Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Wednesday 24 August 2016

Saint Bartholomew. Apostle. Feast Day, Today, 24 August.


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

Saint Bartholomew.
Apostle.
Feast Day 24 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.


Saint Bartholomew.
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.



English: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.
By Pierre Le Gros the Younger.
The Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome. Italy.
Français: Saint Barthélemy par Pierre Le Gros le Jeune.
Nef de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran (Rome).
Photo: 7 September 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jastrow.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Bartholomew, or, the son of Tholomy, is, according to common opinion, the Disciple whom Saint Philip brought to Our Lord , under the name of Nathanael, and whom The Master praised on account of his innocence and the simplicity of his heart.

["Philip met Nathanael and said to him: The one of whom Moses has written in The Law, and whom The Prophets have announced, we have found: It is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him: Can anything good come from Nazareth ? Philip said to him: Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said of him: That is a true Israelite, in whom there is no guile. Nathanael said to Him: Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus answered: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the Fig Tree, I saw thee. Nathanael replied: Rabbi. Thou art The Son of God. Thou art The King of Israel." John i, 45-49.]




Armenia, at the site of the Apostle's Martyrdom.
Date: Pre-1913.
Source: Bachmann, Walter (1913) "Kirchen und moscheen in
Armenien 
und Kurdistan", Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, pp. 119-123.
Author: Bachmann, Walter.
(Wikimedia Commons)


For the Gospel of Saint John, never mentioning Saint Bartholomew among The Apostles, says that Philip and Nathanael came together to Jesus, and that he was among the Disciples to whom The Saviour appeared after The Resurrection on the shore of The Sea of Galilee. The other Gospels never use the name of Nathanael, but, after Philip, they always mention Bartholomew.

Born at Cana, in Galilee, he was placed by Jesus among The Twelve (Gospel) and he was a witness of the principal actions of Jesus upon the Earth. "The first gift vouchsafed to The Church by The Holy Ghost," says Saint Paul, "is the Grace of The Apostleship" (Epistle).



English: Church of Saint Bartholomew,
Gyöngyös, Hungary.
Français: Eglise baroque Szent Bertalan de Gyöngyös.
Magyar: Szent Bertalan nagytemplom.
Română: Biserica barocă Szent Bertalan / Sfântul Bartolomeu din Gyöngyös.
Photo: February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Venusz.
(Wikimedia Commons)


He Preached The Faith in Arabia Felix: According to certain Traditions, he was flayed alive. He is thus represented in the beautiful White Marble statue, by Cibo, in Milan Cathedral, Italy.

His Relics are Venerated at Rome, in the Church of Saint Bartholomew, on an island formed by The River Tiber. His name is mentioned in The Canon of The Mass among The Apostles.

Let us joyfully Celebrate The Feast of Saint Bartholomew, who, in Heaven, Praises God, among the Glorious Choir of The Apostles (Alleluia), and let us ask God to grant to His Church to love what He believed and to Preach what he himself taught (Collect).

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

First Vespers (23 August): Of The Common of Apostles.
Commemoration: Of Saint Philip: Antiphon: Hic vir. Versicle. Justum.
Mass: Mihi autem.
Creed.
Preface: Of The Apostles.
Second Vespers: Of The Common of Apostles.
Commemoration: Of Saint Louis: Similábo. Versicle. Amávit.


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Tuesday 23 August 2016

The Vigil Of Saint Bartholomew. Apostle. Today, 23 August.


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

 The Vigil Of Saint Bartholomew.
Apostle.
23 August.

 Simple.

 Violet Vestments.


Saint Bartholomew.
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.



English: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.
By Pierre Le Gros the Younger.
The Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome. Italy.
Français: Saint Barthélemy par Pierre Le Gros le Jeune.
Photo: 7 September 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jastrow.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Feasts of The Apostles are spread throughout The Liturgical Cycle, as if to show that The Apostles are The Foundation on which the whole Church rests.

Saint Bartholomew is the sixth in the List of twelve, as given by The Evangelists.

Like the other Apostles, he learned the secrets of The Divine Law and made them known to the World, confirming them by his Martyrdom (Gospel). On this day, The Liturgy prepares us for his Feast of tomorrow (Collect).

