Reading From The Account Of The Lord's Passion (Votive Mass of the Holy Cross)

[James0235]

For the Votive Mass of The Mystery of the Holy Cross the Our Sunday Visitor / Midwest Theological Forum Daily Roman Missal gives all of the standard readings you would expect of most any Mass:

Reading I From the Old Testament
Reading I From the New Testament (During the Easter Season)
Responsorial Psalm
Reading II From the New Testament
Alleluia Verse
and the Gospel

I understand all of these. But, then something else is added:

Reading From the Account of the Lord’s Passion

9 Options are given:

Matthew 26:47-56
Matthew 27:33-50
Mark 14:32-41
Mark 14:55-65
Mark 15:1-15
Mark 15:16-20
Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6
Luke 23:33-34, 39-46
John 19:28-37

How would this be used? Is it an option to replace the Gosepl Reading with one or these? Or is it used somehow in addition to the Gospel?

Any thoughts on this?

James

 

[John_Lilburne]

The Latin edition also has this. Four readings under the heading “EVANGELIA” then nine gospel readings under the heading “LECTIONES EX HISTORIA PASSIONIS DOMINI”. (Ordo Lecitonum Missae, published 1981 by Liberia Editrice Vaticana, page 428-429).

I am not aware of any rubrics that direct a second Gospel reading. So I would take the two lists as simply a way to help in the selection of an appropriate Gospel reading.

 

[James0235]

I am not aware of any rubrics that direct a second Gospel reading. So I would take the two lists as simply a way to help in the selection of an appropriate Gospel reading.

I haven’t been able to find a rubric either. I had pretty much come to the conclusion that the Reading From the Account of the Lord’s Passion just contains more options for the Gospel.

Good to know that someone else agrees. Thank you.

James