June 14 – St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 330-379 – (Modern RC: January 2) Theologically, Basil was a supporter of the Nicene faction of the […]
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Lauds on Wednesday
Wednesday at Lauds – Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night, That breed confusion and affright, Begone! o’er head the dawn shines clear, The light breaks in […]
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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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Monday Housekeeping – Br. Richard
Monday Housekeeping – daily life at St. Augustine’s House – Periodically Fr. John, prior, or Br. Richard, may visit various places, near and far, to share facets […]
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Saint Barnabas, Apostle
June 11 – St. Barnabas, Apostle – Born Joseph, he was renamed after he converted to Christianity. Following his conversion he gave all his money and property […]
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Tenth Sunday – Pentecost 3
Tenth Sunday of the Year – (LBW 3 Pentecost) O God, from whom all good things come, grant that we, who call on you in our need, […]
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Columba, Abbot of Iona; Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionaries to Britain
Columba, Abbot of Iona; Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionaries to Britain – Columba, born probably in Donegal Ireland of royal descent he studied at Moville under St. […]
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Lauds on Friday
Friday at Lauds – Eternal glory of the sky, Blest hope of frail humanity, The Father’s sole-begotten One And born the Virgin Mary’s Son. ~Office Hymn, st. […]
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Lauds on Thursday
Thursday at Lauds – As golden dawn begins to rise And night forsakes the eastern skies, Let us, the children of the day, Praise God the Lord, […]
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William Alfred Passavant, Renewer of the Society
William Alfred Passavant – Renewer of the Society – Born in Zelienople, Butler County, Pennsylvania, 9 October, 1821. He graduated from Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, in 1840, and […]
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