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Showing posts with label Saint Feast Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint Feast Day. Show all posts
Sunday, November 01, 2015

Solemnity of All Saints Day from Goffine's Devout Instructions

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November 1 Why has the Church appointed this feast? To honor God in His saints, in whom He has shown Himself so wonderful, and...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Feast of Saint James the Greater, Apostle (Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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July 25 James, by birth a Galilean, a son of Zebedee and Salome, was brother to Saint John the apostle, with whom he was called by Je...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Feast of the Holy Penitent Mary Magdalen (From Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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July 22 Mary Magdalen, a sister of Lazarus and of Martha, of Bethany, was a notorious sinner in Jerusalem. Moved by the preaching of ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Feast of Saint Matthias the Apostle (Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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May 14 Of this apostle nothing certain is known beyond what is contained in the epistle. In the Introit of the Mass the Church sings:...
Thursday, May 02, 2013

Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles (Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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Saint James the Less Saint Philip May 3   PHILIP, born at Bethsaida, was one of the first followers of Our Lord. After receiving ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

All Saints Day (From Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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November 1 Why has the Church appointed this feast? To honor God in His saints, in whom He has shown Himself so wonderful, and ...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude (Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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October 28 SAINT SIMON and SAINT JUDE were probably brothers; the former received the surname Canaanite, to distinguish him from Simon...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (From Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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October 4 SAINT FRANCIS was born at Assisi, in Italy, in the year 1182. His father, a rich merchant, intended him for trade, and ...
Monday, July 02, 2012

Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle (From Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle July 3 THOMAS, also called Didymus, or the twin, was a fisherman of Galilee. After having been ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the Apostle (Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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January 25 The history of this conversion is fully given in the epistle taken from the Acts. The Introit of the Mass is as follows: ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs (From Goffine's Devout Instructions)

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December 28 The account of the martyrdom of these children is given in the gospel of today. The Church justly honors them as martyrs,...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Feast of Saint Stephen (First Martyr)

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December 26 The epistle of today contains a short account of the life and sufferings of this saint. It only remains to be added that, on ...