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SUMMARY:St. Felix of Valois\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. FELIX was son of the Count of Valois. His mother throughout his youth did all she could to cultivate in him a spirit of charity. The unjust divorce between his parents matured a long-formed resolution of leaving the world; and\, confiding his mother to her pious brother\, Thibault\, Count of Champagne\, he took the Cistercian habit at Clairvaux. His rare virtues drew on him such admiration that\, with St. Bernard’s consent\, he fled to Italy\, where he led an austere life with an aged hermit. At this time he was ordained priest\, and his old counsellor having died\, he returned to France\, and for many years lived as a solitary at Cerfroid. Here God inspired him with the desire of founding an Order for the redemption of Christian captives\, and moved St. John of Matha\, then a youth\, to conceive a similar wish. Together they drew up the rules of the Order of the Holy Trinity. Many disciples gathered round them; and\, seeing that the time had come for further action\, the two Saints made a pilgrimage to Rome to obtain the confirmation of the Order from Innocent III. Their prayer was granted\, and the last fifteen \, years of Felix’s long life were spent in organizing and developing his rapidly increasing foundations. He died in 1213.\nReflection.—“Think how much\,” says St. John Chrysostom\, “and how often thy mouth has sinned\, and thou wilt devote thyself entirely to the conversion of sinners. For by this one means thou wilt blot out all thy sins\, in that thy mouth will become the mouth of God.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-felix-of-valois-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201122
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SUMMARY:Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:An ancient tradition holds that Our Lady was conducted by her parents to the Temple at Jerusalem to be consecrated entirely to God when she was three years old. This meeting of the ancient Temple of God and the new “Temple of the Savior” reminds us of the continuity between the Old Law and the New. For Mary\, the Mother of God’s new People\, was the personification and completion of all that was good in the Old Testament. Her Magnificat shows that she was steeped in the Scriptures and Law of her fathers: Even as He spoke to our fathers — to Abraham and to his posterity forever” (St. Luke 1:55).
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/presentation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201123
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UID:1777-1606003200-1606089599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Last Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Cecilia\, Virgin\, Martyr
DESCRIPTION:The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is reputedly built on the site of the house in which she lived. The original church was constructed in the fourth century; during the ninth century\, Pope Paschal I had remains which were supposedly hers buried there. In 1599\, while leading a renovation of the church\, Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati had the remains\, which he reported to be incorrupt\, excavated and reburied.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/last-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-cecilia-virgin-martyr/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201124
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1778-1606089600-1606175999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Clement I\, Pope\, Martyr–R (III) - St. Felicity\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Clement also known as Saint Clement of Rome\, is listed by Irenaeus and Tertullian as Bishop of Rome\, holding office from 92 to his death in 99. He is considered to be the first Apostolic Father of the Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-clement-i-pope-martyr-r-iii-st-felicity-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201125
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1779-1606176000-1606262399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. John of the Cross\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. Chrysogonus\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:John of the Cross was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered\, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila\, as a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. He is also known for his writings. Both his poetry and his studies on the growth of the soul are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and one of the peaks of all Spanish literature. He was canonized as a saint in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII. He is one of the thirty-six Doctors of the Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-john-of-the-cross-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-chrysogonus-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201126
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SUMMARY:St. Catherine of Alexandria\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:Catherine is\, according to tradition\, a Christian saint and virgin\, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography\, she was both a princess and a noted scholar\, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen\, and converted hundreds of people to Christianity. She was martyred around the age of 18. Over 1\,100 years following her martyrdom\, St. Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-catherine-of-alexandria-virgin-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201127
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1781-1606348800-1606435199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Sylvester\, Abbot–W (III) - St. Peter of Alexandria\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Pope Sylvester I (died 31 December 335)\, whose name is also spelled Silvester\, was pope from 31 January\, 314 to his death in 335. He succeeded Pope Miltiades. He filled the See of Rome at an important era in the history of the Catholic Church\, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his papacy preserved in the Liber Pontificalis (seventh or eighth century) contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the Church by Constantine I\, but it does say that he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-sylvester-abbot-w-iii-st-peter-of-alexandria-bishop-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201128
