Saint Bernard. Abbot And. Doctor. Feast Day, Today, 20 August.

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

Saint Bernard.
Abbot and Doctor.
Feast Day 20 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Christ embracing Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Español: La obra representa a Jesucristo abrazando

al monje cisterciense San Bernardo de Claraval.

Artist: Francisco Ribalta (1565–1628).

Date: 1625-1627.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"Jesu Dulcis Memoria".

This great Hymn is by

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Available on YouTube at

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Jesu, dulcis memoria,

dans vera cordis gaudia:

sed super mel et omnia

ejus dulcis praesentia.

Nil canitur suavius,

nil auditur jucundius,

nil cogitatur dulcius,

quam Jesus Dei Filius.

Jesu, spes paenitentibus,

quam pius es petentibus!

quam bonus te quaerentibus!

sed quid invenientibus?

Nec lingua valet dicere,

nec littera exprimere:

expertus potest credere,

quid sit Jesum diligere.

Sis, Jesu, nostrum gaudium,

qui es futurum praemium:

sit nostra in te gloria,

per cuncta semper saecula.

Amen. 

Jesus, the very thought of Thee

With sweetness fills the breast!

Yet sweeter far Thy face to see

And in Thy Presence rest.

No voice can sing, no heart can frame,

Nor can the memory find,

A sweeter sound than Jesus' Name,

The Saviour of mankind.

O hope of every contrite heart!

O joy of all the meek!

To those who fall, how kind Thou art !

How good to those who seek !

But what to those who find? Ah! this

Nor tongue nor pen can show

The love of Jesus, what it is,

None but His loved ones know.

Jesus! our only hope be Thou,

As Thou our prize shalt be;

In Thee be all our glory now,

And through eternity.

Amen.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Available on YouTube at

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The Church is pleased to honour, during The Octave of The Assumption, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, "The Honey-Mouthed Doctor" (Doctor Mellifluous), whose principal title of glory is to have Celebrated, with ineffable tenderness and ardent piety, in his Prayers, his Books and Sermons, the varied greatness of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Born in 1091, of a noble Burgundian family, he succeeded, at the age of twenty-two, in winning over to Christ thirty noblemen, who, with him, embraced Monastic Life at Cîteaux, France.

There, The Cistercian Order, a Branch of the old Benedictine trunk, acquired a new vigour, which enable it to cover the whole of Europe with its shoots. "The Just," says the Offertory, "shall flourish like the palm-tree, he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus (Lebanon)."

And, in the famous Monastery which Saint Bernard Founded a short time afterwards in the Vale of Clairvaux, on the Left-Bank of The River Aube, and whose first Abbot he became (Communion), he each day lavished on a Community of 700 Monks the treasures of Doctrine and Wisdom, with which God endowed him and which makes his name immortal (Introit, Epistle, Gradual).

An austere Monk, a great Christian Orator, and a Learned Doctor, he was the luminary, mentioned in the Gospel, which enlightened the World in the 12th-Century.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

"The Honey-Mouthed Doctor"

(Doctor Mellifluous).

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Pope Eugenius III, who had been trained by him to The Monastic Life, solicited and received his counsels; at The Council of Etampes, he put an end to the Schism, which, opposing "Pope" Anacletus to Pope Innocent III, troubled the Clergy and people of Rome.

He was consulted by Duke William of Aquitaine, by the Duchess of Lorraine, by the Countess of Brittany, by Prince Henry, son of the King of France, by Prince Peter, son of the King of Portugal, by King Louis VI of France, by King Louis VII of France, by King Conrad of Germany, and by the Abbot of Saint Denis, Paris.

He silenced the famous Doctor Abelard at The Council of Laon, and his powerful logic unmasked the errors of Arnold of Brescia and of Peter de Bruys (Gospel). Lastly, he attacked Islam, and, by Preaching The Second Crusade, at Vezelay, France, he stirred up the whole of Europe by his overpowering eloquence.

