l'Abbé Michel

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ANNUNCIATION OF THE B.V.M.

Tuesday of the 1st week after Easter (A-2nd week of Easter).

Tues., Apr. 9th, A.D. 2024

V Id Apr., 29🌑

"The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary shall be transferred in accordance with Rule 1 [i.e., to the Tuesday after the First Sunday after Easter] when it falls on Passion Sunday, on Palm Sunday or one of the fourteen days following."

— The Book of Common Prayer, "Rules to Order the Service"

2024-04-08

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:32a, ST 1:10p, SS 7:49p (TWI 31m);

L42°F H52°F, cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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Monday of the 1st week after Easter (A-2nd week of Easter).

E-The Vigil of Annunciation (see below), fast.

Mon., Apr. 8th, A.D. 2024

VI Id Apr.

"The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary shall be transferred in accordance with Rule 1 [i.e., to the Tuesday after the First Sunday after Easter] when it falls on Passion Sunday, on Palm Sunday or one of the fourteen days following." — The Book of Common Prayer, "Rules to Order the Service"

28🌑

The dark of moon is at 6:20 p.m. GMT. The first day of the lunar month begins at the sunset after the visible new moon. Sunset in Jerusalem on April 8th is 10:04 p.m. GMT, which means the first day of the lunar month begins at sunset on April 9th.

Quote of the Day:

Cum ergo sero esset die illo, una sabbatorum, et fores essent clausae, ubi erant discipuli congregati propter metum Judaeorum: venit Jesus, et stetit in medio, et dixit eis: Pax vobis.

— John 20:19

"Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

— idem

2024-04-08

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:32a, ST 1:10p, SS 7:49p (TWI 31m);

L42°F H52°F, cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER (DOMINICA IN ALBIS in Octava Paschæ)

A-THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

a.k.a. Low Sunday or Quasimodo Sunday

Sun., Apr. 7th, A.D. 2024

VII Id Apr., 27🌘

Gospel: John 20:19-23 [24–31]

The 1979 US BCP has the same lesson this year B as the traditional Western lectionary. The English Prayer Book lectionary omits vv. 24-31.

Quote of the Day:

Ant. Quasi modo géniti infántes, allelúja: rationábiles, sine dolo lac concupíscite, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.

— Antiphon for the Introit

"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word."

— I Peter 2:2

2024-04-07

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:34a, ST 1:11p, SS 7:48p (TWI 31m);

L42°F H55°F, cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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EASTER SATURDAY (SABBATO IN ALBIS)

Sat., Apr. 6th, A.D. 2024,

VIII Id Apr., 26🌘

Quote of the Day:

"Currébant autem duo simul, et ille álius discípulus præcucúrrit cítius Petro, et venit primus ad monuméntum."

"They ran both together, and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the Sepulchre."

— John 20:4

2024-04-06

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:36a, ST 1:11p, SS 7:46p (TWI 31m);

L42°F H50°F, cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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EASTER FRIDAY

Fri., Apr. 5th, A.D. 2024,

Non. Apr., 25🌘

E,S (but not A) Abstinence (fish allowed traditionally)

[St. Vincent Ferrer appears here in the Roman Kalendar, 1529.]

Quote of the Day:

"Undecim discípuli abiérunt in Galilǽam, in montem, ubi constitúerat illis Jesus. Et vidéntes eum adoravérunt: quidam autem dubitavérunt. "

"Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted."

Matt. 28:16-17

2024-04-05

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:37a, ST 1:11p, SS 7:45p (TWI 31m);

L41°F H56°F, cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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EASTER TUESDAY

Tues., Apr. 2nd, A.D. 2024,

IV Non. Apr., 22🌗

A-James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876

[This is the York date for the Feast of the Visitation]

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Quote of the Day:

"Stetit Jesus in médio discipulórum suórum, et dixit eis: Pax vobis, allelúja, allelúja."

Ant. on the Benedictus

"...came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.."

