january proper calendar
JANUARY 03 JANUARY Most Holy Name of Jesus Since the beginnings of the Order, many friars are remembered for their special love shown to the most beloved Name of the Savior. After the Council of Lyons II (1274) Pope Gregory X himself specially entrusted the promotion of the praise and veneration of the Most Holy Name of Jesus to the Order under the leadership of Blessed John of Vercelli (1283), then Master of the Order. This devotion was further popularized through the preaching and spiritual writings of the Dominican Blessed Henry Suso (1366) and the Franciscan Saint Bernardine of Siena (1444) and the spread of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Name. Because of the special mandate of the Supreme Pontiffs beginning with Pius IV, our Order has labored hard for the institution of this Confraternity along with the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary. Proper liturgical formularies were widely used in liturgy and were incorporated into the Dominican rite in the XVII century. By 1720 it...