Thursday, July 29, 2021
Saint Martha, Virgin; Ss. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, & Beatrice, Martyrs
White Semidouble 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 her turn saying: “The Beloved is here and calleth for thee.” And Jesus preventing her, appeared himself and said: “Come, my hostess; come […]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Ss. Nazarius, Celsus, and Victor, Mm., and Saint Innocent, Pope and Confessor
Red Semidouble Nazarius and Celsus bring glory to the Church of Milan, by appearing on the cycle today. After lying forgotten for three centuries in the obscure tomb that had received their precious remains in the time of Nero, they now receive the united homage of East and West. It was nine years since the […]
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Saint Pantaleon, Martyr
Red Simple The East celebrates today one of her greater martyrs, who was both a healer of bodies and a conqueror of souls. His name, which recalls the strength of the lion, was changed by heaven at the time of his death into Panteleemon, or all-merciful; a happy presage of the gracious blessings our Lord […]
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
White Double of the Second Class 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 noblest of all, who have ever conceived by virtue of the command to “increase and multiply,” beholds the […]
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
Saint James the Great, Apostle; Commemoration of Saint Christopher, Martyr
Red Double of the Second Class Let us today hail the bright star which once made Compostella so resplendent with its rays that the obscure town became, like Jerusalem and Rome, a center of attraction to the piety of the whole world. As long as the Christian empire lasted, the sepulcher of St. James the […]
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The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Green Semidouble The lamentation over Jerusalem’s woes is, in the Western Church, the subject of today’s Gospel; and it gave its name to this ninth Sunday after Pentecost, at least among the Latins. We have already observed that it is easy to find, even in the Liturgy as it now stands, traces of how the […]
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Saturday, July 24, 2021
Saint Christina, Virgin and Martyr
Red Commemoration Christina, whose very name fills the Church with the fragrance of the Spouse, comes as a graceful harbinger to the feast of the elder son of thunder. The ancient Vulsinium, seated by its lake with basalt shores and calm clear waters, was the scene of a triumph over Estruscan paganism, when this child […]
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Friday, July 23, 2021
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr; Commemoration of Saint Liborius, Bishop
Red Double Ravenna, the mother of cities, invites us today to honor the martyr bishop, whose labors did more for her lasting renown than did the favor of emperors and kings. From the midst of her ancient monuments, the rival of Rome, though now fallen, points proudly to her unbroken chain of Pontiffs, which she […]
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Saint Mary Magdalene
White Double “Three Saints,” said our Lord to St. Bridget of Sweden, “have been more pleasing to me than all others: Mary my mother, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene.” The Fathers tell us that Magdelene is a type of the Gentile Church called from the depth of sin to perfect holiness; and indeed, better […]
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Saint Praxedes, Virgin
White Simple On this day Pudentiana’s angelic sister at length obtained from her Spouse release from bondage, and from the burden of exile that weighed so heavily on this last scion of a holy and illustrious stock. New races, unknown to her fathers when they laid the world at the feet of Rome, now governed […]
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