Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Sunday 30 June 2013

Pope Saint Pius X. Pope Of The Blessed Sacrament. (Part Two)


Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.




Deutsch: Papst Pius X. (eigentlich Giuseppe Sarto, * 2. Juni 1835 in Riese (Provinz Treviso); 
† 20. August 1914 in Rom) war als Nachfolger Leo XIII. 
Papst von 1903 bis 1914.
English: Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, 
(2 June 1835 - 20 August 1914) 
was Pope from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII.
Français: Pape Pie X, né Giuseppe Sarto à Riese (Italie) 
le 2 juin 1835 - mort à Rome, au Vatican le 20 août 1914), 
succéda le 4 août 1903 à Léon XIII, et fut suivi par le Pape Benoît XV.
Italiano: Papa Pio X, al secolo Giuseppe Sarto 
(Riese, 2 giugno 1835 - RomaVaticano20 agosto 1914), 
succedette il 4 agosto 1903 a Leone XIII.
Português do Brasil: Papa São Pio X.
Photo: 22 October 2011.
Source: Vaticano.
Author: Não sei.
This image (or other media file)
is in the public domain
because its copyright has expired.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Pope Leo XIII made him a Cardinal in a secret Consistory on 12 June 1893. He was created and proclaimed as Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme. Three days after this, Cardinal Sarto was publicly named Patriarch of Venice. This caused difficulty, however, as the government of the reunified Italy claimed the right to nominate the Patriarch, based on its previous alleged exercise by the Emperor of Austria. The poor relations between the Roman Curia and the Italian civil government, since the annexation of the Papal States in 1870, placed additional strain on the appointment. The number of vacant Sees soon grew to thirty. Sarto was finally permitted to assume the position of Patriarch in 1894.

As Cardinal-Patriarch, Sarto avoided political involvement, allocating his time for social works and strengthening parochial banks. However, in his first Pastoral Letter to the Venetians, Cardinal Sarto argued that, in matters pertaining to the Pope: "There should be no questions, no subtleties, no opposing of personal rights to his rights, but only obedience."

On 20 July 1903, Pope Leo XIII died, and at the end of that month the Conclave convened to elect his successor. According to historians, the favourite was the Late-Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Mariano Rampolla. On the first ballot, Rampolla received twenty-four votes, Gotti had seventeen votes, and Sarto five votes. On the second ballot, Rampolla had gained five votes, as did Sarto. The next day, it seemed that Rampolla would be elected. However, the veto (jus exclusivae) against Rampolla's nomination, by Polish Cardinal, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, from Kraków, in the name of Emperor Franz Joseph (1848–1916) of Austria-Hungary, was proclaimed. Many in the Conclave, including Rampolla, protested the veto, and it was even suggested that he be elected Pope despite the veto.



File:Franz Joseph 1898.jpg


Emperor Franz Josef I.
He exercised the last veto by a Catholic Monarch 
in the proceedings of a Papal Conclave.
Photo: Circa 1898 [1].
Photographer: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)


However, the third vote had already begun, and thus the Conclave had to continue with the voting, which resulted in no clear winner, though it did indicate that many of the Conclave wished to turn their support to Sarto, who had twenty-one votes, upon counting. The fourth vote showed Rampolla with thirty votes and Sarto with twenty-four. It seemed clear that the Cardinals were moving toward Sarto.

On the following morning, the fifth vote of the Conclave was taken, and the count had Rampolla with ten  votes, Gotti with two votes, and Sarto with fifty votes. Thus, on 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected to the Pontificate. This marked the last time a veto would be exercised by a Catholic Monarch in the proceedings of the Conclave.


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Pope Pius X, October 1903, 
on a page of "Catholic Missions for Germany and Austria-Hungary", 
in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany.
Photo: October 1903.
Source: Scanned file from Zeitung Die katholischen Missionen, Illustrierte Monatschrift.
Author: Einige Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, Freiburg in Breisgau.
(Wikimedia Commons)


At first, it was reported, Sarto declined the nomination, feeling unworthy. Additionally, he had been deeply saddened by the Austro-Hungarian veto and vowed to rescind these powers and excommunicate anyone who communicated such a veto during a Conclave. With the Cardinals asking him to reconsider, it is further reported, he went into solitude, and took the position after deep prayer in the Pauline Chapel and the urging of his fellow Cardinals.

