“The Sound Of Silence”.
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23 January, 2026
Saint Emerentiana. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 23 January. Red Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Emerentiana.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 23 January.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
The Royal Gold Cup, or Saint Agnes Cup, is a Solid Gold Covered Cup, lavishly decorated with Enamel and Pearls. It was made for The French Royal Family at the end of the 14th -Century, and later belonged to several English Monarchs, before spending nearly 300 years in Spain. Since 1892, it has been in The British Museum, and is generally agreed to be the outstanding survival of Late-Mediæval French Plate. Saint Emerentiana’s likeness is shown, here, on The Royal Gold Cup.
Date: 4 July 2010.
Current location: British Museum, London.
Source: Own work.
Author: Johnbod
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A Foster-Sister of Saint Agnes, the Virgin, Emerentiana, while still a Catechumen, shed tears on the tomb of her friend, who had just been Martyred.
Some Pagans mocked her grief. She, full of The Divine Virtue of which Jesus is the source (Collect), reproached the idolaters with their cruelty towards Saint Agnes, and they, in their fury, stoned her on that very tomb. Baptised in her own blood, she went to join for ever her Spouse and her Sister, about 304 A.D.
Mass: Me exspectavérunt.
“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE
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“In Festo Desponsationis Beatæ Mariæ Virginæ”. “The Espousal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph”. Feast Day 23 January. White Vestments.
“In Festo Desponsationis”.
“Espousal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph”.
Feast Day 23 January.
Illustration:
Zephyrinus’s “Missale Romanum”, dated 1861.
Mass: “Salve, Sancta Parens”.
Commemoration: Saint Joseph.
Commemoration: Saint Emerentiana.
Credo: Is said.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
“et te in Desponsatione”.
English: The Virgin at Prayer.
Français : La Vierge en prière.
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685).
Description and location: Jungfrun i bön (1640-1650),
Collection: National Gallery, London.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
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Saint Joseph,
husband of The Blessed Virgin Mary
and Foster-Father of The Infant.
Illustration: THE FEDERALIST
unless stated otherwise.
“The Espousal of The Blessed Virgin Mary”, or, “Marriage of The Virgin Mary”, is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church among certain Congregations, such as the Oblates of Saint Joseph.
The Feast was removed from many Local Calendars by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formerly generally observed on 23 January.
“The Espousal of The Blessed Virgin Mary”, or, “Marriage of The Virgin Mary”, is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church among certain Congregations, such as the Oblates of Saint Joseph.
The Feast was removed from many Local Calendars by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formerly generally observed on 23 January.
English: The Blessed Virgin Mary marries Saint Joseph.
Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne
(Île-de-France), Darstellung: Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.
Photo: 4 June 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter
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In certain particular Churches, “The Espousals Of The Virgin Mary And Saint Joseph” are honoured with an Office on
23 January. The Oblates of Saint Joseph Celebrate 23 January as the Feast Day of “The Holy Spouses, Mary And Joseph”.
Gaspar Bertoni, Founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their “Espousals”, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.
Gaspar Bertoni, Founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their “Espousals”, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.
An Article on The Mass for the Espousal of The Blessed Virgin Mary with Saint Joseph can be found on the Web-Site at
Aelred Of Rievaulx. (Part Six).
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.
Date: 2011.
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In “De Spirituali Amicitiâ”, Aelred adopted Cicero’s dialogue format. In the Prologue, however, he mirrors Augustine’s description of his early adolescence, with the speaker describing his time at school, where: “The charm of my companions gave me the greatest pleasure. Among the usual faults that often endanger youth, my mind surrendered wholly to affection and became devoted to love. Nothing seemed sweeter to me, nothing more pleasant, nothing more valuable, than to be loved and to love”.[28]
Jocelyn of Furness, writing about Aelred after his death in 1167, described him as “ . . . a man of the highest integrity, of great practical wisdom, witty and eloquent, a pleasant companion, generous and discreet. And with all these qualities, he exceeded all his fellow Prelates of The Church in his patience and tenderness. He was full of sympathy for the infirmities, both physical and moral, of others”.[29]
Aelred was never formally Canonised in the manner that was later established, but he became the centre of a cult in the North of England that was officially recognised by Cistercians in 1476.[30]
Today, Aelred of Rievaulx is Commemorated as a Saint on 12 January, the Traditional date of his death, in the latest official edition of the Roman Martyrology,[32] which expresses the official position of The Catholic Church.
