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Extraordinary Form vs. Ordinary Form (Part 3)
A side-by-side comparison of some of the elements of the two forms of the Latin Rite Mass
Extraordinary Form vs. Ordinary Form (Part 3)
A side-by-side comparison of some of the elements of the two forms of the Latin Rite Mass
On our first two installments of EF vs. OF (Part 1 | Part 2), we covered the differences in the various instances in the Holy Mass. In the first part, we covered the first half of the Mass, that is, the "Mass of the Catechumens" ("Liturgy of the Word"). In the second part, we covered the second half, that is, the "Mass of the Faithful" ("Liturgy of the Eucharist").
As I write this, there is one thing I forgot to mention in Part 1, and I will note this before I move on to Part 3. The Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy, which is Greek, not Latin, by the way) in the current (Ordinary Form) Mass is a six-fold Kyrie, alternating between priest and people and the people have the last word. In the Extraordinary Form, the Kyrie is nine-fold, alternating between priest and servers (and/or people) in spoken form (the priest gets the last word), chanted entirely by the choir in sung form.
That off my chest, here we go onto Part 3 (the finale), where we cover the difference in seasons and feasts in the two forms of the Latin Rite Mass (and yes, even the Ordinary Form, the form attended and prayed by most, even in English, is Latin Rite). Here we go...
Advent in both forms are basically the same. Numbered Sundays are 1-4.
Christmas Season: In both forms, obviously the date of Christmas is the same. But other feasts within the season:
Extraordinary Form (EF):
- The Sunday within the Octave of Christmas is exactly that: Sunday in the Octave of Christmas.
- January 1 is the Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
- The Mass for the Sunday after January 1 depends on its date. January 1 is the Circumcision, regardless. January 6 is the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, regardless (Epiphany is on a FIXED date, January 6). If the Sunday is January 2-5, then the Holy Name of Jesus is celebrated. If the Sunday is January 7-8, then the Holy Family is celebrated.
- The second Sunday in January also depends on its date. If the Sunday is January 8-12, then it's Holy Family. If the Sunday is January 13, it's the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (also a FIXED date). If the Sunday is January 14 or later, it is simply Second Sunday after Epiphany.
Ordinary Form (OF):
- The Sunday within the Octave of Christmas is Holy Family. If the Sunday after Christmas is January 1, then Holy Family is moved to Friday, December 30.
- January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.
- The Sunday after January 1 is the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
- The Sunday after Epiphany is the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ, unless that Sunday is January 14 or later, which, in that case, the Baptism of the Lord is on the Monday after Epiphany.
After the Baptism of the Lord and before Ash Wednesday:
EF: The numbered Sundays are marked as Sundays "after Epiphany". However, the last three Sundays before Ash Wednesday fall into a sort of "Pre-Lent", if you will. That short season is known as Septuagesima. It means, literally, "70th", marking (roughly) 70 days before the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The three Sundays are Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima, ("70th, 60th, 50th") respectively. The Liturgy is treated like that of Lent, whereas there is no Gloria, and the Alleluia is omitted (a Tract, basically a second Gradual, is sung/said in its place before the Gospel).
OF: The numbered Sundays are marked as Sundays "of Ordinary Time", or "of the Year" (the latter, as I mentioned in prior posts, is a direct translation of the Latin "per Annum"), and continue as such even up to the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
February 2 is: traditionally known as Candlemas, where Christ, our Light, is presented. In both forms of the Mass, Mass is preceded by a procession of candles to present our Light. The only difference is the name of the feast.
EF: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
OF: The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
After the Fourth Sunday of Lent: (In both forms of the Mass, the First through Fourth Sundays of Lent are the same.)
EF: The Sunday after the Fourth Sunday is the First Sunday of the Passion. Following that is the Second Sunday of the Passion, which is Palm Sunday.
OF: The Sunday after the Fourth Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Following that is Palm Sunday (of the Lord's Passion).
Easter Season (aka Paschal Time):
EF:
- The Sunday after Easter is known as "Low Sunday", or "Quasimodo Sunday" ("Quasimodo", after the first word of the Introit of the day in Latin, not the Hunchback of Notre Dame).
