"Did You Not Hear My Lady ?". Composer: George Frederick Handel. Sung By: Aled Jones.

Illustration: AMERICAN GALLERY

"Did You Not Hear My Lady ?"

Sung by: Aled Jones.

Composer: George Frederick Handel 

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“Silent Worship”.

Did you not hear My Lady

Go down the garden singing ?

Blackbird and thrush were silent

To hear the alleys ringing.

Oh saw you not My Lady

Out in the garden there ?

Shaming the rose and lily

For she is twice as fair.

Though I am nothing to her

Though she must rarely look at me

And though I could never woo her

I love her till I die.

Surely you heard My Lady

Go down the garden singing ?

Silencing all the songbirds

And setting the alleys ringing.

But surely you see My Lady

Out in the garden there,

Rivalling the glittering sunshine

With a glory of golden hair.

"Non lo dirò col labbro".

Allessandro's cavatina in Act 1 of Tolomeo.

Non lo dirò col labbro

Che tanto ardir non ha.

Forse con le faville

Dell'avide pupille,

Per dir come tutt'ardo,

Lo sguardo parlera.

The song “Silent Worship” is a 1928 adaptation by Arthur Somervell of the aria “Non lo dirò col labbro” from Handel’s 1728 opera Tolomeo (Ptolemy). Somervell’s English-language adaptation is for voice and piano, and it has remained a popular classic in song recitals and home music-making. Other arrangements of Somervell’s translation include voice accompanied by a modern symphony orchestra, and male choir.

“Silent Worship” is featured in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma, where it is sung by Gwyneth Paltrow (as Emma) and Ewan McGregor (as Frank Churchill). Although Somervell’s 1928 English adaptation of the 1728 Handel aria was done more than a century after Austen’s 1815 novel, the original Italian aria was recorded in Jane Austen’s own handwritten songbooks. In the film, Somervell’s piano introduction to the song is shortened.

The Presentation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day, Today, 21 November.

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

The Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
   Feast Day 21 November.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Presentation of The Virgin Mary (detail).

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Italiano: Tiziano. Presentazione al Tempio (dettaglio).

Date: 1534 - 1538.

Current location: Accademia of Venice.

Source: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.

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After having Solemnised, on 8 September, The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin, and, four days later, The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, a name given to her a short time before her Birth, The Cycle Celebrates on this day The Presentation in The Temple of The Child of Benediction.

These first three Feasts of Mary's Cycle are an echo of The Christological Cycle, which, likewise, celebrates:

The Birth of Jesus, 25 December;

The Imposition of His Holy Name, 2 January;

His Presentation in the Temple, 2 February.

English: Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary

in The Temple.

Italiano: Presentazione di maria al tempio.

Artist: Alfonso Boschi.

Date: 17th-Century.

Source: Giovanni Piccirillo (a cura di),

La chiesa dei Santi Michele e Gaetano,

Becocci Editore, Firenze 2006.

Author: sailko

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The Feast of The Presentation of Mary is founded on a pious Tradition, originated by two apocryphal Gospels, which relate that The Blessed Virgin was Presented in the Temple of Jerusalem, when three years old, and that she lived there, with other girls and the Holy Women, who had them in their care. Already in the 6th-Century A.D., the event is Commemorated in The East and the Emperor, Michael Comnenus, alludes to it in a Constitution of 1166.

English: The Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Monastery Church of The Assumption,

Dillingen-on-the-Danube, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: de:Klosterkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt

(Dillingen an der Donau) der Dillinger Franziskanerinnen in Dillingen an der Donau, Fresko mit der Darstellung des Tempelganges Mariens.

Photo: 26 September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter

(Wikimedia Commons)

A French nobleman, Philippe de Maizières, who was Chancellor at the Court of The King of Cyprus, having been sent in 1372 as Ambassador to Pope Gregory XI, at Avignon, related to the Pope with what magnificence The Feast was Solemnised in Greece, on 21 November. His Holiness introduced The Feast at Avignon and Pope Sixtus V introduced it at Rome in 1585. Pope Clement VIII raised it to the Rank of Greater-Double and re-arranged The Office.

Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary: “Et te in Præsentatióne”.

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Sung Holy Tridentine Mass For The Solemnity Of Saint Eugène. Bishop And Martyr. Patron Of The Church of Saint-Eugène - Sainte-Cécile, Paris.

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English: Holy Mass for The Solemnity of Saint Eugène.

Bishop and Martyr and Patron of the Church of

Saint-Eugène - Sainte-Cécile, Paris.

