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Thursday 15 June 2017

The Feast Of Corpus Christi Is Celebrated, Today, Thursday, 15 June 2017, In The Extraordinary Form Of The Mass.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

The Feast of Corpus Christ.

Double of The First-Class
   with Privileged Octave of The Second Order.

White Vestments.

Indulgence of 400 days for those who attend Mass or Vespers.


Artist: Rene de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.



"Pange Lingua".
Sung during the Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at

The Solemn Celebration of this Feast is, in some places, observed on the following Sunday.

After the Dogma of The Holy Trinity, The Holy Ghost reminds us of the Dogma of The Incarnation of Our Lord, in celebrating with The Church the greatest of all Sacraments, summing up the whole Life of The Redeemer, giving Infinite Glory to God and applying The Fruits of The Redemption at all times to ourselves (Collect).

It was on The Cross that Our Lord redeemed us, and The Holy Eucharist, instituted on the night before Our Lord's Passion, remains its Memorial (Collect). The Altar is the extension of Calvary ["The Celebration of The Mass has the same value as The Death of Jesus Christ on The Cross", Saint John Chrysostom.]; The Mass "shows The Death of The Lord" (Epistle).

Jesus is there in the State of a Victim, for the words of the Double Consecration mean only that the Bread is changed into The Body of Christ and the Wine into His Blood. On account of this double action with different effects, which constitutes The Sacrifice of The Mass, we are entitled to speak of Our Lord's Presence, under the appearance of Bread, as that of The Body of Christ, although, since He can die no more, the whole Christ is there contained; similarly, we may speak of the Presence under the appearance of Wine as that of His Blood, although He is contained there whole and entire.


"The Eucharist in a Fruit Wreath ",
by Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1648,
(from the Blog "Ars Orandi: The Art and Beauty
of Traditional Catholicism")
Illustration: ARS ORANDI

Through His Priests, Our Lord Himself, the principal Priest of The Mass, offers in an unbloody manner His Body and Blood, Which were really separated on The Cross, but, on the Altar only in a representative or Sacramental sense, the matter and words used and the effect produced being different in the two Consecrations.

Besides, The Eucharist was instituted under the form of food (Alleluia), that we may be united with The Victim of Calvary, so that The Sacred Host becomes the "wheat" which feeds our Souls (Introit).


THE SEQUENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI.


The Solemnity of The Body and Blood of Christ.
Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major 
and Eucharistic Blessing.
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, 23 June 2011.
Solennità del Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo.
Santa Messa, Processione a Santa Maria Maggiore 
e Benedizione Eucaristica.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, 23 Giugno 2011.
Sequentia: 
Lauda Sion Salvatorem.
Available on YouTube at

Moreover, Christ, as The Son of God, receives The Eternal Life of The Father; in the same way, Christians share in that Eternal Life by uniting themselves to Christ, through The Sacrament, which is the symbol of unity (Secret), and this possession of The Divine Life, already realised on Earth through The Eucharist, is the pledge and the beginning of that in which we shall fully rejoice in Heaven (Postcommunion). As The Council of Trent puts it: "That same Heavenly Bread that we eat now, under the Sacred Veils, we shall feed upon in Heaven without Veil."

We should regard The Mass as The Centre of all Eucharistic Worship, seeing in Holy Communion the means instituted by Our Lord to enable us to share more fully in this Divine Sacrifice. In this way, our Devotion to Our Lord's Body and Blood will effectively obtain for us The Fruits of His Redemption (Collect).


English: Corpus Christi Procession.
Artist: Carl Emil Doepler.
Deutsch: Carl Emil Doepler the Elder
(1824 Warszawa or Schnepfental -
1905 Berlin): Fronleichnamsprozession.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Concerning the Procession, which regularly should follow The Mass, we remember how the Israelites revered The Ark of The Covenant, which was the Presence of God among them. When they carried on their victorious marches, the Ark went before, borne by the Levites in the midst of a cloud of incense, accompanied by the sound of musical instruments and of the songs and shouts of the multitude.

We Christians have a treasure far more precious, for, in The Eucharist, we possess God Himself. Let us feel a holy pride in forming His Escort and extolling His Triumphs, while He is in our midst.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.



"Lauda Sion Salvatorem"
(The Sequence for Corpus Christi).
Available on YouTube at



THE PROCESSION.

