Facing the people ... Communion in the hand too. What?
The first Novus Ordo Mass ...
Yesterday's Gospel told the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. I think it was the first time I heard it presented as a direct analogy to the Mass as we celebrate it today. Of course I've heard homilies similar to that, especially emphasizing that it was in the Eucharist that the disciples recognized Christ present - in the breaking of the bread. Yet the emphasis on the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist was never brought out so well in my hearing as it was this past weekend. I also came across the notion in a couple of meditations I read elsewhere online and in Magnificat.
Very simply, Christ opens the disciple's minds to the Scriptures, and they recognize him in the breaking of the bread. The first Novus Ordo Sunday Mass. How cool is that? (No one used the term Novus Ordo - I added that.)
Are not the scriptures proclaimed and then opened for the faithful via preaching in the EF? I guess I would say that this was the first EF Mass.
ReplyDeleteMy pastor suggested it was the first Sunday Mass.
Delete"Very simply, Christ opens the disciple's minds to the Scriptures, and they recognize him in the breaking of the bread. The first Novus Ordo Sunday Mass. How cool is that? (No one used the term Novus Ordo - I added that.)"
ReplyDeleteNever thought of it as you have expressed it but now and from now on, I will. A wonderful grace indeed, Terry. Gracias!
Isn't that cool? I never thought of it like that either.
DeleteEF or OF? If i had to chose I would say OF since they are conversing in their vernacular as they go along. But in any case...this video made for teens that I have used in religious ed brings out the connection between Emmaus and the two parts of the Mass, https://youtu.be/EHQEhsu914U
ReplyDeleteI just used Novus Ordo to catch attention - thanks for including the link.
DeleteApparently this Gospel reading is recommended often for funerals though I've never heard it at one.
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