let them imitate Saint Cecilia, who thus sang, in her heart, in the midst of the excitement of worldly harmonies:“May my heart, O God, be pure, and let me not be confounded!”Above all, let them not countenance certain dances, which the world is so eloquent in defending, because so...
Feast of St. Joachim 16 August Hungary: St. Stephen's Day 20 August Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 22 August Feast of King Saint Louis IX 25 August Feast of St. Augustine 28 August The Decollation of St. John the Baptist 29 August September: dedicated to the Seven Dolo...
is calledQuadragesima,– that is,Forty,– because the great Feast of Easter is prepared for by tile holy exercises ofForty Days.The wordsQuinquagesima, Sexagesima,andSeptuagesima,tell us of the same great Solemnity as looming in the distance, and as being the great object ...