Druga edycja Lekcjonarza Mszalnego
The second edition of the Mass Lectionary

Summary/Abstract: Since the proclamation of the word of God is an important element of the liturgical celebration, the Mass Lectionary is considered one of the chief liturgical books. The paper consists of three parts in which it attempts to show the genesis of lectionaries. The first part shows the history of the development of lectionaries. At first, the word of God celebrated during the liturgy was read from the Bible. With time, sets of Gospel periscopes, and later lectionaries, were created. Euchological readings and texts were also combined in one book. The second part of the paper describes the work of the Committee for the Implementation of the Second Vatican Council’s Reform. The Committee’s task was to divide a Missal into two books, namely a sacramentary and a lectionary. The article also presents the Committee’s work on the choice of pericopes which were to be included in the Roman version of the Mass Lectionary, as well as efforts to create the first Polish edition of the Mass Lectionary, the task commissioned by Primate Wyszyński. The final part of the paper shows the works on the second edition of the Mass Lectionary. In addition to a new, extended introduction, a series of alterations have been made in the lectionary. The passages in the Mass Lectionary come from Biblia Tysiąclecia (5th edition). The language of the readings has been revised and updated, and a new spelling of religious vocabulary words has been included. Some acclamations and responsorial psalms have also been changed. The second edition of the Mass Lectionary has been adopted to the Ordo Lectionum Missae guidelines of 1981.

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