Michaelmas


The 29th of September is an angel feast whichever way you look at it. In the traditional calendar it is the feast of St. Michael. Or more correctly the feast of the dedication of the basilica of St. Michael on the Via Salaria. In the new calendar it has become the joint feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. [On the Anglican calendar it's St. Michael and All Angels.] At the traditional Mass I attended today at St. Mary's by the Sea in Huntington Beach we were able to have the sung liturgy of St. Michael. (The noon Sunday Mass at St. Mary's is a traditional Latin Mass celebrated under the auspices of the Ecclesia Dei indult and with the approval of the Bishop of Orange. No link here to St. Mary's, though. We don't have a website.)