The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day 24 June.

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

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.
Feast Day 24 June.

Double of The First Class
   with an Octave.

White Vestments.

English: The Voice in the Desert.
Français: La voix dans le désert.

Artist: James Tissot (1836-1902).

Date: Between 1886 and 1894.

Current location: Brooklyn Museum, New York City.

Credit line: Purchased by public subscription.

Source/Photographer: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum;

Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, 00.159.44_PS1.jpg.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Interior of Saint John the Baptist Church, 

Konigsberg.

Deutsch: Im Innern der Probsteikirche in Königsberg.

Date: 1904.

Source: http://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/index.html

Author: Herausgeber: Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen e.V. Parkallee 84/86 20144
Hamburg HRA VR4551 Ust-ID-Nr.: DE118718969Bundesgeschäftsführer:
Dr. Sebastian Husen.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"A Prophet of The Most High" (Alleluia), Saint John is pre-figured by Isaias and Jeremias (Introit, Epistle, Gospel); moreover, he was Consecrated before birth to announce Jesus (Secret) and to prepare Souls for His coming.

The Gospel narrates the prodigies which accompanied his birth. Zachary gives his child the name which Saint Gabriel has brought him from Heaven, which signifies: "The Lord has pardoned". He immediately recovers his speech and, filled with The Holy Ghost, he foretells the greatness of his son: "He shall walk before The Face of The Lord, to give unto the people the knowledge of Salvation."

The Virgin and Child, with The Infant Saint John,

appearing to Saint Jerome and Saint Anthony.

Artist: Andrea Celesti (1637-1712).

Date: Circa 1700.

Current location: Santa Maria dei Derelitti,

Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Angel Gabriel had announced to Zachary that "many would rejoice in the birth of Saint John the Baptist". Indeed, not only "the neighbours and relations of Elizabeth" Solemnised the event, but every year, on its Anniversary, the whole Church invites her children to share in this Holy Joy. She knows that The Nativity "of this Prophet of The Most High", at this "Summer Christmas", is intimately connected with The Advent of The Messias.

After The Feast of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the days become shorter, while, on the contrary, after The Nativity of The Saviour, of which this Feast is the prelude, the days become longer. The Precursor must efface himself before Jesus, Who is The True Light of Faith. "He must increase," says Saint John, "and I must decrease."

The Solstices were the occasion of pagan feasts, when fires were lighted to honour the orb which gives us light. The Church Christianised the Rites, seeing in them a symbol of Saint John, who was "a burning and brilliant lamp".

The beheading of Saint John the Baptist.

Artist: Caravaggio (1573-1610).

Date: 1608.

Current location: Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Indeed, "she encouraged this kind of manifestation, which corresponds so well with the character of the Feast. The Saint John bonfires happily completed The Liturgical Solemnity: They showed The Church and the Earthly City united in one thought." [The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.]

The name of The Precursor is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass at the head of The Second List.

Formerly, on his Feast Day, three Masses were Celebrated in his honour, and numerous Churches were Dedicated to him. Parents loved to give his name to their children.

Gregorian Chant.

The Life of Saint John the Baptist.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/XPxh8_my0F8.

Paul the Deacon, a Monk of Monte Cassino and a friend of Charlemagne, had composed, in honour of Saint John the Baptist, the Hymn: "Ut queant laxis." In the 13th-Century, the Benedictine Monk, Guy of Arezzo, noticed that the notes, sung on the first syllables, formed the sequence of the first six degrees of The Scale. He named each degree by the corresponding syllable: "Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si" and thereby greatly facilitated the study of musical intervals.

Ut queant laxis resonare fibris [Do - Re]

Mira gestorum famuli tuorum [Mi - Fa]

Solve polluti labii reatum [Sol - La]

Sancte Johannes [Si] (S J makes Si)

"Unloose, great Baptist, our sin-fettered lips;

That with enfranchis'd voice we may proclaim,

The Miracles of thy transcendent life,

Thy deeds of matchless fame."

"That thy servants may sing with full voice

the marvels of thy works, purify their sullied lips, O Saint John."

