Author Topic: Happy Feast Day of Saint Laurence! (Read 768 times)

Hobbledehoy · « **on:** August 09, 2012, 09:27:53 PM »

Happy Feast Day of St. Laurence!

May the glorious patronage and tutelage of the great Deacon and Martyr St. Laurence vouchsafe each of the faithful throughout Christendom the graces necessary to persevere in the profession and practice of the holy Faith according to their state of life, together with unfailing and ever-increasing progress in the cultivation of the interior life.

From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., of the Abbey of St- André (Bruges, Belgium: Liturgical Apostolate of the Abbey of St-André, 1956), here is the formulary for the Mass of the Feast of St. Laurence, Martyr:

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2012, 09:51:42 PM »

Here is a commentary upon the Mass for the Feast of St. Laurence, taken from the late Cardinal Schuster's The Sacramentary (Liber Sacramentorum): Historical and Liturgical Notes on the Roman Missal (vol. IV, trans. Arthur Levelis-Marke; New York: Benziger Brothers, 1929).

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2012, 10:41:17 PM »

Del tomo Misal completo latino-español para uso de los fieles, editado por los sacerdotes Jesuitas Valentín M. Sánchez Ruiz y Eduardo Espert (Madrid: Editorial Apostolado de la Prensa, S. A., 1958), he aquí la Misa de la festividad del gran Mártir San Lorenzo, para los católicos de habla hispana.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2012, 11:08:35 PM »

There is no commentary upon Holy Mass and the Festivities hallowed by the dread Mysteries of the Sacred Altar than the Divine Office, especially the lessons at Matins, the recitation of which Priests and Religious are bound precisely because it elevates the soul to a purer contemplation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, together with the Mysteries and Saints for which the same is offered.

From summer volume of The Roman Breviary Restored by the Sacred Council of Trent, Published by Order of St. Pius V, Supreme Pontiff, and Carefully Revised by Other Popes: Reformed by Order of Pope Pius X: An English Version Compiled by the Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of Our Lady of Consolation, at Stanbrook in Worcestershire (Ed. Charles Francis Brown; London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd., 1938), here is the English translation of the Office of St. Laurence.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2012, 08:58:37 PM »

Here is a beautiful prayer for Holy Mother Church composed by Saint Alphonsus, taken from the Manuale C.Ss.R. (New York: Provincial Residence, 1955), which is appropriate to say today, the Feast of St. Laurence, whose devotion to Holy Mother Church and the Roman Pontiff were beautifully illustrated in the Responsories at Matins for today.