Français: Sainte messe de la solennité 

de saint Eugène, évêque & martyr, patron.

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day . . .

Germany is now advising people

to stock up on Cheese and Sausages.

This is called . . .

German Wurst.

Illustration: GEO.DE

German Käse.

Illustration: EMSA

“Our Lady Of A Good Death”. By: Fr. Stephen Morrison O.Præm. “A Day With Mary”.

“Our Lady Of A Good Death”.

By: Fr. Stephen Morrison O.Præm.

 “A Day With Mary”.

Available on YouTube

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Saint Felix Of Valois. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 20 November.

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

Saint Felix Of Valois.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 20 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Felix of Valois.

Illustration: ALCHETRON

Saint Felix of Valois.

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Saint Felix of Valois Founded, with Saint John of Matha, The Order of The Most Holy Trinity for the ransom of captives. He belonged to the Royal Family of France and distinguished himself as a child by his compassion for those in trouble.

Wishing to put aside any claim to the Throne of France, he renounced all he possessed (Gospel) and retired to a desert, near Meaux, France, where he was joined by Saint John of Matha [Editor: Feast Day 8 February].

In consequence of a vision, they left their solitude and went to Rome. Pope Innocent III approved the Institute Founded by them for the redemption of captives (Collect). They were ready to suffer hunger and thirst and all sorts of ill-treatment to deliver their brethren (Epistle).

On their return to France, they presented themselves before King Philip-Augustus, who was most generous towards them. The Lord of Chatillion gave them a place called Cerfroi, where they Founded the Monastery which was the principal one of their Order.

Saint Felix gave his Soul to God in 1212.

Mass: Justus.

Man Rescued An Owl. A Few Months Later, She Did Something That Made Everyone Cry. Whoever Said That Animals Do Not Have A Soul, Is Mistaken.

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After being hit by a car and left for dead, a Great Horned Owl, named Gigi, was in rough shape. But, thanks to concerned citizens and the good people at Wild at Heart Animal Rescue Clinic, Gigi was saved and nursed back to health.

It was a massive job for the clinic, since Gigi sustained

huge injuries, which were complicated by other health issues like infections. The clinic was pleasantly surprised to watch Gigi recover, and even form a bond with Bird Specialist and Clinic President, Doug Pojeky.

Doug put his heart and Soul into helping the Owl recover,

and he was shocked by her beautiful response to him.

Saint Pontianus. Pope And Martyr. The First Pope To Abdicate. Feast Day 19 November.

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

Saint Pontianus.
   Pope And Martyr.
   Feast Day 19 November.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Pontianus was deported to Sardinia with the Priest, Hippolytus, by order of The Emperor Alexander.

He was scourged to death in 235 A.D.

Mass: Státuit.
Gospel: Nihil est.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235 A.D.) was Pope from 21 July 230 A.D. to 28 September 235 A.D.

In 235 A.D., during the Persecution of Christians in the Reign of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pope Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia. He resigned to make the Election of a new Pope possible.

A little more is known of Pope Pontian than his predecessors, apparently from a lost Papal Chronicle that was available to the compiler of the Liberian Catalogue of Bishops of Rome, written in the 4th-Century A.D. 

The Liber Pontificalis states that he was a Roman citizen and that his father’s name was Calpurnius. Early-Church historian Eusebius wrote that he Reigned for six years.

Pontian’s Pontificate was initially relatively peaceful under the Reign of the tolerant Emperor, Severus Alexander. He presided over the Roman Synod which approved Origen's expulsion and deposition by the Alexandrian Bishop, Demetrius, in 230 A.D. or 231 A.D. According to Eusebius, the next Emperor, Maximinus, overturned his predecessor’s policy of tolerance towards Christianity. 

Both Pope Pontian and the Anti-Pope, Hippolytus of Rome, were arrested and exiled to labour in the mines of Sardinia, generally regarded as a death sentence.

In light of his sentence, Pontian resigned as Bishop (the first Papal Renunciation), so as to allow an orderly transition in the Church of Rome, on 28 September 235 A.D. This date was recorded in the Liberian Catalogue and is notable for being the first full date of a Papal Reign given by contemporaries. 

This action ended a Schism that had existed in The Church for eighteen years. He was beaten to death with sticks. Neither Hippolytus nor Pontian survived, possibly reconciling with one another there, or in Rome, before their deaths. Pontian died in October 235 A.D.