He also appears in the Calendars of various other Christian denominations.
Dr. Marsha Dutton.
“On The Formation Of Anchoresses”.
The Treatise of Saint Aelred of Rievaulx.
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PART SEVEN FOLLOWS.
Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto Number One. Second Movement. Performed By The Ulster Orchestra And Adele Anthony. Conducted By Takuo Yuasa.
Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto Number One.
Second Movement.
Performed by the Ulster Orchestra
and Adele Anthony.
Conducted by Takuo Yuasa.
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Absurd Anti-Catholic Claim In China Merits Tertullian’s Satirical Response.
The website of the Society of St Pius X has a useful news service which often picks up stories that do not feature elsewhere. Today this story caught my eye: "China: Catholics Accused of Spreading the Coronavirus".
The WeChat and Weibo messaging services have a novel conspiracy theory, that the new wave of Covid-19 is the fault of the Catholic Faithful being gathered together by “foreign priests” in the Hebei province.
The SSPX article quotes AsiaNews, a widely respected source from The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, originally in Italian, which has had an English and Chinese edition since 2003. Their article "Hebei, Christians labelled ‘spreaders’. The return of Nero" has more detail. The reference to Nero recalls how he set fire to Rome and then blamed the Christians.
Perhaps even more relevant is the exasperated satire of Tertullian in his Apologeticum (c.40). It fits quite well.
Si Tiberis ascendit in moenia, si Nilus non ascendit in arva, si caelum stetit, si terra movit, si fames, si lues, statim Christianos ad leonem! adclamatur. Tantos ad unum?and here is my translation:
If the Tiber rises to the walls, if the Nile does not rise to the fields, if the sky stands still, if the earth moves, if there is famine, if there is a plague, then immediately the cry is, "The Christians to the lion!" All of them to one lion?
Pray for the Catholics of China, and pray for their beautiful country. Its people are suffering under what is nowadays euphemistically called an "authoritarian government". In truth, the yoke of atheistic communism is as cruel as it ever was. Just as in ancient Rome, the official persecution of Christians gave rise to wild rumours, good Chinese people may also be misled by this fake news. Pray also for the poor Uyghur people who are suffering ghastly persecution as well.
Our Lady of China, pray for us. Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his companions, pray for us.
Saint Raymund Of Pennafort. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 January. White Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Raymund of Pennafort.
Confessor.
Feast Day 23 January.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Raymund of Pennafort.
Master-General of The Dominican Order (1238–1240).
Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).
Date: 1352.
Current location: Church of San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.
Source/Photographer: Il Capitolo dei Domenicani
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Saint Raymund was born in 1175 of the noble Spanish family of Pennafort. Christ, by His teaching and Miracles, showed Himself to be the Son of God. The Church shows us, today, how, by the knowledge and Miracles of Saint Raymund, and thanks to her Saints, she also has a part in The Divinity of The Word.
Having given up everything to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, of which he is one of the glories, Saint Raymund "meditated on The Law of God" (Introit) and wrote the "Summa of cases of conscience", a summary of Christian morals which is much esteemed. Wherefore, The Church awarded him the title of "eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance" (Collect).
The Collect alludes to the Miracle by which, having spread out his cloak on the waters, Saint Raymund, in six hours, crossed the fifty-three Leagues of sea which separate the island of Majorca from Barcelona.
