Category: Septuagesimatide

Homily for Quinquagesima Sunday

☩ PAX Homily 2 March 2025 Quinquagesima Sunday Domine, ut videam.—‘O Lord, that I may see.’   Setting forth on a journey Today, as we...

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...