Traditional Latin Mass. On The Feast Of The Assumption. 1200 hrs. On Monday, 15 August, At Headcorn, Kent.

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HEADCORN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.

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Traditional Latin Mass.
On The Feast Of The Assumption.
1200 hrs. Monday, 15 August.
Headcorn, Kent.

Traditional Latin Masses are also Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury,

Becket Court, 15, Station Road, Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB,

(near to Headcorn Railway Station)

at 1200 hrs,

on the FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH

A Wonderful Way To Start Every Day. Spend Two Minutes With Our Lady. Chanting The Salve, Regina (Hail, Holy Queen).

"Salve, Regina"

(Hail, Holy Queen).

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"The Immaculata: Who Is Queen, Even Of God's Heart." — Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

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"Salve, Regina"

(Hail, Holy Queen).

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Splendour In Art Deco.

The Niagara Mohawk Building,

Syracuse, New York.

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The Niagara Mohawk Building is an Art Deco Classic Building in Syracuse, New York. It is a building of The Niagara Mohawk Power Utility Company, now owned by National Grid plc. It was Listed on The National Register of Historic Places as The Niagara Hudson Building in 2010.

The Niagara Mohawk Building,

Syracuse, New York.

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Author: Don-vip.

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According to the National Park Service:

The Niagara Hudson Building, in Syracuse, New York, is an outstanding example of Art Deco Architecture and a symbol of The Age of Electricity. Completed in 1932, the building became the headquarters for the Nation’s largest Electric Utility Company and expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary programme of exterior lighting.

The design elements, applied by Architects Melvin L. King and Bley and Lyman, transformed a Corporate Office Tower into a widely-admired beacon of light and belief in the future.

With its Central Tower and figurative winged sculpture personifying electric lighting, the powerfully-sculpted and decorated building offered a symbol of optimism and progress in the context of The Great Depression.

A large part of the Art Deco facade of

The Niagara-Mohawk Power Building, Syracuse, New York.

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The building was Listed on The United States National Register of Historic Places in June 2010.
The Listing was announced as the Featured Listing in The National Park Service's Weekly List of
25 June 2010.

The building was built in 1932. It was headquarters for what was "then, the Nation's largest Electric Utility Company".

It was nominated by New York State's Board of Historic Preservation for Listing on The National Register of Historic Places in December 2009. The Board described the building as "an outstanding example of Art Deco Architecture and a symbol of The Age of Electricity."

"Fancy Going To The Flicks ? Take A Trip To The Empire Cinema, Sandwich, Kent."

Fancy going to "The Flicks" ?

Take a trip to The Empire Cinema, Sandwich, Kent.

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On 26 June, 1937, The Empire Cinema, in Sandwich, Kent, opened its doors for the first time. The films chosen for the original opening performance were "TRUST THE NAVY" starring Lupino Lane and "CRAIG'S WIFE" starring Rosalind Russell as well as a coloured rhapsody, plus The Gaumont British News.

The Cinema was described as a modern, up-to-date, and luxurious building, situated in a prominent position near to The Guildhall, Sandwich, in the centre of the Town. The auditorium was of spacious design seating 600 people in total in The Circle and Stalls areas.

The Empire Cinema,

Sandwich, Kent.

Illustration: EMPIRE CINEMA

Now, the Cinema, which re-opened in 1993, is operational in the former Circle section of the building and has still retained The Art Deco architecture and can accommodate 130 people. The auditorium has been completely re-seated with more comfortable and luxurious seats and the original decorative neon lighting has been restored to the frontage of the Theatre.

The latest digital projection equipment has been installed with Dolby Digital Sound. This will now enable the Cinema to obtain and screen the latest Film Releases in this new improved format. In addition, it is planned to present cultural Live Shows of Opera, Ballet and Theatre content on a regular basis in 2014. The arrival of Digital Cinema will provide our audience with a wide choice of entertainment with the added enjoyment of enhanced viewing.

