This is a holdover from their original role as text to be song by the entire congregation. After the Gloria a prayer call the collect is chanted and then the epistle is recited. Both are vocalized with very simple formulas. At this mass the epistle is the opening letter to the Hebrews what chapter 1 verse 1-12. A passage that emphasizes the coming of Jesus Christ as the son of God his superiority to the profits and to the angels and the permanence of his dominion this reading wings Jesus's birth to broader themes of Christian theology and thereby deepens the message of the Christmas
This is a holdover from their original role as text to be song by the entire congregation. After the Gloria a prayer call the collect is chanted and then the epistle is recited. Both are vocalized with very simple formulas. At this mass the epistle is the opening letter to the Hebrews what chapter 1 verse 1-12. A passage that emphasizes the coming of Jesus Christ as the son of God his superiority to the profits and to the angels and the permanence of his dominion this reading wings Jesus's birth to broader themes of Christian theology and thereby deepens the message of the Christmas