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. MAXIMUS\, abbot of Lerins\, in succession to St. Honoratus\, was remarkable not only for the spirit of recollection\, fervor\, and piety familiar to him from very childhood\, but still more for the gentleness and kindliness with which he governed the monastery which at that time contained many religious\, and was famous for the learning and piety of its brethren. Exhibiting in his own person an example of the most sterling virtues\, his exhortations could not fail to prove all-persuasive: loving all his religious\, whom it was his delight to consider as one family\, he established amongst them that sweet concord\, union\, and holy emulation for well-doing which render the exercise of authority needless\, and makes submission a pleasure. The clergy and people of Frejus\, moved by such a shining example\, elected Maximus for their bishop\, but he took to flight; subsequently be was compelled\, however\, to accept the see of Riez\, where he practiced virtue in all gentleness\, and died in 460\, regretted as the best of fathers.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-15/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201129
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SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. JAMES OF LA MARCA OF ANCONA. THE small town of Montbrandon\, in the Marca of Ancona\, gave birth to this Saint. When young he was sent to the University of Perugia\, where his progress in learning soon qualified him to be chosen preceptor to a young gentleman of Florence. Fearing that he might be ingulfed in the whirlpool of world excesses\, St. James applied himself to prayer and recollection. When travelling near Assisium he went into the great Church of the Portiuncula to pray\, and being animated by the fervor of the holy men who there served God\, and by the example of their blessed founder St. Francis\, he determined to petition in that very place for the habit of the Order. He began his spiritual war against the devil\, the world\, and the flesh\, with assiduous prayer and extraordinary fasts and watchings. For forty years he never passed a day without taking the discipline. Being chosen Archbishop of Milan\, he fled\, and could not be prevailed on to accept the office. He wrought several miracles at Venice and at other places\, and raised from dangerous sicknesses the Duke of Calabria and the King of Naples. The Saint died in the convent of the Holy Trinity of his Order\, near Naples\, on the 28th of November\, in the year 1476\, being ninety years old\, seventy of which he had spent in a religious state.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-4/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201130
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1784-1606608000-1606694399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Sunday of Advent–V (I)
DESCRIPTION:Perpetua was a married noblewoman\, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death\, and mother of an infant she was nursing. Felicity\, a slave imprisoned with her and pregnant at the time\, was martyred with her. They were put to death along with others at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-sunday-of-advent-v-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201201
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UID:1785-1606694400-1606780799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Andrew\, Apostle–R (II) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The New Testament states that Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter\, by which it is inferred that he was likewise a son of John\, or Jonah. He was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee. Both he and his brother Peter were fishermen by trade\, hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples by saying that he will make them “fishers of men” (Greek: ???e?? ?????p??\, halieis anthropon). At the beginning of Jesus’ public life\, they were said to have occupied the same house at Capernaum.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-andrew-apostle-r-ii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201202
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UID:1786-1606780800-1606867199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–V (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ELIGIUS\, a goldsmith at Paris\, was commissioned by King Clotaire to make a throne. With the gold and precious stones given him he made two. Struck by his rare honesty\, the king gave him an appointment at court\, and demanded an oath of fidelity sworn upon holy relics; but Eligius prayed with tears to be excused\, for fear of failing in reverence to the relics of the Saints. On entering the court he fortified himself against its seductions by many austerities and continual ejaculatory prayers. He had a marvellous zeal for the redemption of captives\, and for their deliverance would sell his jewels\, his food\, his clothes\, and his very shoes\, once by his prayers breaking their chains and opening their prisons. His great delight was in making rich shrines for relics. His striking virtue caused him\, a layman and a goldsmith\, to be made Bishop of Noyon\, and his sanctity in this holy office was remarkable. He possessed the gifts of miracles and prophecy\, and died in 665.\nReflection.—When God called His Saints to Himself\, He might\, had He so pleased\, have taken their bodies also; but He willed to leave them in our charge\, for our help and consolation. Be careful to imitate St. Eligius in making a good use of so great a treasure.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201203
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UID:1787-1606867200-1606953599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Bibiana\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (III) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Bibiana is a Roman Virgin and Martyr. The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority occurs in the “Liber Pontificalis\,\,” where the biography of Pope Simplicius (468-483) states that this pope “consecrated a basilica of the holy martyr Bibiana\, which contained her body\, near the ‘palatium Licinianum’ “ (ed. Duchesne\, I\, 249). The Basilica of Santa Bibiana still exists.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-bibiana-virgin-martyr-r-iii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201204
