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

Thursday 27 October 2016

The Vigil Of Saint Simon And Saint Jude. Apostles. 27 October.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

The Vigil of Saint Simon and Saint Jude.
Apostles.
27 October.


Violet Vestments.




Saint Simon and Saint Jude.
Apostles.
By Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876.

Simon, whom Saint Peter calls "The Cananean" to distinguish him from Saint Peter, who bore the same name [Editor: "Simon"], was born at Cana, in Galilee. Saint Luke calls him "Zelotes", because he had probably belonged to the Jewish Party, thus called for its zeal in defending the Faith.

Jude, surnamed "Thaddeus" or "Lebbe" (The Courageous), was, by Cleophas, his father, and Mary, his mother, a nephew to Saint Joseph and The Blessed Virgin Mary and cousin to Jesus. Saint James the Less, first Bishop of Jerusalem and the first Apostle Martyred, and Simeon, who succeeded him in this See, were his brothers.

These Apostles of Christ heard from the lips of The Master, at The Last Supper, the words of the Gospel: "I am the vine, you are the branches. Every branch which bears fruit, My Father shall prune in order that it should bear more."

After having preached the Gospel, at the price of great sufferings, the first in Egypt, the second in Mesopotamia, they were both Martyred in Persia (Introit, Gradual, Communion).

Wherefore, their Feasts are Celebrated on the same day, in the same Office, and their names are mentioned jointly in The Canon of The Mass.

Mass: Intret in conspéctu.
The Gloria is not said.


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Over Eight Million Killed . . .


Due to the profundity and importance of this Article, it is repeated from October 2014.
Zephyrinus is extremely grateful for the Text for this Article,
which is taken from MULIER FORTIS




Into The Beloved Hands
of Our Beloved Mother,
Mary, Queen of Heaven,
Queen of The Angels,
we commend all The Aborted Babies.
(Daily Prayer for The Little Ones)

It's a ghastly statistic. Over eight million Babies killed in the forty-seven years since The Abortion Act was given Royal Assent . . . and that's just in Great Britain. Last year [2013] in England and Wales, we averaged 550 deaths a day.

The numbers are horrific, but they are difficult to grasp, and so we can ignore them.

It helps to provide concrete examples. I teach Science in Secondary School. In London; these Schools generally have about 1,000 students. So that works out as killing a School's-worth of children every two days.

This was not what was envisaged when Parliament passed The Abortion Act forty-seven years ago.

There were supposed to be safeguards. The mother's health was supposed to be at risk before the awful step of ending a life could be contemplated. The signatures of two independent Medical Practitioners were required.


But now, an abortion is seen as a woman's right, and, in some cases, almost a duty.

The parallels with the drive towards legalising Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide are striking. All the assurances of safeguards ring very hollow in the face of Britain's Abortion statistics.

SPUC is inviting people to hold a minute's silence on 27 October, at 11:04 a.m. - the time Royal Assent was given to The Abortion Act by Queen Elizabeth II. [Editor: This Article is a repeat from October 2014.]

"SPUC invites everyone to hold a minute’s silence in honour of the children who will never be born and who will never know what it is to be loved in this life. We also remember the mothers and fathers who have made this tragic mistake which has also damaged them. We honour, as well, all those mothers and fathers who have withstood enormous pressures and have given their Babies the best chance of life by respecting their right to be born."

If you can, support SPUC in its work to defend The Sanctity of Human Life with 

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Solemn High Mass. Feast Of Saints Simon And Jude. Little Italy, New York. 28 October 2016. 1930 hrs.

Taedet Animam Meam. Requiem Aeternam. Officium Defunctorum. Tomás Luis De Victoria (1548 - 1611). Composed For The Funeral Of The Mother Of Two Emperors.


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unless otherwise stated.



Taedet Animam Meam are the opening words in Chapter 10 of The Book of Job.
Job laments his afflictions and begs God to be delivered from them.




