Holy Day Reflections

Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

Giacomo della Porta, Holy Name of Jesus, c 1580, Church of the Gesu, Rome January 3: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Devotion to…

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Raffaello (Raphael) Sanzio da Urbino, The Tempi Madonna, 1508, Alte Pinakothek, Munich January 1: The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God The Blessed Virgin Mary…

Christmas Novena • Tenth Station

The Word Becomes Flesh O Antiphon Gaude! Gaude!Emmanuel nascetur pro te Israel! Rejoice! Rejoice!Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel! Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni,…

Christmas Novena • Ninth Station

The Wise Men Holy Family O Antiphon Dómine, qui sedes super Chérubim:Veni, et osténde nobis fáciem tuam,et salvi érimus. O Thou that sittest upon the…

Christmas Novena • Eighth Station

The Shepherds Visit the Holy Family O Antiphon O Emmanuel,Rex et legifer noster,expectratio gentium, et Salvator earum:Veni ad salvandum nos, Domines, Deus noster. O Emmanuel,our…

Christmas Novena • Seventh Station

The Angel Visits the Shepherds O Antiphon O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:Veni, et salva hominem,quem de limo formasti. O…

Christmas Novena • Sixth Station

Mary and Joseph Arrive in Bethlehem O Antiphon O Oriens,splendor lucis aeternae et sol iustitiae:Veni et illumina sedentes in tenebriset umbra mortis. O Dayspring,Brightness of…

Christmas Novena • Fifth Station

Mary and Joseph Set Forth from Nazareth O Antiphon O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel,qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperuit:Veni, et…

Christmas Novena • Fourth Station

The Angel Visits Joseph O Antiphon O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,super quem continebunt reges os suum,quem Gentes deprecabuntur:Veni ad liberandum nos, jam…

Christmas Novena • Third Station

Mary Sings Praise to God O Antiphon O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,qui Moyse in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,et ei in Sina legem dedisti:Veni ad…