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1788-1606953600-1607039999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Francis Xavier\, Confessor–W (III) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Francis Xavier was a Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary\, born in Xavier\, Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain)\, and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a companion of St. Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre\, Paris in 1534.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-francis-xavier-confessor-w-iii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1789-1607040000-1607126399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Friday - St. Peter Chrysologus\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. Barbara\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (Comm.) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Peter Chrysologus (Greek: meaning Peter the “golden-worded”) (c. 380 – c. 450) was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death.He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies for the concise but theologically rich reflections he delivered during his time as the Bishop of Ravenna. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-st-peter-chrysologus-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-barbara-virgin-martyr-r-comm-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
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UID:1790-1607126400-1607212799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Saturday - Ferial–V (III) - St. Sabbas\, Abbot–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (439-532)\, a Cappadocian-Greek monk\, priest and saint\, lived mainly in Palaestina Prima. He was the founder of several monasteries\, most notably the one known as Mar Saba. The Saint’s name is derived from Aramaic: ??????? Sabba? meaning “old man.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-ferial-v-iii-st-sabbas-abbot-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201207
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UID:1791-1607212800-1607299199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Second Sunday of Advent–V (I) - St. Nicholas\, Bishop\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:Jesus proved Himself to be the promised Savior by His miracles of mercy and His preaching to the poor. In keeping with such a ministry to the least of men\, John the Baptist\, the immediate messenger of Jesus\, lived a life of simplicity and penance. Jesus came to teach and to sanctify all men\, of every class and nation. All men are His brothers. There are no frontiers to charity. Our hearts must embrace the world.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/second-sunday-of-advent-v-i-st-nicholas-bishop-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201208
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UID:1792-1607299200-1607385599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Ambrose\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Ambrose was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was consular prefect of Liguria and Emilia\, headquartered in Milan\, before being made bishop of Milan by popular acclamation in 374. Ambrose was a staunch opponent of Arianism.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-ambrose-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201209
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UID:1793-1607385600-1607471999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Holy Day of Obligation: FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:Although the belief that Mary was sinless and conceived immaculate has been widely held since Late Antiquity\, the doctrine was not dogmatically defined until 1854\, by Pope Pius IX in his papal bull Ineffabilis Deus.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/holy-day-of-obligation-feast-of-the-immaculate-conception-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201210
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UID:1794-1607472000-1607558399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–V (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. LEOCADIA\, Virgin\, Martyr. ST. LEOCADIA was a native of Toledo\, and was apprehended by an order of Dacian\, the cruel governor under Diocletian in 304. Hearing of the martyrdom of St. Eulalia\, she prayed that God would not prolong her exile\, but unite her speedily with her holy friend in His glory. Her prayer was heard\, and she happily expired in prison. Three famous churches in Toledo bear her name\, and she is honored as principal patroness of that city. In one of those churches most of the councils of Toledo were held. Her relics were kept in that church with great respect\, till\, in the incursions of the Moors\, they were conveyed to Oviedo\, and some years afterward to the abbey of St. Guislain\, near Mons in Hainault. They were finally carried back to Toledo with great pomp\, and placed in the great church there on the 26th of April\, 1589.\nReflection.—Were we not blinded by the world and the enchantment of its follies\, the near prospect of eternity\, the uncertainty of the hour of our death\, and the repeated precepts of Christ would produce in us the same fervent dispositions which they did in the primitive Christians.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-iii-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201211
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CREATED:20200130T170143Z
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UID:1795-1607558400-1607644799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–V (III) - St. Melchiades\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Pope Melchiades\, who was called by St. Augustine an excellent man\, a true son of peace\, and a true father of Christians\, suffered severe persecution under Maximian. He survived\, however\, to see Constantine establish toleration of Christianity in 313 A.D.\, and died peacefully the following year.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-iii-st-melchiades-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201212
