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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
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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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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
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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:20260403T170738
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201215
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UID:1799-1607904000-1607990399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-iii-3/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201216
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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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-iii-4/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201217
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UID:1801-1608076800-1608163199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-pa-ember-wednesday-v-ii-st-eusebius-bishop-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201218
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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.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201219
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UID:1803-1608249600-1608335999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-a-ember-friday-v-ii-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201220
DTSTAMP:20260403T170738
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UID:1804-1608336000-1608422399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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?
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-pa-ember-saturday-v-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201221
DTSTAMP:20260403T170738
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UID:1805-1608422400-1608508799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Fourth Sunday of Advent–V (I)
DESCRIPTION:There is urgency in the readings and prayers of today. We ask the Father to “drop” and to “rain” the Savior upon us\, the human race\, in order that we may “speedily” be delivered. “Come and tarry not!” is our cry. “Prepare the way of the Lord” for an immediate coming is the Gospel thought. And Mary we hail as the mediatrix of our pressing desire. Great indeed is our need for grace.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fourth-sunday-of-advent-v-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201222
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas\, Apostle–R (II) - Ferial–V (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Thomas was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ\, according to the New Testament. He is informally called doubting Thomas because he doubted Jesus’ resurrection when first told\, (in the Gospel of John)\, followed later by his confession of faith\, “My Lord and my God\,” on seeing Jesus’ wounded body.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-thomas-apostle-r-ii-ferial-v-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201223
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SUMMARY:Ferial–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ISCHYRION\, Martyr. ISCHYRION was an inferior officer who attended on a magistrate of a certain city in Egypt. His master commanded him to offer sacrifice to the idols; and because he refused to commit that sacrilege\, reproached him with the most abusive and threatening speeches. By giving way to passion and superstition\, the officer at length worked himself up to such a degree of frenzy as to run a stake into the bowels of the meek servant of Christ\, who\, by his patient constancy\, attained to the glory of martyrdom.\nReflection.—It is not a man’s condition\, but virtue\, that can make him truly great or truly happy. How mean soever a person’s station or circumstances may be\, the road to both is open to him; and there is not a servant or slave who ought not to be enkindled with a laudable ambition of arriving at this greatness\, which will set him on the same level with the rich and the most powerful.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-v-ii-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201224
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SUMMARY:Ferial–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. SERVULUS was a beggar\, and had been so afflicted with palsy from his infancy that he was never able to stand\, sit upright\, lift his hand to his mouth\, or turn himself from one side to another. His mother and brother carried him into the porch of St. Clement’s Church at Rome\, where he lived on the alms of those that passed by. He used to entreat devout persons to read the Holy Scriptures to him\, which he heard with such attention as to learn them by heart. His time he consecrated by assiduously singing hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God. After several years thus spent\, his distemper having seized his vitals\, he felt his end was drawing nigh. In his last moments he desired the poor and pilgrims\, who had often shared in his charity\, to sing sacred hymns and psalms for him. While he joined his voice with theirs\, he on a sudden cried out: “Silence! do you not hear the sweet melody and praise which resound in the heavens?” Soon after he spoke these words he expired\, and his soul was carried by angels into everlasting bliss\, about the year 590.\nReflection.—The whole behaviour of this poor sick beggar loudly condemns those who\, when blessed with good health and a plentiful fortune\, neither do good works nor suffer the least cross with tolerable patience.
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UID:1809-1608768000-1608854399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:(f/a) Vigil of the Nativity–V (I)
DESCRIPTION:The vigils of Christmas\, the Epiphany\, and Pentecost are called vigiliae majores; they have a proper Office (semi-double)\, and the vigil of Christmas\, from Lauds on\, is kept as a double feast. The rest are vigiliae minorea\, or communes\, and have the ferial office. On the occasion of the reform of the Breviary\, in 1568\, a homily on the Gospel of the vigil was added\, an innovation not accepted by the Cistercians. If a vigil falls on a Sunday\, according to the present rubrics\, it is kept on the preceding Saturday; during the Middle Ages in many churches it was joined to the Sunday Office. If it occurs on a double or a semi-double feats\, it is limited to a commemoration in the Lauds and Mass (a feast of the first class excludes this commemoration)\, the ninth lesson in the Breviary\, and the last Gospel in Mass.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1810-1608854400-1608940799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Holy Day of Obligation: THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD–W (I) - St. Anastasia\, Martyr–(Comm. in second Mass)
DESCRIPTION:From all of us at Angelus Press\, we wish you a very merry\, Holy and Blessed Christmas!
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1811-1608940800-1609027199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Stephen\, Protomartyr–R (II) - Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally venerated as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity\, was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his teachings. Accused of blasphemy\, at his trial he made a long speech denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him and was then stoned to death. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus\, a Pharisee who would later himself become a follower of Jesus.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201227
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UID:1812-1609027200-1609113599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sunday in the Octave of Christmas–W (II) - St. John\, Apostle–W (II)
DESCRIPTION:John was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His brother was James\, who was another of the Twelve Apostles. Christian tradition holds that he outlived the remaining apostles and that he was the only one not to die a martyr’s death. The Church Fathers consider him the same person as John the Evangelist\, John of Patmos\, and the Beloved Disciple.
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UID:1813-1609113600-1609199999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:The Holy Innocents\, Martyrs–R (II) - Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem\, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth had been announced to him by the Magi. In typical Matthean style\, it is understood as the fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy: “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet\, saying\, ‘A voice is heard in Ramah\, mourning and great weeping\, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted\, because her children are no more.’”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-holy-innocents-martyrs-r-ii-day-within-the-octave-of-christmas-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201229
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201230
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UID:1814-1609200000-1609286399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (II) - St. Thomas of Canterbury\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after his death\, he was canonized by Pope Alexander III.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/day-within-the-octave-of-christmas-w-ii-st-thomas-of-canterbury-bishop-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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