In accepting the Papacy, Sarto took as his Papal Name, Pius X, out of respect for his recent predecessors of the same name, particularly Pope Pius IX (1846–78), who had fought against theological liberals and for Papal supremacy. Pius X's traditional coronation took place on the following Sunday, 9 August 1903. Upon being elected Pope, he was also formally the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Prefect of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prefect of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation. There was,  however, a Cardinal-Secretary to run these bodies on a day-to-day basis.




This is the first ever film footage and audio recording of a Pope. 
It is of Pope Leo XIII. The film was shot in 1896. 
It includes the audio recording of the Pope giving a Blessing 
in Rome, February 1903, the year of his death.
Available on YouTube at


The Pontificate of Pope Pius X was noted for its conservative Theology and reforms in Liturgy and Church Law. In what became his motto, the Pope stated, in 1903, that his Papacy would undertake "Instaurare Omnia in Christo", or, "to restore all things in Christ." In his first Encyclical, (E Supremi Apostolatus, 4 October 1903), he stated his overriding policy as follows: "We champion the authority of God. His authority and Commandments should be recognised, deferred to, and respected."

His simple origins became clear right after his election, when he wore a Pectoral Cross made of gilded metal on the day of his coronation and, when his entourage was horrified, the new Pope complained that he always wore it and that he had brought no other with him. He was well known for cutting down on Papal Ceremonies. He also abolished the custom of the Pope dining alone (which had been established by Pope Urban VIII), and the Pope invited his friends to eat with him.

He was also, on one occasion, chided by Rome's social leaders for refusing to make his (Pius X's) peasant sisters Papal Countesses, to which he responded: "I have made them sisters of the Pope; what more can I do for them?"

He developed a reputation as being very friendly with children. He carried candy in his pockets for the street urchins in Mantua and Venice, and taught catechism to them. During Papal Audiences, he would gather children around him and talk to them about things that interested them. His weekly catechism lessons, in the courtyard of San Damaso, in the Vatican, always included a special place for children, and his decision to require the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, in every Parish, was partly motivated by a desire to reclaim children from religious ignorance.


PART THREE FOLLOWS.


"Aurea Luce". Hymn Revised By Pope Urban VIII, In 1632, To Become The "Decora Lux". As Found In The Liber Usualis.


Unless otherwise stated, Text and Illustration is taken from The Society Of St. Bede - Liturgical Resources - at http://societyofstbede.wordpress.com/, which states that the Translation of the Latin is from "The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B., Vol. 12, pp. 315 & 362.


Society of St Bede


This Hymn, "Aurea Luce", is based upon the Poem of Elpis, wife of the philosopher, Boethius. Elpis died around 493 A.D.

The Hymn was revised, under Pope Urban VIII, in 1632, to become the "Decora Lux", as found in the Liber Usualis.

Verses 1, 2, 5 & 6 are sung on the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (29 June).

Verses 3 & 6 are sung on the Feast of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch (22 February).

Verses 4 & 6 are sung on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January).




"Aurea Luce".
Available on YouTube at


Friday 28 June 2013

In Paradisum Deducant Te Angeli. Gregorian Chant For Traditional Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.




Image: Google Images.



In Paradisum Deducant Te Angeli. 
Gregorian Chant For
Traditional Roman Catholic 
Requiem Mass.
Available on YouTube at

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Baroque (Part Seven).


Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.


File:Basiliekscherpenheuvel 1-01-2009 14-47-51.JPG


The Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel is a Roman Catholic Parish Church 
and Minor Basilica in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium. 
The Church was consecrated in 1627 and raised to the status of a Minor Basilica in 1922.
English: The High Altar at the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, Belgium.
Nederlands: Schilderij van Theodoor Van Loon in de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek 
te Scherpenheuvel, België.
Photo: 1 January 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Paul Hermans.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Baroque aesthetics, whose influence was so potent in Mid-17th-Century France, made little impact in England during the Protectorate and the first Restoration years. For a decade between the death of Inigo Jones, in 1652, and Christopher Wren's visit to Paris, in 1665, there was no English architect of the accepted premier class. Unsurprisingly, general interest in European architectural developments was slight.

