unless otherwise stated.
Seventh Day within The Octave
of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
14 December.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
"The Immaculate Conception".
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).
Date: 1628.
English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum
photographed during the exhibition « Rubens et son Temps »
(Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.
Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid
photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps »
au musée duLouvre-Lens.
Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps "
(Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit) im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.
Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de
" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.
Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Church prolongs during eight days (an Octave) The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on 8 December.
The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both Feasts of The First-Class and both with an Octave.
That is why each day The Creed is said during The Octave, that Profession of Faith fixed at The First Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.
Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ in our hearts by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.
The Ancients said that White was a Divine Colour. Daniel (vii. 9) depicts God as appearing clothed in White. The Evangelists tell us that, at The Transfiguration, the garments of Jesus were of "dazzling Whiteness" (Mark ix. 2).
The Liturgy of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception applies this Text to The Virgin, saying that: "The Garment of Salvation" (Introit), with which God has clothed her, is a "Vesture as White as Snow" (Second Antiphon at Vespers).
Let us, with The Church, ask The Blessed Virgin on her Feast Day, that we may, "by her intercession, be purified from all our sins" (Collect), and let us be in readiness to receive Jesus.
The Ancients said that White was a Divine Colour. Daniel (vii. 9) depicts God as appearing clothed in White. The Evangelists tell us that, at The Transfiguration, the garments of Jesus were of "dazzling Whiteness" (Mark ix. 2).
The Liturgy of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception applies this Text to The Virgin, saying that: "The Garment of Salvation" (Introit), with which God has clothed her, is a "Vesture as White as Snow" (Second Antiphon at Vespers).
Let us, with The Church, ask The Blessed Virgin on her Feast Day, that we may, "by her intercession, be purified from all our sins" (Collect), and let us be in readiness to receive Jesus.
Second Collect: Of The Feria.
Third Collect: Of The Holy Ghost.
Creed: On account of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
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