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Preparation for the Holy Sacrifice

Colligite Fragmenta: Passion Sunday – “Iesus autem abscondit se”

From the pre-Lent, “Gesima” Sundays onward, Holy Mother Church began her plunge into liturgical death.   At first we lost the “Alleluia”, the Gloria, and on Sundays we dressed in penitential violet to herald the proximity of Lent.  With Lent, these privations applied every day, with the exception of our great feasts.  Moreover, we became stiller…

Colligite Fragmenta – Septuagesima Sunday: Full, Conscious and Actual

Pre-Lent is here.  With the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, in the Vetus Ordo, you cannot be surprised by Lent sneaking up on you.  You have no excuse.  Start thinking about your Lenten discipline now. There are three Pre-Lent Sundays, Septuagesima Sunday, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, which in Latin respectively mean “Seventieth, Sixtieth, Fiftieth”.  These…

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