Pope Pius VIII in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, on the Sedia Gestatoria.

He reigned from 1829 to 1830, the shortest reign of any Pope in the 19th-Century,

and caused Saint Bernard of Clairvaux 

to be placed among The Doctors of The Church.

Artist: Horace Vernet (1789–1863).

Date: 1829.

Source/Photographer: http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getPoster.asp&CID=C208C6E1931040E4BF97

BB86371CF38E&frameSku=1740229_4986654-507814

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Saint Bernard died at Clairvaux, France, on 20 August 1153, and his body was laid at the foot of the Altar of The Blessed Virgin. He left 160 Monasteries which he had Founded in Europe and Asia. His writings, replete with Doctrines inspired by Divine Wisdom, caused him to be placed among The Doctors of The Church by Pope Pius VIII.

Let us have recourse to the intercession in Heaven of the one who, on Earth, taught us the way of life (Collect). Let us ask him to give us his love for The Mother of God, and let us piously recite The Marian Anthem of The Season, currently Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen), of which the three last invocations, "O Clemens, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary" are attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Mass: In mëdio.

Commemoration: Of The Octave of The Assumption.

Creed.

Saint John Eudes. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 19 August.

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

Saint John Eudes.
Confessor.
Feast Day 19 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Portrait of Saint John Eudes.

Nederlands: portret Jean Eudes ca. 1673 - publiek domein, ouderdom.

This File: 4 March 2011.

User: Mathiasrex.

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Born at Rye, France, on 14 November 1601, Saint John Eudes had a special Devotion to The Blessed Virgin from his very childhood. At the age of fourteen, he Consecrated himself to her by a Vow of Perpetual Chastity.

On Christmas Day, 1625, he was Ordained Priest; in 1643, he Founded The Congregation of Jesus and Mary, usually known as "Eudists", and, in 1644, The Congregation of The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, known as The Sisters of The Good Shepherd.

English: Church of Saint John Eudes,

Caen, France.

Français: Église Saint-Jean Eudes à Caen,

construite entre 1933 et 1944.

Photo: 25 September 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Karldupart.

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Saint John Eudes Founded several Seminaries and Preached many Missions in France, but his grandest title is that given him by Pope Saint Pius X: "Father, Doctor, and Apostle of The Liturgical Worship of The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary."

He died on 19 August 1680 at Caen, France. He was Beatified on 25 April  1909 by Pope Saint Pius X, and, on 31 May 1925 was Canonised Pope Pius XI.

Mass: Os justi.

Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption.

The Rad Trad's Top Four.

Recently, THE RAD TRAD added an erudite Comment (as always) to Zephyrinus's Post, entitled ROLLING SCULPTURE: ART DECO CARS FROM THE 1930s AND 1940s

The Rad Trad's Comment was:

"The best looking car's from the Art Deco era:
Mercedes 540K Special Roadster;
Duesenberg "20 Grand";
Constance Bennett's 1930 Rolls Royce Phantom II;
The Pierce Silver Arrow".

Zephyrinus was so taken with The Rad Trad's Comment and four favourite Art Deco cars, and his automobile "savoir faire", that he went out and bought them (see, below).

Zephyrinus returns home
after acquiring The Rad Trad's
Top Four Art Deco era Motor Cars (see, below).

Chauffeur Perkins in front.

Illustration: PINTEREST

English: Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster.

Seen at The European Concours d'Elegance, Schwetzingen, Germany, 

Deutsch: Mercedes-Benz W29 Roadster, Baujahr 1939. Fotografiert anläßlich des European Concours d'Elegance 2002 in Schwetzingen.

Photo: 7 July 2002.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rudolf Stricker.

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1933 Arlington Torpedo-Bodied Duesenberg SJ.

Otherwise known as "The Twenty Grand".

Illustration: HEMMINGS DAILY

Constance Bennett's 1930 Rolls Royce Phantom II.