It was Wren who presided over the genesis of the English Baroque manner, which differed from the Continental models by a clarity of design and a subtle taste for classicism. Following the Great Fire of London, Wren rebuilt fifty-three Churches, where Baroque aesthetics are apparent primarily in dynamic structure and multiple changing views.

His most ambitious work was Saint Paul's Cathedral, which bears comparison with the most effulgent domed Churches of Italy and France. In this majestically proportioned edifice, the Palladian tradition of Inigo Jones is fused with contemporary Continental sensibilities in masterly equilibrium. Less influential were straightforward attempts to engraft the "Bernini-esque" vision onto British Church architecture (e.g., by Thomas Archer in Saint John's, Smith Square, 1728).


File:Großgmain Liebfrauenkirche - Innenraum.jpg


English: Großgmain, Salzburg, Austria. Church of Our Lady. 
Baroque interior by Tobias Kendler (1731).
Deutsch: Großgmain (Salzburg). Liebfrauenkirche.
Barocker Innenraum von Tobias Kendler (1731).
Photo: 17 August 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Sauber.
(Wikimedia Commons)


File:Salzburg, Salzburger Dom, Vault 022.JPG


Detail of Vaulting in Salzburg Cathedral, Austria.
Photo: 22 July 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)


File:Salzburg, Salzburger Dom, Vault 016.JPG


Detail of Vaulting in Salzburg Cathedral, Austria.
Photo: 22 July 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Although Wren was also active in secular architecture, the first truly Baroque Country House in England was built to a design by William Talman at Chatsworth, starting in 1687. The culmination of Baroque architectural forms comes with Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Each was capable of a fully developed architectural statement, yet they preferred to work in tandem, most notably at Castle Howard (1699) and Blenheim Palace (1705).

Although these two Palaces may appear somewhat ponderous or turgid to Italian eyes, their heavy embellishment and overpowering mass captivated the British public, albeit for a short while. Castle Howard is a flamboyant assembly of restless masses dominated by a cylindrical domed tower, which would not be out of place in Dresden or Munich

Blenheim is a more solid construction, where the massed stone of the arched gates and the huge solid portico becomes the main ornament. Vanbrugh's final work was Seaton Delaval Hall (1718), a comparatively modest mansion, yet unique in the structural audacity of its style. It was at Seaton Delaval that Vanbrugh, a skillful playwright, achieved the peak of Restoration drama, once again highlighting a parallel between Baroque architecture and contemporary theatre. Despite his efforts, Baroque was never truly to the English taste and well before his death, in 1724, the style had lost currency in Britain.


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Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England.
Photo: 21 March 2008.
Source: Taken by Pwojdacz.
Author: Pwojdacz (talk). Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia.
Permission: Released into the public domain by the Author.
(Wikimedia Commons)


File:Blenheim Palace 2006 cropped.jpg


Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England.
Photo: 27 July 2009.
from New York State, USA. derivative work: Nev1 (talk).
(Wikimedia Commons)


In the Holy Roman Empire, the Baroque period began somewhat later. Although the Augsburg architect, Elias Holl (1573–1646), and some "Theoretists", including Joseph Furttenbach the Elder, already practiced the Baroque style, they remained without successors due to the ravages of the Thirty Years' War. From about 1650 on, construction work resumes, and secular and ecclesiastical architecture are of equal importance. 

During an initial phase, master-masons from Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy, the so-called magistri Grigioni and the Lombard master-masons, particularly the Carlone family from Val d'Intelvi, dominated the field. However, Austria came soon to develop its own characteristic Baroque style during the last third of the 17th-Century. Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was impressed by Bernini. He forged a new Imperial Style by compiling architectural motifs from the entire history, most prominently seen in his Church of Saint Charles Borromeo in Vienna. Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt also had an Italian training. He developed a highly decorative style, particularly in façade architecture, which exerted strong influences on Southern Germany.


PART EIGHT FOLLOWS.


Sunday 23 June 2013

Homecoming Present For Parish Priest Of Our Lady Of The Rosary, Blackfen, Kent, England.


The Senior MC, Junior MCs, Servers, Sacristan, Director of Music, Parish Choirs, Parishioners and everybody else in the Parish of Our Lady Of The Rosary, Blackfen, Kent, England, are extremely pleased and proud that their Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Timothy Finigan, has been received so warmly in Melbourne, Australia.

