Advent & Christmas Introits
Here are the historic introits for Advent and Christmas. These Advent introits contain a few corrections from the previous postings. The text varies in a few spots between the Latin and the Common...
View ArticleDecember 28th: Holy Innocents or Sunday after Christmas?
What to do about Holy Innocents falling on a Sunday…. Who gets the Divine Service? It seems we probably need to do what any Lutheran normally would do: run to the Anglican sources! But perhaps...
View ArticleMartyrology of Christmas
Looking ahead a bit, I find it a nice touch to proclaim the Martyrology of Christmas each year. If you’re familiar with the Midnight Mass from the Vatican and/or from Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago,...
View ArticleIntroit confusion for Christmas-Epiphany
Here is a list of occasions on which one might want to hold Divine Service, all falling between Christmas Eve and Epiphany. Beneath each is a list of Lutheran chant books and hymnals, and which (if...
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Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
I my Christmas preparations this year, I have been reading Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, by Kenneth E. Bailey. ?I highly recommend it. I would commend to you one of the opening paragraphs in his...
View ArticleA happy little rubric
I don’t know how many of you have the custom of New Year’s Eve services. We do here. As I was looking at the propers in the LSB 1-year lectionary book, I found that there are two options for New Year’s...
View ArticleIntroits for the days after Christmas, and more!
Here are introits for the days following Christmas (St. John coming soon I hope). For those celebrating Divine Service for Holy Innocents tomorrow, here’s a special bonus: Gradual & Alleluia! The...
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