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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (June 24, 2018) Nativity of St. John the Baptist 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 (465) – online here, leaflet here Ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei - Mass XI Orbis Factor
(727) Preface of the Holy Trinity (Campion 598 or missalette) Final Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina – from Trinity Sunday until Advent (online here, Campion Missal 961, Angelus Missal 116, Baronius
Missal 121) 8 am, St. Joseph the Worker Church,
Madisonville (last TLM in Madisonville) 5 pm, Basilica of Sts.
Peter & Paul, Chattanooga Note:
The last 8 am
Sunday Latin Mass in Madisonville will be on June 24. Beginning on July 1 and continuing
each Sunday thereafter, this 8 am Sunday Latin Mass will be celebrated by Fr.
John Orr at St. Mary Church in Athens. MASS NEXT SUNDAY (July 1, 2018) 12 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens
(first TLM in Athens) 3 pm, St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Cleveland 3 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City THE NATIVITY OF
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Amen I say to you, there hath not
risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist (Matthew 11:11) And so John the Baptist’s is one of
the only three birthdays celebrated by feasts designated on the Church
calendar: The Nativity of Our Lord
(December 25), The Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24), and The Nativity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8). During the offertory of today’s Mass
we’ll hear the 8th century Divine Office hymn Ut queant laxis.
Its first part is the Vespers hymn for the Nativity of John the Baptist, and
is famous in musical history as the original source of the familiar musical
scale do(ut)-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si (with do replacing ut
in modern usage). The first
stanza is
Translation: So that your servants may, with loosened voices, resound
the wonders of your deeds, clean the guilt from our stained lips, O Saint John. WHY ARE THE
EPISTLE AND GOSPEL FIRST CHANTED IN lATIN
AT THE ALTAR, AND
THEN READ IN ENGLISH FROM THE PULPIT?
Isn’t this repetition redundant,
perhaps even a waste of time, since people can follow the readings in English
in their hand missals or propers leaflets while the
priest is chanting them in Latin? Well, no. . . . Because they’re two
different things, with quite different purposes: o The priest’s chant
at the altar of sacrifice is addressed to God in worship and adoration,
whereas o His reading in the
pulpit is addressed to the people for their elucidation and instruction. As Peter Kwasniewski explains in a
recent New Liturgical Movement
article (here): A major difference between the theology of the
classical Roman Rite and that of Paul VI’s modern rite is the difference in
how lections are understood. The lections at Mass are not merely
instructional or didactic. They are an integral part of the seamless act of
worship offered to God in the Holy Sacrifice. The clergy chant the divine
words in the presence of their Author as part of the logike
latreia, the rational worship, we owe to our
Creator and Redeemer. These words are a making-present of the covenant with
God, an enactment of their meaning in the sacramental context for which they
were intended, a grateful and humble recitation in the sight of God of the
truths He has spoken and the good things He has promised (in keeping with
Scripture’s manner of praying to God: “Remember, Lord, the promises you have
spoken!”), and a form of verbal incense by which we raise our hands to His
commandments.
The chanted Latin lection is an expression of
adoring love directed to God before it is a communication of knowledge
to the people, and the form in which it is done should reflect this primacy.
