The Lighting of the Paschal Candle In the darkness, fire is kindled; after which the Celebrant may address the people in these or similar words Dear friends in Christ: On this most holy night, in which our Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites her members, dispersed throughou... Read More
A canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, song) is a hymn (strictly excluding the Psalms) taken from the Bible. The term is often expanded to include ancient non-biblical hymns such as the Te Deum and certain psalms used liturgically. (Wikipedia) 1 A Song of Creation Benedicit... Read More
THE ENIGMA OF CREATION is the lofty theme in the Prologue to the Gospel of John. Everywhere this Gospel is transcendental. It deals with matters which transcend all that is earthly, and plunges always into the eternal, and the meaning behind all meanings. The drama of God's life is being worked out.... Read More
The extent to which the four Gospels were designed to show forth the fulfillment of the O.T. prophecies in the manifestation of Christ Jesus the Son of God, and to introduce in Him the N.T. mystery of the Kingdom of God, the realisation of all O.T. promise to Israel, has not been sufficiently percei... Read More
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus. the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? (John 6:41 42) The cardinal point of all theology, says Doctor Heng... Read More
Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heav... Read More
Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. — I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to g... Read More
If the Lord would make windows in heaven might this thing be? Have faith in God. — Without faith it is impossible to please God. — With God all things are possible. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ... Read More
Thy thoughts are very deep. We ... do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. — That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, an... Read More
I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me. I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil. — My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher... Read More
(Proper Liturgies For Special Days) Great Vigil of Easter
The Canticles
"Christ-The Key To Creation" Ch. 1:1-18
"Christ's Sermon On His Deity" Ch. 5
"Discourse On The Bread Of Life Pt. 2" Ch. 6:41-71
APRIL 3 - morning
AUGUST 6 - morning
DECEMBER 20 - evening
NOVEMBER 17 - morning
SEPTEMBER 7 - evening