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CALENDAR of LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS PROPER to the ORDER Saints and Blessed of the Order of Malta Throughout the Nine Hundred CALENDAR OF LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS PROPER TO THE ORDER Saints and Blessed of the Order of Malta Throughout the nine hundred years as a Religious Order, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta has been blessed by our Patroness, Our Lady of Philermos and Patron, Saint John the Baptist and by the Saints and the Blessed of the Order. Dedication of the Principal Church of the Order, 20 February Feast Conventual Church of St. John the Baptist in Malta 22 March Blessed Clemens August Cardinal von Galen Memorial 1 April Saint Nuno Alvarez Pereira Memorial 18 May Blessed Gerard Mecatti Memorial 23 May Blessed Vilmos Apor Memorial 28 May Saint Ubaldesca Memorial 12 June Saint Flora of Beaulieu Memorial 19 June Blessed Gerland Memorial 24 June Birthday of St. John the Baptist, Patron of the Order Solemnity 1 July Saint Nicasius Memorial 8 July Blessed Adrian Fortescue Memorial 12 July Blessed David Gunston Memorial 14 July Saint Toscana Memorial 29 August Martyrdom of St. John, the Baptist, Patron of the Order Feast 30 August Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Memorial Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in the 8 September Order under the title of “Our Lady of Philermos”, Solemnity Patroness of the Order Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, 23 September Memorial Parents of Saint John the Baptist 5 October Blessed Peter of Imola Memorial 8 October Saint Hugh Memorial 11 October Saint John XXIII Memorial Blessed Gerard, Founder 13 October Feast and ‘First Grand Master’ of the Order 21 October Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria Memorial 19 November All Saints of the Order Memorial Blessed Virgin Mary, Cause of Our Joy, venerated 2 December Memorial in the Order under the title of “Our Lady of Liesse” 1 THE “BLESSED” AND THE “SAINTS” Fra’ James-Michel von Stroebel, Federal Association, Vice-Regent of the Subpriory of Our Lady of Lourdes. Since the early days of Christianity, persons notable by a virtuous and pious life have been venerated as special witnesses of the Christian faith, as ‘saints’. They have been held as examples of how to live in order to attain the goal of heaven, and also as intercessors in heaven for those still on earth. The veneration of saints is closely connected with the veneration of the early martyrs for the faith. In the fourth century, this idea of the holiness of martyrs was extended to include not only those who were killed for their faith, but also those who lived a life of ‘heroic virtue’, especially if that person’s ‘saintliness’ was confirmed posthumously by extraordinary signs or miracles. During the first millennium, and even later, the Church had no established unified mechanism for recognizing a person’s saintliness. It was usual that persons considered to be ‘saints’ were declared as such by popular acclamation of the local Christian assembly, or by the person’s monastic community, and a prayer cult developed. This was often officially recognized or confirmed by the abbot or the local parish and diocese. The person so recognized was most often referred to as ‘blessed’, and sometimes as ‘saint’, but to the people, there was no difference in the meaning of the two words. They signified the same thing and did not indicate a difference in rank or degree of holiness. Indeed, Mary the mother of Jesus usually was, and still is, referred to as “Blessed”, only rarely as “Saint”. This process was workable in the centuries when communications were slow or even nil, and when local communities were mostly isolated, but by the early part of the second millennium this totally unregulated system was resulting in a very disorganized and burgeoning martyrology. To bring some order out of this ancient chaotic system, and to prevent the exaggeration of veneration, the Church finally took control. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII codified and centralized at the Vatican the system of recognizing the ‘saintliness’ of persons. That system, still in effect, established the progressive titles: servant of God, venerable, “blessed” and “saint” and the differences between them. The difference even today is mainly that the cult of those beatified as ‘blessed’ is for a local area or community, and the cult of those canonized as ‘saint’ [name added to the general canon of the Mass] is for the whole Church. However, this system was for the consideration of new candidates, and did not affect the thousands of ‘blessed’ and ‘saints’ so proclaimed during the preceding centuries. The founder of the Fraternity of the Hospital of the Church of Saint John the Baptist at Jerusalem, Fra’ Gerard, was proclaimed ‘blessed’ by his brethren and the multitude of persons whom he and his brethren had aided. To them, it meant that he was already in heaven, a ‘saint’, and could intercede for them. His cult has been perpetuated over nine centuries by the members of the order which he founded. During the several reviews by the Church of ancient saints and blessed, his name has not been suggested for removal. The situation of Blessed Raymond de Puy (sometimes “de Puis’), the first ‘master’ of the Order, is similar. The French historian Réné-Aubert, Sieur de Vertôt (1655-1735) remarked, “. the Hospitallers and indeed all the Latin Christians of the East, who had been witnesses of his virtues, anticipating his canonization revered him as of the number of the Blessed, a title which posterity confirmed to him.” 2 20 February Dedication of the Principal Church of the Order, Conventual Church of Saint John the Baptist, in Malta Solemnity in the Church itself; Feast elsewhere. We remember on this day the dedication of the Church of St John the Baptist in Valetta on the Island of Malta. It was dedicated as the principal church of our Order, where through many generations the members of the Order joined fraternally and confraternally to worship the Holy Trinity, the Lord our God, to venerate Our Lady the Immaculate Mother of God under the title of Our Lady of Philermos, and to seek her intercession as well as the intercession of all the saints, most especially of all our brothers, sisters, confrères, chaplains, supporters, and associates who have joined our founder, Blessed Fra’ Gerard, in his community in heaven. Let this day remind all of us of our close continuing ties in Christian love with the living, the future, and the deceased members of our Order. Collect Lord our God, every year you renew the day when your holy temple was consecrated: listen to the prayers of your people, that you may ever receive here a pure worship and that we may receive the fullness of redemption. We ask this through our lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen 3 22 March Blessed Clemens August Cardinal von Galen Bishop and Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order Memorial Clemens August, Count von Galen, was born in 1878 in Oldenburg, Germany the eleventh of thirteen children in a deeply religious family. He was ordained in 1904 and did pastoral work in Münster and Berlin, where he lived through the difficult times of the First World War, the troubled post-war period, and a great part of the Weimar Republic. In 1929 he was called back to Münster and in 1933 made Bishop there. Already in his first Lenten pastoral letter in 1934 he exposed the neo-heathen ideology of the Nazis (National Socialists) who had taken power. He was one of the bishops whom Pope Pius XI in 1937 called to help prepare the encyclical “With Burning Anxiety” against the racial doctrine of the Nazis. In 1941 the Nazi leadership advised Hitler to assassinate Bishop Galen. They feared doing so, but in his place 37 priests were sent to concentration camps, of whom 10 lost their lives. In the troubled post-war period he instilled new courage into many. In February 1946 Pope Pius XII elevated him to Cardinal for his fearless resistance against Nazism. He died on 22 March 1946, known by all as “The Lion of Münster” He chose as his episcopal motto: “Nec laudibus nec timore”. Often translated as: “Unconcerned about praise, unaffected by fear”. Blessed Clemens August, we pray your intercession that all members of our Order may find inspiration in your motto. Collect Almighty and everlasting God, as Bishop your servant Clemens August fearlessly defended your honour, the faith of the Church and the life of the weak; by his intercession grant that we will serve you always with all our heart and love all mankind as you love them. Through Jesus Christ. Amen 4 1 April Saint Nuno de Santa Maria Alvares Pereira Religious and Prior of the Order Memorial Nonius Alvarez Pereira, a cousin of the founder of the Braganza family, was born at Santares, Portugal on 24th July 1360. He was constable of the kingdom of Portugal, a famous Knight and Prior of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Afterwards he left everything and became a lay- brother in the Carmelite Order, where he was remarkable for his devotion to Our Lady and humbly undertook the meanest duties of the friary. He had no hesitation about begging alms from door to door and was outstandingly generous and charitable towards the poor. He died on Easter Sunday, 1st April 1431. Collect God, who called blessed Nonius to lay down the weapons of this world and follow Christ under the protection of the Blessed Virgin, grant through the intercession of this former member of our Order that we too may deny ourselves and cling to you with all our hearts.
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