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Tuesday, 10 September 2024
The Ottaviani Intervention (1969).
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Ottaviani Intervention (Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, 1969).
Critique of the Novus Ordo Missae, led by Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, presented to Pope Paul VI just after its introduction in 1969.
Commonly known as “The Ottaviani Intervention”.
Letter from Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci to His Holiness Pope Paul VI.
(Translation).
Rome, 25 September 1969.
Most Holy Father,
Having carefully examined, and presented for the scrutiny of others, the Novus Ordo Missae prepared by the experts of the Consilium ad exequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia, and after lengthy prayer and reflection, we feel it to be our bounden duty in the sight of God and towards Your Holiness, to put before you the following considerations:
1. The accompanying critical study of the Novus Ordo Missae, the work of a group of theologians, liturgists and pastors of souls, shows quite clearly in spite of its brevity that if we consider the innovations implied or taken for granted which may of course be evaluated in different ways, the Novus Ordo represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as it was formulated in Session XXII of the Council of Trent. The "canons" of the rite definitively fixed at that time provided an insurmountable barrier to any heresy directed against the integrity of the Mystery.
2. The pastoral reasons adduced to support such a grave break with tradition, even if such reasons could be regarded as holding good in the face of doctrinal considerations, do not seem to us sufficient. The innovations in the Novus Ordo and the fact that all that is of perennial value finds only a minor place, if it subsists at all, could well turn into a certainty the suspicions already prevalent, alas, in many circles, that truths which have always been believed by the Christian people, can be changed or ignored without infidelity to that sacred deposit of doctrine to which the Catholic faith is bound for ever. Recent reforms have amply demonstrated that fresh changes in the liturgy could lead to nothing but complete bewilderment on the part of the faithful who are already showing signs of restiveness and of an indubitable lessening of faith.
Amongst the best of the clergy the practical result is an agonising crisis of conscience of which innumerable instances come tour notice daily.
3. We are certain that these considerations, which can only reach Your Holiness by the living voice of both shepherds and flock, cannot but find an echo in Your paternal heart, always so profoundly solicitous for the spiritual needs of the children of the Church. It has always been the case that when a law meant for the good of subjects proves to be on the contrary harmful, those subjects have the right, nay the duty of asking with filial trust for the abrogation of that law.
Therefore we most earnestly beseech Your Holiness, at a time of such painful divisions and ever-increasing perils for the purity of the Faith and the unity of the church, lamented by You our common Father, not to deprive us of the possibility of continuing to have recourse to the fruitful integrity of that Missale Romanum of St. Pius V, so highly praised by Your Holiness and so deeply loved and venerated by the whole Catholic world.
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“Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give
testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me ?”
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Saint Nicholas Of Tolentino. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 10 September.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Artist: Pietro Perugino (1448–1523).
Date: 1507.
Current location:
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
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Nicholas Gurrutti was born at Sant'Angelo in Pontano, in Italy, in what was then The March of Ancona.
He was the son of parents who had been childless into middle age, Compagnonus de Guarutti and Amata de Guidiani. They Prayed at the Shrine of Saint Nicholas of Myra for his Intercession, and, when Amata became pregnant, they named their son after the Saint.
A studious, kind and gentle youth, at the age of sixteen Nicholas became an Augustinian Friar and was a student of the Blessed Angelus de Scarpetti.
A Monk at the Monasteries at Recanati and Macerata, as well as others, he was Ordained in 1270, at the age of twenty-five, and soon became known for his Preaching and Teachings.
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Illustration: LIVES OF THE SAINTS
Nicholas, who had had Visions of Angels reciting “to Tolentino”, in 1274 took this as a sign to move to that City, where he lived the rest of his life. Nicholas worked to counteract the decline of Morality and Religion, which came with the development of City life in the Late-13th-Century.
