Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Dec 072008
 


Memorial

About the Feast

Commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child in the Temple where, according to tradition, she was educated.

The feast originated in the Orient probably about the 7th century and is found in the constitution of Manuel Comnenus (1166) as a recognized festival. It was introduced into the Western Church in the 14th century, abolished by Pope Pius V, but re-established by Pope Sixtus V in 1585. Its observance by the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the day of their origin led to the devotion of Mater Admirabilis.

Among the many masters who have represented this subject are: Alberti, Fra Bartolommeo, Biagio, Agostino, Carracci, Cima da Conegliano, Cossa, Holbein the Elder, Palma, Piombo, Tintoretto and Titian.

Images

  • Gallery of images of the Presentation

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/presentation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/>

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Nov 292008
 

[Sacred Heart of Jesus]
Memorial

  • movable; see below

About the Devotion

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has its dogmatic foundation the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. On account of the hypostatic union, every part of our Lord’s Human Nature is worthy of adoration. Thus we adore His bodily Heart. We also honour the Heart of Jesus as a reminder or symbol of His love for us, and we are moved to make Him a return of love, because He has loved us and He is not loved by men. Love, consecration, and reparation are the characteristic acts of this devotion. In this form it is now solemnly approved by the Church.

On the feast of the Sacred Heart, celebrated on the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi, an act of reparation is prescribed for recitation in every church in the world. On the feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King, the last Sunday of October, an act of consecration of the human race is prescribed. Though this devotion was practised by saintly souls before 1675, it is due to the apparitions of our Lord to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in the Visitation Monastery at Paray-le-Monial that the feast of the Sacred Heart is now kept on the day assigned by Our Lord. In spite of much opposition the feast was allowed in 1765, and extended to the world in 1856 by Pope Pius IX; in 1929 it was raised to the highest rank. Special manifestations of the devotion are the Communion of Reparation on the first Friday of the month, and the Holy Hour in union with Our Lord in His Agony.

Patronage

Representation

Images

  • Gallery of images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Storefront

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Sacred Heart of Jesus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/sacred-heart-of-jesus/>

Feast of Corpus Christi

Nov 092008
 

[Pictorial Lives of the Saints: Corpus Christi]Also known as

  • Birth of the Chalice
  • Feast of the Body of Christ
  • Natalis Calicis

Memorial

  • Thursday after Trinity Sunday

Article

Feast celebrated in honour of the Body of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and in commemoration of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. It was established in 1246, at the suggestion of Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon, by Bishop Robert de Thorete of Liege, where the first celebration was held the following year, and its observance was extended to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. It is a holy day of obligation in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The office for the day, the most beautiful in the Roman Liturgy, was written by Saint Thomas Aquinas and the customary procession was approved and encouraged by Pope Martin V and Pope Eugene IV. The procession dates from c.1275, though originally not directly connected with the celebration of the Feast. It is held either on the feast itself, on the following Sunday, or on the day of the octave of the feast, and is of prescription, unless circumstances are such that it must be omitted. During this procession it is customary to halt at several altars, and from one or two of these Benediction is solemnly given. In many places it is customary to have this procession in the open air, weather permitting. Some country churches that have the cemetery close at hand always have two altars within the confines of the cemetery for the purpose of these stops or halts in the Corpus Christi procession. In city parishes and where it is not advisable to hold the procession outdoors, it is held inside the Church. Then the side-altars are used as stopping or halting places for the procession, and from each Benediction is given. Finally the solemnity is concluded with Benediction given, from the high altar of the church.

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Feast of Corpus Christi”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/feast-of-corpus-christi/>

Holy House of Loreto

Nov 092008
 

[translation of the Holy House of Loreto]
Memorial

About

The feast is so named from the tradition that the house where the Holy Family lived in Nazareth, was transported by angels to the city of Loreto, Italy. The Holy House is now encased by a basilica. It has been one of the famous shrines of the Blessed Virgin since the 13th century.

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Holy House of Loreto”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/holy-house-of-loreto/>

Feast of Christ the King

Nov 092008
 

[Christ the King]
Also known as

  • D. N. Iesu Christi universorum Regis
  • Our Lord Jesus Christ King of All

Memorial

  • last Sunday in the liturgical year
  • formerly the last Sunday in October

About the Feast

Instituted to give public homage to Christ, the Ruler of the world, by Pope Pius XI, 1925. Every year on this day is renewed the consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Patronage

MLA Citation

  • “Feast of Christ the King”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/feast-of-christ-the-king/>

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Nov 082008
 

[The Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ]
Also known as

  • Feast of the Holy Cross
  • Feast of the Triumph of the Cross

Memorial

About the Feast

The feast was celebrated in Rome before the end of the 7th century. Its purpose is to commemorate the recovering of that portion of the Holy Cross which was preserved at Jerusalem, and which had fallen into the hands of the Persians. Emperor Heraclius recovered this precious relic and brought it back to Jerusalem on 3 May 629.

Patronage

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 September 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross/>

Christmas

Oct 302008
 

[The Nativity]
Also known as

  • Feast of the Nativity

Memorial

About the Feast

Name derived from Old English: Cristes Maesse, Christ’s Mass. Celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Our Lord. In the earliest days of the Church there was no such feast; the Saviour’s birth was commemorated with the Epiphany by the Greek and other Eastern Churches. First mention of the feast, then kept on 20 May, was made by Clement of Alexandria c.200. The Latin Church began c.300 to observe it on 25 December, though there is no certainty that Our Lord was born on that day. Priests have the privilege of saying three Masses, at midnight, daybreak, and morning. This was originally reserved to the pope alone; beginning about the 4th century he celebrated a midnight Mass in the Lateran Basilica (in which according to tradition, the manger of Bethlehem is preserved), a second in the church of Saint Anastasia, whose feast comes on 25 December, and a third at the Vatican Basilica. Many peculiar customs of the day are the outcome of the pagan celebrations of the January calends. The Christmas tree, of which the first known mention was made in 1605 at Strasbourg, was introduced into France and England in 1840. The feast is a holy day of obligation, preceded by the preparatory season of Advent and by a special vigil; should it fall on a Friday it abrogates the law of abstinence.

Feast of All Souls

Oct 302008
 

[Pictorial Lives of Saints: All Souls]Memorial

About the Feast

Feast in commemoration of the faithful departed in Purgatory. Abbot Odilo of Cluny instituted it in the monasteries of his congregation in 998, other religious orders took up the observance, and it was adopted by various dioceses and gradually by the whole Church. The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy on this day, and Pope Benedict XV granted to all priests the privilege of saying three Masses of requiem

  • one for the souls in purgatory
  • one for the intention of the Holy Father
  • one for the priest’s

If the feast should fall on Sunday it is kept on 3 November.

Patronage

Additinal Information

MLA Citation

  • “Feast of All Souls”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com//>
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