We continued to offer this popular series from contributor Fr. Michael Joncas in 2014. Joncas revisited the articles of the constitution concerning sacraments, sacramentals and the Divine Office, offering insightful commentary and questions to ponder for each. Those articles covered in the past year are listed below for easy reference.
- Article 69: Infant Baptism
- Article 70: Blessing of Baptismal Water
- Article 71: Confirmation and the Renewal of Baptismal Promises
- Article 72: Sacrament of Penance
- Article 73: Anointing of the Sick
- Article 74: Continuous Rite of Anointing
- Article 75: Prayers for Anointing
- Article 76: Ordinations and Consecrations
- Article 77: Marriage Rite
- Article 78: Celebration of Matrimony Inside and Outside of a Mass
- Article 79: Sacramental Participation by the Faithful
- Article 80: Rite of Religious Profession and Renewal of Vows
- Article 81: Rite for the Burial of the Dead
- Article 82: Burial of Infants
- Article 83: Intercession of Christ Through His Church in the Divine Office
- Article 84: Nature of the Divine Office: Christ Himself
- Article 85: Nature of the Divine Office: Christ’s Spouse
- Article 86: Nature of the Divine Office: “Pray Without Ceasing”
- Article 87: Nature of the Divine Office: And What Follows
- Article 88: Nature of the Divine Office: Sequence of the Hours
It’s been said before but merits repeating: thank you, huge THANK YOU to Fr. Michael Joncas for this very solid and most inspiring series. What a great resource! What a ton of work you’ve put into this for us.
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Thank you for this series. Its always important to return to the texts of the Council and see what the Fathers actually said, as opposed to what people think they said, what they didn’t say, what they should have said, still less the amorphous “spirit” of Vatican II. Nothing here about the wholesale abandonment of Latin or celebrating Mass versus populum.
What I have missed, however, in Fr Joncas’ analyses is a sense of the context in which SC arose. It needs to be read in the light of the whole history of the Liturgical Movement, above all in the light of Mediator Dei. A “compare and contrast” between MD and SC would be very interesting.