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Wednesday 29 June 2016
The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul. Feast Day 29 June.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Feast Day 29 June.
Double of The First-Class
with an Octave.
Red Vestments.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Artist: El Greco (1541–1614).
Current location: Hermitage Museum,
Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Source/Photographer; Hermitage Torrent.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Today, the whole Church rejoices, for "God has Consecrated this day by the Martyrdom of The Apostles Peter and Paul" (Collect). In both the Grand Basilicas erected at Rome over the tombs "of these two Princes, who, by The Cross and The Sword, have obtained their seat in The Eternal Senate," [Hymn at Vespers] this double Martyrdom was Celebrated.
Later, on account of the distance which separates the two Churches, the Festival was divided, Saint Peter being more specially honoured on 29 June and Saint Paul on 30 June.
Saint Peter, Bishop of Rome, is the Vicar, that is to say the visible representative of Christ. As is shown in the Preface, Alleluia, Gospel, Offertory and Communion, the Jews had rejected Jesus. They also rejected His successor (Epistle). Displacing the religious centre of the World, Saint Peter then left Jerusalem for Rome, which became The Eternal City and The Seat of The Popes.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
Saint Peter, the first Pope, speaks in the name of Christ, Who has communicated to him His Doctrine of Infallibility. He is not guided by flesh and blood, but by the Heavenly Father, Who does not permit the Gates of Hell to prevail against The Church of which he is the foundation (Gospel).
Saint Peter, on receiving The Keys, is placed at the head of the "Kingdom of Heaven" upon Earth, that is to say The Church, and he reigns in the name of Christ, Who has invested him with His Power and Supreme Authority (Gospel).
The names of Saint Peter and Saint Paul head head the names of The Apostles in The Canon of The Mass (First List).
With "The Church, which did not cease Praying to God for Saint Peter" (Epistle), let us Pray for his successor "the Servant of God, our Holy Father the Pope" (Canon of The Mass).
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Nunc scio.
"Pater Noster" "Отче Наш" ("Otche Nash" - Church Slavonic) By Igor Stravinsky.
God The Father and Angel.
Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
Date: 1620.
Current location: Musei di Strada Nuova
Genoa, Italy.
Source/Photographer: 9AEqk5sfVRMaQQ at Google Cultural Institute
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Pater Noster"
"Отче Наш"
("Otche Nash" - Church Slavonic)
by Igor Stravinsky.
Available on YouTube at
О́тче нашъ, И́же еси́ на небесѣхъ,
да свѧти́тсѧ и́мѧ Твое́,
да прїи́детъ ца́рствїе Твое́:
да будетъ волѧ Твоѧ, я́ко на небеси́ и на земли́,
хлѣбъ нашъ насу́щный даждь намъ днесь,
и оста́ви намъ до́лги нашѧ,
ѧкоже и мы ѡставлѧемъ должнико́мъ нашымъ,
и не введи́ насъ во искуше́нїе,
но изба́ви насъ от лука́ваго.
And again . . .
"Pater Noster"
by Igor Stravinsky.
Available on YouTube at
English: Igor Stravinsky's signature.
Español: Firma de Ígor Stravinski.
Date: 1946.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jarould.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Prime Minister Announces: "England Very Miffed With Iceland".
Illustration: MIRROR
At 11.15 a.m., this morning, Mr. Cameron broadcast to the nation the following statement.
"This morning, the British Ambassador in Reykjavík handed
the Icelandic Government a final Note, stating that, unless
we heard from them by 11 o'clock, that they were prepared
at once to have a replay of yesterday evening's football match,
a State of High Dudgeon would exist between us.
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that, consequently, this Country is very miffed with Iceland."
God Save The Queen.
Gregorian Chant Of The Templars. Salve Regina. The Marian Anthem Of The Season.
"Mater Dolorosa"
(Mother of Sorrows).
Artist: Carlo Dolci (1616–1686).
Date: Circa 1650.
Current location: National Museum of Western Art,
Tokyo, Japan.
Source: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Salve Regina".
Chant of The Templars.
