When my feeble life is o'er
And time for me will be no more
Guide me gently, safely o'er
To Thy kingdom dear Lord, to Thy shore. (Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Anonymous)
One of the things I love about going to an Extraordinary Form (of the
Roman Rite) Mass every Sunday is the great depth of the old liturgical
calendar. We recently entered the season of Septuagesima, which begins
three Sundays before Ash Wednesday. Since in the old calendar the
Christmas season extends to Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of Our
Lord and the Purification of Our Lady, it is helpful to have this time
to transition from Christmas cookies and music to the austerities of
Lent. Septuagesima reminds me that I want to have a good, holy Lent in
which I acknowledge my own sinfulness, seek to make reparation, and
renew my dependence on God...
Read the rest at the
National Catholic Register...
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