On account of his kind and gentle manner, his Superiors entrusted him with the daily feeding of The Poor, at the Monastery Gates, but, at times, he was so free with the Friary’s provisions that the Procurator begged the Superior to check his generosity.
Once, when weak after a long Fast, he received a Vision of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Augustine, who told him to eat some bread, marked with a Cross, and dipped in water. Upon doing so, he was immediately stronger. He started distributing these rolls to the ailing, while Praying to Mary, often curing the sufferers; this is the origin of The Augustinian Custom of Blessing and distributing Saint Nicholas Bread.
Church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino,
Bronx, New York, United States of America.
Illustration: SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE
In Tolentino, Nicholas worked as a peacemaker in a City torn by strife between The Guelphs and The Ghibellines, who, in the conflict for control of Italy, supported the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively.
He ministered to his flock, helped The Poor and visited Prisoners. When working wonders, or healing people, he always asked those he helped to “say nothing of this”, explaining that he was just God’s instrument.
During his life, Nicholas is said to have received Visions, including Images of Purgatory, which friends ascribed to his lengthy Fasts. Prayer for The Souls in Purgatory was the outstanding characteristic of his Spirituality. Because of this, Nicholas was proclaimed Patron of The Souls in Purgatory, in 1884, by Pope Leo XIII.
Towards the end of his life, he became ill, suffering greatly, but still continued the Mortifications that had been part of his Holy Life. Nicholas died on 10 September 1305.
There are many tales and legends that relate to Nicholas. One says that the devil once beat him with a stick, which was then displayed for years in his Church. In another, Nicholas, a vegetarian, was served a roasted fowl, over which he made the Sign of The Cross, and it flew out a window.
Nine passengers on a ship, going down at sea, once asked Nicholas’ aid and he appeared in the sky, wearing the Black Augustinian Habit, radiating Golden Light, holding a Lily in his Left Hand, and, with his Right Hand, he quelled the storm.
An Apparition of the Saint, it is said, once saved the burning Palace of The Doge of Venice, by throwing a piece of Blessed Bread on the flames. He was also reported to have Resurrected over one hundred dead children, including several who had drowned together.
According to the Peruvian chronicler, Antonio de la Calancha, it was Saint Nicholas of Tolentino who made possible a permanent Spanish settlement in the rigorous, high-altitude climate of Potosí, Bolivia. He reported that all children, born to Spanish colonists there, died in childbirth or soon thereafter, until a father dedicated his unborn child to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (whose own parents, after all, had required Saintly intervention to have a child). The colonist’s son, born on Christmas Eve, 1598, survived to healthy adulthood, and many later parents followed the example of naming their sons Nicolás.
Nicholas was Canonised by Pope Eugene IV (also an Augustinian) in 1446. He was the first Augustinian to be Canonised. At his Canonisation, Nicholas was credited with three hundred Miracles, including three Resurrections.
He ministered to his flock, helped The Poor and visited Prisoners. When working wonders, or healing people, he always asked those he helped to “say nothing of this”, explaining that he was just God’s instrument.
During his life, Nicholas is said to have received Visions, including Images of Purgatory, which friends ascribed to his lengthy Fasts. Prayer for The Souls in Purgatory was the outstanding characteristic of his Spirituality. Because of this, Nicholas was proclaimed Patron of The Souls in Purgatory, in 1884, by Pope Leo XIII.
Towards the end of his life, he became ill, suffering greatly, but still continued the Mortifications that had been part of his Holy Life. Nicholas died on 10 September 1305.
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Patron of The Holy Souls.
Illustration: HELPERS OF THE HOLY SOULS
Nine passengers on a ship, going down at sea, once asked Nicholas’ aid and he appeared in the sky, wearing the Black Augustinian Habit, radiating Golden Light, holding a Lily in his Left Hand, and, with his Right Hand, he quelled the storm.
An Apparition of the Saint, it is said, once saved the burning Palace of The Doge of Venice, by throwing a piece of Blessed Bread on the flames. He was also reported to have Resurrected over one hundred dead children, including several who had drowned together.
