broadcast schedule N.B. occasionally subject to change DAY TIME PROGRAMME FbL YtL TwL Sunday 0830 Mass & Homily X X – 1800 The Angelus/Regina Caeli X X X Monday 1200 Mass & Homily X X – 1800 The Angelus/Regina Caeli X X X 1815 Old Roman Vocations X X X Tuesday 0830 Mass…
Lent & Easter 2020
All liturgies according to the Traditional Latin Rite Sundays 0730 Morning Meditation0800 Rosary0830 Mass & homily1100 Lent/Easter Communions (1st & 8th March, Worthing 5th & 19th April, Worthing) Confessions: available during Morning Meditation or a half-hour before Compline, or by appointment. Mass & homily: the daily offering of the holy sacrifice of the Mass according…
Holydays of Obligation 2020
Holy Days of Obligation Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The Faithful are reminded that the following Feasts are Holy Days of Obligation upon which it is binding of the Faithful to hear Mass. DATE DAY…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs
Octave Day of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs: Missa “Nunc scio vere“ Veneration of the two great Apostles, Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the Church is built. They are at the origin of her faith and will forever remain…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; SS. Cyil & Methodius
SS. Cyil & Methodius; Com. Sunday V Post Pentecost & the Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ Because their father was an officer in a part of Greece inhabited by many Slavs, these two Greek brothers ultimately became missionaries, teachers, and patrons of the Slavic peoples. After a brilliant course…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria VI in the Octave of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs
Feria VI in the Octave of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs: Missa “Nunc scio vere“ Veneration of the two great Apostles, Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the Church is built. They are at the origin of her faith and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Leo II of Rome, Confessor
St Leo II of Rome, Confessor; Com. Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ The pontificate of this great Pope was very brief but very fruitful, since in the ten months of his reign he accomplished good works which have caused his name to be blessed by all succeeding generations. Born…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Our Lady’s Visitation
The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Comm. In the Octave of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs; Missa “Salve Sancta“ Blessed Mary’s first action after God had come to dwell in her was one of self-denying charity. She undertook a troublesome journey in order to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Thus…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist
Octave Day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist; Commemoration of the Octave of SS Peter & Paul: Missa “De ventre matris“ INTROIT Isaias 49: 1-2 From the womb of my mother the Lord hath called me by my name, and He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Commemoration of St Paul, Apostle
St Paul, Apostle; Commemoration of the Third Sunday after Pentecost, the Octave of SS Peter and Paul & Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Scio cui crédidi” Whereas the Greeks on this day are uniting in one solemnity the memory, as they express it, “of the illustrious Saints, the Twelve…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs
SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs; Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Nunc scio vere“ Today’s Double of the First Class Feast has a Common Octave with two stations, the one at St. Peter’s, the other at St. Paul’s. On June 29 A.D. 67, St. Peter was crucified, head downward, by order…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St Irenaeus Bishop & Martyr
St Irenaeus Bishop & Martyr; Comm. the Fourth Sunday Post Pentecost, the Vigil of the holy Apostles Peter & Paul and the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Lex veritátis“ INTROIT Malachi 2: 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help; commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Gaudeamus“ The earliest written account of the image comes from a Latin and Italian plaque placed in the church of San Matteo in Via Merulana where it was first venerated by the public in 1499. The writer of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS John & Paul, Martyrs
SS John & Paul, Martyrs; Commemoration of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Multæ tribulatiónes“ Saints John and Paul were Roman soldiers who were Christians as well. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June. The year of their martyrdom is uncertain according to their Acts, it occurred under Julian the Apostate (361-3). In the second…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. William of Vercelli, Abbot
S. William of Vercelli, Abbot; Comm. the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Os justi” St. William was born in 1085 at Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy of noble and wealthy parents. When he was still very young, he determined to renounce the world and become a hermit. He…
