https://youtu.be/YfAxuDrwyMc Today the Church celebrates The Feasts of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian Bishop. both martyrs. Both Saints Cornelius and Cyprian are mentioned in the first Eucharistic prayer, which means from the very earliest days of the church, these men were revered for their holiness and for dying for their faith. O God, who gave […]
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The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
https://youtu.be/qmVwgnQ6Esk Today the church celebrates The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. By the 14th century, the sorrows of Mary numbered seven: The presentation of Jesus in the temple The flight into Egypt Jesus being lost in Jerusalem The meeting of Mary and Joseph on the way to Calvary The crucifixion The taking down of […]
Continue ReadingThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross
https://youtu.be/pAI79yZjdXk Today the church celebrates The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Today’s feast celebrates a double anniversary. In Jerusalem, Constantine erected a round church, the Anastasis above the empty grave of Jesus, and a basilica, the martyrium, in the square between the two churches, a shrine marking the place of the crucifixion. Dedicated in 335, […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Peter Claver
https://youtu.be/f0qaSn93xeo Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Peter Claver. A saint from the 17th century, a Catalonian Jesuit, who served in the Colombian Missions in Cartagena for 38 years, he devoted his life to caring for African slaves, baptizing over 300,000. He called himself “the slave of the slaves forever.” He is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
https://youtu.be/PRX_l10D6S8 Today the church celebrates The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast was first celebrated in the 5th Century, and marks the anniversary of the dedication of a basilica in Jerusalem built according to tradition, on the location of the home of Saint Anne, the Mother of Mary, and Patroness […]
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