(The following excerpt for November Second is taken from The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger) ALL SOULS’ DAY “We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. The Church to-day has the same desire as the Apostle thus expressed to […]
(The following excerpt for November First is taken from The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger) FEAST OF ALL SAINTS “I saw a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in
(The following excerpt for October Thirty-first is taken from The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger) VIGIL OF ALL SAINTS “Let us prepare our souls for the graces heaven is about to shower upon the earth in return for its homage. To-morrow the Church will be so overflowing with joy, that she will seem to be
What a glorious feast that we celebrate today! Happy Michaelmas, dear Readers! I’ll be leaving a couple of posts on my Instagram account with a book recommendation in honor of this special day; I will add a link HERE once I have uploaded them. Reformatting/republishing is going well, just a lot more slowly than I
New Year’s Dawn “Vive le Roi!” I. O joy! O joy! The air is filled With light and sweetest song! And angel shapes With breath of grapes Into the chamber throng. Upon a throne they bear An infant small and fair. Stir up the fire,—the tapers trim; Sing Faith and Hope, and Love, a hymn Unto
“We apply the name of Christmas to the forty days, which begin with the Nativity of our Lord, December 25th, and end with the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, February 2nd. It is a period, which forms a distinct portion of the Liturgical Year, as distinct by its own special spirit, from every other, as
