22 February- Ash Wednesday: Readings and Prayers proper to the Missal of 1962.

Ash Wednesday: Sacred Liturgy Today’s Mass embodies the spirit of Lent. All are reminded to be sorry for sin and to do penance, but not in a spirit of showy sadness or of inward despair. Rather, let the sincere and humble prepare with inner joy to celebrate their baptism in Christ. By living their baptismalContinue reading “22 February- Ash Wednesday: Readings and Prayers proper to the Missal of 1962.”

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”