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Adventide interlude
An announcement, a prayer, some paraliturgy
Dec 23, 2025
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Carolyn MK
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PART 2: Isidore and the Visigothic Church
Part 2 of a non-academic guide to the Visigoths and the Old Hispanic Liturgy
Sep 15, 2025
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A non-academic guide to the Old Hispanic Liturgy Part 1: The Visigoths
The first installment of a tripartite primer for those wondering what the liturgy variously called Old Hispanic, Visigothic, and Mozarabic is all about.
Aug 11, 2025
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Carolyn MK
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Summer Paraliturgy Notes
St. Swithun's day + reflecting on Pentecost and SJtB + stuff I'm reading + new things in the pipeline
Jul 15, 2025
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Carolyn MK
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Summer reads for the paraliturgically inclined
Liturgically adjacent books & resources for those who like poetry, parenting, and liturgical history.
May 31, 2025
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Carolyn MK
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Dies Apparitionis Domini
Medieval prayers and modern paraliturgy for the Feast of the Epiphany and Twelfth Night
Jan 6, 2025
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Carolyn MK
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Aesthetic Paraliturgy
Are non-religious Christmas decorations paraliturgical? Should your Christmas tree make an interior design statement? Let's discuss!
Dec 6, 2024
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Carolyn MK
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Mundane Liturgies
How See's Candies and a couple good books about Winter changed my perspective on intentional paraliturgy in the home.
Nov 22, 2024
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Carolyn MK
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Bringing Medievalist Mama to Substack + Advent book recommendations
Moving my dear little blog–now over four years old–to Substack, which I find a more suitable platform than WordPress. And some of my favorite books for…
Nov 4, 2024
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Carolyn MK
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Isidore’s bad etymologies and the garden of liturgical life
Congratulations, you made it through Lent!
Apr 5, 2024
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Carolyn MK
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A journey into Old Hispanic Holy Week
Lent is kind of a big deal for Catholics (and other liturgically emphatic Christians such as Anglicans and Lutherans).
Mar 26, 2024
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Carolyn MK
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Benedictio in Diem Sancte Marie
Today, December 18th, the day of which Christmas is the Octave, the Visigoths celebrated dies Sancte Marie (for the day of Holy Mary), one of the most…
Dec 18, 2023
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Carolyn MK
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Inspired by the Visigoths: Intensifying a Short Advent
Advent is only 3 weeks (+1 day) long this year–the shortest possible length of time for Advent under the current reckoning.
Nov 13, 2023
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Carolyn MK
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There and back again: a return to medieval England
We are going back to England!
Jul 12, 2023
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Carolyn MK
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