Through the Gate of Septuagesima
Thou Shalt Surely Die of Death The image — it is by Michelangelo and is found in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican — depicts...
Yes, Tomorrow Is Septuagesima Sunday
Looking toward Holy Pascha Tomorrow is Septuagesima Sunday. In three weeks our heads will be marked with the ashes of penitence. A special time of...
From the Epistle of Sexagesima Sunday
Nicolas Poussin, The Ecstasy of Saint Paul, 1649-50 This glorious entanglement of arms and legs, both mortal and angelic represents Saint Paul’s rapture up to...
Lord, that I may see
Gospel: Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which...
Into the Ark of Salvation
Sexagesima Three figures surround the Divine Sower of the Seed on Sexagesima Sunday. The first is Noe, the second the immaculate Mother of God, and...
