Friday, April 13, 2007

Feast days of the week 15-21 April, A.D. 2007 (1962 liturgical calendar).

SECOND PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR: THE EASTER CYCLE (MYSTERY OF THE REDEMPTION).[1]
II. EASTERTIDE

Sunday, 15 April, 2007
Low Sunday (I)
"This Sunday is called from the first words of the Introit, the Sunday of Quasimodo, or Sunday in Albis (deponendis) because the neophytes on that day put aside their white garments. In English the term Low Sunday is in contrast with Easter or High Sunday. Another Latin name Pascha clausum is preserved in the French: Paques closes and in the Dutch or Flemish: Beloken Pasen; close of Easter, this Sunday ending the Octave. Let us proclaim our faith in the risen Lord, and in His divine Presence in the Holy Eucharist."
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

Monday, 16 April, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

Tuesday, 17 April, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

St. Anicetus, Pope, Martyr. (Comm.)
"This Pope governed the Church under Marcus Aurelius from 155 to 166. He suffered so much for the faith that, although he did not shed his blood he was given the title of martyr."
Epistle: I Peter 5:1-4, 10-11.
Gospel: Matt 16:13-19.

Wednesday, 18 April, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

Thursday, 19 April, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

Friday, 20 April, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: I John 5:4-10.
Gospel: John 20:19-31.

Saturday, 21 April 2007
St. Anselm, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church (III)
"St. Anselm, the famous Archbishop of Canterbury, was a Benedictine monk, who fought intrepidly for the faith and liberty of the Church. He is one of the greatest philosophers and mystics of the eleventh century. He died A.D. 1109."
Epistle: II Timothy 4:1-8.
Gospel: Matt 5:13-19.

[1] Remarks are abstracted from The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual, from Editio Typica of the Roman Missal and Breviary, 1962
(Baronius Press Limited, London, 2004, in conjunction with the Fraternal Society of St. Peter, www.baroniuspress.com)

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