℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa.Discourse on the Lords Ascension.The very thought of this day’s Festival is great enough in itself, but the Prophet David hath much inflamed our joyful enthusiasm by the Psalms. This noble Prophet…
℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin.43rd, 2nd on Pentecost.My holy brethren, ye remember that I have likened the Saviour to that eagle, touching which it is written in the Book of Psalms, cii. 5, “thy youth is renewed like…
"...until the day came when that triumphant procession of victory, which He had led from the realms of shattered death, followed Him with unimaginable pomp into the heavens."
℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.2nd on the Epiphany, 30th on the Season.Wise men came from the East to worship the Virgin’s Son. This is the event which we this day commemorate, the occasion in honour of which…
℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4Lucy was a maiden of Syracuse, the daughter of a noble Christian family. Her mother Eutychia, being afflicted with an issue of blood, went with her to Catania, to pray before the body of the blessed Agatha. Lucy, by her…
Therefore, let him that receiveth much, strive to be all the more lowly.
From the sermons of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory the Great.
From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa.Discourse on the Lords Ascension.The very thought of this day’s Festival is great enough in itself, but the Prophet David hath much inflamed our joyful enthusiasm by the…
Above: Giotto (1266–1337) From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin.43rd, 2nd on Pentecost.My holy brethren, ye remember that I have likened the Saviour to that eagle, touching which it is written in the Book of…
From the Roman office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great1st on the Lords AscensionAfter the blessed and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein the Divine Power raised up in three days the…
The freshness of our gladness and the quickening of our faith hath no time wherein to die away.