He persuaded Saint Peter Nolasco to sacrifice his fortune for the ransoming of Christians detained as captives in The Barbary States, and, with that end in view, obtained The Institution of The Order of Our Lady of Ransom.
Saint Raymund, unwilling to be surprised by the sudden arrival of The Lord (Gospel), employed the last thirty-five years of his life in a very special manner in preparing himself for death. The Saint gave up his Soul to God in 1275 at the age of ninety-nine.
Through the intercession of Saint Raymund, who was the eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance, and who miraculously crossed the sea, may we obtain to produce worthy fruits of Penance and to reach the haven of Eternal Salvation (Collect).
Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Saint Emerentiana.
Dunstable Priory. (Part Five).
Print of Dunstable Priory.
Published 24 December 1819.
Longman & Lackington & Co
and Joseph Harding, London.
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Dunstable Priory.
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The Dunstable Priory clock was one of the oldest mechanical clocks in England, built in 1283. Accounts say it was installed above the Rood Screen.[9] Its fate is unknown.
Of the 14th-Century, there are only a few scanty notices, the only events told at any length being those connected with the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, when the Prior, Thomas Marshall, appears by his courage and moderation to have saved his own Priory from serious loss, and his Burghers from punishment.
King Henry VI visited Dunstable in 1459, but there is no record of his relations with the Priory; its history during the 15th-Century is not recorded in any way.
Drone imagery of Dunstable Priory Church.
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The location arose as Catherine was then residing at nearby Ampthill, some twelve miles to the North. In 1535, the Prior, Gervase Markham, with twelve Canons, signed the acknowledgement of the Royal Supremacy, and on 20 January 1540 he surrendered his Priory to the King and received a pension of £60.[6]
The smaller English Religious Houses had been Dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1536, and the Church and Priory at Dunstable were closed down in January 1540.
The smaller English Religious Houses had been Dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1536, and the Church and Priory at Dunstable were closed down in January 1540.
The Prior and twelve Canons were granted pensions and given dispensations to serve as Secular Priests.
The great Church and the buildings of the Priory were initially kept standing intact, since it was intended to create a See at Dunstable, with the Priory Church as its Cathedral.
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However, the scheme for the creation of new Bishoprics fell through after a few years and the beautiful Church (with the exception of the Parochial Nave) shared the fate of the Monastic buildings, being plundered of all that was valuable and left in ruin.
PART SIX FOLLOWS.
22 January, 2026
Solemn Mass Of Requiem For King Louis XVI. Messe Solennelle De Requiem Pour Louis XVI. Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Paris. Black Vestments.
Solemn Mass Of Requiem For King Louis XVI.
Messe Solennelle De Requiem Pour Louis XVI.
Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Paris.
Tuesday, 21 January 2025.
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The Twenty-Six Mediæval Cathedrals Of England (Part Eight).
Chichester Cathedral.
Photo: 19 April 2009.
Source: From geograph.org.uk
Attribution: Chris Gunns /
Chichester Cathedral / CC BY-SA 2.0
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and
Chichester Cathedral.
Another aerial view.
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unless stated otherwise.
Each of these Priests, either as Secular Clergy or members of
a Religious Order, is obligated to say the “Holy Office” every day. To this end, Cathedrals normally have a number of small Chapels used for private devotion or for small groups.
The Choir is sometimes divided from the Nave of the Cathedral by a wide Mediæval Pulpitum Screen, constructed of Stone and, in some instances, carrying a large Pipe Organ,[4] notably at Exeter, Gloucester, Lincoln, Norwich, Rochester, Saint Alban’s, Southwell, Wells, and York.
This Screen traditionally separated the Quire from the Nave, and the Clergy from the Laity. The Nave of the Cathedral, in Mediæval times, was used primarily for Processions. At its Western End, it contains the Font for Baptism, at which a person, most often an infant, is accepted into the Church. The Font is usually made of Stone and is often the oldest fitting in the Cathedral, many of them being Norman.
