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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

August 30: St. Rose of Lima, V, O.P., III Class

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Today, in the 1962 Dominican Rite Calendar, we celebrate the feast of St. Rose of Lima.  The feast is III Class, so the  Ordinary  office is...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

August 17: St. Hyacinth, C., O.P., III Class

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Today, in the 1962 Dominican Rite Calendar, we celebrate the feast of St. Hyacinth.  The feast is III Class so the  Ordinary  office is pray...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

August 15: Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I Class

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A few years ago, while reading "Christ the Savior" by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. on the Assumption of the B.V.M., I came...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

August 8: Blessed Jane of Aza, Mother of Our Holy Father St. Dominic, Commemoration

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Today, in the 1962 Dominican Rite Calendar, we make a commemoration of Blessed Jane of Aza, mother of Our Holy Father St. Dominic. In the ol...
Saturday, August 5, 2023

LOST TRADITIONS: August 5 - 11: Octave of Our Holy Father St. Dominic

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Prior to the revision of the Breviary instituted by Pope Pius XII, the Octave of Our Holy Father St. Dominic would be celebrated from August...
Friday, August 4, 2023

August 4: Our Holy Father St. Dominic, C., O.P., I Class

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  O  happy parent, Spain, rejoice in giving to the world the joy of new offspring!  But, rejoice still more, Bologna, because you are favore...
Thursday, August 3, 2023

August 3: The Vigil of the Feast of St. Dominic

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After weeks of preparation, including the  15 Tuesday's  devotion to St. Dominic, and the  Novena  to our Holy Father, we have arrived a...