Nihil sub sole novum

Music of Advent, Day 15, Third Sunday – Handel’s Messiah, Part I, Scenes 1 & 2

Saving Scenes 3 and 4 until Christmas.

Recording (through 20:48)

Scene 1 includes verses from Psalm 40, also the source for the earlier German Hymn, “Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben” (Comfort, Comfort Ye My People) – English Translation at Hymns and Carols of Christmas; Background and English Translation at Hymnary.org, German words at Hymnary.org (included in A Catholic Book of Hymns)

In 2021, today is also the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Check out her entry for an entire CD of music dedicated to her.

12 December – Saint Synesius

Bottega italiana sec. XVII, Reliquiario a busto di San Sinesio (also)

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Roman Martyrology

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

12 December – Our Lady of Guadalupe

Modern Mariology

Martyrologium Romanum

Legends of the Blessed Virgin

Our Lady of Guadalupe by Father Lovasik.

Cathedral Basic Readers

“The Indian’s Cloak” in Legends of Our Lady and the Saints.

Tradition in Action

“Our Lady of Guadalupe: the stories behind the story”

“The Amazing Truth of Our Lady of Guadalupe”

Contemporary Mariology

The earliest account of the apparition, the Nican Mopohua, Here It Is Told, is translated into English here. Or in this book, which you may borrow for free. You may read here about what may be its earliest manuscript, at the New York Public Library (here is its catalogue entry).

Anthology of Early Guadalupan Literature (free to borrow with registration).

Art

The Tilma

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Nepomuceno

Music

An entire album of traditional songs for Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Harpa Dei · Mantle Song (Our Lady of Guadalupe)