— John 20:19

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2024-04-02

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:43a, ST 1:13p, SS 7:41p (TWI 31m);

L47°F H63°F, partly cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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Messe du jour de Pâques à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux

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EASTER SUNDAY

Sun., Mar. 31st A.D. 2024,

Prid. Kal. Apr., 20🌖

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Quote of the Day:

"Et valde mane una sabbatórum véniunt ad monuméntum, orto jam sole, allelúja."

Ant. on Benedictus

"Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. [Alleluia]"

— Mark 16:2

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2024-03-30

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:47a, ST 1:12p, SS 7:38p (TWI 31m);

L41°F H59°F, sunny.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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📸Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb by Fra Angelico, in St. Mark's, Florence.

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HOLY SATURDAY

Sat., Mar. 30th A.D. 2024,

III Kal. Apr., 19🌖

Fast-E (etc.), A-Special Devotion

Lenten observance ends at Evening Prayer (a.k.a. Vespers), or the end of the Easter Vigil.

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Quote of the Day:

"Mulíeres sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur flentes Dóminum."

"The women, seated at the sepulchre weeping, made lamentation for the Lord.”

Antiphon on the Benedictus (Cf. Matt. 27:61 & John 20:11)

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2024-03-31

Sunrise, Sunset and weather in Seattle

(47° 36'N, 122° 20'; PDT=GMT-7)

SR 6:49a, ST 1:13p, SS 7:37p (TWI 31m);

L43°F H58°F, partly cloudy.

Sun bit.ly/48TYI0W, WX bit.ly/3UjllHx

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📸Before his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ grants salvation to souls by the Harrowing of Hell. Fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1430s.

Br. Edward of Nashdom Abbey making a crucifix.

“It is an error, or rather a heresy, to say devotion is incompatible with the life of a soldier, a tradesman, a prince, or a married woman…. It has happened that many have lost perfection in the desert who had preserved it in the world.” — St. Francis de Sales

(NOT an argument against the contemplative life, but for achieving perfection through one's proper vocation)

CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD

The Octave Day of Christmas

The Kalends of January, in the 2024th year of our Lord

the 120th day of the lunar month.

—

At Egilsay, in the Orkney Islands, Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, known as Magnus the Martyr

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Erlendsson,_Earl_of_Orkney

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Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London

THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY.

The 7th Day of Christmas

Sylvester, Bp. [of Rome]

Eve of the Circumcision

The 31st day of December, being the day before the Kalends of January, in the year of our Lord, 2023,

the 19th day of the lunar month.

St. Sylvester's Church, Malahide, Co. Dublin

http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2019/05/saint-sylvesters-church-in-malahide.html

INNOCENTS' DAY

(The 4th Day of Christmas)

The 28th day of December, being the 5th day before the Kalends of January, in the year of our Lord, 2023,

the 16th day of the lunar month.

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Church of the Holy Innocents NYC, fresco above the altar by Constantine Brumidi

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d12333223-Reviews-Holy_Innocents_Church-New_York_City_New_York.html

ST STEPHEN, MARTYR

(The 2nd day of Christmas)

The 26th day of December, being the 7th day before the Kalends of January, in the year of our Lord, 2023,

the 14th day of the lunar month.

(The full moon is at 0333 GMT on Dec 27th)

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St. Stephen's Church, Gloucester Rd., S. Kensington

https://www.saint-stephen.org.uk

I am very much cheered by seeing all the lovely, moving, and beautiful Christmas posts this morning.

May the blessings of the Christ Child be with you today and for ever!

Fr. Michael+

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Virgin and child from the catacomb of Priscilla, early 3rd century

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This may be the earliest image of the Virgin Mary not in a representation of the Adoration of the Magi. The Christ Child (presumably) is nursing at his mother's breast while a man on the left points up at what could be a star. If these presumptions are true the subject of the fresco would be the Nativity and the man would be the prophet Balaam, whose prophecy of a star rising "from Jacob" (Numbers 24:17) was believed to foretell the star that would guide the Magi to the Christ Child.