P.P.Rubens
The Holy Family with Saint Anne (detail)
Fr. Claudio Monteverdi
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin [I. Deus in adiutorium]
The Alleluia is recited several times every day by those praying the hours - it is right there in every hour, following the first words of Psalm 69 and the doxology. From Compline on this Saturday, the great veil of Septuagesima, Lent, and Passiontide will silence the word of jubilation for nine long weeks.
Septuagesimatide is coming!
