Rogation Days: Wednesday (Ascension Eve)
For the third time, holy Church marshals her children in procession, and makes a solemn appeal to the divine mercy. Let us follow her sacred standard, and join her in invoking […]
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Friday of the Second Week after Easter
℣. In thy resurrection, Christ, alleluia. ℟. Let heaven and earth rejoice, alleluia. Let us, today, turn to another subject. Let us think upon that unfortunate Jerusalem, which, a few days […]
Thursday of the Second Week after Easter
℣. In thy resurrection, O Christ, alleluia. ℟. Let heaven and earth rejoice, alleluia. The Apostles and holy women are not the only ones to enjoy the presence of our Risen Jesus: […]
Wednesday in Easter Week
This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein. The Hebrew word Pasch signifies passage, and we explained yesterday how this great day first became sacred […]
Palm Sunday
Today, if ye shall hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts. Early in the morning of this day, Jesus sets our for Jerusalem, leaving Mary, his Mother, […]
Saturday in Passion Week
Today, we begin, as does the holy Gospel, to number the days which precede the Death, the Sacrifice, of the Lamb of God. St. John, in the 12th Chapter of […]
Monday in Passion Week
Let us also learn to dread that false spirituality, which tells us that exterior mortification is of little value: such doctrine is the result of rationalism and cowardice. The Station, […]
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
The Station is in the church of Saint Laurence in Damaso; so called, because it was built, in the 4th century, in honor of the glorious Archdeacon of Rome, by […]
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
The Station is in the Church of Saint Mark, which was built in the fourth century, in honor of the Evangelist, by the holy Pope Mark, whose relics are kept […]
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
The Station for today is in the Church of Saint Vitalis, Martyr, the father of the two illustrious Milanese Martyrs, Saints Gervasius and Protasius. COLLECT Grant, O Almighty God, that being […]
Tuesday of Sexagesima Week
When we reflect upon the terrible events which happened in the first age of the world, we are lost in astonishment at the wickedness of man, and at the effrontery wherewith […]
January 23 – St Raymond of Penafort, Confessor
The glorious choir of Martyrs, that stands round our Emmanuel, till the day of his Presentation in the Temple, opens its ranks, from time to time, to give admission to […]
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