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ST. PETER’S RAMBLER

Feast of the Jan. 3, 2021 [Edition 2, Volume 5]

SUNDAY HYMNS Epiphany Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, marks one of the great Feasts of the Our Lady of Walsingham Cathedral What Child is This? Church and highlights of the Season. We include here liturgi- W. Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) cal notes on the Feast of the Epiphany, events in the upcoming weeks What Star is This? (1736) around the Ordinariate, excerpts from TS Eliot and Lancelot Andrewes John Chandler (1806-1876) (with some nice Latin commentary on today’s gospel), and more. Happy St. , Omaha Sunday! Earth Has Many a Noble City (4th C) Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Would you consider writing a Parish Profile? Is there a ministry, good Song of Thankfulness and Praise (1862) work, or event you’d like others to know about? Would you help ex- Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) cerpt passages? Email [email protected] to tell us of the Stars of the Morning (1811) more. Thank you to all the contributors this week. Reginald Heber (1783-1826) The First Nowell (1833) The opinions expressed here by different authors are their own, and do not officially Anonymous represent the POCSP unless otherwise indicated. As with Gladness Men of Old W. Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) St. Mary the , Arlington LITURGICAL NOTES As with Gladness Men of Old This past week saw both the Feast of Mary Mother of W. Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) God, on Friday, and the Feast of the Epiphany, which for When Christ’s Appearing Was Made Known (5th C) the past few years has been transferred in the POCSP to John Mason Neale (1818-1866) the nearest Sunday. Deck Thyself (1649) At the Cathedral, The Vigil Mass on Dec. 31st has generally included a solemn Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878) Te Deum in thanksgivings for blessings of the past year (and very impressive Still, Still, Still (1963) thurible swinging). George K. Evans (1917-Present) Epiphany provided an opportunity for Epiphany chalk, blessed in the Mass Three Kings from Persian Land (1859) and distributed afterwards for use at home (OLSJ, Louisville, St. Aelred’s, Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) Athens, St. Alban’s Rochester, St. ’s, Toronto, St. Barnabas’, What Star is This? (1736) Omaha), and the proclamation of the Year’s feasts in the Sanctorale, a very old John Chandler (1806-1876) tradition going back to the early Church (at St. Thomas More’s, Scranton, St. Thomas More, Scranton OLSJ, Louisville, St. , Bridgeport, St. Alban’s Rochester, St. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness Barnabas’, Omaha). St. Mary the Virgin in Arlington also celebrated the feast John S. B. Monsell (1811-1875) with an Epiphany play, acted by the parish’s children, during Mass. Earth Has Many a Noble City (4th C) The Cathedral, which generally puts out Epiphany chalk to be picked up after Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Mass, also had at the beginning of Mass a station at the creche: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (1811) Jesu, sweetest Child, born in of the Virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling-clothes, Reginald Heber (1783-1826) laid in the , heralded by angels, visited by shepherds, have mercy upon us. Have mercy As with Gladness Men of Old upon us, Child , have mercy upon us. W. Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) V. We have seen his star in the East. St. Alban’s, Rochester R. And are come with gifts to worship the Lord. of Orient Are (1857) Lord Jesus, our Master, go with us whilst we travel to the heavenly country; that, following John H. Hopkins (1820-1891) thy star, we may not wander in the darkness of this world’s light, whilst thou, who art our Song of Thankfulness and Praise (1862) Way, and Truth, and Life, dost shine within us to our journey’s end; who with the Father Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, now and for ever. Amen.

