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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “Usus: Il Fiorentino, Campo de’ Fiori”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “Now we know why the streets are so clean, the pink flamingo street sweeper dog. She must be hot (or…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “oh that dear little pup at the campo di fiori looks like my late Leon.”
- on Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.: “BW, Presumably not “Frodo cecidit”… But can anyone suggest one or another good historical overview of Supreme Pontifical attendances at…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “Dogs are one of the sweetest parts of life. Love the wagging tail, and hes begging someone to try to…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “The fragoline are known in English as Alpine Strawberries. They are the best strawberries and actually taste different and better…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “That’s one happy, Roman dog. Now, if only that vile nearby statue of Bruno was a chew-toy she could reduce…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “I am admiring the steak and wondering where you found it. Piazza del Paradiso by any chance?”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “White to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “hfspur: It’s not that difficult. The key is clarified butter in a frying pan over high heat. Clarified butter has…”
- on Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.: “All the monkeys aren’t in the zoo, i.e.”Pope Lío!¡Vaya lío! If Ali-Foreman was the “Thrilla in Manila”, then Pope Francis…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 36: Caponata: “This is my take: O God, through the unwavering sacramental silence of your holy Martyr, Saint John, you have adorned…”
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Tag Archives: pre-lent
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY 2020 – Pre-Lent begins! Get your head into gear.
In the new-fangled calendar Sunday is the 5th in Ordinary Time, and celebrated in green vestments,in the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. The Roman Station for Septuagesima is St. Lawrence … Read More
WDTPRS – Septuagesima Sunday: “What am I getting myself into?!?”
In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. Already! It is quite early this year. The Roman Station today is St. Lawrence outside the walls. This number, 70, is more symbolic than … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged pre-lent, Roman Station, Septuagesima
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3 Comments
ASK FATHER: Septuagesima and pre-Lent preparation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: As you know, the season of Septuagesima starts next Sunday. How can I make the most of it to help prepare for a successful Lent? My understanding it was originally used to ease in to the … Read More
“What a bore clergy find the ‘Hymn to Love’ in I Corinthians 13…”
From Fr. Hunwicke of Mutual Enrichment comes this brilliantly blistering entry. I am glad he’s on our side. And I am especially glad to have another defender of the pre-Lent Sundays. They were 86’d in the time of Paul VI. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged 1 Cor 13, Fr. John Hunwicke, pre-lent, Quinquagesima
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WDTPRS Septuagesima Sunday: “What am I getting myself into?!?”
In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. Already! It is quite early this year. This number, 70, is more symbolic than arithmetical. The Sundays which follow are Sexagesima (“sixtieth”) and … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Gregory the Great, pre-lent, Septuagesima
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8 Comments
Septuagesima – Burying the Alleluia
We have come around again to Pre-Lent. It is time to get our heads into the game and start preparing for our upcoming Lenten discipline. Already. Sunday is Septuagesima. That means that on Saturday at 1st Vespers, in the traditional … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Alleluia, pre-lent, Septuagesima
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WDTPRS: Septuagesima – Prayers for Mass (1962MR)
In the pre-Conciliar calendar this period before Ash Wednesday is called the Season of Epiphany. This year, because Easter falls so early, there aren’t many Sundays immediately after Epiphany. Some will be bumped to the end of the liturgical year. … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged Epiphany, LENT, pre-lent, Quinquagesima, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Tempu per annum
11 Comments
11 Comments
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “Usus: Il Fiorentino, Campo de’ Fiori”
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