9 november 2024 – Dedication of the Basilica of S. John of Lateran
Ez 47, 1-2.8-9.12 ; 1 Co 3, 9-11.16-17 ; Jn 2, 13-22
Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Lateran
In each community where there is a consecrated church, we celebrate the anniversary of that consecration every hear, that is, we celebrate the anniversary of the day when that building was dedicated to God’s worship, and therefore the day when the community began to gather there several times a day in order to celebrate the Divine Office, and when nuns or monks began to come there privately, at any time, in order to meet God in an intimate prayer. Likewise, we celebrate every year the dedication of the Cathedral of the diocese where the monastery is located. Today, we celebrate the dedication of the cathedral of the Church of Rome, called the Basilica of the Lateran.