Fr. Stefan and I recently spoke at the St. Michael Liturgical Conference in Detroit. A recording of our presentation was published earlier today. You can find the video along with some additional information by following this link to the Gottesdienst blog.
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If you are reading this in 2019, it’s likely that you just listened to my chat with Fr. Jason Braaten on the Gottesdienst Podcast. I was honored to be asked to talk about our work on The Lutheran Missal. You’re here because you’d like to know more about this project. Super! We hope you’ll read…
As you are all well aware, Holy Week is almost upon us, and so I’ve linked below all the various posts pertaining to Holy Week that have been written in the past years. In addition, a provisional rite for Palm Sunday has been made available to field testers, so check your email for those details…
Recently we added three ancient lectionaries: Würzburg c. 700, Murbach c. 800, and Alcuin c. 800. A day may come when these important sources are properly introduced with a dedicated blog post, but it is not this day. Instead, this post will attempt to put forever to rest the notion that there is no such…
Here’s a three-minute video about The Lutheran Missal.Please don’t be overly critical of the Latin pronunciation. It’s Billy Joey’s first project with us, and he did his best. Discover more from The Lutheran Missal Blog Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Many people do not know that Sundays and major feasts days are only a small part of the Church’s historic lectionary. These are the chief occasions, yes, but the lectionary, as observed by faithful Christians for centuries, includes much more. The temporal calendar historically contained propers for most Wednesdays and Fridays of the year, and…
In The Lutheran Liturgy, Dr. Reed mentions that he had physical access to three pre-Reformation missals of Germany: Nuremberg 1484, Bamberg 1498, and Constance 1505 (p. 463). The missals were housed in the Krauth Memorial Library at Philadelphia and supplied the historic basis for the Common Service. In this regard the internet has changed our…