medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bill East wrote: > > One can begin to make some generalisations. The other chants are > normally quotations, more or less word for word, from the scriptures, > but the Alleluia, while being recognisably scriptual in theme, is > often not a direct quotation: such are the Alleluias for Advent 3, > Advent 4, the Vigil Mass of Christmas and the third Mass of Christmas > Day. Pace Dix, there seems to be seldom any connection of thought > between the Offertory and the Communion You can take Advent 3 off the list - that's from Ps. 79:3. As I said before, you need to look at other days: the Communion text for the Second Mass of Christmas is in the Offertory for Ember Saturday, the Communion for Advent 3 is the Offertory for Advent 4. John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html