November 23: ST. CLEMENT I, Pope and Martyr St. Clement I (d.97) was the third pope after St. Peter. He wrote the famous epistle to the Corinthians, commanding them to seek peace and unity. Since St. Peter, the Popes have exerted a universal jurisdiction over the whole Church in continuity. According to apocryphal acta dating…
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Nov. 22: ST. CECILIA, Virgin and Martyr.
November 22: Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr [Memorial] St. Cecilia is the patroness of musicians because, as she was dying, she sang to God. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. It was long supposed that she was a noble lady of Rome…
Nov. 17 ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. Edifying example of love for the poor and detachment from worldly goods.
Nov. 17 ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. Edifying example of love for the poor and detachment from worldly goods. St. Elisabeth (1207-1231) of Hungary was the daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania, and at age four was brought to the court of the rulers of Thuringia in central Germany, to become a…
NOV. 15: ST. ALBERT THE GREAT. SERMON ON THE WORDS “DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME”. Worth the read.
Nov. 15 ST. ALBERT THE GREAT, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH German by birth, St. Albert (1206-1280) studied in Padua and Paris. He entered the Order of Preachers and taught theology. In Paris, St. Thomas Aquinas was his pupil. A man of great wisdom, he became a bishop and worked to establish peace among…
Nov. 11: ST. MARTIN OF TOURS, BISHOP
Nov. 11 ST. MARTIN OF TOURS, BISHOP Born to pagan parents in Hungary, St. Martin (316-397) served in the army. He is best known for the account of his using his military sword to cut his cloak in two, to give half to a beggar clad only in rags in the depth of winter. He…
Nov. 10 ST. LEO THE GREAT, POPE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Nov. 10 ST. LEO THE GREAT, POPE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH St. Leo (d.461) was a vigorous defender of the unity of the Church and pushed back the onrush of the barbarians under Attila. During his pontificate, the Council of Chalcedon (451) defined that there is in Christ one divine person and two natures,…
POPE FRANCIS: TRUE HAPPINESS IS TO BE WITH THE LORD AND TO LIVE FOR LOVE.
POPE FRANCIS: TRUE HAPPINESS IS TO BE WITH THE LORD AND TO LIVE FOR LOVE. Below you have the Vatican Radio report and the Vatican translation of Pope Francis’ address given on Nov. 1, 2017, Solemnity of All Saints. +++VATICAN RADIO REPORT BEGINS HERE+++ (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis during the Angelus on Wednesday marked the…
NOV. 3: SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES. ST. JOHN XXIII’S SERMON DURING HIS CANONIZATION.
NOV. 3 ST. MARTIN DE PORRES. ST. JOHN XXIII’S SERMON DURING HIS CANONIZATION. Born in Lima, Peru, St. Martin (1579-1639), a Dominican lay brother, was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children’s hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat. Among the…
NOV. 1: ALL SAINTS’ DAY. A SERMON BY ST. BERNARD
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PRAYER TO ST. JUDE THADDEUS FOR DESPERATE SITUATIONS AND HOPELESS CASES.
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Oct. 28 STS. SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES
Oct. 28 STS. SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES St. Simon is usually called the “Cananean” and also “the Zealot”, probably because he belonged to the Jewish party of “the Zealots of the Law”. St. Jude, also called Thaddeus or “Courageous”, is the author of a short epistle in the New Testament. St. Simon is often associated…
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