(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
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
(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
(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.
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
(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
(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
(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.
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
(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