Feast of the Most Precious Blood
The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ was in the General Roman Calendar from 1849 to 1969. It was focused on the Blood of Christ and its salvific nature.
History
The feast, celebrated in Spain in the 16th century, was later introduced to Italy by Gaspar del Bufalo. [1]
For many
When
On 10 August of the same year, Pope Pius officially included the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the General Roman Calendar, for celebration on the first Sunday in July, that is the first Sunday after 30 June, which is the anniversary of the liberation of the city of Rome from the insurgents.[3][4]
In reducing the number of feasts fixed for Sundays,
The feast was removed from the
The feast nonetheless continues to be celebrated as a solemnity in calendars of some religious orders such as the
Significance
In Catholic belief, the
Liturgy
The collect for the Votive Mass of the Precious Blood is as follows:
"O God, who by the Precious Blood of your Only Begotten Son have redeemed the whole world, preserve in us the work of your mercy, so that ever honouring the mystery of our salvation, we may merit to obtain its fruits. Through Our Lord …[9]
The readings are taken from Exodus 24, 3–8 and John 19, 31–37 (the Descent from the Cross). The hymn at Lauds is the Salvete Christi Vulnera ("Hail, Ye Wounds of Christ") which is dated to at least 1798.[10]
References
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- ^ a b Müller, Ulrich. Feast of the Most Precious Blood. The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 21 December 2019] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 128
- ^ a b "The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts," by Gaspar LeFebvre, Saint Paul, MN: The E. M. Lohmann Co., 1952, p. 1409
- ^ "Fest des kostbaren Blutes Christi - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon".
- ^ Kosloski, Philip (1 July 2019). "Here's why July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ". Aleteia. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year," edited by Hugo Hoever, New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1955, p. 251
- ^ "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year", p. 252
- ^ Roman Missal, Votive Masses, 7
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Feast of the Most Precious Blood". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.