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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (June 25, 2017) Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external
solemnity) 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville St.
Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal page numbers: Order of Mass (567) Proper Prayers and Readings (319) Kyrie,
Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Mass VIII De Angelis (727) Preface of the Sacred Heart: Mass leaflet or Campion
Missal (689) Closing Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (961) 3 pm, St. Joseph the Worker Church,
Madisonville 5 pm, Basilica of Sts.
Peter & Paul, Chattanooga MASS NEXT SUNDAY (July 2, 2017) Most Precious Blood of Jesus (external solemnity) 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 3
pm, St. Joseph the Worker Church, Madisonville (July 2 Mass transferred from Cleveland
to Madisonville) 3 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City THE EXTERNAL SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED
HEART OF JESUS The month of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
and this year we end our June month of Sunday worship by celebrating
liturgically the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu), which appears on the universal Church calendar
as the third Friday after Pentecost (June 23 this year). However, the 1962
rubrics explicitly authorize the celebration of the Mass of the Sacred Heart
also as an external solemnity on the following Sunday (June 25 this year).
(For the extraordinary form of the Mass, an "external solemnity"
means the celebration of the Mass of a feast for the good of the faithful on
an appropriate date other than its specified calendar date—typically, on the
following Sunday when the feast occurs during the week.)
The Sacred Heart is often depicted as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross and bleeding. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus' death, while the fire represents the transformative power of His divine love. THIS YEAR’S LITURGICAL HIGH SEASON OF SUNDAY SOLEMNITIES The
Church’s calendars of saints and seasons were so felicitously aligned this
year as to afford us the rare privilege—though only in the extraordinary
form—of celebrating 1st class feasts (solemnities) on five successive
Sundays: June 4 –
Pentecost Sunday June 11 –
Trinity Sunday June 18 –
Corpus Christi June 25 –
Sacred Heart of Jesus July 2 –
Precious Blood of Jesus Other than the Sundays of Advent and Lent and Holy Week the octaves
of Easter and Pentecost, the Church calendar includes only about twenty 1st
class feasts, with their typically more beautiful and eloquent chants and
proper prayers. Other 1st class feasts in this festive month of
June include the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and Sts. Peter & Paul (June 29), when the statue of St.
Peter in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is annually vested and crowned with the
papal triple tiara.
Click image to enlarge. HEAVENLY BEAUTY AND THE BEAUTY OF THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS CCC #1090: "In
the earthly liturgy we share in a foretaste of that heavenly liturgy which is
celebrated in the Holy City of Jerusalem toward which we journey as pilgrims,
where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God, Minister of the sanctuary
and of the true tabernacle. With all the warriors of the heavenly army we
sing a hymn of glory to the Lord; venerating the memory of the saints, we
hope for some part and fellowship with them; we eagerly await the Savior, our
Lord Jesus Christ, until he, our life, shall appear and we too will appear
with him in glory." Authentic Catholic liturgy lifts us up to participation in the
heavenly liturgy celebrated by the Saints and Angels before the Throne of
God, and therefore exhibits that absolute beauty which resides not only in
the eye of the beholder at Mass but in the mind of God Himself.
Heavenly beauty in a recent Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
by His Excellency, Bishop Andrew Cozzens. Click each image for more detail.
More photos here. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LATIN MASS Knoxville Latin Mass Community (KLMC) expenses in support of Latin
liturgy typically average several hundred dollars weekly. This includes a
regular KLMC contribution of $200 per week to Holy Ghost Church to support
the Latin Mass (and specifically our outstanding sacred music program), plus
additional expenses (e.g., stipends for visiting priests and special
occasions) of several hundred dollars monthly. These expenses are covered
solely by donations directly to the KLMC, separate from our individual
members’ contributions to Holy Ghost Church itself via parish envelopes and
cash donations in the 12 pm Sunday Mass collections. Please
use the special addressed Knoxville Latin Mass Community envelopes that can
be handed in or mailed to the KLMC (but should be kept separate from and
in addition to the regular parish and diocesan offertory envelopes). ONLINE WEEKLY LATIN MASS NEWSLETTER |
