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St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, Archangels
“MI-CA-EL,” or “Who is like to God?” Such was the cry of the great Archangel when he smote the rebel…
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The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
CONSTANTINE was still wavering between Christianity and idolatry when a luminous cross appeared to him in the heavens, bearing the…
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN this festival the Church commemorates the happy departure from life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her translation into…
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St. John the Baptist
THE birth of St. John was foretold by an angel of the Lord to his father, Zachary, who was offering…
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The Annunciation
THIS great festival takes its name from the happy tidings brought by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin, concerning…
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Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
THAT St. Peter, before he went to Rome, founded the see of Antioch is attested by many Saints. It was…
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Memorial of St. Severianus
IN the reign of Marcian and St. Pulcheria, the Council of Chalcedon, which condemned the Eutychian heresy, was received by…
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St. Barbatus, Bishop
ST. BARBATUS was born in the territory of Benevento in Italy, toward the end of the pontificate of St. Gregory…
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St. Simeon, Bishop and Martyr
ST. SIMEON was the son of Cleophas, otherwise called Alpheus, brother to St. Joseph, and of Mary, sister to the…
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St. Flavian, Bishop, Martyr
FLAVIAN was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 447. His short episcopate of two years was a time of conflict and…