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Rogation Days…
THE LESSER LITANIES Rogation Monday is a greater ferial day, the others ordinary ferial days. In consequence of the public calamities that afflicted the diocese of Vienne in Dauphiny in the fifth century, St Mamertus instituted a solemn penitential procession on the Monday, Luesday and wednesday octote Ascension Day. Under an order of the Council…
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Resurrexit Sicut Dixit, Alleluia!
‘The Resurrection’, Fresco, Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence, Italy. Regina Caeli, laetare, alleluia; Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia; Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, allelia. In one of the revelations granted to the seraphic St. Teresa, our Lord told her that when He…
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The Harrowing of Hell
‘Christ in Limbo’, Fresco, by Fra Angelico, A.D. 1441, San Marco, Florence Italy. Holy Saturday – Dom Prosper Gueranger, The Liturgical Year. A night has passed over the Tomb, wherein lies buried the Body of the Man-God. Death is triumphant in that silent cave, and hold captive Him that gives life to every creature—but his…
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The Origins of the Sacred Heart & Holy Face Devotions
This Holy Triduum, particularly the feasts of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, are the beginnings of these beautiful and necessary devotions. When reading the passage of the Last Supper, just after the Mandatum, we read of Our Blessed Lord’s betrayal by Judas. St John the beloved was leaning upon the breast of Our Lord when…
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