Pope Fabian had the bodies of both Pontian and Hippolytus brought back to Rome in 236 A.D. or 237 A.D., and the former buried in the Papal Crypt in the Catacomb of Callixtus, on the Appian Way. 

The slab covering his tomb was discovered in 1909. On it, is inscribed in Greek: Ποντιανός Επίσκ (Pontianus Episk; in English, Pontianus Bishop). The inscription "Μάρτυρ", “MARTUR” had been added in another hand.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the General Roman Calendar of 1969, Pontian and Hippolytus are Commemorated jointly on 13 August. In those Catholic Communities which use a Historical Calendar, such as the General Roman Calendar of 1960, Pontian’s Feast Day is Celebrated on 19 November.

“Our Lady Of A Good Death”. By: Fr. Stephen Morrison O.Præm. “A Day With Mary”.

“Our Lady Of A Good Death”.

By: Fr. Stephen Morrison O.Præm.

 “A Day With Mary”.

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Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary. Widow. Heilige Elisabeth Von Thüringen. Árpád-Házi Szent Erzsébet. 1207-1231. Feast Day 19 November.

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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
   Feast Day 19 November.
   Widow.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Elizabeth Church, Budapest,

A statue of Saint Elizabeth showing The Miracle of The Roses,

in front of the Neo-Gothic Church Dedicated to Saint Elizabeth,

at Roses' Square (Rózsák tere), Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Az Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet-plébániatemplom

Budapesten. Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet szobra a templommal.

Photo: 19 June 2008.

Source: Pasztilla.

Author: User:Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Flag of The Kingdom of Hungary

between 21 December 1867 - 12 November 1918.

Magyar: A Magyar Királyság

zászlaja 1867. december 21. és 1918. november 12. között.

Date: 6 August 2008.

Source: Own work, based on Flags of the World - Hungary -

Historical Flags (1867-1918) and Flag of Hungary 1940.svg

Angels are vectored from Hungary medium coa 1910.png

Author: Thommy

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Elizabeth of Hungary, Third Order Of Saint Francis (T.O.S.F.), (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet), 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231, was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Germany, and a greatly-Venerated Catholic Saint.

Elizabeth was married at the age of fourteen, and widowed at twenty. After her husband's death, she sent her children away and regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital, where she served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian Charity, after her death at the age of twenty-four, and was quickly Canonised.

Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. Her mother's sister was Saint Hedwig of Andechs, wife of Duke Heinrich I of Silesia. Her ancestry included many notable figures of European Royalty, going back as far as Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus.

Saint Elizabeth, spinning wool for The Poor.

By Marianne Stokes (1895).

Current location: Private collection

Source/Photographer: Own work, user:Rlbberlin

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to Tradition, she was born in the Castle of Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, on 7 July 1207. According to a different Tradition, she was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia), where she lived in the Castle of Posonium until the age of four.

A Sermon, printed in 1497 by the Franciscan Friar, Osvaldus de Lasco, a Church Official in Hungary, is the first to name Sárospatak as the Saint’s birthplace, perhaps building on local Tradition. The veracity of this account is not without reproach: Osvaldus also transforms the Miracle of the Roses (see below) to Elizabeth’s childhood in Sárospatak, and has her leave Hungary at the age of five.

Elizabeth was brought to the Court of the Rulers of Thuringia, in Central Germany, to become betrothed to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. She was raised by the Thuringian Court, so she would be familiar with the local language and culture.

English: Saint Elizabeth washing a beggar.

A 15th-Century scene from The High Altar

of Saint Elizabeth's Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.

Slovenčina: Svätá Alžbeta umýva žobráka,

scéna z hlavného oltára Dómu svätej

Alžbety v Košiciach, 2. polovica 15. storočia.

Photo: 23 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Of

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In 1221, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth married Louis; the same year he was enthroned as Landgrave Louis IV, and the marriage appears to have been happy. After her marriage, she continued her charitable practices, which included spinning wool for the clothing of the poor. 

In 1223, Franciscan Friars arrived, and the teenage Elizabeth not only learned about the ideals of Francis of Assisi, but started to live them. Louis was not upset by his wife’s charitable efforts, believing that the distribution of his wealth to the Poor would bring Eternal Reward; he is Venerated in Thuringia as a Saint, though he was never Canonised by The Church.

It was also about this time that the Priest and, later, Inquisitor, Konrad von Marburg, gained considerable influence over Elizabeth when he was appointed as her Confessor. In the Spring of 1226, when floods, famine, and plague wrought havoc in Thuringia, Louis, a staunch supporter of the Hohenstaufen Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, represented Frederick II at the Imperial Diet held in Cremona, Italy. 

