Mortal Flesh

Sileat omnis caro

Prophetiæ Zachariæ 2,17

silere, be still, be silent; cease, say nothing about..

The Liturgy of Saint James expresses

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Translated G. Moultrie

The English Hymnal 1933, 1970 H.318

This was the Liturgy Reflection for the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin November 20, a day of prayer and support for the Consecrated Life.

At the close of November, the first Sunday of Advent, The Year of Consecrated Life opens.

Yesterday Saint Augstine remarked in the Liturgy of the Readings

Cantet canticum novum,

non lingua sed vita

LHIV:1370

Mission et du Témoignage

HE Monseigneur Cardinale André Vingt-Trois, that trusted Pastor of the recent Synod, encouraged

L'alliance de la mission et du témoignage s'addresse á la liberté des hommes, et de cela nous ne sommes pas maîtres.

Nous annonçons que l'amour est un don définitif..

Le Figaro lundi 20 octobre 2014

Monastic Ideals

..it is the essential monastic ideals of asceticism and otherwordliness and fidelity to the Rule that are important matters, for it was these that gave it [monasticism] its spiritual independence, its powers to resist the pressure of its environment and to initiate movements of religious reform.

Mediæval Essays

Dawson, C (1889-1970)

1954, 2002

Irrigans Terram

Today, the Solemnity of Christ the King, in the psalmody of Lauds

..et sicut imber irrigans terram.

LHIV:476

Psalmus 71,6

Greatful Acknowledgement

The texts cited in this post

Vatican News

Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio

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