Have a submission or an announcement? Want to help? Contact [email protected]. Enjoyed the paper? Please donate $2 or more to the Diocesan seminarian fund, at https://ordinariate.net/give-to-sff. Feel free to print out and distribute copies. Journey of the Magi Vidimus and Venimus ‘A cold coming we had of it Sermons of the Nativity, Dec. 25 1622 Just the worst time of the year It is not commended to stand ‘gazing up to heaven’ too long; not For a journey, and such a journey: on Christ Himself ascending, much less on His star. For they sat The ways deep and the weather sharp, not still gazing on the star. Their vidimus begat venimus; their seeing The very dead of winter.’ made them come, come a great journey. Venimus is soon said, but And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, a short word; but many a wide and weary step they made before Lying down in the melting snow. they could come to say venimus; lo, here ‘we are come;’ come, and There were times we regretted at our journey’s end. To look a little on it. In this their coming we The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces consider, 1. First, the distance of the place they came from. It was And the silken girls bringing sherbet. not hard by as the shepherds—but a step to Bethlehem over the Then the camel men cursing and grumbling fields; this was riding many a hundred miles, and cost them many And running away, and wanting their liquor and women, a day’s journey. 2. Secondly, we consider the way that they came, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, if it be pleasant, or plain and easy; for if it be, it is so much the And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly better. 1. This was nothing pleasant, for through deserts, all the And the villages dirty and charging high prices: way waste and desolate. 2. Nor secondly, easy neither; for over the A hard time we had of it. rocks and crags of both Arabias, specially Petræa, their journey lay. At the end we preferred to travel all night 3. Yet if safe—but it was not, but exceeding dangerous, as lying Sleeping in snatches, through the midst of the ‘black tents of Kedar,’ a nation of thieves With the voices singing in our ears, saying and cut-throats; to pass over the hills of robbers, infamous then, That this was all folly. and infamous to this day. No passing without great troop or con- voy. 4. Last we consider the time of their coming, the season of Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, the year. It was no summer progress. A cold coming they had of it Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; at this time of the year, just the worst time of the year to take a With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness journey, and specially a long journey. The ways deep, the weather And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off, in solsitio brumali, ‘the Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, very dead of winter.’ Venimus, ‘we are come,’ if that be one, ven- Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, imus, ‘we are now come,’ come at this time, that sure is another. And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. And these difficulties they overcame, of a wearisome, irksome, But there was no information, and so we continued troublesome, dangerous, unseasonable journey; and for all this And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon they came. And came it cheerfully and quickly, as appeareth by the Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory. speed they made. It was but vidimus, venimus, with them; ‘they saw,’ All this was a long time ago, I remember and ‘they came;’ no sooner saw, but they set out presently. So as And I would do it again, but set down upon the first appearing of the star, as it might be last night, they This set down knew it was Balaam’s star; it called them away, they made ready This: were we led all that way for straight to begin their journey this morning. A sign they were Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, highly conceited of His birth, believed some great matter of it, We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death, that they took all these pains, made all this haste that they might But had thought they were different; this Birth was be there to worship Him with all the possible speed they could. Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. Sorry for nothing so much as that they could not be there soon We returned to our places, these Kingdoms enough, with the very first, to do it even this day, the day of His But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation birth. All considered, there is more in venimus than shews at the With an alien people clutching their gods. first sight. It was not for nothing it was said in the first verse, ecce I should be glad of another death. venerunt; their coming hath an ecce on it, it well deserves it. -TS Eliot (1888-1965) was an American-born English And we, what should we have done? Sure these men of the East writer and devout Anglo-Catholic, who is considered will rise in judgment against the men of the West, that is with us, one of the most important poets of the 20th century. and their faith against ours in this point. With them it was but vidimus, venimus; with us it would have been but venie- mus at most. Our fashion is to see and see again before we stir a foot, spe- ACS Map Update The ACS Map, created cially if it be to the worship of Christ. Come such a journey at such a time? earlier this year to track No; but fairly have put it off to the spring of the year, till the days longer, both existing Ordinari- and the ways fairer, and the weather warmer, till better travelling to Christ. ate communities and Our Epiphany would sure have fallen in Easter week at the soonest. pre-Ordinariate groups, has recently been up- But then for the distance, desolateness, tediousness, and the rest, any of dated with some new them were enough to mar our venimus quite. It must be no great way, first we information. The Indianapolis community has must come; we love not that. Well fare the shepherds, yet they came but hard been renamed St. Cuthbert’s with a new schedule by; rather like them than the Magi. Nay, not like them neither. For with us the and parish. A new Ordinariate group has also nearer, lightly the farther off; our proverb is you know, ‘the nearer the Church, been added: the Members of Coastal Georgia, with monthly Masses at St. Anne’s in Richmond the farther from God.’ Hill, GA. Nathan Ware is their current contact, --Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester, oversaw the translation of the and they are receiving support from the POCSP KJV and is known for his sermons. parish Corpus Christi in Charleston. To see the updated map, head over to the website.

