Today is Feast of St. John Capistran C., a Franciscan, who organized Christians to crusade against the Moslems who threatened to overcome Europe. The Turks were defeated in 1453 at the battle of Belgrade and saved Christians.
We carry palm branches as a tribute of unending joy, before Christ, victorious over death; also as a symbol of our wavering fickleness, betraying Christ unto His Death. Jesus is our “example;” let us never lose sight of the eternal joy of “sharing in His Resurrection” when with Him we now “suffer on a cross” (Prayer). In glorious language we read how the Son of God became the “slave” of man; how “He humbled himself” and is now our pledge “in the glory of God the Father” (Epistle). Even as Christ adhered to the Father, so must we despite the seeming “prosperity of the sinner” (Gradual). The “long Gospel” enables us, as it were, to be eyewitnesses of Christ’s Passion and Death, revealing His Love “unto the end” on Calvary.
Today is Feast of St. John Capistran C., a Franciscan, who organized Christians to crusade against the Moslems who threatened to overcome Europe. The Turks were defeated in 1453 at the battle of Belgrade and saved Christians. Help us in our work, join the Latin Mass Society, click here for details.
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Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Francisco: Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui facis mirabilia magna solus: praetende super famulos tuos, et super congregationes illis commissas, spiritum gratiae salutaris; et, ut in veritate tibi complaceant, perpetuum eis rorem tuae benedictionis infunde.
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