Verbum Supernum. Benediction Hymn By Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274).

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Verbum Supernum

by Saint Thomas Aquinas.

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Verbum Supernum Prodiens is a Catholic Hymn in long metre by Saint Thomas Aquinas. It was written for The Hour of Lauds in The Divine Office of Corpus Christi. It is about the institution of The Eucharist by Christ at The Last Supper, and His Passion and Death.

The last two verses form a Hymn on their own, as well, O Salutaris Hostia, which is sung at The Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament.

There is also another, unrelated, Latin Nativity Hymn of the same name, which is The Office Hymn at Mattins for The Second Sunday in Advent.

Verbum supernum prodiens,

Nec Patris linquens dexteram,

Ad opus suum exiens,

Venit ad vitæ vesperam.

In mortem a discipulo

Suis tradendus æmulis,

Prius in vitæ ferculo

Se tradidit discipulis.

Quibus sub bina specie

Carnem dedit et sanguinem;

Ut duplicis substantiæ

Totum cibaret hominem.

Se nascens dedit socium,

Convescens in edulium,

Se moriens in pretium,

Se regnans dat in præmium.

O salutaris hostia,

Quæ cæli pandis ostium,

Bella premunt hostilia;

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria:

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

The Word descending from above,

without leaving The Right-Hand of His Father,

and going forth to do His work,

reached the evening of His life.

When about to be given over

to His enemies, by one of His disciples,

to suffer death, He first gave Himself

to His disciples as the bread of life.

Under a twofold appearance,

He gave them His flesh and His blood;

that He might thus wholly feed us,

made up of a twofold substance.

By His Birth, He gave Himself as our companion;

At The Last Supper, He gave Himself as our food;

Dying on The Cross, He gave Himself as our ransom;

Reigning in Heaven, He gives Himself as our reward

O Salutary Host,

Who expandest the door of the sky,

Hostile wars press.

Give strength; bear aid.

To The Lord, One in Three,

May there be Sempiternal Glory;

May He grant us life without end

In The Native Land.

Amen.

Saints And Blessed Devotees Of Saint Philomena.

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Don't Let Commercialism Dominate Your Preparations For The Nativity Of Our Lord.

O Come, O Come,

Emmanuel

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Pews, Chairs, Benches, Leaflet Stands. Is It Better With Them Or Without ? You Decide.

Siena Cathedral,

Italy.

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Saint Mark's Basilica,

Venice, Italy.

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Siena Cathedral's Floor Is Uncovered.

Siena Cathedral,

Italy.

Note that the Cathedral's floor, which is

normally covered by rugs, is revealed in all its glory.

Also note the complete absence of pews, benches, chairs,

advertising stands, etc, which diminish the intended wonder

of this outstanding work of art.

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Giorgio Vasari called the floor of Siena’s Duomo (Cathedral) “the most beautiful, big, and magnificent, that has ever been done.” Normally, this floor is covered by carpets to protect it from the footsteps of many visitors, but it is uncovered for a few months each year, allowing us to get a view of the Marble Intarsia works of art, that tell of Biblical narratives and represent allegories, and took Centuries to complete.

The floor of Siena Cathedral.

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There are fifty-six large scenes on the floor, represented by major Sienese artists, including Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo, Matteo di Giovanni, and Domenico Beccafumi, as well as the intervention of some ‘foreign’ artists like Pinturicchio.

The floor of Siena Cathedral.

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The techniques used, to make and decorate the floor, progress from graffito to commesso marmoreo. Graffito is the use of the scalpel to carve out areas of White Marble, which were then filled with Black Stucco. This evolved to incorporating more colours, using a technique similar to Wood Intarsia, which is called commesso marmoreo (sometimes also pietre dure, but these are softer stones, thus not ‘dure’).

The Nave and Side Aisles of the Cathedral floor are decorated with stories from antiquity, such as the image of Romulus and Remus (symbol of Siena). There are ten Sybils represented, and various Philosophers.

Design by Pinturicchio,

"Allegoria del Monte della Sapienza",

on the floor of Siena Cathedral.

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Dode Church. "Our Lady Of The Meadows". Prior To Rebuilding In 1902, The Last Mass Was 1367. Only Remnant Of Village Wiped Out In The Black Death.

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Dode Church,

Kent, England.

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Author: Agw19666.

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Dode (in Old English, Dowde) was a Village in England that was wiped out by The Black Death in 1349. All that remains is the de-Consecrated Church, which was rebuilt in the 1990s.

Archaeological evidence shows habitation in the Dode area during the time of The Roman Empire.

