Wednesday Liturgy: Follow-up: Padre Pio, Monsignor Escrivá and the Roman Missal
ROME, APRIL 29, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.
After our mention of the feasts of Cosmas and Damian coinciding with that of St. Josemaría Escrivá (see April 15 column), a pediatrician from Louisiana wrote: "You said their feast is June 26; I believe you meant Sept. 26. Usually I take our group of pediatricians and their spouses out to dinner that evening to celebrate their feast and God's blessings to our practice."
Our reader, who is also a deacon, is quite correct. I mixed up my saintly pairs and should have said Sts. John and Paul, Roman martyrs in 362 under Julian the Apostate.
These two saints, who are specifically mentioned in the first list of saints in the Roman Canon, are actually not present in the universal calendar but only in that of the Diocese of Rome. The ancient Roman basilica that houses their tomb and site of martyrdom also contains a chapel with the relics of St. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists.
Some readers pointed out that St. Padre Pio was an obligatory and not an optional memorial. This is true in Italy, the United States and many other countries. However, the Latin decree promulgating the feast did not specify it as an obligatory memorial, perhaps leaving some leeway for countries where devotion to this saint is less prevalent.
Some other readers asked for the general criteria to be observed in celebrating those who had been declared blessed but not yet canonized. We dealt with this topic in our columns of Dec. 21, 2004, and Jan. 18, 2005.
After our mention of the feasts of Cosmas and Damian coinciding with that of St. Josemaría Escrivá (see April 15 column), a pediatrician from Louisiana wrote: "You said their feast is June 26; I believe you meant Sept. 26. Usually I take our group of pediatricians and their spouses out to dinner that evening to celebrate their feast and God's blessings to our practice."
Our reader, who is also a deacon, is quite correct. I mixed up my saintly pairs and should have said Sts. John and Paul, Roman martyrs in 362 under Julian the Apostate.
These two saints, who are specifically mentioned in the first list of saints in the Roman Canon, are actually not present in the universal calendar but only in that of the Diocese of Rome. The ancient Roman basilica that houses their tomb and site of martyrdom also contains a chapel with the relics of St. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists.
Some readers pointed out that St. Padre Pio was an obligatory and not an optional memorial. This is true in Italy, the United States and many other countries. However, the Latin decree promulgating the feast did not specify it as an obligatory memorial, perhaps leaving some leeway for countries where devotion to this saint is less prevalent.
Some other readers asked for the general criteria to be observed in celebrating those who had been declared blessed but not yet canonized. We dealt with this topic in our columns of Dec. 21, 2004, and Jan. 18, 2005.
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