Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica Of The Nativity Of Saint Mary, Milan. Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Di Santa Maria Nascente, Milano.

English: Milan Cathedral.

Italiano: Milano - Duomo.

Photo: February 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: MarkusMark.

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Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano; Lombard: Domm de Milan) is The Cathedral Church of Milan, Italy. Dedicated to Saint Mary of The Nativity (Santa Maria Nascente), it is The Seat of The Archbishop of Milan, currently Cardinal Angelo Scola. The Gothic Cathedral took nearly six Centuries to complete. It is the second-largest Church in Italy, after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, and the third-largest in the World.

Milan's layout, with streets either radiating from The Duomo or encircling it, reveals that The Duomo occupies what was the most central site in Roman Mediolanum, that of the public Basilica facing The Forum.

The first Cathedral, the "new Basilica" (Basilica Nova), Dedicated to Saint Thecla, was completed by 355 A.D. It seems to share, on a slightly smaller scale, the Plan of the contemporaneous Church recently re-discovered beneath Tower Hill in London. An adjoining Basilica was erected in 836 A,D. The old Octagonal Baptistery, the Battistero Paleocristiano, dates to 335 A.D., and still can be visited under The Milan Cathedral. When a fire damaged the Cathedral and Basilica in 1075, they were rebuilt as The Duomo.

Saint Ambrose barring Emperor Theodosius I from Milan Cathedral.

Artist: Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641).

Date: 1619.

Current location: National Gallery, London.

Source/Photographer: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/

anthony-van-dyck

-st-ambrose-barring-theodosius-from-milan-cathedral

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English: Interior of The Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of The Nativity of Saint Mary, Milan.

Italiano: Interno del Duomo di Milano.

Photo: 1 January 2000.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

Paolo da Reggio.

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Milan Cathedral.

Photo: 31 December 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mikko Virtaperk.

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English: Stained-Glass Window, 

Milan Cathedral.

Italiano: Giovanni Battista Bertini (1799-1849) e Giuseppe Bertini (1825-1898),

vetrata (1833-62) dell'abside del Duomo di Milano.

Photo: 14 July 2007

Source: Own work.

Author: G.dallorto.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Stained-Glass Window,

Milan Cathedral.

Photo: 18 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Max_Ryazanov.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Pope Saint Leo II. Confessor. Feast Day 3 July.

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

Saint Leo II.
Pope and Confessor.
Feast Day 3 July.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Portrait of Pope Saint Leo II.
[Papacy from 682 A.D. - 683 A.D.]

Español: imagen del papa leon II.

Source: Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, Roma.

Author: Unknown.

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Pope Saint Leo II, a Sicilian by birth, participated in the full Priesthood of Christ (Introit, Epistle, Gradual, Alleluia) on becoming Pope. Guided by The Holy Ghost, he gave their full value to the Spiritual Riches of The Church committed to his care by Jesus (Gospel, Communion).

He approved The Acts of The Sixth Council, which condemned those who taught that Christ had only one Will. Well-versed in Sacred Singing, he perfected the melodies of The Psalms and of The Hymns of The Church.

He was truly The Father of The Poor and, by his example and Preaching, led everyone to Virtue. He died in 683 A.D., and was buried in the Basilica of Saint Peter, Rome.

Let us imitate the example of this Saint (Collect), who was one of the successors of Saint Peter on The Pontifical Throne.

Mass: Sacerdótes tui.

Commemoration of The Octave of The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

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Pope Saint Leo II was a Sicilian by birth (the son of a man named Paul). He may have ended up being among the many Sicilian Clergy in Rome due to the Islamic Caliphate attacks on Sicily in

the Mid-7th-Century. Though elected Pope a few days after the death of Pope Saint Agathon on

10 January 681 A.D., he was not Consecrated until 17 August 682 A.D. Pope Saint Leo II was known as an eloquent Preacher, who was interested in music and noted for his Charity to the Poor. His successor was Pope Benedict II.

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Scholasticum.

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In 2009, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a great student and admirer of Saint Bonaventure, made a Pastoral Visit to Bagnoregio, Italy, the Saint’s hometown. On that historic visit, the Pope gave a speech about Saint Bonaventure in which he invited Priests “to learn from this great Doctor of The Church, to deepen their knowledge of his Teaching on Wisdom rooted in Christ.” Since that time, there has been renewed interest in Bagnoregio as a tourist destination.

