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This year, Christmas falls on a Sunday, and the Feast of the Circumcision completes the Octave on the following Sunday, superseding the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas. The Circumcision comes in verse 21 of the second chapter of Luke, and in verse 22 begins the story of Jesus’s Presentation in the Temple. Today’s GospelContinue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Christmas”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Music Medieval Music Database

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Music Medieval Music Database

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “Fourth Wednesday of Advent”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “Fourth Tuesday in Advent”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “Fourth Monday in Advent”

Luke 3.1-6 This week we may look at any general depiction of Saint John the Baptist Preaching, but there is a visual clue in paintings that refer to this precise moment in the inclusion of a motif that comes from John’s words in this same location and just a few verses after today’s reading –Continue reading “Fourth Sunday in Advent”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. 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). Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for AllContinue reading “Third Saturday in Advent / Ember Saturday”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. 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). Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for AllContinue reading “Third Friday in Advent / Ember Friday”

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “Third Thursday in Advent”