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

Sunday 18 March 2018

Renée Fleming. "Baïléro". Songs of the Auvergne. Joseph Canteloube.



English: Panorama from the summit of the Puy de Dôme, in The Auvergne.
Français: Chaîne des Puys (département du Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne). Panorama
du sommet du Puy de Dôme allant du Puy de Come à gauche jusqu'au Puy de Pariou.
Photo: 16 July 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Romary.
(Wikimedia Commons)


"Baïléro".
Songs of the Auvergne.
Composer: Joseph Canteloube.
Sung by: 
Renée Fleming.
Available on YouTube at

Passion Sunday. The Lenten Station Is At The Basilica Of Saint Peter's.



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

Passion Sunday.


Station at Saint Peter's.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

Privilege of The First Class.

Violet Vestments.




"They took up stones, therefore, to cast at Him; 
but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the Temple.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.





English: Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome. 
The iconic dome dominates the skyline. Christianity became the dominant religion of Western Civilisation when The Roman Empire converted to Christianity.
Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.
Italiano: Veduta del Vaticano dal Tevere.
한국어: 테베레 강 방향의 성 베드로 대성전. 로마의
지평선을 압도하는 전통적인 돔 양식이다.
Kiswahili: Vatikani ikitazamwa kutoka mto Tiber.
中文: 从台伯河遥望梵蒂冈.
Photo: January 2005.
Source: Flickr.
Reviewer: Andre Engels.
(Wikimedia Commons)





Interior of Saint Peter's Basilica.
Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (1692–1765).
Date: 1731.
Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum, 
Missouri, United States of America.
(Wikimedia Commons)


"We are not unaware", says Saint Leo, "that, among all Christian celebrations, The Paschal Mystery holds the first place. Our manner of living throughout the whole year, by reforming our ways, ought to give us the dispositions for keeping it worthily and in a fitting manner. These present days, which we know to be close to that most sublime Sacrament of Divine Mercy, require Devotion in a yet higher degree" (Second Nocturn).

The Mystery, of which Saint Leo speaks, is Our Redeemer's Passion, whose Anniversary is close at hand. Priest and Mediator of The New Testament, Jesus will soon ascend His Cross, and The Blood, which He will shed, He will offer to His Father, entering into The Holies, which is Heaven itself (Epistle).

The Church sings: "All hail, thou Mystery adored ! Hail, Cross !, on which The Life Himself died, and by death our life restored ! " (Hymn of Vespers). The Eucharist is the Memorial of this boundless love of a God for men, for, when instituting it, Our Lord said: "This is My Body, which shall be delivered for you; this Chalice is The New Testament in My Blood. Do this . . . in Commemoration of Me " (Communion).

What is the response of Man to all these Divine Favours ? "His own received Him not," says Saint John, speaking of the welcome which the Jews gave Jesus. "For good, they rendered Him evil, and prepared for Him nothing but insults." "You", Our Lord told them, "dishonour Me," and, in fact, the Gospel shows us the ever-growing hatred of the Sanhedrin.



English: Sangallo's design for Saint Peter's Basilica.
Italiano: Progetto di Antonio da Sangallo per San Pietro in Vaticano.
Date: 30 June 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from it.wikipedia; transferred to Commons
Author: Original uploader was Etienne (Li) at it.wikipedia
(Wikimedia Commons)


Abraham, the father of God's people, firmly believed The Divine Promises, which heralded the future Messias, and, in Limbo, his Soul, which, as believing was beyond the reach of eternal death, rejoiced to see these promises fulfilled in The Coming of Christ.

But the Jews, who ought to have recognised in Jesus, The Son of God, greater than Abraham and The Prophets, because eternal, misunderstood the meaning of His words, insulted Him by treating Him as a blasphemer and "possessed", and tried to stone Him (Gospel). And God tells Him, in the person of Jeremias: "Be not afraid at their presence. For I am with Thee, to deliver Thee, saith the Lord . . . For, behold, I have made Thee this day a Fortified City and a Pillar of Iron and a Wall of Brass, over all the land, to the Kings of Juda, to the Princes thereof and to the Priests and to the people of the land. And they shall fight against Thee and shall not prevail. For I am with Thee, saith the Lord, to deliver Thee" (First Nocturn).

