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Monday 9 November 2015
Human Beings Are Made To Be Lovably Imperfect.
Sunday 8 November 2015
Remembrance Sunday. 8 November 2015.
Faure Requiem Op.48.
Durufle Requiem Op.9.
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They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning,
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
Saturday 7 November 2015
"Adore Te Devote". Benediction Hymn. By Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274).
Friday 6 November 2015
Thursday 5 November 2015
Travelling Between Chicago And Los Angeles In 1948 ? Go By Union Pacific Railroad On "The City Of Los Angeles". "Smooth As Silk".
Illustration: PINTEREST
This Train was the "Top-Of-The-Line" for Union Pacific, which marketed it as a competitor to The Super Chief, a Streamlined Passenger Train on The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and The Golden State, a Streamlined Passenger Train jointly operated by The Rock Island and Southern Pacific Railroads. As with "The City of Los Angeles", many of the Train's Cars bore the names of locales, in and around its namesake City.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad, used one of two Three-Unit Sets of EMC E2 locomotives as motive power, beginning in 1937. The Union Pacific scored a public relations coup in the mid-1950s when "The City of Los Angeles" was featured in two episodes of the popular Television Series "I Love Lucy".
In 1955, The Milwaukee Road assumed the Service, replacing The Chicago and North-Western Railway, between Chicago and Omaha. Actor Ronald Reagan, later President Reagan, often travelled on this Train and even did a Full-Page print advertisement for it that appeared in The National Geographic magazine. In a cost-cutting move, "The City of Los Angeles" was combined with "The City of San Francisco" in 1960.
Photo depicting the Club Car "Little Nugget",
aboard Union Pacific's "City of Los Angeles" Train.
Date: 1948. Published as an advertisement in Time Magazine.
Source: eBay item
Author: Union Pacific Railroad.
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Station Stops, 1950
Clinton, Iowa.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ames, Iowa.
Boone, Iowa.
Omaha, Nebraska (Union Pacific).
Fremont, Nebraska (departing passengers only).
Columbus, Nebraska (departing passengers only).
Kearney, Nebraska (departing passengers only).
Grand Island, Nebraska.
North Platte, Nebraska.
Sidney, Nebraska.
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Laramie, Wyoming.
Rawlins, Wyoming.
Green River, Wyoming.
Evanston, Wyoming.
Ogden, Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Milford, Utah.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
San Bernardino, California.
Riverside, California.
East Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles, California.
Union Pacific Streamliner
"City of Los Angeles".
Date: 1930-1945.
Source: Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection #70205
Author: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher.
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Chicago & North Western Railroad, and Union Pacific Railroad,
promoting their "City of Los Angeles" Streamliners' Service
between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Date: 1938.
Source: Advertisement.
Author: Unknown.
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Or, Maybe You Want To Travel To
Denver, Colorado,
on Streamliner "The City of Denver" ?
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Interior of "The Frontier Shack"
Lounge Car, on "The City of Denver",
in the 1940s.
Postcard depiction of "The Frontier Shack" Lounge Car,
on The Union Pacific Train "City of Denver".
This appears to be the first version of The Lounge Car
after the Train was Streamlined.
Date: 1930-1950.
Source: eBay item
Author: Union Pacific Railroad.
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Publicity photo of The Union Pacific Train
"City of Denver".
Date: 31 January 1940.
Source: eBay item
Author: Union Pacific Railroad.
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Wednesday 4 November 2015
All Aboard For "The Orange Blossom Special". Calling At Washington D.C., Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah, Miami.
"The Orange Blossom Special".
Postcard depiction of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Train, "The Orange Blossom Special",
which travelled between New York and Miami.
The Postcard touts the Train as being the only "All Electric" Train from New York to Florida (1939 Postmark). The term refers to the Diesel Engines which were used for the Train, beginning in 1938.
Date: Postmarked 1939.
Author: Tichnor Brothers, Boston.
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It covered 1,327 miles (2,136 km) on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg.
The Train started on 21 November 1925 and was the brain-child of SAL President, S. Davies Warfield, who wanted to capitalise on booming development in Florida at the time. Warfield believed Florida was a land of opportunity, and, with fast, luxurious Trains, he could lure influential (not to mention wealthy) business leaders to The Sunshine State. In February 1926, the Train took thirty-five hours to run from New York to West Palm Beach, Florida (Seaboard track did not reach Miami until 1927).