The Lounge section is situated in the original Stalls area and has been refurbished with comfortable chairs and tables and a maple dance floor installed in front of the Cinema Stage. A Fully Licensed Bar is now available in The Lounge. A popular attraction in this area has been the monthly Classic Cinema presentations.

Visit this unique attractive Art Deco Cinema and enjoy the best in film entertainment in comfort and pleasant surroundings. There is a large car park nearby with no evening charges and seats are bookable for all performances.

For programme information and seat reservations, please phone 01304 620480.

The Empire Cinema, Sandwich, Kent, Web-Site is HERE.

British Floral Titles Of Our Lady: Our Lady Of The Meadows; Our Lady's Ear-Drops; The Passion Flower; Lady Bell; Lady's Slipper; Lady's Needlework; Lady's Thimble.

"Mater Dolorosa."

(Mother of Sorrows).

Artist: Carlo Dolci (1616–1686).

Date: Circa 1600.

Current location: National Museum of Western Art,

Tokyo, Japan.

Source/Photographer: Unknown.

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The following Text is from THE MARIAN LIBRARY

The following is a list of Mediaeval Flowers of Our Lady from surviving oral popular Religious Traditions of the U.K. countrysides.

The primary sources are Britten and Holland's Dictionary of English Plant Names (1886) and Grigson's An Englishman's Flora (1958,) both based on local Texts and oral Traditions. Britten and Holland's listing is alphabetical; Grigson's listing is by botanical family, with information of the County location(s) in which each name was found to be current.

An additional source is Dowling's The Flowers of the Sacred Nativity (1900), based on a survey of Religious and Folklore Texts for shrubs and trees associated with Religious Customs and Celebrations.

Dode Church,

near Gravesend, Kent, England.

The Dedication of this Mediaeval Church

is "Our Lady of The Meadows".

Illustration: PICTURES OF OLD ENGLAND

Religiously-named flowers, introduced from other Countries, are not included here, except for a few, whose names have become current in The U.K.,, such as Ladies' Ear-Drops (Fuchsia) and The Passion Flower.

Special mention should be made of The National Collection of Passiflora, in Bristol, documented, with exquisite photographs, by John Vanderplank in Passion Flowers (Second Edition), MIT Press, 1996.

"Our Lady's Ear-Drops"

(Fuchsia).

Photo: April 2003.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ellen Levy 

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Other, Secondary Sources, are:

The Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition, 1985), which contains the notation under "Lady":

"In names of plants, Lady's . . . is, in origin, a shortening of Our Lady's, and became familiar through the 16th-Century herbalists. In more recent times, Ladies' has, in some cases, been substituted, the change being perhaps assisted by the old spelling "Ladies" of the possessive singular. The designation is usually given to plants of a more-than-usual beauty or delicacy. (Cf. German, Marien-, Frauen-, and French, De Notre Dame)",

The Mary Calendar, by Judith Smith (1930), which is included because it is the source of the list of plants desired for the planting by Frances Crane Lillie of Our Lady's Garden at the Angelus Tower of Saint Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, in 1932 - The Mother Garden of the contemporary Mary Garden Restoration Movement. Smith's listing is by bloom time through the year.

"The Passion Flower"

(Passiflora Caerulea),

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Also included is the list of the plants "associated by Tradition and legend with The Blessed Virgin Mary" planted in beds of The Cloister Garden of The Cathedral Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lincoln, by John Codrington, of The Lincoln Herb Society, in 1979.

This composite listing is made alphabetically by botanical name, and includes listings of multiple Religious Names for the same plant where they occur. Columns (B)ritten, (C)odrington, (D)owling, (G)rigson, (O)xford, and (S)mith indicate the sources in which they are found. Also given, is the primary source from which each listing has been obtained.

Many of the U.K. Religious Flower Names are paralleled by similar names in the oral Religious Traditions of other Countries, such as France, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the Latin American Mission Countries - which are, or will be, listed in other studies on this Web-Site.

"Lady Bell"

(Adenophora confusa").

