KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

MASS THIS SUNDAY (June 16, 2013)

4th Sunday after Pentecost

1:30 pm, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville

St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal page numbers:

Processional Hymn (928):  Faith of Our Fathers

Asperges Rite: Asperges me (567)

Order of Mass (569)

Proper Prayers and Readings (328)

Preface of the Most Holy Trinity (598)

Closing Marian Antiphon (961):  Salve Regina

            Recessional Hymn (940):  With Thy Holy Benediction

3 pm in Cleveland; 11 am in Townsend

MASS NEXT SUNDAY (June 23, 2013)

5th Sunday after Pentecost

1:30 pm in Knoxville

3 pm in Johnson City and Madisonville; 11 am in Townsend

WELCOME, FR. CARTER AND FR. RIEHL
For these next two Sundays during Fr. Orr's absence for study in England, our celebrants will be Fr. Christopher Riehl (June 16) and Fr. David Carter (June 23), who served as deacon and celebrant (respectively) for our solemn Mass of Easter this year.

TRADITIONAL PRIEST'S FIRST MASS IN CHATTANOOGA
Fr. Joseph C. DeGuzman, FSSP, son of St. Jude (Chattanooga) parishioners Jose and Blessie DeGuzman, was ordained to priesthood on  Saturday, June 1 at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln, Nebraska--click here for photos--to serve as a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri) which celebrates the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Rite. From the St. Jude parish bulletin:

On Saturday, June 15, at 11 am, newly ordained Fr. Joseph will celebrate his first Mass at St. Jude. His family cordially invites everyone to attend the Mass, as well as a reception to follow in the Parish Life Center, and they wish to thank all of those who have supported him and his family by their gifts and prayers.

5TH SUNDAY TRADITIONAL MASS AT RETREAT CENTER IN BENTON
At 12 noon (EDT) on Sunday, June 30th, Latin Mass in the extraordinary form will be offered by Father David Carter at the new diocesan Christ Prince of Peace Retreat Center near Benton (30 min. northeast of Cleveland) .  Click here for map and directions. The Mass beginning at noon will be followed by a summer menu pot luck meal and activities.  For further information and to sign up, contact Carol Grady (423-338-2328 or email carolgrady35@gmail.com ) or Shannon Hinson (423-991-8352 or email shannonk.hinson@gmail.com ).  

The next traditional Latin Mass at the scenic new Retreat Center will be on September 29th, also at 12:00 noon, followed by a pot luck meal, and is scheduled for every 5th Sunday thereafter

FR. JOHN ZUHLSDORF ON THE TRADITIONAL REQUIEM MASS
Extracted from a Fr. Z's Blog post this week:

This morning I was celebrant for a [traditional Latin] sung Requiem Mass. . . . . Monsignor the Rector [of the cathedral parish] welcomed them when the widow communicated the man’s request that we have a sung Requiem and I was only too happy to oblige as celebrant. This was a different experience for most of the people present, as you can imagine. . . . .

For example, for a Requiem Mass the sermon is to be preached after the rites are concluded, and only with permission of the Ordinary. Thus, after the reading/singing of the Gospel there is no sermon.  A funeral oration is preached [after the Mass] without the preacher even wearing a surplice. . . . . It is extra-liturgical. I obtained from the Ordinary ahead of time permission to preach afterwards, both for myself or for the rector (just in case).  

This was in force in 1962 and, by the provisions of Universae Ecclesiae for Summorum Pontificum, we obey the law in force at the time.  Therefore, I obtained permission and the discourse was after the Absolution rite.

This all makes so much sense.  . . . .  In many dioceses today eulogies are forbidden at Masses for the sorts of reasons we all know to be true. Furthermore, the vector of the Mass, the solemn prayers, is not broken up by more or less good preaching wherein Father or the Bishop suddenly becomes the object of everyone’s attention.  We remain on target, focused on our purpose in church today [to pray for the soul of the deceased].

For another example, in the funeral discourse after the rites were concluded, Monsignor the Rector pointed out the obvious – that there was no choice of music or readings in our traditional requiem. He added, however, that this lack of options underscores how we are all the same in facing our death and judgment.

Afterwards, I had a chance to talk to a few people, including the widow.   Though they had never seen anything like this before, they all thought it was beautiful.  Some mentioned how reverent it all seemed. Moreover, they all knew they were praying for Lawrence, the deceased.

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