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PANCAKES, ALLELUIA, & SEPTUAGESIMA

  • by Occulta Thesauri
  • Posted on February 18, 2019February 9, 2020

The most interesting aspect of Septuagesima Sunday, even more so than pancakes, is that on this day, the church “locked away” the word Alleluia, and it was not used in the liturgy again until Easter Sunday. This idea of “locking away a word” intrigued me, so I dived deeper into the history, etymology, and usage of the word “Alleluia.”

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