“Talking In Your Sleep”.
By: Crystal Gayle.
Available on YouTube
10 March, 2026
“Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart”. And “Only Love Can Break A Heart”. Sung By: Gene Pitney.
“Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart”.
Sung By: Gene Pitney.
Available on YouTube
Gene Pitney (17 February 1940 – 5 April 2006)
was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Pitney charted sixteen Top 40 Hits in the
United States and four Hits in the Top 10.
In the United Kingdom, he had twenty-two
Top 40 Hits, and eleven Singles in the Top Ten.
He also wrote the Early-1960s’ Hits:
“Rubber Ball”, by Bobby Vee;
“Hello Mary Lou”, by Ricky Nelson;
“He’s a Rebel”, by The Crystals.
In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“Only Love Can Break A Heart”.
Sung By: Gene Pitney.
Available on YouTube
Tuesday Of The Third Week In Lent. The Lenten Stations Are At The Basilica Of Saint Pudentiana And The Basilica Of Saint Agatha.
Peterborough Cathedral.
© Chel@SweetbriarDreams
www.sweetbriardreams.blogspot.co.uk
Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Tuesday of The Third Week in Lent.
Stations at Saint Pudentiana’s and Saint Agatha’s.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
Basilica of Santa Pudentiana, Rome.
Photo: May 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Welleschik
(Wikimedia Commons)
By Apostolic Letters, dated 5 March 1934, and published on
15 October 1935, the Churches of Santa Agatha and Santa Maria Nova (also called Santa Francisca Romana) were raised to the Title of Stational Churches.
The same Ceremonies are performed, and the same Indulgences may be gained there, respectively, as Santa Pudentiana on The Third Tuesday in Lent and San Apollinare on Passion Thursday. These two Churches are not on the published Map of Stational Churches in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Stational Indulgences.
Indulgences are mentioned in The Missal at some Stational Days. These Indulgences may be gained in Rome by taking part in The Stational Procession and Mass or by visiting The Stational Church on that day.
All Regulars [Editor: Regular Clergy, as opposed to Secular Clergy] may gain the same by attending Conventual Mass and Praying for the Pope's intentions in their own Convent Church (Pope Paul V, 23 May 1606).
This Privilege may have been extended to some Confraternities affiliated to these Orders.
The Station is at the very ancient Sanctuary of Saint Pudentiana, erected on the site of the house of her father, the Senator Pudens, mentioned by Saint Paul in his Epistles. Saint Pudentiana lived here with her sister, Saint Praxedes. Here, Saint Peter received hospitality and the first Christians often assembled.
In the 2nd-Century A.D., this house seems to have been the Residence of The Roman Pontiffs. For such reasons, it became one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D. It was quite fitting to read there the Gospel in which Saint Peter asks Our Lord about the use of the Power of The Keys.
The clemency of the Jews was content to forgive three times. Jesus, in the Gospel, says we are to forgive "seventy times seven times", that is to say, always. Mercy, with the sacrifices which accompany it, forms part of The Lenten Penance.
Wherefore, the Epistle shows us, in the miraculous increase of a small quantity of oil at the word of Eliseus (by the sale of which a poor widow was enabled to pay a pitiless creditor), a figure of The Mercy of The Saviour, whose infinite merits supply the ransom for our sins.
The following paragraph is from THE FAR SIGHT
The first Archbishop of Westminster, and also the first Cardinal resident in England since The Reformation, was Blessed Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman.
In order to participate in the effects of this Charity of Christ, we should, in our turn, exercise the same Virtue. Then will The Church, in The Name of Jesus, make use in our favour of the Power of Remission which she holds from her Head.
Let us atone for our sins and forgive our neighbour his sins against us. And then let us implore The God of Mercy to grant us, by His Almighty Power, the pardon for our sins (Postcommunion).
Mass: Ego clamávi.
Preface: Of Lent.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
The Church of Santa Pudenziana (Pudentiana) is recognised as the oldest place of Christian worship in Rome. It was built over a 2nd-Century A.D. house (probably during the Pontificate of Pope Pius I (140 A.D. – 155 A.D.)) and re-uses part of a Baths facility, still visible in the structure of the Apse.