The Church at Dode was built during the Reign of William II of England at some point between 1087 and 1100. It was built on a man-made mound. The nearby hill is known as "Holly Hill", which is a corruption of "Holy Hill", and the lane which leads to the Village is "Wrangling Lane", showing that the mound could be the site of a meeting place. The Church stands at the end of a 10-mile long Easterly-running Ley Line, connecting three Pre-Reformation Churches, two Roman sites, a Bronze Age burial ground, and two of the Medway megaliths - the Coffin Stone and Kit's Coty House.

Dode Church,

Kent, England.

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Author: Agw19666.

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The Village of Dode was virtually wiped out by The Black Death during the 14th-Century, and its Church last used as a place of worship in 1367, then de Consecrated on the orders of Thomas Trilleck, the Bishop of Rochester. It was originally twinned with another Early-Norman Church in Paddlesworth (now in Snodland). Kent.

Stones from the Church were used to build a Mediaeval Church nearby.

According to local legend, the last survivor of The Black Death at Dode was a seven-year-old girl, known as The Dode Child. It is said that she took refuge in the Church after all the other Villagers were dead, and died within its walls. The Dode Child is supposed to haunt the Churchyard, having first appeared on a Sunday morning each month for several years, and then every seven years.

Dode Church,

Kent, England.

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Dowde (or Dode) Church, Kent.

This Norman Church was originally twinned with the Church in Paddlesworth, Kent, and served

the Village of Dode. Today, the Church is left virtually isolated down a No-Through Road,

with only a few local farms to keep it company. The Village of Dowde no longer exists,

as it was wiped out by The Black Death in the 14th-Century.

Photo: 25 June 2005.

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Author: Hywel Williams

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Following The Black Death, the Village was abandoned, and the Church stood empty for Centuries. In 1901, it was purchased by an antiquarian, George M. Arnold, Mayor of Gravesend, Kent. He restored the walls and roof of the Church and, in 1954, the Arnold family returned the building to The Catholic Church. It was re-Dedicated as The Church of Our Lady of The Meadows and Mass was Celebrated there at least once a year.

Eventually, the building deteriorated again and was vandalised. In 1990, Doug Chapman, a Chartered Surveyor who had worked at Canterbury Cathedral, purchased the Church and began restoring the building, originally with the intention of turning it into a weekend home. Since 1999, it has been Licensed as a Civil Wedding venue.

The Wedding venue hit the British Press in December 2009 because of the snowfall which occurred across the Country. A bride-to-be called BBC Radio Kent for assistance, when she realised that the transport arranged for her wedding would not be able to travel down the narrow lane to Dode. A number of volunteers stepped forward, providing enough Four-Wheel-Drive vehicles to transport the Wedding Party and their guests, both to the venue at Dode, and then, afterwards, to The Leather Bottle pub, in Cobham, Kent.

The Fan Vaulting In Bath Abbey.

Bath Abbey Fan Vaults

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The Nave of Bath Abbey

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Rings Of Saturn And Enceladus.

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The Rings of Saturn, in the foreground, and Saturn's Moon, Enceladus, in the background.

Although The Rings of Saturn and Enceladus are largely made up of water ice, they show very different characteristics. Saturn's Small Ring particles are too tiny to retain internal heat

and have no way to get warm, so they are frozen and geologically dead.

Enceladus, on the other hand, is subject to forces that heat its Interior to this very day.

This results in its famous South Polar water jets, which are just visible above

the Moon’s dark, Southern limb, along with a sub-surface ocean.

Illustration: NASA

Do you ever get the feeling that maybe, just maybe,

possibly even, there might be a higher authority than man ?

If there isn't, I'd like to know who designed this

arrangement in infinitesimal Space (see photo, above).

"Two Things The Devil Is Deadly Afraid Of: Fervent Communions And Frequent Visits To The Blessed Sacrament." Saint John Bosco.

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Saint Finbarre's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland.

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,
Cork, Ireland.

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Saint Finbarre's Cathedral, (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a Cathedral of The Church of Ireland, in Cork City, Ireland. It is in The Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin. Begun in 1863, the Cathedral was the first major work of the Victorian architect William Burges. Previously the Cathedral of The Diocese of Cork, it is now one of three Cathedrals in The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

The current Cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures that were Dedicated to Finbarre of Cork.The first dated from the 7th-Century A.D., with works continuing through to the 12th-Century. This building was damaged during The Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735 - though elements of the earlier Spire were retained.

The Interior of Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,

Cork, Ireland.

