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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200610
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Sts. Primus and Felician\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The aged Primus and Felician were Roman citizens and blood brothers who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Diocletian. By their death they entered into a more perfect union than that of human kinship\, becoming for all eternity glorified members of the Mystical Body of Christ.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-sts-primus-and-felician-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
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SUMMARY:St. Margaret Queen of Scots\, Widow–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. MARGARET’S name signifies “pearl;” “a fitting name\,” says Theodoric\, her confessor and her first biographer\, “for one such as she.” Her soul was like a precious pearl. A life spent amidst the luxury of a royal court never dimmed its luster\, or stole it away from Him who had bought it with His blood. She was the grand\, daughter of an English king; and in 1070 she became the bride of Malcolm\, and reigned Queen of Scotland till her death in 1093. How did she become a Saint in a position where sanctity is so difficult? First\, she burned with zeal for the house of God. She built churches and monasteries; she busied herself in making vestments; she could not rest till she saw the laws of God and His Church observed throughout her realm. Next\, amidst a thousand cares\, she found time to converse with Godãordering her piety with such sweetness and discretion that she won her husband to sanctity like her own. He used to rise with her at night for prayer; he loved to kiss the holy books she used\, and sometimes he would steal them away\, and bring them back to his wife covered with jewels. Lastly\, with virtues so great\, she wept constantly over her sins\, and begged her confessor to correct her faults. St. Margaret did not neglect her duties in the world because she was not of it. Never was a better mother. She spared no pains in the education of her eight children\, and their sanctity was the fruit of her prudence and her zeal. Never was a better queen. She was the most trusted counsellor of her husband\, and she labored for the material improvement of the country. But\, in the midst of the world’s pleasures\, she sighed for the better country\, and accepted death as a release. On her death-bed she received the news that her husband and her eldest son were slain in battle. She thanked God\, Who had sent this last affliction as a penance for her sins. After receiving Holy Viaticum\, she was repeating the prayer from the Missal\, “O Lord Jesus Christ\, Who by Thy death didst give life to the world\, deliver me.” At the words “deliver me\,” says her biographer\, she took her departure to Christ\, the Author of true liberty.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-margaret-queen-of-scots-widow-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
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UID:1613-1591833600-1591919999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI–W (I) - St. Barnabas\, Apostle–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The Body of Christ which centers our worship in this feast is a Sacrificed\, Crucified Body. The Eucharist is always first of all a Sacrifice that is offered again and again by Christ in each Mass\, through His ordained ministers. Out of the broken body of the God-Man was born the Church that channels His life to men. The main channel of divine life is the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Jesus gives His own Body and Blood to preserve and increase the Christ-life in Christians and to make them all divinely one in Himself
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-feast-of-corpus-christi-w-i-st-barnabas-apostle-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200613
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170012Z
UID:1614-1591920000-1592006399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. John of San Facundo\, Confessor–W (III) - Sts. Basilides\, Cyrinus\, Nabor & Nazarius\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:This Spanish saint derives his surname from the Benedictine abbey of San Facundo in the kingdom of Leon\, where he received his early education. Ordained to the priesthood in 1445 and having won a great reputation in Salamanca as a preacher and director of souls\, John entered the community of Augustinian Canons. As a monk he succeeded in ending many of the baneful feuds that divided the young noblemen of Salamanca.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-john-of-san-facundo-confessor-w-iii-sts-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-nazarius-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200614
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170012Z
UID:1615-1592006400-1592092799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Anthony of Padua\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Anthony of Padua (born Fernando Martins de Bulh_es; 1195 – 13 June 1231)\, also known as Anthony of Lisbon\, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua\, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture\, he was the second-most-quickly canonized saint after Peter of Verona. He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946. He is also the patron saint of finding things or lost people.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-anthony-of-padua-confessor-doctor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200615
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170014Z
UID:1616-1592092800-1592179199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Second Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Basil the Great\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor
DESCRIPTION:Basil of Caesarea\, also called Saint Basil the Great 329 or 330 – January 1 or 2\, 379)\, was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia\, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was an influential theologian who supported the Nicene Creed and opposed the heresies of the early Christian church\, fighting against both Arianism and the followers of Apollinaris of Laodicea. His ability to balance his theological convictions with his political connections made Basil a powerful advocate for the Nicene position.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/second-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-basil-the-great-bishop-confessor-doctor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200616
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170014Z
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UID:1617-1592179200-1592265599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Sts. Vitus\, Modestus & Crescentia\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Vitus\, born of an illustrious Sicilian family\, was arrested with his tutor and his nurse. After many sufferings\, they were martyred A.D. 303. In the Middle Ages St. Vitus was declared one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers\, and came to be considered as the special patron of those inflicted with nervous disorders.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-sts-vitus-modestus-crescentia-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200617
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. JOHN FRANCIS REGIS was born in Languedoc\, in 1597. From his tenderest years he showed evidences of uncommon sanctity by his innocence of life\, modesty\, and love of prayer. At the age of eighteen he entered the Society of Jesus. As soon as his studies were over\, he gave himself entirely to the salvation of souls. The winter he spent in country missions\, principally in mountainous districts; and in spite of the rigor of the weather and the ignorance and roughness of the inhabitants\, he labored with such success that he gained innumerable souls to God both from heresy and from a bad life. The summer he gave to the towns. There his time was taken up in visiting hospitals and prisons\, in preaching and instructing\, and in assisting all who in any way stood in need of his services. In his works of mercy God often helped him by miracles. In November\, 1637\, the Saint set out for his second mission at Marthes. His road lay across valleys filled with snow and over mountains frozen and precipitous. In climbing one of the highest\, a bush to which he was clinging gave way\, and he broke his leg in the fall. By the help of his companion he accomplished the remaining six miles\, and then\, instead of seeing a surgeon\, insisted on being taken straight to the confessional. There\, after several hours\, the curate of the parish found him still seated\, and when his leg was examined the fracture was found to be miraculously healed. He was so inflamed with the love of God that he seemed to breathe\, think\, speak of that alone\, and he offered up the Holy Sacrifice with such attention and fervor that those who assisted at it could not but feel something of the fire with which he burned. After twelve years of unceasing labor\, he rendered his pure and innocent soul to his Creator\, at the age of forty-four.\nReflection.—When St. John Francis was struck in the face by a sinner whom he was reproving\, he replied\, “If you only knew me\, you would give me much more than that” His meekness converted the man\, and it is in this spirit that he teaches us to win souls to God. How much might we do if we could forget our own wants in remembering those of others\, and put our trust in God!
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200618
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170015Z
UID:1619-1592352000-1592438399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Gregory Barbarigo\, Bishop\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Gregorio Barbarigo (Gregory Barbarigo; 16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian cardinal\, diplomat\, and scholar.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-gregory-barbarigo-bishop-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200619
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
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UID:1620-1592438400-1592524799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Ephrem\, Deacon\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - Sts. Mark & Marcellian\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Ephrem the Syrian (or Ephrem the Syriac; Syriac:(Latin: Ephraem Syrus; ca. 306 – 373) was a Syriac deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century from the region of Syria. His works are hailed by Christians throughout the world\, and many denominations venerate him as a saint. He has been declared a Doctor of the Church in Roman Catholicism. He is especially beloved in the Syriac Orthodox Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-ephrem-deacon-confessor-doctor-w-iii-sts-mark-marcellian-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200620
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170017Z
UID:1621-1592524800-1592611199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:THE FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART–W (I) - St. Juliana Falconieri\, Virgin–W (Comm.) - Sts. Gervase & Protase\, Martyrs
DESCRIPTION:The heart stands for love. The human heart of Jesus stands both for His human love and for the infinite love of His divine Person. His love was not just a shimmering\, dreamy softness; it was wisely strong and true to its eternal purposes. Despite the anguish of Gethsemane\, His love yielded His human life to crucifixion. His love had all the majesty and fullness of God\, a height and a depth that make paltry the wisdom of men. Every mystery of His life\, every miracle\, sermon\, and kindness\, was a new revelation of divine love that enlightens and warms mankind.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-feast-of-the-sacred-heart-w-i-st-juliana-falconieri-virgin-w-comm-sts-gervase-protase-martyrs/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200621
