Peter Kwasniewski
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Traditional Catholic writer, speaker, publisher, editor, singer, composer. Writes at Pelican+. "Adorate Dominum in decore sancto" (1 Chr 16:29)
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At a solemn first Mass today, for the feast of the Ascension (the Roman Rite celebrates it 40 days after Easter, as Scripture says), I was able to capture the wonderful moment after the chanting of the Gospel, when, giving symbolic force to the words of St. Mark ("And the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven..."), an acolyte extinguishes the Paschal candle, indicating that Jesus is no longer visibly present with us, and now we begin the period of nine days of waiting until the Holy Ghost descends to impart the Spirit of Jesus, followed by the unfolding of the whole sacramental-liturgical life of the Church. You can see that moment around 1'45". This little video clip also displays well the solemnity with which the Gospel is chanted in the old rite, flanked by candles, and surrounded in a cloud of incense—a distant echo of Moses on the mountain with God, accompanied by lightning and hidden behind clouds. The deacon chants facing northward, to represent preaching the good news to the world of unbelief. The very fact that the Word of God is both in a sacral language and chanted sets it apart from and above mere spoken vernacular. While there may be a barrier to instant communication (which, of course, can be easily overcome as far as comprehension goes, simply by having a handout, a hand missal, or a priest who reads the lessons before his homily), there is also, crucially, an irreplaceable formation in the awe of divinely-inspired utterances, the veneration of God's revelation of Himself.
Peter Kwasniewski11,502 次观看 • 1 年前
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