According to the Peruvian chronicler, Antonio de la Calancha, it was Saint Nicholas of Tolentino who made possible a permanent Spanish settlement in the rigorous, high-altitude climate of Potosí, Bolivia. He reported that all children, born to Spanish colonists there, died in childbirth or soon thereafter, until a father dedicated his unborn child to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (whose own parents, after all, had required Saintly intervention to have a child). The colonist’s son, born on Christmas Eve, 1598, survived to healthy adulthood, and many later parents followed the example of naming their sons Nicolás.
Nicholas was Canonised by Pope Eugene IV (also an Augustinian) in 1446. He was the first Augustinian to be Canonised. At his Canonisation, Nicholas was credited with three hundred Miracles, including three Resurrections.
English: The Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.
A statue of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino is on
The Charles Bridge (see next photo, below.)
Español: Puente de Carlos una mañana temprano,
antes de llenarse de turistas.
Français: Pont Charles a Prague.
Čeština: Karlův most v Praze.
Photo: 7 May 2006 (Upload Date).
Source: Own work.
Author: Chosovi
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Remains of Saint Nicholas are preserved at the Shrine of Saint Nicholas, in the Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino, in the City of Tolentino, Province of Macerata, in Marche, Italy.
He is particularly invoked as an Advocate for the Souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. In many Augustinian Churches, there are weekly Devotions to Saint Nicholas, on behalf of the Suffering Souls. 2 November, All Souls’ Day, holds special significance for the devotees of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Pope Saint Pius V did not include him in The Tridentine Calendar, but he was later inserted and given 10 September as his Feast Day. Judged to be of limited importance worldwide, his Liturgical Celebration was not kept in the 1969 Revision of The General Roman Calendar, but he is still recognised as one of the Saints of The Roman Catholic Church.
English: Statue of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino,
The Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.
Čeština: Sousoší Svatého Mikuláše Toletinského
na Karlově mostě.
Photo: 31 July 2006 (Upload Date).
Source: Originally from cs.wikipedia;
description page is/was here.
Author: Zp
(Wikimedia Commons)
A number of Churches and Oratories are dedicated to him, including San Nicolò da Tolentino, in Venice, San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani, in Rome, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, in the Bronx, New York. In the Philippines, the 16th-Century Church of San Nicolas de Tolentino, in Banton, Romblon, was built in honour of him and his Feast Day is celebrated as the annual Biniray Festival, commemorating the Devotion of the Island’s Catholic inhabitants to Saint Nicholas during the Muslim raids in the 16th-Century.
In the Province of Pampanga, Philippines, is a 440-year-old Augustinian Church, which was Founded in 1575 and built in his honour. A Second-Class Relic of the Saint is Venerated every Tuesday after Mass.
He is depicted in the Black Habit of The Hermits of Saint Augustine — a Star above him, or on his breast, a Lily, or a Crucifix, garlanded with Lilies, in his hand. Sometimes, instead of the Lily, he holds a Vial filled with money or bread.
2012 Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Parish Fiesta Poster,
Macabebe, Philippines.
Photo: 23 August 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jptoting
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Confessor.
Feast Day 10 September.
Double.
White Vestments.
Nicholas, called “of Tolentino”, on account of his long sojourn at this place, received the Baptismal Name of the Holy Bishop of Myra, because he was born after a Pilgrimage, made by his parents to the tomb of the great Miracle-Worker at Bari, Italy.
Following the example of his Holy Patron, although only seven years old, he Fasted several times a week. Listening, one day, to a Sermon by a Preacher of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, on contempt of the World, he determined to give up all he possessed (Gospel) and to enter that Order.
He is represented holding a Lily, because he was always a model of Innocence and Purity. He died in 1308.
Mass: Justus.
