Alma Redemptoris Mater

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Ave Regina Caelorum

Posted by Michael K. Marshon February 1, 2012April 12, 2012in Liturgy, Saints3 Comments

The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord is the hinge between Christmas and the cross. It holds in tension life and death, light and darkness, the salvation Simeon sees in the child and the sword that will pierce Mary’s…

Posted by Michael K. Marshon November 30, 2011November 30, 2011in Prayer, Saints, Uncategorized6 Comments

With the First Sunday in Advent the Marian hymn following compline changed from the Salve Regina to the Alma Redemptoris Mater. This will be used until the Feast of the Presentation. There are two concluding collects: one for the Season of…

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