Category: Passiontide 2015

Ave — Consummatum est

25 March 2016

Good Friday falls this year on the feast of the The Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two mysteries intersect: the...

Vexilla Regis

22 March 2015

The hymn Vexilla Regis was composed in 569 A.D. by Saint Venantius Fortunatus on the occasion of the solemn reception of a Relic of the...

Fulget Crucis Mysterium

22 March 2015

This lovely medieval image depicts Our Lady Saint Mary, Saint John the Beloved Disciple, and the Wounded Side of Christ. Together, Our Lady and Saint...

O Passio Magna

22 March 2015

A Compunctionate Prayer There are a number of variants of this beautiful prayer on the Passion of Christ. This particular version is found in a...

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