All the above have followed Fr. Finigan's Lectures to the ACCC in Melbourne, Australia, with great interest, and wondered whether he might have a residue of regret at having to leave such wonderful Catholic folk in Australia in the near future.

Therefore, to soften the blow, a whip-round was enforced by the Senior MC and a suitable consoling present was purchased for the Rev. Fr, upon his eventual return.




Joyful News. Two New Priests. Thanks Be To God.


Illustration taken from the Transalpine Redemptorist Blog at http://papastronsay.blogspot.co.uk/


+


JOYFUL NEWS.
Two new Priests are being Ordained.
The soon-to-be Father Yousef Marie and Father Magdala Maria.



Friday 21 June 2013

Pope Saint Pius X. Pope Of The Blessed Sacrament. (Part One)


Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.




Deutsch: Papst Pius X. (eigentlich Giuseppe Sarto, * 2. Juni 1835 in Riese (Provinz Treviso); 
† 20. August 1914 in Rom) war als Nachfolger Leo XIII. 
Papst von 1903 bis 1914.
English: Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, 
(2 June 1835 - 20 August 1914) 
was Pope from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII.
Français: Pape Pie X, né Giuseppe Sarto à Riese (Italie) 
le 2 juin 1835 - mort à Rome, au Vatican le 20 août 1914), 
succéda le 4 août 1903 à Léon XIII, et fut suivi par le Pape Benoît XV.
Italiano: Papa Pio X, al secolo Giuseppe Sarto 
(Riese, 2 giugno 1835 - Roma, Vaticano20 agosto 1914), 
succedette il 4 agosto 1903 a Leone XIII.
Português do Brasil: Papa São Pio X.
Photo: 22 October 2011.
Source: Vaticano.
Author: Não sei.
This image (or other media file)
is in the public domain
because its copyright has expired.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Pope Pius X (Latin: Pius PP. X, Italian: Pio X; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the Head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was the first Pope since Pius V (1566 to 1572) to be Canonised.

Pius X rejected Modernist interpretations of Catholic Doctrine, promoting Traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. His most important reform was to publish the first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time. He was a pastoral Pope, encouraging personal piety and a lifestyle reflecting Christian values. He was born in the town of Riese, which would later append "Pio X" (Pius X's name in Italian) to the town's name.

Pius X was particularly devoted to Mary; his Encyclical, "Ad Diem Illum", expresses his desire, through Mary, to renew all things in Christ, which he had defined as his motto in his first Encyclical. Pope Pius X believed that there is no surer or more direct road than by the Virgin Mary to achieve this goal. Pius X was the only Pope in the 20th-Century with extensive pastoral experience at the Parish level, and pastoral concerns permeated his Papacy; he favoured the use of the vernacular in Catechesis. Frequent Communion was a lasting innovation of his Papacy.




Pope Saint Pius X.
Pope of The Blessed Sacrament.
Available on YouTube at
http://youtu.be/d2jvkfHcIgU.


His immediate predecessor had actively promoted a synthesis between the Catholic Church and secular culture; Faith and Science; and Divine Revelation and Reason. Pius X defended the Catholic Faith against popular 19th-Century views, such as indifferentism and relativism, which his predecessors had warned against, as well. He followed the example of Pope Leo XIII by promoting Thomas Aquinas and Thomism as the principal philosophical method to be taught in Catholic institutions. Pope Pius X opposed Modernism, which claimed that Roman Catholic Dogma should be modernised and blended with 19th-Century philosophies. He viewed Modernism as an import of secular errors affecting three areas of Roman Catholic belief: Theology; Philosophy, and Dogma.

Personally, Pius X combined, within himself, a strong sense of compassion, benevolence and poverty, but also stubbornness and a certain stiffness. He wanted to be pastoral and was the only Pope in the 20th-Century who gave Sunday Sermons every week.

After the 1908 Messina earthquake, he filled the Apostolic Palace with refugees, long before the Italian government acted. He rejected any kind of favours for his family; his brother remained a postal clerk, his favourite nephew stayed on as village Priest, and his three sisters lived together, close to poverty, in Rome. He often referred to his own humble origins, taking up the causes of poor people. I was born poor, I have lived poor, and I wish to die poor. Considered a holy person by many, public veneration of Pope Pius X began soon after his death. Numerous petitions resulted in an early process of Beatification.




