Introibo Ad Altare Dei

“he shall confess his sin that he has committed. And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.” Num. 5:7

“Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.” -Pope Blessed Pius IX

The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ- January 1st, Tridentine calendar

is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name.

The circumcision of Jesus has traditionally been seen as the first time the blood of Christ was shed, and thus the beginning of the process of the redemption of man, and a demonstration that Christ was fully human, and of his obedience to Biblical law.

Celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches.

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Feast of Mary, Mother of God

January 1st

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