Elizabeth assumed control of affairs at home and distributed Alms in all parts of their territory, even giving away State Robes and ornaments to the Poor. Below Wartburg Castle, she built a hospital with twenty-eight beds and visited the inmates, daily, to attend to them.

Elizabeth’s life changed irrevocably on 11 September 1227, when Louis, en route to join The Sixth Crusade, died of a fever in Otranto, Italy. On hearing the news of her husband’s death, Elizabeth is reported to have said, “He is dead. He is dead. It is to me as if the whole World died today.” His remains were returned to Elizabeth in 1228 and entombed at the Abbey of Reinhardsbrunn.

Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.

Date: July 2009.

Source: Originally posted to Flickr as Košice

Author: Ville Miettinen

(Wikimedia Commons)

After her death, Elizabeth was commonly associated with the Third Order of Saint Francis, the primarily Lay Branch of the Franciscan Order, though it is not sure that she actually formally joined them. It must be kept in mind, though, that the Third Order was such a new development in the Franciscan Movement, that no one official ritual had been established at that point. Elizabeth clearly had a Ceremony of Consecration, in which she adopted a Franciscan Religious Habit in her new way of life.

Very soon after the death of Elizabeth, Miracles were reported that happened at her grave in the Church of the hospital, especially those of healing. On the suggestion of Konrad, and by Papal Command, examinations were held of those who had been healed between August 1232 and January 1235.

The results of those examinations were supplemented by a brief “Vita” of the Saint-to-be, and, together with the testimony of Elizabeth’s handmaidens and companions (bound in a booklet called “The Libellus de dictis quatuor ancillarum s. Elizabeth confectus”), proved sufficient reason for the quick Canonisation of Elizabeth on 27 May 1235 in Perugia, Italy, — no doubt helped along by her family’s power and influence.

Very soon after her death, hagiographical texts of her life appeared all over Germany, the most famous being Dietrich of Apolda’s “Vita Sancta Elisabeth”, which was written between 1289 and 1297.

English: The Saint Elisabeth Group. Sculpture in wood by Rudolf Moroder, polychromed by Christian Delago, in the Parish Church of Urtijëi, South Tyrol, Italy. Date: 1900.

Deutsch: Hl. Elisabeth-Gruppe in Holz geschnitzt, gefasst von Christian Delago in der Pfarrkirche von St. Ulrich in Gröden des Rudolf Moroder entstanden 1900.

Italiano: Gruppo scultoreo di Santa Elisabetta di Ungheria scolpito nel legno da Rudolf Moroder, policromia di Christian Delago del 1900.

Photo: 20 February 2009.

Source: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder

Author: Rudolf Moroder Lenert (†1914).

(Wikimedia Commons)

She was Canonised by Pope Gregory IX. The Papal Bull declaring her a Saint is on display in the Schatzkammer of the Deutschordenskirche in Vienna, Austria. Her body was laid in a magnificent Golden Shrine — still to be seen today — in Saint Elizabeth's Church, Marburg, Germany. Her remains were removed and scattered by her own descendant, the Landgrave Philip I "The Magnanimous" of Hesse, at the time of The Reformation.

It is now a Protestant Church, but has spaces set aside for Catholic Worship. Marburg became a centre of the Teutonic Order, which adopted Saint Elizabeth as its Secondary Patroness. The Order remained in Marburg until its official Dissolution by Napoleon I of France in 1803.

Elizabeth is perhaps best known for her Miracle of the Roses, which says that, whilst she was taking bread to The Poor, in secret, she met her husband, Louis, on a hunting party, who, in order to quell suspicions of the gentry that she was stealing treasure from the Castle, asked her to reveal what was hidden under her cloak.

In that moment, her cloak fell open and a vision of White and Red Roses could be seen, which proved to Louis that God’s protecting hand was at work.

English: Saint Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Elisabethkirche Marburg, Elisabethstraße.

Photo: 24 April 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Megacity01

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew, King of Hungary, was given in marriage to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She had three children, Herman, Sophia, and Gertrude. Her husband, who was a Saint, gave her the most entire liberty for her pious exercises and her Charity.

Like the strong women mentioned in the Epistle, she rose in the night to Pray, lavished Alms on the Poor, and spun wool to make warm garments for them. What most characterised her was her love for the sick and the lepers, whom she cared for with maternal tenderness.