Illustration: CLASSIC CAR FEED

The following Text is from CONCEPTCARZ

This is the second body on this Rolls-Royce, purchased by film star Constance Bennett. It was originally delivered by J.S. Inskip, the New York sales officer for Rolls-Royce in 1931, with a body by Trouville.

It was traded in 1935, at which point it was re-bodied by Brewster in the striking Art Deco Town Car coachwork which it wears today.

Film Star, Constance Bennett,

in an original Studio publicity photo

for the film "Rockabye".

Date: 1932.

Source: eBay

Author: Studio.

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The car featured a V-windshield, opulent interior appointments and hand-painted caning. Bennett saw the car at the 1936 New York Auto Show, purchased the car for a reported price of $17,000, and had it shipped to California. The car appeared in many MGM movies. Bennett rented the car to the studios for $250 a day.

There was a standing joke in Hollywood that the car made more money than most of the actors of the time. Ms. Bennett kept the car for more than a decade until her husband lost the car in a poker game. It is currently one of the signature cars on display in The Nethercutt Collection. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful Town Car ever built.

1933 Pierce Silver Arrow.

Illustration: SUPERCARS.NET

Saint Agapitus. Martyr. Feast Day 18 August.

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

Saint Agapitus.
Martyr.
Feast Day 18 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Agapitus.

Illustration: TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRIEST

"At Palestrina (the old Praeneste, near Rome, Italy), the birth into Heaven of Saint Agapitus, who, when only fifteen years old, was put to death, in 275 A.D., after several torments, by the stroke of the sword, thus winning The Crown of Immortality" (Roman Martyrology).

Mass: Lætábitur.

Within The Octave Of The Assumption, Today, 18 August.

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

Within The Octave of The Assumption.
18 August.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: The Assumption of The Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für

St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.

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"The Immaculate Body of Mary remained without corruption and was  borne up to Heaven, before The General Resurrection." [Fifth Lesson at Matins.]

The Council of The Vatican (The First Vatican Council), which had to be adjourned in 1870, was not able to carry out the desire which had been expressed for the definition of this Dogma [Editor: The Dogma of The Assumption was promulgated by Pope Pius XII, eighty years later, in 1950.]

But the proclamation of The Immaculate Conception of Mary [Editor: On 8 December 1854.] justifies all hopes, for the final triumph of The Assumption corresponds with this initial privilege.

As The Feast of The Immaculate Conception of The Virgin affirmed in certain Liturgies how appropriately God Almighty had made Mary a creature apart from her very birth, so The Feast of The Assumption each year proclaims the same appropriateness when she leaves this Earth.

The harmony which  reigns in the works of God required an earlier Resurrection of The Mother of God, who, Holy among all, and Ever Virgin, deserved on the part of her Son an adequate reward worthy of her position as Queen of Heaven and Mediatrix of All Mankind.

Although not defined as a Dogma of our Faith [Editor: The Dogma of The Assumption was promulgated by Pope Pius XII in 1950.], this truth is of those no one is permitted to doubt, as Pope Benedict XIV declares [De Canone S.S. 1, 1, 42, 15.]

Mass: As on The Day of The Feast.

Commemoration of Saint Agapitus.

Rolling Sculpture: Art Deco Cars From The 1930s And 1940s.

1931 Ruxton Sedan, in Joseph Urban livery,

from the Richard H. Driehaus Collection at Chicago Vintage Motor Carriage.

Photos by Peter Harholdt, unless otherwise noted.

Text from HEMMINGS DAILY
by Kurt Ernst

Sometimes, the line between art and automobile becomes blurred, as recent Ken Gross-curated exhibits at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston have demonstrated.

Opening in October at the North Carolina Museum of Art, a new exhibit, also curated by Gross, will celebrate Rolling Sculpture: Art Deco Cars from the 1930s and ’40s, embracing the themes of Art Deco, Streamlining and Yesterday’s Car of the Future.

