Introit Eccli 15:5. In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os eius: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit…
Introit Eccli 45:30. Státuit ei Dóminus testaméntum pacis, et príncipem fecit eum: ut sit illi sacerdótii dignitas in ætérnum Ps…
CHAPTER THE SECOND THE MYSTERY OF ADVENT If, now that we have described the characteristic features of Advent which distinguish…
Introit Ad te levávi ánimam meam: Deus meus, in te confíde, non erubéscam: neque irrídeant me inimíci mei: étenim univérsi,…
December 4.—ST. BARBARA, Virgin, Martyr. ST. BARBARA was brought up a heathen. A tyrannical father, Dioscorus, had kept her…
Introit Eccli 15:5. In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os eius: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit…
CHAPTER THE FIRST THE HISTORY OF ADVENT The name Advent [From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming]…
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT This Sunday, the first of the ecclesiastical year, is called, in the chronicles and charts…
Introit Ps 24:1-3 Ad te levávi ánimam meam: Deus meus, in te confíde, non erubéscam: neque irrídeant me inimíci mei:…
Introit Ps 118:95-96 Me exspectavérunt peccatóres, ut pérderent me: testimónia tua, Dómine, intelléxi: omnis consummatiónis vidi finem: latum mandátum tuum…