God willed that many things should be said by the prophets, his servants, and listened to by his people. How much greater are the things spoken by the Son. These are now witnessed to by the very Word of God who spoke through the prophets. The Word of God does not now command us to [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Posted in citations, Lent, tagged Duccio di Buoninsegna, Lent, Liturgy of the Hours, Lord's Prayer, Maestà, Office of Readings, Pater Noster, prayer, St Cyprian on 28 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
First Sunday of Lent
Posted in citations, Lent, poetry, tagged Lent, Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings, Psalm 1, Psalms, Psalter, The Tree of Life on 26 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed the man who does not follow the counsels of the wicked, or stand in the paths that sinners use, or sit in the gatherings of those who mock: His delight is the law of the Lord, he ponders his law day and night. He is like a tree planted by flowing waters, that will [...]
The Feast of St Polycarp
Posted in Lent, tagged martyrdom, Martyrdom of Polycarp, martyrs, Polycarp on 23 February, 2012 | 2 Comments »
When the pyre was ready, Polycarp took off all his clothes and loosened his under-garment. He made an effort also to remove his shoes, though he had been unaccustomed to this, for the faithful always vied with each other in their haste to touch his body. Even before his martyrdom he had received every mark [...]
World Upside Down
Posted in citations, tagged Acts 26.18, Acts of the Apostles, Moral Vision of the New Testament, Richard B. Hays, World Upside Down on 18 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The book of Acts portrays a movement that is turning large numbers “from the power of Satan to God” (Acts 26.18) and re-socializing them into a community that lives by very different norms – the norms defined by Jesus’ life and teachings. Such a movement – when lived with integrity – inevitably has an explosive [...]
ordinary
Posted in words, tagged Berryville, Holy Cross Abbey, ordinary, Virginia on 18 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
3:30am Vigils 7:00am Lauds, Eucharist 2:00pm Mid-Day Prayer 5:30pm Vespers 7:30pm Compline – A Cistercian brother at Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virgina. – or·di·nar·y adj., of common or established type or occurrence [Middle English ordinarie, from Old French, from Latin ōrdinārius, from ōrdō, order]
congregation
Posted in citations, poetry, tagged LXX, Psalm 111, Psalter, Septuagint on 11 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Praise the Lord. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever. He has gained renown [...]
captivity
Posted in citations, poetry, tagged Frederick W. Robertson, Jesus Christ, prayer on 8 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: My heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength, nights, days, youth, age, and spend them in thy service, O my crucified Master, Redeemer, God. Frederick W. Robertson, 19th cent. – Andrea Mantegna, Crucifixion (1457-1459)
