{"id":1009,"date":"2015-12-21T17:51:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T22:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2015-12-21T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T22:51:19","slug":"pius-parsch-on-the-christmas-cycle-as-mystery-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/2015\/12\/pius-parsch-on-the-christmas-cycle-as-mystery-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Pius Parsch on The Christmas Cycle as Mystery Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE ROYAL NUPTIALS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH<\/p>\n<p>A. The curtain rises. Preparation for the King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coming (Advent)<br \/>\nI. He comes<br \/>\n1. Vision from afar (Advent 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Luke 21:25-33 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] [our Advent 2])<br \/>\n2. Jerusalem prepares herself (Advent 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Matthew 11:2-10 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] [our Advent 3])<br \/>\nII. Now He is near<br \/>\n3. The joy of anticipation (Advent 3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c John 1:19-28 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] [our Advent 4])<br \/>\n4. The King puts on the clothes of a servant (Ember Days)<br \/>\n5. Final preparation and longing call of the Bride (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153O\u00e2\u20ac\u009d antiphons)<br \/>\n6. Before the eternal gates (Vigil of Christmas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Matthew 1:18-25 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] )<\/p>\n<p>B. The King appears (Christmas)<br \/>\nI. the King comes in servant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothes (Christmas)<br \/>\n1. His retinue: martyrs (Stephen), virgins (John), children (Holy Innocents)<br \/>\n2. His glance toward the Cross (Sunday within the Octave)<br \/>\nII. In full glory the King celebrates His marriage to the Church (Epiphany)<br \/>\n1. He receives His wedding guests (Magi)<br \/>\n2. He purifies His Bride (baptism in the Jordan)<br \/>\n3. He gives His wedding meal (Epiphany 2)<br \/>\nIII. The Bride prepares her chamber (Candlemas)<\/p>\n<p>C. Epilogue. The King presides over His Kingdom (Sundays after Epiphany)<br \/>\n1. As Teacher (Epiphany 1)<br \/>\n2. As Priest (Epiphany 2)<br \/>\n3. As Savior (Epiphany 3)<br \/>\n4. As Conqueror (Epiphany 4)<br \/>\n5. As Wise Judge (Epiphany 5)<br \/>\n6. Growth of the Kingdom (Epiphany 6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ROYAL NUPTIALS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH A. The curtain rises. Preparation for the King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coming (Advent) I. He comes 1. Vision from afar (Advent 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Luke 21:25-33 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] [our Advent 2]) 2. Jerusalem prepares herself (Advent 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Matthew 11:2-10 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}