Paragraph 51: The treasures of the Bible are to be opened up more fully. That has been accomplished by a greater number of readings from the Bible interspersed throughout the liturgical cycle, both in the Sunday and weekday cycles. Now, especially if you attend daily Mass, you have a much...
TheVatican II Hymnal, published in 2011, “might be an excellent way to help congregations follow the wishes of the Council and ‘pray the Mass,’” says Jeffrey Ostrowski, president ofCorpus Christi Watershed. “This book contains simple Mass settings approved by the USCCB, the complete readi...
In normal practice, weekday or low Mass had the priest read or sing the readings at the Altar in Latin, and Sunday - Holy Day high Mass had the priest come to the Ambo and read or sing the readings in the local vernacular language. ...
Not only is Sunday the fulfillment of the commandment to “remember the Sabbath,” but the Mass is the fulfillment of the Passover, “for Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). To the degree that the Israelites kept the Passover, which marked their liberati...