Readings in the Roman Rite

[Little_Boy_Lost]

Several of my Roman Catholic friends have asked me about the differences between liturgical calendars in the church and especially about why the tridentine mass readings don’t correspond with the novus ordo readings. I was hoping you all could help me out.
Thanks!

1. Why are readings different for Novus Ordo Masses and Tridentine Masses? Are the old testament readings to be found in the Hours of the Church as with the east? Was the reason the old testament was inserted into the novus ordo mass was because people no longer attend the hours of the church and that is their only participation in liturgy?

2.I’ve only been to one parish that serves the latin mass, and they read the readings in latin during the mass, and then again in english just before the homily. Is this common across the US? Is this historical practice or a reaction to the Novus ordo?

Thank you kindly!

 

[MarcusAndreas]

I don’t know the answer to the first question.

2.I’ve only been to one parish that serves the latin mass, and they read the readings in latin during the mass, and then again in english just before the homily. Is this common across the US? Is this historical practice or a reaction to the Novus ordo?!

This is universal practice in the Tridentine rite, and has nothing to do with the Pauline rite.

 

[JRKH]

Several of my Roman Catholic friends have asked me about the differences between liturgical calendars in the church and especially about why the tridentine mass readings don’t correspond with the novus ordo readings. I was hoping you all could help me out.
Thanks!

1. Why are readings different for Novus Ordo Masses and Tridentine Masses? Are the old testament readings to be found in the Hours of the Church as with the east? Was the reason the old testament was inserted into the novus ordo mass was because people no longer attend the hours of the church and that is their only participation in liturgy?

The Tridentine Mass (Or EF) uses the last missal issued before the introduction of the Novus Ordo (of OF) mass. So the Tridentine mass follows the readings contained in that missal.
As to the OT readings…The Tridentine mass has only two readings. The first may come from either the OT or the NT, then of course the Gospel.
I do not know the reason for the additional reading in the OF mass.

2.I’ve only been to one parish that serves the latin mass, and they read the readings in latin during the mass, and then again in english just before the homily. Is this common across the US? Is this historical practice or a reaction to the Novus ordo?

Thank you kindly!

This is a normal practice and was so before the introduction of the Novus Ordo.

You are welcome.

Peace
James

 

[Evan]

The second Vatican Council requested that more readings be added to the Lectionary

From SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM paragraph 51.

The treasures of the bible are to be opened up more lavishly, so that richer fare may be provided for the faithful at the table of God’s word. In this way a more representative portion of the holy scriptures will be read to the people in the course of a prescribed number of years…

So now the OF has a 3 year cycle of bible readings where the EF uses a 1 year cycle.

The new cycle uses 4 readings each Sunday and Solemnity and 3 readings on other days (OT, Psalm, NT, Gospel) or (non-Gospel, Psalm, NT).

Obviously there can be no correlation between the 2 lectionaries. The EF uses Matthew’s Gospel almost exclusively and the OF dedicates a year to each of Matthew, Mark, and Luke with John being used at various times of the year.