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2018 Tenth Anniversary of Daily Mass Online!
Latest Mass Recording APPRECIATION If you appreciate these daily posts and the broadcasting of Mass, please consider expressing your appreciation via a donation to our ministry with the homeless… To donate just press the button! Since the feast of Our Lady’s Assumption in 2008 the daily Mass of the Brighton Oratory faith community has been…
Volunteers needed – become a Cherub!
Our very own apostolate “Cherubs Kitchen” relaunches next month (February) and in an attempt to reaffirm its charitable objects requires volunteers to help maximise the profits generated to help the homeless in our city. The Cherubs concept is simple; a commercial catering franchise that provides industry standard apprenticeships in catering for homeless or disadvantaged people…
Holydays of Obligation 2018
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. 2018 All…
“Our father” an interview with Fr Jerome OSJV
Local journalist, Russell Higham recently interviewed The Brighton Oratory’s, Father Jerome for Sussex Life Magazine. Focussing on Father’s work with the homeless and particularly “Cherubs Kitchen“, Russell visited “The Hub” homeless drop-in partnered with the Salvation Army at Brighton Congress Hall where Father leads the kitchen team and a faithful band of volunteers host and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria in the Octave of St Laurence & Vigil of the Dormition
Feria in the Octave of St Laurence; Com. Vigil of the Dormition [/Assumption] & Com. Feast of St Eusebius: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúdo“ As early as the Seventh Century the preparation, by a solemn fast, for keeping devoutly the great festival of the Dormition of the Mother of God (aka The Assumption), is described as a custom of great antiquity….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Day IV in the Octave of St Laurence, Martyr
Day IV in the Octave of St Laurence, Martyr; Commemoration of SS. Hippolytus & St. Cassian, Martyrs: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúde” St. Hippolytus, an officer of the body-guard of the emperor Decius, had been born in the darkness of idolatry, but he had become a Christian, with all his household, in consequence of witnessing the many…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St Clare, Virgin
St Clare, Virgin; Commemoration of Day III in the Octave of St Laurence, Martyr & Sunday XII Post Pentecost: Missa “Dilexísti“ The Breviary says of St Clare: “Following the example of St. Francis, she distributed all her possessions among the poor. She fled from the noise of the world and betook herself to a country chapel, where St. Francis…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria II in the Octave of St Lawrence, Martyr
Feria II in the Octave of St Laurence, Martyr; Commemoration of Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúde” Laurence (or Lawrence) was chief of the seven deacons of the congregation at Rome, the seven men who, like Stephen and his companions (Acts 6:1-6), were in charge of administering the church budget, particularly with regard…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Laurence, Deacon & Martyr
St Laurence, Deacon & Martyr: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúde” After the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul this is the greatest festival in the ancient Roman Liturgy. The terrible martyrdom endured by the famous archdeacon deeply impressed the generations that came immediately after him, for whom Saint Lawrence became at Rome that which Saint Stephen had…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St John Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests, Confessor
St Jean Vianney, Confessor & Com. St Romanus, Martyr and the Vigil of St Laurence: Missa “Os justi“ St. John Mary Vianney was born at Dardilly, France, in 1786. He was a farm-hand until his nineteenth year, when he began his studies for the priesthood. His talents were poor, and his progress slow. He was ordained…
R&R… “to be”
On Saturday 4th August we held our first Reconciliation & Healing Service gathering Christians together from across the city to simply spend time with God and “to be” with Him. The feedback has been very positive and so we will offer these twice a month – on a Saturday morning when many people may want…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus, Martyrs
SS Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus, Martyrs: Missa “Timéte Dóminum” ST. CYRIACUS was a holy deacon at Rome, under the popes Marcellinus and Marcellus. In the persecution of Diocletian, in 303, he was crowned with a glorious martyrdom in that city. With him suffered also Largus and Smaragdus, and twenty others, among whom are named Crescentianus, Sergius, Secondus,…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Cajetan, Priest & Confessor
St. Cajetan, Priest & Confessor; Commemoration of St. Donatus, Bishop and Martyr: Missa “Os justi“ Like most of us, Cajetan seemed headed for an “ordinary” life—first as a lawyer, then as a priest engaged in the work of the Roman Curia. His life took a characteristic turn when he joined the Oratory of Divine Love in…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Transfiguration of Our Lord
The Transfiguration of Our Lord; Comm. of Pope Saint Sixtus, Saints Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs : Missa “Illuxérunt coruscatiónes“ The feast of the Transfiguration of Christ celebrates the revelation of Christ’s divine glory on Mount Tabor in Galilee (Matthew 17:1-6; Mark 9:1-8; Luke 9:28-36). After revealing to His disciples that He would be put to death…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady of the Snows
Our Lady of the Snows; Commemoration of the XIth Sunday Post Pentecost: Missa “Salve, sancta parens” On August 5 the anniversary of the miraculous snow fall, the Feast of Our Lady of Snows is celebrated at the basilica of her name, St Mary Major on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. During this celebration hundreds of white…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Dominic, Priest & Confessor
S. Dominic, Priest & Confessor: Missa “Os justi meditábitur” The Church of France was ravaged by the heresy of the Albigenses who, not satisfied with teaching false doctrine, pillaged the churches and massacred the priests. In 1215, Innocent III saw in a dream the tottering walls of St. John Lateran, held up by the powerful shoulders of…