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Burges's gift to the Cathedral, the "Resurrection Angel", which was known locally as the

"Golden" or "Goldy Angel", on the Pinnacle of the Sanctuary Roof,

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral, Cork City, Ireland.

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This structure remained until the 1860s, when a competition for the building of a new, larger Cathedral was held in 1862. In February 1863, the design of the architect William Burges was declared the winner of the competition to build a new Cathedral of Saint Finbarre. His diary records his reaction - "Got Cork !" - whilst the Cathedral accounts record the payment of the winning prize sum of £100. Building work took seven years before the first Service was held in the Cathedral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th-Century, long after Burges's death in 1881.

The Altar and Sanctuary,

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,

Cork, Ireland.

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The Great West Door,

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,

Cork, Ireland.

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The Nave,

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,

Cork, Ireland.

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The style of the building is Early-French, Burges's favoured Period and a Style he continued to favour throughout his life, choosing it for his own home, The Tower House, in Kensington. The stipulated price for construction was to be £15,000, a sum vastly exceeded. The total cost came to significantly over £100,000. Burges was "unconcerned" (his own words) in his Letter of January 1877 to The Bishop of Cork: "(In the future) the whole affair will be on its trial and, the elements of time and cost being forgotten, the result only will be looked at. The great questions will then be, first, is this work beautiful, and, secondly, have those to whom it was entrusted, done it with all their heart and all their ability."

Burges oversaw all aspects of the design, including the architecture of the building, the statuary, the Stained-Glass and the Internal decoration. The result is "undoubtedly, Burges's greatest work in Ecclesiastical architecture".

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral,

Cork, Ireland.

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Author: Debora Guidi.

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Just Waiting . . .

Christmas is coming . . .

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Vox In Rama. Music For Advent And Christmas From Around The World. Church Of The Holy Innocents, New York. Saturday, 19 December. 1400 hrs.

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Church of The Holy Innocents,

128 West 37th Street,

New York,

New York 10018.

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Advent/Christmas Concert:

On Saturday, 19 December 2015, 2:00 P.M.,

Holy Innocents' volunteer Choir, Vox in Rama,

will present its Annual Concert of Sacred Music

for Advent and Christmas from Around the World,

immediately following the 1:00 P.M. Mass. 

The suggested donation for tickets is $5. 

Following the Concert, there will be a Reception

with light refreshments in The Church Hall.

The Church of The Holy Innocents,

128 West 37th Street,

New York,

New York 10018.

The Rev. Fr. Leonard F. Villa, Pastor.

National Geographic Magazine Lauds The Blessed Virgin Mary. Deo Gratias.

This Article is taken from THAT THE BONES YOU HAVE CRUSHED MAY THRILL

The Front Cover of the December 2015 edition of National Geographic Magazine.

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National Geographic Magazine has Our Blessed Lady on The Front Cover, this December. Usually, magazines available in newsagents depict women in a rather graceless fashion.

How refreshing it is, then, to see Our Heavenly Queen, Full of Grace, grace such a widely-read magazine.

The Article, which features Marian Shrines new and old, recognised and unrecognised, is entitled 'How The Virgin Mary Became The World's Most Powerful Woman' and it can be read HERE.

'Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: Grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God Blessed thee for ever.'

Let's Pray that more magazines, more and more, look to Mary as the full expression of womanhood and the true model of beauty and strength,'for charm is deceptive and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears The Lord is to be praised.'

Christmas Card, 1880.

Christmas Card, 1880.

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Prints and Photographs division,

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"Tandry Whigs". Soft Buns Served On Saint Andrew's Day, 30 November.

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Detail of a Calendar page for December, with a bas-de-page scene of men sledging and warming themselves by a fire, from the Golf Book (Book of Hours, Use of Rome), workshop of Simon Bening, Netherlands (Bruges), circa 1540, Additional MS 24098, f. 30r. © British Library. Source: Pinterest.

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Tandry Whigs are soft buns served on Saint Andrew’s Day on 30 November. The modern version has Mediaeval roots. Here is a recipe.

The word Wig or Whig probably stems from Old Norse and means ‘soft’; thus, Wigs or Whigs (modern Norse/Danish: Vegger). Originally, it meant buns made of wheat, as opposed to rye or barley.

