Tuesday at Vespers – Earth’s mighty Maker, whose command Raised from the sea the solid land And drove each billowy heap away And bade the earth stand […]
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Posts archive for August, 2017
Monday Housekeeping
Daily Life at St. Augustine’s House – The Holy Eucharist – Every day of the year except Good Friday the Holy Eucharist, or Holy Mass, is celebrated […]
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Vespers on Monday
Monday at Vespers – O great Creator of the sky, Who wouldest not the floods on high With earthly waters to confound, But made the firmament their […]
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Lauds on Sunday
Sunday at Lauds – Bless the Lord, light and darkness. Bless the Lord, lightnings and clouds. ~Daniel 3:65
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Vespers on Saturday
Sunday at First Vespers (Saturday night) – O Trinity of blessed light, O Unity of princely might, The fiery sun now goes his way; Shed thou within […]
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Vespers on Friday
Friday at Vespers – Maker of men from heav’n thy throne, Who ord’rest all things God alone; By whose decree the teeming earth To reptile and to […]
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Vespers on Thursday
Thursday at Vespers – Almighty God, whose will supreme Made ocean’s flood with life to teem, Part in the firmament to fly And part in ocean depths […]
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Vespers on Wednesday
Wednesday at Vespers – O God, whose hand hath spread the sky And all its shining hosts on high, And painting it with fiery light Made it […]
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Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Mary, Mother of Our Lord – The honor paid to Mary, the virgin mother of Jesus Christ our Lord and God, goes back to the earliest days […]
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Monday Housekeeping
Daily life at St. Augustine’s House – Terce – At 8.15 A.M. is the first of the “Little Hours,” named Terce because it is traditionally sung near […]
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