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Good Friday Liturgy

Administrator — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:47:19 +0000

There’s something very special about the Good Friday liturgy. It’s sparse and dignified. If one is still hungry from the Good Friday fast, it creates even more of a sense of identification with Jesus (not that we can approximate it, but good Catholic liturgy gets us closest) and his sufferings and death.

The most meaningful part of the service for me is the veneration of the cross. It’s especially humbling to bow before the cross and kiss it. It creates in me a real sense of recognition of the sacrifice made by Jesus and the need for total submission to live at the foot of the Cross, our hope.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Administrator — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:14:26 +0000

Have a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day!

Click here to read more about this amazing Saint.

Church Fathers Reading Plan: Lite

Administrator — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:51:48 +0000

Tomorrow is the start of Lent with the Church holiday of Ash Wednesday. For those interested in adding readings of the Church Fathers to your Lenten discipline, my brother and I created last year (with help from Chad Toney) the Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan. We now have two versions:

Church Fathers Lenten Plan: Complete
Church Fathers Lenten Plan: Lite

The primary difference between the two is the amount of daily reading.

Have a blessed Ash Wednesday and a blessed Lent!

Merry Christmas!

Administrator — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:39:20 +0000

God’s blessings to all my readers this Christmas season!

Photo by Jonathan Bennett (taken at my aunt’s house)

O Emmanuel

Administrator — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:48:30 +0000

O Emmanuel
our King and our Lawgiver
You are the Desired of the nations
and the Savior of all men.
- Come to save us, O Lord, our God!

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)

O Rex Gentium

Administrator — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:49:19 +0000

O King of the Gentiles
and the long-for Ruler of the nations,
You are the cornerstone Who make all one.
- Come and save those whom You have created

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)

O Oriens

Administrator — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:39 +0000

O Radiant Dawn
You are the brightness of eternal light
and the Sun of justice.
- Come to enlighten those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)

O Clavis David

Administrator — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:23:24 +0000

O Key of David
and Royal Power of Israel,
You open what no man can shut,
and You shut what no man can open.
- Come and deliver Your people
imprisoned by darkness and the shadow of death

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)

O Radix Jesse

Administrator — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:31:10 +0000

O Root of Jesse
raised up as a sign of all peoples
in Your presence kings become mute
and the nations worship before You
- Come to deliver us and do not delay

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)

O Adonai

Administrator — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:40:44 +0000

O Sacred Lord
and leader of ancient Israel
You communicated with Moses at the burning bush
and gave him the law on Mount Sinai
- Come to set us free by Your mighty arm

From Advent Prayers and Collects (ChurchYear.net)