"It is over now, O Lord, as with Thy sufferings, so with our humiliations." Image: "Jesus is Placed in the Tomb", Cuypershuis, Wiki Commons, (source) 1. IT is over now, O Lord, as with Thy sufferings, so with our humiliations. We have followed Thee from Thy fasting in the wilderness till Thy death on the Cross. For forty …
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"Before the Blessed Mary could be Mother of God... she was set apart, sanctified, filled with grace, and made meet for the presence of the Eternal." Image: La Inmaculada Concepción, Francisco Rizzi, (Source: Wikimedia commons) Editors' Introduction The gospel of the third Sunday in Lent ends with the following verses: "And it came to pass, …
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"As literal madness is derangement of the reason, so sin is derangement of the heart, of the spirit, of the affection." Image: The Transfiguration of Christ, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), (Source: Wikicommons) Editors' Introduction The gospel of the Second Sunday of Lent is the account of the Transfiguration. At first glance this may seem an …
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"We must surrender to Him all we have, all we are. We must keep nothing back." Image: Temptation of Christ, Félix Joseph Barrias, (Wikicommons: source) Editors' Notes The season of Lent is a season of fasting. Even a cursory glance at the Collects of the Roman Missal will reveal that the Church assumes that the faithful …
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"The Judge is near, even at the very gate. Life is passing away, as a dream, and as a flower." Image: Cain leads Abel to his Death - Tissot. The incident is mentioned elsewhere in The Great Canon. Wiki Commons. St Andrew of Crete died in the eighth century in Damascus. He became a monk …
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