At her husband’s death, wishing to renounce everything to acquire at this price the Pearl of Eternal Life (Gospel), she put on a dress of course material and entered the Third Order Of Penance of Saint Francis, where she was noted for her patience and humility.

Her brother-in-law, having succeeded to the Title of Landgrave, expelled her with her children from the Princely Castle of the Wartburg and she, who was called the Mother of the Poor, could not find a hospitable roof as a shelter. She died at the age of twenty-four in 1231.

Mass: Cognóvi.
Commemoration: Saint Pontianus. Pope and Martyr.

“Salve Festa Dies”. Gregorian Chant.

“Salve Festa Dies”.

Gregorian Chant.

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This Hymn, written by Venantius Fortunatus, is beautifully sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo dos Silos.

 

Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo 

Qua Deus infernum vicit et astra tenet 

Ecce renascentis testatur gratia mundi 

Omnia cum Domino dona redisse suo 

Salve festa dies . . .

Namque triumphanti post tristia tartara Christo 

Undique fronde nemus gramina flore favent 

Salve festa dies . . .

Qui crucifixus erat Deus, 

ecce per omnia regnat Dantque 

Creatori cuncta creata precem 

Salve festa dies . . .

Hail, Festal Day, venerable of all ages 

By which God conquers Hell 

and holds the Stars 

Behold, declares Grace for a reborn World 

All gifts have returned with their Lord. 

Hail, Festal Day . . .

For indeed, after Hellish sorrows, 

to the triumphing Christ: 

grove with green and buds with flower, 

everywhere give laud. 

Hail, Festal Day . . .

The Crucified One was God, 

behold He reigns over all things, 

and Creation offers Prayer to its Creator. 

Hail, Festal Day . . .

Saint Thérèse Of Lisieux. Artwork By: Goretti Fine Art.

 

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, one of the most beloved Saints

of our age with the theme of Ecclesia Triumphans. As she

lay dying of tuberculosis, she is reported to have said:

“After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses.”

Picture Credit: Goretti Fine Art

Illustration: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

Melchisidech (Bread And Wine). Bethlehem (House Of Bread). “I Am The Bread Of Life”. “Let Those Who Have Eyes, See. Let Those Who Have Ears, Hear”.

Melchisidech.

Illustration: THE GOSPEL COALITION

Melchisidech commands a disproportionate amount of importance in redemptive history compared to the amount of space devoted to him in Scripture.

His name literally means “King of Righteousness,” and he rules over the City of Salem (or, “Shalom,” meaning “Peace”).

In the three Verses that describe his life and ministry (Gen. 14:18–20), we are introduced to Melchisidech’s authority as King of Salem and “Priest of The God Most High.”

He speaks of God as both Creator and Deliverer. He even offers “Bread and Wine” to Abraham after his victory in battle over his enemies.

In response, Abraham tithes to Melchisidech a tenth of everything, reinforcing the latter’s spiritual significance. The Gospel allusion to the Sacrament of Communion should not go unnoticed.

And Jesus said to them: “I am The Bread of Life; he that cometh to Me shall not hunger; and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst.” [John. 6:35]

Now, as they were eating, Jesus took Bread, and, after Blessing it, broke it and gave it to the Disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is My Body.” [Matthew. 26:26]

And He took a cup, and, when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you, for this is My Blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” [Matthew. 26:26]

The following Text is from THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON

Bethlehem: The name is Old Hebrew and comes from Bêth (House) and Lehem (Bread). As Christians, we recognise immediately the significance.

Bethlehem (“ The House of Bread ”) was the place where Jesus Christ entered the World on that first Christmas morning.

The Dedication Of The Basilicas Of The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul. Feast Day, Today, 18 November.

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

The Dedication Of The Basilicas Of
The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul.
   Feast Day 18 November.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Illustrations above: 

UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome,

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Dated: 1731.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Basilica of Saint Paul’s-without-the-Walls, Rome.

Italiano: Statua di San Paolo di fronte alla facciata della

Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma

Photo: May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner

(Wikimedia Commons)

After having celebrated, on 5 August, The Dedication of 

Saint Mary of The Snow (better known under the name of Saint Mary Major), at Rome, and that of Saint Michael, on 

29 September, and that of Saint John Lateran, on 9 November, and, in some Dioceses, a common Dedication Feast of all the consecrated Churches, The Church, today, celebrates that of The Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Rome.