Immediately Zachary made signs that he wished to call his son "John", he recovered his speech; and Lo !, a Hymn composed in honour of The Prophet, whose voice resounds in the desert, becomes the occasion of a new progress in music.

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

Mass: De ventre.

English: The Chapel of Saint John and Saint Paul in Szekszárd, Hungary.

Magyar: A barokk stílusú Szent János és Pál kápolna Szekszárdon.

Esperanto: Kapelo Sanktaj Johano kaj Paŭlo en Szekszárd, Hungario.

Photo: 4 October 2010.

Source: Hungarian Wikipedia, file hu:file:SzentJanos esPal.jpg.

Author: Pásztörperc.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Armed Forces Day. Saturday, 25 June 2016.

42 Commando Captain gives a SitRep.

Date: 2007.

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/7MG27BKwjaI

An 11-foot high bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier, by William Birnie Rhind, commemorates over 200 members of The Regiment who were killed or wounded in The South African War of 1900-1902. The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739 to police The Highlands at a time when many of the Clans harboured pro-Jacobite sympathies. Their name derived from the contrast of their Dark Green Tartan against the regular Red Tunics of The British Army. The unveiling ceremony for the memorial, planned for 25 May, 1910, was cancelled because the nation was still in official mourning after the death of King Edward VII.

Photo: 9 September 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Kim Traynor.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Union Flag.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/BdnZqZ6PY8o

Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral.

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/87Xkr8z3lEo

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/7MG27BKwjaI

I vow to thee, my Country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the Service of my love;

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

That lays upon the Altar the dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted The Final Sacrifice.

And there's another Country, I've heard of long ago,

Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;

We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;

Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;

And Soul by Soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.

Words by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.

"Thaxted" tune by Gustav Holst.

ARMED FORCES DAY,

SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016.

A CHANCE TO SALUTE OUR ARMED FORCES

AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

FOR ALL THEY DO FOR US.

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The Vigil Of Saint John The Baptist. 23 June.

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

The Vigil of Saint John the Baptist.
23 June.

Violet Vestments.

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (detail).

Artist: Pieter Breughel the Elder (1526-1569).

Date: 1566.

Current location: Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts),

Budapest, Hungary.

Source: Own work.

Author: Yelkrokoyade. Taken on 20 July 2013.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Feast Day Procession of Saint John the Baptist,

Patron Saint of Florence,

in Florence, Italy, 24 June 2011.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/1uidY9IluOo

The Infant Jesus and John the Baptist.

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Date: 1600s.

Source: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Bartolome-Esteban-Murillo/

Infant-Christ-Offering-A-Drink-Of-Water-To-St-John-1675-80.html.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the Gospel of 25 March, we read that The Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that, three months later, Elizabeth, in virtue of a Divine Miracle, would have a son.

This is why The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is Celebrated towards the end of June.

This important Feast is preceded by a Vigil.

Mass: Ne timias.

Fresco of The Birth of Saint John the Baptist.

Date: 1486-1490.

Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel,

Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Tornabuoni Chapel (Italian: Cappella Tornabuoni) is the main Chapel (or Chancel)

in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. It is famous for the extensive

and well-preserved fresco cycle on its walls, one of the most complete in the City,

which was created by Domenico Ghirlandaio and his workshop between 1485 and 1490.

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At The Annunciation, when The Angel Gabriel appeared to The Virgin Mary to inform her that she would conceive of The Holy Ghost, he also informed her that Elizabeth, her cousin, was already six months pregnant (Luke 1:36). Mary then journeyed to visit Elizabeth. Luke’s Gospel recounts that the baby “leapt” in Elizabeth’s womb at the greeting of Mary (Luke 1:44).

The Nativity of John the Baptist, on 24 June, comes three months after the Celebration on 25 March of The Annunciation, when The Angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy, and six months before the Christmas Celebration of The Birth of Jesus. The Nativity of John the Baptist Anticipates The Feast of Christmas.

Vespers for The Feast of Saint John the Baptist.