Taedet Animam Meam 
and Requiem Aeternam.
Tomás Luis De Victoria 
(1548 - 1611).
Available on YouTube.

Officium Defunctorum is a musical setting of The Office Of The Dead, composed by the Spanish Renaissance composer, Tomás Luis de Victoria, in 1603. It includes settings of the movements of The Requiem Mass, accounting for about twenty-six minutes of the forty-two minute composition, and the work is sometimes referred to as "Victoria's Requiem".

Officium Defunctorum was composed for the funeral of The Dowager Empress Maria, sister of Philip II of Spain, daughter of Charles V, wife of Maximilian II and mother of two Emperors; it was dedicated to Princess Margaret for “the obsequies of your most revered mother”.

The Empress Maria died on 26 February 1603 and the great obsequies were performed on 22 April 1603 and 23 April 1603. Victoria was employed as Personal Chaplain to The Empress Maria from 1586 to the time of her death.



Victoria published eleven volumes of his music during his lifetime, representing the majority of his compositional output. Officium Defunctorum, the only work to be published by itself, was the eleventh volume and the last work Victoria published. The date of publication, 1605, is often included with the title to differentiate the Officium Defunctorum from Victoria's other setting of The Requiem Mass (in 1583, Victoria composed and published a book of Masses (Reprinted in 1592) including a Missa Pro Defunctis for Four-Part Choir).

Officium Defunctorum is scored for Six-Part SSATTB Chorus. It includes an entire Office of The Dead: In addition to a Requiem Mass, Victoria sets an Extra-Liturgical Funeral Motet, a Lesson that belongs to Matins (scored for only SATB and not always included in concert performances), and the Ceremony of Absolution, which follows the Mass.

Polyphonic sections are separated by unaccompanied Chant Incipits, that Victoria printed himself. The Soprano II usually carries the cantus firmus, though "it very often disappears into the surrounding part-writing since the Chant does not move as slowly as most cantus firmus parts and the polyphony does not generally move very fast."



The sections of the Work are as follows:

Taedet Animam Meam. Second Lesson of Matins (Job 10:1-7);

Missa Pro Defunctis (Mass for The Dead). With The Council of Trent,
The Liturgy of The Requiem Mass was Standardised. Victoria sets all of The Requiem Mass
sections, except the Dies Irae (Sequence);











Versa Est In Luctum Cithara Mea (Funeral Motet);

The Absolution:

Responsory;
Libera Me;
Kyrie.



Versa Est In Luctum Cithara Mea
(Funeral Motet).
Alonso Lobo
(1555 - 1617).
Available on YouTube.

Saint Evaristus. Pope. Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 26 October.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Evaristus.
Pope and Martyr.
Feast Day 26 October.


Simple.

Red Vestments.



Pope Saint Evaristus.
This image is a faithful representation of an icon inside the
The author is unknown and the image is Centuries old.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Evaristus, a Greek by birth, was unanimously elected Pope when The Holy See became vacant at the death of Pope Anacletus I in 92 A.D.

It was Saint Evaristus who first divided Rome into "Titles", or Parishes, appointing to each a Priest.

He prescribed that seven Deacons should surround the Bishop when he preached, for the greater honour of The Word of God and of the Episcopal dignity.

Pope Saint Evaristus was condemned to death under Emperor Trajan in 109 A.D.

Mass: Státuit, for a Martyr Bishop.


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A Day With Mary. Our Lady Of Fatima. The Sermon Is By Fr. George Roth, Franciscans Of The Immaculate (F.I.).



"My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph."
(Our Lady, at Fatima, 1917).
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This Article is repeated from October 2014.

The following four paragraphs are taken from

The Franciscans of The Immaculate strive to be perfectly conformed
to The Poor, Humble, 
Crucified Jesus, through a Life of Charity,
Supernatural Charity and Poverty.

They are totally Consecrated to The Immaculate Virgin,
after the recent example offered by Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe.

