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The Bridegroom is the Lord

Image from the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis Into the Open Arms of God With the Ascension, the Son of God brought to the Father our humanity...

Raised up by the abasement of the Son

Painting by Ottavio Mazzonis: Gesù cade per la terza volta Deus, qui in Filii tui humilitate iacéntem mundum erexísti: fidelibus tuis perpétuam concéde lætítiam; ut,...

Led forth in hope

Friday of Pascha The Lord led forth his people in hope, alleluia: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (Ps 77: 53). The...

Father Zuhlsdorf gets it right

Painting by Simeon Solomon Father Zuhlsdorf has a brilliant essay on the humble and the sublime in the sacred liturgy. I am thinking about the...

FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF

Our monastery has prepared a Litany for the Election of the Roman Pontiff. We have begun praying it after Compline. You will find the link...