Feast of the Assumption

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Here is code 1246:

Can. 1246 §1. Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The following days must also be observed: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints.
§2. With the prior approval of the Apostolic See, however, the conference of bishops can suppress some of the holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday.

vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4N.HTM
 
pnewton said:
This year, by canon law, this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation. The Sunday Mass (and Saturday vigil) will be ordinary time, not the feast. On another thread, someone quoted the canon, so it should be universal.
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Actually, I saw that thread as well, and the person did not quote canon law. Something else was quoted, but it was labeled as “canon law” It was a typo of some sort. For the actual text of canon 1246, click here vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4N.HTM

(that’s for the benefit of other readers, as I notice that you posted the same link in that other thread)

In Canada (according to the sources you posted), the Solemnity of the Assumption is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Epiphany, Ascension, and Corpus Christi are moved to the nearest Sunday. The difference with the Assumption is that this feast is always celebrated on August 15 (as opposed to being moved*), but the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated.

In other words, any Mass on Saturday will be a Mass for the Assumption (*that’s assuming that a parish schedules a Saturday Mass). We need to keep in mind also that once Saturday evening begins according to the secular calendar, the feast of Sunday has already begun in the liturgical calendar–so a Mass at 5 PM on Saturday is not “Saturday” but “Sunday.”
 
pnewton said:
This year, by canon law, this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation. The Sunday Mass (and Saturday vigil) will be ordinary time, not the feast. On another thread, someone quoted the canon, so it should be universal.
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You can still celebrate an Assumption Mass on Friday evening, Saturday morning and even Saturday evening (that is NOT at the regulary scheduled time for the parish Sunday “Vigil”).

In other words a parish that has a regular Saturday evening Saturday Mass at 5:00pm, could have a special Assumption Mass at 7:00 PM using the readings for the Assumption. Those that wanted to satisfy their Sunday obligation could attend the 5pm as usual. Those who wanted to attend both could. Those who wanted to attend the Assumption Mass at 7pm Saturday and return for Sunday Mass on Sunday morning could also do that.
 
FrDavid96 said:
Actually, I saw that thread as well, and the person did not quote canon law. Something else was quoted, but it was labeled as “canon law” It was a typo of some sort. For the actual text of canon 1246, click here vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4N.HTM

(that’s for the benefit of other readers, as I notice that you posted the same link in that other thread)

In Canada (according to the sources you posted), the Solemnity of the Assumption is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Epiphany, Ascension, and Corpus Christi are moved to the nearest Sunday. The difference with the Assumption is that this feast is always celebrated on August 15 (as opposed to being moved*), but the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated.

In other words, any Mass on Saturday will be a Mass for the Assumption (*that’s assuming that a parish schedules a Saturday Mass). We need to keep in mind also that once Saturday evening begins according to the secular calendar, the feast of Sunday has already begun in the liturgical calendar–so a Mass at 5 PM on Saturday is not “Saturday” but “Sunday.”
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I could see an argument for the Mass of the Assumption insofar as the II Vespers of the Assumption outranks the I Vespers of Sunday. The CDW declared in 1974 that the best practice was to align the Mass with whichever day of which Vespers was celebrated - though it also gave the diocesan bishop leave to depart from the rule.
 
We will be having the Feast that day at 10 am. Hope to be there!
 
We always have a Saturday Mass anyway, so there will be at last one Mass. Our pastor just had major surgery on Tuesday (Feast of St John Marie Vianney), so additional Masses have not been announced and I have no idea if they would have been scheduled if he’d been healthy.

Beacuse the feast falls on a Saturday this year it is not a Holy Day of Obligation so there is not a reason to schedule extra Masses, unless perhaps your parish has a special devotion to the feast.
 
FrDavid96 said:
I’m curious to know your source for that quote. I’ve checked two sources for the canons, just to be certain, and that quote isn’t in either one of them.

Yes, it’s true that in the US, if those feasts fall on a Saturday, the oblibation to attend Mass that day is abrogated. The text is accurate, but the source is not canon 1246.

Only the obligation to attend Mass changes.

August 15 is still the Solemnity of the Assumption. No local parish, or even diocese can change this. Saturday is the Assumption (this year). But we also need to keep in mind that once it becomes Saturday evening according to the secular calendar, the feast of Sunday has begun, and it will no longer be Saturday August 15, but Sunday August 16–the 20th of Ordinal time.
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The quote comes from the USCCB: usccb.org/liturgy/q&a/general/obligation.shtml

Chris
 
lizaanne said:
This is our parish’s biggest event of the year out side of Easter and Christmas!!

