SS Faustinus & Jovita, Martyrs: Missa “Salus autem“ Faustinus and Jovita were brothers, nobly born, and were zealous professors of the Christian religion, which they preached without fear in their city of Brescia in Lombardy, during the persecution of Adrian. Their remarkable zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, and procured them a glorious…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady on Saturday
Our Lady on Saturday: Missa “Salve, sancta parens“ The Mass of the Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of our Savior. She was destined for her role in the history of our salvation (Epistle), for as Eve was the intermediary chosen by the angel of darkness to bring about the fall of Adam, so also Mary…
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; Octave Day of the Conception of the BVM
Octave Day of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Comm. Feria II of Advent III: Missa “Salve Sancta” Holy Mother Church celebrates the octave day of 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…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Day V In the Octave of the Conception of the BVM
Day V in the Octave of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; com. Feria V of Sunday Advent II: Missa “Salve Sancta” The feast speaks to us, by example of the Blessed Virgin, of the uniqueness of our individual creation – God’s conception of us in His eternal mind and His purposing us by…
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: Today’s Mass; The Conception of the BVM
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 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 “Immaculate”, but primitively and more traditionally the feast is known without it…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple [Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]: Missa “Salve, sancta parens“ In Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is one of the days when women named Mary (Μαρία in Greek) and Despoina (Δέσποινα in Greek) celebrate their Name Day. It was celebrated in the East as early…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Teresa of Avila
The Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Religious Foundress; commemoration of the Octaves of St Wilfrid of York, & of St Edward, King & Confessor: Missa “Dilexísti justítiam” Saint Teresa, the foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, was born at Avila in Old Castile in what is today part of Spain on March 28,…
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…
