Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Feria III of Advent III

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Feria II of Advent III

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Eusebius of Vercelli

Christians who breathed a sigh of relief when Constantine proclaimed Christianity the state religion, believing this would end the bloodshed and martyrdom. But it was all too short a time until they were facing persecution once more — from others who claimed to be Christian…

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Day VII in the Octave of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Lesson from the book of Proverbs, describes to us allegorically the concept of Our Lady and thus ourselves, being in the mind of God from all eternity…

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Lucy of Syracuse

Hagiography states that Saint Lucy was a Christian martyr during the Diocletian persecution. According to apocryphal texts, the beautiful Lucia was born to a prosperous family of nobility in Syracuse on the island of Sicily. In the days of early Christian persecution, legends say that Lucia carried food to Christians hiding in dark underground tunnels. To light the way she wore a wreath of candles on her head.

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Day V in the Conception Octave

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Day V in the Conception Octave

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Damasus I of Rome

The feast speaks to us, by example of the Blessed Virgin, of the uniqueness of our individual creation – God’s conception of us in His eternal mind and His purposing us by our physical conception. Just as Our Lady was intended by God from all time to be the vessel and tabernacle of the Incarnate Word, so too are we each purposed by God to play a role in the salvation of mankind…

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Day III in the Conception Octave

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Day III in the Conception Octave

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The feast speaks to us, by example of the Blessed Virgin, of the uniqueness of our individual creation – God’s conception of us in His eternal mind and His purposing us by our physical conception. Just as Our Lady was intended by God from all time to be the vessel and tabernacle of the Incarnate Word, so too are we each purposed by God to play a role in the salvation of mankind…

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Second Sunday of Advent

For the Second Sunday of Advent numerous references appear to Jerusalem and her people beginning with the Introit “People of Sion” for Jesus Christ will be the deliverer and and the shepherd of the faithful Jews and of the Gentiles…

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: S. Ambrose of Milan

St Ambrose, Bishop Confessor & Doctor of the Church