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Announcement of Easter & the Moveable Feasts • El Anuncio de la Pascua y Fiestas Movibles • 2023

Richard J. Clark · December 16, 2022

N KEEPING WITH an ancient practice of the Holy Church, the moveable feasts of the coming year are announced following the Gospel. Interestingly, the rubrics indicate that the Gospel be sung! (However, even if read, that should not stop one from singing the proclamation):

On the Epiphany of the Lord, after the singing of the Gospel, a Deacon or cantor, in keeping with an ancient practice of the Holy Church, announces from the ambo the moveable feasts of the current year according to this formula:

Según la antigua tradición de la Iglesia, en el día de la Epifanía del Señor, después del canto del Evangelio, el diácono o cantor anuncia desde el ambo las fiestas movibles del año en curso, usando la siguiente fórmula:

This Epiphany proclamation is a reminder of the centrality of the resurrection of the Lord in the liturgical year and the importance of the great mysteries of faith, which are celebrated each year. Although optional, this chant is a unique expression (and fun) that connects our present day to our ancient roots of the Church. It is a tradition that reminds of who we are, where we come from, and where we are going!

Remember to chose whatever starting note is most comfortable!

• Dioceses that celebrate Ascension on Thursday • (in the United States: Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, Philadelphia):
• PDF Do
wnload • The Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts • 2023

• Dioceses that celebrate Ascension on Sunday:
• PDF Download • The Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts • 2023

* * YouTube • The Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts • DEMO • (Ascension on a Thursday)

ANUNCIO DE LA PASCUA Y FIESTAS MOVIBLES

• En los lugares cuando la Ascensión se celebra el jueves: • en los Estados Unidos: Provincias Eclesiásticas de Boston, Hartford, Nueva York, Newark, Omaha, Filadelfia:
• PDF descargar gratis • El Anuncio de la Pascua y Fiestas Movibles • 2023

• En los lugares cuando la Ascensión ha traslada al domingo VII de Pascua:
• PDF descargar gratis • El Anuncio de la Pascua y Fiestas Movibles • 2023

* * YouTube • El Anuncio de la Pascua y Fiestas Movibles • DEMO • (Ascensión se celebra el jueves)

This chant is a wonderful way to add additional reverence to the liturgy. By leading us through key moments of salvation history, this proclamation reminds us—on the very day in which Christ is revealed to all nations—of Christ’s redeeming power in all our lives and to the whole world.

Soli Deo gloria

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: chant, epiphany Last Updated: December 16, 2022

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About Richard J. Clark

Richard J. Clark is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.—(Read full biography).

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    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
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    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
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“It is the same Church which has introduced the vernacular into the sacred liturgy for pastoral reasons, that is, for the sake of people who do not know Latin, which gives you the mandate of preserving the age-old solemnity, beauty and dignity of the choral office, in regard both to language, and to the chant.”

— Pope Saint Paul VI (15 August 1966)

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