Collects of the Roman Missals: A Comparative Study of the Sundays in Proper Seasons before and after the Second Vatican Council (T&T Clark Studies in Fundamental Liturgy)

This study examines how the present liturgical texts are like and unlike those used by earlier generations, and therefore how the present generation of Roman Catholics may be different on their account. The precise form that the textual examination takes in each of the proper seasons, etc., depends upon the mix of retained, replaced, and edited collects. In every case, the author works with the Latin originals and the accompanying translations are her own. The entire project has three main steps: to examine each liturgical season to see how the spiritual and theological emphases of its collects have changed; to determine what these changes mean for the year as a whole; to evaluate the effect of the changes on the way that contemporary Catholics experience and live Christian faith. The work is important not simply for a better understanding today's and tomorrow's Catholics, but also for a correct understanding of our present Liturgy and its place in the western liturgical tradition. FC Half title Published Titles In The Series Title Copyright Dedication Declarations Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Author’s Preface 1 Introduction and Background The State of the Question Scope, Method, and Goal The Consilium: Organization and Working Methods Two Coetus: De Calendario and De Missali Revision Policies Conclusion 2 Resources Materials Pertaining to the Revision of the Collects Materials Useful for Source Identification 3 Advent Introduction The Origins and Development of Advent at Rome The Collects Conclusion 4 Christmas The Calendar Collects Conclusion 5 Septuagesima Duration, Origin, Nature, and Purpose of Septuagesima The Suppression of Septuagesima The Collects of Septuagesima Conclusion 6 Lent Introduction The Nature of Lent and Lenten Observance The Consilium Coetus The Collects Conclusion 7 Paschaltide The Calendar The Collects Conclusion 8 Summary and Conclusion The Uniqueness of the Post-Vatican II Reform The Handling of Sources Centonization Character of the Collect Comparative Evaluation Conclusion Bibliography Index of Prayers Index of Scriptural Citations General Index This study examines the collects assigned to the Sundays and major feasts of the proper seasons in the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman rite. The Latin collects assigned to each day in the typical editions of the respective missals are compared and contrasted both with their respective sources and with one another. Pertinent discussions and decisions of the Consilium study groups responsible for the post-Vatican II revisions of the liturgical calendar and Mass collects are also presented and considered. The goal of the study is to determine whether the two sets of collects present the same picture of the human situation, approach God in the same way, seek the same things from him, and, where they do not, to identify significant changes in theological and/or spiritual emphases. A key scholarly work on the post-Vatican II revision of the Liturgy. >