Feria VI in the Octave of the Nativity of the BVM: Missa “Salve, sancta parens” The Mass of the Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of our Savior. She was destined from all eternity for the role of co-operator (Lesson), for as Eve was the intermediary chosen by the angel of darkness to bring about…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Most Holy Name of Mary
The Most Holy Name of Mary; Feria V in the Octave of the Nativity of the BVM: Missa “Vultum Tuum” Whatever interpretation of the name of Mary we may accept, whether it means bitterness, the lady of the sea, or beloved of God, it is still the name of our Mother in Heaven, the name which…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria IV in the Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feria IV in the Octave of the Nativity of the BVM; Com. SS Protus & Hyacinth, Martyrs: Missa “Salve, sancta parens” The Mass of the Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of our Savior. She was destined from all eternity for the role of co-redemptrix (Epistle), for as Eve was the intermediary chosen by the…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Nicholas of Tolentino
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor and Religious Founder; Comm. the Octave of the Nativity BVM: Missa “Justus ut palma” Born at Sant’ Angelo, near Fermo, in the March of Ancona, around the year 1246, Saint Nicholas Tolentino was devote to the devout life. He is often depicted in the black habit of the Hermits…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Sunday XVI Post Pentecost
Sunday XVI Post Pentecost; Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Miserére mihi” In the Gospel for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost the supernatural life of our souls requires that the grace of God should always go before us and accompany us (Collect). To Him therefore be glory (Epistle). It…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Nativity of Our Lady
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Salve, sancta parens” This festival of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary originated in the East where it is mentioned very early. At Rome it was not observed before the reign of Pope Sergius I. As Eve, our first mother, arose from the side of Adam, dazzling…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost
Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost: Missa “Inclina, Domine” In the Gospel for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost the Mass reminds us that having received the Holy Ghost at the Feast of Pentecost and Jesus in Holy Communion, our souls and bodies should be moved by the Spirit and entirely obedient to the operation of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost
Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost: Missa “Inclina, Domine” In the Gospel for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost the Mass reminds us that having received the Holy Ghost at the Feast of Pentecost and Jesus in Holy Communion, our souls and bodies should be moved by the Spirit and entirely obedient to the operation of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Lawrence Justinian
Saint Lawrence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Saint Lawrence Justinian was the first Patriarch of his native city, Venice. Renouncing the prospect of a noble marriage, he entered the Canons of St. George in Alga. All his revenues were spent on the poor and the building of new monasteries. God made it…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost
Feria of Sunday XV Post Pentecost: Missa “Inclina, Domine” In the Gospel for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost the Mass reminds us that having received the Holy Ghost at the Feast of Pentecost and Jesus in Holy Communion, our souls and bodies should be moved by the Spirit and entirely obedient to the operation of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Simeon Stylites
St Simeon Stylites the Younger, Confessor: Missa “Os justi“ THIS saint was born at Antioch in 512, and retired, when yet a child, into the monastery of Thaumistore, or the Admirable Mountain, situated in the deserts of Syria, near Antioch. For several years he served a holy hermit who was a monk of the same place,…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Sunday XV Post Pentecost
Sunday XV Post Pentecost; Commemoration of St Stephen, King of Hungary: Missa “Inclina, Domine” In the Gospel for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost the Mass reminds us that having received the Holy Ghost at the Feast of Pentecost and Jesus in Holy Communion, our souls and bodies should be moved by the Spirit and entirely…