Regularly, The Sacred Host, carried in The Procession, has been Consecrated in The Mass and exposed in The Monstrance immediately after The Communion of the Priest.

Sometimes, however, The Procession is a separate Function in the afternoon.



Capilla de Música de la Catedral de Pamplona: "Sacris Solemnis".
Available on YouTube at

When the Priest leaves the Altar, the Choristers intone the Vesper Hymn Pange Lingua. If time allows, other Eucharistic Hymns are also sung, to be found among The Benediction Hymns, e.g: Sacris Solemniis and Verbum Supernum. Also the Hymns for The Ascension, Salutis Humanae, the Canticles Benedictus or Magnificat. On the return of The Procession, The Te Deum is usually sung.

When the Celebrant is arrived at the Altar, the Choristers intone the Tantum Ergo and Benediction is given.



"Verbum Supernum".
Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at





"Magnificat".
The Canticle of Mary.
Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at





"Magnificat".
The Canticle of Mary.
Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at





The Solemn "Te Deum"
(5th-Century Monastic Chant).
Sung when The Corpus Christ Procession 
has returned to The Church.
Available on YouTube at

Thursday 19 June 2014

Feast Of Corpus Christi.


Roman Text taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Illustrations, unless otherwise stated, from UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
which carries this Credit Statement: "Illustrations taken from St. Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 edition,
with the kind permission of St. Bonaventure Press".

Feast of Corpus Christ.

Double of the First-Class 
with a Privileged Octave of the Second Order.

White Vestments.
(Indulgence of 400 days for those who attend Mass or Vespers.)



THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT.



Pange Lingua.
Sung during the Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at
http://youtu.be/r3H5f7oePQE.


The Solemn Celebration of this Feast is, in some places, observed on the following Sunday.

After the Dogma of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Ghost reminds us of the Dogma of the Incarnation of Our Lord, in celebrating with the Church the greatest of all Sacraments, summing up the whole Life of the Redeemer, giving infinite glory to God and applying  the fruits of the Redemption at all times to ourselves (Collect).

It was on the Cross that Our Lord redeemed us and the Holy Eucharist, instituted on the night before Our Lord's Passion, remains its Memorial (Collect). The Altar is the extension of Calvary ["The celebration of the Mass has the same value as the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross", Saint John Chrysostom.]; the Mass "shows the death of the Lord" (Epistle).

Jesus is there in the state of a victim, for the words of the Double Consecration mean only that the bread is changed into the Body of Christ and the wine into His Blood. On account of this double action with different effects, which constitutes the Sacrifice of the Mass, we are entitled to speak of Our Lord's Presence under the appearance of bread as that of the Body of Christ, although, since He can die no more, the whole Christ is there contained; similarly, we may speak of the Presence under the appearance of wine as that of His Blood, although He is contained there whole and entire.



"The Eucharist in a Fruit Wreath "
by Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1648,
(from the Blog "Ars Orandi: The Art and Beauty 
of Traditional Catholicism")


Through His Priests, Our Lord Himself, the principal Priest of the Mass, offers in an unbloody manner His Body and Blood which were really separated on the Cross, but on the Altar only in a representative or sacramental sense, the matter and words used and the effect produced being different in the two consecrations.

Besides, the Eucharist was instituted under the form of food (Alleluia), that we may be united with the Victim of Calvary, so that the Sacred Host becomes the "wheat" which feeds our Souls (Introit).


THE SEQUENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI.




Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.

Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major

and Eucharistic Blessing.
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, 23 June 2011.
Solennità del Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo.
Santa Messa, Processione a Santa Maria Maggiore
e Benedizione Eucaristica.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, 23 Giugno 2011.
Sequentia:
Lauda Sion Salvatorem.
Available on YouTube at



Moreover, Christ, as the Son of God, receives the eternal life of the Father; in the same way, Christians share in that eternal life by uniting themselves to Christ, through the Sacrament, which is the symbol of unity (Secret), and this possession of the Divine Life, already realised on Earth through the Eucharist, is the pledge and the beginning of that in which we shall fully rejoice in Heaven (Postcommunion). As the Council of Trent puts it: "That same Heavenly Bread that we eat now under the Sacred Veils, we shall feed upon in Heaven without Veil."

We should regard the Mass as the centre of all Eucharistic worship, seeing in Holy Communion the means instituted by Our Lord to enable us to share more fully in this Divine Sacrifice. In this way, our devotion to Our Lord's Body and Blood will effectively obtain for us the fruits of His Redemption (Collect).


