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Miseremini · « **Reply #145 on:** October 27, 2024, 09:38:30 AM »

Feast of Christ the King

We firmly hope, however, that the feast of the Kingship of Christ, which in future will be yearly observed, may hasten the return of society to our loving Savior. It would be the duty of Catholics to do all they can to bring about this happy result. Many of these, however, have neither the station in society nor the authority which should belong to those who bear the torch of truth.
This state of things may perhaps be attributed to a certain slowness and timidity in good people, who are reluctant to engage in conflict or oppose but a weak resistance; thus the enemies of the Church become bolder in their attacks. But if the faithful were generally to understand that it behooves them ever to fight courageously under the banner of Christ their King, then, fired with apostolic zeal, they would strive to win over to their Lord those hearts that are bitter and estranged from him, and would valiantly defend his rights.

Excerpt from the encyclical Quas Primas of Pope Pius XI, published on December 11, 1925.

Miseremini · « **Reply #146 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:11:26 PM »

Feast of All Souls

CONSIDERATION.

These souls are exceedingly pleasing to God, being united to Him by a higher degree of sanctifying grace than those of the greatest living saints whose salvation is yet uncertain, whilst theirs is assured. The Beatific Vision is theirs already; and God would permit them to enjoy it at once, absolving them from all debts contracted by sin, were it not for His eternal decree, by virtue of which the time of their expiation can be shortened by prayer alone. He Himself asks our prayers in the name of the love He bears to these exiled souls. Can we refuse Him?

APPLICATION.

It is clear that Almighty God has in a certain sense placed the fate of the holy souls in our hands, and that if we show ourselves unmindful of them we neglect God Himself. Surely none of us would run the risk of incurring such a reproach. Let us on this solemn day renew our fervor on behalf of these suffering souls. We have many means of helping them - so many partial and plenary indulgences to be gained so easily. Do you make use of them? Do not hesitate, for in doing so you lose nothing and gain greatly.

Taken and adapted from Practical Meditations, available here>

Miseremini · « **Reply #147 on:** November 04, 2024, 01:17:30 PM »

St. Charles, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, was one of the greatest and holiest prelates of the years when the great Council of Trent was being completed and its enactments put into execution. He reformed the clergy and renewed the spirit of the monasteries in his diocese. He died in 1584.

bookofbirds · « **Reply #148 on:** November 04, 2024, 08:06:36 PM »

Rest in Peace

Miseremini · « **Reply #149 on:** December 13, 2024, 12:25:43 PM »

December 13, Feast of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

DECEMBER 14, 2018
SOURCE: FSSPX NEWS

Proof of the veneration for St. Lucy dates back to the very earliest days of Antiquity, with an epigraph in the catacombs of Syracuse. The epigraph is for a certain “Euskia, the irreproachable, who lived a good and pure life for about 25 years,” and died “on my Saint Lucy’s feast day, she for whom I cannot find appropriate words of praise.”
While it is impossible to know for certain the exact time and circuмstances of the saint’s passion, we do know what Tradition has passed down to us about her: St. Lucy came from a noble and wealthy family in Syracuse. The acts of her martyrdom report that she consecrated herself to Christ, then decided to give all her belongings to the poor and renounce marriage.
In the 6th century, the devotion to St. Lucy reached Rome and Ravenna. Her name is mentioned in both the Roman and the Ambrosian canons.
The reason for the fervent devotion of the popes for this martyr from Syracuse is unknown; it is probably due not only to the fame of her martyrdom, but also to the large number of Sicilians in Rome (Pope. St. Agatho was Sicilian), and to the fact that the popes must have been in close contact from the 4th century on with the pontifical managers of the Roman Church’s vast heritage in Sicily.
It was probably this double influence that led to the construction in Rome of many churches of St. Vitus, St. Euplius, St. Lucy, and St. Agatha, all Sicilian martyrs.
The antiphon for the Introit is taken from the psalm de virginitate, 44. “Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” This mysterious oil is the special glory granted in Heaven to the saints who practiced not only purity of heart but also integrity of the flesh.
The feasts of virgin martyrs are very special, as St. John Chrysostom explains so well, because in them Christ’s victory appears all the more glorious since their condition was so weak and feeble. Humanity’s revenge upon the devil is thus complete, since the enemy is vanquished by the one who was the first to fall.
Ever since the Gregorian calendar was created in the 16th century, December 13 is the first day on which the sun begins to set a little later than the day before in the northern hemisphere. The popular French saying, “on St. Lucy’s day, the days lengthen by a flea’s jump”, came from this observation. However, although the sun sets later than the day before, it continues to rise later as well; the days thus continue to shorten until December 21.
Source: Dom Schuster / Liber Sacramentorum / FSSPX.News – 12/13/2018

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