The Repeated Gospel of the Little Children and the Givers of Scandal
But the old rite is not yet finished with Matthew 18. Not at all.
Above: The Three Archangels and Tobias by Francesco Botticini (1446–1498) As I pointed out in an article at OnePeterFive a couple of years ago, “The Annunciation and the Subtle Use of Gospels in the Old Roman Rite,” one of the most striking features of the ancient Roman Rite is the way in which it repeats the same Gospel passages throughout the year on different occasions…