Today, September 14 , is the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. This celebration honors the spiritual martyrdom of the Blessed Virgin Mary as well as her unity with the sufferings and passion of her Son Jesus.It was Pope Saint Pius X who, in 1913, set the date on September 15 as the memorial. This …
Today, September 8, is the feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary. Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaims joy to the whole world, for from you arose the glorious Sun of Justice, Christ our God; He freed us from the age-old curse & filled us with holiness; He destroyed death & gave …
Today, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Assumption completes God’s work in the Blessed Mother since it was not fitting that the flesh that had given life to God Himself should ever undergo corruption. The Assumption is God’s crowning of His work as Mary ends her earthly …
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Today, August 16, is the memorial of Saint Roch.Patron saint against epidemics and plagues.Popularly known as San Roque, he was a French nobleman who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast.Orphaned at age 20, he gave his fortune …
Today, August 17, is the memorial of Blessed Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi. Carmelite provincial and reformer. As a priest of the Carmelite Order, Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi of Florence, Italy, served successively as superior of the order’s monasteries in Le Selve, Frascati, and his native Florence. He was the first member of the reform at Santa Maria …
INTRODUCTION The prophet Elijah appears in Scripture as a man of God who lived always in his presence and fought zealously for the worship of the one true God. He defended God’s law in a solemn contest on Mount Carmel, and afterwards was given on Mount Horeb an intimate experience of the living God. The …