Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Laurence, Martyr 10 Aug 20159 Aug 2015 St Laurence, Martyr: Missa "Conféssio et pulchritúde" After the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul this is the greatest festival in the ancient Roman Liturgy. The terrible martyrdom endured by the…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St John Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests, Confessor 9 Aug 20159 Aug 2015 St Jean Vianney, Confessor; Commemoration of the XI Sunday Post Pentecost: Missa "Os justi" St. John Mary Vianney was born at Dardilly, France, in 1786. He was a farm-hand until his nineteenth…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus, Martyrs 8 Aug 20158 Aug 2015 SS Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus, Martyrs: Missa "Timéte Dóminum" ST. CYRIACUS was a holy deacon at Rome, under the popes Marcellinus and Marcellus. In the persecution of Dioclesian, in 303, he was…
Uncategorized Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Donatus, Bishop and Martyr 7 Aug 20157 Aug 2015 St. Donatus, Bishop and Martyr: Missa“Sacerdotes Dei“ St. Donatus, Bishop and Martyr who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Julian the Apostate, in 361. This Bishop of Arezzo in Tuscany was illustrious…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Transfiguration of Our Lord 6 Aug 20155 Aug 2015 The Transfiguration of Our Lord; Comm. of Pope Saint Sixtus, Saints Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs : Missa "Illuxérunt coruscatiónes" The feast of the Transfiguration of Christ celebrates the revelation of Christ’s…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady of the Snows 5 Aug 20155 Aug 2015 Our Lady of the Snows: Missa "Salve, sancta parens" On August 5 the anniversary of the miraculous snow fall, the Feast of Our Lady of Snows is celebrated at the basilica…
Uncategorized Today’s Feast (Aug5): Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows 5 Aug 20155 Aug 2015 There are in Rome three patriarchal churches in which, on different feast days, the Pope officiates. These are the Basilicas of Saint Peter on the Vatican Hill, Saint John Lateran,…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Dominic, Priest & Confessor 4 Aug 20153 Aug 2015 S. Dominic, Priest & Confessor: Missa "Os justi meditábitur" The Church of France was ravaged by the heresy of the Albigenses who, not satisfied with teaching false doctrine, pillaged the churches and…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Finding of the Body of St Stephen, Proto-Martyr 3 Aug 20153 Aug 2015 Finding of the Body of St Stephen, Proto-Martyr: Missa "Sederunt príncipes" The body of St. Stephen, the first martyr, with those of some other saints, was discovered near Jerusalem in the…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; X Post Pentecost 2 Aug 20152 Aug 2015 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…
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