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MASS THIS SUNDAY ( 4th Sunday after Pentecost 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 Preface of the
Most Holy Trinity (598) Closing
Marian Antiphon (961): Salve
Recessional Hymn (940): With Thy Holy Benediction MASS NEXT SUNDAY ( 5th Sunday after Pentecost WELCOME, FR. CARTER AND FR. RIEHL TRADITIONAL PRIEST'S FIRST MASS IN
CHATTANOOGA On Saturday, June 15, at 5TH SUNDAY TRADITIONAL MASS AT
RETREAT CENTER IN BENTON The
next traditional Latin Mass at the scenic new FR. JOHN 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. WANT TO RECEIVE EACH WEEKLY
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