Catholic Word of the Day: GRADUAL, 01-24-11

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GRADUAL

The response and versicle to the Epistle formerly made at High Mass, and so named because it was sung on the step of the altar.

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Did you know why it was called the "Gradual?"

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And then I guess the book, the Graduale, was named after the Gradual.

And then there's the "Liber Usualis" - the "Useful Book". I just got my very own copy. New ones are outrageously expensive (over a Benjamin), but you can pick up a used one for much less. I scored a 'well used' copy circa 1958 for $40.

It contained a ton of prayer cards, including a whole series for First Masses of various priests. I was able to locate all of them - four or five are deceased, a couple retired, one or two still in active ministry, and one has left the priesthood. I posted their names by my computer and pray for them periodically.