This is an amazing day at our parish!! This is how we do parish summer festival 🙂

These are photos from last year: te-deum.smugmug.com/gallery/5728147_79TPP#353631955_L5pbG

More info here – schedule of events: assumptiongrotto.com/august_15_scheduled_events.htm

I understand the evening Mass will be in Latin, and will be indoors this year because there will be a full orchestra. The Archbishop will be saying Mass, then the candle light procession out to the grotto afterward.

It is such a wonderful day - if you can make it we would love to have you if you are in the area!

~Liza
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Archbishop Miller?
 
My Parish, Corpus Christi in South Bend, In. has scheduled a Mass to be celebrated on Sat. morning at 8:00 am. I’m happy that they did, and I am planning to be there.
 
AJV said:
I could see an argument for the Mass of the Assumption insofar as the II Vespers of the Assumption outranks the I Vespers of Sunday. The CDW declared in 1974 that the best practice was to align the Mass with whichever day of which Vespers was celebrated - though it also gave the diocesan bishop leave to depart from the rule.
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Once we get into a Mass that’s celebrated on Saturday evening according to the secular calendar, things do get complicated. If it’s liturgical Saturday, the Mass is still the Assumption.

I think it makes a lot of sense for bishops to say “any Mass on Saturday evening cannot be the Mass of the Assumption” in order to avoid confusion.

I think there was a misunderstanding here that Saturday itself is no longer the Assumption, and that was what I was trying to clarify. In other words, I think some readers might have gone away from this thread thinking that Saturday 10 AM Mass would somehow not be the Assumption.

Pastorally speaking, the best response to this problem of an “overlap” in the calendar is to schedule the Mass(es) of the Assumption at a time early enough that it would not cause confusion–in other words, not on Saturday evening, nor even close enough to evening to cause confusion. Keep it in the morning or early afternoon, just to be on the safe side.
 
rkrispies said:
The quote comes from the USCCB: usccb.org/liturgy/q&a/general/obligation.shtml

Chris
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Yes, but the quote says “in conformity with” canon 1246, and not “this is the text of canon 1246” It does make a difference.

It especially makes a difference because the explanation on the USCCB website applies only to parishes in the United States. The canon law itself applies worldwide. Someone reading the quote, but living in another country might think that the quote was the actual canon law, and therefore would apply in that other country.

The information you posted was correct as it is applied in the US–no doubt about it, but it wasn’t a quote of canon 1246, it was a decree of the US bishops on how canon 1246 is to be applied.
 
Would the Mass for this Saturday evening, August 15, use the readings for Sunday, or the readings for the Assumption?
 
PhilotheaZ said:
Would the Mass for this Saturday evening, August 15, use the readings for Sunday, or the readings for the Assumption?
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The anticipated Mass will use the readings for Sunday since liturgically, Saturday evening is technically considered the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Morning Mass, however, should use the readings for the Assumption.

The Maronite Catholics still have the Assumption as a Holy Day - so Qurbono (Liturgy) on Saturday and Sunday for us 👍
 
The Cathedral where we have our EF Mass is part of a cluster of 5 parishes. They will have one OF Mass for the entire cluster at the Cathedral on Saturday morning.
If the obligation hadn’t been dropped, we would have had one EF Mass at the Cathedral and another at the Basilica which is about an hour’s ride to the north from the Cathedral. Since the obligation is dropped we will have one EF Mass at the Basilica (a more central location).
 
Tedster said:
And that is sad… that we can’t spend an hour or so to honor the Mother of Our Savior with this feast. I guess the other things we do on this Saturday will be MUCH more important.

I’m glad our parish will have two Masses for this wonderful feastday.
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I agree with you. How in the world could we be expected to go to Mass two days in a row? Oh the horror.I will be going to an EF with my husband.
 
passus said:
The anticipated Mass will use the readings for Sunday since liturgically, Saturday evening is technically considered the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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No, liturgically speaking, it will be the Assumption. This is a rare case, but because the Assumption outranks the Sunday (see the “Table of Liturgical Days”) the Vespers of Saturday are not First Vespers of Sunday, like usual, but Second Vespers of the Assumption.

In 1974, the Congregation of Divine Worship addressed this issue and recommended that the Mass always follow the Vespers (so in this case, it would be the Assumption). However, it gave leave to Ordinaries to mandate otherwise, so the Mass could also be (in this case) of the Sunday. Technically, the bishop is supposed to inform the clergy of his diocese what the practice is.
 
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