Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Mark the Evangelist [Major Rogation] 25 Apr 202625 Apr 2026 St Mark, Evangelist; Comm. Feria in the Octave of St George: Missa "Protexisti" The feast of St. Mark was not regularly inserted into the Roman Calendar until about the Twelfth Century.…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr 24 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr: Missa "Protexisti" If a poor man needed some clothing, Fidelis would often give the man the clothes right off his back. Complete generosity to others…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St George, Martyr, Patron of England 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 St George, Martyr, Patron of England: Missa "Protexisti" The feast of St. George is found in the Ethiopian, Coptic, Syriac, and Latin liturgies. The ancient "Georgia" is named after him.…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs: Missa "Sancti tui" These two Sovereign Pontiffs were martyred for the Faith 120 years apart in the second and third centuries. Pope Saint Soter…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Justin, Martyr 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St. Hermenegild, Martyr 13 Apr 202613 Apr 2026 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Sunday’s Mass: Low Sunday 12 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Saturday 11 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Friday 10 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 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…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Thursday 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 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…
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