"I seek not My Own Glory", says Jesus, "there is One That seeketh and judgeth" (Gospel). And, by the mouth of The Psalmist, He goes on: "Judge Me, O God, and plead My cause against an ungodly Nation: O deliver Me from the unjust and deceitful man." This "lying" people Our Lord declares to be the Jews. The Psalmist continues: "Deliver Me, O Lord, from My enemies . . .from the unjust man Thou wilt deliver Me" (Gradual).



English: Saint Peter's Basilica. 
Seen from the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo.
Deutsch: Murcianodom in Rom, gesehen vom Dach 
der Engelsburg, auch Tartarugadom genannt.
Photo: September 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Stuck.
(Wikimedia Commons)


"The Lord, Who is Just, will cut the necks of sinners" (Tract). God will not permit men to lay their hands on Jesus until His hour is come (Gospel), and when that hour of sacrifice came, He snatched His Son from the hands of evil men by raising Him from the dead. This Death and Resurrection had been foretold by The Prophets and typified in Isaac, when, on the point of being sacrificed at God's command, by Abraham his father, he was restored to life by Almighty God, his place being taken by a ram, who became a type of The Lamb of God, offered in man's stead.

Thus, Our Lord, in His First Coming, was to be humbled and made to suffer; not until later will He appear in all His power. But the Jews, blinded by their passions, could appreciate only one kind of coming, a coming in triumph, and so, scandalised by The Cross of Christ, they rejected Him. In their turn, Almighty God rejected them, while graciously receiving those who put their trust in The Redemption of Jesus Christ, uniting their sufferings to His.

"Rightly, and under the guidance of The Holy Ghost," says Saint Leo, "did The Holy Apostles institute these days of more rigorous Fasting, so that, by a common sharing in The Cross of Christ, even we ourselves may do something towards uniting ourselves with the work that He has accomplished for us". As Saint Paul says: "If we suffer with Him, we also shall be glorified with Him." Where we find Our Lord's sufferings being shared, there can we look on the attainment of the happiness promised by Him as a thing safe and assured."



Crepuscular rays are regularly seen 
in Saint Peter's Basilica at certain times each day.
Photo: 6 October 2008 (original upload date) 
2 July 2008 (according to EXIF data).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia by SreeBot.
Author: Jraytram at en.wikipedia.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Today's Lenten Station is in the Basilica of Saint Peter, raised on the site of Nero's Circus, where The Prince of The Apostles died, like his Divine Master, on a Cross.

In recalling Our Lord's Passion, the Anniversary of which draws near, let us remember that, if we are to experience its saving effects, we must, like The Master, know how to suffer persecution for justice sake. And when, as Members of God's Family, we are persecuted with, and like, Our Lord, let us ask of God, that we may be "governed in body" and "kept in mind".

Mass: Júdica me.
Until Maundy Thursday, in Masses of The Season, the Psalm "Judica" is omitted, as well as the "Gloria Patri", after the Introit and the Lavabo.
Second Collect: From this day until Saturday in albis, The Second Collect is Against The Persecutors of The Church, or, For The Pope. No Third Collect is required.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.



"Vexilla Regis Prodeunt" 
(Forth Comes the Standard of The King).

The Hymn (First Tone) at Second Vespers 
on Passion Sunday.
Sung by 
Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis.
Direttore: Giovanni Vianini. 
Milano, Italia.
Available on YouTube at




The Dome of 
Saint Peter's Basilica.
Photo: October 2006.
Source: Made by Pasztilla.
Author: Attila Terbócs.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late-Renaissance Church, located within The Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest Interior of any Christian Church in the World.

While it is neither the Official Mother Church of The Roman Catholic Church, nor The Cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, Saint Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in The Christian World" and as "the greatest of all Churches of Christendom".

