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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Responsory Excursus: The Ordines Romani and the Benedictines in Rome (Pt 5)

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Continuing today, my series on the psalm-based responsories , one of the intriguing, and potentially illuminating, dimensions of the psalm-b...
Friday, February 7, 2025

The responspories in their historical context (Pt 4)

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In my last post on the responsories , I highlighted their monastic context.   Today I want to dig a little into what we know of the earl...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Monks, Matins and the responsories (Pt 3)

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Apologies for my slowness in continuing this series on the responsories , but my hopes my health was improving proved unfounded! Neverthel...
Monday, January 27, 2025

The Epiphanytide responsories revisited: the de psalmiis responsories in the post-Trent books (Pt 2)

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Source: Gregobase/Dominique Crochu In my post on the feast of the Conversion of St Paul a few days ago I flagged that I planned to provide ...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

The conversion of St Paul and the de psalmiis responsories (Pt 1)

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Source: Gregobase/Dominique Crocu Today is the feast of the conversion of St Paul, and it is part of a strong Pauline focus in the Office in...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Advent in the Office

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This is my annual reminder that Advent is the most complicated season for the Office, so you need to keep your wits about you! Advent falls ...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Ordo for 2025

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This to let you know that the Ordo for the 2024-25 liturgical year (ie starting from the First Sunday of Advent, which this year is 1 Decemb...