Pope Saint Pius X
and Papal Liturgy.
Available on YouTube at


Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was born in Riese, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire (now Italy). Some sources say that his father, Giovanni Sarto (in Polish, Jan Krawiec, in German, Jan Krawietz) was a Pole, who emigrated to today's Italy from Boguszyce - a village in the district of Toszek, within Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, in Southern Poland; located exactly in Upper Silesia "for a better life". Then changed his name from Krawiec to Sarto. However, officially, Vatican genealogy states that Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was the second-born of ten children of Giovanni Battista Sarto (1792–1852) and Margarita Sanson (1813–1894). 

Many historians believe that Vatican rulers had their own goal in hiding his Polish ancestry from his father's side, due to his "dangerous" beliefs. He was baptised 3 June 1835. Giuseppe's childhood was one of poverty, being the son of the village postman. Though poor, his parents valued education, and Giuseppe walked six kilometers to school each day.

Giuseppe had three brothers and six sisters: Giuseppe Sarto, 1834 (died after six days); Angelo Sarto, 1837–1916; Teresa Parolin-Sarto, 1839–1920; Rosa Sarto, 1841–1913; Antonia Dei Bei-Sarto, 1843–1917; Maria Sarto, 1846–1930; Lucia Boschin-Sarto, 1848–1924; Anna Sarto, 1850–1926; Pietro Sarto, 1852 (died after six months).

At a young age, Giuseppe studied Latin with his village Priest, and went on to study at the Gymnasium of Castelfranco Veneto. "In 1850, he received the Tonsure from the Bishop of Treviso, and was given a scholarship [from] the Diocese of Treviso" to attend the Seminary of Padua, "where he finished his classical, philosophical, and theological studies with distinction" ["Pope Pius X". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.]


File:CastelfrancoV porta.jpg


English: The Western Gate of the old historical centre of 
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, where Pope Pius X studied.
Italiano: Porta di accesso al centro storico di Castelfranco Veneto, 
provenendo da Vicenza.
Photo: August 2009.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


On 18 September 1858, Sarto was ordained a Priest, and became Chaplain at Tombolo. While there, Father Sarto expanded his knowledge of Theology, studying both Saint Thomas Aquinas and Canon Law, while carrying out most of the functions of the Parish Pastor, who was quite ill. In 1867, he was named Archpriest of Salzano. Here he restored the Church and expanded the hospital, the funds coming from his own begging, wealth and labour. He became popular with the people when he worked to assist the sick during the cholera plague that swept into Northern Italy in the early 1870s. 

He was named a Canon of the Cathedral and Chancellor of the Diocese of Treviso, also holding Offices, such as Spiritual Director and Rector of the Treviso Seminary, and Examiner of the Clergy. As Chancellor,  he made it possible for public school students to receive religious instruction. As a Priest and, later, Bishop, he often struggled over solving problems of bringing religious instruction to rural and urban youth, who did not have the opportunity to attend Catholic schools.

In 1878, Bishop Zanelli died, leaving the Bishopric of Treviso vacant. Following Zanelli's death, the Canons of Cathedral Chapters (of which Monsignor Sarto was one) inherited the episcopal jurisdiction as Corporate Body, and were chiefly responsible for the election of a Vicar-Capitular, who would take over the responsibilities of Treviso until a new Bishop was named. In 1879, Sarto was elected to the position, in which he served from December of that year to June 1880.

After 1880, Sarto taught Dogmatic Theology and Moral Theology at the Seminary in Treviso. On 10 November 1884, he was appointed Bishop of Mantua, by Pope Leo XIII. He was Consecrated six days later, in the Church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, Rome, by Lucido Cardinal Parocchi, assisted by Pietro Rota, and by Giovanni Maria Berengo. 

He was appointed to the honorary position of Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1891. Father Satro required Papal dispensation, from Pope Leo XIII, before Episcopal Consecration, as he lacked a Doctorate, making him [in his later life] the last Pope without a Doctorate.


