Technically, it is possible that the gospel (or other readings) might have two versions: a short and a long one.

The app should eventually be smart enough to parse both, and provide this as an option when generating PDFs or HTMLs.

Currently, this uses a static URL, requesting the data from March 15, 2020 from the USCCB website.

The app needs to allow the user to dynamically specify the date that they want to process.

Related files: src/url.ts.

Proposal

I intend this software to be used by non-programmers, so I advise against using CLI to provide parameters. However, the trade off is that some form of UI needs to be provided to allow the user to specify the date.

Not sure what to suggest yet.

Projecting the Readings and Other Mass Texts

The current policy of the Committee on Divine Worship is that permission is not granted to project readings and liturgical texts on screens during the liturgy. The bishops have the perspective that since so many people spend much of their time looking at screens, the Sacred Liturgy ought to be a prayerful break from that experience. The bishops also believe that screens are a distraction from what is actually taking place in the liturgy.

However, because of current health restrictions that make it difficult to use hymnals and other worship aids in some parishes, a temporary permission will be granted to project the readings and liturgical texts on screens under the following conditions:

• the permission will extend only until such time as health restrictions are lifted on using hymnals and other participation aids; and a license and payment of a license fee will be required.
• Parishes will need to consider carefully the question of whether it is worth the investment to begin projecting texts when this is only a temporary permission.

See: https://www.usccb.org/committees/divine-worship/policies/copyright-permissions-requirements

Archiving this project due to copyright policies stated above.