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The Year begins with Mary. Today we celebrate Mary, Mother of God #HappyNewYear.
Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix, ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.
Today is the Feast of the Korean Martyrs, commemorating Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, the first Korean priest, along with 102 Companions, among the 10,000 martyrs who died in persecutions which extended over more than a hundred years.
Orate pro nobis
Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome, Patron Saint of the Eternal City, Deacon martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.
Ora pro nobis
Santo António de Lisboa, filho da nação nobre de Portugal, rogai por nós
Today is the Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel at Mount Gargano.
Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis
The month of May is traditionally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
"Hail Virgin, dearest Mary! Our lovely Queen of May! O spotless, blessed Lady, Our lovely Queen of May. Your children, humbly bending, Surround your shrine"
"Today there is a great silence over the earth, because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages."
An ancient homily on Holy Saturday, full text here: https://t.co/NWQBDcCCpM
At four o'clock. Jesus has his side pierced with a lance; there flowed from it blood and water.
As we commemorate the day on which Our Blessed Saviour instituted the Sacred Priesthood, let us all take a moment to thank our priests and pray for them. May they always be faithful to Christ, and thereby leading us all to Him, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
"But he said to him, ‘If they do not hearken to Moses and the Prophets, they will not believe even if someone rises from the dead.’" Luke 16:31 #Lent