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Copyright-expired photo of Pope Saint Pius X (standing on the left), on 18 December 1907, Consecrating Giacomo della Chiesa (sitting in front of the Altar, with Mitre and Crosier; 
later, Pope Benedict XV) in the Vatican.
Photo: 18 December 1907.
Source: Vat Photo.
Author: "G. Felici, fotografo papale"; Original uploader was Ambrosius007 at en.wikipedia.This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions 
under Copyright Law, including all related and neighboring rights.
(Wikimedia Commons)


PART TWO FOLLOWS.


Thursday 20 June 2013

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Abbess Hilda of Whitby.



File:Whitby Abbey at sunset.jpg


Whitby Abbey, 
Yorkshire, England, 
at Sunset.
Photo: 12 April 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ackers72.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Within the beautiful Abbey at Whitby, from the 7th-Century to the 16th-Century, many Divine Prayers and Hymns were said and sung by the Community of Monks and Nuns (it was a Double Monastery). Initially, the Head of the Double Monastery was a woman, Abbess Hilda.


MATTHAEUS HAS A WONDERFUL PRAYER AID AT
his Blog, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum

Why not pop over and say a Prayer ?


Litany Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Litany Of Loreto.





Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
English: The Virgin With Angels.
Latin: Regina Angelorum.
Date: 1900.
Current location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
(Wikimedia Commons)




Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Litany of Loreto.
Available on YouTube at


Why not ask your Parish Priest
if your Parish can have regular
Benediction and the Litany Of Loreto.


Monday 17 June 2013

Pange Lingua.






Monstrance.
Photo: 2004-10-18 (original upload date).
Source: Own work (zelf gemaakt).
Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author: Original uploader was Broederhugo at nl.wikipedia.
(Wikimedia Commons)





Pange Lingua.
Available on YouTube at


Why not ask your Parish Priest
for Benediction to be said
in your Parish ?


Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament.





Monstrance.
Photo: 2004-10-18 (original upload date).
Source: Own work (zelf gemaakt).
Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author: Original uploader was Broederhugo at nl.wikipedia.
(Wikimedia Commons)




Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament.
Available on YouTube at
Why not ask your Parish Priest
for Benediction to be said
in your Parish ?


Adoro Te Devote.





Adoro Te Devote.
Available on YouTube at


Why not ask your Parish Priest
for this to be sung
at the Communion at your Masses ?


Ave Maria.





Our Lady of Ushaw,
Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.




Ave Maria, by Schubert.
Available on YouTube at


Soul Of My Saviour, Sanctify My Breast.





Soul Of My Saviour.
Available on YouTube at


Why not ask your Parish Priest
for this to be sung
at the Communion at your Masses ?


A Traditional Christian Hymn, attributed to Pope John XXII (1249 - 1334). 
Translator unknown. This perfect little Communion Hymn 
is an English adaptation of the Latin Text "Anima Christi". 
It tells us of the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus in the Eucharist.


Sweet Sacrament Divine.





Sweet Sacrament Divine.
Available on YouTube at


Why not ask your Parish Priest 
for this to be sung 
at the Communion at your Masses ?


Thursday 13 June 2013

The Twelve Apostles Of Jesus Christ.





Pope Saint Zephyrinus.
(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).
Description: English: from [1].
Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia; Original uploader was Amberrock at en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper.
Author: Not Known.
Permission: This image is in the public domain due to its age.
(Wikimedia Commons)


File:Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles 01.jpg


English: The Synaxis of the holy and the most praiseworthy Twelve Apostles.
Русский: Собор славных и всехвальных 12-ти апостолов.
Moscow Museum?: Москва. Музей изобразительных искусств. (№ 2851).
Date: 14th-Century.
Source: [1].
Author: Anonymous.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Watch, listen and read about
The Twelve Apostles
of Jesus Christ.
Available on YouTube at


Grace After Meals. Benedictiones Mensae. Post Prandium.



File:Grace1918photographEnstrom.jpg


Minnesota State photograph, "Grace".
Date: 1918.
Source: Photograph by Eric Enstrom,
published in the United States in 1918
(and therefore public domain).
Author: Eric Enstrom.
(Wikimedia Commons)


BENEDICTIONES MENSAE (PRAYERS AT THE TABLE).

POST PRANDIUM.
(GRACE AFTER MEALS).

