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The history of Christian thinking contains two main traditions concerning the way the Christological mystery is approached, which have never been untainted by each other historically: the first is the way of St John and the second is the way of St Paul. Without excessive classification, it is observable that, as we focus on one or the other way, two discourses are born with different Christological, Eucharistic and spiritual points of view that are mutually complementary and enriching. The mystery is the revelation of God in Christ. The doctrine on the holy Eucharist is the sacramental face of Christology and spiritually it is the fruit, in life, of the Eucharistic celebration. In the awareness that centuries of theological speculation cannot be summarized in simple conclusions, this note tries to characterize how each of the approaches has particular consequences for the respective Christological, Eucharistic and spiritual doctrine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Liturgy of the Hours is precisely what it says, liturgy, and thus, ecclesiastical reality as part of the theological statues of Christian celebration. From this perspective, the author approaches the spiritual dimension which is included in the morning and evening prayer ceremonies which the Church carries out in its celebratory continuum. The celebration of the rite is considered a symbolic and efficient means of participation, and thus sacramental, in the prayer of Christ which is offered through its whole body, the Church, to the Father in the pneuma of the Lord. It shows how the Psalter offers its riches when the praying heart of the Church uses it to pay homage of doxological praise to God and suggests a sapiential meditation on the Mystery of the Resurrection of Christ and adoration in spirit and truth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]