AROUND THE ORDINARIATE · OLW Cathedral, Houston TX— Sanctity of Life Mass and Dinner with Presentation, Jan. 22 at 7:30 PM, celebrated by Bp. Lopes · OLW Cathedral, Houston TX— Jan. 9 6:30 PM, A Festival of Lessons and Carols on the Feast of the Epiphany · OLW Cathedral, Houston TX— Jan. 10 9:45 AM, Adult Forum with “Virtual Docent Tour of the Cathedral”, Mr. & Mrs. Pitocco · St. Mary the Virgin, Arlington TX— The parish is making accommodations for those needing gluten-free hosts. See bulletin. · St. Mary the Virgin, Arlington TX— During 10:30 Epiphany Mass, the parish children are performing the Epiphany Pageant · St. Alban, Rochester NY— Pick up Epiphany Chalk at the parish · St. Alban, Rochester NY—Jan. 3rd 7 PM, Evensong for the Epiphany with Benediction · St. Alban, Rochester NY—Classes for using the new Office Book are now being held Thursdays at 7 PM at the Center. · St. Alban, Rochester NY— Zoom and at-home classes will only be offered if demand exists. Please contact Fr. Davis. · St. John the Baptist, Bridgeport PA— Next Sunday, an introduction to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd will follow Mass · St. John the Baptist, Bridgeport PA— The Thrift Store has resumed regular hours, 10-3 Tuesday and Saturday · St. John the Baptist, Bridgeport PA— Zoom Evening Prayer (5 PM), Bible Study (Wed. 11), and Catechesis Class (Thurs. 7) continue · Incarnation, Orlando FL— The Flower Guild, responsible for coordinated decoration of the Church, needs volunteers · Incarnation, Orlando FL— The Altar Guild is in immediate need of volunteers · OLSJ, Louisville KY— Dec. 5 7 PM, the community will have a dramatic reading of “The Man Born to be King” over Zoom · Corpus Christi, Charleston— Dec. 13th, for Gaudete Sunday (Bambinelli Sunday) figures were blessed at end of Mass · St. Aelred’s, Athens GA— New Mass times start 1/28, Tuesdan and Thursday Noon Mass, 11:30-11:50 confessions · St. Aelred’s, Athens GA— Volunteers sought: ushers, sacristans, helpers to green the Church, and cooking · St. Aelred’s, Athens GA— Jan. 10th will be the Patronal Solemnity, celebrated with a festive brunch · St. Aelred’s, Athens GA— Announcing the new co-op, the St. Thomas More Academy · St. Barnabas, Omaha— Fr. Scheiblhofer, pastor emeritus, celebrates Mass today, Jan. 3rd, at 10:30 AM · St. Barnabas, Omaha— Fr. Catania is offering house blessings paired with Epiphany chalk · St. Barnabas, Omaha— The Academy returns Jan. 6, returning Wed. Mass to 11:15 AM · St. Barnabas, Omaha— Saturdays 9:30 at parish house, women’s study group “ : Seeker of Truth” · St. Barnabas, Omaha— Final week to join the Daily Office Book order · St. Barnabas, Omaha— Jan. 24th, congregational meeting, and Feb. 9 6:30 PM, columbarium meeting (to gauge interest) · St. Thomas More, Scranton PA— Daily recitation of Morning (8 AM) and Evening (4:30 PM) prayer will begin Jan. 11 · St. Thomas More, Scranton PA— Maria Kaupas academy reopens Jan. 8th (delayed by a few days) · Minnesota Members of the Ordinariate— Dec. 19th, Mass of St. Mary’s at 9 AM, Confession at 8:30, Walsingham devotions following · St. Benedict, Edmunton AB— Ladies Book Study now on Zoom, Thursdays at 7 PM · St. Benedict, Edmunton AB— First Youth Session, Jan. 12 3 PM on the Catacombs · St. Benedict, Edmunton AB— Jan. 8 11:30-5 PM, afternoon of Exposition and Adoration. Limit of 7 at a time—please register. · St. George, Republic MI— Jan. 2 1st Saturday Rosary was cancelled due to weather · St. George, Republic MI— The parish is