Recorded on 19 June 2014 at the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste,

New York City, by Tom Durack, Michael McGuinnes,

and video editing by Anthony Indelicato.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/tghuKjSPdO4

The Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the oldest Festivals of The Christian Church, being listed by The Council of Agde, in 506 A.D., as one of that region's principal Festivals, where it was a day of rest and, like Christmas, was Celebrated with three Masses: A Vigil Mass; a Dawn Mass; and a Mid-Day Mass. This Feast of The Nativity of Saint John is one of the Patronal Feasts of The Order of Malta.

Ordinarily, the day of a Saint's death is usually Celebrated as his or her Feast Day, because that day marks their entrance into Heaven. To this rule there are two notable exceptions: The Birthday (Nativity) of The Blessed Virgin Mary (8 September); and The Birthday (Nativity) of Saint John the Baptist (24 June). According to Catholic Tradition and teaching, Mary, already in the first moment of her existence, was free from Original Sin (her Conception itself is Commemorated by a separate Feast (8 December)), while Saint John the Baptist was cleansed of Original Sin in the womb of his mother.

The Nativity of John the Baptist, though not a widespread public holiday outside of Quebec, is a high-ranking Liturgical Feast, kept in The Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches. In the Roman Rite it is Celebrated, since 1970, as a Solemnity. In the 1962 Missal, it is a Feast of The First-Class and, in still-earlier Missals, as a Double of The First-Class with a Common Octave.

Like The Birth of The Virgin Mary, the subject is often shown in art, especially from Florence, whose Patron Saint is John the Baptist.

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Saint Paulinus. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 22 June.

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

Saint Paulinus.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 22 June.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Gothic-Revival Stained-Glass Window

showing Saint Paulinus of Nola.

Linz Cathedral, Austria.

Deutsch: Linzer Dom ( Oberösterreich ).

Neogotisches Buntglasfenster

mit Darstellung des heiligen Paulinus von Nola.

Photo: 14 March 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Wolfgang Sauber.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Paulinus, born in 353 A.D. of a noble Roman family at Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, distinguished himself in his studies and became Senator at the age of twenty-five. Elected Consul, he established his residence at Nola, in Campania, Italy, near the tomb of Saint Felix, the Martyred Priest, whose Feast The Church Celebrates on 14 January. Whilst at Campania, Saint Paulinus was suddenly touched by Grace and, soon after, was Baptised.

Following the example of Christ, "Who, being rich, made Himself poor" (Epistle), and Who counselled the practice of the Virtue of Poverty (Gospel), he abandoned his great riches and, at this price, bought the Kingdom of Heaven.

Having separated from his wife, who also gave herself to God, he became a Priest. Later, he was Bishop of Nola (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion).

His former friends blamed him. "He is content with the approval of Jesus" [Poem X. Ad Ausonium]. Soon afterwards, the Goths ravaged Campania and utterly despoiled the rich of Rome, who gained no merit thereby, whereas Saint Paulinus, who had abandoned his riches voluntarily for Christ's sake, is rewarded a hundredfold hereafter in Eternal Life.

He died in 431 A.D. at the age of seventy-eight, and was buried near Saint Felix, at Nola, Italy.

Mass: Sacerdotes tui.

The Newly-Refurbished York Theatre, York, England.

The newly-refurbished York Theatre,

York, England.

This proves that it is not impossible for Modern Architecture

to produce beautiful, sympathetic, well-thought-out designs.

If only Modern Church Architects would apply these same criteria !!!

Illustration: RIBAJ

This Article can be read in full at RIBAJ

Armed Forces Day. Saturday, 25 June 2016.

42 Commando Captain gives a SitRep.

Date: 2007.

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/7MG27BKwjaI

An 11-foot high bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier, by William Birnie Rhind, commemorates over 200 members of The Regiment who were killed or wounded in The South African War of 1900-1902. The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739 to police The Highlands at a time when many of the Clans harboured pro-Jacobite sympathies. Their name derived from the contrast of their Dark Green Tartan against the regular Red Tunics of The British Army. The unveiling ceremony for the memorial, planned for 25 May, 1910, was cancelled because the nation was still in official mourning after the death of King Edward VII.

Photo: 9 September 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Kim Traynor.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Union Flag.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/BdnZqZ6PY8o

Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral.