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Monday, 9 September 2024
Albi Cathedral: The Largest Painted Cathedral In Europe. Albi Cathédrale: La Plus Grande Cathédrale Peinte En Europe.
Albi: The Largest Painted Cathedral In Europe !
Albi: La Plus Grande Cathédrale Peinte En Europe !
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The geometric wall paintings in Albi Cathedral, also known
as the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia, were created by
a team of Italian painters from Modena and Bologna.
Sarum Use Vespers. 1 February 2020. Candlemas Eve. Saint Patrick’s Church, Philadelphia.
Sarum Use Vespers.
1 February 2020.
Candlemas Eve.
Saint Patrick’s Church, Philadelphia.
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Official video of Vespers according to The Use of Sarum, celebrated at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Candlemas Eve, 1 February 2020.
Over 700 came to attend this unique celebration of Evening Prayer according to The Use of Salisbury: The local adaptation of The Roman Rite used throughout most of England from The Norman Conquest until The Reformation introduced the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549.
Relics of Saint Thomas Becket and Saint Edward the Confessor were set upon The High Altar for this Liturgy, organised by The Durandus Institute for Sacred Liturgy and Music.
The viewer is highly encouraged to follow along with the congregation’s Service Booklet, which may be viewed at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdnzq8b6zqq...
The official Photo Album, courtesy of Allison Girone, may be viewed here: https://aqg.smugmug.com/Sarum-Vespers...
Officiating Priest: Father Jason Catania.
Assisting Priest: Father Robert Pasley, KCHS.
Precentor and Project Director: James T.M. Griffin.
Succentor (Precentor’s Assistant) and Music Director:
Peter Carter.
Organist: Clara Gerdes.
Book Bearer and Master of Ceremonies:
Luke Majewski.
Video by Thomas Tonelli.
The Durandus Institute
for Sacred Liturgy and Music Web-Site is
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Albi Cathedral, France (Part Five).
English: Choir and Rood Screen, Albi Cathedral.
Français: Chœur et jubé (Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Albi).
Magyar: Kórus és szentélyrekesztő,
Szent Cecília-katedrális, Albi.
Polski: Chór kapłański oraz łuk tęczowy
(katedra Św. Cecylii w Albi we Francji).
Photo: 2 July 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Pom²
(Wikimedia Commons)
unless stated otherwise.
Because the Cathedral is built on the side of a hill, sloping down to The River Tarn, the entrance on the South-East side of the Chevet is located thirty feet (9.1 metres) below the level of the Nave and Choir, and those entering must go up an outside Stairway.
The Portal of Dominique de Florence, named for the Bishop who commissioned it, and also known as the Portal of Saint Cecilia, was built at the beginning of the 15th-Century, between the Chevet and one of the Towers of the City Wall.
It gives access to the Stairway which leads upward to the entrance into the Apse of Church. The Portal has a lace-like, open, Tympanum, containing statuary and is crowned by Quadrilobe, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Bishop who commissioned it.[17]
English: Decoration of the Choir Stalls, Albi Cathedral.
Italiano: Dettaglio del Coro, Albi Cattedrale.
Photo: 5 August 2018.
Source: Own work.
Author: Davide Mauro
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Nave, where the Congregation Worship, and the Choir, reserved for the Clergy, together are ninety-seven metres (318 feet) long, thirty metres (ninety-eight feet) high, and nineteen metres (sixty-two feet) wide.[17]
While the brick outside of the Church is austere and Solemn, the Interior is almost exploding with colour; the Vaults, Tribunes (Editor: Galleries], and Walls of the Chapels, are entirely covered with painting and decoration, most of it painted during The Renaissance.
The Choir is the portion of the Interior of the Church at the East End reserved for the members of the Clergy.
English: The Organ in Albi Cathedral, a masterpiece by Christophe Moucherel, completed in 1736, with a monumental buffet 16.40 m wide and 15.60 m high, one of the most beautiful South of the Loire.
