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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Last Sunday after Pentecost

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And so we reach the last Sunday of the liturgical year! At Matins this Sunday, the Scripture readings are from the prophet Micah (who pro...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

September 29: Feast of the Dedication of St Michael the Archangel, Class I

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  The most famous shrine to St Michael in Western Christendom is of course Mont St-Michel in France, where St. Michael appeared to St. ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

September 27: SS Cosmas and Damian, Memorial

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According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Cosmas and Damian, familiar to us from the litany, were: "Early Christian physicians and...
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Friday, September 23, 2016

Pope St Linus I, Memorial: September 23

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Pope Saint Linus I (d. ca. 76) was the second Bishop of Rome following St Peter.  St Irenaeus wrote: "The blessed apostles, th...
Friday, September 16, 2016

September 17: St Hildegarde OSB, Memorial/Solemnity

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St Hildegarde (1098 – 1179), nun, mystic, writer and composer, was declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, and he...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

September 15: Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

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Though this feast has medieval origins, it wasn't added to the universal calendar until 1814, and wasn't moved to this day unti...
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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Sunday, August 21, 2016

August 21: Blessed Bernard Ptolemy OSB, Abbot, memorial

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The Magnificat antiphon for I Vespers reflects the readings for the first Nocturn of Matins tomorrow, from chapter 1 of the Book of ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Office in Christmastide and the Sundays after the Epiphany

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The season of Christmas (or Nativitytide) has two parts: the 'twelve days of Christmas', from Christmas Eve (I Vespers of Christma...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity

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Giotto: Presentation in the Temple This Sunday is the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity. Matins readings At Matins in the t...
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, 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...
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...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

November 6: Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost/Third Sunday of November

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 The walls of Avila  November suffers from the strange phenomenon of leaping straight to week three in terms of its Matins readings, ...
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...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

September 24-25: Fourth Sunday in September/Fifteenth after Pentecost

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Judith with the head of Holophernes, Cristofano Allori (1577–1621) Matins moves this Sunday to the Book of Judith, hence the saluta...
Friday, September 16, 2011

September 16: SS Cornelius, Pope and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, memorial

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Pope St Cornelius was elected in 251, two years after the death of Pope St Fabian - in the intervening period persecution had made a fr...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

SS Processus and Martinian, Memorial

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SS Processus and Martinian were warders assigned to SS Peter and St Paul, were converted and baptized by St Peter after a spring flow...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

July 1: Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Class I

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

June 19: Trinity Sunday, Class I

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Shield of the Trinity, manuscript ca 1255-65 Today is Trinity Sunday, which marks the final end of the Easter season and its aftermath, a...
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