This Sunday, December 8th, Fr. Eduard Perrone will direct the Assumption Grotto Choir and Orchestra in Mozart's Coronation Mass in the context of a Solemn High Mass.
In the ordinary form of the Mass, the USCCB has shifted observance of Immaculate Conception this year to December 9th (and they state it is not a holy day of obligation, but bishops can deviate, so check your diocesan website).
In the extraordinary form of the Mass, which uses the 1962 Missal, it is a 1st class feast. Father Z wrote on November 4th:
In the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Immaculate Conception is a 1st class feast that trumps the Sunday (which gets a commemoration). In the EF we don’t transfer Immaculate Conception to Monday (which would be a ferial day in Advent).
Taking advantage of this feast day falling on a Sunday in the old calendar, Fr. Perrone decided to have an orchestral Mass, which he will conduct at the usual time slot for the TLM - 9:30 AM. My understanding is that it will be a Solemn High Mass, celebrated by a guest priest from out-of-town.
To boot, the Grotto Knights are holding a pancake breakfast after the 9:30 and Noon Masses.
Resources on the Immaculate Conception:
- Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius IX on the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8, 1854)
- Historical Development of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
- Praying the Hail Mary as never before (Scriptural look at the prayer by Dr. Edward Sri)
Painting at top: The Immaculate Conception of the Venerable Ones, or of Soult - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
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