In Roman Catholic Tradition, the Basilica is the burial site of its namesake, Saint Peter, who was one of The Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the first Bishop of Rome, and, therefore, first in the line of The Papal Succession. Tradition and some historical evidence hold that Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the Altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at Saint Peter's since the Early-Christian period. There has been a Church on this site since the 4th-Century A.D. Construction of the present Basilica, over the old Constantinian Basilica, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.

Saint Peter's is famous as a place of Pilgrimage, for its Liturgical functions and for its historical associations. It is associated with The Papacy, with The Counter-Reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. Contrary to popular conception, Saint Peter's is not a Cathedral, as it is not the Seat of a Bishop. It is properly termed a Papal Basilica. The Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran is the Cathedral Church of Rome.

Saturday 17 March 2018

Breathtakingly Beautiful. Wells Cathedral.



The Nave, Wells Cathedral.
Illustrations: ON THE LUCE



The Organ and Choir, Wells Cathedral.
Illustration: ON THE LUCE

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican Cathedral in Wells, Somerset. The Cathedral, Dedicated to Saint Andrew the Apostle, is the Seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It is the Mother Church of the Diocese and contains the Bishop's Throne (Cathedra).

It was built between 1175 and 1490, replacing an earlier Church built on the same site in 705 A.D. It is moderately-sized among the Mediaeval Cathedrals of England, between those of massive proportion, such as Lincoln Cathedral and York Minster, and the smaller Cathedrals in Oxford and Carlisle.

With its broad West Front and large Central Tower, it is the dominant feature of its small Cathedral City and a landmark in the Somerset countryside. Wells has been described as: "Unquestionably, one of the most beautiful", and as, "the most poetic", of English Cathedrals.


The West Front of Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
Source: Own work.
Permission: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: 
CC-BY-SA 3.0".
Author: Diliff.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Cathedral's Architecture presents a harmonious whole, which is entirely Gothic-Style, and mostly in The Early English-Style of The Late-12th- and Early-13th-Centuries. In this respect, Wells Cathedral differs from most other English Mediaeval Cathedrals, which have parts in the earlier Romanesque-Style, introduced to Britain by The Normans in the 11th-Century.

Work commenced in about 1175, at the East End, with the building of The Choir. The historian John Harvey considers it to be the first truly-Gothic structure in Europe, having broken from the last constraints of Romanesque. The stonework of its pointed Arcades and fluted Piers is enriched by the complexity of pronounced Mouldings and the vitality of its carved Capitals in a Foliate-Style known as "Stiff Leaf".

Its Exterior has an Early-English façade displaying more than 300 sculpted figures, described by Harvey as "the supreme triumph of the combined Plastic Arts in England". The East End retains much ancient Stained-Glass, which is rare in England.

Unlike many English Cathedrals of Monastic Foundation, Wells Cathedral has an exceptional number of surviving Secular Buildings associated with its Chapter of Secular Canons, including The Bishop's Palace and Vicars' Close, a Residential Street that has remained intact since the
15th-Century. The Cathedral is a Grade I-Listed Building.

Saturday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Nicholas-In-Prison (San Nicola-In-Carcere).



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

Saturday of The Fourth Week in Lent.


Station at Saint Nicholas-in-Prison (San Nicola-in-Carcere).

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.




English: Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison (San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy.
Català: San Nicola in Carcere és una església a Roma, Italia.
Italiano: San Nicola in Carcere è una chiesa di Roma.
Español: San Nicola in Carcere es una iglesia en Roma, Italia.
Deutsch: San Nicola in Carcere ist eine Kirche in Rom.
Photo: March 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: sailko.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Station is at a Church built on the ruins of three pagan temples and Consecrated to Saint Nicholas. It is called "in Carcere" because, in former times, it had a dungeon.

Here are Venerated the Remains of The Holy Martyrs; Mark, Marcellinus, Faustinus, Simplicius, Beatrice. The Remains are contained in an ancient urn, placed under The High Altar. The Interior of the Church, in the form of a Basilica, is very harmonious.



Interior of San Nicola-in-Carcere.




Saint Nicholas-in-Prison 
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy.



However, before the 8th-Century A.D., The Lenten Station was kept at Saint Laurence "in Lucina"; this is why so many allusions to "Light" are made in this Mass. Water is also often mentioned; it reminds the Catechumens of The Water of Baptism for which they are longing; besides, it alludes also to the fact that The Stational Procession, coming from the Church of Sant'Angelo "Piscium Venditor" (at Castel Sant'Angelo) had to walk along the River Tiber.



A side-view of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison (San Nicola-in-Carcere).
Photo: August 2007.
Uploaded by Kurpfalzbilder.de
from Mexico City, Mexico.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Isaias, from whom the Introit and the Epistle of the Mass are taken, sees hastening from all sides the Catechumens and Public Penitents who are waiting with Holy Impatience for The Easter Feast, when, at last, their Souls may quench their thirst in The Springs of Grace through The Sacraments of Baptism and Penance.

They were in darkness and Jesus gives them Light (Epistle), for He tells us, in the Gospel, that He is The Light of The World and that he who follows Him walketh not in darkness, but in The Light of Life.

[Jesus was at Jerusalem, at the beginning of the third year of His public ministry, to assist at The Feast of Tabernacles. Two large "Sconces" [Editor: A Sconce is a type of Light Fixture affixed to a wall, in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the Light is usually directed upwards, but not always], lighted in the temple, could be seen from the whole City of Jerusalem. It was then that Jesus declared Himself to be The Light of The World].

Let us also, by Penance, cast out sin from our hearts, and let us ask Christ to fill them with The Light of His Grace.

Mass: Sitiéntes.



The Minor Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison 
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy.
Photo: April 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/San_Nicola_in_Carcere

San Nicola-in-Carcere, Rome, is a Church Dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, the Patron Saint of Sailors and of Children, and the remote cause of the phenomenon of Santa Claus. It is a Minor Basilica and a Titular Church, and is also the Regional Church for those people from Puglia and Lucania living in Rome. However, it is no longer a Parish Church. The address is Via del Teatro di Marcello 46 in the rione Ripa, just north of the Bocca del Verità.




The Left Aisle of the Minor Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison 
(San Nicola-in-Carcere, Rome, Italy.


Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Church, is that it incorporates the remains of three temples of The Republican Era (2nd-Century B.C.), which used to stand in a row, side by side in the ancient Forum Holitorium, with their entrances facing East. It is difficult to determine, from the extant sources, which temple was dedicated to which divinity, but the consensus is as follows.
The Northernmost was dedicated to Janus, and had two rows of six Ionic Columns of Peperino at the Entrance and eight Columns down each side. Two Columns survive to the North, and seven Columns to the South, embedded with their Architrave in the Church's North Wall. Well-preserved parts of the Podium also survive in the Crypt.




Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison (San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy.
The two Columns, standing on the Left of the picture, are "Peperino Columns".
Photo: July 2008.
Source: Own Work.
Author: Jensens.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The site of the middle temple is occupied by the Church; the temple was dedicated to Juno Sospita and was in the Ionic Style. Three Columns survive (out of six Columns), embedded in the façade, and other Remains exist in the Crypt and also at the end of the Left Aisle.

The Southern, much smaller, temple was dedicated to Spes ("Hope" personified as a goddess). It was in the Doric Style, with six Columns at the Entrance and eleven Columns down each side. Seven Columns of the North Side are embedded in the South Wall of the Church.

There used to be a fourth temple, just to the North, the temple of Pietas, built by Manius Acilius Glabrio, who was Consul in 191 B.C., but this was demolished for the construction of the Theatre of Marcellus.




English: The Minor Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy, with Roman Relics attached.
German: San Nicola-in-Carcere (Rom) mit altrömischen Relikten.
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner.
(Wikimedia Commons)


How the three temples became a Church is completely obscure. A surmise is that the middle temple was converted into a Church in the 6th-Century A.D., but there is no documentary evidence at all. The name "Carcere", meaning "prison", is also puzzling. There is a reference, in Pliny, which reads: " . . . Templo Pietatis exstructo in illius carceris sede ubi nunc Marcelli theatro est" ("The Temple of Piety was built on the site of the prison, where the Theatre of Marcellus now is"), but, if this is the same prison, it requires a memory of it to have persisted for at least seven hundred years.




The High Altar, 
Basilica of San Nicola-in-Carcere, 
Rome, Italy.


Alternatively, one of the temples could have been used as a prison during periods of civic disorder during the Early-Dark Ages, such as the Sacking of the City by Barbarians in the 5th-Century A.D., or The Gothic Wars in the 6th-Century A.D. Citizens may have been imprisoned in order to extort ransoms. However, these theories again have no documentary evidence. The puzzle of the name caused people in The Middle Ages to mistake the Church for the site of The Mamertine Prison.

The first certain reference is from 1128 A.D, attested by a Plaque in the Church recalling its rebuilding and Consecration. The Inscription is not easy to read, and the Diocese has the year as 1088 A.D. The Dedication to Saint Nicholas was perhaps as a result of the Greek population, then living in the area, as the Saint has always been popular in The Byzantine Rite. However, he has long been popular in The West, as well, and his Shrine is at Bari (which is why this is the Puglian Regional Church).




Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison 
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome, Italy.
Photo: July 2006.
Source: Flickr
Reviewer: Mac9.
(Wikimedia Commons)


In the 11th-Century, the Church was known as San Nicola Petrus Leonis, referring to the Convert Jewish Pierleoni family, who rebuilt the nearby Theatre of Marcellus as a fortress. (They became famous Roman Patricians in The Middle Ages.) It was re-modelled in 1599, when the present Mannerist façade was added, and restored in the 19th-Century on the orders of Blessed Pope Pius IX.

In the 20th-Century, the edifice almost succumbed to the nationalist passion for excavating and exposing the surviving architectural Remains of The Roman Empire. The surrounding buildings, many of them Mediaeval, were demolished, leaving the Church isolated. When Mussolini 's grandiose Via del Mare road scheme was executed, the present wide road was pushed through at a much lower level than the original street, and hence the Church is now only accessible in front by steps.

An engraving, by Vasi, shows the "Streetscape" before all this destruction (see the "Romeartlover" external link at "Romeartlover" web-page with Vasi engraving "Roma Sotteranea" web-page). A further unfortunate result was that the surrounding area was depopulated (few people live around here, even now), and this left the ancient Parish unviable. The Parish was Suppressed in 1931, and the Church made dependent on Santa Maria-in-Campitelli.





An image depicting the position of the present Basilica

in relation to the original three Roman Republican-era temples.

Friday 16 March 2018

Sunday, 18 March 2018. 1030 hrs. Saint Patrick's Day Parade With London Irish United For Life.

♣ ♣ 


♣ ♣ 

Last weekend saw the All Ireland Rally for Life in Dublin, at which up to 100,000 people Marched for Life, for mothers and babies and to save The Eighth Amendment to The Irish Constitution !!!

Especially if you’re Irish or have Irish ancestry (but even if you’re not), to signify your solidarity with this campaign, please join London Irish United For Life as they ATTEND THE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE.

♣ ♣ 


♣ ♣ 

The plan for this is:

 Meet, on Sunday, 18 March 2018, at the Church of The Immaculate Conception (Farm Street), 114, Mount Street, London W1K 3AH, at 10:30 hrs for tea and coffee.

Walk to The March starting area between Hyde Park Corner and Half Moon Street in Piccadilly (nearest Tube Stations are Hyde Park Corner and Green Park).

 Those coming late, or who miss the 10:30 hrs Meeting, can come to The London Irish United For Life starting area, which will be in Section E, Number 57, which is predicted to be between Down Street and Old Park Lane.

♣ Stewards in Pink High-Vis Jackets will be there to direct people to Sections. People should look out for signs saying "Section E".

♣ Everyone needs to be in place by 11:15.
 Posters will be provided. Remember to wear Green !!!

Last year, the ABORTION Lobby received a boost by the London Irish Abortion Rights Campaign forming a section in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade 2017. 

This will be an important way to give balance, show support for the fight for The Right To Life of Unborn Children, and to bolster The Save The Eighth Campaign in Ireland.

Please do share, invite others, and come along.

♣ ♣ 


♣ ♣ 

Thanks in advance for all your help, and thanks again for all that you do to help safeguard human dignity and The Right To Life.

With our kindest regards,

The Team at RIGHT TO LIFE

Friday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Eusebius.



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

Friday of The Fourth Week in Lent.

Station at Saint Eusebius's.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.



English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.
Français: Eglise de Sant'Eusebio all'Esquillino 
sur la via Napoleone III à Rome.
Photo: April 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: LPLT.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Lenten Station is at the Sanctuary erected on the site of the house where Saint Eusebius, an ardent defender of The Faith against Arius, died a Martyr. In the 5th-Century A.D., it was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome. This Sanctuary may have been chosen in which to read the Epistle and Gospel relating to Resurrections, since it is situated near the Great Cemetery of The Esquiline.

As in The Mass of yesterday, the Epistle and Gospel tell us of a Double Resurrection, an image of that which was to operate in the Souls of Catechumens and Public Penitents at The Easter Festival, and in the Souls of sinners during The Season of Lent.


The Glory of Saint Eusebius.
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779).
Date: 1757.
Current location: The Ceiling of Chiesa di Sant'Eusebio,
Rome (Church of Saint Eusebius, Rome).
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Both the widow of Sarepta, who went to Eliseus, and the mother who had recourse to Elias, represent the Gentiles, as they were both of heathen Race. Our Souls have, through the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance, shared in The Resurrection of Him Who is "The Life" (Gospel).


English: The High Altar, 
Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.
Italiano: Roma, sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino: 
altar maggiore.
Photo: October 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa.
(Wikimedia Commons)


In the same way, the bodily death of the son of the widow of Naim, and that of Lazarus represent the Spiritual death of our Souls, caused by grievous sin. Penance restores them to life and brings them under the supernatural influence of Him Who is "The Resurrection" (Gospel).

By Prayer and Penance, let us provide for our Spiritual interests (Collect).

Mass: Meditátio cordis.


English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome, Italy.
Deutsch: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, Kirche in Rom, Italien.
Italiano: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, chiesa a Roma, Italia.
Français: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, église à Rome, Italie.
Photo: November 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: © Claudius Ziehr.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Sant'Eusebio is a Basilica Church in Rome, devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th-Century A.D. Martyr, and built in the Monti rione, District of Rome.

The Church is first mentioned in 474 A.D., by an inscription in The Catacombs of Saints Marcellino e Pietro ad duas Lauros, and recorded as the "Titulus Eusebii" in The Acts of The 499 A.D. Synod. It was Consecrated "in honorem beatorum Eusebii et Vincentii" by Pope Gregory IX, after the restoration of 1238. The Romanesque Style, dating back to this restoration, survived the restorations of the 17th-, 18th- and 20th-Centuries. The Titulus S. Eusebii is held by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston in Texas, USA.

The Interior is separated into a Nave with two flanking Aisles. The present design dates to 1600, by Onorio Longhi, who restored the Presbytery, High Altar, and Choir. The Ceiling fresco is a Neo-Classical masterpiece of Anton Raphael Mengs, depicting The Glory of Sant’Eusebio (1757). Other paintings in the Church are attributed to Giuseppe Passeri (Central Nave Window), Andreas Ruthart (Choir), Baldassarre Croce (Jesus, Mary, and Saints near The High Altar), Cesare Rossetti (Crucifix at The High Altar, facing Choir), Pompeo Bastoni (Madonna and Bambino near The High Altar) and Francesco Solimena.
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