26 June, 2026
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893). The Victorian-Era Artist From Leeds, England.
"Nightfall on The Thames".
Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893).
Date: 1880.
Current location: Leeds City Art Gallery, England.
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His early paintings were signed "JAG," "J. A. Grimshaw," or "John Atkinson Grimshaw," though he finally settled on "Atkinson Grimshaw."
John Atkinson Grimshaw was born Leeds, England. In 1856, he married his Cousin, Frances Hubbard (1835–1917). In 1861, at the age of twenty-four, to the dismay of his parents, he left his job as a Clerk for The Great Northern Railway to become a painter.
He first exhibited in 1862, mostly paintings of birds, fruit and blossom, under the patronage of The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. He became successful in the 1870s and rented a second home in Scarborough, which became a favourite subject of his paintings.
Several of his children, Arthur E. Grimshaw (1864–1913), Louis H. Grimshaw (1870–1944), Wilfred Grimshaw (1871–1937) and Elaine Grimshaw (1877–1970) became painters.
"November".
Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893).
Date: 1879.
This File: 19 September 2013.
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"A Moonlit Evening".
Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893).
Date: 1880.
Current location: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum,
Madrid, Spain.
Source/Photographer:
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with a Copy Fraud License by Flickr user mbell1975.
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Saint John And Saint Paul. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 26 June. Red Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saints John and Paul.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 26 June.
Double.
Red Vestments.
English: Basilica of The Holy Martyrs, John and Paul,
Mount Coelius, Rome. The Lenten Station, for Friday
after Ash Wednesday, is held at this Basilica.
Français: Vue d'ensemble de la Basilique
Santi Giovanni e Paolo de Rome sur le Celio.
Photo: May 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: LPLT
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Ten days were allowed for them to deliberate, and they used them in distributing all they possessed to the Poor. They were then arrested and “without fearing those who can only kill the body, and beyond that can do nothing more” (Gospel), they became, in 362 A.D., brothers more than ever, by the same Faith and the same Martyrdom (Collect, Gradual, Alleluia).
The Church compares them “to the two olive-trees and to the two candle-sticks, mentioned in the Apocalypse, which shine before The Lord.” [Response at Matins.]
Basilica of Saint John and Saint Paul
(Santi Giovanni e Paolo), Martyrs. Rome.
Available on YouTube
“These Just Men,” she [Editor: The Church] adds, “have
stood before The Lord and have not been separated from one another.” [Antiphon at the Magnificat.] Wherefore, both their names, mentioned in the Canon of The Mass (First List), pass on from generation to generation, while their bodies rest in peace (Epistle) in the ancient Church erected in their honour on Mount Coelius at Rome. It is there that the Station is held on the Friday after Ash Wednesday.
Let us enjoy today, with The Church, the double triumph
In the second half of the 4th-Century A.D., Byzantius, the Roman Senator, and Saint Pammachius, his son, fashioned their house on the Cælian Hill into a Christian Basilica. In the 5th-Century A.D., the Presbyteri Tituli Byzantii (Priests of the Church of Byzantius) are mentioned in an Inscription and among the signatures of the Roman Council of 499 A.D. The Church was also called the Titulus Pammachii, after Byzantius’s son, the pious friend of Saint Jerome.
In the ancient apartments on the ground-floor of the house of Byzantius, which were still retained under the Basilica, the tomb of two Roman Martyrs, John and Paul, was the object of Veneration as early as the 5th-Century A.D.
The “Sacramentarium Leonianum” already indicates, in the Preface to the Feast of the Saints, that they rested within the City walls (“Sacr. Leon.”, ed. Feltoe, Cambridge, 1896, 34), while, in one of the early itineraries to the tombs of the Roman Martyrs, their grave is assigned to the Church on the Cœlian (De rossi, “Roma sotterrania”, I, 138, 175).
The Titulus Byzantii, or Pammachii, was consequently known at a very early date by the names of the two Martyrs (Titulus SS. Joannis et Pauli).
Let us enjoy today, with The Church, the double triumph
of Saints John and Paul (Collect) and let us, like them, courageously confess Jesus before Men, so that He may recognise us for His own before His Angels (Gospel).
Mass: Multæ tribulatiónes.
Commemoration: The Octave of Saint John the Baptist.
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John and Paul were Saints in the Roman Empire.
They were Martyred at Rome on 26 June. They should not
Mass: Multæ tribulatiónes.
