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- adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
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- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
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Tag Archives: Candlemas
WDTPRS – Candlemas: Purification of the BVM and Presentation of Our Lord
Today is the final “peak” arising from the liturgical cycle of Advent/Christmas/Epiphany. Today, called in the traditional way and according to the older Roman calendar the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Church would cease to … Read More
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Tagged Candlemas, purification
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A Poetry Encounter for Candlemas
Tomorrow is traditionally the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is also known as Candlemas. There are references to light in the liturgy and we bless candles. Candlemas is the conclusion of the Advent/Christmas cycle. We … Read More
Lovely poetry about Candlemas, the beautiful Feast of the Purification, Presentation of the Lord
Candlemas is coming up, the Feast of the Purification, as it is traditionally called. We call it Candlemas because, with the references to light in the liturgy, we bless candles. Candlemas is the conclusion of the Advent/Christmas cycle. We are … Read More
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”: THE Angel-lights of Christmas morn, Which shot across the sky, Away they pass at Candlemas, They sparkle and they die. Comfort of earth is brief at best, Although it be divine; Like funeral … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Poetry
Tagged Candlemas, candles, John Henry Newman
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Candlemas Eve, poetry and you
Today is Candlemas Eve, and tomorrow is the Feast of the Purification, as it is traditionally called. It celebrates also the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. We call it Candlemas because, with the references to light in the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Poetry
Tagged Candlemas, Poetry
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Comments on what happened with the liturgical reform after Vatican II
At The Catholic Thing today there is an engaging piece about what happened with the liturgical reform after Vatican II. On Grace, at Candlemas There is a special poignancy in a year like this, when Septuagesima precedes Candlemas; when preparations … Read More
PHOTOS: D. Madison – Candlemas – Purification – Pontifical Mass
A sample of the music. We had a great choir from Eau Claire. A few snaps from beautiful Candlemas 2018.
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Candlemas, candles, D. Madison, purification
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7 Comments
2 Feb – MADISON – Candlemas – Pontifical Mass at the Throne
Put this in your calendars. Candlemas is coming up on 2 February. His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino will be the celebrant for this Pontifical Mass at the Throne. The rites include the blessing of candles. The music will … Read More
Newman – Candlemas
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”: THE Angel-lights of Christmas morn, Which shot across the sky, Away they pass at Candlemas, They sparkle and they die. Comfort of earth is brief at best, Although it be divine; Like funeral … Read More
Candlemas Eve and Candlemas Poetry
Today is Candlemas Eve, and tomorrow is the Feast of the Purification. We call it Candlemas because, with the references to light in the liturgy, we bless candles. Here are some poems for Candlemass First and foremost, making a reference to … Read More
PHOTOS: Candlemas Followup in the @MadisonDiocese with @BishopMorlino
Last night we had a beautiful Candlemas with the blessing of candles, a procession and Pontifical Mass at the Throne. Many heartfelt thanks and kudos to the Extraordinary Ordinary, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, for … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Candlemas, candles, D. Madison, The Extraordinary Ordinary
12 Comments
12 Comments
Candle by Candle in NY
In Wisconsin we had rather dreadful weather and so cancelled the Candle-mass. I am consoled, however, with this. From a reader… First mass celebrating the proper feast today in the EF in this church (St. Mary’s, Roslyn, NY – Long … Read More
WDTPRS: Presentation – “the substance of our flesh”
Forty days (there’s that number again) out from the Feast of the Nativity we come to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called also the Purification of Mary as well as the Feast of Meeting by some of … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Candlemas, Presentation of the Lord, purification
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2 Comments
ASK FATHER: What sort of candles can be blessed at Candlemas?
Here is an oldie question from a reader… QUAERITUR: If I bring personal candles to the EF mass on Candlemass, must they be made of beeswax? Can they be entirely made of non-beeswax (paraffin)? Not sure if the old regulations … Read More
MADISON, WI – 2 Feb – CANDLEMAS – Pontifical Mass at the Throne
On 2 February – Candlemas – in Madison, WI, His Excellency Most Rev. Bishop Robert C. Morlino (the Extraordinary Ordinary) will celebrate a Pontifical Mass at the Throne. The Mass will begin at 7 pm at the Bishop O’Connor Center. … Read More
WDTPRS: Candlemas
Today is the final “peak” arising from the liturgical cycle of Advent/Christmas/Epiphany. Today, called in the traditional way and according to the older Roman calendar the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Church would cease to … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, WDTPRS
Tagged Candlemas, Christmas, Presentation of the Lord
18 Comments
18 Comments
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