Last week, those who frequent Holy Mass with the traditional Roman Rite heard the Gospel about the Good Shepherd. In the Novus Ordo, that Gospel is read this week, for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The disconnect is unfortunate.
The experts of the Consilium thought it was important to break the continuity of centuries just like that. But who are we to judge?
For this Sunday, we have a little gem for a Collect which goes back at least to the time of the Gelasian Sacramentary. Whoever wrote this was a true master of faith, thought and language:
