St. Hugh of Lincoln, Confessor Bishop; commemoration of St Hilda of Whitby: Missa “Sacerdotes“ A native of Burgundy, Hugh was born in Avalon, near Grenoble in 1140 and joined the Carthusian Order at the age of 20. He was highly regarded for his intellectual ability, his integrity and caring nature. At the request of Henry…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Charles Borromeo
St Charles Borromeo, Bishop Confessor; commemoration of the Octave of All Saints and Ss. Vitalus & Agrícola Martyrs: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” No age of the Catholic Church’s history is without its share of confusion and corruption. Still, even in moments when disorder may seem overwhelming, individuals and movements eventually arise to propose the faith…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; SS Simon & Jude, Apostles
SS Simon & Jude, Apostles: Missa “Mihi autem nimis” On this day we celebrate two Apostles Saint Simon and Saint Jude Thaddeus, most probably because some historians have them being martyred together. The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the Gospel and Acts, in which a list of the Apostles is given. To…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John of Beverley
St John of Beverley, Bishop Confessor, Com. SS Chrysanthus & Daria, Martyrs: Missa “Sacerdotes tui” John was one of the leaders of the Northumbrian Church following the conversion of the North to Christianity in the 620s and 630s. According to later tradition he was born at Harpham near Driffield, and he was certainly Bishop of Hexham…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of St Wilfrid, Apostle of the South Saxons
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 the greatest and also one of the most controversial English Saints. He directly influenced the move away from Celtic to the more orderly Roman church…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Wilfrid of York, Apostle of the South Saxons
St Wilfrid of York, Apostle to the South Saxons, Co-Patron of the Sussex Mission: Missa “Sacerdotes tui” Wilfrid was born in Northumbria in 634. He was educated in the Celtic tradition by Monks in the monastery on Lindisfarne (called Holy Island today) a small island off the Northumberland coast. As a young man, Wilfrid went to Rome with…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Paulinus of York
St Paulinus of York, Bishop Confessor: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Paulinus (died 644) played the principal role in the conversion of Northumberland, which by 625 had become the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, stretching from the Humber to the Firth of Forth, and from the North Sea to the Pennines. Unusually for someone of that…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Francis of Assisi, Confessor
St Francis of Assisi, Confessor: Missa “Mihi autem absit gloriári” Saint Francis of Assisi, “the little beggar” is perhaps the most popular saint in history. Francis was born in 1182 in Assisi, Italy and his baptismal name was John, but his father renamed him Franceso, in honor of his love for France. The son of a wealthy…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Remigius of Rheims
St Remigius of Rheims, Confessor: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus“ St. Remigius or Remi, Bishop of Rheims was the great apostle of the Franks, and was illustrious for his learning, sanctity and miracles, which in his episcopacy of seventy and more years, rendered his name famous in the church. As a boy he made great progress in learning,…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Impression of the Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi
Impression of the Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi: Missa “Stabant juxta crucem” Two years before the faithful servant and minister of Christ, Francis, gave up his spirit to God, he retired alone into a high place, which is called Mount Alvernia, and began a forty-days’ fast in honour of the Archangel St. Michael. The sweetness…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Confessor
Feast of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church; commemoration of Pope St. Stephen I, Martyr: Missa “Spíritus Dómini” St. Alphonsus was born of noble parents near Naples, Italy, in 1696, and died in 1787. In the midst of many evils he appeared with a three-fold mission as Doctor, Bishop, and founder of…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Jerome Emilliani, Confessor
Feast of St. Jerome Emilliani, Confessor commemoration of St Margaret of Antioch: Missa “Effúsum is” A careless and irreligious soldier for the city-state of Venice, Jerome was captured in a skirmish at an outpost town and chained in a dungeon. In prison Jerome had a lot of time to think, and he gradually learned how to…
