A few months ago I found a pre-1955 breviary, with lots of now forgotten feasts in it. Today I prayed the liturgy of the Precious Blood and for the life of me don't understand why it was dropped- so many important references to scripture and links to Redemption. I love this feast and will carry on doing it.
Agreed, it was such a beautiful feast! I did a bit of research when I was writing this reflection yesterday, and apparently the Church hierarchy in 1969 thought that the Precious Blood is already “venerated” with the feasts of Corpus Christi, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Sacred Heart, and the Easter Triduum. They retained a Votive Mass for the Precious Blood in the new missal, but the feast was sadly eliminated.
Since the Church claims Our Lord's Precious Blood is venerated all these various feast days, then it should be proclaimed and taught very clearly, loudly with great love and devotion! I can't recall a homily stressing this or even hinting at it!
A few months ago I found a pre-1955 breviary, with lots of now forgotten feasts in it. Today I prayed the liturgy of the Precious Blood and for the life of me don't understand why it was dropped- so many important references to scripture and links to Redemption. I love this feast and will carry on doing it.
Agreed, it was such a beautiful feast! I did a bit of research when I was writing this reflection yesterday, and apparently the Church hierarchy in 1969 thought that the Precious Blood is already “venerated” with the feasts of Corpus Christi, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Sacred Heart, and the Easter Triduum. They retained a Votive Mass for the Precious Blood in the new missal, but the feast was sadly eliminated.
Well they were wrong! So many valuable religious practices junked. The Precious Blood is distinct from all of them.
Since the Church claims Our Lord's Precious Blood is venerated all these various feast days, then it should be proclaimed and taught very clearly, loudly with great love and devotion! I can't recall a homily stressing this or even hinting at it!
Agreed and same!