Saturday, May 23, 2026

Frequent communion

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"In the current language of the theologians, above all since the time of St. Alphonso Liguori, there has been a consensus around reserv...
Friday, May 22, 2026

From "once in the yeare at the least" (1549 Book of common prayer) to "at the least three tymes in the yeare, of whiche Easter to bee one" (1552 Book of common prayer and following)

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     This (unless I've missed something) in correction of the usually reliable Oxford dictionary of the Christian church, which since th...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

"Firmly I believe and truly"

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Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus,      De profundis oro te, Miserere, Judex meus,      Parce mihi, Domine. Firmly I believe and truly      God i...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

re-cord-atio as an act of the heart (cor, cordis)

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"Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honour of the risen Lord, and t...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

William Barclay (it would appear), as prefaced by Lancelot Andrewes

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"Take away, O Lord, the veil of our hearts while we read the scriptures. Help us to study your word, not only to know about our blessed...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

"actions belong to supposits and wholes and, properly speaking, not to parts and forms or powers"

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 "Actiones . . . sunt suppositorum et totorum, non autem, proprie loquendo, partium et formarum, seu potentiarum".      St. Thomas...

"A monastic pedagogy of self-knowledge differs from manoeuvering within the number-coded web of the Enneagram."

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Source       Bishop Eric Varden, OCSO, "The Monastery as Schola Dei," 26 October 2024, Aquinas Institute, Princeton , 23:15.