Minor Feast of Saint Jerome (30 Sep)

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 ~ Philosophical Haligonian ~ Leave a comment

Today is the minor feast day of Saint Jerome (Doctor, Presbyter in Rome and Bethlehem, Translator of the Scriptures, 420) 📖📚🖋

He is the patron saint of archeologists, archivists, librarians, and translators. He is best remembered for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).

Collect: God of truth, who gave thy servant Jerome
the gifts of learning and wisdom to render in the language of thy people the meaning of thy holy Scriptures, grant us, as we ponder the written Word, to be ruled by the Holy Ghost, that Christ, the living Word, may transform us according to your will; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Saint Jerome, Mathias Stom, oil on canvas, 1635

Merry Michaelmas! 🌸👼🏼🕯

September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 ~ Philosophical Haligonian ~ Leave a comment

29 September is the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels (commonly called Michaelmas), a red letter Holy-day in the Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, and Lutheran Church.

Collect: O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Michael the Archangel, 1753, Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy (some of you may know it from the film Angels and Demons starring Tom Hanks.)

Asters or Michaelmas Daisies are late blooming wildflowers that usually coincides with Michaelmas

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 8 September

September 8, 2021 ~ Philosophical Haligonian ~ Leave a comment

Today is the minor feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, Mother of God. 🤱🏽

Collect: O God Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.