St
Philip whose feast we celebrate today is one of the two apostles –
together with St Andrew – whose names are Greek, not Hebrew or
Aramaic. Philippos means 'one who loves horses'. A Greek name may
seem surprising for a Jew; actually, such names happened quite often
among those who lived in Galilee, it was the result of Hellenization of
the area.
When in Rome do as Romans do. Having this proverb in mind I dare say, that you have not been right writing “today we celebrate feast of St. Philip”. Of course I know that it is so in the general Roman calendar (for the ordinary form). I presume however, that you were at the time in Poland so you should abide to the local calendar. Even if, unfortunately, this feast was in this year omitted due to coincidence with the 5th Sunday of Easter.
OdpowiedzUsuńI think it is worth mentioning that the sanctoral in the first days of May has been subject of many changes in the last 60 years. Originally western Christianity celebrated the feast of St. Philip (together with St. Jacob the Lesser) on May 1st. It is still so in the Anglican communion and, in Poland, in the Old-Catholic Mariavite Church. In the Roman Catholic Church however, in the great attempt for inculturation, pope Pius XII created in 1955 a new feast, St Joseph the Worker and assigned it for this very day, which in the lay world happens to be Labor Day. Both apostles have been transferred as far as May 11th, because earlier days had been already occupied. (May 3rd was then the feast of the Invention of The Holy Cross although few years later it was abolished by the next pope, bl. John XXXIII).
May 11th is still feast day of these two apostles in the extraordinary form of the roman rite. If any one of them is close to your personal piety, then you still have a chance to celebrate them liturgically in this year.
P.S. Ufam, ze nie zrobiłem zbyt wielu błędów. Może lepiej dawać komentarz po polsku choć wpis jest angielski?
Actually, I wasn't in Poland while writing this entry :-)
OdpowiedzUsuńKiedyś pisałem o dziwnych kolejach święta obu Apostołów, i 3. maja, który w tym kraju miał oficjum dziwnie mieszana, ze Znalezienia Krzyża i Królowej Polski (chyba tylko II nieszpory były ze Znalezienia Krzyża). Jeden z moich dawnych OP uczniów zauważył, że obecne czytanie w oficjum czytań jest dosyć przykre dla braci zza wschodniej granicy (chodzi o tekst ślubów Jana Kazimierza, jakby nie można było dać jakiejś homilii czy traktatu o NMP).
Sometimes I write in English since two of my English friends asked for it, they don't trust Google Chrome translator.