Illustration: WHITE FLOWER FARM

Contemporary Mary Gardens typically draw on plant materials from all these Traditions to provide for horticultural and theological comprehensiveness, not limited to the plants of any one Tradition.

A unique aspect of the Old Religious Flower Names from The U.K., as can be seen from the list, is that they preponderantly refer to Our Lady, and, in this, to her Motherhood at The Nativity and in her envisaged life at Nazareth - to her person, her garments and her household articles.

English: "Lady's Slipper"

(Anthyllis vulneraria).

Nederlands: Deze foto toont de Alpen-wondklaver.

Photo: 14 August 2008.

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Author: TeunSpaans.

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In this, there is a striking correspondence with Old Marian English Poetry, which is most sublime in its praises of Mary's Maidenly Spirituality and her Divine Maternity. No doubt, there are also correspondences here to the calling of England "Our Lady's Dowry", and to The Spirituality of Walsingham.

As each of the Nations glorifies God and The Salvation of The World in a special way, England, as reflected in its Religious Flower symbolism, offers the World a special sense of The Nativity of Christ, of Mary's Divine Maternity, and of The Way to Jesus through Mary's Joyful Mysteries.

It is to other Traditions - those of France, Germany, Spain and Latin America - that we turn for additional Flower Symbols of The Passion and Resurrection of Christ, and of The Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of Our Lady.

"Lady's Needlework"

(Anthriscus sylvestris).

Illustration: FLOWERS.LA.COOCAN.JP

The U.K. Flowers of Our Lady.

References:

BRITT - Britten and Holland, A Dictionary of English Plant Names, Trubner, London, England, l878.

CODRIGTON - Codrington, John, The Plants of the Cloister Gardens, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England, 1979.

DOWLING - Dowling, Alfred E.P. Raymond; The Flora of the Sacred Nativity; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd, London, England, 1900.

"Lady's Thimble"

(Campanula rotondifolia).

Photo: 17 July 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tigerente.

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GRIGSON - Grigson, Geoffrey, The Englishman's Flora, Phoenix House Ltd, London, England, 1958.

OXFORD - The Oxford Dictionary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, 2nd Edition, 1989.

SMITH - Smith, Judith, The Mary Colendar, St.Dominic's Press, Ditchling, England, 1930.

Zephyrinus Towers.

Zephyrinus Towers

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The Niagara Hudson Building.

Other name: Niagara Mohawk Building.
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.

The Niagara Hudson Building in Syracuse, New York, is an outstanding example of Art Deco Architecture and a symbol of The Age of Electricity.

Completed in 1932, the building became the Headquarters for the Nation’s largest electric utility company and expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary programme of exterior lighting.

The design elements applied by architects Melvin L. King and Bley and Lyman transformed a corporate Office Tower into a widely-admired beacon of light and belief in the future.

With its Central Tower and figurative winged sculpture personifying electric lighting, the powerfully-sculpted and decorated building offered a symbol of optimism and progress in the context of The Great Depression.

Cluny Abbey.

Reconstructed image of Cluny Abbey III. 

English: Source: This image is taken from Georg Dehio/Gustav von Bezold: Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes. Stuttgart: Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1887-1901, Plate No. 212. 

Due to its age, it is to be used with care. It may not reflect the latest knowledge or the

current state of the depicted structure.

Deutsch: Quelle: Diese Abbildung stammt aus Georg Dehio/Gustav von Bezold: Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes. Stuttgart: Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1887-1901, Tafel 212. Aufgrund ihres Alters ist sie mit Vorsicht zu benutzen. Sie entspricht nicht notwendigerweise dem neuesten Wissensstand oder dem aktuellen Zustand des abgebildeten Gebäudes.

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User: Fb78.

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English: Cluny Abbey Coat-of-~Arms.

Français: l'Abbaye de Cluny.

Blazon: English: Gules two Keys in Saltire The Wards upwards and outwards Or

overall a Sword In Pale Argent Hilt Or.

