St. Martin I suffered much persecution in his defense of the Catholic Faith against the Monothelite emperors of Constantinople. He was exiled and died in 655 from the evil treatment to which he was exposed.
Well, the airline tickets are booked, so it is official. Two friends and I are going to Milan for the Feast Day of St. Ambrose (7 Dec.) in order to hear the extremely rare Traditional Ambrosian Rite of Mass. It took months of watching the prices go up and down on Sky Europe's website, but we finally got the right price at the right time. We'll fly out of Vienna on Saturday the 6th at 3:00, and land in Milan around 4:30. On Sunday morning we'll hear Mass, and then have a little bit of the afternoon to walk around the city before getting on the 5:00 plane back to Vienna.
More exciting news: one of the priests here and I are going to begin learning the Tridentine Mass together: he, how to offer it; I, how to serve at the altar.
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One of our Eastern brethren in the Dead Theologians Society brought a short article from a discussion of Greek saints about 'the holy hierarch Martin of Rome.' I wonder how many little Greek boys are running around with the name Martin.
Jen and I had occasion to attend a Tridentine Mass on a recent trip. There were no less than 13 altar servers. . .
John, congrats on learning to serve the Tridentine Mass.
That's very exciting, John. Have a good trip, and I hope that you enjoy and are blessed by learning to serve the Tridentine Mass.
Thank you all for your good wishes. It looks like the first Tridentine low Mass will be next Thursday. One of the students with some experience will hopefully serve the Mass, and I will observe a few times before taking my turn.
John, this all sounds quite exciting for you! Will this mean that you will be able to attend Tridentine Masses regularly now?
We are looking forward to the big trip!
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It is quite exciting for me :)
The low Mass will hopefully be offered from now on once a week, on Thursday mornings. It's a start!
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