File:Carl Emil Doepler Fronleichnamsprozession.jpg


English: Corpus Christi Procession.

Oil on canvas by Carl Emil Doepler.

Deutsch: Carl Emil Doepler the Elder
(1824 Warszawa or Schnepfental -
1905 Berlin): Fronleichnamsprozession.
(Wikimedia Commons)



Concerning the Procession, which regularly should follow the Mass, we remember how the Israelites revered the Ark of the Covenant, which was the Presence of God among them. When they carried on their victorious marches, the Ark went before, borne by the Levites in the midst of a cloud of incense, accompanied by the sound of musical instruments and of the songs and shouts of the multitude.

We Christians have a treasure far more precious, for, in the Eucharist, we possess God Himself. Let us feel a holy pride in forming His Escort and extolling His triumphs, while He is in our midst.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.



Lauda Sion Salvatorem
(Sequence for Corpus Christi).
Available on YouTube at


THE PROCESSION.

Regularly, the Sacred Host carried in the Procession has been Consecrated in the Mass and exposed in the Monstrance immediately after the Communion of the Priest. Sometimes, however, the Procession is a separate function in the afternoon.



Capilla de Música de la Catedral de Pamplona: Sacris Solemnis.
Available on YouTube at


When the Priest leaves the Altar, the Choristers intone the Vesper Hymn Pange Lingua. If time allows, other Eucharistic Hymns are also sung, to be found among the Benediction Hymns, e.g: Sacris Solemniis and Verbum Supernum. Also the Hymns for the Ascension Salutis Humanae, the Canticles Benedictus or Magnificat.  On the return of the Procession, the Te Deum is usually sung.

When the Celebrant is arrived at the Altar, the Choristers intone the
Tantum Ergo and Benediction is given.



Verbum Supernum.
Sung during the Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at



Magnificat.
The Canticle of Mary.
Sung during the Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at



Magnificat.
The Canticle of Mary.
Sung during the Corpus Christi Procession.
Available on YouTube at


Friday 27 September 2013

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium. Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274).


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




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


Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium is a Hymn, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274), for the Feast of Corpus Christi . It is also sung on Maundy Thursday, during the Procession from the Church to the place where the Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday.

The last two stanzas, called separately Tantum Ergo, are sung at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The Hymn expresses the Doctrine of Transubstantiation, in which, according to the Roman Catholic Faith, the Bread and Wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ.

It is often sung in English as the Hymn "Of the Glorious Body Telling", to the same tune as the Latin.

The opening words recall another famous Latin Sequence, from which this Hymn is derived: Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis by Venantius Fortunatus.



Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Corporis mysterium,
Sanguinisque pretiosi,
quem in mundi pretium
fructus ventris generosi
Rex effudit Gentium.

Nobis datus, nobis natus
ex intacta Virgine,
et in mundo conversatus,
sparso verbi semine,
sui moras incolatus
miro clausit ordine.

In supremae nocte coenae
recumbens cum fratribus
observata lege plene
cibis in legalibus,
cibum turbae duodenae
sedat suis manibus.


Verbum caro, panem verum
verbo carnem efficit:
fitque sanguis Christi merum,
et si sensus deficit,
ad firmandum cor sincerum
sola fides sufficit.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
veneremur cernui:
et antiquum documentum
novo cedat ritui:
praestet fides supplementum
sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
laus et jubilatio,
salus, honor, virtus quoque
sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
compar sit laudatio.

Amen. 

Alleluja.




English translation.

Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory,
of His Flesh, the mystery sing;
of the Blood, all price exceeding,
shed by our Immortal King,
destined, for the world's redemption,
from a noble Womb to spring.

Of a pure and spotless Virgin
born for us on earth below,
He, as Man, with man conversing,
stayed, the seeds of truth to sow;
then He closed in solemn order
wond'rously His Life of woe.

On the night of that Last Supper,
seated with His chosen band,
He, the Paschal Victim eating,
first fulfils the Law's command;
then as Food to His Apostles
gives Himself with His own Hand.


Word-made-Flesh, the bread of nature
by His Word to Flesh He turns;
wine into His Blood He changes;
what though sense no change discerns?
Only be the heart in earnest,
faith her lesson quickly learns.

