Friday, November 16, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
ST. MARGARET OF SCOTLAND (b Hungary 1050, d Scotland 1093)
Queen of Scots, Wife and Mother
A niece of Edward the Confessor, granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside of England, great-niece of Saint Stephen of Hungary, she spent much of her youth in the British Isles. While fleeing the invading army of William the Conqueror in 1066, her family’s ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. They were assisted by King Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland, whom Margaret married in 1070. They had six sons and two daughters, one of whom was the future Saint Maud (Matilda), wife of Henry I. While maintaining her personal holiness with rigorous private devotions, she was an exemplar of the 'just ruler'. Promoting arts and education among her people and practising legendary charity, she founded religious abbeys and sought to reform religious abuses by priests and lay people. Her husband and eldest son were killed in battle against the English in 1093. She died three days after getting the news. Three of her sons became Kings of Scotland, and one became an abbot. She was canonized in 1250.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/111612.cfm
I must apologize - I mistakenly posted St. Margaret yesterday for Nov. 15, when it should have been St. Albert the Great. I have corrected the mistake.
AT THE VATICAN TODAY
The Holy Father met with
- H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, with his wife and delegation
- 12 Bishops of France, led by the Archbishop of Paris, on ad-limina visit
In the afternoon, he meets with
- Mons. Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (weekly meeting).
The Press Office released the text of Benedict XVI's message for World Youth Day 2013 to be held
in Rio de Janeiro next July, an event he will attend (it will be the fourth WYD in his Pontificate).
Reminders:
- Saturday, Nov. 24, 11:00 a.m.
Ordinary Public Consistory
for the Creation of 6 New Cardinals
St. Peter's Basilica
- Sunday, Nov. 25, 9"30 a.m.
Solemnity of Christ the King
Mass at St. Peter's Basilica
concelebrated with the new cardinals
- If you had any illusions where the FSSPX stand today, read the very hard line stated at length and ramblingly
by Superior-General Mons. Bernard Fellay in a recent sermon - where he says 'we are back where we were in 1975' =
in a rough translation on the blogsite Rorate caeli.
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/11/sspx-rome-fellay-says-we-are-back-to.html
They will not budge about rejecting all of Vatican-II, and will not recognize the validity of the Novus Ordo.
Friday today - I will be out for the rest of the day.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 16/11/2012 12:57]