Agimus tibi gratias, omnipotens Deus,
pro universis beneficiis tuis:
Qui vivis et regnas in secula seculorum.

Amen.

We give Thee thanks, Almighty God,
for all Thy benefits, Who livest and reignest,
World without end.

Amen.


Baroque (Part Six).


Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.



File:Versailles Chapel - July 2006 edit.jpg


EnglishVersailles's Chapel, as seen from the tribune royale.
An outstanding example of French Baroque.
A four-segment vertical panorama of the 
Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, France. 
Français: Panorama de la Chapelle du château de Versailles, France.
Photo: 7 July 2006.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Château de Maisons demonstrates the ongoing transition from the Post-Mediaeval Chateaux of the 16th-Century to the Villa-like Country Houses of the 18th-Century. The structure is strictly symmetrical, with an order applied to each storey, mostly in pilaster form. The frontispiece, crowned with a separate aggrandised roof, is infused with remarkable plasticity and the ensemble reads like a three-dimensional whole. Mansart's structures are stripped of overblown decorative effects, so typical of contemporary Rome. Italian Baroque influence is muted and relegated to the field of decorative ornamentation.

The next step in the development of European residential architecture involved the integration of the gardens in the composition of the Palace, as is exemplified by Vaux-le-Vicomte, where the architect, Louis Le Vau, the designer Charles Le Brun, and the gardener, André Le Nôtre, complemented one another. From the main cornice to a low plinth, the miniature Palace is clothed in the so-called "colossal order", which makes the structure look more impressive. The creative collaboration of Le Vau and Le Nôtre marked the arrival of the "Magnificent Manner", which allowed to extend Baroque architecture outside the Palace walls and transform the surrounding landscape into an immaculate mosaic of expansive vistas.


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EnglishChâteau de Maisons, near Paris, by François Mansart (1642).
Château de Maisons-Laffitte, in the department of Yvelines, France
The château is classified as an historic Monument.
Français: Château de Maisons-Laffitte dans le département des Yvelines en France
Le château est classé monument historique.
Photo: 27 March 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Moonik.
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The same three artists scaled this concept to monumental proportions in the royal hunting lodge, and later main residence, at Versailles. On a far grander scale, the Palace is an exaggerated and somewhat repetitive version of Vaux-le-Vicomte. It was both the most grandiose, and the most imitated, residential building of the 17th-Century. Mannheim, Nordkirchen and Drottningholm were among many foreign residences for which Versailles provided a model.




Français: La cour d'honneur du château de Versailles, France.
English: Versailles Palace, Versailles, France.
Photo: February 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Eric Pouhier.
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The final expansion of Versailles was superintended by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, whose key design is the Dome des Invalides, generally regarded as the most important French Church of the century. Hardouin-Mansart profited, from his uncle's instruction and plans, to instill the edifice with an Imperial grandeur, unprecedented in the countries North of Italy. The majestic hemispherical Dome balances the vigorous vertical thrust of the orders, which do not accurately convey the structure of the interior. The younger architect not only revived the harmony and balance, associated with the work of the elder Mansart, but also set the tone for Late-Baroque French architecture, with its grand ponderousness and increasing concessions to academicism.

The reign of Louis XV saw a reaction, against the official Louis XIV Style, in the shape of a more delicate and intimate manner, known as Rococo. The style was pioneered by Nicolas Pineau, who collaborated with Hardouin-Mansart on the interiors of the royal Château de Marly. Further elaborated by Pierre Le Pautre and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, the "genre pittoresque" culminated in the interiors of the Petit Château at Chantilly (circa 1722) and Hôtel de Soubise, in Paris (circa 1732), where a fashionable emphasis on the curvilinear went beyond all reasonable measure, while sculpture, paintings, furniture, and porcelain tended to overshadow architectural divisions of the interior.


