1 Vexilla Regis prodeunt; fulget Crucis mysterium, quo carne carnis conditor suspensus est patibulo. 3 Quo vulneratus insuper mucrone diro lanceae, ut nos lavaret crimine, manavit unda et sanguine. 4 Impleta sunt quae concinit David fideli carmine, dicendo nationibus: regnavit a ligno Deus. 5 Arbor decora et fulgida, ornata Regis purpura, electa digno stipite tam [...]
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Vexilla Regis prodeunt
Posted in Latin Prayers, Lent, tagged Church Latin, Ecclesial Latin, Good Friday, Holy Week, hymnody, Latin Prayers, Vexilla Regis prodeunt on 6 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
mandatum novum
Posted in Lent, tagged Church Latin, Ecclesial Latin, Gospel of John, Greek, Holy Week, John 13:34, Koine Greek, Latin, maundy, Maundy Thursday, NRSV on 5 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους. Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos. I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. (13.34) The Gospel of St John – [...]
teleology
Posted in Lent, tagged Church Latin, Crucifixion, Ecclesial Latin, Holy Week, I Peter 4:7, Koine Greek, Latin, Lent, St Peter, teleology, Theophanes of Crete, Theophanes the Cretan on 4 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικεν. σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς· Omnium autem finis adpropinquavit estote itaque prudentes et vigilate in orationibus The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. (4.7) The First Epistle of St Peter – Theophanes of Crete, “The Crucifixion” (1535)
Christ enters Jerusalem
Posted in citations, Lent, tagged Christ enters Jerusalem, Giotto, Giotto di Bondone, Holy Week, Lent, Padua, Palm Sunday, Scrovegni Chapel, Zechariah 9.9 on 1 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Exulta satis filia Sion! Iubila filia Hierusalem! Ecce rex tuus veniet tibi, iustus et salvator, ipse pauper et ascendens super asinum et super pullum filium asinae. Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. [...]
compline
Posted in Lent, words, tagged Cambridge, Compline, Ely Cathedral, Liturgy of the Hours on 12 March, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
God our Father, as we have celebrated today the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection, grant our humble prayer: free us from all harm that we may sleep in peace and rise in joy to sing your praise. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. May the all‐powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death. [...]
healing
Posted in citations, Lent, pictures, tagged Chapel of St. Sylvester, community of love, Healing of the Leper, healthcare, Liturgy of the Hours, medicine, Office of Readings, Psalm 37, Psalms, Psalter, Stanley Hauerwas on 9 March, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My wounds are corruption and decay because of my foolishness. I am bowed down and bent, bent under grief all day long. For a fire burns up my loins, and there is no health in my body. I am afflicted, utterly cast down, I cry out from the sadness of my heart. Lord, all that [...]
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Posted in Lent, tagged Abbaye St. Pierre de Moissac, Duke Divinity School, Gospel of Luke, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Lent, Luke 16:19-31, Mass Readings on 8 March, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Gospel reading at Mass may be formative in this Lenten season: Jesus said to the Pharisees, ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself [...]
Saint Joseph, pray for us
Posted in Lent, tagged Illinois, Ridgeway, Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph on 7 March, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in ruins, March 1, 2012, in Ridgway, Ill. A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South.
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
