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Pastoral Liturgy Formation and Resources for Lectionary-Based Worship Advent-Christmastide-Ordinary Time November 2017 – February 2018 Year B Vol 48,1 Founding Editor – Russell Hardiman Editors – Angela McCarthy Pastoral Liturgy A Publication of the School of Philosophy & Theology, The University of Notre Dame Australia. Pastoral Liturgy is published three times per year in January, June and October. Essays are refereed by members of the International Peer Review Committee according to their respective disciplines. Accredited as a Refereed Journal by the Department of Education, Science & Training Canberra, ACT Australia ISSN 1446-0661 International Peer Review Committee Very Revd Andrew McGowan Dean and President, Berkeley Divinity School, Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven CT 06511 USA Assoc Prof Gerard Moore School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, Uniting College Campus, 16 Mason Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Rev Fr Eugene Trainer 83 Stearns Road, 2 Brookline, MA 02446 USA Rev Dr Tom Ryan SM Marist Community, 2 Mary Street, Hunters Hill, NSW Editorial Board Dr Angela McCarthy, Editor The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus, WA Fr Vincent Glynn, Editor The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus, WA Prof Peter Black The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus, WA Sr Clare Scieinski The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus, WA Founding Editor Rev Dr Russell Hardiman Editor Dr Angela McCarthy Assistant to the Editors Liz Roff – 08 9433 0138 Logo “The Mustard Seed” designed by Iris Rossen (architect) Contents 4-5 From the Editor 5 The Origin of the Four Masses of the Nativity of the Lord Anthony Doran 70 Musicians’ Appendix: Abbreviations and Explanations 71-72 Our Contributors Formation 6-10 Reflection on the Love and the Reason Relationship* 11-13 The Unique Nature of Sacraments Asterix denotes a fully peer review/article Book reviews 14 The Sacraments: Historical Foundations and Liturgical Theology 15 A Body of Broken People: Divorce, Remarriage, and the Eucharist 16-17 Longing to See Your Face 18-19 Advent Wreath Year B Resources for Lectionary Worship Year B, 2017-18 Table in Sundays and Feasts 20 First Sunday of Advent 3 December 23 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8 December 26 Second Sunday of Advent 10 December 29 Third Sunday of Advent 17 December 32 Fourth Sunday of Advent 24 December 35 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Vigil 24 December 38 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Midnight Mass 24 December 41 The Nativity of the Lord Mass in the Day 25 December 43 The Holy Family (Sunday) 31 December 46 Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Monday) 1 January 48 Epiphany (Sunday) 7 January 50 The Baptism of the Lord (Monday) 8 January 52 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 14 January 54 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 21 January 57 Australia Day 26 January 60 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 28 January 63 The Presentation of the Lord (Friday) 2 February 65 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 February 68 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 11 February Pastoral Liturgy Vol 48,1 | November 2017 – February 2018 | Page 3 From the Editor Dr Angela McCarthy Editor: Dr Angela McCarthy Advent draws us into the new liturgical year. Hopefully, of Advent and you will notice that it is the colour of the there is much to look forward to and much for which cover of this issue. Another flower that bursts into the we can thank God. As we think about Advent it is same colour at that time of the year is the agapanthus, always helpful to get in touch with the past as we another non-native plant, but one that flourishes and consider ways in which we will prepare for this season. has entered into the collective imagination. In this post Vatican II era we have been blessed, or Advent, then, in the Catholic Tradition is a time of hope confounded by, a considerable amount of liturgical for the Second Coming of Christ while we wait for the commentary and historical research. Anchoring our celebration of the birth of Jesus. The focus shifts on understanding in history does however, help us to December 17 when we begin the Christmas novena understand what we are doing today and then to and enter into the story of Mary as she waits for the understand it better. birth of Jesus. This helps to prepare us for the birthday Originally in Rome, Advent was only a day long fast of Jesus and it is a time to begin to sing Christmas and Lent was a similar one-day fast before the Easter carols in the liturgy and to hold carol services.5 1 festival. The development