Blazon: Français: de gueules, à deux clefs d'or en sautoir, traversées d'une épée

en pal, 

à lame d'argent, la poignée d'or en pointe N.B. Certaines sources

donnent les clefs 

affrontées et non adossées.

Blazon Reference: English: Brian Timmas

Blazon Reference: Français : Fédération des Sites Clunisiens

Artist: Orror.

Image created for The Blazon Project of tthe French Wikipedia.

Source: Own work.

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Illustration: WORTHPOINT

Having been prompted by the excellent Post, entitled " New Fetish: Cluniac Edition", by 

THE RAD TRAD on Cluny Abbey III, Zephyrinus felt encouraged to complement it by offering this Post for consideration (previously Posted in February 2013).

Virtual Reconstruction of Cluny Abbey.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/XhZG7SjX1Lg

Music by Obsidienne / Emmanuel Bonnardot

from the Album "Venite a Laudare".

Track is entitled: Domine ne in furore tuo, motet.

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Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny), Dedicated to Saint Peter, is a former Benedictine Monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was built in The Romanesque Style, with three Churches built in succession from the 4th-Century A.D. to the Early-12th Century. The earliest Basilica was the World's largest Church until Saint Peter's Basilica's construction began in Rome.

Cluny was Founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910 A.D. He nominated Bernoas the first Abbot of Cluny, subject only to Pope Sergius III. The Abbey was notable for its strict adherence to The Rule of Saint Benedict, whereby Cluny became acknowledged as the leader of Western Monasticism.

The establishment of The Benedictine Order was a Key Stone to the stability of European society that was achieved in the 11th-Century. In 1790, during The French Revolution, the Abbey was Sacked and mostly destroyed, with only a small part of the Abbey surviving.

As Fr. Z Often Implores: "Go To Confession".

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Notre-Dame De Paris. Our Lady Of Paris.

Notre-Dame de Paris.

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Notre-Dame de Paris, meaning "Our Lady of Paris", also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral, or simply, Notre-Dame, is a Mediaeval Catholic Cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the Fourth Arrondissement of Paris, France.

The Cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic Architecture, and is among the largest and most well-known Church buildings in the World. The naturalism of its sculptures and Stained-Glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque Architecture.

As the Cathedral of The Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the Cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Cardinal André Vingt-Trois. The Cathedral Treasury contains a Reliquary, which houses some of Catholicism's most important Relics, including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of The True Cross, and one of The Holy Nails.

In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecration in the radical phase of The French Revolution, when much of its Religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. An extensive restoration, supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, began in 1845. A project of further restoration and maintenance began in 1991.

Sacris Solemniis And Panis Angelicus. Benediction Hymn Written By Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274).

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unless otherwise stated.

Monstrance.

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Source: Own work (zelf gemaakt).

Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here.

Author: Original uploader was Broederhugo at nl.wikipedia.

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"Sacris Solemniis"

and "Panis Angelicus".

Available on YouTube 

at

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Sacris Solemniis is a Hymn written by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for The Feast of Corpus Christi. The strophe of Sacris Solemniis, that begins with the words "Panis Angelicus" (Bread of Angels), has often been set to music separately from the rest of the Hymn.

Most famously, in 1872, César Franck set this strophe for voice (tenor), harp, cello, and organ, and incorporated it into his Messe à trois voix, Opus 12. The Hymn expresses The Doctrine of Transubstantiation, in which The Bread and Wine are changed into The Body and Blood of Christ.

The phenomenon, whereby the strophe of Sacris Solemniis that begins with the words "Panis Angelicus" is often treated as a separate Hymn, has occurred also with other Hymns that Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote for Corpus Christi: Verbum Supernum Prodiens (the last two strophes begin with "O Salutaris Hostia"), Adoro Te Devote (the strophe beginning with "Pie Pelicane, Jesu Domine"), and Pange Lingua Gloriosi (the last two strophes begin with "Tantum Ergo", in which case the word "Ergo" ["therefore"] makes evident that this part is the continuation of a longer Hymn).

SACRIS SOLEMNIIS

AND PANIS ANGELICUS.

Sacris solemniis

iuncta sint gaudia,

et ex praecordiis

sonent praeconia;

recedant vetera,

nova sint omnia,

corda, voces, et opera.

Noctis recolitur

cena novissima,

qua Christus creditur

agnum et azyma

dedisse fratribus,

iuxta legitima

priscis indulta patribus.

Post agnum typicum,

expletis epulis,

Corpus Dominicum

datum discipulis,

sic totum omnibus,

quod totum singulis,

eius fatemur manibus.

Dedit fragilibus

corporis ferculum,

dedit et tristibus

sanguinis poculum,

dicens: Accipite

quod trado vasculum;

omnes ex eo bibite.

Sic sacrificium

istud instituit,

cuius officium

committi voluit

solis presbyteris,

quibus sic congruit,

ut sumant, et dent ceteris.

Panis angelicus

fit panis hominum;

dat panis caelicus

figuris terminum;

O res mirabilis:

manducat Dominum

pauper, servus et humilis.

Te, trina Deitas

unaque, poscimus:

sic nos tu visita,

sicut te colimus;

per tuas semitas

duc nos quo tendimus,

ad lucem quam inhabitas.

Amen.

English Translation.

At this our Solemn Feast

let Holy Joys abound,

and from the inmost breast

let songs of praise resound;

let ancient rites depart,

and all be new around,

in every act, and voice, and heart.

Remember we that eve,

when, the Last Supper spread,

Christ, as we all believe,

The Lamb, with leavenless bread,

among His brethren shared,

and thus The Law obeyed,

of all unto their sire declared.

The typic Lamb consumed,

the legal Feast complete,

The Lord unto The Twelve

His Body gave to eat;

the whole to all, no less

the whole to each did mete

with His own hands, as we confess.

He gave them, weak and frail,

His Flesh, their Food to be;

on them, downcast and sad,

His Blood bestowed He:

and thus to them He spake,

"Receive this Cup from Me,

and all of you of this partake.

"So He this Sacrifice

to institute did will,

and charged His priests alone

that office to fulfill:

to them He did confide:

to whom it pertains still

to take, and the rest divide.

Thus, Angels' Bread is made

The Bread of Man, today:

The Living Bread from Heaven

with figures dost away:

O wondrous gift indeed !

the poor and lowly may

upon their Lord and Master feed.

Thee, therefore, we implore,

O Godhead, One in Three,

so may Thou visit us

as we now worship Thee;

and lead us on Thy way,

That we at last may see

the light wherein Thou dwellest aye.

Amen.

The Transfiguration Of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Feast Day 6 August.

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

The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Feast Day 6 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

"This is My Beloved Son,
in Whom I am well pleased:

Hear ye Him."

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Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

The Feast of The Transfiguration of Jesus had long been Solemnised, on 6 August, in different Churches of The East and The West. To Commemorate the Victory which arrested, near Belgrade, in 1456, the invading tide of Islam, and which was announced at Rome on 6 August, Pope Callistus III extended The Feast to the whole Church.

It is The Feast of many Churches under The Title of Saint Saviour. This is why Pope Saint Pius X raised it to the Rank of Double of The Second-Class, for it is the old Title of the Cathedral of Rome, Saint John Lateran, formerly called the Basilica of Saint Saviour (Feast Day 9 November).

In Low Masses: Commemoration of The Holy Martyrs, Pope Saint Sixtus II, Felicissimus
and Agapitus.

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The Lavabo. The Washing Of The Priest's Hands During Mass.

The Lavabo.

The Washing Of The Priest's Hands During Mass.

Illustration: CATHOLIC SACRISTAN

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Having received the Offerings and having Incensed the Altar, the Priest washes his fingers. Out of respect for The Body of Jesus, Which he is about to touch after The Consecration, even when no Incense has been used, he washes the tips of the first fingers of each hand.

