Night Prayers for Sexagesima Saturday ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Septuagesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…
Day: February 10, 2024
Evening Meditations for Sexagesima Saturday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Isaias had already foretold that our blessed Redeemer would be condemned to death, and as an innocent lamb brought to sacrifice: He shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter. (Is. liii. 7)…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Scholastica, Virgin
St. Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict’s direction, Scholastica founded a community of nuns near the great Benedictine monastery Monte Cassino. Inspired by Benedict’s teaching…
Morning Meditations for Sexagesima Saturday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
As Jesus is called the King of Sorrows and the King of Martyrs, because He suffered more than all the Martyrs, so also is Mary with good reason called the Queen of Martyrs, having merited this title by suffering a Martyrdom the most cruel, after that of her Divine Son…
Morning Prayers for Sexagesima Saturday ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Gesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…