Posted by petrus, on December 29th, 2018
The Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
O God, by whose grace and power thy holy Martyr Thomas triumphed over suffering, and despised death: Grant, we beseech thee, that enduring hardness, and waxing valiant in fight we may with him receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
. . . → Read More: Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Posted by petrus, on December 28th, 2018
The Massacre of the Innocents, from the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1644). From Wikipedia.
O Almighty God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy . . . → Read More: The Holy Innocents
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Posted by petrus, on December 27th, 2018
Saint John and the Poisoned Cup, by El Greco (1541–1614). From Wikipedia.
Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it, being illumined by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that . . . → Read More: Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
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Posted by petrus, on December 26th, 2018
Martyrdom of St Stephen
Grant, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors . . . → Read More: Saint Stephen
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Posted by petrus, on December 25th, 2018
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
Nativity, by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714–89). From Wikimedia.
Almighty God, who hast given us thy only–begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, . . . → Read More: The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Day
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Posted by petrus, on December 24th, 2018
O Virgo virginum, quomodo fiet istud? Quia nec primam similem visa es nec habere sequentem. Filiae Jerusalem, quid me admiramini? Divinum est mysterium hoc quod cernitis.
O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? . . . → Read More: O Virgo virginum
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Posted by petrus, on December 24th, 2018
Nativity, by Hans Baldung (1485–1545). From Wikimedia.
O Lord Jesus Christ, thou that art higher than the highest and didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb: Humble us under thy mighty hand, that we may be accounted true citizens of the heavenly kingdom; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy . . . → Read More: Christmas Eve
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Posted by petrus, on December 23rd, 2018
O Emmanuel, by Philip Chircop SJ. P Antiphon for 23 December.
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
From . . . → Read More: O Emmanuel
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Posted by petrus, on December 23rd, 2018
O Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus . . . → Read More: The Fourth Sunday in Advent
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Posted by petrus, on December 22nd, 2018
O Rex gentium, by Philip Chircop SJ. O Antiphon for 22 December.
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti.
O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you . . . → Read More: O Rex Gentium
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