Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 12, 2018 8:19:09 GMT
I didn't realize this feast existed until today. I keep a diary and I generally give each day's entry the title, "Feast of St. Whoever". I have a daily email from the Catholic Company telling me the saint of the day. Today they had "The Feast of the Holy Name of Mary" instead. The Wikipedia entry is very interesting:
"The feast day began in 1513 as a local celebration in Cuenca, Spain, celebrated on 15 September. In 1587 Pope Sixtus V moved the celebration to 17 September. Pope Gregory XV extended the celebration to the Archdiocese of Toledo in 1622. In 1666 the Discalced Carmelites received permission to recite the Divine Office of the Name of Mary four times a year. In 1671 the feast was extended to the whole Kingdom of Spain. From there, the feast spread to all of Spain and to the Kingdom of Naples.
In 1683, the Polish king, John Sobieski, arrived at Vienna with his army. Before the Battle of Vienna, Sobieski placed his troops under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the following year, to celebrate the victory, Pope Innocent XI added the feast to the General Roman Calendar, assigning to it the Sunday within the octave of the Nativity of Mary.
The reform of Pope Pius X in 1911 restored to prominence the celebration of Sundays in their own right, after they had been often replaced by celebrations of the saints. The celebration of the Holy Name of Mary was therefore moved to 12 September. Later in the same century, the feast was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 in the reform of the Calendar by Pope Paul VI, as something of a duplication of the 8 September feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but it did not cease to be a recognized feast of the Roman Rite, being mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on 12 September. In 2002 Pope Saint John Paul II restored the celebration to the General Roman Calendar." Good on St. John Paul II!
I love all these lesser-known feasts. I always enjoy the blessing of throats of St. Blaise's Day. You're not thinking about it until it comes along.
One of the things I like about the veneration of the names, hearts, and faces of Jesus and Mary is how they emphasise our faith is so personal rather than abstract.
Incidentally, I like the way these feasts often begin as local celebrations. I think that should be the usual way holidays and traditions begin. I don't like the practice of just announcing something is World Whatever Day.
"The feast day began in 1513 as a local celebration in Cuenca, Spain, celebrated on 15 September. In 1587 Pope Sixtus V moved the celebration to 17 September. Pope Gregory XV extended the celebration to the Archdiocese of Toledo in 1622. In 1666 the Discalced Carmelites received permission to recite the Divine Office of the Name of Mary four times a year. In 1671 the feast was extended to the whole Kingdom of Spain. From there, the feast spread to all of Spain and to the Kingdom of Naples.
In 1683, the Polish king, John Sobieski, arrived at Vienna with his army. Before the Battle of Vienna, Sobieski placed his troops under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the following year, to celebrate the victory, Pope Innocent XI added the feast to the General Roman Calendar, assigning to it the Sunday within the octave of the Nativity of Mary.
The reform of Pope Pius X in 1911 restored to prominence the celebration of Sundays in their own right, after they had been often replaced by celebrations of the saints. The celebration of the Holy Name of Mary was therefore moved to 12 September. Later in the same century, the feast was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 in the reform of the Calendar by Pope Paul VI, as something of a duplication of the 8 September feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but it did not cease to be a recognized feast of the Roman Rite, being mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on 12 September. In 2002 Pope Saint John Paul II restored the celebration to the General Roman Calendar." Good on St. John Paul II!
I love all these lesser-known feasts. I always enjoy the blessing of throats of St. Blaise's Day. You're not thinking about it until it comes along.
One of the things I like about the veneration of the names, hearts, and faces of Jesus and Mary is how they emphasise our faith is so personal rather than abstract.
Incidentally, I like the way these feasts often begin as local celebrations. I think that should be the usual way holidays and traditions begin. I don't like the practice of just announcing something is World Whatever Day.