The Last Great Day of the Feast
The September New Year In a previous post we noted that September is a sort of New Year, and that it also marks Rosh Hashanah,...
“He Took Me In His Arms and Placed Me There” — Abandonment and the Prophet Job
September, marked in many parts of the world by the changing of the seasons and the colours of nature, is marked in the Divine Office...
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Victory in the Name of Mary In 1683 Pope Innocent XI extended the existing Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary to the universal...
The Vigil of the Nativity of Mary
A Collect for the Vigil of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ANT. Crastina die in ascensu diluculi egredietur stella ex Jacob divini luminis...
Christ’s Manifestation in Mary
Stella Ista The fifth antiphon for the Epiphany is a sweet, yet somehow haunting, seventh mode melody. As it is sung again and again, at...
