Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Alexius, Confessor 17 Jul 201216 Jul 2012 The life of Alexius teaches us how great God is in His Saints. His parents, Euphemianus and Aglae, were rich and distinguished people, but they were long without issue. At…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Swithun 15 Jul 201215 Jul 2012 St Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St Swithun's day if thou be fair For forty days 'twill rain na mair Traditional rhyme Saint…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Sunday VII Post Pentecost 15 Jul 201215 Jul 2012 Sunday VII Post Pentecost: Missa "Omnes gentes" For the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, quite possibly the most powerful of affirmations is given by our Lord and Savior that it isn't that…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bonaventure, Bishop Confessor, Doctor of the Church 14 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 St Bonaventure, Bishop Confessor & Doctor of the Church: Missa "In medio" Born in Tuscany in 1221, Giovanni Fidanza, in consequence of a miraculous cure-entered the Franciscan Order. While still young,…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: St Bonaventure, Bishop Confessor, Doctor of the Church 14 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 The Seraphic Doctor Saint Bonaventure was a man who was full of good fortune from his earliest years. Humility was his virtue and his role model was the holy founder…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: Pope St Anacletus, Martyr 13 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 Pope Saint Anacletus (very rarely written as Anencletus), also called Pope Cletus, was the third Roman Pope (after St. Peter and St. Linus). The 14 February 1961 Instruction of the…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Pope St Anacletus, Martyr 13 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 Pope, St Anacletus, Martyr: Missa "Si diligis Me" According to the list of Popes furnished us by St. Irenaeus, Pope Saint Anacletus is probably the same person as Pope Saint Cletus,…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS Nabor & Felix, Martyrs 12 Jul 201211 Jul 2012 SS Nabor and Felix: Missa "Salus autem" SS. Nabor and Felix suffered martyrdom at Milan under Maximian Herculeus, about the year 304AD. St. Ambrose honored their memory and from Milan devotion…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: SS. Nabor & Felix, Martyrs 12 Jul 201211 Jul 2012 Saints Nabor and Felix were martyred during the reign of Emperor Diocletian in 303. A tomb in Milan is believed to contain their relics. In the apocryphal "Acts of Saints…
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