Commemoration: The Octave of Saint John the Baptist.
English: Basilica of The Holy Martyrs John and Paul.
Italiano: SS. Giovanni e Paolo - Roma.
Photo: July 2006.
Source: Flickr
Author: Patrick Denker
Reviewer: Mac9
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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
John and Paul were Saints in the Roman Empire.
They were Martyred at Rome on 26 June. They should not
be confused with the famous Apostles of the same names
(see Saint Paul; Saint John the Apostle). The year of their Martyrdom is uncertain. According to their Acts, it occurred under Julian the Apostate (361 A.D. – 363 A.D.).
(see Saint Paul; Saint John the Apostle). The year of their Martyrdom is uncertain. According to their Acts, it occurred under Julian the Apostate (361 A.D. – 363 A.D.).
In the second half of the 4th-Century A.D., Byzantius, the Roman Senator, and Saint Pammachius, his son, fashioned their house on the Cælian Hill into a Christian Basilica. In the 5th-Century A.D., the Presbyteri Tituli Byzantii (Priests of the Church of Byzantius) are mentioned in an Inscription and among the signatures of the Roman Council of 499 A.D. The Church was also called the Titulus Pammachii, after Byzantius’s son, the pious friend of Saint Jerome.
In the ancient apartments on the ground-floor of the house of Byzantius, which were still retained under the Basilica, the tomb of two Roman Martyrs, John and Paul, was the object of Veneration as early as the 5th-Century A.D.
The “Sacramentarium Leonianum” already indicates, in the Preface to the Feast of the Saints, that they rested within the City walls (“Sacr. Leon.”, ed. Feltoe, Cambridge, 1896, 34), while, in one of the early itineraries to the tombs of the Roman Martyrs, their grave is assigned to the Church on the Cœlian (De rossi, “Roma sotterrania”, I, 138, 175).
Basilica di San Zanipolo, Venice, Italy
(Basilica of Saints John and Paul).
Photo taken by Necrothesp, 14 May 2004.
Date: 1 July 2004 (original upload date).
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by Padawane using CommonsHelper
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The Titulus Byzantii, or Pammachii, was consequently known at a very early date by the names of the two Martyrs (Titulus SS. Joannis et Pauli).
That the two Saints are Martyrs of the Roman Church is historically certain; as to how and when their bodies found a resting-place in the house of Pammachius, under the Basilica, we only know that it certainly occurred in the 4th-Century A.D. The year and circumstances of their Martyrdom are likewise unknown.
According to their Acts, the Martyrs were eunuchs of Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great, and became acquainted with a certain Gallicanus, who built a Church in Ostia. At the command of Julian the Apostate, they were beheaded secretly by Terentianus in their house on the Cœlian Hill, where their Church was subsequently erected, and where they were buried.
The rooms on the ground-floor, of the above-mentioned house of Pammachius, were rediscovered under the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome. They are decorated with important and interesting frescoes, while the original tomb (“Confessio”) of Saints John and Paul is covered with paintings, of which the Martyrs are the subject. The rooms and the tomb form one of the most important Early-Christian Memorials in Rome.
Since the erection of the Basilica, the two Saints have been greatly Venerated, and their names have been inserted in the Canon of The Mass. Their Feast Day 26 June.
The Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in Rome, is Dedicated to them, as well as the Basilica di San Zanipolo in Venice (“Zanipolo” being Venetian for “John and Paul”).
The Lüeneberg Manuscript (circa 1440–1450) mentions “The Day of John and Paul” in an early German account of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
A small village next to Caiazzo, in the Campania Region of Italy, is named Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in honour of these Martyrs. Many residents of this village bear the family name “San Giovanni,” as do the descendants of immigrants to the United States from this village (in particular, in Michigan, New York, and Florida).
According to their Acts, the Martyrs were eunuchs of Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great, and became acquainted with a certain Gallicanus, who built a Church in Ostia. At the command of Julian the Apostate, they were beheaded secretly by Terentianus in their house on the Cœlian Hill, where their Church was subsequently erected, and where they were buried.
The rooms on the ground-floor, of the above-mentioned house of Pammachius, were rediscovered under the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome. They are decorated with important and interesting frescoes, while the original tomb (“Confessio”) of Saints John and Paul is covered with paintings, of which the Martyrs are the subject. The rooms and the tomb form one of the most important Early-Christian Memorials in Rome.
