Category: Liturgical Texts

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The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on the feast of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the holy Curé of Ars, I preached on the...

The Orations for the Gift of Tears

A reader of Vultus Christi who signs himself “Mark of the Vineyard” asked that I post something about the so-called Votive Mass for the Gift...

Votive Mass of the Prayer in the Garden

Among the beautiful Votive Masses of the Passion, found in some missals for certain weekdays after Septuagesima and through Lent, is that of The Prayer...

Bernadette

Although the Roman Martyrology commemorates the anniversary of Saint Bernadette’s death on April 16th, her liturgical memorial is kept on February 18th at Lourdes itself,...