Unidentified woman boarding "The Orange Blossom Special" Train,
in Sebring, Florida.
Date: Circa 1930.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St.,
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
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Author: Florida Memory
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Our Chef . . . spent nine of his forty-three years with The Pennsylvania Railroad as Chef on the celebrated All-Pullman New York-to-Florida Train "The Orange Blossom Special" — the most luxurious Winter-Season Train ever devised by man. Nothing even remotely resembling a can opener was allowed on the premises. All the pies, cakes, rolls, birthday cakes were baked on-board, under his supervision. Cut flowers and fresh fish were taken on at every re-victualling Stop, and the Train carried thirty-five hundred Dollars' worth of wine, liquor and champagne — these at pre-Prohibition prices — for each Run.
The Service was suspended during World War II to free the equipment up for carrying troops. Its last run was in 1953. This market is now handled by Amtrak's Silver Star.
In early 2012, a similar locomotive, painted to resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered "Orange Blossom Special", was moved in from its long-time display location, at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida, to The Gulf Coast Railway Museum, in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual Excursion Service.
In early 2012, a similar locomotive, painted to resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered "Orange Blossom Special", was moved in from its long-time display location, at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida, to The Gulf Coast Railway Museum, in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual Excursion Service.
Arrival of "The Orange Blossom Special" train in Plant City, Florida.
This was the arrival of the first diesel-powered passenger train
in the South-East of The United States.
Date: December 1938.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St.,
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
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Author: Florida Memory
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Bill Monroe recorded Rouse's and Wise's tune in 1942 (with Art Wooten on fiddle) and popularised the tune. Johnny Cash named his 1965 album after the song. The song was also recorded by Bill Ramsey and Don Paulin.
"Orange Blossom Special".
Sung by Johnny Cash.
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If Rouse and Wise did see a Streamlined Seaboard Train in 1938, it was most likely "The Silver Meteor", which was Streamlined with its Stainless Steel Coaches. The name of this Train was chosen by a public contest. The Seaboard's Lightweight Trains later became known as The Silver Fleet. This included "The Silver Meteor", "The Silver Star", and "The Silver Comet. The Train did receive modern EMC E4 Diesel locomotives in 1938, but continued using Heavyweight Pullmans and American Flyer Coaches until its demise in 1953.
It is also possible the songwriters saw one of the Twin Cities Zephyrs at the Jacksonville Railroad Station in 1935. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad brought the Train to Florida at the invitation of The Seaboard Railroad. It toured the State, making Stops in both East and West Coast Florida Cities, where the public was able to both view and tour "The Zephyr". Jacksonville was one of the Stops on its Florida Tour.
Seaboard Railway's "Orange Blossom Specials".
Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate).
Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection.
Location: Boston Public Library.
Date: 10 February 2011.
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Author: Boston Public Library
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Tuesday 3 November 2015
Monday 2 November 2015
Mass Attended By All The Angels And Saints And Our Blessed Departed Souls.
Feast of All Saints.
1 November.
Feast of All Souls.
2 November.
Illustration: PINTEREST
"Pange Lingua Gloriosi".
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The Commemoration Of All The Faithful Departed. All Souls. Feast Day 2 November. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Litanei Auf Das Fest Allerseelen. "Ruh' In Frieden". Franz Schubert.
Text and Illustrations from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed.
All Souls.
Feast Day 2 November.
Double.
Black Vestments.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
who reproduce Text and Illustrations from Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,
with the kind permission of SAINT BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem op. 48.
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The Feast of All Saints is intimately connected with the remembrance of The Holy Souls, who, detained in Purgatory to expiate their Venial Sins, or to pay the Temporal pains due to sin, are nonetheless confirmed in Grace and will, one day, enter Heaven.
Litany for All Souls' Day (starts at 03.48).
Violin and Piano by
Schubert.
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Therefore, after having joyfully Celebrated the Glory of The Saints, who are The Church Triumphant in Heaven, The Church on Earth extends her maternal solicitude to the place of unspeakable torments, the abode of Souls who equally belong to her.
