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 only; the stational feast is celebrated in honor of all the Apostles together. The Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles deals with the conversion…
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Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Wednesday
Easter Wednesday: Missa “Venite, benedicti” Station at the St. Laurence-Without-the-Walls. Today we honor St. Lawrence, the Cross-bearer of the Roman Church, to express our gratitude for the favor shown by him to the catechumens in bringing them to holy Baptism. The Gospel gives the account of the third appearance of the risen Savior to the Apostles….
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Tuesday
Easter Tuesday: Missa “Aqua sapiéntiæ potávit” Station at the St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls. After visiting St. Peter‘s, it was fitting that the neophytes should at once be brought to the Doctor of the Gentiles, beside whose tomb they had learned the first rudiments of the new law of the Gospel. Therefore in the Lesson from the Acts of the…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Easter Monday
Easter Monday: Missa “Introduxit vos Dominus” Station at the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome. This Octave is entirely consecrated to the neophytes. The week was for them a continual feast, a spiritual feast; and they kept their white baptismal garments, which were not laid aside until the following Sunday (in albis deponendis). The Masses of…
Station Passiontide Saturday I: Statio ad St Ioannem ante Portam Latinam
May the people prosper who are devoted to Thee by the affection of pious devotion, we beseech Thee O Lord; that instructed by the holy rites, they may be made more pleasing to Thy majesty, and more may they abound in excellent gifts. Through Jesus Christ our Lord… Today’s Station takes place in the Church…
Station Passiontide Friday I: Statio ad St Stephanum in Caelio Monte
Graciously pour forth Your grace into our hearts, we beseech You, O Lord, that, keeping our sinful inclinations under control by self-denial, we may suffer for a brief while rather than be condemned to everlasting punishment. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord… The Station, at Rome, is in the church of St. Stephen on…
Station Passiontide Wednesday I: Statio ad St Marcellum
May our fasts be acceptable to Thee, O Lord; may they atone for our sins and render us worthy of Thy grace; and may they lead us to eternal remedies. Through Our Lord… The Collecta for this day is at the church built by Pope Marcus, where the station was held on Monday after the…
Station Passion Sunday: Statio ad St Petrum
Look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, upon Thy family; by Thy governance may we be outwardly protected in body; by Thy favor may we be inwardly strengthened in heart and mind. Through Our Lord… At Rome, the Station is in the basilica of St. Peter. The importance of this Sunday, which never…
Station Saturday Lent IV: Statio ad St Nicolaum in Carcere
Vouchsafe, O Lord, by Thy grace to make fruitful the fervor of our devotion; for the fasts we have undertaken shall profit us only if they be pleasing to Thy goodness. Through Our Lord… Today’s Station is at St. Nicholas in Prison. It was constructed in the ruins of two temples and the ancient Forum…
Station Friday Lent IV: Statio ad St Eusebium
O God, who by the means of Thy transcendent Sacraments givest the world new life, grant, we pray Thee, that Thy Church may pursue the path of Thy eternal ordinances and be not deprived of temporal help: through Our Lord… The Station is in the church of St. Eusebius, priest of Rome, who suffered for…
Station Thursday Lent IV: Statio ad St Silvestrum et Martinum
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we who have undertaken to chastise our bodies by fasting may, even in this devotion, find cause for rejoicing: forasmuch as earthly passions being thereby subdued, we are the better able to fix our hopes on the delights of Heaven. Through Our Lord… The Station is at…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: The Annunciation of the BVM
In Annuntiatione Beate Mariæ Virgine (holyday of obligation): Missa “Vultum Tuum“ This feast, prepared by that of St. Gabriel, recalls the greatest event in history, the Incarnation of our Lord (Gospel) in the womb of a Virgin (Epistle). On this day the Word was made flesh, and united to itself for ever the humanity of…
