Liturgy… Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Sexagesima 31 Jan 201631 Jan 2016 Sexagesima Sunday Missa "Exsurge, quare obdormis" Sexagesima /sɛksəˈdʒɛsɨmə/, or, in full, Sexagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the Gregorian Rite liturgical calendar of…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bathildis, Queen 30 Jan 201629 Jan 2016 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 VI of Septuagesima 29 Jan 201629 Jan 2016 Feria VI of Septuagesima: Missa "Circumdederunt me" The three Sundays preceding Ash Wednesday are called SEPTUAGESIMA, SEXAGESIMA and QUINQUAGESIMA, which mean, respectively, the seventieth, sixtieth, and fiftieth day, that is,…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Agnes Virgin and Martyr 28 Jan 201627 Jan 2016 S. Agnes Virgin & Martyr (Octave Day): Missa "Vultum tuum" As it coincided with her "octave day" a legend grew, saying that Agnes appeared on this day to her parents praying…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 27 Jan 201626 Jan 2016 S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname "Chrysostom (golden mouth)" because he was the most eloquent…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr 26 Jan 201625 Jan 2016 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 201624 Jan 2016 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: Sunday’s Mass; Septuagesima 24 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY; Commemoration of S. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr Missa "Circumdederunt me" The venerated Abbe Dom Prosper Gueranger comments on today's Epistle with these words: "These stirring words of the apostle…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Sunday III Post Epiphany 23 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 Sunday III Post Epiphany; Commemoration of St Emerentiana, Virgin Martyr: Missa "Adoráte Deum" The Third Sunday after Epiphany is anticipated today because tomorrow is Septuagesima and there will not be room post…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS. Vincent & Anastasius, Martyrs 22 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 SS. Vincent & Anastasius, Martyrs: Missa “Intret in conspéctu tuo” Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon (also known as Vincent of Aragon) Born in Huesca, Spain; died January 22, 304. He was educated and ordained a deacon…
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