Pre-Lenten… Thursday after Ash Wednesday 8 Mar 2019March 8, 2019 EPISTLE. Isaiah 38:1–6 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus…
Lent… Ash Wednesday + Dies Cinerum (Wed. 6 Mar. 2019) 6 Mar 2019March 5, 2019 ORIGINS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast. The name dies cinerum (day of ashes) which it bears in the…
Homily… QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY AND INSTRUCTION ON LENT 2 Mar 2019March 2, 2019 What is Quinquagesima? The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins with the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, called Dominica in Quinquagesima or Esto Mihi from the beginning of the…
Homily… Sexagesima Sunday – The Fruitful Seed is the Faith. 23 Feb 2019February 23, 2019 Why is this Sunday called Sexagesima? The word Sexagesima means sixty. According to the First Council of Orleans, in the year A.D. 545, many pious ecclesiastics and lay persons of…