- Numbered Sundays are marked as Sundays "AFTER Easter", thus the Sunday after Low Sunday is the Second Sunday after Easter, and such numbering continues up to the Fifth Sunday after Easter.
- Ascension is on the Thursday following the Fifth Sunday after Easter, and is a Holy Day of Obligation, EVERYWHERE!
- The Sunday following Ascension is the Sunday in the Octave of the Ascension.
OF:
- The Sunday after Easter is marked as the Second Sunday of Easter (it is also "Divine Mercy Sunday", as declared by Pope John Paul II in 2000). The Mass itself has all the characteristics of the EF's "Low Sunday" in terms of Scripture and Proper.
- Numbered Sundays are marked as Sundays "OF Easter", thus there is a difference in number in the two forms. (The Third Sunday AFTER Easter in the EF, for example, is the Fourth Sunday OF Easter in the OF.)
- Ascension is on the Thursday following the Sixth Sunday of Easter, and is a Holy Day of Obligation, unless you live in Canada or most of the dioceses in the United States south or west of us, which, in that case, Ascension is on the following Sunday.
- If you're lucky enough to live in a diocese where Ascension is on the Thursday, the Sunday following is the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
The Body and Blood of Christ:
EF: Two separate feasts. The Thursday after the Most Holy Trinity is Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ). The fixed date of July 1 is the Precious Blood. The Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity is merely the Second Sunday after Pentecost. Some parishes that celebrate both forms of Holy Mass will, however, celebrate Corpus Christi on the Second Sunday after Pentecost as an "external solemnity" (another term I once mentioned on this blog).
OF: Made into one feast on the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity.
Numbered Sundays after Pentecost:
EF: Exactly that, Sundays "after Pentecost" (the Sunday after Trinity is the Second Sunday).
OF: Sundays of "Ordinary Time" (numbers continue where they left off before Ash Wednesday).
September 8 (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary), September 15 (Seven Dolors/Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary), and September 29 (St. Michael the Archangel) --- What if they fall on a Sunday?
EF: They take place over the respective numbered Sundays after Pentecost.
EF: They take place over the respective numbered Sundays after Pentecost.
OF: Nope. They're just the regularly numbered Sundays of Ordinary Time.
All Souls
EF: November 2, unless it falls on a Sunday, then it's November 3. (November 2 would be the numbered Sunday after Pentecost - in the case of this year, 2014, the 21st Sunday)
OF: November 2, regardless if it falls on a Sunday or not.
Finally, what about Christ the King and the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year?
EF: Christ the King is on the last Sunday in October, and the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year is simply the Last Sunday after Pentecost.
OF: The last Sunday in October is the regularly numbered Sunday of Ordinary Time, and the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year is Christ the King.
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Saturday, November 1 - 10 AM
All Saints (Extraordinary Form High Mass)
Celebrant: Father Bucci
Sung Mass Ordinary: Missa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", music by Federico Caudana
- We've used this setting at many an Ordinary Form Mass as well.
Introit: Gaudeamus in Domino, from The Complete Proper of the Mass by Koch and Greene
Gradual and Alleluia: Timete Dominum and Venite ad me, respectively, both from Proper of the Mass by Father Carlo Rossini
Credo III
Offertory:
- (Proper) Justorum animae, from The Complete Proper of the Mass by Koch and Greene
- (Hymn) Ubi Caritas, Worship, #598
Communion:
- (Proper) Beati mundo cordo, from Proper of the Mass for All Sundays of the Year, by Father Theodore Laboure (taken from three of the eight Beatitudes: "Blessed are the pure in heart...", "Blessed are the peacemakers...", and "Blessed are those persecuted...")
- (Motet) Beati qui lugent, music by Lorenzo Perosi (taken from an additional Beatitude: "Blessed are those who mourn...")
