Ruminations of an Amateur Monastic
Today is Good Friday: the commemoration of the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ at Calvary. Ecce lignum Crucis, in quo salus mundi pepéndit. Veníte adorémus. Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world. Come let us adore. (Missale Romanum: Friday of the Passion of the Lord) Ecce homo: Behold, the man He was […]
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O great work of love: death then was dead when on the Cross Life iteself had died.(Antiphon 1 of Monastic Lauds for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) Today is celebrated in the western Church as the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Exaltatio Sanctæ Crucis). In the eastern Church, it is known as “the Universal Exaltation of […]
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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) Today is the 86th anniversary of the death of Robert W. Chambers, a perhaps little remembered writer who nevertheless had an enormous impact on me. It was only much later that I found out he was Catholic, and I read his works in an entirely different light.In your charity, please […]
» Read moreGreat video from the Latin Mass Society on the ancient Pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima or Shrovetide. Septuagesima from LMS on Vimeo.
» Read moreAdvent begins with tonight’s vespers, for tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. See the Lord coming from afar. His splendor fills the earth. (Magnificat Antiphon for I Vespers on the First Sunday of Advent) Not sure exactly what Advent is? Here’s a two-minute snapshot.
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