Sacramentum Caritatis Bulletin Articles

With Fr. Martin Fox's inspiration and help, I'm going to attempt to write a very concise and simple bulletin review of Sacramentum Caritatis over the next several weeks. I wouldn't recommend it before Fr. Fox's insight and depth, but perhaps a 'Cliff's Notes' introduction in a church bulletin may lead others to dig a little deeper, and heaven knows how deep the Holy Father can take us.
If you haven't, read the exhortation along with the talks Fr. Fox has posted, beginning here (part 1) and continuing on his blog.
This introduction to the series for St. Jude's bulletin began last weekend:

SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS
Last March, the Vatican published an apostolic exhortation from Pope Benedict the XVI entitled Sacramentum Caritatis (The Sacrament of Love). Sacramentum Caritatis (SC) was the final document of a Synodal Assembly from October, 2005, which Pope John Paul II had convened to conclude the Year of the Eucharist.
The purpose of the Synod to end the Year of the Eucharist was to promote the reality, joy, and value of the Eucharist to the Catholics of today’s world. Forty years after the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the Synod evaluated the reception of Vatican II’s liturgical renewal, and found that, “[t]he difficulties and even the occasional abuses which were noted, it was affirmed, cannot overshadow the benefits and the validity of the liturgical renewal, whose riches are yet to be fully explored.”
(SC, ¶3)
SC is organized in 3 different parts: The Eucharist, a Mystery to Be Believed; The Eucharist, a Mystery to Be Celebrated; and The Eucharist, a Mystery to Be Lived. Over the next several weeks, this space in the bulletin will summarize different parts of SC, and attempt to shed some light on what this important document means to our local and universal church. If you’d like to read the document for yourself, it’s available on the Vatican’s web site, the US Bishops’ web site, or from EWTN (http://www.ewtn.com/). The parish has a limited number of copies available through our lending library, too. Please contact the parish office if you’d like to reserve a copy to borrow.