Easter

Victimae Paschali laudes immolent Christiani    Agnus redemit oves; Christus innocens Patri reconciliavit peccatores.    Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando; dux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus.    Dic nobis, Maria, quid vidisti in via?    Sepulchrum Christi viventis et gloriam vidi resurgentis.    Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.    Surrexit Christus spes mea: praecedet vos in Galilaeam.    Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere; tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere. Amen. Alleluia.

Good Friday

At the Cross her station keeping,
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
close to her Son to the last

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
all His bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed

O how sad and sore distressed
was that Mother, highly blest,
of the sole-begotten One.

Christ above in torment hangs,
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious Son

Is there one who would not weep,
whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrain
from partaking in her pain,
in that Mother's pain untold?

By the Cross with thee to stay,
there with thee to weep and pray,
is all I ask of thee to give.

Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,
be Thy Mother my defense,
be Thy Cross my victory;

While my body here decays,
may my soul Thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee.

Holy Thursday

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum

Veneremur cernui:

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui

Praestet fides supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque

Laus et jubilatio

Salus,  honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio:

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudatio

Amen

Ave Maria

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation - remembering the day that the angel appeared to the Blessed Mother.  It is also the day that Archbishop Lefebrve passed away in 1991. 

Pi Day

It's Pi Day today - have a piece for me. 

Let's Make A U Turn

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Merry Christmas

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along

The unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till ringing, singing on its way,

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime,

A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth

The cannon thundered in the South,

And with the sound

The carols drowned

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent

The hearth-stones of a continent,

And made forlorn

The households born

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;

"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men."