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A "Litany to Obtain Holy Humility" was published in 1867 by "A R.C. Clergyman". [5] A version very similar to the version attributed to Cardinal Merry del Val was published in 1880, copyright 1879, and "translated from the French of the Fifth Edition." It appears Merry del Val was using a lesser known but already published prayer. The original ...
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X , who is said to have accepted his election through Merry del Val's encouragement.
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Forty Hours' Devotion, in Italian called Quarant'ore or Quarantore, is a Roman Catholic liturgical action in which continuous prayer is made for forty hours before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. [1] It often occurs in a succession of churches, with one finishing prayers at the same time as the next takes it up.
I wish, Lord, to receive you with the purity, humility and devotion with which your most holy Mother received you, with the spirit and fervour of the saints. [12] Prayers taken from the A Form of Spiritual Communion of the Diocese of Malaita of the Anglican Communion are as follows: [13]
Catholic liturgy means the whole complex of official liturgical worship, including all the rites, ceremonies, prayers, and sacraments of the Church, as opposed to private devotions. In this sense the arrangement of all these services in certain set forms (including the canonical hours , administration of sacraments, etc.) is meant.
The litany was prefaced with an "Exhortation to Prayer", which was a homily-styled discourse on the nature of prayer. The "Exhortation" was intended to be read in public before the procession started. [10] Published on 27 May 1544, the litany was the first authorised English-language service. [1] It was to be used for Rogation and Lenten ...
The Gallican Rite was used from before the 5th century, and likely prior to the Diocletian reform in AD 293 Roman Gaul, until the middle or end of the 8th century.There is no information before the 5th century and very little then; and throughout the whole period there was, to judge by existing documents and descriptions, so much diversity that, though the general outlines of the rite were of ...