Note that tomorrow's readings are found on page 349 - the Feast of the Holy Trinity. Then you skip on Monday to page 412 and pick up Monday with June 8 and follow the Calendar year from that day until next Ash Wednesday. Sigh. I LIKE this time of the year very much...
Thanks for the heads up! The Treasury has taught me more about the church calender then anything else I've ever come across. It's great to daily feel involved with the worship life of the church!
ReplyDeleteFr. Weedon,
ReplyDeleteJust a question,
Do you know if there will be a smaller version of Treasury? While using it at home it is not a problem, when one is off on (long) trips, the big, bulky book is not very practical.
Any ideas?
Pax
William,
ReplyDeletePosts like this are very helpful, even to folks like me who are capable of figuring it out on our own.
Thanks!
I'm sure they are absolutely invaluable to those who are not incredibly familiar with the liturgy but want to be.
The suggested reading from the Book of Concord for Monday, June 8, is the Small Catechism, Part III. I am thinking to read Part I and II as well, so that I can get the full text of the Small Catechism in during this series.
ReplyDeleteAlso for June 8, I suggest starting the New Testament Reading at John 12:12 (The Triumphant Entry) to get a fuller context of the reading. You can find it on Page 411, then continue to the appointed reading on Page 413.
Are we in the Time of the Church? Or are we still in Eastertide? I am so confused...
ReplyDeleteCranky,
ReplyDeleteIt's great that way, isn't it!
Omar,
No plans that I'm aware of. On another blog I read about someone xeroxing pages for while they're gone rather than lugging the big book with them.
Charlie,
Thanks. I figure might as well make it as simple as we can.
Aaron,
Good suggestions!
Tim,
Today is the final day in the Time of Easter. Tomorrow we move to Time of the Church.
FYI: For those of you who use the Seasonal Invitatory, Antiphons and Responsory, they start on Page O-64. You can change them on the exact date suggested, or you can wait until the following Sunday if the date is in the middle of the week.
ReplyDeleteAlternately, the common ones work great for the green season, especially if you want to highlight the Trinity.
If they wanted to make it simple. they'd have just used the church year as it is, rather than how it's interesting to scholars that it grew out from Easter related things.
ReplyDeleteThere's this German reformer who got so upset about the confusion that sort of stuff brings that he wrote a short catechism to set out the basics, and commented in the preface to it that in regular life pick something and stick to it and leave all the learned and academic stuff to learned and academic circles.
Now, Terry. Who peed in your wheaties this morning? ;)
ReplyDeleteNobody, I was just reading this German reformer guy, and you know what they say, Es steht im Buch.
ReplyDeleteFr. Weedon,
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Es hilfet etwas.
Pax
Well, sorry to be another naysayer but I have to agree with Omar. TDP is very bulky to carry.
ReplyDeleteOne of the very few things I appreciated from my Catholic sojourn was the 4-volume Liturgy of the Hours (not textually, but in a practical sense -- I like what I see in the TDP much better). Even the gift edition of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer manages to fit a wealth of prayer texts into one compact volume.
Yes, having four volumes covering Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter would probably be more expense. But in the long run worth every penny.
TDP is much easier to use in a home environment than on the daily commute when seating is tight.
Having said that, I still appreciate all the work and spiritual labor that went into bringing the TDP to fruition.
Christine,
ReplyDeletePr. Stuckwisch said recently that as originally conceived it was two smaller volumes about the size of the personal hymnal edition of LSB. Who knows? Maybe they'll offer such a thing yet!
Pr. Stuckwisch said recently that as originally conceived it was two smaller volumes about the size of the personal hymnal edition of LSB. Who knows? Maybe they'll offer such a thing yet!
ReplyDeleteThat would be WONDERFUL! Would also leave room in each volume for more seasonal collects, etc.
Christine
Omar, Christine, et al who want to be a little more portable -
ReplyDelete**IF** you have internet access on the road, you can get the OT and NT readings for TDP (which come straight from the LSB daily lectionary - pg 299ff). Just click on today's date on the calendar at http://www.anonymouslutheran.com/lcms-calendar/
if you don't have internet access, you could photocopy the LSB daily lectionary (and write down the assigned Psalms as needed) and stick it in your Bible.
if you don't have internet access, you could photocopy the LSB daily lectionary (and write down the assigned Psalms as needed) and stick it in your Bible.
ReplyDeletePastor Leistico, I've thought about that -- or just using my personal edition of the LSB and a Bible since the LSB has the daily lectionary and Table of Psalms printed right in it.
But then, that kinda defeats the purpose of having the TDP -- I think?
Sigh.
Christine
Christine,
ReplyDeleteno, it doesn't defeat the purpose of TDP. LSB doesn't give psalms linked to the specific lectionary texts, nor a writing, nor a hymn, nor info on the commemorations.
Christine,
ReplyDeleteno, it doesn't defeat the purpose of TDP. LSB doesn't give psalms linked to the specific lectionary texts, nor a writing, nor a hymn, nor info on the commemorations.
Point taken, Pastor (-:
But I'm still left with the "weighty" dilemma (sorry, I couldn't resist!) that my personal edition of the LSB is easier to tote around than TDP -- unless I read the writings, etc. at home. I am a Lutheran who deeply appreciates the riches of the liturgical year.
I'd welcome further suggestions! (although I still really, really like the idea of a TDP in two smaller volumes!!)