In the Summer of 2016, The Scholasticum Institute, a Graduate Institution Dedicated to the Scholastic Theology of Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Saint Thomas Aquinas, opened its doors in the very town where Saint Bonaventure was raised and where Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI urged further Study of The Seraphic Doctor of The Church.

Pope Sixtus V explained the importance of Scholastic Theology: “[T]here has been discovered by Our ancestors, most wise men, Scholastic Theology, which two Doctors. glorious above all, the Angelic Saint Thomas, and the Seraphic Saint Bonaventure, most brilliant Professors in this capacity . . . with excellent genius, assiduous Study, great labours, and Vigils, have refined and decorated, and have passed on to those who would come after . . . ” He went on to say that “a salutary understanding and practice of this Science [Scholastic Theology] . . . could certainly always bring the greatest assistance to The Church.” (Triumphantis Hierusalem, § 10).

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The Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 2 July.

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

The Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 2 July.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

The Visitation of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

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The Magnificat.

The Canticle of Mary.

John Michael Talbot wrote the music

and the words are from the Gospel of Luke 1:46-55.

Sung by Annie Karto., Jackie Francois, John Michael Talbot.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/0y67GDT2kwU.

The Canticle of Mary.

This is Mary's Great Exaltation of Praise to God.

For in her visit to Elizabeth, Mary's Faith is validated; that she will be The Mother of The World's Saviour - Jesus Christ ! And so, with Rejoicing and Thanksgiving for all His Mighty Deeds, His Mercy on the lowly and His Fulfillment of Covenant - Mary's Soul bursts forth with Joy to The Lord.

The Angel Gabriel had announced to Mary that God would soon give a son to Elizabeth. The Virgin at once betook herself to Hebron, where her cousin resided: That is The Mystery of The Visitation, which is Solemnised on the day following The Octave of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.

On this day, as in The Season of Advent, The Church recalls together the memories of The Precursor and of Jesus and Mary. For we then remarked, that the Friday in The Winter Ember Week recalled to us the same Mystery of The Visitation.

This Feast was instituted for the whole World in 1389, by Pope Urban VI, in order to obtain the end of the Great Western Schism. It was later on raised to The Rite of Double of The Second-Class by Blessed Pope Pius IX, for on this Feast was completed at Rome in 1849 the victory of The Church over the Revolution.

Mary visits Elizabeth and Jesus visits and Sanctifies John. Wherefore, Saint John leaps with joy and Elizabeth, filled with The Holy Ghost, exclaims: " Blessed art thou among women and Blessed is The Fruit of thy Womb" (Gospel).

The Virgin, Mother of God, who bears and gives birth to Him Who bears and produces all things (Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion) then pronounces a "Sublime Canticle" (Introit), The Magnificat.

Mass: Salve, sancta parens.

The same day:

Saint Processus and Saint Martinian.

Martyrs.

Feast Day 2 July.

Red Vestments.

Peter and Paul, cast into The Mamertine Prison, converted their two Warders, Processus and Martinian, and Baptised them. Brought before the statue of Jupiter, these new Christians refused to adore it and were put to death.

Mass: Sapiéntiam.

May They Rest In Peace. Requiéscant In Pace.

Saint Benedict Ornate Wall Crucifix.

Image: AMAZON

1 July 1916, the first day of The Battle of the Somme,
was the worst day in the history of the British Army.

British Army casualties for the day were 60,000.

The Battle of the Somme lasted from

1 July 1916 until 18 November 1916.

In total, there were more than 1 million casualties.

Leyton Orient Football Club

Supporters visit The Somme Battlefields,

July 2011.

Available on YouTube at

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Soldiers of the Australian 4th Division, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, on a duck-board track,

passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge, in the Ypres salient, 29 October 1917.

The leading soldier is Gunner James Fulton and the second soldier is Lieutenant Anthony Devine.

The men belong to a Battery of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade.

Source: This image is available from the Collection Database of the

Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: E01220.

Author: Frank Hurley.

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Frank Hurley.

(Editor: Frank Hurley was the photographer, who took the

photo (above) of Australian troops passing through Chateau Wood.)

Date: 1914.

Source: Scanned from The Endurance by

Caroline Alexander ISBN 074754123X.

Author: Frank Hurley (1885-1962).

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The Battle of Passchendaele

(or Third Battle of Ypres or "Passchendaele")

July 1917 - November 1917.

In total, there were, approximately, 1 million casualties.

Battle of The Menin Road.

"Australian wounded on The Menin Road, near Birr Cross Road,

on 20 September 1917".