This Church was the Residence of the Popes until 313 A.D., when Emperor Constantine offered them the Lateran Palace.
In the 4th-Century A.D., during the Pontificate of Pope Siricius, the building was transformed into a Three-Naved Church. In the Acts of the Synod of 499 A.D., the Church bears the Titulus “Pudentis”, indicating that the administration of the Sacraments was allowed.
The Saint Peter Chapel, on the Left-Side of the Apse, contains a part of the table at which Saint Peter would have held the Celebration of the Eucharist in the house of Saint Pudens. The rest of the table is embedded in the Papal Altar of Saint John Lateran.
In the same Chapel, there are two bronze slabs in the wall, explaining that here Saint Peter was given hospitality and that he offered, for the first time in Rome, Bread and Wine as a Consecration of the Eucharist. The Pavement is ancient. A door opens into a Cortile (Courtyard) with a small Chapel that contains frescoes from the 11th-Century.
Cætani Chapel: This Chapel for the Cætani family (family of Pope Boniface VIII) was designed by Capriano da Volterra, in 1588, and, after his death in 1601, was completed by Carlo Maderno. The mosaics on the floor are notable. The Columns are of Lumachella Marble.
The same Ceremonies are performed, and the same Indulgences may be gained there, respectively, as Santa Pudentiana on The Third Tuesday in Lent and San Apollinare on Passion Thursday. These two Churches are not on the published Map of Stational Churches in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
English: Basilica of Saint Agatha, Rome.
Deutsch: Innenraum von Sant' Agata dei Goti.
Photo: September 2006.
Source: Photo taken by Th1979
Author: Th1979
(Wikimedia Commons)
Stational Indulgences.
Indulgences are mentioned in The Missal at some Stational Days. These Indulgences may be gained in Rome by taking part in The Stational Procession and Mass or by visiting The Stational Church on that day.
All Regulars [Editor: Regular Clergy, as opposed to Secular Clergy] may gain the same by attending Conventual Mass and Praying for the Pope's intentions in their own Convent Church (Pope Paul V, 23 May 1606).
This Privilege may have been extended to some Confraternities affiliated to these Orders.
The same Interior of Sant’Agata dei Goti (Saint Agatha
of The Goths), Rome, as the previous photo, above.
But the photo, here, was taken circa 1899.
Taken from the Web-site of University College, Cork, Ireland, at UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CORK, IRELAND.
The Station is at the very ancient Sanctuary of Saint Pudentiana, erected on the site of the house of her father, the Senator Pudens, mentioned by Saint Paul in his Epistles. Saint Pudentiana lived here with her sister, Saint Praxedes. Here, Saint Peter received hospitality and the first Christians often assembled.
In the 2nd-Century A.D., this house seems to have been the Residence of The Roman Pontiffs. For such reasons, it became one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D. It was quite fitting to read there the Gospel in which Saint Peter asks Our Lord about the use of the Power of The Keys.
Basilica of Santa Pudentiana, Rome.
Photo: August 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Luc
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Basilica of Saint Agatha, Rome.
Deutsch: Roma, Sant'Agata dei Goti (rione Monti).
Photo: 25 May 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Pippo-b
(Wikimedia Commons)
The clemency of the Jews was content to forgive three times. Jesus, in the Gospel, says we are to forgive "seventy times seven times", that is to say, always. Mercy, with the sacrifices which accompany it, forms part of The Lenten Penance.
Wherefore, the Epistle shows us, in the miraculous increase of a small quantity of oil at the word of Eliseus (by the sale of which a poor widow was enabled to pay a pitiless creditor), a figure of The Mercy of The Saviour, whose infinite merits supply the ransom for our sins.
Blessed Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman.
One-time Cardinal Priest of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.
Artist: Eduardo Cano de la Peña (1823–1897).
Date: 1865.
Current location: University of Seville, Spain.
Source/Photographer: [2]
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following paragraph is from THE FAR SIGHT
The first Archbishop of Westminster, and also the first Cardinal resident in England since The Reformation, was Blessed Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman.
In order to participate in the effects of this Charity of Christ, we should, in our turn, exercise the same Virtue. Then will The Church, in The Name of Jesus, make use in our favour of the Power of Remission which she holds from her Head.
Let us atone for our sins and forgive our neighbour his sins against us. And then let us implore The God of Mercy to grant us, by His Almighty Power, the pardon for our sins (Postcommunion).
Mass: Ego clamávi.
Preface: Of Lent.
“Saint Pudentiana being received into Heaven”.
Artist: Bernardino Nocchi.
The High Altar of Santa Pudentiana.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Georges Jansoone (JoJan).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
The Church of Santa Pudenziana (Pudentiana) is recognised as the oldest place of Christian worship in Rome. It was built over a 2nd-Century A.D. house (probably during the Pontificate of Pope Pius I (140 A.D. – 155 A.D.)) and re-uses part of a Baths facility, still visible in the structure of the Apse.
This Church was the Residence of the Popes until 313 A.D., when Emperor Constantine offered them the Lateran Palace.
In the 4th-Century A.D., during the Pontificate of Pope Siricius, the building was transformed into a Three-Naved Church. In the Acts of the Synod of 499 A.D., the Church bears the Titulus “Pudentis”, indicating that the administration of the Sacraments was allowed.
“Christ delivering the Keys Of Heaven to Saint Peter”.
Architect Giacomo della Porta.
Date: 1594.
Saint Peter Chapel,
Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Georges Jansoone (JoJan).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Saint Peter Chapel, on the Left-Side of the Apse, contains a part of the table at which Saint Peter would have held the Celebration of the Eucharist in the house of Saint Pudens. The rest of the table is embedded in the Papal Altar of Saint John Lateran.
In the same Chapel, there are two bronze slabs in the wall, explaining that here Saint Peter was given hospitality and that he offered, for the first time in Rome, Bread and Wine as a Consecration of the Eucharist. The Pavement is ancient. A door opens into a Cortile (Courtyard) with a small Chapel that contains frescoes from the 11th-Century.
Main entrance to Saint Pudentiana’s, Rome.
Photo: November 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Panairjdde
(Wikimedia Commons)
Cætani Chapel: This Chapel for the Cætani family (family of Pope Boniface VIII) was designed by Capriano da Volterra, in 1588, and, after his death in 1601, was completed by Carlo Maderno. The mosaics on the floor are notable. The Columns are of Lumachella Marble.
The Relief (1599), above the Altar, is by Pier Paolo Olivieri and depicts The Adoration of The Magi. Giovanni Paolo Rossetti painted Saint Praxedes and Saint Pudentiana collecting The Blood of The Martyrs, in 1621. He also painted the fresco of The Evangelist, in the Ceiling, to a design by Federico Zuccari.
The statue of Saint Pudentiana, in a Niche, is by Claude Adam, dating from 1650. The Sisters’ Well stands just outside the Caetani Chapel, in the Left-Aisle, and is said to contain the Relics of 3,000 early Martyrs, many of which were brought here and hidden by Saints Pudentiana and Praxedes. This is marked by a square porphyry slab in the floor.
The Cardinal Priest, of the Titulus S. Pudentianæ, was Joachim Meisner. From the death on 5 July 2017 of Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the Titulus S. Pudentianæ was vacant until 28 June 2018, when Pope Francis assigned the Title to Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Mæda.
One of the former Cardinal-Priests of this Basilica was Cardinal Luciano Bonaparte, great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I.
The following three paragraphs are from THE CATHOLIC TRAVELER
The Station Churches of Rome.
Pilgrims who travel to Rome, during Lent, can participate in a beautiful custom that dates back to the 4th-Century A.D. It’s a custom that began as a way to strengthen the sense of community in the City, while honouring The Holy Martyrs of Rome.
The Faithful would journey through the streets to visit various Churches. As they walked, they would Pray The Litany of The Saints. The Bishop of Rome, that is The Holy Father (The Pope), would join them, lead them in Prayer and Celebrate Mass at the Church.
