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Why has the Church, at least in times past, appointed this doomsday sequence to be sung on the feast of All Souls and at the funeral Masses of her children?
We pause today to reflect upon a man who was central to Our Lord's life, the great St. Joseph. Let us focus especially on his prompt and holy obedience.
Our Lord is the judge of the living and the dead. All authority on heaven and earth is His. He will come to judge, but in his Incarnation and Passion, He came to save.
Every Saturday of the year is dedicated to Our Lady. Today, let us take Mary as our special companion during these final weeks of Lent.
God chose suffering and death to save us. Christ was perfectly in control of His Passion. Even as He was hanging between heaven and earth, He was holding heaven and earth in existence.
Here we are, a month into Lent. Some of us may have even become used to fasting! But even if this is the case, we must remind ourselves that all of our good works come from Christ.
O Key of David and scepter of the House of Israel . . . come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of Death.
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
Salve Regina -- Hail Holy Queen -- begins one of the most well known and beautiful prayers to Our Lady. Enjoy this rendition by the abbey schola!
This chant imploring the aid of the Holy Spirit is the sung before the Gospel on Pentecost Sunday.
The Regina Caeli--sung after Compline during the Easter Season--is one of the most recognizable (and beautiful!) Marian chants.
The text of the Vidi Aquam, which is sung during Paschal Vespers during the Octave, is from the Prophet Ezekial. It reminds us of the salvation we find in Baptism.
The Victimae Paschali Laudes--the sequence for Easter Day--describes the joyful encounter between the Resurrected Christ and Mary Magdalene.