(Caption source: National Library of Australia, n.d. (1 June 2014).

Date: 1917.

Source: State Library of New South Wales file:a479035.

Author: Frank Hurley.

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The Accrington Pals.

11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington),

East Lancashire Regiment.

Better known as

'The Accrington Pals' Battalion.

"Accrington Pals",

near Hyndburn Park School, Accrington, Lancashire, 1914.

[Accrington Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, B Company, No. 1 Platoon.]

Photo kindly provided by Robert and Tony Robinson.

Image: DAS ACCRINGTON PALS BATAILLON

A month after the outbreak of war,

the "Accrington Observer and Times" reported,

on 8 September 1914, that an offer by the Mayor of Accrington, 

Captain John Harwood, to set up a Battalion,

had been accepted by The War Office.

As the recruitment began, on 14 September 1914, 104 men were drafted during the first three hours. Brothers, friends and

work-mates reported together. On 24 September 1914,

The Accrington Battalion had reached a full strength of

36 officers and 1,076 men.

About half of the Battalion were recruited from Accrington and the surrounding area; the remainder were recruited from the neighbouring towns of Burnley, Chorley, and Blackburn.

The 'Accrington Pals' Battalion is probably the most famous of
The "Pals" Battalions, which were erected in the early months of
World War I, in response to Kitchener's call to form a Volunteer Army.
It was formed by men from all walks of life from Accrington, Lancashire, and the surrounding area.

Groups of friends - "Pals" - came forward together, in anticipation of a great adventure. In its first major battle, the Battalion suffered devastating losses in the attack on Serre, France, on 1 July 1916, the first day of
The Battle of the Somme.

The losses were hard to bear in a community where everyone had a close relative or friend killed or injured.

Although the Battalion fought again,
the "Pals" concept was forever lost.

May They Rest In Peace.
Requiéscant In Pace.

"Dies Irae".

The Sequence in a Requiem Mass.

Available on YouTube at

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Feast Of The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Feast Day 1 July.

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

Feast of The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Feast Day 1 July.

Double of The First-Class.

Red Vestments.

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The Liturgy, that admirable summary of the history of The Church, reminds us every year that, at this date in 1849, thanks to the French Army, the Revolution which had driven the Pope from Rome was vanquished.

To perpetuate the memory of this triumph, and to show that it was due to The Saviour's Merits, Blessed Pope Pius IX, at the time a refugee at Gaeta, Italy, instituted The Feast of The Precious Blood. Pope Pius XI, in 1934, raised it to the Rank of a First-Class Feast.

The Heart of Jesus has made this Adorable Blood circulate in His limbs; wherefore, as on The Feast of The Sacred Heart, the Gospel presents to our view the thrust of the lance which pierced the side of The Divine Crucified, Blood and Water gushing forth. [The Office of Matins speaks of The Blood which Christ shed at The Circumcision, and in The Garden of Olives, and The Flagellation (Scourging) at The Pillar, and The Crowning of Thorns, and on The Cross.]

Thus become united the two testimonies which The Holy Ghost bore to The Messias, when He was Baptised in The Water of The Jordan and when He was Baptised in Blood on The Cross (Gradual).

Let us do homage to The Precious Blood of Our Redeemer, which the Priest offers to God on the Altar.

Mass: Redemisti nos.
At Low Masses: Commemoration of The Octave Day of Saint John the Baptist.
Preface: Of The Cross.

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New York Central Railroad Locomotive.

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Mediaeval Stained-Glass Window. Merton College, Oxford. Circa 1379-1406.

Mediaeval Stained-Glass Window.

Merton College, Oxford, England.

Date: Circa 1379-1406.

Photographer: Hesketh-Roberts, M.

Image Date: 2002.

Copyright: EnglishHeritage.NMR

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"ZEPHY" in the Comments Box of his latest Post

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Obviously, he is still on medication, poor chap !!!

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Adagio For Strings And Agnus Dei. Both By Samuel Barber.

Devastated German City

during World War II.

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"Adagio for Strings"

by Samuel Barber.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450

"Agnus Dei"

by Samuel Barber.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/AiuC_CaObbI

A 25-Year Guarantee Clinched The Decision To Re-Roof Westminster Cathedral In Asphalt.

Abutments to the Copper Domes and Brick Parapets

were the biggest challenge.

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When Westminster Cathedral’s roof was first asphalted, back in 1903, it would have utilised naturally-occurring asphalt deposits dug up from an overseas lake.

