{"id":105866,"date":"2020-10-04T13:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=105866"},"modified":"2020-11-02T17:07:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T01:07:06","slug":"praying-vespers-for-the-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/praying-vespers-for-the-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying Vespers for the Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>ednesday, October 7 is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. For those of us who were once parishioners of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma, it was our patronal feast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In years past, we could celebrate this on a Sunday &#8211; today, in fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" data-attachment-id=\"105767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/instability\/altar-servers-2019\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"altar servers 2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Altar servers for our patronal feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary parish (Tacoma, WA) in 2019. We have not worn the red cassocks since shortly after the Benedictines left in 1998. We brought them out especially for the feast.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?fit=860%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?resize=860%2C860\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/altar-servers-2019.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Altar servers for our patronal feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary parish (Tacoma, WA) in 2019. We have not worn the red cassocks since shortly after the Benedictines left in 1998. <\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">We brought them out especially for the feast.<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought it would be nice to mark the feast in some way on Wednesday, in addition to praying a daily rosary. So I&#8217;ve attached an English version of the old monastic vespers for the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLHR-monastic-vespers.pdf\">OLHR-monastic-vespers<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLHR-monastic-vespers.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please download and print and pray this evening prayer on Wednesday! Whether you sing it with your family or recite it quietly alone &#8211; or some other variation &#8211; I encourage you to pray for the former parishioners of our parish, that they may find peace and healing in these terrible times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"574\" data-attachment-id=\"105494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/cornerstone\/img_9664-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sangkros Lok&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 60D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1474809631&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Quasquicentennial\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo taken in 2016 for the 125th anniversary of the Parish&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?fit=860%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664.jpg?resize=860%2C574\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C160&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_9664-scaled.jpg?w=1720 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Photo taken in 2016 for the 125th anniversary of the Parish<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, October 7 is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. For those of us who were once parishioners of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma, it was our patronal feast. In years past, we could celebrate this on a Sunday &#8211; today, in fact. Altar servers for our patronal feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary parish (Tacoma, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Blatherings from the Blog: Praying Vespers for the Feast","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[111,11,55,90,31,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020-the-end-of-holy-rosary","category-chant","category-divine-office","category-holy-rosary-parish-tacoma","category-mary","category-moments-in-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-04-at-13.37.49.png?fit=895%2C668&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-rxw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109863,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/vespers-of-our-lady-of-the-holy-rosary-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":105866,"position":0},"title":"Vespers of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary","author":"Thom","date":"07 October 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"October 7 is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. 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