In England, there is a strong tradition that each Chapel should face East. For this reason, the Transepts of English Cathedrals are longer than those in most other Countries, and there is often a second Transept, as at Salisbury.
This arrangement permits a greater number of Eastward-facing Chapels. That part of the main Interior, which is furthest to the East and reserved for the Prayers of the Clergy is called the Presbytery.[4] [Editor: Otherwise called the “Chancel”, or, “Sanctuary”. Nowadays, Presbytery normally refers to the house of residence of the Priest.]
Where the Monks met:
York Minster’s Chapter House.
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English Cathedrals maintain a traditional form of Church Service, of which Canticles, Psalms, Responses, and Anthems, are sung by a Choir. Because of this tradition, that part of the building that contains the Stalls is called the Choir, or, alternatively, Quire.
Worcester Cathedral.
Photo: 3 June 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Sonofden62
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This Screen traditionally separated the Quire from the Nave, and the Clergy from the Laity. The Nave of the Cathedral, in Mediæval times, was used primarily for Processions. At its Western End, it contains the Font for Baptism, at which a person, most often an infant, is accepted into the Church. The Font is usually made of Stone and is often the oldest fitting in the Cathedral, many of them being Norman.
Salisbury Cathedral.
Date: 2015.
Source: http://www.wyrdlight.com
Author: Antony McCallum
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Since the Reformation, the Nave is that part of the building which is usually open to, and most used by, the Congregation and general public. There is also, usually in the Nave, a raised Pulpit, from which the Dean or other Clergy can expound the Scriptures.
In a Cathedral, particularly where the building is divided by a Screen, as at Canterbury, an Altar may be set at the Eastern End of the Nave so that Services might be held there for large Congregations. At each place where Services are held, there is a Lectern, on which rests a Bible.
PART NINE FOLLOWS.
Saint Vincent And Saint Anastasius. Martyrs. Feast Day 22 January. Red Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Vincent and Saint Anastasius.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 22 January.
Semi-Double.
Red Vestments.
English: Church of Saint Vincent and Saint Anastasius.
Italiano: Chiesa dei Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio,
a Roma, nel rione Trevi. Foto personale.
Date: 28 July 2008 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from it.wikipedia
Author:
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Vincent, the Deacon of Saragosa, and Anastasius, a Monk of Persia, died the same day, with an interval of 325 Years (303 A.D. and 628 A.D.). The head of Saint Anastasius was brought to Rome and deposited in a Church Dedicated to him and Saint Vincent. Therefore, their names are associated in one Worship. "Their name shall live for evermore" (Alleluia).
Under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, the Deacon Vincent, as formerly the Deacon Laurence, was placed on a gridiron over burning coals. "God has tried them, like Gold in the furnace (Epistle); wherefore the names of Laurence and Vincent follow one another, in The Litany of The Saints, for their "victorious" brows are wreathed with the same "laurels".
English: Church of Saint Vincent and Saint Anastasius.
Orthodox iconostasis and the Altar.
Italiano: Roma, ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio:
altar maggiore e iconostasi.
Photo: 27 January 2010.
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Author: Lalupa
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Saint Anastasius was beheaded after suffering atrocious torments, but he was upheld by Christ, for Whose cause he was persecuted; “Thy Right-Hand, O Lord, hath broken the enemies” (Gradual).
English: Saint Vincent and Saint Anastasius.
Italiano: Piazza di Trevi e chiesa dei
santi Vincenzo e Anastasio.
Photo: February 2009.
Source: Own work.
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On the burning coals, Saint Vincent exclaims: “I thought your cruelty would go still further.” Saint Anastasius also says: “I expected a more cruel kind of death.”
Let us ask God, by the intercession of these Holy Martyrs, to help us to overcome our temptations and vices and work out our Salvation (Collect), Secret, Postcommunion).
Mass: Intret.
“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
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“Sérénade Mélancolique. Op. 26”. Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Violinist: Itzhak Perlman.
