12/09/2010

The Holy Name of Mary


Four days after the feast of Mary's birth, the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Name of Mary.

The feast has its origins in Spain, where it was first celebrated in 1513. In 1683, when the Turkish army was defeated outside Vienna, it was declared a day of commemoration for the universal Church.

According to an old Belgian Missal I have from the 1930s "the Church glorifies the name of the Immaculate Virgin and Mother of God (...) and calls on it with confidence to assure favour and protection".

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