Celebrating St Stephen in the Ambrosian Rite

The New Liturgical Movement website marks St Stephen’s Day with an interesting article about the Gospel reading for the Mass for today in the Ambrosian Rite as used in Milan. It demonstrates very well the antiquity of the traditional lectionaries.  

It also includes a video from a parish under his patronage in Ticino, near Milan, of the opening of the Mass there on St Stephen’s Day in 2018 with the lighting of the faro. A splendid ceremony, very laudable, but not one to do without ecclesiastical approbation, or indeed, a fire extinguisher to hand ….

The article can be seen at The Ambrosian Gospel of St Stephen

The Sign of Peace

Fr Hunwicke had an interesting post the other day about the position of the Sign of Peace in the Mass and the dating of that useage in the Roman Rite which can be read at  Where should the PAX come?

Quite apart from the intrinsic liturgical and historical interest of what he says in that particular piece it is also good to have Fr John back on line and helping one to think about what goes on at the altar in the light of the Church's history and tradition.