Category: Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 84
84. By tradition going back to early Christian times, the divine office is devised so that the whole course of the day and night is made holy by the praises of God.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 83
Article 83 opens the fourth chapter of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, devoted to the renewal and reform of the Liturgy of the Hours also known as the Divine Office.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Check In
In the past I have checked in with Pray Tell’s readership about the on-going series in which we are re-reading the “Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy” article by article.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 82
The Roman Ritual in use prior to the Second Vatican Council provided funeral prayers for baptized children mostly concentrating on their presumed purity because of their inability to commit actual sins. However the funeral Mass appearing in the Roman Missal did not make any special provision for the burial of children in its texts or…
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 81
Articles 81 and 82 present the Council Fathers’ wishes concerning the restoration/revision of the funeral rites and bring Chapter Three to a close.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 80
Vatican website translation: 80. The rite for the consecration of virgins at present found in the Roman Pontifical is to be revised. Moreover, a rite of religious profession and renewal of vows shall be drawn up in order to achieve greater unity, sobriety, and dignity. Apart from exceptions in particular law, this rite should be…
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 79
“The sacramentals are to undergo a revision which takes into account the primary principle of enabling the faithful to participate intelligently, actively, and easily; the circumstances of our own days must also be considered. When rituals are revised, as laid down in Art. 63, new sacramentals may also be added as the need for these…
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 78
“By custom, Matrimony is celebrated within the Mass, after the reading of the Gospel and the homily, before the ‘prayer of the faithful.'”
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 77
“The Rite of celebrating Matrimony, which exists in the Roman Ritual, is to be reviewed/reformed and made more adorned, by which the grace of the Sacrament may more clearly be signified and the obligations/tasks/offices of the spouses may be communicated.”