Saturday, September 19, 2026

Oratio, Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church, 17 September

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"Deus, fons vitae, qui sanctam Hildegardem, virginem, prophetico spiritu imbuisti, fac nos, quaesumus, eius exemplo et intercessione, v...
Friday, September 18, 2026

"Changes of habit"

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     "In the summer of 1538 the order was put out for former regulars to remove habits or face the capital punishment of felons. Anecdo...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

"Were it not for the poetry and song that they recite before me daily, I would not have created the world"

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"Were it not for the poetry and song that they [all [sons of] flesh and blood [( כל בני בשר ודם )]] recite before me daily, I would not...
Monday, September 7, 2026

"from any ashes whatever"

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" [Christ's] rising from the grave was a sufficient argument to prove that men are to be raised up by Divine power, not only from t...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

A prayer referencing St. Hildegard of Bingen

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München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Res/V.ss. 982 m, XIIIIv A prayer [with reference] to [(zü)] the holy saint Hildegard [of Bingen]: Almig...
Monday, August 31, 2026

Inscription on Mt. Ararat

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For Nikolay Pavlovich [Romanov I], denominated Tsar of All-Russ’, Ivan Fyodorovich [Paskevich-Erevansky] liberated, by armed might, this mos...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

"'Africa's domestic economy encouraged large-scale trading and possession of slaves long before Europeans visited African shores'"

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     "While it is not a straightforward matter whether the transatlantic slave trade was 'the gravest crime against humanity,' ...