Posted on 03/17/2005 5:09:21 AM PST by StAthanasiustheGreat
THURSDAY IN THE FIFTH (PASSION) WEEK OF LENT
Station—St. Apollinaris
There are actually two stational churches indicated for today. The first Lenten Station was established by Pope Gregory II (715-731) in the Church of St. Apollinaris and the second established by Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) with apostolic privilege in the Church of St. Mary the New in the Roman Forum as a closing for a Holy Year of Redemption.
A week from today we shall begin the Pascal Mysteries. The truer the sorrow for our sins and the greater the realization of the need of God's grace, the more fruitful will be the efficacy of these Pascal Mysteries.
Let us pray: Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that the dignity of human nature wounded by excess, may be reformed by the practice of self-denial. Through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.
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Stational Church for Today!
The Archaeology Department of Rome has a great website here.
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