Thus, are all these Anniversaries Solemnised in the Season after Pentecost, a time when we give all our thoughts to The Church and to The Saints, of whom our Temples are the living image.

The Basilica of Saint Peter and that of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls, both erected by Emperor Constantine on the sites of their Martyrdom, are hardly inferior, owing to their origin and importance, to The Basilica of Saint John Lateran. They were Consecrated by Pope Saint Sylvester on 18 November.

English: Saint Peter's Basilica, seen from the River Tiber.

Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.

Italiano: Veduta del Vaticano dal Tevere.

Photo: January 2005.

Source: Flickr

Author: Sébastien Bertrand from Paris, France

Reviewer: Andre Engels

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church of Saint Peter is on the site of The Circus of Nero, and, under its High Altar, lie the Sacred Remains of The Head of The Apostles, making it, with Saint John Lateran, the centre of the whole Christian World.

Here is always held The Station of The Saturday in Ember Week, when Holy Orders are conferred; here, also, are held The Stations of The Third Sunday in Advent, and of The Epiphany, and of Passion Sunday, and of Easter Monday, and of Ascension Day, and of Pentecost, and of The Litanies of Saint Mark, and of Rogation Wednesday.

Lastly, it is here that Mass is Solemnly Sung on The Feast of The Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, on 29 June, and on The Feasts of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, 18 January, and of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch, 22 February.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls.

With a length of 432 feet, this Basilica ranks eleventh

in the World's largest Churches.

Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs, Vatican, située à Rome. Avec sa longueur de 131,66 mètres, cette Basilique se classe au 11è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.

Photo: September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174

(Wikimedia Commons)

This Church, already remarkable in the 4th-Century A.D., was enlarged at a later date and completely rebuilt in the 16th-Century, when it was falling into decay. Pope Julian II and Pope Leo X had recourse to the greatest artists of the age and the combined plans of Bramante and Michael Angelo (sic) raised over the tomb of Saint Peter the greatest and richest Church in the World, which Pope Urban VIII Consecrated on 18 November 1626.

The Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, situated 

on the other side of Rome, was also built in the 4th-Century A.D., over the tomb of The Apostle of The Gentiles. On 

account of the distance, it was only used for The Station four times a year: On The Feast of Holy Innocents; on Sexagesima Sunday; on The Wednesday of The Fourth Week in Lent (or Day of The Greatest Scrutiny); and on Easter Tuesday. Mass is Solemnly Celebrated there on The Day of The Commemoration of Saint Paul, on 30 June, and on The Day of His Conversion, 25 January.

Having been destroyed by fire in 1823, the Church was rebuilt by His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI and by His Holiness Blessed Pope Pius IX, and Consecrated by the latter on 10 December 1854. He maintained, however, today's Feast, joining the Anniversary of the two Dedications under the original date of 18 November.

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The Sacristy of Saint Agnes Church, Minnesota. Their Vestments. Such Outstanding Beauty Offering Homage And Worship To God Almighty. Compare With Modern-Day Vestments.

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The Seven Sacraments.

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

In order to apply to men the merits of His Life and His Passion, Our Blessed Lord instituted Seven Sacraments.

These Sacraments act “Ex Opere Operato”, provided all the conditions for their action are present; but they act in proportion to our dispostions. We must, therefore, not only receive them, but try to receive them well.

To help us do this, The Church makes use of Solemn Ceremonies in administering The Sacraments.

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The part played by these Ceremonies is thus explained by The Council of Trent:

1.    They surround these Holy Mysteries with a Religious respect;

2.    They help to make The Sacraments more effective by, in some sense, picturing them before our eyes, at the same time imprinting the holiness they produce more deeply in our hearts;

3.    They excite in our Souls sentiments of Faith and Charity, which dispose them in the best possible way to receive all the fruits of a Sacrament.

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All The Sacraments produce Sanctifying Grace, which heals our Souls and raises them to a supernatural state. This is done in a special way by each particular Sacrament as follows:

a.    In Baptism, we are “born again” to The Divine Life;

b.    Confirmation strengthens The Divine Life within us;

c.    Penance restores The Divine Life when it has been lost by Mortal Sin;

d.    The Eucharist supplies daily nourishment to The Divine Life;

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e.    Extreme Unction sustains The Divine Life within us in the hour of our death;

f.    By Holy Order, the line of those who transmit The Divine Life is maintained;

g.    By Holy Matrimony, the line of those who receive The Divine Life is maintained.

Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Order, imprint a character on the Soul; a participation in The Priesthood of Christ.