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Showing posts with label liturgical seasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liturgical seasons. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

December 21: St Thomas, Class II

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Today is the feast of the apostle Thomas.  Pope Benedict devoted a General Audience  to the Apostle in 2006: "Continuing our encou...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The O Antiphons: O Key of David (Clavis David) - December 20

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Today's O antiphon is O clavis David: O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut an...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Advent antiphons for the Magnificat: O radix Jesse (Dec 19)

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The series of the the great O Antiphons continues today with O Radix Jesse. Today's antiphon is, in English: O Root of Jesse, sta...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

November 27: First Sunday of Advent

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Once more, it is the start of a new liturgical year, and time to swap breviary volumes!  You can find an overview of the changes to the...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Lent in the Rule of St Benedict II - Refrain from sin and apply ourselves to prayer

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So to continue this little mini-series on Lent in the Rule of St Benedict, a look at Chapter 49 in the Rule, which is entitled the 'Of...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

February 19 after the hour of None: The season of Septuagesima

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We come now to one of those times of the year that has been unfortunately suppressed in the new calendar. The nature of Septuagesimatide ...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January 5: Once was...Vigil of Epiphany

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The Vigil of the Epiphany was abolished in 1955, but restored in 2002 in the Novus Ordo Calendar (at least where it is not celebrated on the...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

December 23: Class II

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O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

December 22: Class II

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O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from cla...
Monday, December 7, 2009

The Office in Advent

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This post deals with some of the peculiarities of the Office in Advent. The role of Advent The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that the lit...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

The Ordinary of Ascensiontide

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Now that the great feast of the Ascension is over, we move into 'Ascensiontide' for the next week and a bit. In the pre-1962 calend...