12:05pm, Monday 15 July- St Henry II, emperor & confessor

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/0715StHenryConfessor.pdf

St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, is a feast day for Benedictine oblates (July 13). He didn’t want to be emperor; he wanted to be a monk & became an oblate. When he received the habit, his abbot gave him the “obedience” – his monastic work – to go be emperor.

Published by frcry2020

Episcopal Delegate for and Chaplain to the pre-Conciliar Community of the Diocese of Davenport, USA