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 […]
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May 30 – St Felix I, Pope & Martyr
The holy Popes of the primitive ages of the Church abound during these last days of our Paschal Season. Today, we have Felix the First, a Martyr of the persecution […]
May 27 – St John I, Pope & Martyr
The palm of martyrdom was won by this holy Pope, not in a victory over a pagan persecutor, but in battling for the Church’s Liberty, against a Christian King. But this […]
May 26 – St Eleutherius, Pope & Martyr
This twenty-sixth of May is also honored by the memory of one of those early Pontiffs who, like Urban, were the foundations of the Church in the Age of Persecution. Eleutherius […]
May 25 – St Gregory VII, Pope & Confessor
Our Easter Calendar has already given us the two great Popes, Leo the Great and Pius V; it bids us, today, pay honor to the glorious memory of Gregory VII. These […]
May 25 – St Urban, Pope & Martyr
This day is beautified by the triumph of two sainted Popes; and the Seventh Gregory, when he quitted this earth, was introduced into the court of Heaven by one of the […]
May 24 – Feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians
Ever since our entrance upon the joys of the Paschal Season, scarcely a day has passed without the Calendar’s offering us some grand Mystery or Saint to honor; and all […]
May 19 – St Peter Celestine, Pope
Our Paschal Season, which has already given us the admirable Doctor, St. Leo, brings before us today the humble Peter Celestine—Sovereign Pontiff, like Leo, but who was no sooner throned on […]
May 12 – St Pancras, Martyr
A FOURTH Martyr claims our veneration on this twelfth day of May. Like the three others, he culled his palm at Rome. But while they died for the Faith at […]
May 10 – St Antoninus, Bishop & Confessor
The Order of St. Dominic, which has already presented to our Triumphant Jesus Peter the Martyr and Catherine the seraph of Siena, sends him today one of the many Bishops […]
May 7 – St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr
The 11th Century—the Century of contest between the Priests of the Church and Barbarism—deputes today another Martyr to our Risen Jesus. It is Stanislaus, loved by noble Poland as one of her […]
May 5 – St Pius V, Pope
We have already met with the names of several Pontiffs on the Paschal Calendar. They form a brilliant constellation around our Risen Jesus, who, during the period between his Resurrection […]
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