Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Monthly Requiem 27 Jul 201226 Jul 2012 Monthly Requiem Mass: Missa "Requiem aeternam" A Mass for the Dead has many features which distinguish it from others. These are in part reminiscences of otherwise obsolete liturgical customs, and are…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Pantaleon, Martyr 27 Jul 201227 Jul 2012 St. Pantaleon was born in Nicomedia, near the Black Sea in Asia. He was the son of a rich pagan, Eustorgius of Nicomedia, and a Christian mother, Saint Eubula, who…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary 26 Jul 201225 Jul 2012 Anne (Hebrew, Hannah, grace; also spelled Ann, Anne, Anna) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne. All our information concerning the names and…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Anne, Mother of Mary 26 Jul 201225 Jul 2012 St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa "Gaudeámus omnes" Mother of Our Lady. Grandmother of Jesus Christ. Wife of Saint Joachim. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St James the Greater, Apostle 25 Jul 201224 Jul 2012 St James the Greater, Apostle & Martyr: Missa "Mihi autem" Saint James the Greater was the son of Zebedee and Salome (Cf. Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). Zahn asserts that Salome…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St James the Greater, Apostle & Martyr 25 Jul 201224 Jul 2012 Saint James the Greater was the son of Zebedee and Salome (Cf. Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). Zahn asserts that Salome was the daughter of a priest. James is styled…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Lewinna of Sussex, Virgin Martyr 24 Jul 201223 Jul 2012 Saint Lewinna was martyred in the late seventh century. The following is an account of the little we know of her. Model of purity and devotion, Virgin consecrated to Christ,…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Lewinna, Virgin Martyr 24 Jul 201223 Jul 2012 St Lewinna, Virgin Martyr: Missa "Me expectaverunt" Sussex was the last of the seven Saxon kingdoms to become officially Christian and east Sussex remained pagan longest of all. St Wilfrid of…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Apollinaris of Ravenna, Bishop & Martyr 23 Jul 201222 Jul 2012 When Saint Peter, setting out for Rome, left Antioch after seven years as its spiritual Head, he took with him several of the faithful of that city, among them Apollinaris,…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Apollinaris, Bishop & Martyr 23 Jul 201222 Jul 2012 St Apollinaris, Bishop & Martyr: Missa "Sacerdótes Dei" St. Apollinaris was the disciple of St. Peter, who preached the Gospel at Ravenna. He was one of the first great martyrs of…
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