August 15 – Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
“Today the Virgin Mary ascended to heaven; rejoice, for she reigns with Christ forever.” (Magnificat Ant. for Vesp.) The Church will close her chants on this glorious day with this […]
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August 14 – Vigil of the Assumption
What is this aurora before which the brightest constellations pale? Laurence, who has been shining in the August heavens as an incomparable star, is well-nigh eclipsed, and becomes but the […]
August 5 – Our Lady of the Snow
Rome, delivered from slavery by Peter on the first of this month, offers to the world a wonderful spectacle. O Wisdom, who since the glorious Pentecost, hast spread over the […]
July 29 – St Martha, Virgin
Magdalene this time was the first to meet our Lord. Scarcely a week had elapsed since her glorious passage, when she repaid her sister’s former kind office and came in […]
July 26 – St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Uniting the blood of kings with that of pontiffs, the glory of Anne’s illustrious origin is far surpassed by that of her offspring, without compare among the daughters of Eve. The […]
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Man, unaided by grace, is incapable of producing perfect justice and absolute good. In the Middle-Ages, this Sunday was called, the sixth and last Sunday after the Natalis of the […]
July 16 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Towering over the waves on the shore of the Holy Land, Mount Carmel, together with the short range of the same name, forms a connecting link to two other chains, […]
July 6 – The Octave Day of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul
Firmly resting upon Peter, the Church turns to him whom the Spouse has given to be her Head, and testifies to him no less veneration and love, than obedience and fidelity; […]
July 5 – St Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor
Later than Cajetan of Vicenza and earlier than Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony was called to be the father of one of those religious families which arose in such numbers during the […]
July 2 – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth already engaged our attention while we were preparing for the Christmas festival. But it is only fitting to return again to an event so […]
July 1 – Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
John the Baptist has pointed out the Lamb, Peter has firmly fixed His throne, Paul has prepared the Bride; this their joint work, admirable in its unity, at once suggests the […]
July 1 – The Octave Day of St John the Baptist
The Church unites on June the 24th in one same glad celebration, the memory both of the Birth of the Precursor and of his Circumcision, surrounded as it was by prodigies, related […]