These days, things are done a little differently. Instead, IKO’s Permaphalt – a polymer modified mastic asphalt – was specified for the extensive re-roofing of the Roman Catholic Cathedral by Cathedral Architect, Michael Drury from St Ann’s Gate Architects.

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‘Asphalt had worked well for the Cathedral in the past and there was no reason why it shouldn’t again,’ he says, adding that the new roofing’s twenty-five-year guarantee clinched the decision for a like-for-like replacement.

Drury had identified the need to replace the roof surface as a priority, in his quinquennial inspection of the Cathedral, which was designed in the Early-Byzantine Style by J. F. Bentley. Although the roof had been repaired over the years, the report detected cracking in the surface and up-stands and the presence of moisture within.

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Hitler Finds Out The UK Has Voted To Leave The European Union.

Hitler Finds Out The UK Has Voted To Leave The EU.

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The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul. Feast Day 29 June.

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

The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Feast Day 29 June.

Double of The First-Class
   with an Octave.

Red Vestments.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Artist: El Greco (1541–1614).

Current location: Hermitage Museum,

Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Source/Photographer; Hermitage Torrent.

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Today, the whole Church rejoices, for "God has Consecrated this day by the Martyrdom of The Apostles Peter and Paul" (Collect). In both the Grand Basilicas erected at Rome over the tombs "of these two Princes, who, by The Cross and The Sword, have obtained their seat in The Eternal Senate," [Hymn at Vespers] this double Martyrdom was Celebrated.

Later, on account of the distance which separates the two Churches, the Festival was divided, Saint Peter being more specially honoured on 29 June and Saint Paul on 30 June.

Saint Peter, Bishop of Rome, is the Vicar, that is to say the visible representative of Christ. As is shown in the Preface, Alleluia, Gospel, Offertory and Communion, the Jews had rejected Jesus. They also rejected His successor (Epistle). Displacing the religious centre of the World, Saint Peter then left Jerusalem for Rome, which became The Eternal City and The Seat of The Popes.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

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Saint Peter, the first Pope, speaks in the name of Christ, Who has communicated to him His Doctrine of Infallibility. He is not guided by flesh and blood, but by the Heavenly Father, Who does not permit the Gates of Hell to prevail against The Church of which he is the foundation (Gospel).

Saint Peter, on receiving The Keys, is placed at the head of the "Kingdom of Heaven" upon Earth, that is to say The Church, and he reigns in the name of Christ, Who has invested him with His Power and Supreme Authority (Gospel).

The names of Saint Peter and Saint Paul head head the names of The Apostles in The Canon of The Mass (First List).

With "The Church, which did not cease Praying to God for Saint Peter" (Epistle), let us Pray for his successor "the Servant of God, our Holy Father the Pope" (Canon of The Mass).

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

Mass: Nunc scio.

"Pater Noster" "Отче Наш" ("Otche Nash" - Church Slavonic) By Igor Stravinsky.

God The Father and Angel.

Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Date: 1620.

Current location: Musei di Strada Nuova

Genoa, Italy.

Source/Photographer: 9AEqk5sfVRMaQQ at Google Cultural Institute

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"Pater Noster"

"Отче Наш"

("Otche Nash" - Church Slavonic)

by Igor Stravinsky.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/qIOO_4qejzw

О́тче нашъ, И́же еси́ на небесѣхъ,

да свѧти́тсѧ и́мѧ Твое́,

да прїи́детъ ца́рствїе Твое́:

да будетъ волѧ Твоѧ, я́ко на небеси́ и на земли́,

хлѣбъ нашъ насу́щный даждь намъ днесь,

и оста́ви намъ до́лги нашѧ,

ѧкоже и мы ѡставлѧемъ должнико́мъ нашымъ,

и не введи́ насъ во искуше́нїе,

но изба́ви насъ от лука́ваго.

And again . . .

"Pater Noster"

by Igor Stravinsky.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/-ZASSACM_eE

English: Igor Stravinsky's signature.

Español: Firma de Ígor Stravinski.

Date: 1946.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jarould.

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Prime Minister Announces: "England Very Miffed With Iceland".

Illustration: MIRROR

At 11.15 a.m., this morning, Mr. Cameron broadcast to the nation the following statement.

"This morning, the British Ambassador in Reykjavík handed

the Icelandic Government a final Note, stating that, unless

we heard from them by 11 o'clock, that they were prepared

at once to have a replay of yesterday evening's football match,

a State of High Dudgeon would exist between us. 