Requiem Aeternam.
The Gradual from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), pp. 1808-1809.
Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.
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"On this day," says The Roman Martyrology, "Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed, in which our common and pious Mother The Church, immediately after having endeavoured to Celebrate, by worthy praise, all her children who already rejoice in Heaven, strives to aid, by her powerful intercession with Christ her Lord and Spouse, all those who still groan in Purgatory, so that they may join, as soon as possible, the inhabitants of The Heavenly City."
Nowhere in The Liturgy is more vividly affirmed the mysterious unity which exists between The Church Triumphant, The Church Militant, and The Church Suffering, and never is better fulfilled the double duty of Charity and Justice, incumbent on every Christian by virtue of his membership of The Mystical Body of Christ.
It is through the very consoling Dogma, of The Communion of Saints, that the merits and suffrages of The Saints may benefit others. Whereby, without infringing the indefeasible rights of Divine Justice, which are exercised in their full vigour after this life, The Church can join her Prayers, here on Earth, to those of The Church in Heaven, and supply what is wanting in The Souls in Purgatory, by offering to God for them, by The Holy Mass, by Indulgences, by the Alms and sacrifices of her children, the superabundant Merits of Christ's Passion and of His Mystical Members.
Requiem Aeternum.
The Introit from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1807.
Latin lyrics sung by the Schola of The Vienna Hofburgkapelle.
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Wherefore, The Liturgy, the centre of which is The Sacrifice of Calvary continued on the Altar, has always used this pre-eminent means of exercising, in favour of The Departed, the great Law of Charity; for it is a precept of Charity to relieve our neighbour's wants, as if they were our own, in virtue of the supernatural bond, which unites in Jesus, those in Heaven, in Purgatory, and on the Earth.
The Liturgy of The Dead is, perhaps, the most beautiful and consoling of all. Every day, at the end of each Hour of The Divine Office, we recommend to The Divine Mercy the Souls of The Faithful Departed. In The Mass, at the Suscipe, the Priest offers the Sacrifice for the living and the dead and, in a special Memento, he implores The Lord to remember His servants, who have fallen asleep in Christ and to grant them to dwell in Consolation, Light and Peace.
Masses for The Dead are already recorded in the 5th-Century A.D. But, to Saint Odilo, the fourth Abbot of the famous Benedictine Monastery of Cluny, is due The Commemoration of All The Departed. He instituted it in 998 A.D., and prescribed that it should be Celebrated the day following All Saints' Day.
Masses for The Dead are already recorded in the 5th-Century A.D. But, to Saint Odilo, the fourth Abbot of the famous Benedictine Monastery of Cluny, is due The Commemoration of All The Departed. He instituted it in 998 A.D., and prescribed that it should be Celebrated the day following All Saints' Day.
Domine Jesu Christe.
The Offertory from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), pp. 1813-1814.
Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.
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Through the influence of this illustrious French Congregation (Cluny Abbey), the custom was soon adopted by the whole Christian World and it even sometimes became a Day of Obligation. In Spain, Portugal and the formerly-Spanish parts of South America, Priests, in virtue of a Privilege granted by Pope Benedict XIV, Celebrated three Masses on 2 November.
A Decree of Pope Benedict XV, dated 10 August 1915, authorises the Priests of the whole World to do the same. [By this same institution, The Holy See granted a Plenary Indulgence toties quoties, on the same conditions as on 2 August, applicable to The Souls of The Departed on All Souls' Day, to all those who visited a Church between Noon, on All Saints' Day, and Midnight on the following day and Prayed for the Intention of The Sovereign Pontiff.]
A Decree of Pope Benedict XV, dated 10 August 1915, authorises the Priests of the whole World to do the same. [By this same institution, The Holy See granted a Plenary Indulgence toties quoties, on the same conditions as on 2 August, applicable to The Souls of The Departed on All Souls' Day, to all those who visited a Church between Noon, on All Saints' Day, and Midnight on the following day and Prayed for the Intention of The Sovereign Pontiff.]
Dies Irae.
The Sequence from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1810.
Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.
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The Church reminds us in an Epistle, taken from Saint Paul, that the dead will rise again, and tells us to hope, for, on that day, we shall all see one another in The Lord. The Sequence strikingly describes The Last Judgment, when the good will be for ever separated from the wicked.