English: Frescoes in the original Roman house
below the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome.
Italiano: Roma , casa romana sotto la basilica
dei santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio - affreschi.
Photo: 3 October 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: user:Lalupa
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The Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in Rome, is Dedicated to them, as well as the Basilica di San Zanipolo in Venice (“Zanipolo” being Venetian for “John and Paul”).
The Lüeneberg Manuscript (circa 1440–1450) mentions “The Day of John and Paul” in an early German account of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
A small village next to Caiazzo, in the Campania Region of Italy, is named Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in honour of these Martyrs. Many residents of this village bear the family name “San Giovanni,” as do the descendants of immigrants to the United States from this village (in particular, in Michigan, New York, and Florida).
25 June, 2026
Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica Of The Nativity Of Saint Mary, Milan, Italy. Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Di Santi Maria Nascente, Milano. (Part Nine).
English: Milan Cathedral.
Italiano: Milano - Duomo.
This File: 30 January 2014.
Source: Own work.
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Duomo of Milan.
The Church That Took 600 Years To Finish.
Available on YouTube
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The Allied bombing of Milan in World War II further delayed construction. Like many other Cathedrals in Cities bombed by the Allied forces, the Duomo suffered some damage, although to a lesser degree compared to other major buildings in the vicinity, such as La Scala Theatre. It was quickly repaired and became a place of solace and gathering for displaced local residents.[14]
The Duomo’s main façade was renovated from 2003 to 2009: as of February 2009, it has been completely uncovered, showing again the colours of the Candoglia Marble.[15]
Milan Cathedral.
Date: August 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: MarkusMark
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To help make up funds, Duomo management launched a campaign offering its 135 Spires for “adoption”. Donors who contribute €100,000 (about $110,000), or more, will have a plaque, with their name engraved on it, placed on the Spire.[16]
The Plan of the Cathedral consists of a Nave with four Side Aisles, crossed by a Transept, and then followed by Choir and Apse. The height of the Nave is about forty-five metres (148 ft), with the highest Gothic Vaults in a completed Church (not as high as the forty-eight metres (157 ft) of Beauvais Cathedral, which was never completed).
The Roof is open to tourists (for a fee), which allows many a close-up view of some spectacular sculpture that would otherwise be unappreciated. The Roof of the Cathedral is renowned for the forest of openwork Pinnacles and Spires, set upon delicate Flying Buttresses.[17]
PART TEN FOLLOWS.
“O Salutaris Hostia”. Composer: Pierre de La Rue.
“O Salutaris Hostia”.
Composer: Pierre de La Rue.
Available on YouTube
Pierre de la Rue (1452 – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish Composer and Singer of the Renaissance.
His name also appears as Piersson or variants of Pierchon and his toponymic, when present, as various forms of de Platea, de Robore, or de Vico.[1]
A member of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, and a long associate of the Habsburg-Burgundian Musical Chapel, he ranks with Agricola, Brumel, Compère, Isaac, Obrecht, and Weerbeke as one of the most famous and influential Composers in the Netherlands Polyphonic style in the decades around 1500.
Saint William. Abbot. Feast Day 25 June. White Vestments.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint William.
Abbot.
Feast Day 25 June.
Double.
White Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint William.
Abbot.
Feast Day 25 June.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint William of Vercelli.
Statue at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican.
Date: 1878.
Source: http://www.stpetersbasilica.org/
Author: Giuseppe Prinzi.
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Saint William was born, in 1085, of noble parents, at Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. Having left his family and renounced his riches (Gospel), he built a Monastery on Monte Vergine.
Like Moses, to whom God gave His Law on the mountain (Epistle), under the guidance of Heaven, Saint William gave to the Congregation of Hermits, whose Father he became (Communion), a Rule, inspired, in a great measure, by that of Saint Benedict.
His holy life was entirely spent in the meditation of Divine things (Introit), and became renowned by his numerous Miracles.
After having foretold the moment of his death, he fell asleep in The Lord in 1142, and in Heaven his brow was encircled with “the Crown of Precious Stones” (Gradual, Offertory), the symbol of his virtues.
Let us walk in the footsteps of Saint William, with the help of his Prayers (Collect).
Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Octave of Saint John the Baptist.
