Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
Rorate Caeli On Wednesday of this third week of Advent we read from the scriptures that supply the roots of one of the least well-known, yet most theologically important, Advent hymns is “Rorate Caeli Desuper.” Some congregations know it under its English title: “Drop Down Ye Heavens from Above.” One of the reasons … Read more
ANÚNA : “Gaudete” arr. Michael McGlynn The Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday. Advent is a penitential season of abstinence, sacrifice, and prayer in order to prepare our souls for the advent or coming of the Lord. On Gaudete Sunday we celebrate that our hopeful anticipation for the coming of … Read more
ANÚNA : “Gaudete” arr. Michael McGlynn Gaudete Sunday, The third Sunday of Advent Steeleye Span – ‘Gaudete’ Latin English Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine, gaudete! Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born Of the Virgin Mary – Rejoice! Tempus adest gratiæ Hoc quod optabamus, Carmina lætitiæ Devote reddamus. The time … Read more
Be of good cheer. Be not afraid. There is nothing to fear. The dragon is slain! Joseph Pearce “Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ – though it contains … some samples or glimpses of final victory.” —J.R.R. … Read more