Though this practice was around for years, Pope Saint Gregory the Great established the order of the Churches to be visited, the Prayers to be recited, and designated this as a Lenten Practice. The Tradition continued until 1309, when the Papacy moved to Avignon, France. Pope Leo XIII revived the Tradition and it was fully restored by Pope Saint John XXIII in 1959.
Saints Praxedes and Pudentiana
collecting the Blood of the Martyrs.
Date: 1621.
Artist: Giovanni Paolo Rossetti.
Current location: The Caetani Chapel,
Church of Santa Pudentiana, Rome.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Georges Jansoone (JoJan).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cardinal Priest, of the Titulus S. Pudentianæ, was Joachim Meisner. From the death on 5 July 2017 of Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the Titulus S. Pudentianæ was vacant until 28 June 2018, when Pope Francis assigned the Title to Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Mæda.
One of the former Cardinal-Priests of this Basilica was Cardinal Luciano Bonaparte, great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I.
The following three paragraphs are from THE CATHOLIC TRAVELER
The Station Churches of Rome.
Pilgrims who travel to Rome, during Lent, can participate in a beautiful custom that dates back to the 4th-Century A.D. It’s a custom that began as a way to strengthen the sense of community in the City, while honouring The Holy Martyrs of Rome.
The Faithful would journey through the streets to visit various Churches. As they walked, they would Pray The Litany of The Saints. The Bishop of Rome, that is The Holy Father (The Pope), would join them, lead them in Prayer and Celebrate Mass at the Church.
Though this practice was around for years, Pope Saint Gregory the Great established the order of the Churches to be visited, the Prayers to be recited, and designated this as a Lenten Practice. The Tradition continued until 1309, when the Papacy moved to Avignon, France. Pope Leo XIII revived the Tradition and it was fully restored by Pope Saint John XXIII in 1959.
Our Lady Of The Atonement Cathedral,
Baguio, Philippines.
Photo: 29 March 2024.
Source: Own work.
This file is made available under the
Author: Galaxiaria
(Wikimedia Commons)
Wells Cathedral.
Photo: August 2006.
Source: Own work.
This file is licensed under the
Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.
Author: Steinsky
(Wikimedia Commons)
“The Fields Of Athenry”. Sung By: Glenn And Ronan.
“The Fields Of Athenry”.
Sung by: Glenn And Ronan.
Available on YouTube
“The Fields of Athenry”.
Song By: The Dubliners.
1983.
Lyrics.
By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling
“Michael, they are taken you away
For you stole Trevelyan’s corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay”.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ’round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young man calling
“Nothing matters, Mary, when you’re free
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled, they run me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity”.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ’round the Fields of Athenry
By a lonely harbour wall,
she watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she’ll wait and hope and pray
for her love in Botany Bay
It’s so lonely ’round the Fields of Athenry.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ’round the Fields of Athenry
It’s so lonely ’round the Fields of Athenry.
Source: Musixmatch.
Songwriters: Pete St. John.
The Fields of Athenry lyrics
© Elevate Music Productions Limited,
Unknown Publisher, Celtic Songs.
The Forty Holy Martyrs Of Sebaste, Armenia. Feast Day, Today, 10 March. Red Vestments.
Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Forty Holy Martyrs.
Feast Day 10 March.
Semi-Double.
Red Vestments.
English: The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
Ivory Relief Panel. Constantinople. 10th-Century Museum
für Byzantinische Kunst (Inv. no. 574; acquired in 1828; Bartoldi collection), Bode-Museum, Berlin.
Deutsch: Die vierzig Märtyrer von Sebaste;
Elfenbein-Relieftafel; Konstantinopel, 10. Jh. n. Chr.
Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Inv. 574; erworben 1828; Sammlung Bartoldi), Bode-Museum, Berlin.
Date: 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Photo: AndreasPraefcke
(Wikimedia Commons)
Under the Emperor Licinius, in 320 A.D., Forty Soldiers of the Garrison of Sebaste, in Armenia, bore glorious testimony to Christ (Epistle). For refusing to sacrifice to idols, they were, out of hatred for the name of Jesus (Gospel), "thrown into prison and tortured in many ways" (Epistle).