English: The Abbey of San Guglielmo al Goleto, in what is now Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy, was Founded by Saint William of Vercelli in 1114. It was started as a female Cloister, with a small attached Monastery for the spiritual guidance and economic assistance of the Nuns.
The period 1135-1515 was known as the “Age of the Nuns.” The Cloister became wealthy from 1135 to 1348 until The Black Death struck and the Cloister began to decline. On 24 January 1506, Pope Julius II declared that, upon the death of the last Abbess, the Cloister would be closed, which occurred in 1515.
The “Age of The Nuns” was followed by the “Epoch of
The Monks” from 1515 to 1807. When the Cloister closed
in 1515, the Monastery merged with that on Montevergine
and began to grow. Pope Sixtus V, who was also Superior of the Franciscan Convent of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, accelerated this growth. The Monastery reached its peak between the 17th- and 18th-Centuries.
In 1807, The King of Naples, Joseph Bonaparte,
ordered the Abbey closed. Saint William’s body was moved to Montevergine and the furnishings of the Abbey were looted. The Abbey remained abandoned until 1973, when a Monk of Montevergine, Lucio M. De Marino, obtained permission to relocate to Goleto, re-occupying the Abbey and beginning its restoration. In 1989, the Abbey was entrusted to
Español: Abadia de Goleto, Campania, Italia.
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Source: Own work.
Author: Bocachete
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Saint William. Abbot.
Available on YouTube
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Saint William of Montevergine, or, Saint William of Vercelli, (Italian Guglielmo) (Latin Gulielmus) (1085 – 25 June 1142) was a Catholic Hermit and the Founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine, or, “Williamites”.
He was born into a noble family of Vercelli, in North-West Italy, and brought up by a relation after the death of his parents. He undertook a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Catholic Tradition states that, on his Pilgrimage to Compostela, William encircled his body with iron bands to increase his suffering.
He then lived as a Hermit on the summit of Monte Vergine (then known as Monte Vergiliana), between Nola [Editor: See Saint Paulinus of Nola - Feast Day two days ago, 22 June] and Benevento. Here, he attracted a number of followers and founded the Monastery of Montevergine.
While at Montevergine, William of Vercelli is stated as having performed Miracles. King Roger I of Sicily served as a Patron to William, who Founded many Monasteries for men and women in Sicily. The Catholic Encyclopedia states that King Roger I built a Monastery opposite his Palace at Salerno, Italy, in order to have William always near him.
Saint William died at Goleto, a Daughter House of Montevergine, near Nusco, Province of Avellino. Catholic Tradition states that William foresaw his own imminent death “by special revelation”.
The following Text is from
INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
The Feast Day of Saint William was inserted into the Church’s Calendar by Pope Leo XIII.
24 June, 2026
Gothic By Design: The Dawn Of Architectural Draftsmanship.
Engraving of a Thurible
by Martin Schongauer (15th-Century).
Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY
By: Stuart Chessman.
Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY
This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
A most unusual exhibition can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, until 19 July 2026.
Many of these Architectural drawings are actual working documents for the creators of the Gothic Cathedrals.
Some of them are of considerable size. The condition of the drawings is astoundingly good, the penmanship incredibly precise.
The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day, Today, 24 June. White Vestments.
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.
Source/Photographer:
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And thou, child,
wilt be called the Prophet of The Most High;
for thou wilt go before the Lord to prepare His ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to His people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
through the tender mercy of our God,
when the day shall dawn upon us from on high,
to give light to those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
(Lk 1:76-79)
Sermon Of The Right Reverend Dom Jean Pateau. Abbot Of Our Lady of Fontgombault, France. Feast Of Saint John The Baptist, 24 June 2024.
Fontgombault Abbey, France.
Illustration: FONTGOMBAULT ABBEY
This Article is reprinted from 2024.
Text from RORATE CÆLI
Dear Brothers and Sisters.
My dearly beloved Sons,
and most especially you, who are going to take your vows of Religion.
Quis . . . puer iste erit ?
What then will this child be ?
(Lk 1:66)
This question sounds trite, commonplace, as the still virgin leaf of a new life has just received its first lines. Yet, if the people from the nearby country ask themselves this question, it is because the events surrounding the Precursor’s birth are a token of God’s special benevolence towards this child: “For the hand of the Lord was with him.” (Lk 1:66.)
