tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35555642024-02-20T20:19:56.041-05:00Recta Ratio<br>
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Lamenting nearly every moment lost<br>
Since the end of the Fifteenth Century<br>G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comBlogger13787125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-82743114687042932762020-08-04T00:15:00.001-04:002020-08-04T00:15:00.136-04:00Saint Dominic de Guzman, ConfessorEarly August is one of those periods when saints days were moved rather
haphazardly in the new calendar, so that there was much shifting of this saint
one or two days, and that saint for the same period. At least 3 major saints
were shuffled back and forth, including Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, Saint Jean
Marie Vianney, and Saint Dominic de Guzman. In the new calendar, today is the
feast of SaintG. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-54554573420034390292020-08-02T00:16:00.000-04:002020-08-02T10:15:32.626-04:00Saint Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, Bishop, Confessor, & Doctor of the Church
August 1st was the date of his death, and is his feast in the ordinary mode of the Latin Rite. In the extraordinary mode, his feast is August 2nd, presumably to avoid conflict with that of Saint Peter Ad Vincula.
His biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia
There is an excellent short biography (20 pages, lavishly illustrated) by Brother Matthew, MICM, of Saint Alphonsus in a 1998 back G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-71285121947728645332020-08-01T00:08:00.000-04:002020-08-02T10:17:26.726-04:00Saint Peter's Chains and LammasToday is the feast of Saint Peter Ad Vincula. In Europe, it was celebrated as the first fruits of the harvest. "Lammas" probably comes from "Loaf Mass", and a ritual blessing of loaves of bread made from the first grain harvested was part of the Lammas rite. Harvest queens would be crowned in villages, and harvest suppers would be held.
The Feast of Saint Peter Ad Vincula is the Feast of G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-90229613168829896982020-07-31T10:30:00.000-04:002020-07-31T10:30:38.447-04:00Saint Ignatius of Loyola, ConfessorG. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-75115862386129514332020-07-25T00:40:00.000-04:002020-07-25T08:41:09.645-04:00Saint Christopher, Martyr
It is unusual to observe the feasts of two major unrelated saints on the same day, but today is also the feast of one of the most popular saints, Saint Christopher, the Christ-bearer, who is the patron of travellers.
Those in charge of the reform of the calendar thought they were doing us a favor when they decided that Saint Christopher was legendary, and removed him from the Ordo. But G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-65249328077757976352020-07-25T00:38:00.000-04:002020-07-25T08:39:39.824-04:00Saint James the Greater, Apostle & MartyrClick here to see my post from a previous year on one of my favorite saints.And of all the places I would like to go for a pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostella is right up there, right after Rome. A while back, I managed to put together an excellent array of images of this outstanding pilgrimage center. Even I am still impressed with these photos from various online sources. Now, let us revisit G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-44985900135054770412020-07-22T00:36:00.000-04:002020-07-25T08:37:53.576-04:00Saint Mary Magdalene, PenitentJuly 22nd is the feast of St Mary Magdalene, one of the great penitents, who stood by the Cross with Our Blessed Lady, and her sisters.
Note, there has been much confusion, conflating this Mary with either the woman taken in adultery, or Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. I see that the error about her being the sister of Martha and Lazarus is perpetuated in my St. Joseph's G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-62758446352609976662020-07-17T00:05:00.000-04:002020-07-17T00:05:00.350-04:00Carmelite Martyrs Of Compeigne
Today is the feast day of the Blessed Carmelites of Compiegne. On July 17th, 1794 a number of Carmelites from that city were guillotined at Paris during the Reign of Terror. Their brutal execution and the manner in which they conducted themselves (mounting the scaffold singing Laudate Domino) helped end the terror. Within a week of their execution, Robespierre fell from power and was himself G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-88517471166080553712020-07-16T00:02:00.000-04:002020-07-16T00:02:00.354-04:00Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel
Flos Carmeli
Flos Carmeli
vitis florigera,
splendor caeli,
virgo puerpera
singularis.
Mater mitis
sed viri nescia
Carmelitis
esto propitia
stella maris.
Radix Iesse
germinans flosculum
nos ad esse
tecum in saeculum
patiaris.
Inter spinas
quae crescis lilium
serva puras
mentes fragilium
tutelaris.
Armatura
fortis pugnantium
furunt bella
tende praesidium
scapularis.
Per incerta
prudens G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-4898152311910835882020-07-04T00:01:00.000-04:002020-07-04T00:01:06.869-04:00July 4th, 1776
For those men who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 2nd, 1776, the odds did not look very good. Public opinion polls, if they existed, probably would have told them that only one-third of the population favored the course upon which they were about to embark. One-third was indifferent. One-third opposed independence. The men gathered from the thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-8351485904776694122020-07-02T00:00:00.000-04:002020-07-02T00:00:04.596-04:00The Visitation Of Our Blessed Lady To Saint Elizabeth Those who follow the 1970 Ordo observed the Visitation some time ago. But for those of us who follow the traditional Ordo, July 2nd is always the Feast of the Visitation.
My guess is that the 1970 Ordo observes the Visitation when it would have begun, while the traditional Ordo observes it at the time it would have ended.
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit rejoiceth in God G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-51991190358184230482020-07-01T00:04:00.000-04:002020-07-01T20:55:26.183-04:00The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Consecration to the Precious Blood
O Jesus, fairest of the children of men, Thou whom I see crushed beneath the weight of my sins, covered with wounds, Thy hands and feet pierced with nails, Thy side opened with a lance, I adore Thee and recognize Thee as my Lord and my God and as my beloved Redeemer. Pierced with grief at sight of the Blood flowing from Thy wounds for the redemption of G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-21832199313764417802020-06-29T00:08:00.000-04:002020-06-30T09:41:33.799-04:00Saint Peter, Apostle, Pope, & Martyr, and Saint Paul, Apostle & Martyr
You can pray the traditional Office for this feast here.
