Psalm 117 (118) in the Roman Missal and in the Liturgy of the Hours
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PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY CROSS FACULTY OF THEOLOGY Avelito John M. BURGOS Psalm 117 (118) in the Roman Missal and in the Liturgy of the Hours A Licentiate Thesis Prof. Msgr. Antonio Miralles Moderator Rome 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………… 3 PART I: TOWARDS A COMPREHENSION OF PSALM 117…………………………….. 5 1.1. Scriptures and Liturgy.............................................................................................................. 5 1.1.1. Foundation: the principle of the Incarnation ................................................................. 7 1.1.2. Development: the promise in the Old Testament .......................................................... 7 1.1.3. Reality: the fulfilment in the New Testament ............................................................... 8 1.2. Psalms and Liturgy .................................................................................................................. 9 1.2.1. Christifying the psalms ................................................................................................ 10 1.2.2. The liturgical tradition ................................................................................................. 12 1.3. Psalm 117 in the tradition of the Church ............................................................................... 14 1.3.1 New Testament references ........................................................................................... 15 1.3.2 Patristic Commentaries ................................................................................................ 17 1.3.3. History of its usage in the liturgical tradition .............................................................. 24 PART II: The usage of Psalm 117 in the Liturgy of Today………………………………… 30 2.1. The privileged role of Psalm 117 ........................................................................................... 31 2.1.1. Psalm 117 for Eastertide ............................................................................................. 32 2.1.2. Psalm 117 on Sundays ................................................................................................. 34 2.1.3. Other uses of Psalm 117 .............................................................................................. 35 2.2. Psalm 117 as Antiphon .......................................................................................................... 36 2.2.1. Most frequently used verses ........................................................................................ 37 2.2.2. Other verses used as antiphons .................................................................................... 39 2.3. Other elements provided by the liturgy ................................................................................. 42 2.3.1. The Psalm Title ........................................................................................................... 42 2.3.2. The New Testament or patristic quotations ................................................................. 43 2.3.3. The section of verses ................................................................................................... 44 PART III: Psalm 117 – A Theological-Liturgical study in the Easter context……………. 47 3.1. The Christology of Psalm 117 ............................................................................................... 47 3.1.1. Qui venit in nomine Domini: God becoming man ....................................................... 48 3.1.2. Dominus factus est mihi in salutem: The salvation brought by Christ ........................ 50 3.1.3. Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes: the Passion and Death of Jesus.............. 51 3.1.4. Dextera Domini exaltata est: Christ’s exaltation ........................................................ 54 3.2. The Ecclesiology of Psalm 117 ............................................................................................. 56 3.2.1. Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli: The Church, the one body of Christ .................................................................................. 56 3.2.2. Benedicimus vobis de domo Domini: Baptism and Eucharist for the sanctification of the Church and its members ......................................................................................... 58 3.2.3. Dicant nunc, qui timent Dominum: the universal mission of the Church ................... 61 3.2.4. Dicat nunc domus Aaron: The foundation of the apostles .......................................... 62 3.3. The Eschatology of Psalm 117 .............................................................................................. 65 3.3.1. O Domine, salvum me fac: The object of man’s hope ................................................ 66 3.3.2. Non moriar sed vivam: The Christian understanding of Death ................................... 67 3.3.3. Bonum est confugere ad Dominum: The way of persecution ...................................... 69 3.3.4. Haec porta Domini, iusti intrabunt in eam: Christ our justification ........................... 71 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………... 74 APPENDIX……………………………………………………………………………………. 76 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………….. 78 ABBREVIATIONS CCC = Catechism of the Catholic Church: with modifications from the editio typica, Image Book Doubleday, New York–London–Toronto–Sydney–Auckland 1995. DzP = Dizionario Patristico e di Antichità Christiana (1st Ed.), diretto da A. di BERNARDINO, Marietti, Casale Monferrato 1983. GS = Graduale simplex, editio typica altera, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1975. IGLH = Istitutio Generalis Liturgiae Horarum IGMR = Istitutio Generalis Missalis Romani LE = Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Œcumenici Concilii Vaticani II instauratum auctoritate Pauli Pp. VI promulgatum Ioannis Pauli Pp. II cura recognitum. Lectionarium, 3 volumes, editio iuxta typicam alteram emendatam, Midwest Theological Forum, Italy 2008. LH = Officium Divinum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Œcumenici Concilii Vaticani II instauratum auctoritate Pauli PP. VI promulgatum. Liturgia Horarum iuxta Ritum Romanum, 4 volumes, editio typica, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, Città del Vaticano 1975. MR = Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Œcumenici Concilii Vaticani II instauratum auctoritate Pauli Pp. VI promulgatum Ioannis Pauli Pp. II cura recognitum, editio typica tertia, Typis Vaticanis, 2002. rd NDzL = Nuovo Dizionario di Liturgia (3 Ed.), a cura di D. SARTORE – A. TRIACCA, Edizioni Paoline, Cinisello Balsamo 1988. 3 INTRODUCTION The latest document published by the International Theological Commission (Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria, March 8, 2012) recalls the vocation of theologians in their quest of a deeper understanding of the Church’s treasury of faith. Once again, the basic element of theology has been pointed out in a clear and orderly manner. Among these elements, the document recalls the two sources of Christian faith, the Sacred Scriptures and the Tradition of the Church. This plurality, however, forms in one reality, since they are in intimate unity. The present study moves in this line of thought, in considering the inherent between the written Tradition and the living and lived-out Tradition realized particularly through the liturgical tradition of the Church. Thus a biblical passage “quoted” from a liturgical book, as the title clearly exemplifies, is a testimony to this inherent unity. A. Objectives This research on the use of Psalm 117 in the Eucharistic celebration and in the celebration of the liturgy of the Hours intends to make a deeper study on the relation between Word of God and Liturgy. However, more than a theoretical study, this research intends to unfold the richness of this aspect from the perspective of the celebration itself. Within the variety of choices, this study focuses on a specific part of Sacred Scriptures, i.e. Psalm 117, with the intention of highlighting the wealth of theological meaning contained in this passage of the Scriptures. Being a research in the field of liturgical theology, this study focuses on two dynamic spheres of the theology, the Eucharistic celebration, which is the fount and apex of the Christian life, and the Liturgy of the Hours, where the psalms have a singular role in the celebration of the divine worship. The specificity of this study lies in the fact that it tries to underline the theology contained in a living reality, the liturgy which is being celebrated continually by the Church. This research uses as its premise the relationship between Scriptures and Liturgy without presuming to be exhaustive in the process, since this is not the main subject of the study. In fact, it also makes use of the exegetical studies on the psalm under examination, yet it does not assume the exegetical method since it has as its starting point the celebration itself. With regards to the liturgical use of Psalm 117, this investigation limits itself to the two liturgical celebrations above mentioned, knowing that it is also present in other liturgical celebrations. Moreover, although it takes into consideration the use of the said psalm in the liturgical tradition of the Church, this study limits itself to the current liturgical practice. 4 B. Method of Research The first stage of the research consists of gathering together the different uses of Psalm 117 in the liturgy – in the Missal as antiphon; in the Lectionary as Responsorial