7th Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
"...it is our bounden duty and godly service, to rejoice with full hearts..."
In Illo Tempore: Holy Family
We are in Epiphanytide, that stretch of the liturgical year whose very name, drawn from the Greek ἐπιφάνεια, signals manifestation, disclosure, the making-visible of divine reality within human history. From the beginning, Epiphany held a privileged place in the ancient Eastern Churches, where the Feast gathered into a single luminous focus several moments in which…
5th Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
℣. 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.1st on the Epiphany.Dearly beloved brethren, we are instructed by the tradition of the Fathers, that we have to keep holiday on this solemnity in honour of several joyful events. We are taught…
4th Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
He had chosen Bethlehem for His birth, and Jerusalem for His Suffering.
3rd Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but confess not His Kingly dominion over all things.
2nd Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
℣. 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…
Forgotten Customs of Epiphanytide
O God, of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite: we render thanks to Thy most gracious Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us, always beseeching Thy clemency; that as Thou grantest the petitions of them that ask Thee, Thou wilt never forsake them, but wilt…
The Vigil of the Epiphany: the Forgotten Gateway to Christ’s Manifestation
Among the earliest losses of the 1955 reforms was one of the most venerable.
The 12th Day of Christmas
"Arise, and take the child and his mother."
In Illo Tempore: Most Holy Name of Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus developed gradually from devotional practice into the Church’s universal liturgical calendar. Its scriptural foundation lies in the New Testament emphasis on the saving and sovereign power of the Name (Phil 2:9–11; Acts 4:12), but its formal celebration arose later through medieval pastoral reform. In the 15th century,…
Octave Day of St. John – 10th Day of Christmas
Because of the lofty and glorious flight of his teaching.
