Oppening Address Today the Church keeps St. Lucy, and the first thing worth saying about her Mass is that almost none of it is hers. The Introit is a psalm written for a king. The Lesson is Paul writing to Corinth about his own credentials. The Gospel is the one the Church reads over half […]
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Opening Address Good morning, and welcome. Today is Tuesday, the twenty-fifth of November, and the Church keeps St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr, third class, in red. The Lesson she is given is a list of everything that nearly destroyed a man, and the clause sitting in the middle of that list is five […]