Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless stated otherwise.
In order to apply to men the merits of His Life and His Passion, Our Blessed Lord instituted Seven Sacraments.
These Sacraments act “Ex Opere Operato”, provided all the conditions for their action are present; but they act in proportion to our dispostions. We must, therefore, not only receive them, but try to receive them well.
To help us do this, The Church makes use of Solemn Ceremonies in administering The Sacraments.
The part played by these Ceremonies is thus explained by The Council of Trent:
1. They surround these Holy Mysteries with a Religious respect;
2. They help to make The Sacraments more effective by, in some sense, picturing them before our eyes, at the same time imprinting the holiness they produce more deeply in our hearts;
3. They excite in our Souls sentiments of Faith and Charity, which dispose them in the best possible way to receive all the fruits of a Sacrament.
All The Sacraments produce Sanctifying Grace, which heals our Souls and raises them to a supernatural state. This is done in a special way by each particular Sacrament as follows:
a. In Baptism, we are “born again” to The Divine Life;
b. Confirmation strengthens The Divine Life within us;
c. Penance restores The Divine Life when it has been lost by Mortal Sin;
d. The Eucharist supplies daily nourishment to The Divine Life;
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Saint Gregory The Wonderworker. Bishop. Confessor. Feast Day 17 November.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
English: Gregory Thaumaturgus.
Русский: Святитель Григорий
Чудотворец, икона XIV века.
Date: 14th-Century.
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Saint Gregory was born at Neo-Cesarea, in Pontus (Editor: Modern-day Turkey), about 200 A.D., and became Bishop of his native City.
Famous for his Sanctity and Doctrine, he became still more so by the prodigies and miracles, which God multiplied in such a manner throughout his life, that he was surnamed “Thaumaturgus”, or, “Worker of Miracles”.
One day, putting into practice Our Lord's Word, quoted in today's Gospel, he commanded a mountain to move, so as to leave sufficient room for the building of a Church, and the command was obeyed.
“It was said of S. Edmund that 'in his mouth was never aught save peace, purity, and piety, and that in his heart was naught save Christ alone.'
These graces were due to the training of his pious mother, Mabel Rich, who instilled into his young Soul a marvelous love of purity and of The Blessed Mother of God.
He left his home at Abingdon, a boy of twelve years old, to study at Oxford, and there protected himself against many grievous temptations by a vow of chastity, and by espousing himself to Mary for life.
Wholly given to the contemplation of Divine Things, he was yet soon called to active public life, and as treasurer of the Diocese of Salisbury showed such charity to the poor that the Dean said he was rather the treasure than the treasurer of their Church.
In 1234, he was raised to the See of Canterbury, where, notwithstanding his gentle and retiring disposition, he fearlessly defended the rights of Church and State against the avarice and greed of King Henry III.
Finding himself, after a fierce contest, unable to force that Monarch to relinquish the livings which he kept vacant for the benefit of the Royal Coffers, Saint Edmund retired into exile, sooner than appear to connive at so foul a wrong.
After two years spent in solitude and Prayer, he went to his reward, and the Miracles wrought at his tomb at Pontigny, France, were so numerous that he was Canonized in 1246, within four years of his death.”
Saint Edmund has Propers for use in England, for the Mass they are found here, Proper chants for S Edmund .
For the Divine Office, we have a proper Magnificat / Benedictus Antiphon, Versicle, Response, and Prayer.
All the Rest is from the Common of Confessor Bishops.
℣. Nobis in hoc exsílio, sancte Pater Edmúnde. ℟. Cæléstis pátriæ amórem, quæsumus, infúnde. Ant. Diléxit justítiam et odívit iniquitátem, proptérea móritur in exsílio. Let us pray. God, here largifluæ bonitátis consílio Ecclésiam tuam beáti Edmúndi, Confessóris tui atque Pontificis, præcláræ vitæ méritis décorásti, et gloriósis lætificásti miraculis: grant propítius nobis fámulis tuis; ut et ipsíus in mélius reformémur exémplis, et ab ómnibus ejus patronage protegámur advérsis.
