Wednesday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeOffice of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Mass

Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeOffice of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | MassThe Solemnity of the Precious Blood

This feast started in Spain in the 16th century. It was introduced to Italy by St Gaspar del Bufalo in 1815. The feast was extended to the universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1849, to celebrate the victory of Papal and French troops over the revolutionary forces that had captured Rome and sent him into exile. Initially celebrated on the first Sunday of July, the feast was later moved to July 1, and Pope Pius XI raised it to the rank of a Solemnity to mark the 1900th anniversary of the Crucifixion.One of the aims of the liturgical reform of 1970 was the simplification of the calendar and in particular a reduction in the number of feasts that took precedence over the celebration of Sundays. Accordingly the feast of the Precious Blood was merged into the solemnity of Corpus Christi, which is now the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Our Lord.(St Oliver Plunkett (1625 - 1681))

Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time, or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome

Office of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Mass(The First Martyrs of the See of Rome)