The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Rorate caeli desuper“ This feast, which in recent times has been kept not only throughout the whole of Spain, but also in many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of the 10th Council of Toledo, in 656. These prelates thought that there…
Category: Marian
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Day IV in the Octave of The Conception of the BVM
Day IV in the Octave of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Comm. Feria of Advent II; & St Damasus I Pope & Confessor: Missa “Salve Sancta” Holy Mother Church celebrates today the ancient feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. An innovation in 1854 by Pope Pius IX altered the title and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Day III in the Octave of The Conception of the BVM
Day III in the Octave of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Comm. Feria of Advent II; & St Melchiades of Rome, Bishop & Martyr: Missa “Salve Sancta” Holy Mother Church celebrates today the ancient feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. An innovation in 1854 by Pope Pius IX altered the title…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Day II in the Octave of The Conception of the BVM
Day II in the Octave of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Comm. Feria of Advent II: Missa “Salve Sancta” Holy Mother Church celebrates today the ancient feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. An innovation in 1854 by Pope Pius IX altered the title and Mass of the feast adding the word…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Feast of The Divine Maternity of Mary
The Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Commemoration of Sunday XIX Post Pentecost: Missa “Ecce Virgo” When Mary of Nazareth conceived in Her womb the Word of God, that conception was the effect of the fullness of Her grace, and of an action of the Holy Spirit which occurred in Her soul first of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Commemoration of Pope St. Mark & St. Sergius and Companion Martyrs: Missa “Gaudeamus“ October 7th is the anniversary of the glorious victory won in 1571 by the Christian forces over the Turkish fleet at Lepanto. This triumph of the Cross over the Crescent was universally attributed…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St Anne, Mother of Mary
St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Commemoration of the VIIIth Sunday Post Pentecost: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ What little we know about Saint Anne comes from the apocryphal Gospel of James (ca. 145 AD), also known as the Protoevangelium of James [PJ]. According to tradition, Anne (Hannah in Hebrew) was born in Bethlehem and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help; commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist: Missa “Gaudeamus“ The earliest written account of the image comes from a Latin and Italian plaque placed in the church of San Matteo in Via Merulana where it was first venerated by the public in 1499. The writer of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Joseph, Husband of the BVM
St Joseph, Husband of the BVM; Comm. Lenten Feria: Missa “Justus ut palma florebit” The Church always honours St. Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during the Christmas solemnities. This day’s Gospel is indeed that of December 24th. A Coptic calendar tells us that St. Joseph was liturgically honoured in a special way on July 20th,…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary with St Joseph
The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary with St Joseph: Missa “Salve, sancta parens“ January 23rd is the traditional day of the feast called “The Espousal of the Virgin Mary with St Joseph.” Although never on the general Calendar, it was kept by many religious orders, especially those with a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary,…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feast of The Expectation of the BVM
The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Rorate caeli desuper“ This feast, which in recent times has been kept not only throughout the whole of Spain, but also in many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of the 10th Council of Toledo, in 656. These prelates thought that there…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Joseph, Husband of the BVM
St Joseph, Husband of the BVM; Comm. Lenten Feria: Missa “Justus ut palma florebit” The Church always honours St. Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during the Christmas solemnities. This day’s Gospel is indeed that of December 24th. A Coptic calendar tells us that St. Joseph was liturgically honoured in a special way on July 20th,…
