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Showing posts with label Our Lord. Show all posts
Thursday, February 2, 2017

The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feb 2)

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Presentation at the Temple by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1342 This feast has acquired several names over the centuries - the Purification o...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Feast of Christ the King

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When Pope Pius XI instituted the feast of Christ the King in 1925 he specified for it the last Sunday of October; Paul VI moved to the l...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

September 14: Exaltation of Holy Cross, Class II

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Once upon a time there were two feasts in the calendar associated with the recovery of the true Cross. The first, on May 3, celebrate...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14: EF/OF/Ben62)

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Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry "The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, when the emperor Heraclius, after defeating King Chosroes, b...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord (August 6)

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Raphael From the martyrology: "On Mount Tabor, the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Feast of the Most Precious Blood, July 1

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In the 1962 Roman Calendar (but not the 1962 Benedictine calendar), July 1 marks the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Feast of Mary, Mother of God? (aka New Year, aka Circumcision of Christ aka Octave Day of Christmas)

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This Sunday's feast is curious in that it has undergone a number of name changes in recent years - yet retained its key text, viz  St ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

October 30: Feast of Christ the King, Class I

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The Feast of Christ the King is in fact a very recent feast, insituted through Quas Primas  by Pope Pius XI in 1925.  Here are some extr...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

January 13: Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord

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The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord marks the last day of the extended Christmas season, and symbolically marks the end of the hidden year...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Jan 9: Holy Family or Sunday after Epiphany?

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This Sunday presents something of a liturgical oddity in the Benedictine calendar, in that the Sunday ends up being much less elaborate li...