Official Statement

With the Bishop Hugh, O.S.B.and Fr. Benedict, O.S.B. 26th April, 2012, Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Official Statement   ...
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The Blessed Peacemaker.

T hanks be to G od for P ope B enedict X VI truly G loria O livæ, T he G lory of the O live. T he B lessed P eacemaker. B lessed are the P...
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Feast of St Magnus the Martyr

St. Magnus, Earl & Martyr Feastday Patron of Orkney. Hymn to St Magnus from XIII century. [Orkney Image Library] [From the site of our f...
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Quasi modo Mercy!

Never in the sunset! Ever the sunrise! For the Light has come into the world a Light that the darkness cannot over-power. Surrexit Dominus, ...
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The Devotion in honour of the Burial of Our Lord.

Several readers have asked for more information about our devotions in honour of Our Lord's Burial. We have had devotion in memory of th...
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Communicantes et diem sacratissimum celebrantes

Paschal Vigil Papa Stronsay Incensing the Paschal Candle before the Exsultet. O vere beata nox ~ O truly blessed night... And the night shal...
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The Afternoon Liturgy and the Burial Devotions.

The Afternoon Liturgy. Ecce lignum crucis Behold the wood of the Cross. The Evening Devotions of the Burial of Our Lord. Incensing at the st...
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O all ye that pass by

Good Friday Morning Stations of the Cross. R. Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo: quia elongatus est a me, qui consolabatur me. Videt...
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... but with silence and compunction.

Holy Thursday Nocturnal Adoration. The Majesty of our God has withdrawn to that mysterious sanctuary, into which we enter not but with silen...
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Holy Thursday: The Office of Tenebrae

R. Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo: Quem osculatus fuero, ipse est, tenete eum: hoc malum fecit signum, qui per osculum adimplevit hom...
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Five years of blogging.

Today we mark the 5th anniversary of this blog: Palm Sunday 2007 - Palm Sunday 2012. This great and holy day commemorates the last triumph ...
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Prayers for the Reconciliation of the Society.

Fr. Franz Schmidberger. The hour is grave. During this time we remember in our Masses and prayers: the superiors, priests and faithful of th...
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