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,...
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...