finishing its collection for the Bishop’s Appeal The Cycle of Prayer (prayer.covert.org) (purchase here) Sunday, January 3 Morning Evening Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Alep, Syria Diocese of Banjarmasin, Indonesia Diocese of Awka, Nigeria Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, USA Diocese of Garissa, Kenya Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso Diocese of Hallam, England en México Diocese of Ibiza, Spain Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain Monday, January 04 Diocese of Chur, Switzerland Diocese of Catarman, Philippines Diocese of Jujuy, Argentina Archdiocese of Chattogram, Bangladesh Archdiocese of Londrina, Parana, Brazil Diocese of Jinja, Uganda Archdiocese of Rennes, France Diocese of Kisii, Kenya Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet, Laos Tuesday, January 05 Diocese of Canelones, Uruguay Archdiocese of Acerenza, Italy Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, USA Territorial Prelature of Juli, Peru Military Ordinariate of Slovakia Diocese of Sandhurst, Australia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv, Ukraine Diocese of Vitebsk, Belarus Diocese of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam Wednesday, January 06 Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon Diocese of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire Diocese of Kahama, Tanzania Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of of London Diocese of Latacunga, Ecuador Diocese of Iquique, Chile Diocese of Middlesbrough, England Diocese of Ratchaburi, Thailand Thursday, January 07 Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos, Peru Territorial Prelature of Itaituba, Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria Para, Brazil Diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Diocese of Toruń, Poland Friday, January 08 Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan Diocese of Bilbao, Spain Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam Diocese of Dresden-Meißen, Diocese of Cartago, Costa Rica Diocese of Lucknow, India Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy Archdiocese of Singapore Diocese of Dubrovnik, Croatia Saturday, January 09 Diocese of Cubao, Philippines Territorial Prelature of Cafayate, Argentina Diocese of Itanagar, India Diocese of Gozo, Malta Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Diocese of Legnica, Poland Diocese of Maasin, Philippines Diocese of Urgell, Spain Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya, India

FAULTY MISSAL PDF Blessing of Chalk John Covert has drawn attention to a ‘bogus PDF’ of the Mis- ℣. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. sal. Because it is a pre-publication draft, the PDF includes many ℟. Who hath made heaven and earth. errors in wording (such as the below), and a few major ones— ℣. The Lord be with you. notably, the collect ℟.And with thy spirit. for Ember Wednes- day is incorrect. Any Let us pray. clergy that may have access to the PDF BLESS ✠ O Lord God, this chalk that it may be should be aware of helpful to men and grant by the invocation of thy these errors, and use Most Holy Name that whosoever shall use it or in- the Missal itself or the scribe with it the names of thy Gaspard, Mel- Study Missal to re- chior and upon the doors of their homes, produce the propers may through their merits and intercession enjoy for bulletins or pro- health of body and protection of soul; through grams. Christ our Lord. Amen.

