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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (January 19,
2020) 2nd Sunday after Epiphany 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 (61) – online here, leaflet here Ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei - Mass VIII De Angelis (727) Preface of the Holy Trinity (Leaflet; Campion 598, Angelus 874, Baronius 884) 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 2 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City MASS NEXT SUNDAY (January 26,
2020) 12 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 8 am, St. Mary Church, Athens 2 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City 5 pm, Basilica of Sts. Peter &
Paul, Chattanooga CHRISTMASTIDE, EPIPHANYTIDE, AND THE
SEASON AFTER EPIPHANY We have now completed two of the briefer but more
festive seasons of the Church year: Christmastide – the Season
of Christmas consisting of the traditional “twelve days of Christmas”
from December 25 through January 5 (the eve of the Epiphany). Epiphanytide – the Season
of Epiphany consisting of the liturgical octave of 8 days beginning with
the feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord on January 6 and ending with the
Baptism of the Lord on January 13. We have now entered the
Season
after Epiphany, which extends from January
14 through the eve of Septuagesima Sunday, the first of the three pre-Lenten
Sundays on the traditional (extraordinary form) Church calendar. On the extraordinary
form calendar, the Sundays of the season after Epiphany are counted as
“Sundays after Epiphany”. They correspond to the initial “Sundays of ordinary
time” on the ordinary form calendar. Depending on the date of Easter in a
given year, there may be anywhere from one to six of these Sundays between
the Epiphany and Septuagesima Sunday. PROPER ORATIONS FOR THE 2ND
SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY In
preparation for this Sunday’s Mass, compare the translations below with those
in your own personal hand missal (e.g., Angelus 248, Baronius 256, Campion 61). Collect
Secret
Postcommunion
In comparison with the more
loquacious propers for the last two “feast Sundays”
(the Holy Name and the Holy Family), note the conciseness of these prayers—typical
for the “time throughout the year” (aka “ordinary time”). THE GOSPELS OF THE SEASON AFTER
EPIPHANY The liturgy of this extended period
features the great Epiphany Gospels given us by the Church (in the traditional calendar and liturgy)
on the principal feasts and Sundays of this season. Each of these Gospels
presents a particular manifestation (or “epiphany”) of the Divinity of Our
Lord Jesus Christ. On this Second Sunday after Epiphany we recall His
manifestation of His divinity in his first miracle at Cana, as described in
this Sunday’s Gospel (John 2:1-11): At the
wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, Jesus, at His Mother’s bidding, changes
water into wine. And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the
mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his
disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And
Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and
to thee? My hour is not yet come. His
mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall
say to you, do ye. (John 2:1-5)
The Marriage at Cana (Maerten
de Vos, c. 1596) Now there were set there six waterpots of
stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two
or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to
them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith
to them: Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they
carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the
water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had
drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the
bridegroom, And saith
to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine,
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept
the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in
Cana of Galilee; and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
(John 2:6-11) WHY DID EASTERN RITES CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS JUST LAST WEEK? The Gregorian calendar keeps the dates of the year synchronized
with the turning of the season by introducing a “leap year” every 4 years,
except for centennial years that are not divisible by 400 (so there was a
leap year in 2000, but not one in 1900). However, the older Julian calendar has a leap year every 4 years
without exception. Consequently, it falls 3 days farther behind the
seasons—and the Gregorian calendar—every 400 years. So the Julian calendar
currently lags 13 days behind the
Gregorian calendar. The upshot of all this is that—whereas the Eastern Orthodox
celebrate Christmas on December 25 as we do—their (Julian) December
25 falls on our (Gregorian) January 7. So from our viewpoint—though not
from theirs—they’re celebrating Christmas 13 days late on January 7. In any event, it may be fair to say that nothing in Roman
Catholic liturgy quite matches the visual splendor of the Russian Orthodox
celebrations of Christmas and Easter. Feast your eyes on a look at this video
of the Divine Liturgy of Christmas broadcast on Russian TV from Moscow’s
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour:
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