, or at the discretion of individuals or
communities.
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It may be
performed by a single individual, by a group, or by the
entire community; in arbitrary places, or in places
especially reserved for it; either in public, in
private, or before specific people
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In the
context of Liturgy and life:
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Capcity to
enrich personal as well as communal prayer
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A resource
for the personal prayer of individuals
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Need to get
familiar with its contents
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It is a hand
book that each of us can own
