Category Archives: LENT

WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday of Lent – our new spiritual view

Here is the Collect of the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a new composition for the Novus … Continue reading

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WDTPRS 1st Sunday of Lent – Lent is a transforming mystery, a “sacrament”

There is an intimate bond between the Lent and Easter cycle with the Person of Christ.  … Continue reading

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LENTCAzT 03: Friday after Ash Wednesday – Sound not a trumpet before thee.

Today is Friday after Ash Wednesday. The Roman Station is Sts John and Paul on the … Continue reading

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QUAERITUR: Removal of Crucifixes from church during Lent. Fr. Z rants.

From a reader:
At my parish, we have a tradition of taking down and stowing away the … Continue reading

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WDTPRS: Thursday after Ash Wednesday – merits and indulgences

Where does today’s Collect come from? It is present in the Hadrianum and Paduense manuscripts … Continue reading

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WDTPRS – Ash Wednesday (2002MR) – WAR!

The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill.
The Collect in the … Continue reading

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LENTCAzT 01: Ash Wednesday – Christianity includes the Cross

Today is Ash Wednesday.  Lent begins in the Latin, Roman Church.
Many of you between the ages … Continue reading

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WDTRPS Quinquagesima Sunday: prepare for battle

In our traditional Roman calendar Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before … Continue reading

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WDTPRS Septuagesima Sunday: strength in time of oppression

In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before … Continue reading

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WDTPRS Good Friday: cruor… streaming gore

Cruor has a precise meaning: “Blood (which flows from a wound), a stream of blood (more … Continue reading

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