The magi have reached the Christ-child. The magi have reached the Christ-child. Christmastide is over, we are now in Epiphanytide. As per tradition, my door is now chalked.20 + C + M + B + 22 As per my compromise with my significant other, the Christmas tree is now down. Collect of the Day: O … Continue reading Happy Epiphany! ππ€±π½π€΄π½π€΄πΎπ€΄πΏ
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The Octave Day of Christmas (The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ), being also New Yearβs Day
π₯π₯³ππ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Today is the Octave Day of Christmas (the Eighth Day of Christmas) and New Yearβs Day, being also the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, also known as the Naming of Christ. Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient … Continue reading The Octave Day of Christmas (The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ), being also New Yearβs Day
Feast of Thomas Becket (29 December) π‘
π Merry Christmas! Today being the Fifth Day of Christmas, being so the Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.ππ€±π½ 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 Henryβs knights decided to go to Canterbury Cathedral and murdered … Continue reading Feast of Thomas Becket (29 December) π‘
O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of Virgins)
The final Advent Antiphon (23 Dec) is O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of virgins). Christmas Eve is tomorrow! 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 … Continue reading O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of Virgins)
Second COVID Christmas π¦
Christmas is already a stressful time of the year; gifts to buy, social gatherings, travel to see family, no one needed more stress or worry caused by the pandemic. Few would have thought that they would have to go through a second COVID Christmas. The proliferation and rapid spread of the Omicron variant has caught … Continue reading Second COVID Christmas π¦
O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) π
The Advent Antiphon of today (21 Dec) is O Rex Gentium 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 hominem, quem de limo formasti. From … Continue reading O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) π
The Fourth Sunday in Advent π―π―π―π―
The Cathedral of All Saints, Halifax, Nova Scotia on Advent 4 βRejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice.β Collect: Raise up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in … Continue reading The Fourth Sunday in Advent π―π―π―π―
The Third Sunday in Advent π―π―π―
Not feeling the best, so decided to stay at home and do morning prayer for the Third Sunday in Advent. π―π―π― Morning Prayer for Advent 3 Advent Prose: Rorate caeli (Drop down, ye heavens) (https://youtu.be/f06qdhO_sEY) Psalms: 11, 12 (Exeter Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Isaiah 28. 9-22 2nd Lesson: Revelations 3. 7-end Hymn: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel … Continue reading The Third Sunday in Advent π―π―π―
The Feast of St. Nicholas (6 December)
December 6 is the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. His exact deeds are now lost to legends and myths, but his reputation today continues in the modern form of St. Nick or Santa Claus. He is still venerated by most Christian denominations and most remember for gift-giving, stopping three innocent men from … Continue reading The Feast of St. Nicholas (6 December)
Happy Andermas or the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, and was a fisherman when Jesus called him to be one of his disciples. Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant … Continue reading Happy Andermas or the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
High Anglican Haligonian 