Saturday at Vigils – Let us make a joyful noise to the Lord our Maker: O come, let us worship him. ~Invitatory, with Psalm 81 on Saturday
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Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, Princess of Hungary
November 17 – St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, Princess of Hungary – T.O.S.F. – (Third Order Franciscan) – (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, July […]
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Sext on Thursday
Thursday at Sext – V. You are good and do good; R. Teach me your statutes. ~Responsory ~Image: a few years ago a rainy time yielded lush […]
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Vigils on Wednesday
Wednesday at Vigils – The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. ~Psalm 19: 1 ~Image: Webb Telescope, 2022
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Lauds on Tuesday
Tuesday at Lauds – Come, leave thy bed, to each he cries Who yet in idle slumber lies: Now chaste and just and sober stand And watch; […]
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Terce on Monday
Monday at Terce – Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statues; and I will observe it to the end. ~Psalm 119:33
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Second Vespers of Sunday
Sunday at Second Vespers – I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I […]
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32nd Sunday Hymn
32nd Sunday of the Year – The Gospel story of the wise and foolish virgins is expressed in the chorale Wachet auf, famously arranged for organ by […]
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Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
November 11 – St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, 316 – November 8, 397 – While Martin was still a soldier in the Roman army and deployed in […]
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Saint Leo the Great
November 10 – St. Leo the Great – Leo’s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant and important in Christian antiquity. At […]
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