The Offertory reminds us that it is Saint Michael who introduces Souls into Heaven, for, as the Prayers for the recommendation of the Soul say, it is he who is "the Chief of The Heavenly Host" in whose ranks men are called to fill the places of The Fallen Angels.
Libera Me.
A Responsory from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1767.
Latin lyrics sung by The
Schola of The Hofburgkapelle, Vienna.
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"The Souls in Purgatory," declares The Council of Trent, "are helped by the suffrages of The Faithful, especially by The Sacrifice of The Altar." The reason is that, in Holy Mass, the Priest offers officially to God The Ransom for Souls, that is, The Blood of The Saviour. And Jesus, Himself, under the elements of Bread and Wine, which recall to The Father the Sacrifice of Golgotha, Prays God to apply to these Souls its atoning virtue.
Let us, on this day, be present at The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass, when The Church implores God to grant to The Faithful Departed, who can now do nothing for themselves, the remission of all their sins (Collect) and Eternal Rest (Introit, Gradual, Communion), and let us visit the Cemeteries where their bodies repose [the word "Cemetery" comes from a Greek word meaning "a place where one rests in peace".] until the day when, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of The Last Trumpet, they will rise again to be clothed in immortality and to gain, through Jesus Christ, the Victory over Death (Epistle).
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen
(Joh. Georg Jacobi)
"Ruh' in Frieden".
Komponist: Franz Schubert.
Klavier: Gerald Moore.
1954.
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The following is taken from "The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.,
for All Souls' Day, 2 November.
"We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope." [Saint Paul, I Thess. iv. 13.] The Church today has the same desire as The Apostle thus expressed to the first Christians.
The truth concerning the dead not only proves admirably the union between God's Justice and His Goodness; it also inspires a charitable pity, which the hardest heart cannot resist, and, at the same time, offers to the mourners the sweetest consolation.
If Faith teaches us the existence of a Purgatory, where our loved ones may be detained by unexpiated sin, it is also of Faith that we are able to assist them; and Theology assures us that their, more or less speedy deliverance, lies in our power.
Let us call to mind a few principles which throw light on this Doctrine. Every sin causes a twofold injury to the sinner: It stains his Soul, and renders him liable to punishment. Venial sin, which displeases God, requires a Temporal expiation. Mortal sin deforms the Soul, and makes the guilty man an abomination to God: Its punishment cannot be anything less than eternal banishment, unless the sinner, in this life, prevents the final and irrevocable sentence.
But, even then, the remission of the guilt, though it revokes the sentence of damnation, does not cancel the whole debt. Although an extraordinary overflow of Grace upon the prodigal may, sometimes, as is always the case with regard to Baptism and Martyrdom, bury every remnant and vestige of sin in the abyss of Divine Oblivion; yet, it is the ordinary rule that, for every fault, satisfaction must be made to God's Justice, either in this World or in the next.
for All Souls' Day, 2 November.
"We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope." [Saint Paul, I Thess. iv. 13.] The Church today has the same desire as The Apostle thus expressed to the first Christians.
The truth concerning the dead not only proves admirably the union between God's Justice and His Goodness; it also inspires a charitable pity, which the hardest heart cannot resist, and, at the same time, offers to the mourners the sweetest consolation.
Absolve, Domine.
The Tract from The Mass for The Dead.
Gregorian Chant notation from
The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1809.
Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.
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Let us call to mind a few principles which throw light on this Doctrine. Every sin causes a twofold injury to the sinner: It stains his Soul, and renders him liable to punishment. Venial sin, which displeases God, requires a Temporal expiation. Mortal sin deforms the Soul, and makes the guilty man an abomination to God: Its punishment cannot be anything less than eternal banishment, unless the sinner, in this life, prevents the final and irrevocable sentence.
But, even then, the remission of the guilt, though it revokes the sentence of damnation, does not cancel the whole debt. Although an extraordinary overflow of Grace upon the prodigal may, sometimes, as is always the case with regard to Baptism and Martyrdom, bury every remnant and vestige of sin in the abyss of Divine Oblivion; yet, it is the ordinary rule that, for every fault, satisfaction must be made to God's Justice, either in this World or in the next.