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/87Xkr8z3lEo

"I Vow To Thee My Country".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/7MG27BKwjaI

I vow to thee, my Country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the Service of my love;

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

That lays upon the Altar the dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted The Final Sacrifice.

And there's another Country, I've heard of long ago,

Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;

We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;

Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;

And Soul by Soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.

Words by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.

"Thaxted" tune by Gustav Holst.

ARMED FORCES DAY,

SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016.

A CHANCE TO SALUTE OUR ARMED FORCES

AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

FOR ALL THEY DO FOR US.

Armed Forces Day Web-Site is at

ARMED FORCES DAY

Together In Electric Dreams . . . And In Steam Trains . . . And In Carnforth Railway Station.

"Together In Electric Dreams."

Sung by Phil Oakley.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/B_A9-2kyZak

Steam Trains At Speed.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/6mcDsY0TwcA

"Brief Encounter".

Celia Johnson and Trevor

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/aKwYWBtxxwQ

Saint Juliana Falconieri. Virgin. Feast Day, Today, 19 June.

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

Saint Juliana Falconieri.
Virgin.
Feast Day 19 June.

Double.

White Vestments.

Illustration: CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

Born at Florence, Italy, in 1270, of the illustrious family of Falconieri, Juliana, from childhood, gave such signs of Holiness that her uncle, Saint Alexis Falconieri, declared to her mother that she had given birth to an Angel. Never in the course of her life did she raise her eyes to look at a man's face, and to hear sin spoken of made her tremble (Introit).

At the age of fifteen, she Solemnly Consecrated her Virginity to God (Epistle, Gospel). "O, Juliana, only longing for the nuptials of the Heavenly Lamb, you leave your paternal roof and conduct a Choir of Virgins. You sigh night and day for the sorrows of your Spouse, nailed to The Cross, and you shed tears at the feet of The Mother of God, whose heart is pierced by Seven Swords." [Hymn at First Vespers.]

English: The Basilica Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy.

Saint Juliana Falconieri's major Shrine is in this Basilica.

Italiano: Basilica della santissima annunziata.

Photo: 3 June 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: sailko.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Having Founded The Order of Mantellate [They were called Mantellate on account of the short Mantle they wore], she was asked by Saint Philip Beniti to take charge of the whole Order of Servites, which honours in a special manner The Sorrows of The Virgin.

On two days a week her only food was The Bread of Angels. At the age of seventy, not being able to retain any food, she lamented the impossibility of receiving Holy Communion. She asked that at least The Blessed Sacrament should be held near her heart and The Sacred Bread miraculously disappeared, leaving an impression in the shape of a Host representing the image of Jesus crucified (Collect). She then breathed her last and was joyfully conducted to The Throne of The Divine King (Gradual). It was 19 June 1341.

Let us beseech The Holy Ghost to grant that we may, like Saint Juliana, be nourished and strengthened in our agony by The Body of Christ, Which will be our viaticum to The Heavenly Home (Collect).

Mass: Dilexisti.

Commemoration of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase. Martyrs.

Saint Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church,

Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States of America.

This 1883 Church is Listed in The National Register of Historic Places.

Photo: 4 September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ammodramus.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Juliana Falconieri, O.S.M., (1270 – 19 June 19, 1341) was the Italian Foundress of The Religious Sisters of The Third Order of Servites (or The Servite Tertiaries).

The Servite Order was approved by Pope Martin V in 1420. Pope Benedict XIII recognised the devotion long paid to her and granted The Servites permission to Celebrate The Feast of The Blessed Juliana. Pope Clement XII Canonised her in 1737, and extended the Celebration of her Feast Day,

19 June, to The Entire Church. Saint Juliana is usually represented in The Habit of her Order, with a Host upon her breast. Truly, a most excellent Saint.

Saint Juliana Falconieri was Beatified on 26 July 1678, in Rome, The Papal States, by His Holiness Pope Innocent XI.

She was Canonised on 16 June 1737, in Rome, The Papal States, by His Holiness Pope Clement XII.

Her major Shrine is in the Basilica of The Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy.

