Monday 24 October 2022

The fourth week of October

4 comments:

Joël said...

Do you know why the Vigil of All Saints was removed in 1955 ? I can understand the rationale behind the removal of octaves (not that I agree with it) but the selection between the vigils really makes no sense to me : the Ascension keeping its vigil but not the Epiphany, Saint Lawrence being more "privileged" than the Apostles...

Rubricarius said...

It was considered a 'medieval accretion' I believe. From memory the Pian Commission managed to get the date of its introduction wrong by several centuries.

No sense at all, but nonsense!

Joël said...

Thank you for you answer. Do you have the full text of the Memoria sulla riforma liturgica of the Pian Commission ?

Rubricarius said...

Yes, I am fortunate enough to have copies of the original documents from the SRC.

I believe they have been republished.

WRT your earlier comment if you look at 'The New Liturgical Movement' Sig Di Pippo argues the Vigil is as old as the feast.