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170017Z
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UID:1622-1592611200-1592697599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) - St. Silverius\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Pope Silverius was later recognized as a saint by popular acclamation\, and is now the patron saint of the island of Ponza\, Italy. The first mention of his name in a list of saints dates to the 11th century. He is also called Saint Silverius (San Silverio). According to Ponza Islands legend\, fishermen were in a small boat in a storm off Palmarola and they called on Saint Silverius for help. An apparition of Saint Silverius called them to Palmarola\, where they survived. This miracle made him venerated as a saint.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-st-silverius-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200622
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170018Z
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UID:1623-1592697600-1592783999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Third Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Aloysius Gonzaga\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:Aloysius Gonzaga\, S.J. (Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; March 9\, 1568 – June 21\, 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College\, he died as a result of caring for the victims of an epidemic. He was beatified in 1605\, and canonized in 1726.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/third-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-aloysius-gonzaga-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200623
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170018Z
UID:1624-1592784000-1592870399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Paulinus\, Bishop\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Paulinus was an early Christian\, who\, along with a priest\, deacon and soldier\, -all of whose names were forgotten through time- suffered martyrdom in 67. Paulinus is believed to have been converted and sent by St. Peter\, whom he met at Antioch\, to Lucca. He is believed to be the first Bishop of Lucca.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-paulinus-bishop-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200624
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170018Z
UID:1625-1592870400-1592956799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Vigil of St. John the Baptist–V (II)
DESCRIPTION:The important feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist is preceded by a vigil. An angel announced to the saint’s father\, Zachary\, a priest of the house of Aaron\, that the child should be called John and that many would rejoice in his birth. God had chosen John to be the herald of mankind’s Redeemer\, the morning star to usher in the daylight of justice and of truth. Therefore\, he was sanctified in his mother’s womb\, when Elizabeth was honored by a visit from the Virgin Mother of God\, carrying Christ in her body. In like manner\, Jesus today gives sanctifying joy to the missionary precursors whom He calls to go before Him into pagan lands.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/vigil-of-st-john-the-baptist-v-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200625
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170019Z
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UID:1626-1592956800-1593043199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:THE birth of St. John was foretold by an angel of the Lord to his father\, Zachary\, who was offering incense in the Temple. It was the office of St. John to prepare the way for Christ\, and before he was born into the world he began to live for the Incarnate God. Even in the womb he knew the presence of Jesus and of Mary\, and he leaped with joy at the glad coming of the son of man. In his youth he remained hidden\, because He for Whom he waited was hidden also. But before Christ’s public life began\, a divine impulse led St. John into the desert; there\, with locusts for his food and haircloth on his skin\, in silence and in prayer\, he chastened his own soul. Then\, as crowds broke in upon his solitude\, he warned them to flee from the wrath to come\, and gave them the baptism of penance\, while they confessed their sins. At last there stood in the crowd One Whom St. John did not know\, till a voice within told him that it was his Lord. With the baptism of St. John\, Christ began His penance for the sins of His people\, and St. John saw the Holy Ghost descend in bodily form upon Him. Then the Saint’s work was done. He had but to point his own disciples to the Lamb\, he had but to decrease as Christ increased. He saw all men leave him and go after Christ. “I told you\,” he said\, “that I am not the Christ. The friend of the Bridegroom rejoiceth because of the Bridegroom’s voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.” St. John had been cast into the fortress of Machærus by a worthless tyrant whose crimes be had rebuked\, and he was to remain there till he was beheaded\, at the will of a girl who danced before this wretched king. In this time of despair\, if St. John could have known despair\, some of his old disciples visited him. St. John did not speak to them of himself\, but he sent them to Christ\, that they might see the proofs of His mission. Then the Eternal Truth pronounced the panegyric of the Saint who had lived and breathed for Him alone: “Verily I say unto you\, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist”\nReflection.—St. John was great before God because he forgot himself and lived for Jesus Christ\, Who is the source of all greatness. Remember that you are nothing; your own will and your own desires can only lead to misery and sin. Therefore sacrifice every day some one of your natural inclinations to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord\, and learn little by little to lose yourself in Him.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200626