Oremus.
Deus, qui hodiérnam diem Apostolórum tuórum Petri et Pauli martyrio consecrásti : da Ecclésiæ tuæ, eórum in ómnibus sequi præcéptum; per quos religiónis sumpsit exordium.
Let us pray.
O God, who didst hallow this day by the martyrdom of thine holy Apostles Peter and Paul, grant unto thy Church, whose foundations thou wast G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-83369125116459878282020-06-24T00:17:00.000-04:002020-06-24T00:17:02.972-04:00The Nativity Of Saint John the Baptist Fisheaters has an excellent post on Saint John's Nativity.G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-13846742328818462712020-06-19T00:16:00.000-04:002020-06-19T20:02:01.394-04:00The Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord Litany of the Sacred HeartLord, have mercy on us.Christ, have mercy on us.Lord, have mercy on us.Christ, hear us.Christ, graciously hear us.God the Father of Heaven,Have mercy on us.God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy on us.God the Holy Spirit,Have mercy on us.Holy Trinity, one God,Have mercy on us.Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,Have mercy on us.Heart of Jesus, Formed by the G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-24584811896852054892020-06-13T08:24:00.000-04:002020-06-13T08:24:02.568-04:00Saint Anthony of Padua, Confessor & Doctor of the Church
The Catholic Encyclopedia on St. Anthony
Wikipedia
This great Franciscan saint, proclaimed by Pope Pius XII the "Evangelical Doctor" of the Church, is also the patron of those seeking lost things.
When Saint Anthony was preaching in Rimini, a local heretic (some sources say the man was Jewish) stated that he would not believe in Our Lord's Real Presence in the Eucharist unless a horse kneltG. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-83211684137478020762020-06-11T00:17:00.000-04:002020-06-14T18:54:41.683-04:00Corpus Christi, 2020
Today, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, should be the feast of Corpus Christi, though, even in parishes where the traditional Mass is said, it is usually transferred to this coming Sunday for liturgical and pastoral convenience.
O Sacrum Convium
O Sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur: recolitur memoria passionis eius; mens impletur gratia et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
V.G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-33284579129583630702020-06-05T01:15:00.000-04:002020-06-11T16:44:34.839-04:00Saint Boniface, Bishop & Martyr I remember in one of my grade school history survey books, there was a colored picture of a suitably zealous Saint Boniface felling the pagan oak tree as he tried to convert the Saxons of Germany to the Faith. As I recall, the Saint Boniface in that picture looked more like a Viking than an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine. But at least the image, inaccurate as it was, made the name of St. Boniface G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-90116577400900981812020-05-31T00:58:00.000-04:002020-05-31T00:58:13.663-04:00Daily Marian Prayer And Image
From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:
Most Holy Mary, Mother all-good and all-loving, when I remember my sins and think of the moment of death, I tremble and scarcely know where to turn. But my hope is in the Blood of Jesus Christ and thy powerful intercession, O my loving Mother.
Comforter of the afflicted, be with me in that hour, console me in that great affliction. G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-60636761589392447942020-05-31T00:00:00.000-04:002020-05-31T00:00:06.552-04:00Whitsunday, 2020
From The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, OSB:
The great day, which consummates the work that God had undertaken for the human race, has at last shone upon the world. The days of Pentecost, as St. Luke says, are accomplished. We have had seven weeks since the Pasch; and now comes the day that opens the mysterious number of fifty. This day is the Sunday, G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-60369802131340375842020-05-30T00:56:00.000-04:002020-05-30T00:56:07.877-04:00Daily Marian Prayer And Image
From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:
O MARY, of all creatures thou art the noblest, the purest, the holiest, the most sublime, the most beautiful. Oh, that all knew you, my Lady, and loved thee as thou deserveth!
I too, though I am a sinner, love thee, my most amiable Queen. And yet I love thee too little. I long to love thee with a greater and more tender affection, G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-91445275645606811372020-05-30T00:40:00.000-04:002020-05-30T08:40:54.961-04:00Vigil of Pentecost
We wait with Our Blessed Lady and the Apostles in the Upper Room, or Cenacle, where the Last Supper had taken place, and where Our Lord first appeared to the Apostles after His Resurrection.G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-27342158837216299542020-05-29T00:53:00.000-04:002020-05-29T00:53:10.150-04:00Daily Marian Prayer And Image
From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:
QUEEN of Heaven, most Holy Mary, I was once a slave of sin, but now I consecrate myself to thee as thy client forever. I give myself to thine honor and service for the rest of my life. Do not reject me as I deserve, but accept me as thy servant.
I have placed all my hope in thee as my Mother. I bless and thank Almighty God, because G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-85290650799311173762020-05-28T00:50:00.000-04:002020-05-28T00:50:04.669-04:00Daily Marian Prayer And Image
From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:
Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Immaculate Queen and Mother, the refuge and consolation of all troubled souls! I kneel here before thee with my family and choose thee for my Lady, Mother, and Advocate with God.
I dedicate myself and all who belong to me to thy service forever. I beg thee, O Mother of God, to receive us into the company G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555564.post-62586911418728167852020-05-27T00:48:00.000-04:002020-05-27T00:48:07.935-04:00Daily Marian Prayer And Image
From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:
Most Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, I am not worthy to be thy servant. But moved by thy marvelous compassion and my own desire to serve thee, here and now, in the presence of my guardian angel and the whole court of Heaven, I choose thee as my Lady, Advocate, and Mother. I firmly purpose to love and serve thee always, and to do all G. Thomas Fitzpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467577516360711271noreply@blogger.com