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Ferial–V (IV)
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY—INTROIT. BE Thou unto me a God, a Protector, and a house of refuge, to save me: for Thou art my […]
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St. Matthias, Apostle–R (II)
Matthias (Hebrew transliteration: Mattityahu; died c. 80 A.D.) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, the apostle chosen by the believers […]
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(Day of fast and abstinence) ASH WEDNESDAY–V (I)
“Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” Ash Wednesday is from a liturgical point of view one […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. LEANDER, Bishop. ST. LEANDER was born of an illustrious family at Carthagena in Spain. He was the eldest of five brothers, […]
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(f/a) Ferial–V (III) – St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Confessor–W (Comm.)
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (born Francesco Possenti March 1, 1838 - February 27, 1862) was an Italian Passionist clerical […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
INTROIT. The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my Helper. (Psalm) I will extol Thee, O […]
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First Sunday of Lent–V (I)
ST. DAVID, son of Sant, Prince of Cardigan and of Non, was born in that country in the fifth century, and from […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. SIMPLICIUS was the ornament of the Roman clergy under Sts. Leo and Hilarius, and succeeded the latter in the pontificate in […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. CUNEGUNDES was the daughter of Siegfried, the first Count of Luxemburg, and Hadeswige, his pious wife. They instilled into her from […]
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(f/pa) Ember Wednesday–V (II) – St. Casimir, Confessor–W (Comm.) – St. Lucius, Pope, Martyr
Saint Casimir Jagiellon (Polish: Kazimierz, Lithuanian: Kazimieras; October 3, 1458 - March 4, 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
STS. ADRIAN and EUBULUS, Martyrs. IN the seventh year of Diocletian's persecution, continued by Galerius Maximianus, when Firmilian, the most bloody governor […]
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First Friday – (f/a) Ember Friday–V (II) – Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Saints Perpetua and Felicity (believed to have died in 203 AD) are Christian martyrs of the 3rd century. Perpetua was a married […]
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First Saturday – (f/pa) Ember Saturday–V (II) – St. Thomas Aquinas, Confessor, Doctor–W (Comm.)
ST. THOMAS was born of noble parents at Aquino in Italy, in 1226. At the age of nineteen he received the Dominican […]
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Second Sunday of Lent–V (I) – St. John of God, Confessor
John of God, O.H. (March 8, 1495 - March 8, 1550) (Spanish: Juan de Dios and Portuguese: Joæo de Deus) was a […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Frances of Rome, Widow–W (Comm.)
Frances of Rome, Obl. S.B., (Italian: Santa Francesca Romana) (1384 - March 9, 1440) is an Italian saint who was a wife, […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – Forty Holy Martyrs–R (Comm.)
They were killed near the city of Sebaste (present-day Sivas in Turkey), in Lesser Armenia, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. EULOGIUS, Martyr. ST. EULOGIUS was of a senatorian family of Cordova, at that time the capital of the Moors in Spain. […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Gregory I, the Great, Pope, Doctor–W (Comm.)
Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 - 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great,] was Pope from […]
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(f/a) Ferial–V (III)
EUPHRASIA was the daughter of pious and noble parents. After the death of her father his widow withdrew privately with her little […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. MAUD. Queen. THIS princess was daughter of Theodoric, a powerful Saxon count. Her parents placed her very young in the monastery […]
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Third Sunday of Lent–V (I)
ST. ZACHARY, Pope. ST. ZACHARY succeeded Gregory III., in 741, and was a man of singular meekness and goodness. He loved the […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
STS. ABRAHAM and MARY. ABRAHAM was a rich nobleman of Edessa. At his parents’ desire he married, but escaped to a cell […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Patrick, Bishop, Confessor–W (Comm.)
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig; Welsh: Padrig) was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (Comm.)
When he was a simple priest, St. Cyril used to instruct the catechumens during Lent. He is still renowned for these admirable […]
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ST. JOSEPH – Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor–W (I) – Ferial–V (Comm.)
To be convinced how much the intercession of St. Joseph prevails with Jesus Christ, we have only to consider these words of […]
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(f/a) Ferial–V (III)
ST. WULFRAN, Archbishop. His father was an officer in the armies of King Dagobert, and the Saint spent some years in the […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Benedict, Abbot–W (Comm.)
SAINT BENEDICT, or BENNET, was a native of Norcia, formerly an episcopal see in Umbria, and was descended from a family of […]
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Fourth Sunday of Lent–Rose (I) (Lætare Sunday)
Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and come together all you who love her. Rejoice with joy, you who have been in sorrow, that you […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
STS. VICTORIAN AND OTHERS, Martyrs. HUNERIC, the Arian king of the Vandals in Africa, succeeded his father Genseric in 477. He behaved […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Gabriel, Archangel–W (Comm.)
St. Gabriel was chosen by God to announce to Mary that she was to be the Mother of Christ.
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ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY–W (I) – Ferial–V (Comm.)
Every year this feast recalls anew Mary's reply to God's angelic messenger: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. LUDGER, Bishop. ST. LUDGER was born in Friesland about the year 743. His father, a nobleman of the first rank, at […]
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(f/a) Ferial–V (III) – St. John Damascene, Confessor, Doctor–W (Comm.)
Filled with divine knowledge, St. John Damascene wrote his works against the Iconoclasts in defense of holy images. His right hand, cut […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. John Capistran, Confessor–W (Comm.)
This Franciscan preached a crusade which delivered Europe from the Mohammedans in the fifteenth century. He died in 1456.
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Passion Sunday–V (I)
Do me justice, O God, and fight against a faithless people; from the deceitful and impious man rescue me. For You, O […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. JOHN CLIMACUS. JOHN made, while still young, such progress in learning that he was called the Scholastic. At the age of […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. BENJAMIN, Deacon, Martyr. ISDEGERDES, Son of Sapor III., put a stop to the cruel persecutions against the Christians in Persia, which […]