Sunday X Post Pentecost: Missa “Cum clamárem” The Church gives us today a true notion of Christian humility. The liturgy reminds us that the humble soul is blessed to recognize its nothingness only on this condition Our sanctification is an impossible work if we undertake it alone, since our acts are only supernatural if they proceed from…
Month: July 2013
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS. Abdon & Sennen, Martyrs
SS. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs: Missa “Intret in conspéctu“ Sts. Abdon and Sennen were Persians who, coming to Rome in the Third Century, courageously confessed the faith of Christ and were put to death in the persecution of Decius in 250. The emperor Decius, enemy of Christians, had defeated the king of Persia and become master…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Martha, Virgin
St Martha, Virgin: Missa “Dilexísti justítiam” Saint Martha , whose feast we celebrate today, is mentioned by name only in Luke 10:38-42; and John 11, 12, sqq. The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatæan inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated A.D. 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; X Post Pentecost
Sunday X Post Pentecost: Missa “Cum clamárem” The Church gives us today a true notion of Christian humility. The liturgy reminds us that the humble soul is blessed to recognize its nothingness only on this condition Our sanctification is an impossible work if we undertake it alone, since our acts are only supernatural if they proceed from…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady on Saturday
Our Lady on Saturday: Missa “Salve, sancta parens“ The Mass of the Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of our Savior. She was destined for her role in the history of our salvation (Epistle), for as Eve was the intermediary chosen by the angel of darkness to bring about the fall of Adam, so also Mary…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Anne, Mother of Mary
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 Mary was born, and that she was their only child. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St James the Greater, Apostle
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 was the daughter of a priest. James is styled “the Greater” to distinguish him from the Apostle James “the Less”, who was probably shorter of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Lewinna, Virgin Martyr
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 York, the Apostle of the South Saxons (ie the people of Sussex) several times experienced their extreme ferocity. There is no early evidence to support…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; of Our Lady, in Thanksgiving for the Royal birth of George Alexander Louis
Missa Votiva of Our Lady, in Thanksgiving for the birth of the son of their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge : Missa “Salve, sancta parens“ On Monday, July 22nd 2013 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm. The baby boy weighed 8lbs 6oz. HRH The Duke of Cambridge…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Apollinaris, Bishop & Martyr
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 the church. He was made Bishop of Ravenna by the Apostle himself. The miracles he wrought there soon attracted official attention, for they and his…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Mary Magdalene
St Mary Magdalene: Missa “Me exspectavérunt peccatóres“ Saint Mary Magdalen was so called either from Magdala near Tiberias, on the west shore of Galilee, or possibly from a Talmudic expression meaning “curling women’s hair,” which the Talmud explains as of an adulteress. In the New Testament she is mentioned among the women who accompanied Christ and…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; IX Post Pentecost
Sunday IX Post Pentecost: Missa “Ecce Deus ádjuvat me“ God is our Helper, and He will always come to our aid He will open the ears of His mercy to our prayers, and will not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength. Let us obey therefore with joy the precepts of the Lord; let us…
