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2025-02-10T10:57:45-04:00

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The Calling of Saint Peter

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 10:57 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Or, This Year, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) First page of Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels (ca. 715), probably created by St. Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne. I gotta say, it feels good to be getting back to my main translation business here. It so happens I’m doing so right before the beginning of Shrovetide—see my just-ended series on liturgical time for details about that—and our Gospel text is perfect for the occasion. What’s more,... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:17:06-04:00

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Sacred Time: A Time to Get, And a Time to Keep

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:17 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun (the... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:16:33-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Waning of the Sun

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:16 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) ⇒ The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:16:01-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Waxing of the Sun

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:16 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) ⇒ The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:15:26-04:00

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Sacred Time: To Every Thing There Is a Season

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:15 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) ⇒ To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:14:53-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Revelation of the Octave

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:14 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) ⇒ The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:14:25-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Seventh Day

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:14 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) ⇒ The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:13:56-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Former Holy Week

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:13 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) ⇒ The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:13:20-04:00

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Sacred Time: The Canonical Hours

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:13 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) ⇒ The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a Season (Easter computus; fourfold interpretation of Scripture) The Waxing of the Sun (the literal/meteorological year; the yearly allegory of the life of Christ) The Waning of the Sun... Read more

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2025-02-08T10:12:35-04:00

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Sacred Time in the Catholic Faith: Introduction

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 10:12 am   By Gabriel Blanchard

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Divide and eat the lingering hours, Consume that nourishment of light; Drink the nectar of evening flowers, And water from the wells of night. —Epigraph, Wells of Night Series Table of Contents: ⇒ Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The Canonical Hours (the Catholic “clock”) The Former Holy Week (pagan antecedents of the week) The Seventh Day (the Judaic week and the Sabbath) The Revelation of the Octave (the Catholic week) To Everything There Is a... Read more

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