Liturgy… Today’s Saints: SS. Hippolytus & St. Cassian, Martyrs 13 Aug 201212 Aug 2012 [Mass is of the Octave of St Laurence with a commemoration of these Saints] St. Hippolytus, an officer of the body-guard of the emperor Decius, had been born in the…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: St Laurence, Martyr 10 Aug 20129 Aug 2012 THERE are few martyrs in the church whose names are so famous as that of the glorious St. Laurence, in whose praises the most illustrious among the Latin fathers have…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: SS Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus 8 Aug 20127 Aug 2012 Of the Saint Cyriacus who, together with Saints Largus and Smaragdus and others (of whom Crescentianus, Memmia and Juliana are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology), is venerated on 8 August,…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: Pope St Stephen, Martyr 2 Aug 20121 Aug 2012 ST. STEPHEN was by birth a Roman, and being promoted to holy orders, was made archdeacon of that church under the holy popes and martyrs St. Cornelius and St. Lucius.…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary 26 Jul 201225 Jul 2012 Anne (Hebrew, Hannah, grace; also spelled Ann, Anne, Anna) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne. All our information concerning the names and…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St James the Greater, Apostle & Martyr 25 Jul 201224 Jul 2012 Saint James the Greater was the son of Zebedee and Salome (Cf. Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). Zahn asserts that Salome was the daughter of a priest. James is styled…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Lewinna of Sussex, Virgin Martyr 24 Jul 201223 Jul 2012 Saint Lewinna was martyred in the late seventh century. The following is an account of the little we know of her. Model of purity and devotion, Virgin consecrated to Christ,…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Apollinaris of Ravenna, Bishop & Martyr 23 Jul 201222 Jul 2012 When Saint Peter, setting out for Rome, left Antioch after seven years as its spiritual Head, he took with him several of the faithful of that city, among them Apollinaris,…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Margaret of Antioch, Virgin Martyr 20 Jul 201219 Jul 2012 Here followeth the glorious Life and passion of the Blessed Virgin and Martyr S. Margaret, and first of her name. Margaret is said of a precious gem, or ouche, that…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Alexius, Confessor 17 Jul 201216 Jul 2012 The life of Alexius teaches us how great God is in His Saints. His parents, Euphemianus and Aglae, were rich and distinguished people, but they were long without issue. At…
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