Pontifical Vespers/Benediction, Saint Mary Magdalen's, Wandsworth. First Vespers, Feast Of Saints John Fisher And Thomas More. For Repose Of The Soul Of Evelyn Waugh.

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The Speaker at The Latin Mass Society's Annual General Meeting will be Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, Papal Nuncio to Switzerland and former Papal Nuncio to The Ukraine.

The evening before The AGM, Friday 8 July 2016, he will be officiating at Vespers in Saint Mary Magdalen's, Wandsworth, at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday's Feast, of SS Thomas More and John Fisher, is of such importance that this Vespers will be the First Vespers of it. Vespers will be offered, however, for The Repose of the Soul of Evelyn Waugh, whose sixtieth Anniversary is this year.

Waugh was invited to be the first President of The Latin Mass Society, but declined; he was to die the year after The Society was established. Until his death, he was the acknowledged Lay Leader of The Movement for The Preservation of The Ancient Catholic Liturgy, and we owe him a great deal.

Matthew Schellhorn will lead Cantus Magnus with some Polyphony for the occasion:
Giammateo Asola (1532–1609): Sanctorum meritis.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594): Magnificat primi toni.
Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934): O salutaris hostia; Ave verum Corpus.

Saint Mark And Saint Marcellianus. Martyrs. Feast Day 18 June.

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

Saint Mark And Saint Marcellianus.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 18 June.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Mark and Saint Marcellianus.

Illustration: CATHOLICSAINTS.INFO

Brothers by birth, Mark and Marcellianus were brothers especially because they generously shed their blood for the sake of Christ (Alleluia). Persecuted for their Faith, like The Prophets and The Apostles (Gospel), they were arrested under the Emperor Diocletian and were nailed by the feet to a post, where they remained hanging.

The Holy Ghost, Who filled their hearts with The Holy Love of God and the hope of an eternal reward, sustained them in their torments (Epistle) and protected them in their tribulations (Introit). "Never", they exclaimed, "have we enjoyed such delights as those we feel in suffering for Jesus Christ."

After a day and night of suffering, they were pierced with arrows, in 286 A.D., and their Souls "delivered like the sparrow from the bird-catcher's net" (Offertory) entered for ever "into the Kingdom which had been prepared for them from the beginning of the World" (Communion).

On this day, the Anniversary of the Heavenly Birth of these two Holy Martyrs, let us ask God, through their intercession, to deliver us from all the ills that threaten us (Collect).

Mass: Introit: Salus autem.

Rest of The Mass is Proper to The Feast.

Saint Ephrem. Deacon. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 18 June.

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

Saint Ephrem.
Deacon. Confessor.
   Doctor of The Church.
Feast Day 18 June.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Roumanian Icon of Saint Ephrem the Syrian.

Français: Photo d'une icône roumaine de St Ephrem le Syrien (diacre et docteur de l'Eglise dit "La Harpe de l'Esprit" ou encore "La cithare de Marie"), icône écrite par une sœur orthodoxe près d'Oradea en avril 2005, prise de vue par Geoffroy Blanc (le propriétaire de l'icône).

Date: 7 June 2006 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from fr.wikipedia

Transferred to Commons by User:Bloody-libu using CommonsHelper.

Author: Original uploader was Troubageoff at fr.wikipedia

(Wikimedia Commons)

Newly-excavated Church of Saint Jacob (`Idto d-Mor Y`aqub),

in Nisibis, Turkey, 

where Saint Ephrem taught and ministered.

Photograph by Gareth Hughes.

Photo: 12 April 1999.

Source: Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).

Author: Garzo assumed (based on copyright claims).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Ephrem was born in Nisibis, Mesopotamia, and was one of the Lights of The Church (Gospel). His father, a pagan priest, cast him out of his home. He then went as a Hermit in the desert and was Ordained Deacon of Edessa (Communion).

Led by The Holy Ghost to Caesarea, in Cappadocia, he there met Saint Basil. In order to refute the numerous errors which were being spread by the prayers and canticles of the Heretics, he wrote poems and Christian Hymns, celebrating the Mysteries of The Lives of Christ, The Blessed Virgin Mary, and The Saints. That is why he is called "The Harp of The Holy Ghost". He always had a great devotion to Our Lady.