At last, they were stripped of their clothes and exposed on a frozen pond. They asked God that "the forty, who entered the lists, might be forty to win the Crown, forty being the number Consecrated by the Fasts of Jesus, Moses, and Elias".
One of them, whose courage failed, threw himself into a bath of tepid water, prepared near by, and perished in it. But their guard, touched by Grace from above, took his place, and there were Forty Martyrs.
English: Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo,
Bulgaria, a Bulgarian national cultural monument.
Български: Църквата bg:Свети Четиридесет
мъченици (Велико Търново), български национален паметник на културата.
Date: 7 June 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from bg.wikipedia
Author: Original uploader was Svik at bg.wikipedia
Attribution: Attribution: Svilen Enev
(Wikimedia Commons)
When they had expired, their bodies were carried away on chariots, to be burned, all except the youngest, who was still alive and whom they hoped to pervert to the worship of the gods. But his mother, who, above all, was his mother in Christ (Communion) took him in her arms, followed the convoy, and, when her son had breathed his last, she laid him with those who were more than ever his brothers in Jesus (Gospel, Communion).
They were thus united in death as in life, and their Souls entered Heaven together. "How pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity ! " (Gradual). The Communion, which alludes to this Charity, is the same as that of The Seven Holy Martyrs And Their Mother, on 10 July.
Let us imitate the fortitude of these Forty Martyrs in the confession of their Faith and not grow slack during the Forty Days of Lent.
Mass: Clamavérunt justi.
Commemoration: Of the Feria.
Last Gospel: Of the Feria.
09 March, 2026
The Custom Of Festive Hangings In Rome: Chiesa Nuova Church.
This Article, by John Paul Sonnen, dated January 2025,
is taken from, and can be read in full at,
LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL HERE
There is a long-standing custom in Italy and other places, such as Malta, to decorate Churches on festive occasions with certain Silken Hangings (Italian: “Drappi”; English: “Drapes”).
There is a long-standing custom in Italy and other places, such as Malta, to decorate Churches on festive occasions with certain Silken Hangings (Italian: “Drappi”; English: “Drapes”).
They are hung on Pilasters throughout the Church in Red and Gold with elegant motifs.
Such draperies are typically put up by volunteer Parishioners, thanks to a rope pulley system that is attached at the top of each Pilaster.
These beautiful Hangings express Baroque opulence, with richly-detailed iconographic motifs, that generally depict a vertical lattice in delicate floral patterns.
These beautiful Hangings express Baroque opulence, with richly-detailed iconographic motifs, that generally depict a vertical lattice in delicate floral patterns.
These designs are often inspired by Italian and French upholstery fabrics from the 17th-Century.
The Hangings create a pattern of unparalleled sophistication and equally decorate the Sanctuary and Side Chapels.
Not many Churches are left in Rome that have maintained this venerable custom. The images shown here are of the Chiesa Nuova Church, under the care of the good Fathers of the Oratory.
Not many Churches are left in Rome that have maintained this venerable custom. The images shown here are of the Chiesa Nuova Church, under the care of the good Fathers of the Oratory.
The vintage Hangings depict lightweight floral designs of Acanthus Leaves, a typical Baroque pattern.
Fortunately, the Hangings have been impeccably maintained and handled and stored with great care.
“Extras” like these Hangings, extend beauty and lend “oomph” and dignity to a Liturgical space. They add a personal touch and warmth and help to harmonise and solemnise occasions when they are displayed.
Let us admire these local customs with ancient roots, and appreciate them when we see them, and thank those who prioritise this worthy tradition.
One textile manufacturer that still makes these Hangings (custom orders on demand) is the Venetian firm, Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, whose Web-Site can be found HERE
Let us admire these local customs with ancient roots, and appreciate them when we see them, and thank those who prioritise this worthy tradition.
One textile manufacturer that still makes these Hangings (custom orders on demand) is the Venetian firm, Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, whose Web-Site can be found HERE
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