[Salvation]

Stational Church: Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent

 

 

 

Today's Stational Church is at the Church of St. Apollinaris.

Information is from the Canon Regulars of St. John Cantius:

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.

[Salvation]

Sant' Apollinare

 

Day XXXVII. Thursday, Week V.

"God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all; with Christ he will surely give us all things" (Communion
antiphon for today - Rm 8:32).

Sant' Apollinare. Saint Apollinaris was a disciple of Saint Peter and was appointed by him to be the first bishop of Ravenna. He was known for his extraordinary holiness and for the many cures, which were wrought through his prayerful intercession. He was arrested, tortured, and deported several times before he was finally executed.

Today's church was first built by Gregory II (715-731) and was reconstructed many times. Today it is part of Santa Croce, the university sponsored by Opus Dei. The photo is of the Eucharistic Chapel. The fresco is of Mary, Regina Apostolorum, Queen of the Apostles, and is of the 15th century.