In the ancient liturgy, always and everywhere God enjoys primacy. Nothing is
done “simply” for the people. Holy Communion, which is clearly for the
benefit of the people, is treated with adoration, reverence, care, and
attentive love, being distributed exclusively by the anointed hands of the
ordained, on the tongues of the kneeling faithful, with a paten held
underneath, and, perhaps, a houseling cloth. All
eyes are thus fixed on the Eucharistic Lord, giving Him the primacy that is
His due. It should be no different with the utterance of the divine words, in
which we find a symbolic incarnation of the Word of God which nourishes our
souls in preparation for the divine banquet of the Most Holy Sacrament. PHOTOS: THE SOLEMN
PONTIFICAL MASS AT THE NATIONAL SHRINE From the
organizers of this monumental Mass, the Paulus
Institute for the Propagation of Sacred Liturgy: We are presenting to you (here)
some collections of the still photography of Matthew Barrick from the
Pontifical Mass celebrated on April 28 at the Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception. Scroll down for the collages in a bullet
list. Matt's photos provide stunning views of the Mass from his several cameras, including remotes, in the setting of the Shrine's expansive scale and High Altar, like no other. We've packaged the stills in selected themes to highlight various aspects of the Sacred Liturgy. Many of these would otherwise remain unseen, certainly from Matt's perspective, even to those at the Mass. For each collage, we have included texts from authors such as Benedict XVI, Robert Cardinal Sarah, Romano Guardini, and Fr. Nicholas Gihr to deepen our appreciation for the richness of the ceremony and artistry that express our worship of God. Some samples from
the six collage collections: YOUNG PERSONS TOO HAVE DISCOVERED THIS LITURGICAL FORM (here) “It has clearly been demonstrated that young persons too have
discovered this liturgical form, felt its attraction and found in it a form
of encounter with the Mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist, particularly suited
to them.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Summorum Pontificum)
THE CONGREGATION AT PRAYER (here) “What earlier generations held as sacred, remains
sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely
forbidden or even considered harmful. It behooves all of us to preserve the
riches which have developed in the Church’s faith and prayer, and to give
them their proper place.” (Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Bishops of the World)
THE NEW GENERATION OF PRIESTS (here) The Motu Proprio [Summorum
Pontificum] manifests his solicitude as Vicar of
Christ and Supreme Pastor of the Universal Church, and has the aim of: a) offering
to all the faithful the Roman Liturgy in the Usus Antiquior, considered as a precious treasure to be
preserved; b) effectively guaranteeing and ensuring the use of the forma extraordinaria for all who ask for it, given that the use
of the 1962 Roman Liturgy is a faculty generously granted for the good of the
faithful and therefore is to be interpreted in a sense favourable
to the faithful who are its principal addressees; c) promoting reconciliation
at the heart of the Church. (Instruction Universae
Ecclesiae, Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei)
DUE VENERATION AND REVERENCE (here) “Already Pope Innocent I. (402-417) [wrote] ‘Who does not know
that what has been handed down by Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, to the
Roman Church is still observed unto this day, and must be observed by all?’ .
. . Thus has the Church in the course of time set the jewel of the Holy
Sacrifice in the most magnificent manner with heavenly wisdom and skill for
the praise of God and the edification of the faithful, by surrounding it with
precious decorations of holy prayers, hymns, lessons and ceremonies. She has
enveloped the celebration of the adorable Sacrifice in a mystic veil, in
order to fill the hearts and minds of the faithful with religious awe and
profound reverence, and to urge them to earnest, pious contemplation and
meditation.” (Fr. Nicholas Gihr, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass)
SACRED
BEARING (here) “What is needed here is personal
preparation for Holy Mass. This requires … that fundamental, vital attitude
absolutely necessary to transform a collection of individuals into a
congregation, and a restless crowd into a holy people in the sight of God.
Only from such central preparedness can the gaze lifted to the altar grow
inwardly quiet and receptive to holiness; only then can hearing and speaking
in church differ from the give and take of words in the street, the home, or
office.” (Romano Guardini, Preparing Yourself for
Mass)
LITURGICAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE (here) “The Ceremonies of the Mass lead to the order, beauty, and
adornment of divine worship. They are outward forms of worship, the outcome
of an interior emotion, expressions of religious thought and sentiments.
“They who pray, bend the knee, raise the hands or prostrate themselves to the
ground, thereby expressing outwardly what they feel inwardly. Their invisible
will and the intention of their hearts are indeed known to God. Although
their interior sentiments need not be made known to Him by such signs, by their
means we are to pray and sigh more humbly and more ardently.” (St. Augustine)
Ceremonies signify the mysteries of Christian faith and life: mixing the
water and wine, washing the hands at the Offertory, placing the hands over
the oblation before the Consecration, the breaking of the Host and dropping a
small Particle into the chalice, the frequent Signing of the Cross.” (Fr. Nicholas Gihr,
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass)
FIRST-SUNDAY BRUNCH AFTER MASS ON July 1 The Holy Ghost women’s group will
host a brunch downstairs after the 12 noon Mass next Sunday, July 1.
Assistance from any interested Latin Mass community members is welcome, and
those who can bring potluck dishes may leave them in the kitchen downstairs
before Mass. All who attend the Latin Mass are invited to proceed downstairs
afterwards for refreshment and camaraderie. The women’s group contact person
for any questions is Mary Wilson (mbawilson9@gmail.com). 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 exemplary sacred music
program), plus additional expenses for purchase of vestments, Latin Mass
materials, stipends for visiting priests, and special occasions. All these expenses are covered solely by
donations directly to the KLMC (rather than by the general parish budget). So
please use the special addressed Knoxville Latin Mass Community envelopes, or
donate online (here). ONLINE WEEKLY LATIN MASS NEWSLETTER |
