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Snow!
2009-12-20 20:45:00 The snow has finally stopped in the last few minutes here in Boston. It began after midnight, and left around 7 inches. It was rough going this morning early. But I still made it to church. Maybe we will have a white Christmas. Then it can melt, because I have bad knees (8 dislocations, 4 in each knee, almost all of which happened on snow or ice). More About: Snow
The Fourth Sunday Of Advent
2009-12-20 13:06:00 From The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, OSB:THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT(If this Sunday fall on December 24, it is omitted, and in its place is said the Office of Christmas Eve)We have now entered into the week which immediately precedes the birth of the Messias. That long-desired coming might be even tomorrow; and at furthest, that is, when Advent is as long as it can be, the
O Clavis David
2009-12-20 12:38:00 December 20 O Key of David , and Sceptre of the house of Israel, that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth, come to liberate the prisoner from the prison, and them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death. Latin version: O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in
First Real Snow Coming?
2009-12-19 18:59:00 I am watching the radar and the forecasts, which indicate that the first real snow of the season is headed here. Boston itself has been lucky so far, escaping snows that have given the suburbs a couple of inches. We may have a White Christmas. More About: Snow , Real
Official New Venerables
2009-12-19 18:56:00 The Holy Father has officially declared both Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul II "Venerable," which means that they have moved up a rung from being merely "Servants Of God." I hope they will both be declared "Blessed," and later canonized in good time.
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2009-12-19 13:15:00 From The Mystical City Of God, by Venerable Mary of Agreda: My dearest daughter, many times I have confided and manifested to thee the love burning within my bosom: for I wish that it should be ardently re-enkindled within thy own, and that thou profit from the instruction, which I give thee. Happy is the soul, to which the Most High manifests His holy and perfect will; but more happy and blessed More About: Saturday , Blessed
Saturday In the Advent Embertide
2009-12-19 13:01:00 Today is the last day of severe penance before the joy of Christmas. More About: Saturday
O Radix Jesse
2009-12-19 12:36:00 December 19 O Root of Jesse , which standest for an ensign of the people, at Whom the kings shall shut their mouths, Whom the Gentiles shall seek, come to deliver us, do not tarry. Latin version: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2009-12-18 13:10:00 From The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:Let us say with St. Augustine "O fire, ever burning, inflame me." O Word Incarnate, Thou wert made man to enkindle divine love in our hearts: and how couldst Thou have met with such a want of gratitude in the hearts of men? Thou hast spared nothing to induce them to love Thee; Thou hast even gone so far as to More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday
Friday In the Advent Embertide
2009-12-18 12:59:00 Ember Friday in Advent is a time for especially severe penance, prayer, fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving, as we prepare the way for Christ's coming.
O Adonai
2009-12-18 12:31:00 December 18 O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai, come to redeem us with an outstretched arm! Latin version: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammæ rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. From Godzdogz:
O Sapientia
2009-12-17 12:29:00 December 17 O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence! O Sapientia, quæ ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiæ. From Godzdogz:
Wednesday In the Advent Embertide
2009-12-16 11:52:00 Today is Ember Wednesday In Advent, a penitential day for special prayer, fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving. This Embertide would be a good time to perform a thorough examination of conscience in preperation for confession, so that you can make a worthy communion for Christmas.I recommend this form created by Father George Rutler.
Ember Alert
2009-12-13 13:01:00 Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week, the week of Gaudete Sunday, are the Advent Embertide, days of special prayedr, fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving, in preparation for the great feast of Christmas. use this coming Embertide to make a good preparation for a worthy communion at Christmas. More About: Alert
Gaudete Sunday
2009-12-13 12:57:00 From The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, OSB:THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENTby Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.Today, again, the Church is full of joy, and the joy is greater than it was. It is true that her Lord has not come; but she feels that He is nearer than before, and therefore she thinks it just to lessen somewhat the austerity of this penitential season by the innocent cheerfulness of her More About: Sunday
If Today Were Not A Sunday
2009-12-13 12:48:00 It would be liturgically observed as the feast of Saint Lucy, or Santa Lucia.From The Golden LegendSanta Lucia customs. Scroll down for lots of links.St. Lucia's Saffron BreadOn December 13 people in Sweden celebrate St. Lucy's Day. They remember how Lucia, a young girl, brought food to persecuted Christians hiding in the catacombs in Rome during the time of Emperor Diocletian. In order that she More About: Today , Sunday
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2009-12-12 13:13:00 From THE MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD, by Ven. Mary Agreda It had been decreed by the immutable will of Providence that the Only-begotten of the Father should be born in the town of Bethlehem (Mich. 5, 2), and accordingly it had been foretold by the Saints and Prophets of foregone ages (Jerem. 10, 9); for the decrees of the absolute will of God are infallible, and since nothing can resist them (Esther 13 More About: Saturday , Blessed
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2009-12-11 14:05:00 Mary and Christ Prayer Mary the dawn, Christ the glorious day; Mary the gate, Christ the heavenly way. Mary the root, Christ the holy vine; Mary the grape, Christ the sacred wine. Mary the wheat, Christ the living bread; Mary the stem, Christ the rose blood-red. Mary the font, Christ the healing flood; Mary the chalice, Christ the saving Blood. Mary the temple, Christ the temple's Lord; Mary the More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday
Mike Lowell Traded?