For the Lord.
℣. Holy Father Edmund, in this exile of ours.
℟. Pour into us we beseech thee, the love of our heavenly home.
Ant. He loved justice and hated iniquity, wherefore he dies in exile. Prayer. O God, Who by the counsel of Thine abundant goodness has adorned The Church with the merits of the excellent life of Blessed Edmund, Thy Confessor and Bishop, and has gladdened it with his glorious Miracles; grant in mercy to us Thy servants, that we may both be turned to better ways by his example and protected from all adversity by his patronage. Through our Lord.
The Scruple is 1⁄24 Ounce , 1⁄3 Dram , or 20 Grains . [1] It is therefore equal to 1.2959782 Grams . The Roman “Scruple” was somewhat smaller, around 1.14 Grams.
The “Ladle” is indeed for Ecclesiastical use and is properly called a “Scruple Spoon”.
During Roman Catholic Celebrations of The Mass, at the Offertory, The Celebrant prepares the Wine to be offered by decanting into the Chalice an appropriate quantity from a Cruet of Wine. To this, a tiny amount of Water is added (using a “Scruple Spoon”).
Saint Gertrude, called “The Great”, was a Cistercian, and a Spiritual daughter both of Saint Bernard and Saint Benedict. Her life was almost entirely spent in the Cloister, which she entered as an Oblate in 1261, at the age of five.
On 27 January 1281, Gertrude being then just over twenty-five, the Spouse of her Soul revealed Himself to her in a wonderful manner. He consoled her in a trial which tormented her, and favoured her with remarkable visions during the following eight years.
At God's command, she related them in a book, entitled "Revelations of Saint Gertrude".
Gertrude, holding her lighted lamp in her hand, awaited the coming of her Spouse. “She died,” says The Roman Breviary, “in 1334, consumed rather by the ardour of her love than by disease.”
She was proclaimed Patroness of The West Indies, and in New Mexico a town was built in her honour and still bears her name.
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Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by the Elector, Charles Albert (later, the Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.
A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the interior. The Women’s Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.
All but the outer walls were destroyed in World War II. The interior was restored from old photographs in 1980, but the murals are now painted in Black and White.
Born in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1200, Albert, even as a child, loved The Blessed Virgin in a special manner. He resolved to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, but, tempted by the devil, he gave up the idea.
Ultimately, however, at the earnest entreaty, and through the ardent Prayers, of Blessed Jourdan of Saxony, he resolved definitely to enter The Order of Saint Dominic. He studied Philosophy at Cologne, then at Paris, where he became one of the most renowned Professors of the University.
Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of his students. He was made Bishop of Ratisbon (Regensburg) by Pope Urban IV and defended The Church against the errors of Guillaume de Saint-Amour and died at Cologne in 1280.
He was Canonised and proclaimed Doctor of The Church in 1931.
Mass: In médio (from The Common of Doctors).
The Tympanum and Archivolts of Strasbourg Cathedral, France, with iconography inspired by Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great).
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Albertus Magnus, O.P. (circa 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Albert the Great, and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic Saint. He was a German Dominican Friar and a Catholic Bishop. He was known during his lifetime as "Doctor Universalis" and "Doctor Expertus", and, late in his life, the term "Magnus" (Great) was appended to his name.
Scholars, such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder, have referred to him as the greatest German Philosopher and Theologian of The Middle Ages. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of The Church, one of only thirty-six persons so honoured (as at 2015). [Editor: Now thirty-seven Doctors of The Church. The most recent Doctor of The Church is Saint Irenæus of Lyon, who was named by Pope Francis on 21 January 2022.]
The Catholic Doctors of The Church (as at 2022) are:
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless stated otherwise.
In the Supplement tor The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, there is listed all the Feasts associated with that Order.
Commemoration of All Souls of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). 14 November.
Double.
Black Vestments.
Mass: Requiem, as on All Souls’ Day (2 November), except:
