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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (December 16,
2018) 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal page numbers: Sprinkling Rite: Asperges me (567) Order of Mass: Missalette or Campion Missal (569) Proper Prayers and Readings (9) – online here, leaflet here Ordinary: Kyrie, (no Gloria,) Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei – Mass
XVII (762) Preface of Advent (p. 878 in Angelus and Baronius missals, online here) Final Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater – from Advent to the Purification (online here, Campion Missal 947, Angelus Missal 114, Baronius Missal 119) 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens 3 pm, St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Cleveland MASS NEXT SUNDAY (December 23,
2018) 12 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens CANDLELIT RORATE CAELI MASS Saturday, December 15, 2018 6:30 a.m. – Sung Latin Mass at Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville The
Rorate Caeli Mass is a traditional
Advent devotion in which the Votive
Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Advent offered is just before dawn,
with no lighting other than candles on the altar. Those who attend can expect
to be rewarded with a uniquely beautiful Mass. The interplay of light and
darkness speak to the meaning of Advent and the coming of the Light of the
world.
Photo
of the Our Lady side altar taken before Mass, with overhead lights still
turned on. The
Mass takes its title, Rorate Caeli, from the initial words of the
Introit, from Isaiah 45:8, Rorate,
caeli,
desuper, et nubes pluant justum, aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem. Drop down dew, ye heavens,
from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened and bud
forth a Saviour. (Mass
readings: Angelus Missal, page 1029; Baronius Missal, page 1085) The Rorate Mass is lit only by
candlelight. Because it is a votive Mass in Mary’s honor, white vestments are
worn instead of Advent violet. In the dimly lit setting, priest and faithful
prepare to honor the Light of the world, Who is soon to be born, and offer
praise to God for the gift of Our Lady. As the Mass proceeds and sunrise
approaches, the church becomes progressively brighter, illumined by the sun
as our Faith is illumined by Christ. The readings and prayers of the Mass
foretell the prophecy of the Virgin who would bear a Son called Emmanuel, and
call on all to raise the gates of their hearts to let Christ the King enter;
asking for the grace to receive eternal life by the merits of the Incarnation
and saving Resurrection of Our Lord.
Rorate Caeli Mass at Holy Ghost Church (more photos here) RORATE CAELI MASS READINGS AND
PROPER PRAYERS The
Rorate Caeli Mass is the Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Advent.
Unless you have a complete daily missal that includes the Common of the BVM,
its propers can be hard to find (online or otherwise). Here they are, in the
English translations of the Fr. Lasance Roman Missal on which the Campion
Missal is based: Collect O God,
Who didst will that at the message of an angel Thy word should take flesh in
the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary: grant that we, Thy suppliants, who
believe her to be truly the mother of God, may be helped by her intercession
with Thee. Through the same ….. Lesson Isaiah 7:
10-15 Gospel Luke 1:
26-38 Secret Strengthen
in our hearts, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the mysteries of the true faith,
that, confessing Him Who was conceived of the Virgin to be true God and true
man, we may deserve, through the power of His saving resurrection, to attain
everlasting joy. Through the same ….. Postcommunion Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts,
that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son was made known by the
message of an angel, may, by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory
of His resurrection. Through the same ….. MASS OF CHRISTMAS Holy
Ghost Church, Knoxville 12 pm
Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Preceded
at 11:30 am with a
program of traditional Christmas music. Christmas Program here Christ’s Mass
itself will be accompanied by the variable proper parts sung in Gregorian
chant and the fixed ordinary parts (Kyrie,
Gloria, Sanctus, etc.) in a polyphonic setting, plus offertory and communion
motets in chant and sacred polyphony. In recent years this special Latin Mass of
Christmas has attracted worshipers from a variety of parishes throughout the
diocese. Invite your Catholic friends to share in this festive celebration of
the Nativity of Our Lord. 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens LATIN MASS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY Octave Day of Christmas (Holy Day of Obligation) Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 12
pm Tuesday, January 1, 2019 WHAT IS GAUDETE SUNDAY? This Third Sunday of Advent is
called "Gaudete Sunday" because its Introit begins with the joyful
words Gaudete in Domino semper . . . . Rejoice in the Lord always . . . . Traditionally, this is the only Sunday in
Advent on which the organ was heard during the Mass, and when flowers might
be seen on the altar. And for this one day the Church relaxes the penitential
aspect of Advent a bit with rose (instead of violet) vestments:
Click here
for photos of a past Gaudete Mass at Holy Ghost Church
THE GREAT O
ANTIPHONS O
Sapientia (December
17) O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem fortiter, suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. O Wisdom, Which camest out of the mouth of
the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and
sweetly: come and teach us the way of prudence. O Adonai (December 18) O Adonai, et dux domus Israël, qui Moyse in igne
flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel,
Who didst appear to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, and didst give
unto him the law on Sinai: come and with an outstretched arm redeem us. O Radix Jesse (December 19) O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super
quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. O Root of Jesse, Which standest for an
ensign of the people, before Whom kings shall keep silence, Whom the Gentiles
shall beseech: come and deliver us, and tarry not. O
Clavis David (December
20) O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israël, qui
aperis, et nemo claudit, claudis, et nemo aperuit: O Key of David, and
Scepter of the house of Israel, that openest and no man shutteth, and
shuttest and no man openeth: come and bring the prisoner forth from his
prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death. O Oriens (December 21) O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in
tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Dayspring, Brightness of light eternal,
and Sun of Justice, come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in
the shadow of death. O Rex Gentium (December 22) O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque
angularis, qui facis utraque unum: O King of the Gentiles and the desire
thereof, Thou cornerstone that makest both one, come and deliver
mankind, whom Thou didst form out of clay. O Emmanuel (December 23) O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio
gentium, et Salvator earum: O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the
desire of the nations and the Savior thereof, come to save us, O Lord
our God.
The familiar musical version of the
O Antiphons THIRD-SUNDAY BRUNCH AFTER MASS THIS SUNDAY The men of Holy Ghost’s Knights of
Columbus will host a brunch downstairs after the 12 noon Mass this
Sunday (Dec. 16). All who attend the Latin Mass are invited to proceed downstairs
afterwards for refreshment and camaraderie. ONLINE WEEKLY LATIN MASS NEWSLETTER |