Christophe Moucherel, being better known for the high quality of his buffets than for the reliability of his instruments, the Organ was revised in 1747 by François and Jean-François Lépine, then in 1779 by Joseph Isnard, nephew of Jean-Esprit, and in 1825 by Antoine Peyroulous.
Brought up to date during the romantic period by Jean-Baptiste Puget in 1904, and in poor condition in the 1950s, its restoration was decided upon and entrusted in 1977 to Bartoloméo Formentelli. The same will carry out a big lifting in 1996. It is from now on his son, Michel, who takes care of the Organ. Five Keyboards of fifty Notes (C1 to D5 without 1st C #): Dorsal Positive, G.O., Bombarde, Narrative, Echo, French Pedal, fifty-six Stops, 3578 Pipes.
Photo: 4 August 2021.
Source: Own work.
Author: Didier Descouens
(Wikimedia Commons_
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Every portion of the Choir, from the Choir Stalls, Floors, to the Walls, Tribunes, and Vaults above, is elaborately decorated and painted or coloured.
The Rood Screen, or Jubé, is a decorative framework that separates the Choir from the Nave and is located about midway in the Cathedral.
English: Geometric Wall-Painting, Albi Cathedral.
Français: Mur décoré, Albi Cathédrale.
Photo: 15 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jean-noël Lafargue
(Wikimedia Commons)
Rood Screens were very common in French Gothic Cathedrals until the 16th-Century, when most were removed as part of widespread reform of Church Doctrine begun by The Council of Trent (1545–1563), intended to combat the rise of Protestantism, and make the Interior of Churches more open and welcoming.
The Albi Rood Screen was kept, but then was threatened with destruction during The French Revolution as an example of “fanaticism and superstition”.
Many of the Statues on the outer face of the Rood Screen were smashed, but the Interior of the Rood Screen survived intact. [18]
The Rood Screen is made of filigree Stone Work, topped with a group of Polychrome Wooden Statues representing Christ on The Cross, The Virgin Mary, and Saint John the Evangelist. These Statues were not original to the Cathedral; they probably came from the former Church of The Cordeliers, Nancy, France, and were installed in the 19th-Century.[18]
PART SIX FOLLOWS.
Saint Gorgonius. Martyr (♰ 303 A.D.). Feast Day, Today, 9 September.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Gorgonius.
Martyr.
Feast Day 9 September.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Martyrdom of Saint Gorgonius and Saint Dorothy.
Date: 14th-Century.
Source: Vies de saints, France, Paris, France.
Author: Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs.
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Gorgonius was born at Nicomedia [Editor: Nicomedia (Greek: Νικομήδεια; modern-day İzmit) was an ancient Greek City in what is now Turkey]. While an Officer of The Household of Emperor Diocletian, he converted to The Faith of Christ, with the help of his colleague, Dorothy, both Servants of The Imperial Palace.
"To punish them for such audacity, they were hung up and their bodies lacerated by whips; then vinegar and salt were thrown on their uncovered entrails; and they were strangled after having been roasted on a grid-iron".
They were put to death at Nicomedia in 303 A.D. Later, the body of Saint Gorgonius was buried at Rome on The Latin Way, whence it was eventually Translated to The Basilica of Saint Peter.
Mass: Lætábitur.
Sunday, 8 September 2024
“Ave Maris Stella”. Sung By: Musica Antiqua Of London.
“Ave Maris Stella”.
Sung by: Musica Antiqua Of London.
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“Ave Maris Stella” was the Office Hymn at First Vespers, yesterday, for today’s Feast of The Nativity of
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 14.
Time After Pentecost.
Book V.
“Let us Celebrate The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary; let us adore her Son, Christ Our Lord.” [Invitatory of The Feast]. Such is the invitation addressed to us today by The Church. Let us hearken to her call; let us enter into her over-flowing joy.