I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that, consequently, this Country is very miffed with Iceland." 

God Save The Queen.

Gregorian Chant Of The Templars. Salve Regina. The Marian Anthem Of The Season.

"Mater Dolorosa"

(Mother of Sorrows).

Artist: Carlo Dolci (1616–1686).

Date: Circa 1650.

Current location: National Museum of Western Art,

Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"Salve Regina".

Chant of The Templars.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/uv_2x6JmuaE

The Biggest Pro-Life Event Of The Year. The All-Ireland Rally For Life. Belfast. 2 July 2016. Because Every Life Matters. Be There.

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Within The Octave Of Saint John The Baptist.

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

Within The Octave Of Saint John The Baptist.

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.

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The Church, honouring The Saints in proportion to the part they played in The Mystery of The Incarnation of The Word, gives to Saint John a special place. [The Rubrics which accompany the Bull Divino Afflatu of Pope Saint Pius X, establish the following order among the Feasts: "The Feasts of The Lord; of The Blessed Virgin; of The Angels; of Saint John the Baptist; of Saint Joseph; of The Holy Apostles."]

Each day in The Mass, as well as at The Confiteor, at The Suscipe and at The Nobis quoque peccatoribus, the name of Saint John the Baptist precedes that of The Apostles. It is the same in The Litany of The Saints. His Feast immediately precedes that of The Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. By ending the Mission of The Prophets and commencing that of The Apostles, he is the link between The Old Testament and The New Testament.

Let us, also, give to Saint John the Baptist the place of honour which is due to him in our Veneration of The Saints. The Veneration must, indeed, be hierarchically ordered so that we may never forget that Jesus is the principal author of our Redemption, and that The Saints are more or less great as they are more or less united to Him as secondary instruments.

"Kyrie Eleison".

From The Mass in Honour of Saint John the Baptist

by Jean-René Quignard.

Sung by Saint Mary, Star-of-the-Sea, Schola,

Jackson, Michigan.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/Odf2p1mAiXg

The Feast of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist falls in the Season when The Cycle shows us The Church which, as this Saint foretold, was born in the Baptism of The Holy Ghost and of Fire at Pentecost, and goes on continually developing herself. It is, indeed, to The Holy Precursor that she owes it to have known Jesus, The Spouse that makes her The Fruitful Mother of many Souls.

As with the Jews, a friend was the intermediary between The Bride and The Spouse and prepared The Wedding Feast, Saint John the Baptist is called in the Gospel "The Friend of The Spouse". It is he whom God has chosen to prepare for The Lord, by his Preaching and Baptism of Penance, a perfect people. And, after having adorned The Bride, he presents The Spouse to her. "John the Baptist was the man sent as a witness, so that, through him, all should believe in Jesus."

Jesus comes to him in the waters of The River Jordan and, at this Divine Contact, the water acquired the virtue which, in Baptism, causes our Souls to be born to Supernatural Life. As Saint John the Baptist Baptises Christ in The River Jordan, he hears The Voice of The Father proclaiming that Jesus is His Well-Beloved Son. He sees The Holy Ghost hovering over Him in the form of a Dove and he reveals that Jesus is "The Lamb of God".

"Agnus Dei".

From The Mass in Honour of Saint John the Baptist

by Jean-René Quignard.

Sung by Saint Mary, Star-of-the-Sea, Schola,

Jackson, Michigan.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/NBXSh5aZPv4

Let us remember that, after having Baptised The Master, the one who is called John the Baptist has also presided over our own Christening, for all The Baptistries (particularly that of Saint John Lateran, in Rome) are Dedicated to him, and his image is to be used for the adornment of Baptismal Fonts.

Having thus been brought by him to Jesus, let us also through Saint John the Baptist approach The Eucharist, reciting the words of The Agnus Dei, by which he indicated The Saviour.

Mass: As on The Feast Day. De ventre.

Jesus Testifies about John the Baptist.

(Luke 1:5-25; Luke 7:24-35; Luke 16:14-17)

And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John:

What went you out into the desert to see ? a reed shaken with the wind ?

But what went you out to see ? a man clothed in soft garments ?

Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of Kings.

But what went you out to see ? a prophet ? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.

For this is he of whom it is written:

Behold I send my Angel before thy face,

who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women

a greater than John the Baptist:

Yet he that is the lesser in The Kingdom of Heaven

is greater than he.