Saint Marcellus I, Bishop of Rome & Martyr: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Nothing of Marcellus’ life before his papacy has survived the centuries. He became Pope at the end of the persecutions of Diocletian in aound 308-309. The persecutions had disrupted the Church so much that there had been a gap of over a year…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of the Feast of the Holy Innocents
Octave Day of the Feast of the Holy Innocents: Missa “Ex ore infántium” On the Octave Day the liturgical colour is red as opposed to purple and the Gloria and Alleluia are sung/said. The wily king Herod, who was reigning in Judea at the time of the birth of Our Saviour, learned from three Wise Men from…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of St John the Evangelist, Apostle
Octave Day of St John the Evangelist, Apostle; Comm. the Octaves of the Holy Innocents and St Thomas of Canterbury: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” St. John, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great, was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of St Stephen, First Martyr of the Church
Octave Day of St Stephen, Deacon & Protomartyr: Missa “Sederunt principes” The Jewish origin of Saint Stephen is universally acknowledged; he is known and loved everywhere as the first follower of Christ to give to his martyred God love for love, blood for blood. It is not certain whether he was among the seventy-two disciples…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Thomas a Becket of Canterbury, Martyr
St Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr; Within the Octave of the Nativity: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes” Saint Thomas a Becket, son of an English nobleman, Gilbert Becket, was born on the day consecrated to the memory of Saint Thomas the Apostle, December 21, 1117, in Southwark, England. He was endowed by both nature and grace…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Stephen, First Martyr of the Church
St Stephen, Deacon & Protomartyr: Missa “Sederunt principes” Station for today’s Mass is at St. Stephen’s Church on the Cœlian Hill in Rome. The Jewish origin of Saint Stephen is universally acknowledged; he is known and loved everywhere as the first follower of Christ to give to his martyred God love for love, blood for…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass: Ember Saturday in Advent
Sabbato Quattuor Temporum Adventus: Missa “Veni, et osténde” Today is Ember Saturday in Advent. It is a day of Fast and Partial Abstinence as we prepare for one week from today the coming of the Lord. Today is a Major Feria, not Privileged Station at St. Peter’s. In the first ages ordinations took place in…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bernard of Clairvaux
St Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot & Doctor of the Church; Com. Feria in the Octave of the Dormition: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae“ ERNARD was born at the castle of Fontaines, in Burgundy near Dijon, in 1090. The grace of his person and the vigor of his intellect filled his parents with the highest hopes, and the…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Hyacinth OP, Confessor
St Hyacinth OP, Apostle of the North; Commemoration of the Octaves of the Dormition [/Assumption] of the BVM: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ Saint Hyacinth, named the glorious Apostle of the North, was born of noble parents in Poland, about the year 1185. In 1218, as a Canon of Cracow he accompanied the bishop of that region…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of St Laurence, Martyr
Octave Day of St Laurence, Martyr; Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúde” Today is celebrated the “eighth day” or Octave Day of St Laurence of Rome (Aug 10th). The terrible martyrdom endured by the famous archdeacon deeply impressed the generations that came immediately after him, for whom Saint Lawrence became at Rome…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Laurence, Deacon & Martyr
St Laurence, Deacon & Martyr: Missa “Conféssio et pulchritúde” After the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul this is the greatest festival in the ancient Roman Liturgy. The terrible martyrdom endured by the famous archdeacon deeply impressed the generations that came immediately after him, for whom Saint Lawrence became at Rome that which Saint Stephen had…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Pope St Pius I
Pope St Pius I, Martyr; commemoration of St Oliver Plunkett, Bishop & Martyr & Bl. Adrian Fortescue, Martyr: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Today is the Feast of Pope Saint Pius I, Martyr and great Pope of the Second Century. According to the earliest list of the popes, given by Irenaeus (“Adv. haer.”, II, xxxi; cf….
