Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Wednesday in Whitsun Week
Red Semidouble Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them the fire of thy love. We have seen with what fidelity the Holy Ghost has fulfilled, during all these past ages, the Mission he received […]
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Saint Angela de Merici, Virgin
White Double [In 1955 Pope Pius XII assigned this date to the new feast of the Queenship of Mary, and moved S. Merici’s feast to 1st June] This last day of May, which is honored by the virginal triumph of Aurelia Petronilla, in the first Age of the Church, is also fragrant with the lilies […]
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Saint Petronilla, Virgin
White Commemoration Though the Church makes but a simple commemoration of this illustrious Virgin in the office of this day, we will not fail to offer her the homage of our devout veneration. On the twelfth of this month, we kept the feast of the noble Virgin and Martyr, Flavia Domitilla; it is probable that […]
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Tuesday in Whitsun Week
Red Double of the First Class Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them the fire of thy love. Yesterday, we were admiring the work of the Holy Ghost, whereby he drew mankind to the […]
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Saint Felix the First, Pope and Martyr
Red Double 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 under Aurelian, in the 3rd Century. His Acts have been lost, with the exception of this one detail; that he proclaimed the dogma […]
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Monday, May 29, 2023
Monday in Whitsun Week
Red Double of the First Class Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them the fire of thy love. Yesterday, the Holy Ghost took possession of the world: his commencement of the mission given him […]
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Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin
White Simple Our Paschal Calendar gives us three illustrious Virgins of the beautiful Italy. We have already kept the feast of the valiant Catharine of sienna; in a few days, we shall be honoring the memory of Angela de Merici, surrounded by her school-children; today, it is the fair lily of Florence, Magdalene de Pazzi, […]
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Sunday, May 28, 2023
Whit Sunday, the Day of Pentecost
Red Double of the First Class with Privileged Octave(Indulgence of 30 years and 30 quarantines) Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them the fire of thy love. The great day, which consummates the work […]
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Saint Augustine, Bishop, Apostle of England
White Double Four hundred years had scarcely elapsed since the glorious death of Eleutherius, when a second Apostle of Britain ascended from this world, and on this same day, to the abode of eternal bliss. We cannot but be struck by the fact that the names of our two Apostles appear on the Calendar together: […]
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Saturday, May 27, 2023
Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost
Violet and Red Privileged Vigil of the First Class O rex gloriæ, Domine virtutum, qui triumphator hodie super omnes cœlos ascendisti, ne derelinquas nos orphanos; sed mitte promissum Patris in nos Spiritum veritatis, alleluia. O King of glory, Lord of hosts, who didst this day ascend in triumph above all the heavens! leave us not […]
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