According to very early murals in Denmark, they were perhaps originally formed as Crosses. Later, they became buns softened with eggs and butter or lard. Because of the soft dough, they often had an oval or trapezoid form. As anyone knows, who is used to working with dough made of wheat, water yeast, it is best to mix it to a structure akin to porridge and then let it stand around for a day or a day and a half. The the dough may be spilled onto a floured surface and gently cut into buns, which, as often as not, end up looking like Whigs or Verger, oblong soft buns.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

According to some reports “Tandry", "Tandra" or "Tandrew” cakes, or Whigs, were enjoyed on The Feast Day of Saint Andrew (30 November).

In the 18th-Century, Tandry (Tandra) cakes turned into a kind of slightly-sweetened bun, made of a plain dough of flour, eggs, sugar, butter and water mixed with yeast. To this, was added currants and lemon peel.

Saint Andrew's Day was also a Traditional day for squirrel hunting. After the animals had been pelted, they were probably stewed with onions, roots, apples and thyme.

"The Last Supper" in Belling Church, Denmark. The mural, from 1496, shows a table spread with the two common types of daily bread marketed in Late-Mediaeval Denmark – the oblong ‘Vegger’ (wheat) and the three-cornered ‘Skonrogger’ (sifted rye). © Hans A. Mosbach.

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RECIPE.

Sourdough-starter.

Half a litre of water is mixed with 10 gr of fresh yeast, and as much flour as it takes to make mixture like a thick porridge. It gets tastier if half the flour is whole-grain, but, in The Middle Ages, people would have wished to get it as sifted and soft as that which was served at Court. Cover it with a cloth and let it stand in a warm kitchen for a day and a night.

Dough.

Mix the Sourdough with a litre of water and circa 1,5 kilos of flour. (For the healthy, but non-Mediaeval version, 1/3 whole grain and 2/3 normal flour). To this should be added 7 tsp. salt.

Work the wet and sticky mixture slowly with your hands, then let it stand around for a bit. Keep coming back during the next two hours and repeat the procedure with wet hands, until it is less sticky. Cover the bowl with a cloth or a wrap and keep it cool until evening.

Heat up the oven, including the baking-tray to 230 – 250 C. Gently toss the dough out onto a floured table or surface and fold it carefully once, until it forms an oblong mass. Now it should be possible to cut the Whigs by using a floured dough-cutter.

Place them on a baking sheet. When the oven is warm, place or drag the baking sheet onto the hot baking-tray. Give them ten minutes, until brown, and then another five minutes at 200 C.

Serve them with stew, made from rabbit, hare or squirrel, cooked with roots and herbs in a mixture of apple-juice and broth.

Saint Andrew The Apostle. Feast Day, Today, 30 November.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Andrew.
Apostle.
Feast Day 30 November.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Andrew.

Apostle.

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The Feast of Saint Andrew has been kept since the 4th-Century A.D., on 30 November.

Saint Andrew was both an Apostle and a Martyr. The Collect tells us that he was called to govern and teach The Church; and the Epistle and the Gospel deal with the Vocation off him who was the first among The Apostles to know Jesus Christ.

When he was called, he immediately left his nets to become a fisher of men (Gospel), and "his sound hath gone forth into all the Earth to Preach the Gospel of Peace" (Epistle). After the coming of The Holy Ghost, he Preached in Palestine, and then in Scythia, Epirus and Thrace.

"But all have not obeyed the Gospel" (Epistle), and Saint Andrew ere long became The Apostle of The Cross. The priests of Achaia describe his Martyrdom at Patras. He died on that special form of Cross which has ever since been called after him, and "The Lord received his Sacrifice in the odour of sweetness" (Alleluia).

His body, having been first taken to Constantinople, was, in 1210, moved to the Cathedral at Amalfi, in the Kingdom of Naples. In 1462, his head was placed by Pope Pius II in the Basilica of Saint Peter, his brother. His name is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass (First List). Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland.

Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Let us, with Saint Andrew, follow Christ even to The Cross.

Mass: Mihi autem.

During Advent, a Commemoration of The Feria is made on every Saint's Day, by The Collects of the preceding Sunday. (Ember Days have Proper Collects.)

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"The Art Of The Beautiful". Lecture. Reception. Sung Compline. Not To Be Missed. New York. Saturday, 5 December 2015, 1930 hrs.

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Please join us for the next "Art of The Beautiful" event, with Father Anthony Giambrone, OP,

from The Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC. Father's Lecture will be followed

by a Reception and Sung Compline. 

Saturday, 5 December 2015, 7.30 p.m.,

The Catholic Center at New York University (NYU),

238 Thompson Street,

New York, New York 10012.

Gregorian Chant. Available For Your Parish Choir. Now. Together With Free Downloads and Free Music Scores.

