Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Mary Magdalene 22 Jul 201321 Jul 2013 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; IX Post Pentecost 21 Jul 201320 Jul 2013 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Margaret of Antioch, Virgin Martyr 20 Jul 201319 Jul 2013 St Margaret of Antioch, Virgin Martyr: Missa “Me expectaverunt“ According to the ancient Martyrologies, St. Margaret suffered at Antioch in Pisidia, in the last general persecution. She is said to have…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Vincent de Paul, Confessor 19 Jul 201318 Jul 2013 St Vincent de Paul, Confessor: Missa “OS justi“ St. Vincent was born of poor parents in the village of Pouy in Gascony, France, about 1580. He enjoyed his first schooling under…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Symphorosa & her Seven Sons, Martyrs 18 Jul 201318 Jul 2013 St Symphorosa & her Seven Sons, Martyrs: Missa “Clamaverunt“ The occasion for the death of these saints was found in the vicinity of that most famous palace which was built by…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Alexius, Confessor 17 Jul 201316 Jul 2013 St Alexius, Confessor: Missa “OS justi“ July 17 is traditionally the feast of the holy, humble confessor Saint Alexius. According to the most recent researches he was an Eastern saint whose…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bonaventure, Bishop Confessor, Doctor of the Church 16 Jul 201315 Jul 2013 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St. Swithun, Bishop & Confessor 15 Jul 201314 Jul 2013 St Swithun, Bishop & Confessor: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ Saint Swithin Swithun (or Swithin, Old English: Swīþhūn; died c. 862) was a Saxon bishop. He was born in the kingdom of…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; VIII Post Pentecost 14 Jul 201312 Jul 2013 Sunday VIII Post Pentecost: Missa “Suscépimus, Deus“ The theme of the Eighth Sunday is to account for your stewardship before God and then man. In the Epistle we are reminded of…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Pope St Anacletus, Martyr 13 Jul 201312 Jul 2013 Pope, St Anacletus, Martyr: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” According to the list of Popes furnished us by St. Irenaeus, Pope Saint Anacletus is probably the same person as Pope Saint Cletus, the…
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