Today’s Gospel reading – Luke 2.33-40 – picks up after Simeon’s first words (Nunc dimittis – the Gospel Reading on the second of February, for the Feast of the Purification) with Simeon’s prophecy of the sword that will pierce Mary’s heart. We also today read about Anna the prophetess. Above is the lower half ofContinue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Christmas”
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25 December – The Nativity of Our Lord
Luke 2.1-14 Martyrologium Romanum The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner (Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1908). “Flower of Babies Was Their King” in A Wreath of Feasts. La vie des saints Medieval Sources The Golden Legend (and illustrations) Sermons GregoryContinue reading “25 December – The Nativity of Our Lord”
24 December – Vigil of the Nativity of Christ
Matthew 1.18-21 The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger, also Sermons Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivals throughout the ecclesiastical year, to which are added the lives of many saints by Leonard Goffiné (Pustet, 1880). Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays (Benziger, 1896).Continue reading “24 December – Vigil of the Nativity of Christ”
Nihil sub sole novum 