Sung Passion Gospels
Edited by Robert J. Batastini
Nothing lends dignity and solemnity to the Passion Gospels more than observing the practice of three deacons or cantors proclaiming these stories according to the traditional chant. Based on the 1988 Vatican edition of the Passion Gospels, this setting of the Passions according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John from the new Lectionary is beautifully bound in a cloth-covered "worthy" book.
Liturgists, theologians, Scripture scholars, and pastors alike are growing in their awareness of the total inappropriateness of having the assembly "play act" by shouting, "Crucify him!" and "Let his blood be upon us and upon our children." Why do some insist on asking people to say things they don't mean? No wonder assemblies never really shout, "Crucify him!"
This edition restores the Passion Gospels to the idiom of proclamation before the assembly.
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