Liturgy… Carissimi; Sunday’s Mass: St. Gregory the Theologian 9 May 20219 May 2021 Feast of Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church: Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" After his baptism at 30, Gregory gladly accepted his friend Basil’s invitation to join him…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr 7 May 20216 May 2021 St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr: Missa "Protexisti" Saint Stanislaus, a Polish martyr, was Bishop of Cracow. King Boleslaw II was outraging the whole kingdom by his acts of lust and cruelty.…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Anselm of Canterbury 21 Apr 2021 St Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop Confessor & Doctor of the Church: Missa "In medio" Saint Anselm was born at Aoust, in Piedmont of Italian nobility. After a childhood devoted to piety…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Seven Holy Founders of the Servites 12 Feb 2021 Seven Holy Founders of the Servites: Missa "Justi decantaverunt" There were seven concilors of Florence who founded the Servants of Mary or Servites in 1233. The best known were Saint…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis Xavier, Confessor 3 Dec 2020 St Francis Xavier, Confessor; com. of Advent I: Missa “Loquébar“ Saint Francis Xavier was not born a saint. He had to work at it for in the dangerous days of…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Erconwald, Bishop & Confessor 14 Nov 2020 St Erconwald, Bishop & Confessor: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ Bishop of London, died about 690. He belonged to the princely family of the East Anglian Offa, and devoted a considerable portion…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Martin of Tours 11 Nov 2020 St Martin of Tours, Bishop & Confessor; Com. St Mennas, Martyr: Missa “Státuit ei Dóminus” The story and history of Saint Martin of Tours. When a mere boy, Martin became…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our holy father S. Willibrord 7 Nov 2020 Our holy father St Willibrord, Bishop Confessor, Apostle to the Frisians, Founder of the See of Utrecht; Commemoration of the Octave of All Saints: Missa "Statuit ei Dominus" Today is the…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of St Wilfrid, Apostle of the South Saxons 18 Oct 2020 Octave Day of St Wilfrid of York, Apostle to the South Saxons, Co-Patron of the Sussex Mission; St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor: Missa "Sacerdotes tui" Wilfrid (634-709) is one of…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop & Confessor 28 Aug 2020 St Augustine, Bishop & Confessor, Apostle to the Angles: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ “Your words are fair, but of doubtful meaning; I cannot forsake what I have so long believed. But…
