Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prince Charles and Pope Benedict discussed environmental issues Monday in the pope’s private library at the Vatican, while the Duchess of Cornwall looked uncomfortably away.
On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory [...]
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The man who gave Hillary Rodham a social conscience: the Rev. Donald G. Jones, a Methodist minister, died last week. He served for two years at the Rodhams’ church in suburban Chicago when she was a teenager; he took the youth group to hear Martin Luther King Jr. preach in the city, and became a [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
St. Catherine dictating the Dialogue to a monk. She was caught up in religious ecstasy, and so described her visions.
Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Hebrews 9:24
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, [...]
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1746: Catherine of Siena
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
INVITATORY & PSALTER
Lord, open our lips,
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.
Hymn: “Christ Our Passover”
Alleluia.
Christ our [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For joy in God’s creation: yucca in bloom.
On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dancing saints at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church, San Francisco. After an open-minded visit to the place, you may never get it out of your head: “that I may go in procession round your altar.”
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
INVITATORY & PSALTER
Lord, open our lips,
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Glory to [...]