Sunday 1 November 2015
Mass Attended By All The Angels And Saints And Our Blessed Departed Souls.
Feast of All Saints.
1 November.
Feast of All Souls.
2 November.
Illustration: PINTEREST
"Pange Lingua Gloriosi".
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Solemn 5th-Century Monastic Chant For The Feast Of All Saints' Day. The "Te Deum".
Yorkshire,
England.
Photo: 31 August 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rob Bendall (Highfields).
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Solemn Te Deum.
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Monks of one of the Abbeys of The Solesmes Congregation
sing this beautiful Chant. The Te Deum is attributed to
two Fathers and Doctors of The Church, Saint Ambrose
and Saint Augustine, and is one the most majestic Chants
in the Liturgy of The Church.
sing this beautiful Chant. The Te Deum is attributed to
two Fathers and Doctors of The Church, Saint Ambrose
and Saint Augustine, and is one the most majestic Chants
in the Liturgy of The Church.
It is sung in Traditional Seminaries and Monastic Houses at
The Divine Office and for Double Feasts of The First Class (Editor: Such as The Feast of All Saints), The Nativity, Easter, Corpus Christi, Epiphany, Pentecost, and those Feasts
which have an Octave.
The Solemn Te Deum is sung on all occasions of public Church rejoicing (in Traditional Catholic Churches).
The Feast Of All Saints. Feast Day 1 November.
Text and Illustrations from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Feast of All Saints.
Feast Day 1 November.
Double of The First-Class
with an Octave.
White Vestments.
The Church Triumphant.
The Church Militant.
The Church Suffering.
Illustration taken from UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
who reproduce Text and Illustrations from Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,
with the kind permission of SAINT BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
All Saints Day
(featuring "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns).
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Te Deum,
by Domenico Scarlatti,
for The Feast of All Saints.
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"Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino . . ."
(Introit for The Feast of All Saints).
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On 13 May 610 A.D., he Dedicated this new Christian Basilica to Saint Mary and The Martyrs. The Feast of this Dedication later took a more Universal character, and the temple was Consecrated to Saint Mary And All The Saints.
English: Saint Mary And All The Saints
(The Pantheon (27 B.C.))
- Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy.
Français: Le Panthéon (27 av. J.C.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rome).
Deutsch: Das Pantheon (27 v.Chr.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rom).
Español: El Panteón (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).
Italiano: Il Pantheon (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).
Photo: 3 October 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT.
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English: The Interior of Saint Mary And All The Saints, Rome.
Русский: Внутреннее убранство Пантеона.
Photo: 22 May 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Владимир Шеляпин.
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As there was already a Feast in Commemoration of All The Saints, Celebrated at first on various dates in various Churches, then fixed by Pope Gregory IV in 835 A.D., on 1 November, Pope Gregory VII transferred to this date the Anniversary of The Dedication of the Pantheon as a Church. The Feast of All Saints, therefore, recalls The Triumph of Christ over the false pagan deities. In this Church is held The Station on The Friday in The Octave of Easter.
As The Saints, Commemorated during the first three Centuries of The Church were Martyrs, and the Pantheon was at first Dedicated by The Church to them, The Mass of All Saints is made up of extracts from The Liturgy of Martyrs. The Introit is that of The Mass of Saint Agatha, used later for other Feasts; the Gospel, Offertory and Communion are taken from The Common of Martyrs.
All Saints Day.
Featuring "Your Heart"
by Chris Tomlin.
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The Church gives us on this day a wonderful vision of Heaven, showing us, with Saint John, the twelve thousand signed (twelve is considered a perfect number) of each tribe of Israel, and a great multitude, which no-one can count, of every nation and tribe, of every people and tongue, standing before the Throne and before The Lamb, clothed in White Robes and with Palms in their hands (Epistle).
Christ and Our Lady; the Blessed Battalions distributed in Nine Choirs; the Apostles and Prophets; the Martyrs, crimsoned in their blood; the Confessors, adorned in White Garments; and the chaste Choir of Virgins, form, as the Hymn of Vespers sings, the Majestic Court.