And, indeed, John will be, among the Prophets, the only one “who both foretold the coming of the Saviour of the World, and pointed Him out when come.” (Secret of the Mass)
And, indeed, John will be, among the Prophets, the only one “who both foretold the coming of the Saviour of the World, and pointed Him out when come.” (Secret of the Mass)
In John’s life, as well as in that of Mary, the Mother of God, resounds the perfect chord stemming from the perfect harmony between grace and human freedom.
When man welcomes the Divine Gifts, the Bread coming down from Heaven that ensures food for his heart in the present moment, and when he gives his agreement to God’s plan, he takes part in the edification of his own greatness and in the fecundity of God’s mercies, extending over the World from generation to generation.
Each human life, each vocation, is a mystery.
Each human life, each vocation, is a mystery.
It is born in a free way in the heart of God and in the love of two beings. Bless your parents for this gift. This life, this vocation, develops inside a family as in a nutritive soil, it is built up with encounters and friendships. Above all, it is called day after day to climb the sometimes very steep path towards eternal salvation.
However, nobody is an island, and salvation is never the work of an isolated individual, but one must be helped by one’s neighbours, and the Lord likes to associate our neighbours to His works.
However, nobody is an island, and salvation is never the work of an isolated individual, but one must be helped by one’s neighbours, and the Lord likes to associate our neighbours to His works.
Therefore, all have the duty of justice to announce God’s wonderful works, and to proclaim His greatness.
You have chosen to live this path in a special place, the Monastery, and in the school of a rule, the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Engrave in your heart the holy Precursor’s motto: “He must increase, that I must decrease.” (Jn 3:30)
As testified by the Lord, John lived according to his own teaching: “For I say to you: Among those born of women, none is greater than John.” (Lk 7:28)
But John’s life is also akin to Monastic life, to such an extent that Dom Delatte, the third Abbot of Solesmes, felt justified to call him “the first Monk of the New Testament.”
Let us ponder on that.
“Any normal Monk should have three hearts.” This principle, which is not literally present in the Rule of Saint Benedict, is nonetheless the expression of a well-established tradition, still staunchly upheld by many Monks.
“Any normal Monk should have three hearts.” This principle, which is not literally present in the Rule of Saint Benedict, is nonetheless the expression of a well-established tradition, still staunchly upheld by many Monks.
Indeed, a Benedictine Monk should have three hearts:
A heart of iron for himself;
A liquid heart for his neighbour;
A heart of fire for God.
These three hearts were beating in John’s chest. He exercised his heart of iron through his life of Penance, by renouncing everything for God.
His only roof was the sky of the wilderness. His garment was made of camel’s hair, and of a leather girdle around his waist; and his food consisted in locusts and wild honey.
The Church was not mistaken when she applied to the Precursor the words addressed to the Prophet Jeremiah: “Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: And whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.” (Jr 1:7)
A faithful friend of the Bridegroom, perfectly obedient, John carried out his mission to its very end. He didn’t even keep for himself his own disciples. He gave them up, leading them to the Bridegroom with words the Church repeats in every Liturgy to those who wish to receive the Body and Blood of Christ:
“Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the World.” (Jn 1:29)
Even now, John still points out the Saviour.
If John had for himself a heart of iron, his liquid heart asserted itself for his neighbour, who had come to him to receive a Baptism of conversion heralding the forgiveness of sins.
Through his unstinted compassion, John pointed out Christ with words and deeds to men of his time:
And thou, child, wilt be called the Prophet of The Most High; for thou wilt go before the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of salvation to His people in the forgiveness of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Lk 1:76-79)This liquid heart led him to Martyrdom and death.
Such is the price of true Charity.
But John the Baptist had above all a heart of fire for God, and that from the very dawn of his life. Elizabeth, his mother, was the first one to realise this fact.
When she heard the greeting of Mary, who had come to visit her, the child that the old woman was bearing in her womb leaped.
The life of the Precursor was from now on marked out: “To bear witness to the Light, that all might believe through Him.” (Jn 1:7.)
Having three hearts might make for a difficult life. It was not the case for John, nor for those whose three hearts are fed by a same love, the love of God. This love had invaded everything, to such an extent that Saint Matthew refers to John with the words uttered by the prophet Isaiah: “A voice cries in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” (Is 40:3.)
John is but a voice crying in the wilderness. In the eyes of the World, John is useless. He serves God only. And John was aware that he was loved by this same God: “The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice; therefore, this joy of mine is now full.” (Jn 3:29)
Thus, having three hearts would not be enough to be a good Monk, if this Monk were to forget that these three hearts are a gift from God.
More than any other man, a good Monk believes that he is loved with a unique love, loved by a God who Himself has a heart of fire.
John was the privileged witness to this love. His whole life was a hymn to the dawn of salvation.
In the school of John, the task of a Monk is to contemplate this incipient dawn that keeps rising in his heart, and that until the full noon of the Face to Face in eternity.
In the school of John, the task of a Monk is to contemplate this incipient dawn that keeps rising in his heart, and that until the full noon of the Face to Face in eternity.
Day after day, the life of a Monk is consumed in the fire of Divine Love, the inexhaustible fount of the Spiritual Joys implored by today’s Mass in the Collect.
May you remain a witness to this dawn rising upon your life, as a disciple of John, as a disciple of Christ.
Amen.
Amen.
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador (The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour), Toledo, Spain. Completed In 1159 On The Site Of A Previous Mosque and A Visigoth Religious Building.
English: The High Altar,
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Português: Iglesia del Salvador.
Photo: 1 February 2013.
Source: Own work.
Attribution:
© José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro /
Author: José Luiz
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“Cor Iesu Sacratissimum
adveniat regnum tuum”.
The Benediction Hymn sung at
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Available on YouTube
Este vídeo ha sido grabado en la
Santa Misa Cantada celebrada en la Iglesia del Salvador de Toledo. Este Comunidad Sacerdotal en formación tiene como uso propio en el Oficio y la Santa Misa la Forma Extraordinaria del Rito Romano:
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unless stated otherwise.The Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador is a Church in Toledo, Spain, completed in 1159. The Priestly Order only Celebrate The Divine Mass in The Extraordinary Form.
Although the Church is small, it is an exceptional building, because it is the site of four successive constructions, one
Although the Church is small, it is an exceptional building, because it is the site of four successive constructions, one
on other and so on. It’s a 12th-Century Church, built on an 11th-Century Taifa Mosque, which was an expansion of a
9th-Century A.D. Umayyad Mosque, and, in turn, on a Visigoth religious building.[2][1] Also, these civilisations
re-used 2nd-Century A.D. Roman elements of the buildings.
It is most unusual, in Andalusia, Spain, that Muslims were happy to build on top of Visigoth buildings.
The large number of Visigoth Decorative Reliefs, forming Friezes, and Roman Cornices embedded in the Walls, is surprising.[3]
The current Church is oriented South-East, in the direction of Mecca. It survived the conquest of Toledo by Christian Armies in 1085, to be subsequently turned into a Church in 1159. One of the most characteristic elements of the Church is a Visigoth Pilaster, with intricate Relief Carvings.[4]
As a Christian Church, from around 1180 to the Late-15th-Century, it began to be used as a Cemetery with anthropomorphic Tombs, above which were placed more burials, in which some Grave Goods have been found.
It is most unusual, in Andalusia, Spain, that Muslims were happy to build on top of Visigoth buildings.
The Arcade of the former Mosque blended in the Church.
Its Horseshoe Arches rest on six re-used Roman Capitals
and Columns and one Visigoth Pilaster[1]
Photo: 18 June 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: PMRMaeyaert
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The large number of Visigoth Decorative Reliefs, forming Friezes, and Roman Cornices embedded in the Walls, is surprising.[3]
The current Church is oriented South-East, in the direction of Mecca. It survived the conquest of Toledo by Christian Armies in 1085, to be subsequently turned into a Church in 1159. One of the most characteristic elements of the Church is a Visigoth Pilaster, with intricate Relief Carvings.[4]
The Divine Mass for
The Feast Day of Saint Paulinus of Nola,
22 June 2020.
Followed by The Holy Rosary.
Celebrated at El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Available on YouTube
Este vídeo ha sido grabado en la Iglesia del Salvador de Toledo, iglesia dedicada a la celebración de la sagrada Liturgia según la Forma Extraordinaria del Rito Romano (misa tridentina o misal de 1962) en la Archidiócesis primada de Toledo (España).
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El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
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Photo: 14 March 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Antonio.velez
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The 8th-Century A.D. Visigoth Pilaster beside
The Lady Altar, El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour), Toledo, Spain.
Photo: 29 May 2016.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ziegler175
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