“Sérénade Mélancolique. Op. 26”.
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Violinist: Itzhak Perlman.
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Chester Cathedral. Church Of Christ And The Blessed Virgin Mary. (Part Eight).
The Choir, Chester Cathedral.
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The High Altar, Chester Cathedral.
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In 1844, an Organ, by Gray & Davison of London, was installed in Chester Cathedral, replacing an instrument with parts dating back to 1626.
The Organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Whiteley Bros of Chester in 1876, to include harmonic flutes and reeds by Cavaillé-Coll. It was later moved to its present position at the front of the North Transept.
In 1910, William Hill and Son of London extensively rebuilt and revoiced the Organ, replacing the Cavaillé-Coll reeds with new pipes of their own.
The Choir division of the Organ was enlarged and moved behind the Choir-Stalls on the South side.
Chester Cathedral. The friable Red Sandstone
building was heavily restored in the 19th-Century.
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Chester Cathedral Organ.
On Saturday 29 May 2021, an Organ Concert was held in
the spectacular surroundings of Chester Cathedral.
Jonathan Scott demonstrates the full symphonic
capabilities of the Cathedral’s Grand Pipe Organ as he performs arrangements of some of the greatest Orchestral Favourites, including Wagner’s epic Overture to Tannhäuser.
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The instrument was again overhauled by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool in 1969, when a new mechanism and some new pipework, made to a design by the Organist, Roger Fisher, was installed.
Since 1991, the Organ has been in the care of David Wells of Liverpool.[45]
Stained-Glass.
Chester Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass dates mainly from the 19th-Century and 20th-Century and has representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s onwards.
Stained-Glass.
Chester Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass dates mainly from the 19th-Century and 20th-Century and has representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s onwards.
Of the earlier Victorian firms, William Wailes is the best represented, in the South Aisle (1862), as well as Hardman & Co. and Michael O'Connor.
Glass from the High Victorian period is well represented by two leading London firms, Clayton and Bell and Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
The Great East Window, Chester Cathedral.
The subject is Jesus, Saviour of the World. It is a Trinity Window, with the name of God, The Lamb of God, and
The Holy Spirit, represented in the Upper Tracery.
The Central Light shows God as High Priest holding
The Infant Jesus. From Left to Right, the other figures
are Saint Joseph, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anna,
Saint Simeon. This magnificent Stained-Glass Window
was manufactured by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
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The Aesthetic-Style is represented by Charles Eamer Kempe. Early-20th-Century Stained-Glass Windows include several commemorating those who died in World War I.
There are also several notable modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001 by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]
There are also several notable modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001 by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]
The Eight-Light Perpendicular Window of the West End contains Mid-20th-Century Glass representing The Holy Family and Saints, by W. T. Carter Shapland.
Three modern windows are in the South Aisle, designed and made by Alan Younger to replace Windows damaged in the Second World War. They were donated by the 6th Duke of Westminster to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Cathedral and contain the dates 1092 and 1992 to reflect the theme of “continuity and change”.[47]
Nave.
The West End of the Nave is dominated by an Eight-Light Window in the Perpendicular Gothic Style, which almost fills the upper part of the West Wall.
It contains Stained-Glass designed by W. T. Carter Shapland dating from 1961 and depicts The Holy Family in the middle two Lights, flanked by the Northern Saints: Werburgh; Oswald; Aidan; Chad and Wilfrid; Queen Ethelfleda.[48]
The Nave Pulpit was designed by the restorer R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]
The Nave Pulpit was designed by the restorer R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]
The Mosaic floor of the Tower Bay was designed by John Howson (Dean, 1867 – 1885) and executed by Burke and Co. The same firm installed the Mosaics which decorate the wall of the North Aisle, depicting the Patriarchs and Prophets Abraham, Moses, David and Elijah.[4] They were designed by J. R. Clayton of Clayton and Bell, and date from 1883 to 1886.[49]
PART NINE FOLLOWS.
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