It is composed of all those, who, here below, were detached from worldly riches, Gentle, Suffering, Just, Merciful, Pure, Peaceful, and Persecuted for The Name of Jesus. "Rejoice," The Master had foretold them, "for a great reward is prepared for you in Heaven" (Gospel, Communion).
Among those millions of The Just, who were faithful Disciples of Jesus, on Earth, are several of our own family, relations, friends, members of our Parochial Family, now enjoying the fruit of their Piety, adoring The Lord, King of Kings, and Crown of All Saints (Invitatory at Matins) and obtaining for us the wished-for abundance of His mercies (Collect).
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino.
Saturday 31 October 2015
First Vespers For The Feast Of All Saints.
Text and Illustrations taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Church Triumphant.
The Church Militant.
The Church Suffering.
Illustration taken from UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
who reproduce Text and Illustrations from The Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,
with the kind permission of ST. BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
First Vespers
for The Feast of All Saints.
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The bells ring out as joyously as on the brightest days. They announce the great Solemnity of the closing Cycle: the Feast which shows us time stamped with the impress of eternity, and God taking possession of the declining year and gathering in its harvest. At the sound of their triumphant and harmonious peals, the Church, prostrate and Fasting since morning, raises her brow to the light. Guided by Saint John, she penetrates the secrets of Heaven; and the words of The Beloved Disciple, uttered by her lips, assume a tone of incomparable enthusiasm. This Feast is truly The Triumph of her motherhood; for the great crowd of the Blessed, before the Throne of The Lamb, are the sons and daughters she alone has given to The Lord.
Psalm CIX: Dixit Dominus.
This is one of the Messianic Psalms. The Messias sits at the Right Hand of The Father. He is The Son of God, The Priest of The Most High, The King Triumphant.
Psalm CX: Confitebor Tibi.
The Prophet sings the wonders worked by God for His people during the exit from Egypt and at Mount Sinai. This is a figure of what God does for The Church.
Psalm CXI: Beatus Vir.
The Just Man is happy because he follows the Commandments of God; great will be his reward in Heaven.
Psalm CXII: Laudate Pueri.
This Psalm is the beginning of the Hallel, which the Jews sang especially at Easter, while eating the Paschal Lamb.
Psalm CXVI: Laudate Dominum.
The Power of God has been made manifest: Ours the duty of praising it.
Vespers.
All-Night Vigil.
By
Serge Rachmaninoff.
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The All-Night Vigil (Russian: Всенощное бдение, Vsenoshchnoe bdenie), Opus 37, is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written and premiered in 1915. It consists of settings of Texts taken from The Russian Orthodox All-Night Vigil Ceremony.
It has been praised as Rachmaninoff's finest achievement and "the greatest musical achievement of The Russian Orthodox Church". It was one of Rachmaninoff's two favourite compositions, along with The Bells, and the composer requested that one of its movements (the fifth) be sung at his funeral. The title of the work is often translated as simply "Vespers", which is both literally and conceptually incorrect as applied to the entire work: only the first six of its fifteen movements set Texts from The Russian Orthodox Canonical Hour of Vespers.
Chapter: Apocalypse vii. 2-3.
Behold, I, John, saw another Angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of The Living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four Angels to whom it was given to hurt the Earth and the sea, saying: Hurt not the Earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Hymn (Eighth Tone).
Rabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda and Archbishop of Mayence, is supposed to be the author of the following Hymn. The perfidious nation, whose expulsion from Christian lands is prayed for, was, in the 9th-Century, the race of infidel Normans, who filled the empire with slaughter and ruin under Charlemagne's weak successors. The striking conversion of these savage destroyers was the answer of the Saints. May they ever hear the Church's Prayers in a like manner, enlighten those who persecute her without knowing her, and make of them her firmest supporters. [Editor: This paragraph is taken from The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.]
Rabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda and Archbishop of Mayence, is supposed to be the author of the following Hymn. The perfidious nation, whose expulsion from Christian lands is prayed for, was, in the 9th-Century, the race of infidel Normans, who filled the empire with slaughter and ruin under Charlemagne's weak successors. The striking conversion of these savage destroyers was the answer of the Saints. May they ever hear the Church's Prayers in a like manner, enlighten those who persecute her without knowing her, and make of them her firmest supporters. [Editor: This paragraph is taken from The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.]
