From the Gelasian Sacramentary (7th Century) until the calendar reforms of Vatican II, the eighth Sunday before Easter was called “Sexagesima”. Sexagesima was a term already used in the Fourth Council of Orleans in 541. The Ordo Romanus, Alcuin, and others count the Sexagesima (60 days) from this day to Wednesday after Easter. I’m still
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I have written about this previously, but for people newer to this site – some of this is worth repeating! In 1752 England and the British colonies in America upgraded from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar by removing 12 days from the year to bring it back to the way the seasons were in
I have been asked to provide suggestions towards revising our church calendar. The Common Life Liturgical Commission of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia received my motion to review the calendar. They set in motion adding five names to the calendar: August 8 Mary MacKillop, Teacher, 1909 August 16 Brother Roger of
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From the Gelasian Sacramentary (7th Century) until the calendar reforms of Vatican II, the ninth Sunday before Easter was called “Septuagesima”. What interests me is that, prior to the Vatican II reforms from Septuagesima right through up to (but not including) the Last Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday next before Advent) – that whole block
We were supposed to have been praying and reflecting on the same texts. But this last week, anyone who was using the CHP almanac, the SPCK almanac, or the NZ lectionary, would have been following Hosea and 1 Corinthians in the morning, and Genesis and Matthew in the evening. Those using the online chapel here,
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Today in the Church of England, the calendar has the commemoration of John Bosco, founder of the Salesian teaching order. You can read more about him here and here: John Bosco educated the whole person—body and soul united. He believed that Christ’s love and our faith in that love should pervade everything we do—work, study,
The New Zealand Anglican Lectionary gives one of the four English-language titles for today to be “Proper 3”. There is no explanation, nor introduction. Reader further: Improper Sundays
The New Zealand Anglican Lectionary gives one of the titles for today to be “Proper 2”. There is no explanation, nor introduction. Reader further: Improper Sundays Unfortunately and inexplicably the NZ Anglican Church’s website has (a sixth of the way through the Church Year) still not placed the current PDF of its published Lectionary online
