Sunday in the Octave of The Dormition [/Assumption]; Commemoration of the Xth Sunday Post Pentecost: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ Holy Mother Church continues the celebration of these two feasts, the “Dormition [Assumption] of the Mother of God” which takes precedence over the continuing Octave of St Laurence, Deacon and martyr of Rome, also commemorated today. ”Octave” has…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast of Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Grandfather to Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Saviour; Commemoration of the Octave of the Dormition of the BVM: Missa “Dispérsit“ On the Sunday within the Octave of the Dormition is honoured St Joachim, of the tribe of Juda and the family of David, who…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition [/Assumption]: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ Blessed Mary lived, cared for by St. John, for twelve years after Our Lord’s Resurrection. Her life was spent in helping the Apostles and in praying for the conversion of the world. On the third day after Mary’s death, when the Apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Anne, Mother of Mary
St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ Mother of Our Lady. Grandmother of Jesus Christ. Wife of Saint Joachim. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when Mary was born, and that she was their only child. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our Lady of Victory
Feast of Our Lady of Victory (/of the Most Holy Rosary): Missa “Gaudeamus omnes“ 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 to the powerful intercession of the Mother of…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast of Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Grandfather to Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Saviour; Commemoration of Sunday XIII Post Pentecost and in the Octave of the Dormition of the BVM: Missa “Dispérsit“ On the Sunday within the Octave of the Dormition is honoured St Joachim, of the tribe of Juda and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria in the Octave of the Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition [/Assumption]: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ INTROIT Psalm 44: 13, 15-16 Let all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival day in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for whose Assumption the Angels rejoice and give praise to the Son of God (Ps. 44: 2) My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to…
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: and St Laurence, Martyr: 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…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition [/Assumption]: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ Blessed Mary lived, cared for by St. John, for twelve years after Our Lord’s Resurrection. Her life was spent in helping the Apostles and in praying for the conversion of the world. On the third day after Mary’s death, when the Apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria in the Octave of the Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition [/Assumption]: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ INTROIT Psalm 44: 13, 15-16 Let all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival day in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for whose Assumption the Angels rejoice and give praise to the Son of God (Ps. 44: 2) My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition [/Assumption]: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ As early as the Seventh Century the preparation, by a solemn fast, for keeping devoutly the great festival of the Dormition of the Mother of God (aka The Assumption), is described as a custom of great antiquity. In Orthodoxy and Catholicism, in the language of the scripture, death is often…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Anne, Mother of Mary
St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes“ What little we know about Saint Anne comes from the apocryphal Gospel of James (ca. 145 AD), also known as the Protoevangelium of James [PJ]. According to tradition, Anne (Hannah in Hebrew) was born in Bethlehem and married Joachim of Nazareth, both descendants of King…
