May 2 – St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria – Born and educated in Alexandria, he was ordained a deacon, then a priest, although he also spent some […]
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Saint Philip & Saint James, Apostles
May 1 – St. Philip & St. James (RC May 3) – We know nothing of James but his name and the fact that he was one […]
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The Third Sunday of Easter
Easter 3-A – You will show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. […]
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Saint Catherine of Siena, Teacher
April 29 – St. Catherine of Siena, teacher – Catherine grew up as an intelligent, cheerful and intensely religious person. She entered the Dominican Third Order at […]
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Lauds in Eastertide
Easter Season at Lauds – 5. We pray thee, King with glory decked, In this our Paschal joy, protect From all that death would fain effect Thy […]
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Lauds on Thursday in Eastertide
Eastertide at Lauds on Thursday – Short Lesson – If Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because […]
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Lauds in Eastertide
Eastertide at Lauds – 3. Fast barred beneath the stone of late In watch and ward where soldiers wait, Now shining in triumphant state, He rises Victor […]
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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 […]
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Lauds in Eastertide
Eastertide at Lauds – 1. Light’s glitt’ring morn bedecks the sky, Heaven thunders forth its victor cry, The glad earth shouts its triumph high, And groaning hell […]
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The End of the Paschal Octave – Vespers
The End of Easter Week at Vespers – Go and tell my brethren, alleluia, to go to Galilee, and there they will see me, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. […]
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