by John Rose | Nov 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Now, again, is the time of Advent, which is the traditional period of preparation leading up to Christmas. This is a holy time, as all times are holy. It is unlike other times, even as all times are distinct, and so like each time has its special celebrations. As we...
by John Rose | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Thursday, October 15, we remember St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church. The Liturgy of the Hours, in both Lauds and Vespers, celebrates Teresa in a hymn written by Pope Urban VIII in 1632, 50 years after her death. (You can watch Lauds and Vespers for...
by John Rose | Sep 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Christmas we will sing, as is always fitting, “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming”, but today (September 8) we commemorate a related birth, also sprouting from Jesse’s lineage: Our Blessed Virgin Mary is the dear branch from which that blessed...
by John Rose | Aug 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Sunday 8/15 is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast celebrates the end of Mary’s earthly life and the beginning of her residence in Heaven. As befits the Mother of God (the Theotokos), her transition to Heaven and position...
by John Rose | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
(A notice from the Department of Who Knew?) The Benedict XVI Institute, the brainchild of Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco, quietly published in 2014 the Hymnal for the Hours edited by Fr. Samuel Weber OSB, a collection of very nearly all of the Latin hymns of...