Placare Christe servulis,
Quibus Patris clementiam,
Tuae ad tribunal gratiae,
Patrona Virgo postulat . . .
O Christ, Thy guilty people spare,
Lo, bending at Thy gracious throne,
Thy Virgin Mother pours her Prayer,
Imploring pardon for her own . . .
The Magnificat
at Solemn Tridentine Vespers.
CIEL Conference,
Merton College,
Oxford,
England.
October 2006.
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All The Choirs of Angels, all The Ranks of The Saints, receive, in The Magnificat Antiphon, the homage of The Church's Prayer; and all will join in praising The Queen of Heaven and Earth, by singing her own glorious Canticle. [Editor: This paragraph is taken from The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.]
Angeli, Archangeli, Throni et Dominationes,
Principatus et Potestates, Virtutes caelorum,
Cherubim atque Seraphim, Patriarchae et Prophetae,
sancti legis Doctores, Apostoli, omnes Christi Martyres,
sancti Confessores, Virgines Domini, Anachoritae
Sanctique omnes, intercedite pro nobis.
Mary's answer to her cousin, Elizabeth, who hails her as The Mother of God, Blessed among women.
The Church sings The Canticle of Mary, The Magnificat, in which are celebrated The Divine Maternity and all its consequent Blessings. This exquisite Canticle is an essential part of The Office of Vespers. It is The Evening Incense, just as The Canticle "Benedictus", at Lauds, is that of the Morning Incense. [Editor: This paragraph is taken from The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.]
Magnificat: Anima mea Dominum.
Et exultavit spiritus meus:
In Deo salutari meo . . .
My Soul doth magnify The Lord.
And my Spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour . . .
The Prayer.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
qui nos omnium sanctorum tuorum
merita sub una tribuisti celebritate venerari . . .
O Almighty, Everlasting God,
Who hast granted us to Venerate
in one Solemnity the Merits of all Thy Saints . . .
BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.
In his Motu Proprio, of 1903, Pope Saint Pius X insists on "the importance of The Solemn Chanting of Vespers, to which may be added, with advantage, a suitable Sermon and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament." Compline, chanted in the evening, may also be followed by Benediction, this latter Devotion is thus brought into association with The Official Worship of The Church.
The Vigil Of All Saints. 31 October.
Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Vigil of All Saints.
31 October.
Simple.
Violet Vestments.
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Iona Abbey,
Scotland.
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The most illustrious Martyrs had at Rome, from the 4th-Century A.D., their Basilicas, where was Celebrated each Year the Anniversary of their death, or, rather, their birth in Heaven.
At that time, a number of Masses were prescribed without any fixed day in honour of those who had no public recognition. When, later, the names of Saints, who were not Martyrs, were introduced into The Ecclesiastical Calendar, a more Universal character was given to such Masses.
It is thus that, in the 8th-Century A.D., The Gregorian Sacramentary indicates among The Common Masses without a date: The Mass in Honour of All Saints.
Fixed in the following Century on 1 November, it became The Mass of All Saints' Day, for which we are this day prepared by a Vigil.
This explains why the Mass of The Vigil, as well as that of The Feast, contains extracts from The Masses of The Common of Martyrs.
At that time, a number of Masses were prescribed without any fixed day in honour of those who had no public recognition. When, later, the names of Saints, who were not Martyrs, were introduced into The Ecclesiastical Calendar, a more Universal character was given to such Masses.
It is thus that, in the 8th-Century A.D., The Gregorian Sacramentary indicates among The Common Masses without a date: The Mass in Honour of All Saints.
Fixed in the following Century on 1 November, it became The Mass of All Saints' Day, for which we are this day prepared by a Vigil.
This explains why the Mass of The Vigil, as well as that of The Feast, contains extracts from The Masses of The Common of Martyrs.
The Church Triumphant.
The Church Militant.
The Church Suffering.
Illustration taken from UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
who reproduce Text and Illustrations from
Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,
with the kind permission of ST. BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
The following Text is taken from THE SAINT LAWRENCE PRESS LTD
Vigil of All Saints
The Vigil of All Saints is of simple rite and its liturgical colour is violet. As with all simple rite Vigils the Office runs from Mattins to None.
