The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
A great and wondrous mystery is celebrated today; God is made man assuming mortal flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin. A new thing is done in both natures. …
The Third Sunday in Lent
(3) The Emperor, stretching forth of the right hand of his Majesty, is the Arcana for the Third Sunday in Lent. The Collect We beseech thee, Almight God, look upon …
The Second Sunday in Lent
The Arcana of the Second Sunday in Lent is (11) Strength. It is not the strength of the lion so much as the spiritual power of grace in our lives; …
The First Sunday in Lent
It is meet that we begin Lent with a contemplation of the virtue of (14) Temperance and place her arcana beside (9) The Hermit, whose ruling virtue is Prudence. The …
Sexagesima
The Collect O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against …
Septuagesima
Septuagesima is the first of the three Sundays of Shrovetide and occurs approximately seventy days before Easter. Shrovetide is a pre-Lenten season of carnival which lasts until Shrove Tuesday. The …
The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany
The Collect O Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and household continually in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly …
Candlemas
Candlemas is the day on which all the candles which will be used in the ceremonies of the church for the next year are blessed. It is also the commemoration …
The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany
The theme of the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany is taken from the passage in the Gospel According to Saint Matthew in which Christ stills the storm. The arcana for …
The Third Sunday After The Epiphany
On the Third Sunday after the Epiphany we contemplate the account in the Gospel According to Matthew of the Roman centurion who came to Christ to seek a cure for …
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