It was remarkable when Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI analogously compared Liturgy to a “game” that people play. He wrote, it is like a game that has its own rules and sets up its own world. It is a moment of retreat from the pressure of daily life, i.e. a stress relief. He mentioned about children who enjoy playing. For them, it is a kind of anticipation of life and a rehearsal for a later life, e.g. virtual reality. Likewise, Pope Emeritus said Liturgy would be a kind of anticipation, a rehearsal, and a prelude for the life to come, the eternal life. But, Liturgy is more than an ordinary game. It is a real “game” where freedom and order are one. Laws were given like the rules in a game, but in Liturgy, it has a deeper implication, it is for righteous living. He continued, a people without a common rule of law cannot live. Thus, when every person lives without a law, every person lives without a freedom. So, Law is essential for freedom and community life. God revealed Himself to Moses and gave him the law, the Ten Commandments, making God’s will known to humanity, a covenant concretized in a minutely regulated form of worship. We cannot simply “make” worship. This is the real Liturgy, God responds and reveals how people can worship Him, a true and everlasting real relationship between God and His people.   

In these tough times, people need someone to rule and guide, someone who essentially will lead them not to just living a life of prosperity and richness, but living a life of freedom and of justice, a righteous life that is based upon a solid moral ground. God revealed Himself for He is that someone who can govern and protect humanity. He alone is the giver of life. From the beginning of time, He was there, He is today, and He will be in the future.  He never abandoned nor deserted His people. This is what the Liturgy means, His eternal presence, i.e. in the past even before time exist, the present, and the future. 

   According to Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Liturgy is rightly seen as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. It is a sign, a sacramental sign of the Lord’s presence and at the same time of the action of the Holy Spirit.   

Liturgy is an infinity sign of God’s presence in the world. Sacraments are the living proof of His presence, beginning in baptism to the time when one gets the Last Rite. Then, after death, comes eternal life, completing the plan of salvation. 

  Therefore, Liturgy is the revelation of God to humanity and human’s relationship to God.