The Franciscans of The Immaculate were founded by the two Franciscan Friars,
Fr. Stefano Maria Manelli and Fr. Gabriel Maria Pellettieri. Together, they
outlined 
a form of life for The Friars, Sisters and The Laity, after the example
of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, giving the fullest expression to
The Marian Dimension 
of Saint Francis' ideal and Rule. 

The Franciscans of The Immaculate were established by Pope Saint John Paul II
in 1990 
as a Diocesan Institute. The Institute was erected as a
Pontifical Institute of Religious Life by
His Holiness Pope Saint John Paul II on 1 January 1998,
The Solemnity of The Mother of God. 


[Editor: The Franciscans of The Immaculate have now been hamstrung
and put into "Special Measures" by the current Pope (Pope Francis).

Nobody knows why.

Only Pope Francis knows why.]


Zephyrinus suggests that people all over the World send respectful and polite
E-Mails to The Vatican, asking for His Holiness, Pope Francis, to release
The Franciscans of The Immaculate from their Spiritual Imprisonment.

Pope Francis does not have a direct E-Mailing address,
but you can E-Mail the Vatican's Press Office at
av@pccs.va


Alternately, you can mail His Holiness, The Pope, by sending a Letter to this address:

His Holiness Pope Francis PP.
00120 Via del Pellegrino
Citta del Vaticano.

or

His Holiness Pope Francis
Apostolic Palace
Vatican City

or

His Holiness Pope Francis
Vatican City State, 00120.





The following Article can be found at CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

Fr. George Roth: A Day With Mary, Our Lady of Fatima.

It is still The Month (October) of The Holy Rosary, and, in this brilliant Sermon,
Fr. Roth gives us some solid Catholic reminders.



"The July 1917 Secret of Fatima
and Our Present Day".
Sermon by Fr George Roth, F.I.
A Day With Mary.
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PRAY THE ROSARY.

SAY THE DIVINE OFFICE
IN
THE BREVIARY.

GO TO CONFESSION.

GO TO THE DIVINE MASS.

GO TO HOLY COMMUNION,
WORTHILY,
IN A STATE OF GRACE.

Tuesday 25 October 2016

The Battle Of Agincourt. 601st Anniversary. Saint Crispin's Day. 25 October 1415.


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


The Morning of The Battle of Agincourt,
25 October 1415.
Artist: Sir John Gilbert (1817–1897).
Date: 1884.
Author: Sir John Gilbert (1817–1897).
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Thanksgiving Service on The Field of Agincourt.
Date: Pre-1909.
Source: Edmund Bleigh, Leighton (1909) "The Thanksgiving Service on The Field of Agincourt"
in Cassell's History of England (Volume 1. The King's Edition ed.), London, New York,
Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, pp. p. 557 Retrieved on 19 June 2009.
Author: Edmund Leighton (1853–1922).
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Battle of Agincourt:
The Bloodiest Battle of The Mediaeval Age
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The Coats-of-Arms of the Commanders of the English Army at The Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
On the Left: King Henry V of England.
In the Middle: Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York. (Killed at Agincourt).
On the Right: Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester.

Illustration Credits:

King Henry V of England. Date: 20 July 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Sodacan. (Wikimedia Commons).

Edward of Langley, Duke of York. Date: 28 October 2007. Source: Elements from 50px and
[Image: Blason Beaumont sur Sarthe 7]. Author: Ipankonin. (Wikimedia Commons).

Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester. Date: 16 July 2013. Source: Own work. Author: Sodacan. (Wikimedia Commons).

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of thirty-five in 1422. He was the second English Monarch who came from The House of Lancaster.

After military experience fighting the Welsh during the Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr, and against the powerful aristocratic Percys of Northumberland at The Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry came into political conflict with his father, whose health was increasingly precarious from 1405 onward. After his father's death in 1413, Henry assumed control of the Country and embarked on war with France in the ongoing Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) between the two nations. His military successes culminated in his famous victory at The Battle of Agincourt (1415) and saw him come close to conquering France.

Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York, KG (c.1373 – 25 October 1415), was the eldest son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, by his first wife, Isabella of Castile, and the grandson of Edward III. He held significant appointments during the Reigns of three Monarchs, Richard II,
Henry IV, and Henry V, and was slain at The Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Pembroke, KG (3 October 1390 – 
23 February 1447), was "son, brother and uncle of Kings", being the fourth and youngest son of King Henry IV of England by his first wife, Mary de Bohun, brother to King Henry V of England, and uncle to the latter's son, King Henry VI of England.

As a son of The Sovereign, Humphrey bore the Arms of the Kingdom, differenced by a Bordure Argent. [A Bordure Argent is a Silver Border]


Facsimile of The Agincourt Carol (15th-Century).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Manuscript Archives.
Source: English Carols of the 15th-Century.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Battle of Agincourt.
Henry V.
1944.
Sir William Walton.
Available on YouTube at


Cry God For Harry, England, and Saint George".
Henry V.
Sir Laurence Olivier.
1944.
Available on YouTube at

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Or close the wall up with our English dead !

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man

As modest stillness and humility:

But when the blast of war blows in our ears,

Then imitate the action of the tiger;

Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,

Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;

Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;

Let pry through the portage of the head

Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it

As fearfully as doth a galled rock

O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,

Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.

Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,

Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit

To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.

Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof !

Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,

Have in these parts from morn till even fought

And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:

Dishonour not your mothers; now attest

That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.

Be copy now to men of grosser blood,

And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,

Whose limbs were made in England, show us here

The mettle of your pasture; let us swear

That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;

For there is none of you so mean and base,

That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,

Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge

Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George !'



Saint Crispin's Day Speech.
Henry V.
Sir Laurence Olivier.
1944.
Available on YouTube at

What's he that wishes so ?

My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin:

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to

The fewer men, the greater share of honour.

God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,

That he which hath no stomach to this fight,

Let him depart; his passport shall be made

And crowns for convoy put into his purse:

We would not die in that man's company

That fears his fellowship to die with us.

This day is called the feast of Crispian:

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,

Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,

And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'

Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.

And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'

Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,

But he'll remember with advantages

What feats he did that day: then shall our names.

Familiar in his mouth as household words

Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,

Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,

Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remember'd;

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in England now a-bed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day.


                         

The Coats-of-Arms of the Commanders of the French Army at The Battle of Agincourt, 1415.

On the Left: Charles d'Albret, Constable of France. Co-Commander of Army). (Killed at Agincourt).
In the Middle: Jean II Le Maingre, called Boucicaut. Marshal of France. (Captured at Agincourt).
On the Right: Charles of Orléans. Duke of Orléans. (Captured at Agincourt).

Illustration Credits:

Charles d'Albret, Constable of France. Date: 21 January 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Odejea. (Wikimedia Commons).

Jean II Le Maingre, called Boucicaut. Marshal of France. Date: 24 May 2007. Source: Perso Inkscape. Author: Patrice Panaget. (Wikimedia Commons).

Charles of Orléans. Duke of Orléans. Date: 6 July 2007. Source: Own work. Author:
Syryatsu. (Wikimedia Commons).

Charles d'Albret (died 25 October 1415) was Constable of France from 1402 until 1411, and again from 1413 until 1415. He was also the Co-Commander of the French Army at the Battle of Agincourt, where he was killed by the English Army led by King Henry V.

Jean II Le Maingre (in Old French, Jehan le Meingre), called Boucicaut (1366 — 1421) was Marshal of France and a Knight renowned for his military skill. In the Battle of Agincourt, 1415, he Commanded the French Vanguard, but was captured by the English and died six years later in Yorkshire.

Charles of Orléans (1394 – 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407. Charles was one of the many French noblemen at the Battle of Agincourt. He was discovered unwounded, but trapped under a pile of corpses, incapacitated by the weight of his own armour. He was taken prisoner by the English, and spent the next twenty-four years being moved from one Castle to another in England.




The Agincourt Carol,
by Maddy Prior and June Tabor.
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