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UID:1796-1607644800-1607731199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Damasus\, Pope\, Confessor–W (III) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Pope St. Damasus I was born around 305\, probably near the city of Egitania\, Lusitania\, in what is the present-day village of Idanha-a-Velha\, Portugal\, then part of the Western Roman Empire. His life coincided with the rise of Emperor Constantine I and the reunion and re-division of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires\, which is associated with the legitimization of Christianity and its later adoption as the official religion of the Roman state in 380.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-damasus-pope-confessor-w-iii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201213
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
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UID:1797-1607731200-1607817599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:In USA: Our Lady of Guadalupe–W (III) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The iconography of the Virgin is fully Catholic: Miguel Sanchez\, the author of the 1648 tract Imagen de la Virgen María\, described her as the Woman of the Apocalypse from the New Testament’s Revelation 12:1\, “clothed with the sun\, and the moon under her feet\, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. She is described as a representation of the Immaculate Conception. Virgil Elizondo says the image also had layers of meaning for the indigenous people of Mexico\, which contributed to her popularity. Her blue-green mantle was the color reserved for the divine couple Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl; her belt is interpreted as a sign of pregnancy; and a cross-shaped image\, symbolizing the cosmos and called nahui-ollin\, is inscribed beneath the image’s sash. She was called “mother of maguey\,” the source of the sacred beverage pulque. Pulque was also known as “the milk of the Virgin.” The rays of light surrounding her are seen to also represent maguey spines.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/in-usa-our-lady-of-guadalupe-w-iii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201214
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CREATED:20200130T170145Z
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UID:1798-1607817600-1607903999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Third Sunday of Advent–Rose (I) (Gaudete Sunday) - St. Lucy\, Virgin\, Martyr
DESCRIPTION:Gaudete means “Rejoice.” Anticipated joy over our Savior’s coming breaks through all our serious Advent preparation. Although it cannot be entirely repressed\, our joy is yet restrained for two reasons: 1. Like John the Baptist\, even the most fervent person feels a great unworthiness either to be a friend of Christ or to be His apostle. 2. Very often our joy is dulled by unnecessary anxiety. We let our peace of soul depend too much upon persons and events and circumstances\, and too little upon God’s infallible and tender care.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/third-sunday-of-advent-rose-i-gaudete-sunday-st-lucy-virgin-martyr/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201215
DTSTAMP:20260403T154010
CREATED:20200130T170145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170145Z
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SUMMARY:Ferial–V (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. NICASIUS\, Archbishop\, and his Companions\, Martyrs. In the fifth century an army of barbarians from Germany ravaging part of Gaul\, plundered the city of Rheims. Nicasius\, the holy bishop\, had foretold this calamity to his flock. When he saw the enemy at the gates and in the streets\, forgetting himself\, and solicitous only for his spiritual children\, he went from door to door encouraging all to patience and constancy\, and awaking in every breast the most heroic sentiments of piety and religion. In endeavoring to save the lives of his flock he exposed himself to the swords of the infidels\, who\, after a thousand insults and indignities\, cut off his head. Florens\, his deacon\, and Jocond\, his lector\, were massacred by his side. His sister Eutropia\, a virtuous virgin\, fearing she might be reserved for a fate worse than death\, boldly cried out to the infidels that it was her unalterable resolution rather to sacrifice her life than her faith or her integrity and virtue. Upon which they despatched her with their cutlasses.\nReflection.—Bear patiently and sweetly bodily sufferings\, and prepare for the day of trial by the courageous endurance of the daily crosses incident to your state.
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SUMMARY:Ferial–V (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. MESMIN was a native of Verdun [France]. The inhabitants of that place having proved disloyal to King Clovis\, an uncle of our Saint’s\, a priest named Euspice\, brought about a reconciliation between the monarch and his subjects. Clovis\, appreciating the virtues of Euspice\, persuaded him to take up his residence at court\, and the servant of God took St. Mesmin along with him. While journeying to Orleans with Clovis he noticed at about two leagues from the city\, beyond the Loire\, a solitary spot called Micy\, which he thought well suited for a retreat. Having asked for and obtained the place\, he with Mesmin and several disciples built there a monastery\, of which he took charge. At his death\, which happened about two years after\, our Saint was appointed abbot by Eusebius\, Bishop of Orleans. During a terrible famine he fed nearly the whole city of Orleans with wheat from his monastery\, without perceptibly reducing it; he also drove an enormous serpent out of the place in which he was afterwards buried. Having governed his monastery ten years\, he died as he had lived\, in the odor of sanctity\, on the 15th of December\, 520.\nReflection.—Few are called to serve God by great actions\, but all are bound to strive after perfection in the ordinary actions of their daily life.