Down in adoration falling,
This great Sacrament we hail,
O'er ancient forms of worship
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith will tell us Christ is present,
When our human senses fail.

To the Everlasting Father,
And the Son who made us free
And the Spirit, God proceeding
From them Each eternally,
Be salvation, honour, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.

Amen. 

Alleluia.


Wednesday 29 May 2013

The Feast Of Corpus Christi.


Roman Text taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, 1945 edition.

Illustrations, unless otherwise stated, from the Web-Site
of UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY,
which carries this Credit Statement:
"Illustrations taken from St. Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 edition,
with the kind permission of St. Bonaventure Press".

Double of the First-Class 
with a Privileged Octave of the Second Order.
White Vestments.
(Indulgence of 400 days for those who attend Mass or Vespers.)



THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT.


The Solemn celebrations of this Feast is, in some places, observed on the following Sunday.

After the Dogma of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Ghost reminds us of the Dogma of the Incarnation of Our Lord, in celebrating with the Church the greatest of all Sacraments, summing up the whole Life of the Redeemer, giving infinite glory to God and applying  the fruits of the Redemption at all times to ourselves (Collect).

It was on the Cross that Our Lord redeemed us and the Holy Eucharist, instituted on the night before Our Lord's Passion, remains its Memorial (Collect). The Altar is the extension of Calvary ["The celebration of the Mass has the same value as the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross", Saint John Chrysostom.]; the Mass "shows the death of the Lord (Epistle).

Jesus is there in the state of a victim, for the words of the double consecration mean only that the bread is changed into the Body of Christ and the wine into His Blood. On account of this double action with different effects, which constitutes the Sacrifice of the Mass, we are entitled to speak of Our Lord's Presence under the appearance of bread as that of the Body of Christ, although, since He can die no more, the whole Christ is there contained; similarly, we may speak of the Presence under the appearance of wine as that of His Blood, although He is contained there whole and entire.




"The Eucharist in a Fruit Wreath "
by Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1648,
(from the Blog "Ars Orandi: The Art and Beauty 
of Traditional Catholicism")


Through His Priests, Our Lord Himself, the principal Priest of the Mass, offers in an unbloody manner His Body and Blood which were really separated on the Cross, but on the Altar only in a representative or sacramental sense, the matter and words used and the effect produced being different in the two consecrations.

Besides, the Eucharist was instituted under the form of food (Alleluia), that we may be united with the Victim of Calvary, so that the Sacred Host becomes the "wheat" which feeds our Souls (Introit).


THE SEQUENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI.






Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.
Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major and Eucharistic Blessing.
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, 23 June 2011.

Solennità del Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo.
Santa Messa, Processione a Santa Maria Maggiore e Benedizione Eucaristica.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, 23 Giugno 2011.

Sequentia:
Lauda Sion Salvatorem


Available on YouTube at


Moreover, Christ, as the Son of God, receives the eternal life of the Father; in the same way, Christians share in that eternal life by uniting themselves to Christ, through the Sacrament, which is the symbol of unity (Secret), and this possession of the Divine Life, already realised on Earth through the Eucharist, is the pledge and the beginning of that in which we shall fully rejoice in Heaven (Postcommunion). As the Council of Trent puts it: "That same Heavenly Bread that we eat now under the Sacred Veils, we shall feed upon in Heaven without Veil."

We should regard the Mass as the centre of all Eucharistic worship, seeing in Holy Communion the means instituted by Our Lord to enable us to share more fully in this Divine Sacrifice. In this way, our devotion to Our Lord's Body and Blood will effectively obtain for us the fruits of His Redemption (Collect).


File:Carl Emil Doepler Fronleichnamsprozession.jpg



English: Corpus Christi Procession. Oil on canvas by Carl Emil Doepler.
Deutsch: Carl Emil Doepler the Elder 
(1824 Warszawa or Schnepfental - 1905 Berlin): Fronleichnamsprozession.
(Wikimedia Commons)



Concerning the Procession, which regularly should follow the Mass, we remember how the Israelites revered the Ark of the Covenant, which was the Presence of God among them. When they carried on their victorious marches, the Ark went before, borne by the Levites in the midst of a cloud of incense, accompanied by the sound of musical instruments and of the songs and shouts of the multitude.

We Christians have a treasure far more precious, for, in the Eucharist, we possess God Himself. Let us feel a holy pride in forming His Escort and extolling His triumphs, while He is in our midst.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.


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