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O radix Jesse

December 19, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O Adonai

December 18, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O Sapientia

December 17, 2013

Understanding a series of Magnificat Antiphons that mark a season within Advent

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Anglicanism, Chant, Creation, Daily Office, Eucharist, Kalendar

The case of the missing thalamus

December 16, 2013

An important scriptural image found in many Advent texts is missing from the Hymnal

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Church, Epiphany, Heaven, Incarnation, Mary, Hymns, Translation

Thanksgiving Day

November 28, 2013

Not only a harvest festival, this Holy Day is an important part of the Advent arc

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Agricultural festivals, Hymns, Translation

Christ the King

November 24, 2013

The Last Sunday after Pentecost shows us the true nature of Christ the King

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Kalendar

Poems of Grace

November 5, 2013

Appreciating the Hymnal as a book of poetry

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Hymns

Michaelmas

September 29, 2013

Considering the ranks and roles of angels

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In Liturgy Tags Angels, Hymns, Kalendar

The Beheading of St John the Baptist

August 29, 2013

Commemorating the life and death of the Forerunner

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In Liturgy Tags Iconography, Kalendar, Martyrs, Rite, Saints

Cogitis me

August 15, 2013

Paschasius Radbertus on the Feast of the Assumption

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In Liturgy Tags Mary, Saints, Translation

St Mary the Virgin

August 15, 2013

Understanding the Assumption from an Anglican perspective

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Heaven, Hymns, Mary, Rite, Saints

The Transfiguration

August 6, 2013

A sign of the new life that awaits us

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Rite, Kalendar, Theosis, Transfiguration

The Nativity of St John the Baptist

June 24, 2013

On the life and ministry of the Forerunner, and music written in his honor

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Choral literature, Saints, Hymns, Kalendar, Incarnation, Martyrs, Rite

Bede the Venerable

May 25, 2013

The life of this extraordinary figure is a window into history and the Church of his era

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In Liturgy, Typography Tags Hymns, Iconography, Saints, Translation, Liturgical books

God is gone up

May 12, 2013

The full text of the poem from which Finzi’s famous anthem is taken

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Ascension, Choral literature, Poems

Ascension Day

May 9, 2013

The Lucan account puts into physical terms the truth that Christ took our flesh to heaven

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In Liturgy Tags Angels, Ascesis, Ascension, Kalendar, Kenosis, Ordination, Theosis

The Rogation Days

May 7, 2013

On the origins of and provisions for this important observance

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Anglicanism, Ceremonies, Kalendar, Litanies, Processions, Repentance, Rite

Salve festa dies

May 5, 2013

The source, and a literal translation, of this Easter hymn

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In Liturgy Tags Chant, Easter, Hymns, Poems, Translation

Candlemas

February 2, 2013

A look at the background and symbolism of this great Feast of Our Lord

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In Liturgy Tags Ceremonies, Chant, Church, Hymns, Incarnation, Kalendar, Kenosis, Mary, Processions, Saints

Hierusalem my happie home

January 31, 2013

The full text of this fine sixteenth-century hymn

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In Liturgy Tags Heaven, Hymns
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