1941 Indian 441 Series 4-Cylinder motorcycle,

from the collection of Duane Van Fleet.

Of the cars to be shown, perhaps none exemplifies the Art Deco movement better than the 1931 Ruxton Sedan, featuring a distinctive “rainbow” livery created by industrial designer (and Art Deco pioneer) Joseph Urban. One of nineteen surviving Ruxtons, just five are finished in the Urban design, meant to exaggerate the car’s length, and hence, its grandeur.

With details like Woodlite headlamps, Moire silk window shades and silk-wrapped passenger-assist handles, the Ruxton could have been among the premier luxury cars of its day, had the company survived the effects of The Great Depression and the ambitions of its founder.

1931 Ruxton Sedan, in Joseph Urban livery,

Saint Joachim. Father Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 16 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Saint Joachim.

Father of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Confessor.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

Saint Joachim. Father of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

English: Saint Joachim, Saint Anne (with Mary and Jesus, as children), Saint Joseph,

statues on Aachen Cathedral, Germany.

Français: Saint Joachim, Sainte Anne (avec l'enfant Jésus et Marie), Saint Joseph,

statues au dessus d'un porche de la cathédrale, Aix-la-Chapelle, Allemagne.

Photo: 21 December 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jebulon.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following paragraph is taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, The Mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.

Saint Joachim, Our Lady and Saint Anne.

Church of Saint Anne,

Butajnove, Slovenia.

Artist: Josip Egartner (1809–1849).

Date: 1846.

Source: www.restavratorstvo-sentjost.si

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Desiring to associate the name of Joachim with the triumph of his Blessed Daughter, The Church has Transferred his Feast Day from 20 March to the day following The Assumption.

Pope Leo XIII, whose Baptismal name was Joachim, in 1879 raised Saint Joachim's Feast, and that of Saint Anne, to the Rank of Double of The Second-Class.

"Joachim and Anne," says Saint Epiphanes, "earned Divine Favour by an irreproachable life and merited that their union should bear for its beautiful fruit, The Blessed Virgin Mary, The Temple and Mother of God. Joachim, Anne, and Mary, offered manifestly together a sacrifice of praise to The Holy Trinity. The name of Joachim signifies "Preparation of The Lord". Is it not he, in fact, who prepares The Temple of The Lord, The Blessed Virgin ? " [Fourth Lesson at Matins.]

Wherefore, the Introit and Gradual enhance the Virtues of this great Confessor and recall the frequent Almsgiving of the Saint, for, according to Tradition, he divided what he had into three parts, of which the first was given to the Temple and its Ministers, the second to The Poor, and the third was all he kept for himself.

Church of Saint Anne,

Butajnova, Slovenia

(see painting, above)

Photo: 2 July 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Doremo.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"Most Blessed Couple," says, in his turn, Saint John of Damascus, "the whole Creation is in your debt. For it is through you that it has been enabled to offer The Creator a present above all presents, the chaste Mother, who alone was worthy of The Creator. Rejoice, Joachim, for unto us a Son is born of thy daughter." [Fifth and Sixth Lessons at Matins.]

And the Gospel selected shows us the Royal Lineage of this Son, for, by his marriage with Mary, daughter of Joachim (or Heliachim), Joseph, son of Jacob, made Jesus the legal heir of David.

As Grace perfects nature without destroying it, it may be affirmed that Joachim, united like Saint Joseph and Saint Anne by a very intimate tie to The Mother of God and her Son, is called to exercise his perpetual patronage (Collect) with regard to The Church, The Body of Christ, or with regard to our Souls, of which Mary is Mother.

Let us, on this day, offer to God The Holy Sacrifice in honour of The Holy Patriarch, Joachim, father of The Virgin Mary, in order that his Prayer, added to that of his spouse and of their Blessed Child, may obtain the full remission of our sins and Eternal Glory (Secret).

