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Archive for category Lectionary / Liturgy of Word

Preaching the Incarnation: John 1 on Christmas Day

Rita Ferrone: “Maybe Cody or some other PrayTell Chrysostom will post a model homily for Christmas day to help the homilists who struggle with this text.”

Mmmm. . . OK.

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Vigil Masses or Anticipated Masses?

The new Roman Missal (editio typica tertia) is not very new. But two new features are: a Vigil of the Epiphany and a Vigil of the Ascension, each with their own euchology and lectionary texts. But will these vigils be as unused as the ones already in the missal, such as tonight’s.

If you went to Mass the evening of August 14, what euchology was used, what lectionary readings?

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An heretofore unremarked addition to the GIRM?

Preparing liturgy is one of the most important tasks of everyone involved, presider, ministers, and assembly. Whatever mechanism for preparing liturgy a parish chooses (committee, advisory board, or the like), it needs to pay great attention to the rules of good communication and good liturgy.

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New Grail psalm translation now approved

“I am happy to inform you that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has granted the recognitio for the Revised Grail Psalter by the Monks of Conception Abbey for liturgical use in the Dioceses of the United States, which has been approved by the Latin Church members of the USCCB in November, 2008.”

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Ambrosian Imbroglio, Parte Seconda

We reported here earlier about the Ambrosian lectionary controversy in Milan. Cardinal Biffi has criticized some of the archaisms reintroduced in the new edition. Here the main creator of the lectionary fires back.

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Ambrosian Imbroglio

Here is Sandro Magister on the spat over the revised lectionary for the Ambrosian rite in Milan and some neighboring regions. Good heavens, seven Sundays of Advent…would that mean Christmas marketing starts in August rather than September?

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