This week we see big changes in the Lectionary. The Green vestments are out again after a long break for the forty days of Lent and the fifty days of Easter. The Readings at Mass resort to week 7 of Ordinary time.
This means that Easter is over. The Pascal candle is no longer part of the Mass. The readings resume at the place they we at before Ash Wednesday. We have the Book of Ecclesiastes and the Gospel of Mark.
You might think it strange that we begin at the Ninth Chapter of Mark. Remember that we are resuming the story from February before the Lenten Readings.
So we are back to Ordinary Time. We will walk with Jesus beginning with his Galilee ministry.
The new lectionary is surely one of the greatest gifts of the Vatican Council. It is a great help to the prayer life. The Liturgy is our Teacher. That is why a small teaching on the format of the Lectionary can help us to pray.
This means that Easter is over. The Pascal candle is no longer part of the Mass. The readings resume at the place they we at before Ash Wednesday. We have the Book of Ecclesiastes and the Gospel of Mark.
You might think it strange that we begin at the Ninth Chapter of Mark. Remember that we are resuming the story from February before the Lenten Readings.
So we are back to Ordinary Time. We will walk with Jesus beginning with his Galilee ministry.
The new lectionary is surely one of the greatest gifts of the Vatican Council. It is a great help to the prayer life. The Liturgy is our Teacher. That is why a small teaching on the format of the Lectionary can help us to pray.
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