of this liturgical season was It is also a time for using the Advent wreath, a practice different in the East and West with the East focusing that first developed in Germany, where four candles on the Epiphany of Jesus and his baptism in the are lit over the four Sundays of Advent. Since this Jordan and hence an emphasis on preparation for practice comes from a climate that is entering into the 2 baptism beforehand. This allowed a penitential flavour darkest days of winter, it does not of itself have any to develop. Rome did not share this baptismal tradition sense of the Second Coming of Christ. However, the and was more closely focussed on an eschatological blessing of the wreath that is included in this issue orientation. In the West there was a continuing practice has been adapted to use the scriptural texts of each to ‘borrow’ celebrations from the pagan culture that Sunday so that it draws us into the Liturgy of the Word surrounded the Christian communities and since the that is to follow. You will find this blessing, which can pagan feast of ‘adventus’ celebrated the coming of a also replace the Penitential Act, on page 18-19. god to the temple, or the coming of a god as emperor, there is a decided joyous sense to the season. This Professor Tracey Rowland has provided us with continues in the way the Christians of the West an article about love and reason which came from hopefully and joyfully await the Second Coming – an address that she gave to staff at Notre Dame when Jesus Christ will return as King and Judge.3 Fremantle. While this is not liturgically based, it is a very worthwhile consideration of our Catholic In Rome December was also the time of the fast before intellectual tradition and strikes a chord with the book the celebration of the olive harvest so there is a sense by Tom Scirghi that is reviewed in this issue. If we are 4 of a penitential atmosphere there. As it was also the to connect in this increasingly secular world, then we time of the onset of winter and all the difficulties that have to understand the value of what we are doing were to be faced in the cold and darkness, there is a and what we believe. Professor Rowland’s article gives sombreness attached to the season. In the southern some very sound insights. hemisphere it is hard to associate with that original flavour. In some local cultures in Australia there are Cora D’Souza has provided a paper on the secular festivals because it is the time of the beautiful Sacraments. Our founding editor, Fr Russell Hardiman, Jacaranda trees flowering. Although not native to made it a practice of this journal to publish students’ Australia they flourish in some of our cities and the pale work. Cora won the Pastoral Liturgy Award for 2016 purple colour has been adopted for use as the colour because of her excellence in a unit on sacraments and so one of her papers is published here. Well done Cora! Page 4 | Pastoral Liturgy Vol 48,1 | November 2017 – February 2018 The Origin of the Four Masses of the Nativity of the Lord by Anthony Doran The book review of Frank Moloney’s A Body Broken Tom Scirghi’s latest book, Longing to See Your Face, is for a Broken People: Divorce, Remarriage, and the also very accessible and a valuable parish resource for Eucharist feeds into the discussion around marriage clergy, seminarians, lay preachers and parish members and divorce that has been put onto the table because wanting to know more about the art of preaching. of Pope Francis’ initiative in the Synod on the Family Fr Vincent is enjoying long service leave as we go to and his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. I found it print and so he will only return with issue 3 of very moving to read his exegesis of the texts relating to this volume. We wish him well in his very well the Last Supper and who was invited. As in his title, it deserved leave. shows that it was the broken ones who came and so this important book offers us sound scriptural material Dr Angela McCarthy for considering the question of divorce, remarriage and reception of the Eucharist. In the next issue we will 1 G. Gebbie, “History of Advent and Christmas,” in Come Lord Jesus, ed. F. be considering this issue through the work of Fr Tom O’Loughlin and G. Gebbie (Melbourne: Diocesan Liturgical Centre, 1982), Ryan, a valued contributor to this journal. 3. 2 Hayne Newton Ahern, “The Season of Advent,” in The Years of the Year, Kevin Irwin’s book, The Sacraments: Historical ed. Russell Hardiman (Fremantle: Pastoral Liturgy Publications, 1997), 1. Foundations and Liturgical Theology is also 3 Ibid. reviewed and is an excellent reference text about 4 Gerard Moore, Earth Unites with Heaven: An Introduction to the Liturgical the sacraments and he offers material that is very Year (Northcote, Victoria: Morning Star Publishing, 2014), 34.