More reflections on ‘Dominus Vobiscum’

Last month I wrote about, and linking to, an article on the New Liturgical Movement website about the use in the liturgy of the ‘Dominus Vobiscum’. My post can be seen at Dominus Vobiscum

The NLM has now followed this up with a lengthy quotation about the phrase from Durandus’ Rationale divinorum officiorum, which was compiled before 1286. As Gregory DiPippo says in his introduction to the article Durandus’ Rationale is the liturgical equivalent of the Summa Theolcogica. This additional commentary can be read at Durandus on the “Dominus Vobiscum”

Dominus Vobiscum

The New Liturgical Movement has an interesting article by Michael P. Foley which looks at one of the most frequently used phrases in the Latin Mass - and, in translation, in the vernacular liturgy  - the Dominus Vobiscum, and the congregational response. Noting its frequency in the liturgical action, and its consequent seeming insignificance, the article looks at its background and its recent translation history. It then explores its importance and how it should be understood as and when it is spoken, and what it invites the worshipper each time to reflect upon.

The article can be read at The Dominus Vobiscum