Memorial of Blessed Alfredo Cardinal Schuster, OSB Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the SMOM

Today is the memorial of of Blessed Alfredo Cardinal Schuster.  He was invested as a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion in 1933. His Requiem Mass was sung by another member of the Bailiff of the Order, Cardinal Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII. When his tomb was opened in 1985 his body was still intact.

For more background on Cardinal Schuster visit the following link. http://vultus.stblogs.org/2011/08/blessed-ildefonso-cardinal-sch.html











The Collect for today is

Almighty God, through your grace,

         Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso, by his exemplary virtue built up

         the flock entrusted to him.

Grant that we, under the guidance of the Gospel,

may follow his teaching and walk in sureness of life,

until we come to see you face to face in your eternal kingdom.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.