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Deutsch: Die Verzückung der hl. Teresa von Avila, Bernini, 
in Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rom
English: Ecstasy of St Theresa, 1652, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 
Cornaro chapel, Santa Maria Della Vittoria church in Rome.
Español: Éxtasis de Santa Teresa, 1652, de Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
Capilla de Cornaro, Iglesia de Santa María de la Victoria en Roma.
Français: L'Extase de sainte Thérèse ou La Transfiguration de sainte Thérèse ou La Transverbération de sainte Thérèse, 1652, par Le Bernin (Gianlorenzo Bernini). 
Chapelle Cornaro de l'église Santa Maria Della Vittoria à Rome.
Italiano: Trasfigurazione di santa Teresa, 1652, di Gianlorenzo Bernini. 
Cappella Cornaro nella chiesa di Santa Maria della Vittoria a Roma.
Photo: 26 February 2006.
Source: Flickr.
Author: [1].
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English: The Baroque Interior of the Church at Minden, Germany.
Deutsch: Dom Minden.
Photo: 1895.
Source: Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Minden.
Author: A. Ludorff.
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Baroque architecture in the Southern Netherlands developed rather differently than in the Protestant North. After the Twelve Years' Truce, the Southern Netherlands remained in Catholic hands, ruled by the Spanish Habsburg Kings. Important architectural projects were set up in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation. In them, florid decorative detailing was more tightly knit to the structure, thus precluding concerns of superfluity. A remarkable convergence of Spanish, French, and Dutch Baroque aesthetics may be seen in the Abbey of Averbode (1667). Another characteristic example is the Church of Saint Michel, at Louvain, with its exuberant two-storey façade, clusters of half-columns, and the complex aggregation of French-inspired sculptural detailing.

Six decades later, a Flemish architect, Jaime Borty Milia, was the first to introduce Rococo to Spain (Cathedral of Murcia, West façade, 1733). The greatest practitioner of the Spanish Rococo style was a native master, Ventura Rodríguez, responsible for the dazzling interior of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza (1750).

Some Flemish architects, such as Wenceslas Cobergher, were trained in Italy and their works were inspired by architects such as Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta. Cobergher's major project was the Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, which he designed as the centre of a new town, in the form of a heptagon.


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The Rococo façade of Murcia Cathedral, Spain.
Photo: December 2004.
Author: en:User:JCRA.
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The influence of the painter, Pieter Paul Rubens, on architecture, was important. With his book, "I Palazzi di Genova", he introduced novel Italian models for the conception of profane buildings and decoration in the Southern Netherlands. The courtyard and portico of his own house in Antwerp (Rubenshuis) are good examples of his architectural activity. He also took part in the decoration of the Antwerp Jesuit Church (now Carolus Borromeuskerk), where he introduced a lavish Baroque decoration, integrating sculpture and painting in the architectural programme.

There is little Baroque about Dutch architecture of the 17th-Century. The architecture of the first republic in Northern Europe was meant to reflect democratic values by quoting extensively from classical antiquity. Like contemporary developments in England, Dutch Palladianism is marked by sobriety and restraint. Two leading architects, Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, used such eclectic elements as giant-order pilasters, gable roofs, central pediments, and vigorous steeples in a coherent combination that anticipated Wren's Classicism.


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Español: Capilla del Pilar de la Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar en Zaragoza. De izquierda a derecha: la imagen de Santiago y sus Convertidos, la representación de la venida de la Virgen al lugar y la Santa Columna donde está la Santísima Imagen de Nuestra Señora del Pilar.
English: Chapel of the Basilica del Pilar in Zaragoza, Spain. From left to right: The image of Santiago and his Converted; the representation of the coming of the Virgin; and the place where is 
the Holy Image of Our Lady of Pilar.
Photo: 21 June 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Davas27.
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The most ambitious constructions of the period included the Seats of Self-Government in Amsterdam (1646) and Maastricht (1658), designed by Campen and Post, respectively. On the other hand, the residences of the House of Orange are closer to a typical Burgher Mansion than to a Royal Palace. Two of these, Huis ten Bosch and Mauritshuis, are symmetrical blocks with large windows, stripped of ostentatious Baroque flourishes and mannerisms. The same austerely geometrical effect is achieved without great cost or pretentious effects at the Stadholder's summer residence of Het Loo.

The Dutch Republic was one of the Great Powers of 17th-Century Europe and its influence on European architecture was by no means negligible. Dutch architects were employed on important projects in Northern Germany, Scandinavia and Russia, disseminating their ideas in those countries. The Dutch colonial architecture, once flourishing in the Hudson River Valley, and associated primarily with red-brick gabled houses, may still be seen in WillemstadCuraçao.


PART SEVEN FOLLOWS.


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