Can You Say Septuagesima?

This Sunday begins Pre-Lent. As we prepare for Lent: • We “bury the ‘Alleluia.’” The word is not used in the music or liturgy. • We do not sing “The Gloria.” • We replace the “Te Deum” with the “Benedictus Es, Domine” in Morning Prayer • Starting this year, we will use the Decalogue (10…