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Today’s Gospel is about Christ teaching in the Temple, traditionally called Christ among the Doctors by art historians. One of several scenes on a fifth-century ivory diptych in Milan Cathedral and in a manuscript sent from Rome to England in the 7th century (see also), itself clearly modeled on a model like the Milan ivory.Continue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany”

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”

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). Daily Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith and on the Lives of Our Lord Jesus Christ and ofContinue reading “Fourth Friday in Advent”