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The Biggest Pro-Life Event Of The Year. The All-Ireland Rally For Life. Belfast. 2 July 2016. Because Every Life Matters. Be There.
Illustration: LIFE INSTITUTE
Monday 27 June 2016
Within The Octave Of Saint John The Baptist.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Within The Octave Of Saint John The Baptist.
English: The Voice in the Desert.
Français: La voix dans le désert.
Artist: James Tissot (1836-1902).
Date: Between 1886 and 1894.
Current location: Brooklyn Museum, New York City.
Credit line: Purchased by public subscription.
Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, 00.159.44_PS1.jpg.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Church, honouring The Saints in proportion to the part they played in The Mystery of The Incarnation of The Word, gives to Saint John a special place. [The Rubrics which accompany the Bull Divino Afflatu of Pope Saint Pius X, establish the following order among the Feasts: "The Feasts of The Lord; of The Blessed Virgin; of The Angels; of Saint John the Baptist; of Saint Joseph; of The Holy Apostles."]
Each day in The Mass, as well as at The Confiteor, at The Suscipe and at The Nobis quoque peccatoribus, the name of Saint John the Baptist precedes that of The Apostles. It is the same in The Litany of The Saints. His Feast immediately precedes that of The Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. By ending the Mission of The Prophets and commencing that of The Apostles, he is the link between The Old Testament and The New Testament.
Let us, also, give to Saint John the Baptist the place of honour which is due to him in our Veneration of The Saints. The Veneration must, indeed, be hierarchically ordered so that we may never forget that Jesus is the principal author of our Redemption, and that The Saints are more or less great as they are more or less united to Him as secondary instruments.
"Kyrie Eleison".
From The Mass in Honour of Saint John the Baptist
by Jean-René Quignard.
Sung by Saint Mary, Star-of-the-Sea, Schola,
Jackson, Michigan.
Available on YouTube at
The Feast of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist falls in the Season when The Cycle shows us The Church which, as this Saint foretold, was born in the Baptism of The Holy Ghost and of Fire at Pentecost, and goes on continually developing herself. It is, indeed, to The Holy Precursor that she owes it to have known Jesus, The Spouse that makes her The Fruitful Mother of many Souls.
As with the Jews, a friend was the intermediary between The Bride and The Spouse and prepared The Wedding Feast, Saint John the Baptist is called in the Gospel "The Friend of The Spouse". It is he whom God has chosen to prepare for The Lord, by his Preaching and Baptism of Penance, a perfect people. And, after having adorned The Bride, he presents The Spouse to her. "John the Baptist was the man sent as a witness, so that, through him, all should believe in Jesus."
Jesus comes to him in the waters of The River Jordan and, at this Divine Contact, the water acquired the virtue which, in Baptism, causes our Souls to be born to Supernatural Life. As Saint John the Baptist Baptises Christ in The River Jordan, he hears The Voice of The Father proclaiming that Jesus is His Well-Beloved Son. He sees The Holy Ghost hovering over Him in the form of a Dove and he reveals that Jesus is "The Lamb of God".
"Agnus Dei".
From The Mass in Honour of Saint John the Baptist
by Jean-René Quignard.
Sung by Saint Mary, Star-of-the-Sea, Schola,
Jackson, Michigan.
Available on YouTube at
Let us remember that, after having Baptised The Master, the one who is called John the Baptist has also presided over our own Christening, for all The Baptistries (particularly that of Saint John Lateran, in Rome) are Dedicated to him, and his image is to be used for the adornment of Baptismal Fonts.
Having thus been brought by him to Jesus, let us also through Saint John the Baptist approach The Eucharist, reciting the words of The Agnus Dei, by which he indicated The Saviour.
Mass: As on The Feast Day. De ventre.
Jesus Testifies about John the Baptist.
And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John:
What went you out into the desert to see ? a reed shaken with the wind ?
But what went you out to see ? a man clothed in soft garments ?
Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of Kings.
But what went you out to see ? a prophet ? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.
For this is he of whom it is written:
Behold I send my Angel before thy face,
who shall prepare thy way before thee.
Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women
a greater than John the Baptist:
Yet he that is the lesser in The Kingdom of Heaven
is greater than he.
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