LESSONS FOR THE WEEK (2020-2021 ORDO) (purchase here) EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity (White) Jan. 3: MP Pss: 87, 93 Lessons: Is 49:1-13 ♦ Lk 3:15-22 Te Deum DWM 198 Gloria Creed, Lec 20 (Transferred) (Announcement of Moveable Feasts) (Sun.) EP 2 72 Is 60:9-end ♦ Jn 2:1-11 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Memorial (White) Jan. 4: MP Pss: 103 Lessons: Hos 2:14-3:end ♦ Mt 5:17-end D 663, L 212 (Mon.) EP 114-115 Hos 4:1-11 ♦ 1 Thes 4:1-12 Christmastide Feria (of the Epiphany) [US: St. John Neumann, Bishop Memorial] (White) Jan. 5: MP Pss: 117-118 Lessons: Hos 5:8-6:6 ♦ Mt 6:1-18 D (USA:) 664 (Can:) 198, L 213 (Tues.) EP 112-113 Hos 8 ♦ 1 Thes 4:13-5:11 Christmastide Feria (of the Epiphany) [US: St. André Bessette, Religious] (White) Jan. 6: MP Pss: 121-123 Lessons: Hos 9 ♦ Mt 6:19-end D 198, L 214; D 665 (Wed.) EP 131-132 Hos 10 ♦ 1 Thes 5:12-end Christmastide Feria [St. Raymond of Penyafort, Priest ; Can: St. André Bessette, Religious Memorial] (White) Jan. 7: MP Pss: 138, 139 Lessons: Hos 11 ♦ Mt 7 D (USA:) 198 (Can:) 665, L 215; D 665, L 511 (Thurs.) EP 147 Hos 12 ♦ 2 Thes 1 Christmastide Feria [Can: St. Raymond of Penyafort, Priest] (White) Jan. 8: MP Pss: 148, 150 Lessons: Hos 13:1-14 ♦ Mt 8:1-17 D 198, L 216; D 665, L 511 (Fri.) EP 91-92 Hos 14 ♦ 2 Thes 2 Christmastide Feria [BVM: Mass of Saint Mary 2] (White) Jan. 9: MP Pss: 98-100 Lessons: Jl 1 ♦ Mt 8:18-end D 198, L 217; D 991, L 707-712

Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes AD 2020 Christmas Message Dear friends, 2020 has been an extraordinary year in so many ways. The pandemic has brought illness and fear: it's kept us from Mass and from the normal rhythms of life, and it's even kept us from family and friends. It's all been more than a little overwhelming, which is a feeling we can associate well with the season of . Our hope for the lord's return is strengthened by the trials of this life. And so, we watch and we pray for the coming of Em- manuel, God with us. And I wonder if this title for God, used almost exclusively now as we approach Christmas, points us to a truth that can give us some strength in this challenging time. “God with us.” The great Abbot, St. Aelred, patron of our own Ordinariate community outside of Atlanta, GA, reflected on the freshness of calling god “Emmanuel.” “Until now, St. Aelred says, “it has been ‘God above us’ or ‘God against us’. But at Christmas, He becomes Emmanuel, ‘God with us’. ‘God with us’, in our nature, with us in his grace. ‘God with us’ in our weakness, ‘God with us’ in his kindness, ‘God with us’ in our misery, ‘God Coronavirus Closure with us’ in his mercy, ‘God with us’ by charity, with us by fidelity, with us by St. Gregory the tenderness, and with us by compassion. Great, which meets with St. You see, we celebrate at Christmas God's desire to be with us, to dwell with Athanasius in us, and to be in friendship with us. God came down from heaven as Emmanu- Boston (the last el, born into our broken world to redeem it, born to our lowly estate in order existing Pastoral to lift us on high. This is what it means to call God “Emmanuel”. St. Aelred Provision community) had to cancel mass goes on. He asks, when we sometimes feel that God is absent or disinterested, for today due to a worshipper at a funeral “well, how could God be more with me? Small with me, weak like me, poor Wednesday showing Covid-19 symptoms. like me. In all things he has conformed himself to me, taking to Himself what Those who attended the funeral are encour- aged to self-isolate until a final test result is mine and giving me what is His.” At Christmas, Christ, that great man, that comes in. This is in accord with St. prophet powerful in word and deed, came down to me, put his face upon my Athansius’ Archdiocese’s policy: the parish face and his hands upon my hands and thus became Emmanuel, God with me. has been careful to follow all civil and dioce- May this year's celebration of Emmanuel remind you that you are not alone, san guidelines throughout the pandemic, so that the darkness of this world is no match for his light. Merry Christmas. as to remain open for services. His Excellency Bishop Lopes is Bishop of the POCSP.