The following Article can be found in full at GREGORIAN CHANT HYMNS

"Adore Te Devote".

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https://youtu.be/VjNhyHsgU7Y

and also available for a free download, together with its Score,

at GREGORIAN CHANT HYMNS

The Roman Catholic Church has a rich Tradition of Hymns, and other devotional Chants, that have been used for Centuries on Feast Days and at The Liturgy of The Hours (The Divine Office found in The Breviary). Many recent Hymnals retained a few Hymns (e.g., Adoro te Devote, Ave Maria) in either Latin or translated versions; therefore, some Hymns continue to be sung in The Liturgy. Many beautiful Hymns have gradually been forgotten, yet are sung in Monasteries and fondly remembered by older generations.

A renewed interest in Chant has been followed by an increase in teaching of Chant Hymns to Choirs and Congregations. Contributors to this Web-Site are Schola Directors, who are riding this wave of enthusiasm. We have benefited from, and are grateful to, others, who created Web-Sites with free music and audio downloads, especially for The Mass Ordinaries and Propers.

When teaching, we observed that Choristers were very interested in, and easily learned, Hymns, but we also noted a lack of easily-accessible free downloads. We also learned that recordings are a very effective way of teaching both Choristers and the Congregation.

Vigil Of Saint Andrew. Apostle. 29 November.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Vigil of Saint Andrew.
Apostle.
29 November.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.

Madonna and Child, Saint Peter, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul.

Now begins "The Sanctoral Cycle" or "The Proper of The Saints".

Saint Andrew.

Apostle.

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The Gospel tells us that it was Saint John the Baptist, who, whilst fulfilling his mission of preparing Souls for the coming of Our Lord, pointed out The Messias to his Disciple, Andrew, The latter immediately went to Jesus and became one of His followers.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew (30 November) falls on a Monday, The Mass of The Vigil is said on the previous Saturday, but the Commemoration of Saint Saturninus is made on the Sunday. The same rule holds good for the other Vigils, with the exception of that of Christmas.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew falls on a Sunday, it is Transferred to the first free day.

Mass: Dóminus secus.

The Gloria is never said at Masses with Violet Vestments.

If Advent has not begun, Second Collect of Saturninus. Third Collect: Concéde.

If Advent has begun, Second Collect of The Feria. Third Collect: Saint Saturninus.

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The Book Of Ruth: "Whither Thou Goest, I Will Go. And Where Thou Lodgest, I Will Lodge. Thy People Shall Be My People. And Thy God, My God."

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Ruth (Hebrew: רוּת, Modern Rut Tiberian Rūθ), is the main character in The Book of Ruth in The Hebrew Bible.

Ruth was a Moabitess, who married into the Hebrew family of Elimelech and Naomi, whom she met when they left Bethlehem and relocated to Moab, due to a famine. Elimelech and his two sons died, leaving Naomi and her two daughters-in-law as widows. 

When Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem, Ruth decided to go with her, despite the fact that Orpah, Naomi's other daughter-in-law, went back home. 

Ruth famously vowed to follow Naomi in the following passage:

"  Entreat me not to leave thee,

   or to return from following after thee:

   for whither thou goest, I will go;

   and where thou lodgest, I will lodge:

   thy people shall be my people,

   and thy God my God:

   Where thou diest, will I die,

   and there will I be buried:

   the LORD do so to me, and more also,

   if ought but death part thee and me. "

   (Ruth 1:16-17, King James Version)

"Ruth in the Fields"

by Merle Hugues, 1876.

Illustration: BIBLE-PEOPLE

Ruth went to glean in the fields, where she met Boaz. At the instigation of Naomi, she forced Boaz to declare his intentions regarding Ruth by slipping into the threshing floor at night, uncovering his feet, and lying at his feet (Ruth 3:8), in the Mosaic tradition of having the nearest relative be the kinsman redeemer (Leviticus 25:25-55). 

Boaz indicated his desire to marry her, and called Ruth a "woman of noble character". After overcoming the obstacle of having a relative with a stronger claim (per the Mosaic requirements in Deuteronomy 25:7-9), Boaz married Ruth, and they had a son, named Obed. 

The genealogy, in the final Chapter of the Book, explains how Ruth became the Great-Grandmother of David: Boaz begot Obed, Obed begot Jesse and Jesse begot David (Ruth 4:17). She is also, thus, the ancestor of Joseph (husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus), and is one of the five women mentioned in The Genealogy of Matthew (along with Tamar, Rahab, Bathsheba, and Mary).

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