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On The Feast Of The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary . . . Ave Maria.

English: The Assumption of The Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für

St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.

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Ave Maria.

By Sarah Brightman.

Available on YouTube at

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" . . . And A Great Sign Appeared In Heaven: A Woman Clothed With The Sun, And The Moon Under Her Feet, And On Her Head A Crown Of Twelve Stars . . ." Ave Regina Caeli.

The Blessed Virgin Mary

is Crowned Queen of Heaven

by Her Beloved Son,

Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG

"Regina Caeli".

Composed by

Marco Frisina.

Available on YouTube at

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Regina Caeli Laetare, alleluia:

Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.

Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.

Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Gaude et Laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.

Surrexit quia Dominus vere, alleluia.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.

The Son Whom do you merited to bear, alleluia.

He has risen, as He said, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.

For The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

The Virgin and Infant Jesus

with Angels.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1900.

Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center – description

Copied from the English Wikipedia to Commons.

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The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 15 August.

English: The Assumption of The Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für

St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.

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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 15 August.

Double of The First-Class
with a Common Octave.

White Vestments.
On this Feast, the most ancient (6th-Century A.D.) and Solemn of The Cycle of Mary, The Church invites all her children in The Catholic World to unite their joy (Introit) and their gratitude (Preface) with those of The Angels, who praise The Son of God because of that day His Mother, Bodily and Spiritually, entered Heaven (Alleluia).

Admitted to the enjoyment of the delights of Eternal Contemplation, She chose at The Feet of The Master the better part, which shall not be taken away from Her (Gospel, Communion).

The Gospel of The Vigil was, indeed, formerly read after today's Gospel, in order to show that The Mother of Christ is happy among all others, because, better than all others: "She listened to The Word of God". This Word, The Word, The Divine Wisdom, which, under The Old Law, dwelt among the people of Israel (Epistle), dwelt in Mary, under The New Law.

"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)

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

The Word became Incarnate in the womb of The Virgin, and now, amid the splendour of the Heavenly Sion, He fills Her with the delights of The Beatific Vision.

The Church on Earth, like Martha, has to care for the necessities of this present life, but she also, like her, invokes the help of Mary (Collect, Secret, Postcommunion).

A Procession has always been a part of The Feast of The Assumption. At Jerusalem, it was formed by the numerous Pilgrims who came to Pray at the tomb of The Blessed Virgin and who, thus, contributed to the Institution of this Solemnity.

The Clergy of Constantinople also held a Procession on The Feast of The Rest, or Assumption, of Mary. At Rome, from the 7th-Century A.D., to the 16th-Century, the Papal Cortege, in which the representatives of The Senate and people took part, went on this day from The Church of Saint John Lateran to that of Saint Mary Major. This Ceremony was called The Litany.

[On this occasion, they used to recite over the people, assembled for the Procession, the Collect for Assumption Day, which is first in The Sacramentary and mentions this Mystery, whilst our Collect of The Mass on 15 August was only The Second Collect and has no direct relation to The Feast.

This is The First Collect: "It is our duty to honour The Solemnity of this day, O Lord; The Holy Mother of God did, indeed, suffer temporal death, although the bonds of this death could not hold back Her, whose flesh formed The Body of Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth . . ."]

It is in The Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, that The Station is held at Christmas to Solemnise the Mystery from which flowed all the Glories of The Virgin, and it is also there that was Solemnised The Assumption, in which they culminate. Mary received Jesus, when He came into this World, and it is Jesus Who receives Mary into Heaven.

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

The Introit for The Feast of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino . . . (Let us all rejoice in The Lord, . . .) is that of The Feast of Saint Agatha (5 February).

From the 11th-Century, this Introit was also used in seven other Masses which are in The Missal, among which are 15 August (today's Feast) and 1 November (Feast of All Saints).

Mass: Gaudeámus omnes.
Creed.
Preface: Of Our Blessed Lady: Et te in Assumptióne.

