From the Gelasian Sacramentary (7th Century) until the calendar reforms of Vatican II, the ninth Sunday before Easter was called “Septuagesima”, and the eighth Sunday before Easter (this year, this coming Sunday, 20 February 2022) was called “Sexagesima”. The third Sunday in this sequence, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday (starting Lent), was Quinquagesima. Sexagesima
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The recent decision that more than a quarter of a century of a priest’s baptisms are invalid is not just legalism gone egregious, it can be challenged as mistaken.
Almighty God,
grant that we, meditating always on what is right and true,
may please you in word and deed;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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As well as amongst other churches, Scholastica’s commemoration is on the Church of England Common Worship Calendar and Roman Catholic Calendar (10 February).
This coming Sunday, 13 February, would have been Septuagesima prior to Vatican II reforms – and is still celebrated as thus by some.
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