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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (November 24,
2019) Last Sunday after Pentecost 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 (410) – online here, leaflet here Ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei – Mass XI Orbis Factor (740) Preface of the Holy Trinity (Missalettes; Campion 598, Angelus 875, Baronius 884) Anthem to the Virgin Mary: Salve Regina – from Trinity Sunday until Advent (online here, Campion Missal 961, Angelus
Missal 116, Baronius Missal 121) 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens 2 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City 5 pm, Basilica of Sts.
Peter & Paul, Chattanooga MASS NEXT SUNDAY (December 1,
2019) 12 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens 2 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City PROPER ORATIONS FOR THE LAST SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST In
preparation for this Sunday’s Mass, compare the translations below with those
in your own personal hand missal (e.g., Angelus 814, Baronius 866, Campion 410). Collect
Secret
Postcommunion
THE GOSPEL FOR THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST and THE FOUR LAST THINGS – Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell The extraordinary-form missal's temporal
cycle ends with this last Sunday after Pentecost, and with it our annual
liturgical journey through the spiritual history of the world which begins
anew each year with the First Sunday of Advent.
Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement (altar wall of the Sistine Chapel) For this reason, the prayers and
readings of today’s Mass turn our attention to the four last things—death, judgement, heaven, hell—and
especially to the second coming and final judgment, when Christ will return
with power and majesty to judge the living and the dead. This Sunday's Gospel (Matthew 24:15-35) is one of the most
powerful and memorable readings of the whole Church year at Mass in the
extraordinary form: “When you see the
abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place . . . . For false christs
and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as
to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. . . . . But immediately after the tribulation of
those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,
and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
And then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven . . . . and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of
heaven with great power and majesty. . . . .” This apocalyptic reading was heard
annually in the usus antiquior
for well over a thousand years. But it—along with numerous other “hard” or
“judgmental” scriptural readings—was deleted from the newer ordinary form
lectionary. Therefore it has not been heard at Mass in the typical parish
during the past half-century. Click here
for a discussion of the elimination of the Antichrist from the Novus Ordo
lectionary.
The
Antichrist, the abomination of desolation, standing in the holy place THE DREAD AND AWFUL TRIBUNAL ON HIGH ….. AND THE BOTTOMLESS PIT BELOW In a traditional Matins reading for
this last Sunday of the liturgical year, St. Basil warns of the final
judgement that awaits each of us: When
the inclination to sin comes upon you, I wish you would think of this dread
and awful tribunal of Christ, where He will sit and judge on His throne on
high. There every creature will appear, and stand trembling in His presence,
and there shall we be led, one by one, to give an account of the actions of
our life. And immediately afterwards those who in life have wrought much evil
will be surrounded by fearful and hideous angels, who will throw them
headlong into a bottomless pit where in impenetrable darkness burns a fire
which gives no light; Think of that bottomless pit, the impenetrable darkness, the
lightless fire, burning, but not glowing, the poisonous mass of worms,
preying upon the flesh, ever feeding, and never filled, causing by their
gnawing unbearable agony lastly, the greatest punishment of all, shame and
confusion forever. Have a
dread of these things, and pierced by this dread, use it as a bridle
to help keep your soul from being drawn away by concupiscence into sin.
The gate to Hell in
Dante’s Inferno “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Commentary on the Last Sunday after Pentecost The 6-page propers
leaflet (here)
for this Mass includes almost two pages of patristic commentary on the liturgy
for this last Sunday of the Church year—the second coming of Christ preceded
by the appearance of the Antichrist and the end of time. Feel free to take a
copy with you to contemplate during the week in preparation for the First
Sunday of Advent. ONLINE WEEKLY LATIN MASS NEWSLETTER |
