Feast of Holy Name of Mary
The feast of the Holy name of Mary is one of the feast we Filipinos celebrate that is peculiar to us. As I browse the United States Catholic Bishops Conference I have not find any indication that they are celebrating this feast. I believe, that it is extended to us as our history points out that our faith was handed to us through the Spaniards of which they have given an Indult to celebrate this feast since 1513 to the diocese of Cuenca in Spain through the Pope Julius II. It was then celebrated with its own office every September 15. With the reform of the Breviary by Saint Pius V in 1568, it was abolished. His predecessor pope Sixtus V restored it in 1588 changing the date to September 17. From there the devotion spread though the diocese of Toledo in 1622 extended by Pope Gregory XV and eventually to all Spain and kingdom of Naples. There is no material that can pinpoit the reason for giving the Indult to the diocese of Cuenca, Spain, However, the...