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Showing posts with label apostles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apostles. Show all posts
Thursday, January 25, 2018

From the martyrology: Conversion of St Paul; St Poppo OSB (Jan 25)

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1467 Polish Today in the Extraordinary Form, Ordinary Form and traditional Benedictine Office we celebrate the famous conversion of S...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Feast of SS Philip and James

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Duccio di Buoninsegna Today is the feast of SS Philip and James.  Their feast was originally celebrated together on May 1, the anniver...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

January 25: Conversion of St Paul, Class III

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Pope Benedict XVI devoted a General Audience to the subject of St Paul's conversion, on 3 September 2008: "Today's Catech...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

August 24: St Bartholomew, Apostle, Class II

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From a General Audience of Pope Benedict XVI in 2006: "In the series on the Apostles called by Jesus during his earthly life,...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

St Mark, Class II

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 From the martyrology: "At Alexandria, the birthday of St. Mark the Evangelist, disciple and interpreter of the apostle St. Peter. H...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

St John the Evangelist (December 27)

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c1125 Pope Benedict XVI has given a series of General Audiences on St John.  Here is the first of the series: "Let us dedicate o...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

November 30: St Andrew, Class II

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St Andrew was the brother of St Peter.  Pope Benedict XVI devoted a  General Audience to him on 14 June 2006: "...Therefore, today ...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

October 28: SS Simon and Jude, Class II

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Today's feast celebrates two of the Apostles, Simon the Zealot (icon at the left left), and St Jude (best known as patron of hopeless c...
Friday, July 22, 2011

July 22: St Mary Magdalen, Class III

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Today is the feast of the most famous penitent saint, St Mary Magdalene.  Few saints have attracted so many attempts at revisionist histor...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

February 24: St Matthias, Apostle, Class II

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St Matthias was, of course, the apostle selected to replace Judas. Matthias was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus, and had been with ...