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Tag Archives: St. Ambrose
WDTPRS – 24th Ordinary Sunday: Does it make any difference to offer prayers to God?
Given The Present Crisis and the call, often taken up now, for prayer and more prayer, we might consider whether it makes any real difference to offer prayers to God. The Collect for the 24th Ordinary Sunday was not in … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged concierge, conf. 3, Deus Creator Omnium, prayer, propitiatio, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas
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WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Easter (2002MR): “bright like kindled candles, honey sweet”
This Sunday, in the Novus Ordo calendar, is called the 3rd Sunday of Easter. Let’s have a look at the Collect: This Sunday’s Collect, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind … Continue reading
Posted in EASTER, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, WDTPRS
Tagged bees, Exsultet, St. Ambrose
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A Forty Hours Devotion and Prayers for Priests. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am in Denver, preaching for a Forty Hours Devotion following, of course, the Clementine Instruction in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. On Thursday we had a Sung Mass, after which I exposed the Blessed Sacrament, we had … Continue reading
Posted in Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries
Tagged Forty Hours, priesthood, Priests, Seven Maccabees, St. Ambrose
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21 January St. Agnes: “Shining with the fire of divine love”
Let us invoke St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. O glorious Agnes who, though weak, was chosen by God to make His own might manifest in your martyrdom, together with the Holy Apostles intercede now before the throne of our Our … Continue reading
7 December: St. Ambrose of Milan
Today is the feast of St. Ambrose, who seemed to bring out both the worst and the best in people. For example, St. Jerome couldn’t stand him. HERE If you are interested in learning more about this titanic figure of … Continue reading
1st Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation
This is from my old Patristic Rosary Project Because October is dedicated in a special way to the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during the month I, as a dedicated patristiblogger, will work my way through the … Continue reading
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
OLDIE PODCAzT from Friday in the Octave of Pentecost in 2008. ___________ Today is Friday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman … Continue reading
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Easter – your beehive
This Sunday’s Collect, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind us of the Easter Vigil. The prayer has antecedents in both the Veronese and Gelasian sacramentaries, though it is not in … Continue reading
Posted in EASTER, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, WDTPRS
Tagged adoptio, bees, Exsultet, Praeconium Paschale, St. Ambrose
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Of St. Sebastian, Dufay, St. Ambrose, and Debussy
Today in the traditional Roman calendar is the Feast of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian, martyrs. St. Pope Fabian was slain in 250 during the persecutions of Decius. St. Sebastian, famous in sacred art for his arrow ridden body, was a … Continue reading
Posted in Patristiblogging, Saints: Stories & Symbols
Tagged Claude Debussy, Guillaume Dufay, St. Ambrose, St. Sebastian
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St. Ambrose read without moving his lips!
Sometimes when I am given a book of a certain length to read I’ll quip, “That ought to keep my lips moving for a while!” Today’s first entry in the Martyrologium Romanum says: 1. Memoria sancti Ambrosii, episcopi Mediolanensis et … Continue reading
Posted in Patristiblogging, Saints: Stories & Symbols
Tagged books, Milan, reading, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine
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The Patristic Rosary Project Revisited – Annunciation
Some years ago, I posted a series of entries here wherein I looked at the mysteries of the Rosary through some quotations by Fathers of the Church. Here is what I wrote about the Annunciation. _________ Because October is dedicated … Continue reading
Did Jesus tell the Apostles to buy weapons? Yes. To use them?
I have been thinking through the “gun” controversy. I am also thinking about what it means for me, a priest. For example, what does a concealed carry weapon (CCW) mean for a priest versus for a layperson? Some people will … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Semper Paratus, The Drill
Tagged 2nd amendment, CCW, concealed, gun control, Luke 22, St. Ambrose
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St. Jerome did not like St. Ambrose
In Book II of his Apology, Rufinus points out how Jerome had attacked Ambrose. He mentions Ambrose’ work De Spiritu Sancto. Thus, Rufinus about Jerome’s view of Ambrose. Rufinus relates more of Jerome’s disdain for his “rival” in Milan (Apology 2,23-25) as he digs into accusations … Continue reading
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Easter – “bright like kindled candles, honey sweet”
This Sunday’s Collect, for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind us of the Easter Vigil. The prayer has antecedents in both the Veronese and Gelasian … Continue reading
Posted in WDTPRS
Tagged adoptio, Easter Vigil, Exsultet, Praeconium Paschale, St. Ambrose
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Agnes: “Shining with the fire of divine love”
Let us invoke St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. O glorious Agnes, chosen by God, though weak, to make His own might manifest in your martyrdom, together with the Apostles intercede before the throne of our Our Father in heaven and … Continue reading
Posted in Linking Back, Patristiblogging, Saints: Stories & Symbols
Tagged Pope Damasus, St. Agnes, St. Ambrose
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