May 2019 – The Lutheran Missal

Phase 1 Complete

The first phase of our research is complete with the incorporation of all thirty-four temporal calendars into the missal database. The bulk of the 58,000+ records was previously cataloged by the Usuarium team from Hungary, saving us roughly six months of intensive effort. Allow me to explain what this means. The image above from theContinue reading “Phase 1 Complete”

Too Many Options

Americans love options, and that’s not always a good thing. With regard to the lectionary, I find a slew of optional readings to be less than helpful. One of the chief benefits of using the Historic Lectionary is catechetical, derived from the yearly repetition of a core body of texts. This benefit is diluted byContinue reading “Too Many Options”