The Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket depicted in the Book of the Hours, Sarum Rite, 14th Century. Thomas Becket was Lord Chancellor and then Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II, then there was a falling out between the two. Four of Henry’s knights decided to go to Canterbury Cathedral and murdered Becket at vespers … Continue reading The Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170, being also the Fifth Day of Christmas
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Said Eucharist for the Sunday after Christmas Day, being also the Feast of St John the Evangelist, and the Forty-Second Sunday in COVIDtide
Sunday after Christmas Day at the Anglican Church of the Apostles, Halifax Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and … Continue reading Said Eucharist for the Sunday after Christmas Day, being also the Feast of St John the Evangelist, and the Forty-Second Sunday in COVIDtide
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen, being also the Second Day of Christmas, and Boxing Day, in the Forty-First week of COVIDtide
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. St Luke 2. 10, 11. Psalms: 15, 16 (Exeter Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Genesis 4. 1-10 2nd Lesson: Acts 6 Hymn: … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen, being also the Second Day of Christmas, and Boxing Day, in the Forty-First week of COVIDtide
O Virgo virginum
The final Advent Antiphon (23 Dec) is O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of virgins). O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. O Virgo virginum, … Continue reading O Virgo virginum
O Emmanuel
The Advent Antiphon of Today (22 Dec) is O Emmanuel. O Emmanuel, our King and our Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations, and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God. O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. From the English Hymnal
O Rex Gentium
The Advent Antiphon of today (21 Dec) is O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) 👑 O King of the Nations, and their desire, the Corner-stone, who makest both one: Come and save mankind, which you formedst from clay. O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva … Continue reading O Rex Gentium
O Oriens
The Advent Antiphon of Today (20 Dec) is O Oriens (O Morning Star) 🌅 O Day-spring, Brightness of Light Everlasting, and Morning Star, Sun of Righteousness:Come and enlighten him that sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death. O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday in Advent and the Forty-First Sunday in COVIDtide
Morning Prayer for Advent 4 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -Matthew 3. 2 Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand Advent Prose (Rorate caeli / Drop down, ye heavens) (https://youtu.be/A2aKSpxFymQ) Psalms: 33 (Salisbury Cathedral … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday in Advent and the Forty-First Sunday in COVIDtide
O Clavis David
Today’s Advent Antiphon is O Clavis David (O Key of David) 🗝 O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; that openest, and no man shutteth, and shuttest, and no man openeth: Come and bring the prisoner out of the prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death. … Continue reading O Clavis David
O Radix Jesse
The Advent antiphon for 18 December is O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse) O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at whom kings shall shut their mouths,to whom the Gentiles shall seek: Come and deliver us with an outstretched arm. O radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super … Continue reading O Radix Jesse
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