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January 3, 2021: The Epiphany of the Lord <\/strong>(transferred)<\/p>\n

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The antiphon traditionally associated with this feast is given in the Missal and Graduale as \u201cWe have seen his star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

The First Reading of the Mass of the Day is Isaiah 60:1-6, which gives a strong indication of a theme of light over the nations, instead of a star over Bethlehem. The Psallite <\/em>composers went one stage further and took their inspiration from the Office of Readings for the day, which includes the whole of Isaiah chapter 60. In particular, they focused on verses 19-20, beginning:<\/p>\n

The sun shall be no more your light by day,
\nnor for brightness shall the moon give you light;
\nbut the Lord will be your everlasting light,
\nand your God will be your glory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From there it is but a short step to Revelation, chapter 21-22, especially 22:5b-d:<\/p>\n

They will need no light of lamp or sun,
\nfor the Lord God will be their light,
\nand they will reign forever and ever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was then easy to establish the canticle as Revelation 21:24-27ac and 22:3b-5, starting with verse 24 for the feast:<\/p>\n

The nations will walk by its light,
\nand the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and the antiphon text adapted from the preceding verse, Revelation 21:23:<\/p>\n

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it,
\nfor the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

May the glory of God light up our own lives!<\/p>\n

Listen to a sample recording of this setting below:<\/p>\n

Commentary on the Psallite<\/i> communion antiphon \u2013 an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[3119,3303,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-plaza-new-ws","category-gospel-communion","category-music-general"],"yoast_head":"\nGOSPEL COMMUNION: Epiphany - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/31\/gospel-communion-epiphany-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOSPEL COMMUNION: Epiphany - 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