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For thou art dust, and thou schalt turne ayen in to dust. (Genesis 3:19b) #AshWednesday

A clene religioun, and an vnwemmed anentis God and the fadir, is this, to visite fadirles and modirles children, and widewis in her tribulacioun, and to kepe hym silf vndefoulid fro this world. (James 1:27)

And thanne shal he testifie of a trinite, and take his felawe to witnesse What he fond in a forel after a freres lyvyng; And but the first leef be lesyng, leve me nevere after! (B.XIII.93-95)

And this is the biheeste, that he bihiyte to us everlastinge liif. (1 John 2:3)

For in charnel at chirche cherles ben yvel to knowe, Or a knyght from a knave there--knowe this in thyn herte. (B. VI.48-49)

Haue thou the fourme of hoolsum wordis, whiche thou herdist of me in feith and loue in Crist Jhesu. (2 Timothy 1:13)

To sleep and to dream of a tower on a hill, a fortress in a deep valley, and a fair field full of folk Bodleian Library, Corpus Christi College MS 201; William Langland, Piers Plowman; 1375 CE-1399 CE; England (?Essex); f.1r Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services

Can a work of literature also be a primary source of law? Yes, argues Arvind Thomas in his book 'Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law in the Late Middle Ages' Piers Plowman Society Piers Plowman reviewed for us by John C. Gooch, available now...👇doi.org/10.1080/175214…

Today is Ash Wednesday when we are reminded that we are made of dust and, in the end, return to dust. BL Add 37049; The Carthusian Miscellany; England, N.; 15th century; f.32v Medieval Manuscripts

An Anglo-Saxon description of Ash Wednesday, written in the 990s. The word 'Lent' comes from the Old English word for spring, 'lencten' - the season when the days are lengthening, when 'all trees quicken again which were deadened by the winter's chill.' aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/03/u-eart…

The medieval liturgy for Mid-Lent Sunday already linked the day with maternal imagery, through the children of Abraham and the heavenly Jerusalem 'that is our mother'. It's echoed in this tender scene from Piers Plowman, set on a 'myd-Lenten Sonday': aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2016/03/and-th…

This Good Friday, hear the Passion of the Lord read aloud—as it might have sounded in Medieval England: youtube.com/watch?v=-5EZr2…

"Well, this is exactly what happened on Holy Saturday: the voice of God resounded in the realm of death. The unimaginable occurred: namely, Love penetrated 'hell'." - Pope Benedict XVI

'The heavens' helm wanted to demolish and destroy the walls of hell, to carry off the people from the city, most righteous of all kings.' An Anglo-Saxon poem about the Harrowing of Hell, when Christ descends into the underworld and sets its captives free aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/04/open-w…

On Holy Saturday, Christ descends into the realm of the dead to free the righteous. Hear this mystery unfold as it would have sounded in Medieval English—from William Langland’s 14th-century allegory, Piers Plowman. youtu.be/WEYmaeAqctQ

Jhesus seith to hir, "Womman, what wepist thou? whom seekist thou?" She, gessynge that he was a gardynere, and seith to him, "Sire, if thou hast takun him up, seie to me where thou hast leid him, and Y schal take hym awei." Jhesus seith to hir, "Marie." (John 20:15-16a)

And God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iyen of hem; and deth schal no more be, nether mornyng, nether criyng, nether sorewe schal be over. Whiche firste thingis wenten awei. (Apocalips 21:4)

"But on a May morwenyng on Maluerne Hilles..." Centuries ago, a poet William Langland began a May morning with a dream-vision. Start your month of May by listening to the Prologue of his work "Piers Plowman" as it might have sounded in Medieval English: youtu.be/3raXj8i56Y4?fe…

Ac of the Cardinals at court that kaughte of that name And power presumed in hem a Pope to make To han the power that Peter hadde, impugnen I nelle-- For in love and in lettrure the eleccion bilongeth (B.Prologue.107-110)

And Y seie to thee, that thou art Petre, and on this stoon Y schal bilde my chirche, and the gatis of helle schulen not have migt agens it. (Matheu 16:18)