June 6 – St Norbert, Bishop & Confessor
The helpful influence of the Holy Ghost is more and more multiplied along the Church’s path. It seems as though he would show us today how the divine power of his […]
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June 5 – St Boniface, Apostle of Germany, Bishop & Martyr
The Son of Man, proclaimed King in the highest heavens on his triumphant Ascension Day, leaves to his Bride on earth the task of making his sovereign dominion recognized here […]
June 4 – St Francis Caracciolo, Confessor
The good things brought unto this world by the Divine Spirit continue to be revealed in the holy Liturgy. Francis Caracciolo is given to us this day as another type of […]
June 2 – Ss Marcellinus, Peter, & Erasmus, Martyrs
The glory of Martyrdom illumines this day with a profusion rarely met with on the Cycle; and already we seem to descry the rosy dawn of that glad day, excelling all […]
June 30 – The Commemoration of St Paul, Apostle
Whereas the Greeks on this day are uniting in one Solemnity, the Memory, as they express it, of the illustrious Saints, the Twelve Apostles, worthy of all praise, (Menæa, June 30)—let us follow in […]
June 28 – The Vigil of the Holy Apostles Ss Peter & Paul
John the Baptist, placed on the confines of the two Testaments, closes the prophetic age, the reign of Hope, and opens the era of Faith which possesses the long expected God, though as yet without […]
June 27 – Fourth Day within the Octave of St John the Baptist
The gladsome Octave of the Precursor has a still further increase of light in store for us. Let us imitate the Church, who once again concentrates her thoughts on the […]
June 26 – Ss John & Paul, Martyrs
The Martyrdom of Ss John and Paul Amidst the numerous sanctuaries which adorn the capital of the Christian universe, the church of Saints John and Paul has remained from the early […]
June 25 – St William, Abbot
Martyrs are numerous on the cycle during the Octave of St. John. But not alone in martyrdom’s peerless glory does our Emmanuel reveal the potency of his grace, or the victorious […]
June 24 – The Nativity of St John the Baptist
The Voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord; behold thy God” (Isaiah 40:3-9) Oh! in this world of ours grown now so cold, […]
June 23 – St Etheldreda, Queen, Virgin & Abbess
Etheldreda, or Audrey, whom the Church offers to our veneration today, was one of the most popular saints among our English forefathers. She was born in the middle of the […]
June 23 – The Vigil of St John the Baptist
There was in the days of Herod the King of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and […]
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