Earlier this evening I attended the Solemn Mass for the patronal feast of St Aloysius, the patron saint of the church and parish, at the Oxford Oratory.
The preacher was Fr Gerard Skinner and his sermon can be read at the post St Aloysius' Day
from the Oxford Oratory website. In his sermon he makes considerable reference to the painting below:
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino
1591–1666 Bologna
Guercino’s altarpiece was commissioned for the Theatine church of
Guastalla in 1650 by Duke Ferrante III Gonzaga (1618–1678). An angel
holds a heavenly wreath over the saint’s head, while at his feet are a
sheaf of lilies, representing chastity, and a crown, symbolizing the Marquisate he had renounced.
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