Recessional hymn: For all the saints, Maroon hymnal, #126
Saturday, November 1 - 5 PM
Sunday, November 2 - 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
All Souls (Ordinary Form)
Sung Mass Ordinary: Missa Pro Defunctis
- Basically, it's the simple chant Mass XVIII, but the Agnus Dei is somewhat altered. "Miserere nobis" (Have mercy on us) is "Dona eis requiem" (Grant them rest), and "Dona nobis pacem" (Grant us peace) is "Dona eis requiem sempiternam" (Grant them eternal rest).
Alleluia: music by Theodore Marier (versicle sung to Tone 5)
Introit: Requiem aeternam, chant Mode VI
- Replaces the "entrance hymn" today. Chanted by the choir (albeit three of us).
Gloria is omitted!!!
Psalm 23: My shepherd is the Lord, nothing indeed shall I want, music by Fr. Joseph Gelineau, SJ.
Offertory hymn: Jesus, Son of Mary, Maroon hymnal, #223
Communion anthem: Pie Jesu, music by Gabriel Faure
Meditation hymn: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, Worship, #488
Recessional hymn: In Paradisum, Worship, #178 (in Latin)
Sunday, November 2, 12:30 PM
Sunday XXI after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form Low Mass)
Celebrant: Father Puleo
Entrance hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, Maroon hymnal, #279
Offertory: organ improvisation on theme TBD
Communion responsory: Miserere illi Deus, from the St. Gregory Hymnal
Recessional hymn: O God, our help in ages past, Maroon hymnal, #289
Peace,
BMP
All Saints (Extraordinary Form High Mass)
Celebrant: Father Bucci
Sung Mass Ordinary: Missa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", music by Federico Caudana
- We've used this setting at many an Ordinary Form Mass as well.
Introit: Gaudeamus in Domino, from The Complete Proper of the Mass by Koch and Greene
Gradual and Alleluia: Timete Dominum and Venite ad me, respectively, both from Proper of the Mass by Father Carlo Rossini
Credo III
Offertory:
- (Proper) Justorum animae, from The Complete Proper of the Mass by Koch and Greene
- (Hymn) Ubi Caritas, Worship, #598
Communion:
- (Proper) Beati mundo cordo, from Proper of the Mass for All Sundays of the Year, by Father Theodore Laboure (taken from three of the eight Beatitudes: "Blessed are the pure in heart...", "Blessed are the peacemakers...", and "Blessed are those persecuted...")
- (Motet) Beati qui lugent, music by Lorenzo Perosi (taken from an additional Beatitude: "Blessed are those who mourn...")
Recessional hymn: For all the saints, Maroon hymnal, #126
Saturday, November 1 - 5 PM
Sunday, November 2 - 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
All Souls (Ordinary Form)
Sung Mass Ordinary: Missa Pro Defunctis
- Basically, it's the simple chant Mass XVIII, but the Agnus Dei is somewhat altered. "Miserere nobis" (Have mercy on us) is "Dona eis requiem" (Grant them rest), and "Dona nobis pacem" (Grant us peace) is "Dona eis requiem sempiternam" (Grant them eternal rest).
Alleluia: music by Theodore Marier (versicle sung to Tone 5)
Introit: Requiem aeternam, chant Mode VI
- Replaces the "entrance hymn" today. Chanted by the choir (albeit three of us).
Gloria is omitted!!!
Psalm 23: My shepherd is the Lord, nothing indeed shall I want, music by Fr. Joseph Gelineau, SJ.
Offertory hymn: Jesus, Son of Mary, Maroon hymnal, #223
Communion anthem: Pie Jesu, music by Gabriel Faure
Meditation hymn: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, Worship, #488
Recessional hymn: In Paradisum, Worship, #178 (in Latin)
Sunday, November 2, 12:30 PM
Sunday XXI after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form Low Mass)
Celebrant: Father Puleo
Entrance hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, Maroon hymnal, #279
Offertory: organ improvisation on theme TBD
Communion responsory: Miserere illi Deus, from the St. Gregory Hymnal
Recessional hymn: O God, our help in ages past, Maroon hymnal, #289
Peace,
BMP