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"Deum Verum" (True God). Invitatory At Matins On The Feast Of The Holy Trinity.

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"Deum Verum"

(True God).

Invitatory at Matins on

The Feast of The Holy Trinity.

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Rievaulx Abbey,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 15 October 2009.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: Simon Palmer

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The Vigil Of The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. 14 August.

English: The Assumption of The Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für

St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

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

The Vigil of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

14 August.

Violet Vestments.

The Epistle, for The Vigil Of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary, is "Ego quasi vitis",
(taken from The Book of Wisdom) from The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July).

As the vine, I have brought forth a pleasant odour,
And my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

I am the mother of fair love,
And of fear,

And of knowledge,
And of Holy hope.

In me is all Grace of the way and of the truth,
In me is all hope of life and virtue.

Come over to me,
All ye that desire me,

And be filled with my fruits;
For my spirit is sweet above honey,

And my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.
My memory is unto everlasting generations.

They that eat me, shall yet hunger;
And they that drink me, shall yet thirst.

He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded,
And they that work by me shall not sin.

They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

Christ, after having lain for only three days in the tomb, rose again and ascended into Heaven.

Likewise, the death of The Virgin resembled, rather, a short sleep. Hence, it was called "Dormitio" (Dormition), and before corruption could defile her body.

God restored her to life and Glorified her in Heaven.

These three privileges are celebrated by The Feast of The Assumption, which follows logically from the privilege of The Immaculate Conception and the privilege of The Mystery of The Incarnation.

For sin never having defiled the Soul of Mary, it was right that her body, in which The Word had become Incarnate, should not be tainted by the corruption of the tomb.

"Ask The Man Who Owns One". Car Museum Could Figure In Redevelopment Of Detroit’s Former Packard Plant.

1942 Packard

Super-Eight 160 Convertible.

Illustration: BOLDRIDE

This Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Packard was an American luxury automobile marque, built by The Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United States, and, later, by The Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana.

The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last in 1958, with one of the last concept cars built in 1956, the Packard Predictor.

For most of its history, Packard was guided by its President and General Manager, James Alvan Macauley, who also served as President of The National Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Inducted into The Automobile Hall of Fame, Macauley made Packard the number one designer and producer of luxury automobiles in The United States. The marque was also highly competitive abroad, with markets in sixty-one Countries. Gross income for the Company was $21,889,000 in 1928. Macauley was also responsible for the iconic Packard slogan, "Ask the Man Who Owns One".

1950 Packard Eight

Touring (Four-Door) Sedan Model 2301.

Photo: 30 September 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Cortcomp.

(Wikimedia Commons)

1931 Packard 833.

Photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

at the 2010 Montreal International Auto Show.

Photo: 24 November 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Bull-Doser.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Men Bet Their Lives on It.

Packard Merlin Engines.

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Portrait of a City.

Detroit.

1961.

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Detroit’s former Packard plant.

Photo: Mike Boening, taken on 9 December 2012.

Illustration: HEMMINGS DAILY

Text, by Daniel Strohl, from HEMMINGS DAILY

Along with art galleries, a nightclub, apartments, and a spa, the group behind the redevelopment of the former Packard plant in Detroit may also include a museum dedicated to Packard automobiles in their plans, though such a museum would likely not appear for many years.

As the Detroit Free Press noted in a recent article on the redevelopment project, Fernando Palazuelo, who bought the sprawling 40-acre complex at a foreclosure auction in December 2013 for $405,000, has outlined four phases to begin the project over the next several years. An Albert Kahn Associates-led $12 million restoration of the four-story administration building will constitute the first phase, while a recreational complex, art galleries and studio spaces, and a seven-story techno dance club will comprise phases two through four. A potential Packard auto museum could come about sometime after the fourth phase, itself tentatively scheduled for sometime after 2018.

Detroit's Packard Plant.

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