Months, Special Devotions for During the Middle Ages the public functions of the Church and the popular devotions of the people were intimately connected. The laity assisted at the daily psalmody, the sacrifice of the Mass, the numerous processions, and were quite familiar with the liturgy. Those few religious practices outside of official services, e.g. … Continue reading “Months, Special Devotions for”
Months Mind
Month’s Mind The Mass of requiem, offered for the departed on or near the thirtieth day after decease or burial. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Months Mind is the name by which is designated an office performed for the period of one month, in the Romish Church, for her dead. “Mind” in that case is used … Continue reading “Months Mind”
Months
Months The months were reckoned by the Jews from the moon. From new moon to new moon is about 29 days, and to suit this period their months consisted alternately of 29 and 30 days; thus 12 months would amount to only 354 days; being 11 days short of a solar year. This reckoning would … Continue reading “Months”
Montholon, Jean De
Montholon, Jean De a French ecclesiastic, was born at Autun near the middle of the 15th century. At an early age he received the degree of doctor of laws, and was registered among the regular canons of St. Victor, at Paris. His theological learning and his superior attainments in jurisprudence rapidly advanced his name among … Continue reading “Montholon, Jean De”
Monthly Prognosticators
Monthly Prognosticators munthli prog-nosti-ka-terz. See ASTROLOGY, I, 6. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting SEE MEETING. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
month of June
month of June Named for the Roman gentile name, Junius, is given over to special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Junias, a Christian at Rome, mentioned by Saint Paul, along with Andronicus (Roman 16). Andronicus and Junias are called by Saint Paul “my kinsmen and fellow prisoners.” Although many moderns regard Junias as … Continue reading “month of June”
month of July
month of July Named in honor of Julius Caesar, is given over to special devotion to the Precious Blood. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Month, Months
Month, Months connected with mene, “the moon,” akin to a Sanskrit root ma—, “to measure” (the Sanskirt masa denotes both moon and month, cp., e.g., Lat. mensis, Eng., “moon” and “month,” the moon being in early times the measure of the “month”). The interval between the 17th day of the second “month” (Gen 7:11) and … Continue reading “Month, Months”
Month
MONTH The Hebrews months were lunar months, that is, from one new moon to another. These lunar months were each reckoned at twenty-nine days and a half; or rather, one was of thirty days, the following of twenty-nine, and so on alternately: that which had thirty days was called a full or complete month; that … Continue reading “Month”