2009-12-10 15:46:00 I don't think this proposed deal is a good one. We are giving up an established clubhouse leader and very good hitter for another back-up catcher (we already have V-Mart and Varitek). Theo, John, Larry: Cough up the dough and make the commitment to resign Jason Bay. Make Lowell the back-up 3B/DH. Halladay. Halladay. Halladay. More About: Mike
Rorate Caeli
2009-12-10 15:42:00 Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One. Be not angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity : behold the city of thy sanctuary is become a desert, Sion is made a desert. Jerusalem is desolate, the house of our holiness and of thy glory, where our fathers praised thee. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One. We have
The Immaculate Conception Of Our Blessed Lady
2009-12-08 14:17:00 Today is one of the principal feasts of Our Blessed Lady , and a Holy Day of ObligationFrom Dom Prosper Gueranger's The Liturgical Year.Prayer For the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius XIIEnraptured by the splendor of thy heavenly beauty, and impelled by the anxieties of the world, we cast ourselves into thine arms, O Immacuate Mother of Jesus and our Mother, Mary, confident of finding in thy
Pearl Harbor Anniversary
2009-12-07 14:13:00 Sixty-eight years ago.Always be prepared. More About: Anniversary , Pearl Harbor , Harbor
Saint Ambrose
2009-12-07 13:58:00 The Catholic EncyclopediaThe Golden LegendThis prayer of his is a weekly part of my prayer life, as I pray it before Mass, even though I only communicate sacramentally 2-3 times per year.Saint Ambrose's Prayer Before the Most Blessed SacramentO loving Lord Jesus Christ, I a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting in Thy mercy and goodness, with fear and trembling approach the table
If Today Were Not A Sunday
2009-12-06 13:14:00 It would be observed liturgically as the feast of probably the most popular saint in Christendom, the patron of children, young people, poor people, prisoners, thieves, murderers, pawnbrokers, and those seeking marriage, Saint Nicholas of Myra.This is what The Golden Legend has to say about him.The Saint Nicholas Center is your go-to resource on Good Saint Nicholas.Wilson's Almanac also has a More About: Today , Sunday
The Second Sunday Of Advent
2009-12-06 13:05:00 From THE LITURGICAL YEAR, by Abbot Prosper Guéranger, OSB THE Office of this Sunday is filled, from beginning to end, with the sentiments of hope and joy, with which the soul should be animated at the glad tidings of the speedy coming of Him Who is her Saviour and Spouse. The interior coming, that which is effected in the soul, is the almost exclusive object of the Church's prayers for this day
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2009-12-05 15:22:00 The Amiable Humility of Mary Toward Her Spouse From THE MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD, Ven. Mary Agreda TAN Books and Publishers; With Ecclesiastical Appr. The most faithful Joseph, after being informed of the mystery and sacrament of the Incarnation, was filled with such high and befitting sentiments concerning his Spouse, that, although he had always been holy and perfect, he was changed into a new man. More About: Saturday , Blessed
Requiescat In Pace
2009-12-05 13:56:00 And then, there were none. Irish traditional music pioneer Liam Clancy, the last survivor of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, died yesterday in a Cork hospital of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 74. I'll leave it to others to summarize his career. What a sense of loss! I grew up listening to the group every week on Boston's Saturday Irish music programs on WROL (950 AM). The Clancy More About: Pace
Saint Barbara
2009-12-04 13:06:00 Here is what The Catholic Encyclopedia has to say about the patroness of artillerists.Happy Feast of Saint Barbara to all my gunner friends in the Royal Artillery, the Royal Irish Artillery, and those who have served and are serving in the Artillery branch of the United States Army!
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2009-12-04 12:56:00 From The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:On earth, there was not one innocent. "Since, therefore," says the Eternal Father, "amongst men there is none who can satisfy My justice, let him come forward who will go to redeem man." The Angels, the Cherubim, the Seraphim, all are silent, not one replies; one voice alone is heard, that of the Eternal Word More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday
Saint Francis Xavier
More articles from this author:2009-12-03 13:46:00 Read what The Catholic Encyclopedia has to say about this great missionary and apostle.BTW, his last name is properly pronounced in English "Zaahviar," or "Zaahviah" if you speak with with a Boston accent. It is never "ExAvier." The X is always pronounced like a Z. You can trust me on this one. I went to a prep school run by the Xaverian Brothers, and for 3 of my four years, my Latin class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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