Why is Saint Lawrence a "Feast" day?

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Yah.
I would like to see a revision again as well.
I would like the Octave of Pentecost restored and Septuagesima and Passiontide. Technically we can follow the EF calendar if we want but some things I think were a mistake removing from the OF calendar.
 
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In short, for these reasons:
His antiquity, importance to the diocese of Rome, popular acclaim and devotion of the people, excellent example of diaconal service, and one who accepted his martyrdom with bravery and humor.

The ancient deacons of Rome were highly respected advisors of the Pope, like modern-day cardinals.

San Lorenzo, ora pro nobis,
Deacon Christopher
 
It’s good to remember that most of us belong to churches that use the Roman rite–that is the rite of the local Church of Rome. While it certainly has taken on a broader significance over the centuries, it still retains elements of a distinctly Roman character, as it always should.

Just like those of the Eastern rites are encouraged to preserve their traditions, those of us in the Roman rite should too (notwithstanding certain misguided modern trends to the contrary).
 
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OraLabora said:
On the other hand, not all apostles have feasts. St. Barnabas (June 11) is a obligatory memorial, the only apostle not celebrated as a feast (although I celebrate that day as a feast, it’s my birthday 😉 )
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St Barnabas is technically not an Apostle; he’s not one of the Twelve.

With respect to feasts vs memorials, I would note it also varies a lot by country. St. Patrick’s day for example is a Solemnity in Ireland and Australia, a Feast in several other countries, and only an Optional Memorial in USA.
 
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Yes, of course depending on where you are located in USA, it can get way more attention than some of the Solemnities 🙂 Standing-room-only Masses, big celebration in the Church Hall afterwards, the works.

I’m sure there are some parishes where the priest chooses to just skip the whole optional memorial, though I hope I never find myself in one.
 
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Thomasbradley312 said:
And I agree that it seems like in the past twenty years the calendar has begun to get cluttered again, especially with more modern saints, which I’m not a fan of as it in my opinion leads to a cult of personality. Like wonderful JPll is a saint but why he was thrown on the universal calendar right away is beyond me.
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I for one am happy the Church thinks differently from you on such matters.
 
St Patrick’s day has the misfortune of falling in Lent so unless he is a patronal saint somewhere, he’ll always be an optional memorial. There are no obligatory memorials during Lent. He’d have to be elevated to at least a feast on the universal calendar, which is highly unlikely outside Ireland or Irish diaspora countries. The USCCB could always petition Rome to make him a feast in the US, I suppose.
 
I don’t think the US needs to petition Rome to do that when most parishes with any sort of Irish presence will certainly be celebrating his optional memorial. Also, I only used him as an example of how one saint can have all different levels of celebration depending on country. I wasn’t suggesting he has to be a feast everywhere.

I would not expect a parish without a significant Irish presence to be celebrating his day in USA. For example, I don’t see why the Hispanic national parish or the Polish national parish should have to celebrate it. They likewise have saints from their own countries to celebrate in a big way that the Irish Catholics might skip over.
 
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