“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God….” John 1:1
Fr Couture's Conferences on the Holy Mass
1. Conference 1 Reference: Brief History of various parts of the Mass
Sacramentary of Gellone 790 AD
2. Conference 2
St Pius V Quo Primum 1570 (Historical perspective)
Clement VIII Cum Sanctissimum 1604
3. Conference 3 - Symbolism of the Mass (Document that goes with this conference)
Different Kinds of Signs - A) Natural Sign, Conventional sign, Mixed Sign B) Present, Past, Future
The Church, St Thomas and philosophy about liturgical signs
4. Conference 4
5. Conference 5 -The Mass and the Passion
The Passion in the life of our Lord
The Passion in the life of the Church
How the Passion is expressed in the Mass
The chronology of the Passion and the Mass
Handout: 1. Going to Mass as to Calvary 2. A parallel between the Mass and the Passion
6. Conference 6 -The Study of Quo Primum
The study of the Text of Quo Primum
The study of the Text of Missale Romanum
The Jurisdiction of Quo Primum