May 2 – St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria – Born and educated in Alexandria he was later ordained a deacon, then a priest, although he also spent […]
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Posts archive for 2018
Saint Philip & Saint James, Apostles
St. Philip and St. James, Apostles – May 1 (RC May 3) We know nothing of James but his name and the fact that he was one […]
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Lauds in Paschaltide
Lauds in the Easter Season, Mondays – Short Lesson – The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of […]
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Fifth Sunday of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Cantate Sunday – Cantate Domino canticum novum, quia mirabilia fecit Dominus ante conspectum gentium revelabit justititam suam, alleluia. O sing a new […]
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Paschaltide
Doxological stanza during the Easter season – All praise to you, O risen Lord, from death to endless life restored; all praise to God the Father be […]
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Vespers in Paschaltide
Responsory at Vespers on weekdays until The Ascension – Then the disciples were glad, alleluia, alleluia. Then the disciples were glad, alleluia, alleluia. When they saw the […]
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None in Paschaltide
Weekdays at None until the Ascension – Short Lesson and Responsory – Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really […]
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Saint Mark, Evangelist
April 25 – St. Mark, Evangelist. Most of what we know about Mark comes directly from the New Testament. He is usually identified with the Mark of […]
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Paschaltide at the “Little Hours”
Little Hours in Eastertide – All praise to you, O risen Lord, from death to endless life restored; all praise to God the Father be and Paraclete […]
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Toyohiko Kagawa, Renewer of Society
April 23 – Toyohiko Kagawa, Renewer of Society – A Japanese Christian pacifist, Christian reformer, and labor activist. Kagawa wrote, spoke, and worked at length on ways […]
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