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Saint Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
The Liturgical YearDom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.BFebruary 6Saint DorothyVirgin and Martyr Today again, it is one of the most amiable of Christ’s brides that comes to console us by her […]
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Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
The Holy Spirit puts it well indeed in the Sacred Scriptures when it says: “Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of […]
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Saint Blase, Martyr
Victories of the Martyrs Saint Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, Bishop and Doctor of the Church CHAPTER LVI St. Blase, Bishop of Sebaste February 3 St. […]
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Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
At dusk on February 1st each year we commence, with the singing of FIrst Vespers, the great great Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is […]
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Saint Francis de Sales
The closing days of January are filled with many wonderful Saints and on the 29th we celebrate not only a great Saint but a Doctor of the Church, a founder […]
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Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
On the 26th of January each year we celebrate the feast for one of the earliest Saints and Martyrs of the Church. He was the disciple of the Beloved Disciple […]
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The Conversion of Saint Paul
The Liturgical Year Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B. January 25 The Conversion of Saint Paul We have already seen how the Gentiles, in the person of the […]
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Fifth Lateran Council
Fifth Lateran Council 1512-17 A.D. INTRODUCTION This council was summoned by pope Julius II by the bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, issued at Rome on 18 July 1511, after several schismatic […]
Ecumenical Council, Heresy, Text, Theology
