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| Rogation Mass (Lesser Litanies) |
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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique. During the Carolingian period a new rite was introduced at Rome, a triduum of penitential litanies on the three days preceding Ascension Thursday. Apparently the rite came from Vienne, France, and is ascribed to the Bishop St. Mamert (c. 470); it also called for three days of fasting as in Lent. This penitential aspect, imported to Rome by the Franks and affirmed even today in the Roman missal by violet vestments and suppression of the "angelic hymn" (the Gloria) nonetheless conflicts with the spirit of the ancient paschal liturgy at Rome, which is inspired by the most unalloyed joy. It is a later addition to the liturgy, adopted at the time when incursions of barbarians had interrupted the ancient classical tradition, which, by order of the Councils, had forbidden the faithful to fast during the sacred cycle of paschal joy.The Introït of the Mass - which must not be of ancient origin, since the litany usually replaced the Introit in all the processions - expresses the confidence of the just who knows that his prayer has been received by God. The antiphon is taken from Psalm 17: "He heard my voice from His holy temple, alleluia; and my cry before Him came into His ears, alleluia, alleluia." Ps.: "I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength: the Lord is my firmament, my refuge and my deliverer."
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