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SUMMARY:(f/pa) Ember Wednesday–V (II) - St. Eusebius\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Bishop of Vercelli in Italy\, St. Eusebius was exiled to Egypt and Palestine by the Arians. The Church confers on him the title of Martyr because there he suffered numerous persecutions at the hands of these heretics. His letters hold an important place in Latin literature. He died in 371.
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SUMMARY:Ferial–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. OLYMPIAS\, Widow. ST. OLYMPIAS\, the glory of the widows in the Eastern Church\, was of a noble and wealthy family. Left an orphan at a tender age\, she was brought up by Theodosia\, sister of St. Amphilochius\, a virtuous and prudent woman. Olympias insensibly reflected the virtues of this estimable woman. She married quite young\, but her husband dying within twenty days of their wedding\, she modestly declined any further offer for her hand\, and resolved to consecrate her life to prayer and other good works\, and to devote her fortune to the poor. Nectarius\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, had a high esteem for the saintly widow\, and made her a deaconess of his church\, the duties of which were to prepare the altar linen and to attend to other matters of that sort. St. Chrysostom\, who succeeded Nectarius\, had no less respect than his predecessor for Olympias\, but refused to attend to the distribution of her alms. Our Saint was one of the last to leave St. Chrysostom when he went into banishment on the 20th of June\, 404. After his departure she suffered great persecution\, and crowned a virtuous life by a saintly death\, about the year 410.\nReflection.—“Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth\, but in heaven\, where neither rust nor moth doth consume.”
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SUMMARY:(f/a) Ember Friday–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. GATIAN\, Bishop. ST. GATIAN came from Rome with St. Dionysius of Paris\, about the middle of the third century\, and preached the Faith principally at Tours in Gaul\, where he fixed his episcopal see. The Gauls in that part were extremely addicted to the worship of their idols. But no contradictions or sufferings were able to discourage or daunt this true apostle\, and by perseverance he gained several to Christ. He assembled his little flock in grots and caves\, and there celebrated the divine mysteries. He was obliged often to lie hid in lurking holes a long time in order to escape a cruel death\, with which the heathens frequently threatened him\, and which he was always ready to receive with joy if he had fallen into their hands. Having continued his labors with unwearied zeal amidst frequent sufferings and dangers for near the space of fifty years\, he died in peace\, and was honored with miracles.\nReflection.—God does not ask great sacrifices from all; but in His goodness He gives us all some things to renounce or to suffer for Him\, and it is by our loving submission to His will that we show ourselves to be Christians.
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SUMMARY:(f/pa) Ember Saturday–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. NEMESION\, Martyr. In the persecution of Decius\, Nemesion\, an Egyptian\, was apprehended at Alexandria upon an indictment for theft. The servant of Christ easily cleared himself of that charge\, but was immediately accused of being a Christian\, and after being scourged and tormented more than the thieves\, was condemned to be burnt with the robbers and other malefactors. There stood at the same time near the prefect’s tribunal four soldiers and another person\, who\, being Christians\, boldly encouraged a confessor who was hanging on the rack. They were taken before the judge\, who condemned them to be beheaded\, but was astonished to see the joy with which they walked to the place of execution. Heron\, Ater\, and Isidore\, all Egyptians\, with Dioscorus\, a youth only fifteen years old\, were committed at Alexandria in the same persecution. After enduring the most cruel rending and disjointing of their limbs\, they were burnt alive\, with the exception of Dioscorus\, whom the judge discharged on account of the tenderness of his years.\nReflection.—Can we call to mind the fervor of the Saints in laboring and suffering cheerfully for God\, and not feel a holy ardor glow in our own breasts\, and our souls strongly affected with their heroic sentiments of virtue?
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