1961 Liber Usualis

By way of The New Liturgical Movement, a PDF of the 1961 Liber Usualis is now available.

Once again, many great thanks are due to Jeffrey Tucker for this product.

p.s. Don't forget about the 1961 Graduale Romanum and the Kyriale (Solesmes edition).

The New Lectionary in the Old Mass

I have been thinking lately about the use of the Lectionary from the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite (with its 3-year cycle) being used in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. My gut tells me that I don't like the idea, but I have been wanting some good concrete reasons for such.
The USCCB has given the following statistics regarding the Scriptural readings at each Form of the Roman Rite:

Extraordinary Form (1962)	Ordinary Form (2007)
includes 1% of Old Testament	includes 14% of Old Testament
includes 17% of New Testament	includes 71% of New Testament

Daniel Mitsui at The Lion and The Cardinal has some very good thoughts about it:

Can anyone who argues for the three year lectionary remember what he heard at Mass one liturgical year ago this day? If not, then a one year lectionary is every bit as fresh and enriching as a three year lectionary. If anything, more repetition is needed, to inculcate the wisdom of holy writ despite ordinary human forgetfulness.

I would also ask, Are Catholics better catechized in Scripture due to 37 years of the New Lectionary? Frankly, are Catholics better catechized in anything after 37 years of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite?

MP Analysis

No, not from me. But Der Tommissar is back and in rare form:

Art. 8 A bishop who, desirous of satisfying such requests, but who for various reasons is unable to do so, may refer the problem to the Commission “Ecclesia Dei” to obtain counsel and assistance.

[DT: In my wildest of dreams, the implied meaning of this is…..”who will then get an indult community priest ninja-dropped into the area.” If that’s anywhere near correct, that’s nuclear.]

Ninja-dropping priests. 'Nuf said.