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| Prayer cards for San Michele, Sant'Anna and San Camillo |
O glorious St. Camillus, special patron of the sick, thou who for forty years, with truly heroic charity, didst devote thyself to the relief of their temporal and spiritual necessities, be pleased to assist them now even more generously since thou art blessed in heaven and they have been committed by Holy Church to thy powerful protection. Obtain for them from Almighty God the healing of all their maladies, or, at least, the spirit of Christian patience and resignation that may sanctify them and comfort them in the hour of their passing to eternity; at the same time obtain for us the precious grace of living and dying after thine example in the practice of divine love. Amen.
Following Pope Francis’ draconian motu proprio restrictions on the Latin Mass, I’m making it a point to start writing about our Traditional parish again. To be clear we never stopped attending the Latin Mass, we just felt that those posts were getting a bit formulaic and monotonous, which is an admission of my own limited writing skills and not a reflection on the beauty and grandeur of the Mass or our church devotions.
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Largire nobis, quǽumas, Dómine, semper spíritum cogitándi quæ recta sunt, propítius et agéndi: ut, qui sine te esse non póssumus, secúndum te vívere valeámus. Per Dóminum. ~ Collect 1
Sunday morning members of the Fratelli della Santa Fede (Brothers of the Holy Faith) gathered at the packed Shrine Church of the Holy Innocents (128 West 37th St.) in Manhattan for both the 9:00 am Tridentine Low Mass and the 10:30 am Tridentine High Mass for the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost and the Feast of San Camillo de Lellis. Our Pastor Fr. James Miara was the Celebrant at both.
At the conclusion of the Low Mass, Fr. Miara enrolled over fifty people in the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and reminded us of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s promise:
“Take this Scapular, it shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger and a pledge of peace. Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”
Our Lady further says:
“Wear it devoutly and perseveringly. It is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping you to secure eternal life.”
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Arriving early in the morning, we were greeted by
Most Precious Blood's new statue of San Michele |
Prior to the High Mass, Father blessed the Church’s newly acquired statue of San Michele Arcangelo from Peru.
During the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, he was dutifully assisted by ten servers, and cantor and organist Pedro d’Aquino.
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| (Above & below) A few members of our Holy Innocents family |
Catching up with friends outside and at coffee hour, we returned to church for the Rosary and novena devotions with Memorare to St. Anne, Act of Consecration to St. Anne and Invocations. We had the great honor and privilege of carrying the statue during the solemn candlelight Eucharistic procession around the nave. The novena to Sant'Anna concluded with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
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| Temporary shrine to Sant'Anna and processional statue |
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| Candlelight Eucharistic procession with ombrellino around the nave |
Getting reacquainted with our Magna Graecian roots, we enjoyed a delicious Greek dinner at Meze restaurant (6601 13th Ave.) in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
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| Stuffed grape leaves |
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| Spanakopita (spinach pie) |
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| Ohtapodi (marinated and char-grilled octopus) |
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| Kalamarakia sta karvouna (char-grilled squid) |
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| Loukanika (sausage) |
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| New Zealand lamb chops |
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| Lemon potatoes |
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| Baklava cheese cake |
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| Rizogalo (rice pudding) |
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| We enjoyed Greek beer with dinner and ouzo and espresso for dessert |
Afterward, we walked off our meal will a leisurely stroll around the old neighborhood, briefly stopping by the San Pio da Pietrelcina shrine outside the Basilica of Regina Pacis (1230 65th St.). |
| Outdoor shrine to San Pio outside the Basilica of Regina Pacis |
1) Graciously grant to us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful: that we, who cannot exist without Thee, may be enabled to live according to Thy will. Through our Lord.
