by John Rose | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today is a special day for many reasons. June 24 is traditionally observed as the Nativity of John the Baptist. (Happy birthday St. John; pray for us!) This year, June 24 is also the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. John’s mission was to prepare the way for...
by John Rose | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Move over, Spring-Summer-Winter-Fall: Christmastide and Eastertide are the two great seasons of our year, which we call the “liturgical year.” (Our other year, the “civil calendar”, set according to astronomy and old convention, is shared in...
by John Rose | Apr 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Attende Domine is a Latin hymn of penitence we have heard many times this Lent. In Paul’s recording of it, the male choir repeatedly and loudly cries the refrain, “Attende Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi,” which means “Pay attention to us,...
by John Rose | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
…the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: “Hail, full of...
by John Rose | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Candlemas — The Feast of the Presentation When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord… and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord,...
