Lent at Lauds – Forgive the sin that we have wrought; Increase the good that we have sought; That we at length, our wand’rings o’er, May please […]
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Posts archive for 2019
Saint Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome
March 12 – St. Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome (Roman Catholic: September 3) – (c. 540 – 12 March 604), St. Gregory was pope from 3 […]
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Monday Housekeeping – Terce
Daily life at St. Augustine’s House – Terce – At 8.15 A.M. is the first of the so-called Little Hours. It is named Terce because it is […]
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Lauds in Lent
Lent at Lauds – Thou who dost give the accepted time, Give, too, a heart that mourns for crime, Let those by mercy now be cured Whom […]
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The First Sunday in Lent
Grant, almighty God, through the yearly observances of holy Lent, that we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ and by worthy conduct pursue […]
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Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop
March 9 – St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop. (c. 335 – c. 395) Also known as Gregory Nyssen, was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376, and […]
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Lauds in Lent
Lent at Lauds – Now Christ, thou Sun of righteousness, Let dawn our darkened spirits bless: The light of grace to us restore While day to earth […]
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Saint Perpetua & Her Companions, Martyrs
March 7 – St. Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs – Died 7 March 203. Christian martyrs of the 3rd century. Perpetua (b. 181) was a 22-year old […]
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Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday – Almighty and ever-living God, you hate nothing you have made and you forgive the sins of all who are penitent. Create in us new […]
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From the Ordo – Lent
Notes for Lent – Ash Wednesday; Purple; Omit “Alleluia” without exception until Easter; Omit Te Deum and Gloria on Sundays until Easter; Use Preface of Lent until […]
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