{"id":61229,"date":"2022-12-22T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=61229"},"modified":"2023-01-09T11:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:06:54","slug":"for-the-season-of-the-word-a-biography-of-the-lectionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/22\/for-the-season-of-the-word-a-biography-of-the-lectionary\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Season of the Word: A Biography of the Lectionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-61230 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6763-259x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"400\" \/>I have mentioned a number of times in posts for the <em>Pray Tell<\/em> blog that I was privileged for a number of years to work with Lucien Deiss, CSSp (1921\u20132007), who was part of the group appointed after the Second Vatican Council to assemble the <em>Lectionary for Mass.<\/em> Fascinated to be with someone who was (to use a phrase that emerged years later) in \u201cthe room where it happened,\u201d I would often ask him questions about the <em>Lectionary<\/em> and its creation\u2014the psalter in particular. A man of genuine humility (who also had as one of his greatest fears speaking uncharitably about others), I was not successful in prying loose many stories or much information from him.<\/p>\n<p>So nothing <em>Lectionary-<\/em>related could have delighted me more than to learn that Paul Turner had written a \u201cbiography\u201d of the <em>Lectionary<\/em>. Within the hour, I had secured permission to do a review for the blog. (Full disclosure: the prospect of receiving a free copy of this book was no small incentive!)<\/p>\n<p>The introductory section gives a thorough background of the project beginning with the Council itself, and then progressing through the personnel and more than three hundred schemata that eventually were approved by Paul VI in 1969. The overarching criteria used were encountering Christ in the liturgical year (especially through a larger offering of Old Testament passages), the influence of early twentieth-century advances in scripture scholarship, and a concern for catechetical effectiveness. The organization was around the principles of harmonization (especially Old and New Testaments), semi-continuous reading\/proclamation, and giving certain pericopes \u201cpride of place,\u201d retaining them for special Sundays and feast days.<\/p>\n<p>As you might imagine, the bulk of the book consists of a presentation (and bit of analysis) of the readings as they are presented through the course of the liturgical year. Where an original proposal or plan was later altered, it is noted\u2014and only rarely with any sort of speculation as to why the change may have occurred. This restraint contributes to the sense of solid research and scholarship that permeates this book. A section on weekdays follows, with much helpful correlation made between weekday liturgies and the conciliar revisions to the liturgical calendar. Though not as in-depth a presentation (which would have likely doubled the book\u2019s size), the same care is taken as in the &#8220;Sundays and Solemnities&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>In eight pages of \u201cconcluding observations\u201d there is a treasure trove of insights which flow from the author\u2019s work on this book, as well as from his years of ministry as a preacher and musician. Included are some honest presentations of ways in which the <em>Lectionary<\/em> has been critiqued over the years. A \u201cdossier\u201d of the studies on lectionaries from the members of the original working group concludes the book.<\/p>\n<p>For a work in this genre, the absence of indexes seemed, at first, a curious omission. Upon further reflection, it occurred to me that aside from the enormity of the task, it would have again increased the size of the book substantially. The price for a softcover book may seem high, but for a resource like this that can be turned to again it is, in this reviewer\u2019s opinion, a fair price to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this book arrived near the beginning of the new liturgical year, and so I have already had three weeks to discover that it makes an excellent Sunday-by-Sunday spiritual companion, and would be well worth offering to parish lectors. Though the scholarship is\u2014as one would expect\u2014important and exemplary, it may be as a partner in formation with the <em>Lectionary<\/em> and the liturgical year that its greatest contribution might be made.<\/p>\n<p>Turner, Paul. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/litpress.org\/Products\/6763\/Words-without-Alloy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Words without Alloy: A Biography of the Lectionary for Mass<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Collegeville: Liturgical Press Academic, 2022.\u00a0$34.95. 296 pages. 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