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Solemnity is not just a thing for Good Friday but is at the core of every liturgical action the entire year.
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Below is the "Opening the Word" column I wrote last year for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29, 2008) for Our Sunday Visitor newspaper; I've added the opening quote from Pope Benedict as it provides a beautiful introduction to this reflection:
Sinners, Apostles, Martyrs: On the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul 2009
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This evening we entered singing "Laudes Regiae" together to celebrate the Vespers of the Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus.
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Description: A guide to the most important moments of the Church year from Advent and Christmas to Holy Week, Corpus Christi and to the Solemnity of Christ the King.
Re-Enchanting the Parish Mass: Basic Textual Projects and Resources for the Reform of the Reform 2009
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"May 31, 2009: rose petals rain through the open oculus of Rome's Pantheon (the Basilica of Sancta Maria ad Martyres) during their annual celebration on the Solemnity of Pentecost while the Veni Sancte Spiritus is chanted."
Pentecost Sunday at the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres (the Pantheon) 2009
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VATICAN CITY, 24 JUN 2009 (VIS) - During today's general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, the Pope focused his remarks on the Year for Priests which he inaugurated last Friday, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and day of prayer for the sanctification of the clergy, and which is intended to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney.
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Below is the "Opening the Word" column I wrote last year for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29, 2008) for Our Sunday Visitor newspaper; I've added the opening quote from Pope Benedict as it provides a beautiful introduction to this reflection:
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Sinners, Apostles, Martyrs: On the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul 2009
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VATICAN CITY, 24 JUN 2009 (VIS) - During today's general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, the Pope focused his remarks on the Year for Priests which he inaugurated last Friday, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and day of prayer for the sanctification of the clergy, and which is intended to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney.
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Following the audience, as is the tradition on today's feast of St. Agnes, the Pope blessed two lambs, the wool of which will be used to make the palliums bestowed on new metropolitan archbishops on June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles.
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