A March To Rome From Paris To Save The Latin Mass

The National Catholic Register  published an article on the procession, scheduled to begin on March 6, from Paris, expecting to arrive in Rome on May 1, to save the Latin Mass.  Quoted below is a paragraph from the article [1]:

The organizers told the Register that the deadline for sending letters, originally set for Dec. 31, will be extended to the day before the march starts to allow the current momentum to build. They also stressed that anyone wishing to defend the Tridentine Mass (including those who don’t attend it) can send a letter to the Pope through La Voie Romaine’s website — which will be available in English and Italian shortly — by mail or through local parish priests, and that the march is open to all. To date, letters and registrations to the upcoming march have already arrived from several countries, including the U.S., Portugal and Mexico.

[1] https://www.ncregister.com/news/march-to-be-held-between-paris-and-rome-to-beg-pope-francis-save-the-traditional-latin-mass, quoted with hyperlink.

The Epiphany Of Our Lord Jesus Christ - 6 January

Quoted from Catholic Action [1]

Epiphany is a Feast Day within the Church’s liturgical celebration of Christmas. In the current Western tradition, we associate it with the “Visit of the Magi,” or visitors from the East recounted in Matthew’s Gospel. (Mt 2:1-12). Epiphany is traditionally celebrated the 12th day after Christmas, (Twelfth Night), January 6th.... 

Epiphany takes its name from the Greek epiphania, a manifestation. Jesus, born quietly in Bethlehem’s stable, is revealed, or made manifest, as the Son of God.  In the recognition of Him by the Magi, the Christ, He is revealed to the “nations.” (see, for example, Is 42:6; Is 60: 1-6; and Psalm 72:11)

Quoted from Catholic Culture [2]:

The Solemnity of the Epiphany is celebrated either on January 6 or, according to the decision of the episcopal conference, on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8.  [The Sunday between January 2 and January 8 this year, 2022, was January 2.]

[1] https://www.catholicaction.org/epiphany_traditions

[2] https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2022-01-02

Feast Of The Holy Name Of Jesus - 2 January

Quoted from Wikipedia [1]:

In the Latin Rite Catholic Church it is observed as an optional memorial on 3 January by Catholics following the present General Roman Calendar. According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII used in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite the feast is celebrated on January 2. In Roman Catholicism the month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Holy_Name_of_Jesus#:~:text=According%20to%20the%201962%20Missal%20of%20St.%20John,on%203%20January%20as%20the%20order%27s%20titular%20feast., quoted without hyperlinks.

Tridentine Calander - 2022

Links to the Tridentine calendar:

1. https://www.tridentinecatholic.com/cal2022.pdf

2.  https://www.virgosacrata.com/catholic-calendar.html (scroll down to see year 2022)

Happy New Year Quote - 2022

Quoted from the section entitled Happy New Year Quotes [1]:

“Wishing you a great new year with full of great achievements and holy experiences.

A meaningful chapter waiting to be written. HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

[1] http://www.traditionalcatholic.info/new-year-quotes/

Thoughts On Innocence

Sharing thoughts on innocence (some can be applicable to helpless animals too):

1.  Innocence is when a child is starving but does not understand why.

2.  Innocence is when an orphan refugee is shivering in the bitter cold and endures it.

3.  Innocence is when one gives oneself totally to others.

4.  Innocence sees in others only genuine kindness.

5.  Innocence does not understand cruelty.

6.  Innocence is never a victim but always a hero.

7.  Innocence suffers alone in silence.

8.  Innocence has no pride.

9.  Innocence is vulnerable

10.  Innocence thrives on the mercy of others.

11.  Innocence is full of hope.

Saint John The Apostle & Evangelist Feast Day - 27 December

Quoted from Catholic Daily Readings [1]:

Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist was born in 6 AD in Palestinian Territories in Asia. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the patron saint of love, loyalty, friendships, and authors. He died peacefully in the year 100 AD. He was beatified and [c]anonized by pre-congregation. Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist’s feast day is celebrated on December 27.

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Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist was born in 6 AD in Palestinian Territories in Asia. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome and also a brother to Saint James the Great. He was a fisherman and his brother Saint James the Great until meeting Jesus and becoming an apostle. Compering with other apostles he was the youngest called to follow Christ on the banks of the Jordan during the first days of Our Lord’s ministry. Jesus referred to the pair as “Boanerges” (translated “sons of thunder”).

Saint John the apostle, along with Saint James and Saint Peter, witnessed the most significant events in Jesus’ life such as the Transfiguration and the Agony in the garden. Additionally, he was the disciple whom Jesus loved. At the Last Supper, his head rested on the bosom of Jesus, and in the hours of the Passion, when others fled or denied their Master, St. John kept his place by the side of Jesus and stood by the last cross with Mary.

From the cross, the dying Saviour bequeathed His Mother to the care of the faithful apostle, who “from that hour took her to his own;” thus fitly, as St. Austin says, “to a virgin was the Virgin entrusted.” After the Ascension, St. John lived first at Jerusalem, and then at Ephesus. He was thrown by Domitian into a cauldron of boiling oil and is thus reckoned a martyr, though miraculously preserved from hurt.

Because John witnessed the events of Jesus, he wrote his gospel. Additionally, he wrote the letters of John the three Epistles of John, and the book of Revelation.

Afterward, he was banished to the isle of Patmos, where he received the heavenly visions described in the Apocalypse. He died at a great age, in peace, at Ephesus, in the year 100 AD.

[1] https://catholicreadings.org/saint-john-the-apostle/