The Bridegroom is at hand, for His throne is now set up on Earth; yet a little while, and He will appear in the diadem of our human nature, wherewith His Mother is to crown Him on the day of the joy of His heart, and of ours.
Today, as on the glorious Assumption, the sacred Canticle is heard [Lessons of The First Nocturn]; but,, this time, it belongs more to Earth than to Heaven.
Truly, a better Paradise than the first is given us at this hour. Eden, fear no more that man will endeavour to enter thee; thy Cherubim may leave the gates and return to Heaven. What are thy beautiful fruits to us, since we cannot touch them without dying ?
Death is now for those who will not eat of the fruit so soon to appear amid the flowers of the virgin Earth to which our God has led us.
Hail, new World, far surpassing in magnificence the first creation ! Hail, Blessed haven, where we find a calm after so many storms ! Aurora dawns; the rainbow glitters in the heavens; the dove comes forth; the ark rests upon the Earth, offering new destinies to the World.
The haven, the aurora, the rainbow, the dove, the ark of salvation, the paradise of the heavenly Adam, the creation whereof the former was but a shadow: All this art thou, sweet infant, in whom already dwell all grace, all truth, all life.
Thou art the little cloud, which the father of prophets in the suppliant anguish of his Soul awaited; and thou bringest refreshment to the parched Earth. Under the weakness of thy fragile form, appears the Mother of fair love and of holy hope.
Thou art that other light cloud of exquisite fragrance, which our desert sends up to Heaven. In the incomparable humility of thy Soul, which knows not itself, the Angles, standing like armed warriors around thy cradle, recognise their Queen.
O Tower of the true David; citadel withstanding the first shock of Satan's attack, and breaking all his power; true Sion, founded on the holy mountains, the highest summits of virtue; temple and palace, feebly foreshadowed by those of Solomon; house built by eternal Wisdom for herself: The faultless lines of thy fair architecture were planned from all eternity.
Together with Emmanuel, Who predestined thee for His home of delights, thou art thyself, O Blessed Child, the crowning point of creation, the divine ideal fully realised on Earth.
The rest of this Article can be read, in full, in
“The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 14.
Time After Pentecost.
Book V.
Saint Adrian. Martyr. Feast Day 8 September.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Adrian.
Martyr.
Feast Day 8 September.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Adrian's Church, West Wemyss, Scotland.
The Church was built in 1890.
Date: 20 February 2006.
Source: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Kevin Rae
(Wikimedia Commons)
"At Nicomedia", says The Roman Martyrology, "Saint Adrian, Martyr, and twenty-three other Saints, who, after undergoing many torments, had their legs crushed, and thus ended their glorious fight, under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, about 303 A.D.
"The body of Saint Adrian was later Translated to Rome on the day when his Feast is Solemnised".
Mass: In virtúte.
English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Adrian (centre) in the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. Below are the Armorial Crests of The House of Lorraine (left), The House of Anjou (centre) and the City Arms of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster (Baie 17) in der Basilika Saint-Nicolas in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port im Département Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lothringen/Frankreich), mit Fragmenten aus der Renaissance; Darstellung: Ehepaar Fiacre Fériet (links) und Jennon Thierie (rechts), hl. Adrian von Nikomedien; unten Wappen des Hauses Lothringen (links), des Hauses Anjou (Mitte) und Stadtwappen von Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
Photo: 26 April 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Saint Adrian (also known as Hadrian), or Adrian of Nicomedia, was a Herculian Guard of The Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After becoming a convert to Christianity, with his wife Natalia, Adrian was Martyred at Nicomedia.
Saint Adrian and Saint Natalia lived in Nicomedia, during the time of Emperor Maximian, in the Early-4th Century A.D. The twenty-eight-year-old Adrian was Head of The Prætorium.
It is said that, while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians, he asked them what reward they expected to receive from God. They replied:
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).
