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Lent begins next Wednesday, 22 February, the annual Holy Season of Penance, Fasting and Almsgiving

Why Penance? Our Redeemer said, “Unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3). Fasting in Biblical Times In principio, in the beginning, amongst the very first Commandments God gave to Adam and Eve was one of fasting from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (cf.Continue reading “Lent begins next Wednesday, 22 February, the annual Holy Season of Penance, Fasting and Almsgiving”

An announcement from our Scola Leader to all who sing

“The choir will be having auditions on Monday 27 February at 7:00 PM. Membership is limited to singers aged 15 years and older. The audition will consist of singing chant and another piece together as a group in order to gauge one’s ability to learn and sing as a group. One need not be aContinue reading “An announcement from our Scola Leader to all who sing”

We have now embarked upon pre-Lent

https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/season-of-septuagesima/mystery-of-septuagesima/ Gueranger: It is evident that the Christian, who would spend Septuagesima according to the spirit of the Church, must make war upon that false security, that self-satisfaction, which are so common to effeminate and tepid souls, and produce spiritual barrenness. Met. Antony Bloom: “God can save the sinner you are, but not the saintContinue reading “We have now embarked upon pre-Lent”