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Showing posts with label lent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lent. Show all posts
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Getting ready for Lent 2018

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This week marks the start of Lent, with Ash Wednesday, so it is time to start preparing if you haven't already. The Office from Ash ...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

The hymns for Lent

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Today being the first Sunday of Lent, the hymns of the Office all change. At Matins, Lauds and Vespers there are hymns for the season. An...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Getting ready for Lent Pt 2 - Suggestions for reading and prayer

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Yesterday I posted the relevant sections of the Rule of St Benedict on Lent. Today I thought I'd post a few concrete suggestions for ...
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Monday, February 27, 2017

Getting ready for Lent...

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As Lent starts this Wednesday I thought now might be a good time to remind you of the provisions relating to Lent in the Rule of St Benedic...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

First Sunday of Lent (Feb 26)

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Monreale Cathedral The Office for the first Sunday of Lent The Magnificat antiphon for I Vespers is from Isaiah 58:9.  Here are the v...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Ash Wednesday (Feb 22)

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Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence. As the ashes are imposed, the priest says "Remember, O man, that you are dust, and...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Lent in the Benedictine Rule....

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Lent is rapidly approaching, so I thought I'd up some links to posts I've previously written on St Benedict's prescriptions for ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

April 20: Wednesday in Holy Week, Class I

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Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), Cappella Scrovegni a Padova, Judas Receiving Payment for his Betrayal The Gospel today is the Passion ...
Monday, April 18, 2011

April 19: Tuesday in Holy Week, Class I

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The Gospel   today is Mark 14:32-72; 15:1-46 – The Passion according to St Mark.
Sunday, April 17, 2011

April 18: Monday in Holy Week

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Heures d'Étienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet 1452-1460 The Gospel today is John 12:1-9, Mary Magdalene anoints the feet of Our Lord a...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

April 17: Palm Sunday in Holy Week, Class I

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 The Gospel today is the Passion according to St Matthew. 

The Office in Holy Week

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The Office in Holy Week, or more particularly the Triduum, is quite different in form to the rest of the year, so it is important to pay clo...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

April 16: Saturday in Passion Week

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Giotto, 1266-1337 Today's Gospel is John 12: 10-36, the entry into Jerusalem: "So the chief priests planned to put Laz'ar...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

April 15: Friday in Passion Week

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James Tissot, 1836-1902 Today's Gospel is John 11:47-54, the Jewish leaders decide to kill Our Lord: "So the chief priests and...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 14: Thursday in Passion Week; SS Tibertius, Valerian and Maximus, Martyrs, memorial

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Rubens, ca1618 Today's Gospel is Luke 7: 36-50, St Mary Magdalen washes the feet of Our Lord, and he forgives her sins: "One o...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

April 13: Wednesday in Passion Week

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James Tissot Today's Gospel is John 10: 22-38 - Jesus asserts his divinity, and the Jews threaten to stone him: "It was the fe...
Monday, April 11, 2011

April 12: Tuesday in Passion Week

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Preparations for the feast of tabernacles, Charles Foster, 1897 Today's Gospel is John 7:1-13, Jesus in Galilee: "After this...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

April 11: Monday of Passion Week; St Leo, Memorial

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Westminster Cathedral, London Today's Gospel reading is John 7:32-39 - Our Lord preaches and the Jewish leader try to arrest him: ...
Saturday, April 9, 2011

April 10: Passion Sunday

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James Tissot c1886-96 Today's Gospel is John, 8:46-59 - the Jews attempt to stone Our Lord for blasphemy, but he escapes: "Whi...

Lent Pt 2 - the rubrics for Passiontide week I

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As noted in an earlier post on the rubrics for Lent, Lent in the Benedictine Office actually encompasses a number of quite diverse sets ...
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