This Ceremony is a Sacramental, which purifies our hearts and prepares them for The Holy Sacrifice and Communion. "The water that flows over the tips of our fingers," says Saint Augustine, "washes away the last traces of our impurities."

Let us say this Psalm with true contrition.

Illustration: ANGLICAN HISTORY

Psalm XXV.

Verses 6 - 12.

Lavabo inter innocéntes manus meas:

et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine:

Ut áudiam vocem laudis,

et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua.

Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuae,

et locum habitatiónis glóriae tuae.

Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam,

et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam:

In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt:

déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus.

Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum:

rédime me, et miserére mei.

Pes meus stetit in dirécto:

in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.

Glória Patri . . .

I will wash my hands among the innocent;

and will encompass Thy altar, O Lord.

That I may hear the voice of Thy praise,

and tell of all Thy wondrous works.

I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house,

and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.

Take not away my Soul, O God, with the wicked,

nor my life with men of blood.

In whose hands are iniquities:

their right hand is filled with gifts.

But as for me, I have walked in my innocence:

redeem me, and have mercy on me.

My foot hath stood in the direct way:

in the Churches I will Bless Thee, O Lord.

Glory be to The Father . . .

In Masses for The Dead, and at Masses of The Season in Passiontide, The Glória Patri is omitted.

The Elizabeth Line (Previously "Crossrail") Receives First New Trains.

A new aluminum-bodied Bombardier electric multiple unit Train

on display for media in Derby, England.

Photo: Keith Fender.

Illustration: TRAINS

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By Keith Fender.
29 July 2016.

LONDON — The first of sixty-six, new, nine-car electric multiple unit Trains, for London's East to West underground Crossrail Line, was unveiled on 29 July to the international media at the Plant in Derby, England, about 120 miles North of London, where Bombardier are building the Trains.

The Trains will enter service during 2017, initially operating from existing Main Stations at Paddington and Liverpool Street. Services in the Crossrail Tunnel (now known as The Elizabeth Line) will begin in Late-2018. The Route is expected to carry over half a million people each day when fully operational in 2019.

Each of the nine-car 90-mph Trains can carry up to 1,500 people. The light, aluminum-bodied, Cars are designed to reduce energy consumption and track wear.

The Dedication Of The Church Of Our Lady Of The Snow. Feast Day 5 August.

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

The Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow.
Feast Day 5 August.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

(The Basilica of Our Lady of The Snow)

Photo: March 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sixtus.

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This Church was built at Rome, on Mount Esquiline, in the 4th-Century A.D., during the Pontificate of Pope Liberius. In The Middle Ages, a graceful and popular Tradition ascribed its Foundation to a noble Patrician, who, having been favoured with a vision of Our Lady, caused the Church to be built on a spot covered by a miraculous fall of snow.

This Sanctuary was rebuilt in the following Century and Dedicated, by Pope Sixtus III, in 432 A.D., to Mary, whom The Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.), had just proclaimed The Mother of God. The mosaics of The Triumphal Arch glorify this Divine Maternity, and the representations of the two Cities, of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, recall The Birth of Christ in The City of David, and that of The Church in The Cenacle of The Last Supper. These mosaics were restored in 1931-1934. The Basilica is also called Saint Mary of The Crib, because portions of The Crib are preserved here.

Saint Mary's, called "Major" because it is the largest and most important of the Churches Dedicated to The Blessed Virgin, is a Patriarchal Basilica. The great Nave is formed by two rows of forty-four Columns of White Marble and the Ceiling is covered with the first Gold brought from America.

In this Church, whose Dedication is Solemnised on this day, takes place many Celebrations, including: The inauguration of The Liturgical Year on The First Sunday in Advent; the Stations at Christmas; the Feast of Saint John; at Easter; on Rogation Monday; and on all Wednesdays in Ember Weeks.

Mass: Salve Sancta Parens.
The Creed is said.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin: Et te in Festivitáte.

"The Miracle of The Snow",

by Masolino da Panicale.

