tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post1411625503630888960..comments2013-03-06T11:21:05.832-05:00Comments on Writ-in-Red: Save Our GesimasDcn. Muehlenbruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088586709685687573noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post-88934905084482622772013-03-06T11:21:05.832-05:002013-03-06T11:21:05.832-05:00I consulted the 2004 reprint of Paul H.D. Lang'...I consulted the 2004 reprint of Paul H.D. Lang's <i>"Ceremony and Celebration."</i> The original preface dates itself as belonging to St. Bartholomew the Apostle's Day A+D 1963. The tome's Page 171 (part of Chapter 18) speaks to "The Use of Green." It reads "Green is used from and with Matins on January 14 to Vespers of the Eve of Septuagesima (TLL also permits white for this period) and from the Second Sunday after Trinity through the Trinity Season to the Vespers on the Eve of Advent, except on festivals and days for which another color is appointed."<br /><br />"Color" is most certainly indexed in Lang's book (p. 179), with several citations to explore; as is "Ordination" (p. 183). "Ordinary Time" is not, for what it's worth.<br /><br />We the faithful need a bumper sticker, and that right desperately, along the lines of "Free Gesima!" or maybe, "Free the Gesima Three!" It works in the secular world, in stirring the masses.<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servanr,<br />Herr DoktorMichael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post-80136792594073393052013-01-27T17:13:30.059-05:002013-01-27T17:13:30.059-05:00Deacon replies to Phil,
After consulting a 1962 E...Deacon replies to Phil,<br /><br />After consulting a 1962 English Missal, Green was used during Epiphany after the Baptism of Our Lord. White was used for the first few Sundays of Epiphany. <br /><br />I would think that Ordinary Time was a change made after Vatican II. The color for Ordinary Time is Green; but there may be a few exceptions.<br />Dcn. Muehlenbruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088586709685687573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post-16391783737577929852013-01-26T18:44:26.781-05:002013-01-26T18:44:26.781-05:00I second Fr. Watson's comment. Thank you, Dea...I second Fr. Watson's comment. Thank you, Deacon, for giving voice to this valuable and endangered dimension of the liturgical year.Dcn Latif Haki Gaba SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032212390625343868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post-46699908567187710562013-01-26T16:56:12.730-05:002013-01-26T16:56:12.730-05:00I am delighted to find another proponent of this s...I am delighted to find another proponent of this salutary season of pre-lent, wherein we can be soothed into the desert of Lent from our mountain-top revelation of Our Lord's glory, via this three week reception of Grace - -<br />(plus, I like saying sexagesima in public :) )<br />frJJay Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482261288019583877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35146979.post-24857726973201096082013-01-26T16:45:58.923-05:002013-01-26T16:45:58.923-05:00Was Vatican II the origin of the term "Ordina...Was Vatican II the origin of the term "Ordinary Time," or was that title in effect before?<br /><br />I know that the liturgical colors were in flux and varied from place to place (as noted in Guenther Stiller's book on Leipzig when compared with Roman, Sarum, Gallican, etc. uses). Was the use of green for the "Ordinary Time" Sundays in Epiphany in place before Vatican II? Was this in place both in Rome and in other communions?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360602965070109675noreply@blogger.com