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
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UID:1627-1593043200-1593129599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. William\, Abbot–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:According to the Vita composed to support his candidacy for sainthood\, William died on Easter Sunday 1202\, though the actual year was 1203. Numerous miracles were reported at his grave\, and in 1218 the Archbishop of Lund\, Anders Sunesen\, requested that Pope Honorius III appoint a local commission to investigate the claims for William’s sanctity. Their report was presumably sent to Rome\, where it languished for some time. Then\, in January 1224\, William was canonized by Honorius\, who acted on additional information provided by Cardinal Gregorius de Crescentio\, recently returned from a papal legation to Denmark. A new church was constructed at Œbelholt Abbey and William’s remains were moved there in 1238.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-william-abbot-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200627
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170020Z
UID:1628-1593129600-1593215999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sts. John & Paul\, Martyrs–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:THESE two Saints were both officers in the army under Julian the Apostate\, and received the crown of martyrdom\, probably in 362. They glorified God by a double victory; they despised the honors of the world\, and triumphed over its threats and torments. They saw many wicked men prosper in their impiety\, but were not dazzled by their example. They considered that worldly prosperity which attends impunity in sin is the most dreadful of all judgments; and how false and short-lived was this glittering prosperity of Julian\, who in a moment fell into the pit which he himself had dug! But the martyrs\, by the momentary labor of their conflict\, purchased an immense weight of never-fading glory; their torments were\, by their heroic patience and invincible virtue and fidelity\, a spectacle worthy of God\, Who looked down upon them from the throne of His glory\, and held His arm stretched out to strengthen them\, and to put on their heads immortal crowns in the happy moment of their victory.\nReflection.—The Saints always accounted that they had done nothing for Christ so long as they had not resisted to blood\, and by pouring forth the last drop completed their sacrifice. Every action of our lives ought to spring from this fervent motive\, and we should consecrate ourselves to the divine service with our whole strength; we must always bear in mind that we owe to God all that we are\, and\, after all we can do\, are unprofitable servants\, and do only what we are bound to do.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-john-paul-martyrs-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170020Z
UID:1629-1593216000-1593302399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:LADISLAS the First\, son of Bela\, King of Hungary\, was born in 1041. By the pertinacious importunity of the people he was compelled\, much against his own inclination\, to ascend the throne\, in 1080. He restored the good laws and discipline which St. Stephen had established\, and which seem to have been obliterated by the confusion of the times. Chastity\, meekness\, gravity\, charity\, and piety were from his infancy the distinguishing parts of his character; avarice and ambition were his sovereign aversion\, so perfectly had the maxims of the Gospel extinguished in him all propensity to those base passions. His life in the palace was most austere; he was frugal and abstemious\, but most liberal to the Church and the poor. Vanity\, pleasure\, or idle amusements had no share in his actions or time\, because all his moments were consecrated to the exercises of religion and the duties of his station\, in which he had only the divine will in view\, and sought only God’s greater honor. He watched over a strict and impartial administration of justice\, was generous and merciful to his enemies\, and vigorous in the defense of his country and the Church. He drove the Huns out of his territories\, and vanquished the Poles\, Russians\, and Tartars. He was preparing to command\, as general-in-chief\, the great expedition of the Christians against the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Land\, when God called him to Himself\, on the 30th of July\, 1095.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200629
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170020Z
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UID:1630-1593302400-1593388799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Fourth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II)
DESCRIPTION:The Synod of Seligenstadt (1022) mentions vigils on the eves of Christmas\, Epiphany\, the feast of the Apostles\, the Assumption of Mary\, St. Laurence\, and All Saints\, besides the fast of two weeks before the Nativity of St. John. After the eleventh century the fast\, Office\, and Mass of the nocturnal vigil were transferred to the day before the feast; and even now [1909] the liturgy of the Holy Saturday (vigil of Easter) shows\, in all its parts\, that originally it was not kept on the morning of Saturday\, but during Easter Night.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fourth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTSTAMP:20260404T131815
CREATED:20200130T170022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170022Z