He died at Edessa in 375 A.D., under the Emperor Valens. Pope Benedict XV proclaimed him a Doctor of The Universal Church (Collect).

Let us ask God, through the intercession of Saint Ephrem, to defend His Church against the snares of error and wickedness (Collect).

Mass: In médio.

Commemoration of Saint Mark and Saint Marcellianus. Martyrs.

Imploring The Sacred Heart Of Jesus For Mercy For The Souls In Purgatory.

Illustration: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

"Would that people knew with what eagerness the poor Souls in Purgatory ask for this new remedy which is so powerful to relieve their sufferings.

They call The Devotion to The Sacred Heart the 'Sovereign Remedy,' and ask particularly for Masses In Honour of

The Sacred Heart of Jesus."

-- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.

Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/Y96vsF17xJg

"Sweet Heart of Jesus".

Sung by Regina Nathan.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/hJsAjEgTShI

Illustration: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

During this Month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, may we also remember to Pray and sacrifice for The Poor Souls in Purgatory, imploring The Merciful Heart of Our Lord to relieve their suffering, as we offer our Crosses, however small, for them.

This Article can be read in full at AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

Catholic Holy Card depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus, circa 1880.

Auguste Martin Collection, University of Dayton Libraries.

Source: Own work.

Author: Turgis.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Schola Abelis Singing Vespers In Merton College Chapel, Oxford.

The Oxford Gregorian Chant group, Schola Abelis,

sing Vespers in Merton College Chapel, Oxford.

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Last Saturday evening, the Oxford Gregorian Chant group, Schola Abelis, sang Vespers in Merton College Chapel, Oxford.

Fr Richard Biggerstaff, the Director of The Saint Barnabas Society, officiated.

We don't often do Services in Anglican Chapels, but Vespers is a rather different proposition from Mass. It was an opportunity for the Schola to tackle the somewhat different challenges of The Divine Office, compared to Mass, and to sing in the wonderful acoustic of Merton's historic Chapel, as well as to honour Saint Barnabas and beg his intercession for the important work of the Saint Barnabas Society.

Fr Richard Biggerstaff, Director of The Saint Barnabas Society,

imposes Incense during Vespers at Merton College Chapel, Oxford.

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This supports Anglican and other Ordained Ministers who become Catholic, frequently losing their livelihoods in doing so. Go and support them through their Web-Site HERE.

The Schola Abelis is the only Choir in Oxford focusing on Gregorian Chant. And, though I say it myself, we sounded very good at Vespers. Anyone, from Town or University, who is interested in singing with us, should contact us oxfordgregorianchant@gmail.com

We don't expect previous experience singing Chant - or anything else. I should mention that it is an all-male Schola.

These days, we are being looked after, in the capacity of Cantor and Trainer, by Will Dawes, a Professional Singer based in Oxford with an excellent knowledge of Chant. Amusingly enough, he also directs an all-female Liturgical Choir. There is something for everyone in Oxford !

Support the work of The LMS by becoming an ANNIVERSARY SUPPORTER.

Dominican Rite Masses, In Ohio, For The Order’s 800th Anniversary Celebrations.

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

To Commemorate the 800th Anniversary of The Dominican Order, Saint Dominic’s Church, in Youngstown, Ohio, will Celebrate a special series of Masses in The Traditional Dominican Rite.

1 July 2016: Feast of The Precious Blood (Low Mass).

22 July 2016: Feast of Mary Magdalene (Sung Mass).

19 August 2016: Votive Mass of Saint Dominic

(Solemn High Mass).

There will be Lessons by The Friars, explaining the history and the significance of The Dominican Rite, before each Mass, beginning at 6:30 p.m., with The Mass at 7:15 p.m.

For more information, see the Poster, above, and visit The Parish Web-Site,
www.saintdominic.org

This Article, by Gregory Dipippo, is taken from NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Dominican Rite Low Mass.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/fxuiNzXsEj4?

list=PLE050FF1CF34D770E

Solemn High Mass in The Dominican Rite.

The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/jA0Mk2_YVLs