There will be a sung Requiem Mass followed by Absolution today, March 9th, at the Church of the Holy Innocents at 7:30 PM.
Fr. Leonard Villa will celebrate the Mass. Fr. George Rutler will preach.
The “Adoration of the Shepherds” by Antonio Campi over the Church’s main altar; above that hovers the conference room (Photography by Francois Halard for WSJ. Magazine)
A church in Milan- with 16th century frescoes, a high altar and crypt – converted into architectural offices! An in-depth article by Tom Vanderbilt with photos by Francois Halard in the March 2015 WSJ. Magazine.
And of course: Locatelli built a steel structural element that obscures the crucifix in the nun’s choir. The cross was “too strong,” he says. “Not because I mind, but in case someone from another religion comes in. This is not a religious place anymore.”
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Both stained glass windows appear in All Saints Church, Manhattan
The following churches will offer Traditional Masses for the Feast of St. Joseph, Thursday, March 19
St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, 7:30 pm. The traditional blessing of pastries will follow the mass.
St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Vespers, 5:30 pm; Solemn Mass at 7 pm.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 400 Maywood Ave., Maywood, NJ, 7:30pm, Missa Cantata.
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Stained glass window of St. Michael appears in the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan
We received today a letter of interest to our readers:
My name is Matthew Reid and I, along with a number of other NYPD officers recently started a traditional Catholic fraternity for the many Catholic members of our Dept. We have monthly, to bi-monthly meetings at our home, the great Church of the Holy Innocents. Father Leonard Villa is working with us, for which we are most honored and appreciative.
I would like to request that you please let the readers of your great site know about our fraternity, which is named “The Patrolman’s Fraternity of St. Michael.” We are on facebook under that name and are looking to expand our reach and ability to evangelize our fallen away brethren by exposing them to the majesty and other worldly awe of the Mass of the Ages.
I would like to end by asking for prayers, as our job these days is unfortunately a spiritual desert, like so much of the rest of society.
En Christi,
Matthew Reid
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Traditional first Saturday devotions to the crowned Madonna, this Saturday March 7, 2015 and every first Saturday at 9AM, at NYC’s papal designated Marian shrine, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 East 116st. NY, NY 10029.
Extraordinary Rite Sung Tridentine Mass
Prayers for the canonization of Pierre Toussaint for the Haitian Community
Mt. Carmel devotions, adoration and benediction
Street Parking Available, Enclosed Parking at Costco Complex, #6 train to 116th St. M15 limited Bus on First Ave brings you to 116 Street, a block from the church, in minutes
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Stained glass window of St. Francis Xavier appears in Our Lady of Esperanza Church, Manhattan
From our friend Mr. Screwtape:
The Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny, once upon a fictional time, in order to raise funds for their worthy apostolic endeavors raffled off a brand new Lexus. Jill and Stu really wanted to win so they decided to ask some revered priests to pray a novena. The Benedictine monk said: “Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus! Yes, my children, I will gladly pray a novena. But please tell me what is a Lexus?”. The Franciscan friar said: “Pax et bonum! Sure I’ll pray a novena but what’s this Lexus thing?” The Jesuit priest said: “Wow! Lexus. What a great car! But what’s a novena?”
To the credit of the much mercilessly maligned Society of Jesus, there is one particular novena that shines forth in their admirable annals, the Novena of Grace in honor of Saint Francis Xavier.
“One night in Naples in early January 1634, Father Marcello Mastrilli, a Jesuit priest, was near death from an accident. Saint Francis Xavier appeared in a vision and requested that Fr. Mastrilli renew a vow he had made earlier to go to Japan as a missionary and the Saint foretold his martyrdom there.
The Saint promised Fr. Mastrilli that: ‘All those who implore my help daily for nine consecutive days, from the fourth to the twelfth of March inclusive and worthily receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion on one of the nine days will experience my protection and may hope with entire assurance to obtain from God any Grace they ask that is for the good of their souls and the glory of God.’
Father Mastrilli was cured so quickly and so completely that night after this vision that he widely spread the news of his recovery and of St. Francis Xavier’s promises to him, quoted above, before leaving for Japan, where he was indeed martyred for the Faith in October 1637.
Because of the innumerable graces and extraordinary favors received through his intercession, this devotion came to be known as the Novena of Grace.”
Incidentally, coincidentally and obviously on purpose, the Novena ends on the day which commemorates the canonization of Ignatius and Xavier.
Prayers for the Novena
Attributed to Father Marcello Mastrilli, S.J. (17th century)
O Saint Francis Xavier, well beloved and full of charity, in union with thee, I reverently adore the Majesty of God; and since I rejoice with exceeding joy in the singular gifts of grace bestowed upon thee during thy life, and thy gifts of glory after death, I give Him hearty thanks therefore; I beseech thee with all my heart’s devotion to be pleased to obtain for me, by thy effectual intercession, above all things, the grace of a holy life and a happy death. Moreover, I beg of thee to obtain for me . . . (here mention the spiritual or temporal favor to be prayed for). But if what I ask of thee so earnestly doth not tend to the glory of God and the greater good of my soul, do thou, I pray, obtain for me what is more profitable to both these ends. Amen.
V. Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O God, Who didst vouchsafe, by the preaching and miracles of Saint Francis Xavier, to join unto Thy Church the nations of the Indies, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who reverence his glorious merits may also imitate his example, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Then add 3 Our Father’s and 3 Hail Mary’s in memory of Saint Francis Xavier’s devotion to the Most Holy Trinity, and Glory be to the Father 10 times in thanksgiving for the graces received during his 10 years of apostleship.
And while not strictly constituting a part of the foregoing exercises of piety, the following oration may laudably be appended just because it is sort of topical and not very politically correct.
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER FOR THE CONVERSION OF INFIDELS
Eternal God, Creator of all things, remember that Thou alone didst create the souls of infidels, framing them to Thy Own image and likeness; behold, O Lord! how, to Thy dishonor, Hell is daily replenished with them. Remember, O Lord! Thy Only Son, Jesus Christ, Who suffered for them, most bountifully shedding His Precious Blood: suffer not, O Lord Thy Son and our Lord to be any longer despised by infidels; but rather, being appeased by the entreaties and prayers of the elect, the Saints, and of the Church, the most blessed spouse of Thy Son, vouchsafe to be mindful of Thy mercy, and forgetting their idolatry and infidelity, cause them also to know Him Whom Thou didst send, Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord, Who is our health, life, and resurrection, through Whom we are freed and saved, to Whom be all glory forever. Amen.
Mr. Screwtape
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