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SUMMARY:THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER & PAUL–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:PETER was of Bethsaida in Galilee\, and as he was fishing on the lake was called by Our Lord to be one of His apostles. He was poor and unlearned\, but candid\, eager\, and loving. In his heart\, first of all\, grew up the conviction\, and from his lips came the confession\, “Thou art the Christ\, the Son of the living God;” and so Our Lord chose him\, and fitted him to be the Rock of His Church\, His Vicar on earth\, the head and prince of His apostles\, the centre and very principle of the Church’s oneness\, the source of all spiritual powers\, and the unerring teacher of His truth. All Scripture is alive with him; but after Pentecost he stands out in the full grandeur of his office. He fills the vacant apostolic throne; admits the Jews by thousands into the fold; opens it to the Gentiles in the person of Cornelius; founds\, and for a time rules\, the Church at Antioch\, and sends Mark to found that of Alexandria. Ten years after the Ascension he went to Rome\, the centre of the majestic Roman Empire\, where were gathered the glories and the wealth of the earth and all the powers of evil. There he established his Chair\, and for twenty-five years labored with St. Paul in building up the great Roman Church. He was crucified by order of Nero\, and buried on the Vatican Hill. He wrote two Epistles\, and suggested and approved the Gospel of St. Mark. Two hundred and sixty years after St. Peter’s martyrdom came the open triumph of the Church. Pope St. Sylvester\, with bishops and clergy and the whole body of the faithful\, went through Rome in procession to the Vatican Hill\, singing the praises of God till the seven hills rang again. The first Christian emperor\, laying aside his diadem and his robes of state\, began to dig the foundations of St. Peter’s Church. And now on the site of that old church stands the noblest temple ever raised by man; beneath a towering canopy lie the great apostles\, in death\, as in life\, undivided; and there is the Chair of St. Peter. All around rest the martyrs of Christ—Popes\, Saints\, Doctors\, from east and west—and high over all\, the words\, “Thou art Peter\, and on this Rock I will build My Church.” It is the threshold of the apostles and the centre of the world.\nReflection.—Peter still lives on in his successors\, and rules and feeds the flock committed to him. The reality of our devotion to him is the surest test of the purity of our faith.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of St. Paul\, Apostle–R (III) (Comm. St. Peter\, Apostle)
DESCRIPTION:Saul\, the youthful Pharisee of Jerusalem who stood by as a witness at the death of the first martyr\, Stephen\, grew into manhood with a consuming desire to destroy the religious followers of Jesus. Three years after the crucifixion of Christ\, while in the very act of extending his persecution of the Christians from Jerusalem to Damascus\, Saul was confronted by his Savior with the question\, “Why dost thou persecute me?” In the dazzling light of this vision\, Saul was called to a double vocation: to be a chosen vessel to carry the name of Jesus among nations\, and to suffer much for Christ. In this new life\, Saul was renamed Paul.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/commemoration-of-st-paul-apostle-r-iii-comm-st-peter-apostle/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1633-1593561600-1593647999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:FEAST OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:This feast was instituted only in 1849\, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ\, and that the Sacraments were brought forth through His Blood. The special beauty of this feast is its centering of our attention directly on the Blood of Christ\, a short cut to the heart of revelation. In these days we need to think of the Passion of Christ; we do not know how God is going to test us. Devotion to the Precious Blood is a fundamental\, sane approach to God. It is hard and painful; it will help us to steel our own hearts against weakness.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/feast-of-the-most-precious-blood-of-jesus-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Visitation of the Blessed Virgin–W (II) - Sts. Processus and Martinianus\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Mary left Nazareth immediately after the Annunciation and went “into the hill country…into a city of Judah” (Luke 1:39) to attend her cousin Elizabeth. There are several possibilities as to exactly which city this was\, including Hebron\, south of Jerusalem\, and Ein Karem. The journey was about 100 miles and Elizabeth was in the sixth month before Mary came
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:First Friday - St. Irenaeus\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. IRENÆUS was born about the year 120. He was a Grecian\, probably a native of Lesser Asia. His parents\, who were Christians\, placed him under the care of the great St. Polycarp\, Bishop of Smyrna. It was in so holy a school that he learned that sacred science which rendered him afterward a great ornament of the Church and the terror of her enemies. St. Polycarp cultivated his rising genius\, and formed his mind to piety by precepts and example; and the zealous scholar was careful to reap all the advantages which were offered him by the happiness of such a master. Such was his veneration for his tutor’s sanctity that he observed every action and whatever be saw in that holy man\, the better to copy his example and learn his spirit. He listened to his instructions with an insatiable ardor\, and so deeply did he engrave them on his heart that the impressions remained most lively even to his old age. In order to confute the heresies of his age\, this father made himself acquainted with the most absurd conceits of their philosophers\, by which means he was qualified to trace up every error to its sources and set it in its full light. St. Polycarp sent St. Irenæus into Gaul\, in company with some priest; he was himself ordained priest of the Church of Lyons by St. Pothinus. St. Pothinus having glorified God by his happy death\, in the year 177\, our Saint was chosen the second Bishop of Lyons. By his preaching\, he in a short time converted almost that whole country to the Faith. He wrote several works against heresy\, and at last\, with many others\, suffered martyrdom about the year 202\, under the Emperor Severus\, at Lyons.