The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “First Wednesday in Advent”
Monthly Archives: November 2022
30 November – Saint Joseph Marchand
Modern Hagiography Pictures of Christian Heroism by Henry Edward Manning.
First Tuesday in Advent
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “First Tuesday in Advent”
First Monday in Advent
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Meditations Meditations for Every Day in the Year by Roger Baxter (Benziger, 1823, reprinted in 1884). Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon (Benziger, 1894). Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year byContinue reading “First Monday in Advent”
Advent
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner (Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1908). Sermons Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivals throughout the ecclesiastical year, to which are added the lives of many saints by LeonardContinue reading “Advent”
The First Sunday in Advent
The Gospel Reading for today, Luke 21.25-33, with Mark 13.24 ff., contributes to the description of the Second Coming of Christ, or the Parousia, in Matthew 24.29 ff.. Art historically, the relationship of the Parousia with images of the Last Judgment has been contentious (see Yves Christe, La vision de Matthieu (1973), but theology doesContinue reading “The First Sunday in Advent”
27 November – Saint Bilhildis
Modern Hagiography Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Medieval Hagiography BHL
27 November – Saint Catherine Labouré
Modern Hagiography The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times by Constantine Kempf. Venerable Sister Catherine Labouré Sainte Catherine Labouré (graphic novel in French) Art & Architecture The Miraculous Medal: Its Origin, History, Circulation, Results Chapelle Notre-Dame De La Médaille Miraculeuse
27 November 450 – Galla Placidia
Art & Architecture Coin San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna (for dedicatory inscription and transcription, see also)
27 November – Saint Virgilius of Salzburg
Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL, Supplement Art & Architecture Warburg Institute Iconographic Database The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz. Emblems of Saints by Which They Are DistinguishedContinue reading “27 November – Saint Virgilius of Salzburg”
Nihil sub sole novum 