Author: Patrick Forse

The lacuna between the ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter is a nine-day period of prayer and preparation. The Holy Spirit is not yet …

Forty days after the Resurrection, Christ, having fulfilled his earthly mission as it were, ascends into Heaven in preparation for the descent of the Holy Spirit. The Collect Grant, we …

This week our focus is on following through from the act of hearing, of being open to the inspiration of the Divine Word, which comes from the stillness which Easter …

The month of May is graced with a marian devotion. The (3) Empress is displayed along with the seasonal and weekly arcana and the Ave Maria and Regina Caeli antiphon …

The collect for today refers to “the sundry and manifold changes of the world.” The world of changes is the realm of the unreliable goddess Fortuna, the first daughter of …

The Collect O God of hosts, who didst so kindle the flame of love in the heart of thy servant George that he bore witness to the risen Lord by …

The keywords for this week come from the words of the collect in which the “light of thy truth” leads “them that be in error” “into the way of righteousness,” …

The Collect Almighty God, who has given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life: Give us grace that …

The Collect Almighty Father, who has given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification: Grant us so to put away the leaven …

The Collect Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by …