\nReflection.—Fathers and mothers\, and heads of families\, spiritual and temporal\, should bear in mind that inferiors “will not be corrected by words” alone\, but that example is likewise needful.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-st-irenaeus-bishop-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1636-1593820800-1593907199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Saturday - Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. BERTHA\, Widow\, Abbess. BERTHA was the daughter of Count Rigobert and Umana\, related to one of the kings of Kent in England. In the twentieth year of her age she was married to Sigefroi\, by whom she had five daughters\, two of whom\, Gertrude and Deotila\, are Saints. After her husband’s death she put on the veil in the nunnery which she had built at Blangy in Artois\, a little distance from Hesdin. Her daughters Gertrude and Deotila followed her example. She was persecuted by Roger\, or Rotgar\, who endeavored to asperse her with King Thierri III.\, to revenge his being refused Gertrude in marriage. But this prince\, convinced of the innocence of Bertha\, then abbess over her nunnery\, gave her a kind reception and took her under his protection. On her return to Blangy\, Bertha finished her nunnery and caused three churches to be built\, one in honor of St. Omer\, another she called after St. Vaast\, and the third in honor of St. Martin of Tours. And then\, after establishing a regular observance in her community\, she left St. Deotila abbess in her stead\, and shut herself in a cell\, to pass the remainder of her days in prayer. She died about the year 725. A great part of her relics are kept at Blangy.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Fifth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:After his death\, a number of cures were attributed to the intercession of Anthony Mary Zaccaria. 27 years after his death\, his body was found to be incorrupt. His mortal remains are now enshrined at the Church of St. Barnabas in Milan\, Italy. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII on 27 May 1897. His feast day is celebrated on 5 July. He is a patron saint of physicians.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fifth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-anthony-mary-zaccaria-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:THE name of Palladius shows this Saint to have been a Roman\, and most authors agree that he was deacon of the Church of Rome. At least St. Prosper\, in his chronicle\, informs us that when Agricola\, a noted Pelagian\, had corrupted the churches of Britain by introducing that pestilential heresy\, Pope Celestine\, at the instance of Palladius the deacon\, in 429\, sent thither St. Germanus\, Bishop of Auxerre\, in quality of his legate\, who\, having ejected the heretics\, brought back the Britons to the Catholic faith. In 431 Pope Celestine sent Palladius\, the first bishop\, to the Scots then believing in Christ. The Irish writers of the lives of St. Patrick say that St. Palladius had preached in Ireland a little before St. Patrick\, but that he was soon banished by the King of Leinster\, and returned to North Britain\, where he had first opened his mission. There seems to be no doubt that he was sent to the whole nation of the Scots\, several colonies of whom had passed from Ireland into North Britain\, and possessed themselves of part of the country since called Scotland. After St. Palladius had left Ireland\, he arrived among the Scots in North Britain\, according to St. Prosper\, in the consulate of Bassus and Antochius\, in the year of Christ 431. He preached there with great zeal\, and formed a considerable Church. The Scottish historians tell us that the Faith was planted in North Britain about the year 200\, in the time of King Donald\, when Victor was Pope of Rome. But they all acknowledge that Palladius was the first bishop in that country\, and style him their first apostle. The Saint died at Fordun\, fifteen miles from Aberdeen\, about the year 450.
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SUMMARY:Sts. Cyril & Methodius\, Bishops\, Confessors–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:They were 9th century Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessalonica\, Macedonia\, who became Christian missionaries among the Slavic peoples of the Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs\, for which they received the title “Apostles to the Slavs.” They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet\, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths\, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of “equal-to-apostles.” In 1880\, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-cyril-methodius-bishops-confessors-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Elizabeth\, Queen of Portugal\, Widow–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth showed an early enthusiasm for her Faith. She said the full Divine Office daily\, fasted and did other penance\, as well as attended twice-daily choral Masses. Religious fervor was common in her family\, as she could count several members of her family who were already venerated as saints. The most notable example is her great-aunt\, St. Elizabeth of Hungary\, after whom she was named.
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