Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Why does the whole Church celebrate the dedication of one building in Rome? The readings move from a temple with water flowing from its side to the temple of Christ's own body.
The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (November 9) honors the cathedral of the Pope, called the mother and head of all the churches of the city and the world. In The Mass Readings Explained, Dr. Brant Pitre walks through the readings and shows how they point beyond a building to Christ and his Church as the true temple.
Ezekiel sees life-giving water flowing from the side of the temple, bringing life wherever it goes (Ezekiel 47:1–12); St. Paul calls Christians God's building and the temple of God in whom the Spirit dwells (1 Corinthians 3:9–17); and in the Gospel, Jesus cleanses the temple and speaks of the temple of his body, to be raised in three days (John 2:13–22). Pitre draws out how the temple, the body of Christ, and the Church come together.
The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
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November 9th in the Roman calendar is the Solemnity of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. Now, this is one of those solemnities in the Roman calendar where it's such a significant day that even when it falls on a Sunday, it's going to replace that Sunday Mass readings and the Sunday Mass celebration with the particular readings for the solemnity commemorating this particular basilica.
The Readings for the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
First Reading: Ezekiel 47:1–2, 8–9, 12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 46:2–3, 5–6, 8–9
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:9c–11, 16–17
Gospel: John 2:13–22
Key passages & sources examined: the river flowing from the temple (Ezekiel 47); "you are God's building" and "you are the temple of God" (1 Corinthians 3); the cleansing of the temple; "the temple of his body" raised in three days (John 2:19–21).
What are the Mass readings for the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica? Ezekiel 47:1–2, 8–9, 12; Psalm 46:2–3, 5–6, 8–9; 1 Corinthians 3:9c–11, 16–17; and the Gospel, John 2:13–22.
What is the Lateran Basilica? The cathedral church of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, called the mother and head of all churches.
Why celebrate the dedication of a church? It honors Christ present in his Church and reminds the faithful that they themselves are God's temple.
What does "the temple of his body" mean? In the Gospel, Jesus identifies the true temple with his own body, to be raised up in three days.
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It is a great service to provide the excellent Mass Reading Explained by Dr. Brant Pitre. I like the feature to download the transcript of the video which is very helpful. However, there are some rooms for improvement as followed:
1. The media player's controls are spotty. Very often, the Closed Caption button is not available. Therefore, I could not enable the subtitle.
2. It will be very helpful if the videos can be searched or sorted by the calendar date, and not just the "Number of Sunday in Ordinary Time".
3. It will be nice if you have an app (for both iOS and MacOS) to launch it, such that I do not have to open a web browser and type in the URL address manually every time. I talked to your support folks on this and I was informed that an app is coming soon. Please make sure it supports both iOS and MacOS.
Thank you very much for your hard work.
Yours in Christ
simon
The only thing I'd prefer is to have a search options within the readings/explanations. For example, like youtube, except now that I purchased the service, I'd like to have Sunday explanations for Purgatory or Predestination. It would really help when I'm debating Calvinists because I could resource back to Pitre.
