Magnificat – Antiphon: When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, she exclaimed with a loud cry, and said: why is this granted me, that the mother of […]
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Posts archive for May, 2023
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
May 31 – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – The Visitation is the visit of Mary with Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke […]
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First Vespers of the Visitation
May 30 – First Vespers of The Visitation – After the Annunciation, Mary went to Hebron to visit her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist. Elizabeth […]
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Tuesday at Vigils
Tuesday at Vigils – May God make his face to shine upon us: O come, let us worship him. ~Invitatory
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Monday after Pentecost
Monday after Pentecost – At St. Augustine’s House we begin ordinary weekdays today as the (liturgical) 8th week of the year. In many countries it is observed […]
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The Day of Pentecost
The Day of Pentecost – Grant, we pray, almighty God, that the splendor of your glory may shine forth upon us and that, by the bright rays […]
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First Vespers of Pentecost
First Vespers of Pentecost – Short Lesson – But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God […]
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Saint Augustine of Canterbury
May 26 – St. Augustine of Canterbury – (circa first third of the 6th century – probably 26 May 604) – A Benedictine monk who became the […]
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Saint Bede, the Venerable
May 25 – St. Bede, the Venerable – (LBW June 9) – Born: 672/3, Northumbria, England – Died: May 25, 735, near Newcastle, England – The Venerable […]
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Sext in Paschal Time
Sext on Weekdays in Eastertide after the Ascension – Short Lesson – Baptism now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as […]
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