medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bill East wrote:
>
> Offertorium - 12
>
> The 1st of January, or Octave Day of Christmas, is nowadays
> celebrated as the feast of Mary, Mother of God. In the old Missal it
> was celebrated as the Circumcision of the Lord, and such was the
> Gospel reading ((Luke 2:21). However, neither the prayers nor the
> antiphons make any reference to circumcision, the Collect and
> Postcommunion both referring to Mary, and the chants being simply
> those from the previous Sunday, which we have already examined. A
> rather half-hearted feast, and one may feel the revisers did it a
> favour by suppressing it.
No, in the Sarum Use the Collect and Postcommunion relate to the Octave:
Collect
Oremus. Deus qui nobis nati salvatoris diem celebrare concedis octavum: fac
nos quesumus ejus perpetua divinitate muniri, cujus sumus carnali commercio
reparati, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate spiritus sancti deus, per
omnia secula seculorum. Amen.
Postcommunion
Oremus. Presta quesumus domine, ut quod nati salvatoris iterata solemnitate
percepimus, perpetue nobis salvationis conferat medicinam, per eundem
dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in
unitate spiritus sancti deus, per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.
> It may be a surprise to our members of the
> Anglican persuasion that the Collect for the Circumcision in the Book
> of Common Prayer is not a translation from the Latin but a new
> composition,
No, not in the light of the above.
> which does indeed explore the theology of the
> Circumcision in a way which the Latin Mass never did:
>
> Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and
> obedient to the law for man: grant us the true circumcision of the
> spirit; that our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from
> all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed
> will. Through the same . . .
>
> The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus is appointed to be
> celebrated on the Sunday between the Circumcision and the Epiphany,
> or, if there is no such Sunday, on 2nd January. For this feast,
> unlike the Circumcision, the chants were evidently chosen with some
> care as to their suitability.
In the Sarum Use, the Name of Jesus is on 7 August - and that is where it is
in the Book of Common Prayer.
John Briggs
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