At Mattins the invitatory, hymn, antiphons, psalms, versicle and response are from the Psalter for Friday. The lessons, proper to the Vigil, in the nocturn are a homily of St. Ambrose from the Common of Several Martyrs. The responsories are from the Friday of the fifth week of October. The Te Deum is not sung. The second scheme of Lauds for Friday is sung with psalms 50, 142, 84, Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, and 147. The Office hymn is Aeterna caeli gloria. After the antiphon on the Benedictus has been repeated the ferialpreces are sung, with the choir kneeling. After the collect of the Vigil the Suffrage of the Saints is omitted (c.f. pre-1911-13 praxis when the Suffrages were sung).
At Prime the psalm displaced from Lauds by the Miserere is added to the psalmody of the day: Pss. 21i, 21ii, 21iii & 98. Both the Dominical and ferial preces are sung, with the choir kneeling. At the other Hours the short series of ferial preces are sung, again with the choir kneeling, before the collect of the Vigil.
Mass is sung after None. Following the normal rules for Vigils, four candles are placed on the altar, in contrast with two on ordinary ferial days. The deacon and sub-deacon wear violet dalmatic and tunicle, not folded chasubles. The ferial tone is used for the orations and for the preface and Pater noster. There is no Gloria. The second collect is of the Holy Ghost, Deus,qui corda, the third collect Ecclesiae. As it is a 'kneeling day', the choir kneels for the prayers and from the Sanctus until Pax Domini. As the Gloria is not sung, the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino.
Vespers are first Vespers of the feast of All Saints with a corresponding colour change to festive white. The Office is proper and the antiphons Vidi turbam magnam etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 and 116. The Office hymn is Placare, Christe, servulis. At Compline the Dominical psalms are sung.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Vigil of All Saints has been abolished. Today is kept as a IV class ferial 'green' day. Mass is of Pentecost XX, there is a single collect. Although the Gloria is not sung, Ite missa est is the dismissal.
At Mattins the invitatory, hymn, antiphons, psalms, versicle and response are from the Psalter for Friday. The lessons, proper to the Vigil, in the nocturn are a homily of St. Ambrose from the Common of Several Martyrs. The responsories are from the Friday of the fifth week of October. The Te Deum is not sung. The second scheme of Lauds for Friday is sung with psalms 50, 142, 84, Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, and 147. The Office hymn is Aeterna caeli gloria. After the antiphon on the Benedictus has been repeated the ferialpreces are sung, with the choir kneeling. After the collect of the Vigil the Suffrage of the Saints is omitted (c.f. pre-1911-13 praxis when the Suffrages were sung).
At Prime the psalm displaced from Lauds by the Miserere is added to the psalmody of the day: Pss. 21i, 21ii, 21iii & 98. Both the Dominical and ferial preces are sung, with the choir kneeling. At the other Hours the short series of ferial preces are sung, again with the choir kneeling, before the collect of the Vigil.
Mass is sung after None. Following the normal rules for Vigils, four candles are placed on the altar, in contrast with two on ordinary ferial days. The deacon and sub-deacon wear violet dalmatic and tunicle, not folded chasubles. The ferial tone is used for the orations and for the preface and Pater noster. There is no Gloria. The second collect is of the Holy Ghost, Deus,qui corda, the third collect Ecclesiae. As it is a 'kneeling day', the choir kneels for the prayers and from the Sanctus until Pax Domini. As the Gloria is not sung, the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino.
Vespers are first Vespers of the feast of All Saints with a corresponding colour change to festive white. The Office is proper and the antiphons Vidi turbam magnam etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 and 116. The Office hymn is Placare, Christe, servulis. At Compline the Dominical psalms are sung.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Vigil of All Saints has been abolished. Today is kept as a IV class ferial 'green' day. Mass is of Pentecost XX, there is a single collect. Although the Gloria is not sung, Ite missa est is the dismissal.
Allegri's "Miserere". Performed By Peter Phillips And The Tallis Scholars.
Iona Abbey,
Scotland.
Image: SHUTTERSTOCK
Allegri's "Miserere",
by The Tallis Scholars.
Available on YouTube at
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The Blessed Virgin Mary.
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