He was so amazed at their courage that he publicly confessed his Faith, though he had not himself yet been Baptised. He was then immediately imprisoned. He was forbidden visitors, but accounts state that his wife Natalia came to visit him, dressed as a boy, to ask for his Prayers when he entered Heaven.
The executioners wanted to burn the bodies of the dead, but a storm arose and quenched the fire.
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SILVERSTREAM PRIORYThe Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day, Today, 8 September.
unless otherwise stated.
The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 8 September.
Double of The Second-Class
with a Simple Octave.
White Vestments.
“Birth of The Virgin”.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).
Date: 1660.
Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
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The Birth of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
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This very ancient Feast was already Solemnised in the 7th-Century A.D., and Pope Innocent IV, to fulfil the Vow made by the Cardinals before the Election of his predecessor, gave it an Octave at The First Council of Lyons in 1245.
Today's date (8 September) has served to fix The Feast Day of The Immaculate Conception on 8 December.
Mary is inseparable from Jesus in The Divine Plan, wherefore The Liturgy applies to her what Holy Scripture says of The Eternal Wisdom, which is The Word "by Whom all was made".
The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, located along State Route 119, in Cassella, in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1858, the Church and its Rectory were listed together on The National Register of Historic Places as a part of the
Photo: 27 May 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Nyttend
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Like Christ, The Virgin presides over the whole work of Creation, for, having been chosen of All Eternity to give us The Saviour, it is she, with her Son, whom God had chiefly in view when He created the World.
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens.
Commemoration: Saint Adrian.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary: Et te in Nativitáte.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary: Et te in Nativitáte.
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947 - 1984). Murdered By The Communist Internal Intelligence Agency.
Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko.
Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947-1984) Catholic Priest from Poland, associated with the “Solidarity” union, murdered by the communist internal intelligence agency, the Security Service.
Photo: Before 19 October 1984.
Source:
Photo reproduction sold as a keepsake before 1990.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Illustration: CULTURE.PL
English: Funeral of Jerzy Popiełuszko at
Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw, Poland.
Polski: Pogrzeb księdza Jerzego Popiełuszki na terenie kościoła św. Stanisława Kostki w Warszawie.
Photo: 3 November 1984.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jarek Tuszyński
(Wikimedia Commons)
Text from CATHOLICISM PURE & SIMPLE
Written by Paul Suski
Next month, October 2024, marks the Fortieth Anniversary of the abduction and murder of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947-1984).
He was a Polish Roman Catholic Priest and a Chaplain of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity”.
For many Catholics, particularly those born in Central and Eastern Europe, Father Jerzy remains a symbol of all those who suffered or lost their lives at the hands of oppressors adhering to lunatic Marxist ideology, simply because they were Priests of The Catholic Church.
For many Catholics, particularly those born in Central and Eastern Europe, Father Jerzy remains a symbol of all those who suffered or lost their lives at the hands of oppressors adhering to lunatic Marxist ideology, simply because they were Priests of The Catholic Church.
I alluded to this in the Semen est Sanguis Christianorum, published in 2020.
Father Jerzy’s funeral took place on 3 November 1984, and was attended by almost a million people. Since then, the Martyr’s tomb has been visited by over twenty-three million people, including numerous Cardinals, Bishops, Presidents, and representatives of the worlds of culture and science.
Father Jerzy’s funeral took place on 3 November 1984, and was attended by almost a million people. Since then, the Martyr’s tomb has been visited by over twenty-three million people, including numerous Cardinals, Bishops, Presidents, and representatives of the worlds of culture and science.
In 1987, Pope Saint John Paul II made an unofficial visit. On 6 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI Beatified Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, in a ceremony in which over 100,000 of the Faithful participated.
His legacy continues to inspire people from all walks of life, emphasising the enduring impact of his message.
The remainder of this Article can be read in full at CATHOLICISM PURE & SIMPLE
The remainder of this Article can be read in full at CATHOLICISM PURE & SIMPLE
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