Dominica II Post Pascha: Missa “Misericórdia Dómini” The Station is at St. Peter’s in Rome. On this Sunday St. Gregory the Great delivered his magnificent homily on the Gospel of the Good Shepherd, near the tomb of the first universal pastor. For this Mass Misericordia the Traditional Rite celebrates Christ as the Good shepherd. Jesus Christ is the One…
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Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Feria VI of Low Sunday
Feria VI of Dominica in Albis: Missa “Quasi modo” Since Ash Wednesday little attention has been accorded to saints’ feast days. The Church was too busy with her children’s baptismal renewal. Now, however, after the octave of Easter, the saints come into prominence again. The martyrs in particular find high favour and honour liturgically during the…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Feria V of Low Sunday
Feria V of Dominica in Albis: Missa “Quasi modo” Since Ash Wednesday little attention has been accorded to saints’ feast days. The Church was too busy with her children’s baptismal renewal. Now, however, after the octave of Easter, the saints come into prominence again. The martyrs in particular find high favour and honour liturgically during the…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Justin, Martyr
St Justin, Martyr: Missa “Narravérunt“ “We are slain with the sword, but we increase and multiply; the more we are persecuted and destroyed, the more are deaf to our numbers. As a vine, by being pruned and cut close, shoots forth new suckers, and bears a greater abundance of fruit; so is it with us.” –…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St. Hermenegild, Martyr
St. Hermenegild, Martyr: Missa “Protexisti“ Leovigild, Arian King of the Visigoths, had two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, who were reigning conjointly with him. All were Arians, but Hermenegild married a zealous Catholic, the daughter of Sigebert, King of France, and by her holy example was converted to the faith. His father, on hearing the news, denounced…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Feria II of Low Sunday
Feria II of Dominica in Albis: Missa “Quasi modo” In certain parishes Low Sunday is First Holy Communion Day. There is, however, no foundation for this custom in the liturgy. In the ancient Church the catechumens received three sacraments during the Easter vigil service, viz, Baptism, Confirmation and Communion. For this celebration they wore the white…
Carissimi; Sunday’s Mass: Low Sunday
Dominica in Albis: Missa “Quasi modo” Station at the Church of St. Pancras in Rome. Low Sunday, so called in order to emphasize the contrast between the great Easter solemnity and the Sunday which ends the Octave, is also known as Quasimodo, from the first words of the Introit. (Not the hunchback of Notre Dame!) In…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday: Missa “Edúxit Dóminus” The conclusion today of the baptismal celebrations calls the neophytes together again in the Lateran Basilica beside the font in which on Easter Eve they were born to newness of life. Today’s stational liturgy seems to be influenced more than ever by the thought of purity and innocence, like a loving…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Friday
Easter Friday: Missa “Edúxit eos Dóminus” In the Seventh Century the Roman Pantheon was dedicated to St. Mary and the heroic sons of the Roman Church, who had suffered martyrdom. The martyrs indeed seem to have a particular right to the glory of the Resurrection on account of their perfect resemblance to Christ crucified; and many…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Thursday
Easter Thursday: Missa “Victricem” Station at the Church of the Twelve Apostles in Rome. Under the high altar of this church are preserved the relics of the Apostles Philip and James only; the stational feast is celebrated in honor of all the Apostles together. The Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles deals with the conversion…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Wednesday
Easter Wednesday: Missa “Venite, benedicti” Station at the St. Laurence-Without-the-Walls. Today we honor St. Lawrence, the Cross-bearer of the Roman Church, to express our gratitude for the favor shown by him to the catechumens in bringing them to holy Baptism. The Gospel gives the account of the third appearance of the risen Savior to the Apostles….
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Tuesday
Easter Tuesday: Missa “Aqua sapiéntiæ potávit” Station at the St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls. After visiting St. Peter‘s, it was fitting that the neophytes should at once be brought to the Doctor of the Gentiles, beside whose tomb they had learned the first rudiments of the new law of the Gospel. Therefore in the Lesson from the Acts of the…
