Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria V of Septuagesima 31 Jan 201330 Jan 2013 Feria V of Septuagesima: Missa "Circumdederunt me" Septuagesima Sunday is the third Sunday before the start of Lent, which makes it the ninth Sunday before Easter. Traditionally, Septuagesima Sunday marked…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bathildis, Queen 30 Jan 201330 Jan 2013 S. Bathildis (Batilde), Queen: Missa "Cognovi, Domine" Wife of Clovis II, King of France, time and place of birth unknown; d. January; 680. According to some chronicles she came from…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria III of Septuagesima 29 Jan 201329 Jan 2013 Feria III of Septuagesima: Missa "Circumdederunt me"Septuagesima Sunday is the third Sunday before the start of Lent, which makes it the ninth Sunday before Easter. Traditionally, Septuagesima Sunday marked the…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 28 Jan 201328 Jan 2013 S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church [transfered 27/01]: Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname "Chrysostom (golden mouth)" because he was the most…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Septuagesima 27 Jan 201327 Jan 2013 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY Missa "Circumdederunt me" The venerated Abbe Dom Prosper Gueranger comments on today's Epistle with these words: "These stirring words of the apostle deepen the sentiments already produced in us…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr 26 Jan 201326 Jan 2013 S. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr: Missa "Sacerdotes Dei" Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of Saint John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual love and…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Conversion of Saint Paul 25 Jan 201325 Jan 2013 Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul: Missa "Scio cui crédidi" Since the 8th century the feast of the conversion of St. Paul has been set apart by the Church to…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Timothy, Bishop & Martyr 24 Jan 201324 Jan 2013 S. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr: Missa "Statuit ei Dominus" Saint Timothy was a convert of Saint Paul, born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a daughter of Israel, but his father…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Monthly Requiem 23 Jan 201323 Jan 2013 Monthly Requiem Mass: Missa “Requiem aeternam“ The Requiem Mass is an expression of the Communion of Saints, the Church Militant (on earth) prays for the souls of the departed expressing Christian hope that…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass: Requiem for Dom Klaus Schlapps OPR 22 Jan 201322 Jan 2013 See notice INTROIT 4 Esdras 2: 34-35 Eternal rest give to them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. (Ps. 64. 2-3). A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion; and…
