Sunday, February 3, 2019
Oblate Sunday
"Our life, oriented toward contemplation, consists
in seeking the Presence and making ourselves present." Olivera 
UPDATE: February 3 Oblate Sunday
In Brother Stanislaw's novice class, in addition to reading Chapter 7, Humility, in the Rule of Saint Benedict, also read:

LITANY OF HUMILITY


O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,

Deliver me, Jesus.

From the desire of being loved...
From the desire of being extolled ...
From the desire of being honored ...
From the desire of being praised ...
From the desire of being preferred to others...
From the desire of being consulted ...
From the desire of being approved ...
From the fear of being humiliated ...
From the fear of being despised...
From the fear of suffering rebukes ...
From the fear of being calumniated ...
From the fear of being forgotten ...
From the fear of being ridiculed ...
From the fear of being wronged ...
From the fear of being suspected ...

That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I ...
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease ...
That others may be chosen and I set aside ...
That others may be praised and I unnoticed ...
That others may be preferred to me in everything...
That others may become holier than I,
provided that I may become as holy as I should…


Litany of Humility

Made popular by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930),
Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X. He was accustomed to recite this litany after the celebration of Mass. 


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February 3 Oblate Sunday with Abbot Isaac, OSB
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  • Novice class Chapter 7 of the Rule.
  • Oblate class a Bernardo Olivera letter on the Eucharist.

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Presentation of the Lord, February 2
From the photographer's website:

"Today's liturgy is particularly evocative because it is marked by the symbol of light. The solemn procession with candles which you made at the beginning of the celebration points to Christ, the true light of the world who shines in the night of history and illumines every seeker of the truth." - Pope Benedict XVI

"2 February is the feast of the Presentation, also known as Candlemas because of the procession with blessed candles.

"The mosaics in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Cathedral, of which this is a detail, began in 1930, and lasted 5 years, under the direction of Basil Cary-Elwes to designs by Gilbert Pownall.