Christ and The Blessed Virgin Mary observe Pope Liberius,

who marks in the legendary snowfall the outline of the Basilica.

Artist: Masolino da Panicale (1383-1440).

Date: 15th-Century.

Current location: Galleria Nazionale d9i Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

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

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The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, previously known as Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Nives (Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow) is a Liturgical Feast Celebrated on
5 August in The Latin Form of The Catholic Church.

In The Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, it has the Rank of Optional Memorial, and, in The General Roman Calendar of 1962, it is a Third-Class Feast. It Commemorates the Dedication of the restored Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Pope Sixtus III, just after The First Council of Ephesus.

This Major Basilica, located on the summit of The Esquiline Hill, in Rome, Italy, is called the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Latin: Sancta Mariae Majoris) because it is the largest Church in Rome that is Dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major,

Rome, Italy.

Photo Credit: Fr Kevin Estabrook.

The Church was built during the Pontificate of Pope Liberius and is sometimes known as the "Basilica Liberii" or "Liberian Basilica".

Pope Pius V inserted this Feast into The General Roman Calendar in 1568, when, in response to the request of The Council of Trent, he reformed The Roman Breviary. Before that, it had been Celebrated at first only in the Church, itself, and, beginning in the 14th-Century, in all the Churches of the City of Rome.

Thus, it appears in The Tridentine Calendar for Celebration as a Double. In Pope Clement VIII's Missal of 1604, it was given the newly-invented Rank of Greater-Double. In Pope Saint John XXIII's Classification, it became a Third-Class Feast. This 1960 Calendar, included in the 1962 Edition of The Roman Missal, is the Calendar whose private and continued use, under certain conditions publicly, is authorised by the Motu Proprio "Summorum Pontificum". Nine years later, The Celebration became an Optional Memorial.

Interior of Saint Mary Major,

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 15 February 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ben Skála, Benfoto.

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Until 1969, The Feast was known as Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Nives (Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow), a name that had become popular for the Basilica in the 14th-Century, in connection with a legend about its origin. That The Catholic Encyclopedia summarises: "During the Pontificate of Liberius, the Roman Patrician, John, and his wife, who were without heirs, made a vow to donate their possessions to The Virgin Mary.

They Prayed that she might make known to them how they were to dispose of their property in her honour. On 5 August, at the height of the Roman Summer, snow fell during the night on the summit of The Esquiline Hill.

In obedience to a vision of The Virgin Mary, which they had the same night, the couple built a Basilica in honour of Mary, on the very spot which was covered by snow.

English: Interior of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Rom. Basilika Santa Mario Maggiore, Innenansicht.

Photo: 13 May 2003.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dnalor 01.

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No Catholic Church can be honoured with the Title of Basilica unless by Apostolic Grant, or from Immemorial Custom. Saint Mary Major is one of only four Basilicas that, today, hold the Title of Major Basilica.

The other three Basilicas are Saint John Lateran, Saint Peter's and Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls. All other Catholic Churches that, either by Grant of the Pope or by Immemorial Custom, hold the Title of Basilica, are Minor Basilicas.

Interior of Saint Mary Major,

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 15 February 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ben Skala, Benfoto.

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Until 2006, the four Major Basilicas, together with the Basilica of Saint Lawrence-outside-the-Walls, were referred to as the five "Patriarchal Basilicas" of Rome, associated with the five ancient Patriarchal Sees of Christendom (see Pentarchy). Saint Mary Major was associated with the Patriarchate of Antioch. In the same year (2006), the Title of "Patriarchal" was also removed from the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.

The former five Patriarchal Basilicas, with the Basilica of The Holy Cross in Jerusalem and San Sebastian-outside-the-Walls, formed the Traditional Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, which are visited by Pilgrims to Rome and who are following the twenty kilometres (twelve miles) itinerary, established by Saint Philip Blacks on 25 February 1552, especially when seeking The Plenary Indulgence in Holy Years. For The Great Jubilee of 2000, Pope Saint John Paul II replaced Saint Sebastian's Church with The Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love.