Mass: Ego autem.
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Saint Philip Benizi. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 August.


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

 Saint Philip Benizi.
Confessor.
Feast Day 23 August.

 Double.

 White Vestments.



Saint Philip Benizi.
Illustration: LIVES OF THE SAINTS


We honour on this day a Saint to whom The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared, to announce to him that he was to enter The Order of Servites, whose object is to honour The Sorrows, through which The Virgin attained the Glory that we have rejoiced in (Editor: The Assumption) during the last eight days.

Born at Florence, Italy, of the illustrious family of Benizi, Saint Philip gave signs from the cradle of his future holiness. The Order of The Servants of The Virgin Mary, called The Servites, had been instituted fifteen years before. The little Convent was not far from his town. There, while hearing Mass on The Thursday in Easter Week, Saint Philip was struck by the words of the Epistle, addressed by The Holy Ghost to Philip The Deacon.

As he bore that name, he applied to himself the Scriptural Text, and, feeling himself invited by The Holy Ghost to enter that Order, he left everything to purchase the Imperishable Treasure of Heaven (Gospel). Entering as a Lay Brother, he was, later on, Ordained a Priest, and became General of The Servites.




English: Statue of Saint Philip Benizi
on The Charles Bridge, Prague, The Czech Republic.
Čeština: Sousoší Svatého Filipa Benicia na Karlově mostě.
Date: 31 July 2006 (original upload date).
Source: Originally from cs.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
2006-07-31 19:30 Zp 1000×1500×8 (129942 bytes) Sousoší Svatého Filipa
Benicia na Karlově mostě autor:ZpOriginal image: File:Svatý Filip Benicius.jpg
Author: Zp, slightly cropped by Diligent.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Cardinals, assembled at Viterbo, wished to Elect him Pope, but, out of humility (Collect), he refused the honour and hid himself in the mountains. There, he flourished like the Palm Tree and grew like the Cedar of Libanus (Introit). God then called him to evangelise Italy, France, and Germany. On his return, he was confirmed in his Office for life.

He tried to calm the animosity which existed between the Guelfs, partisans of the Pope, and the Ghibellines, partisans of the Emperor, and ran serious danger to which the Epistle alludes.

He was seized by a burning fever on Assumption Day, and died at Todi, in 1285, on The Day of The Octave, contemplating the Crucifix.

Let us ask God to grant us the humility of Saint Philip Benizi, so that, despising, as he did, the riches of the World, we may always seek the riches of Heaven (Collect).

Mass: Justus.
Commemoration: Of The Vigil of Saint Bartholomew from the Collects of The Mass: Ego autem, of which the Gospel is read at the end of Mass.



 Saint Philip Benizi.
One of the 140 Saints on The Colonnade of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
Statue created: Circa 1671.
The statue is part of a group of sixteen that were installed between August 1670 and March 1673. It was made immediately after the statues of Saint Cajetan and Saint Philip Neri, and simultaneously with Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Charles Borromeo.
Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli.
The Saint, in the Habit of The Servite Order, holds a Crucifix in his Left hand.
At his feet, is the Papal Tiara that he shunned.
Philip Benizi, a Florentine physician, became the fifth Superior-General of The Order of Servites. The story is that he tried to become a Lay Brother by pretending to be illiterate, but was found
out and told that he could only remain in The Order if he were Ordained. When an
influential Cardinal named him as a possible Papal candidate, Philip was so distressed


by the idea that he hid in a cave until the Papal Election was over.
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Monday 22 August 2016

Immaculate Heart Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 22 August.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The Immaculate Heart of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 22 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.




The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Illustration: WALLPAPER CAVE



According to a Tradition, sanctioned by authority, it was at Jerusalem, near the room of The Last Supper, at the spot where now stands a Church committed to the care of The Benedictines, that Mary breathed her last (Secret).

And it is at the foot of The Mount of Olives, in a place where, about 1130, a Monastery of The Benedictine Monks of Cluny was built, that her mortal remains were laid and "she was carried up to Heaven" (Alleluia).

The Pilgrimages, made to this tomb, originated The Feast of The Assumption, which was already Solemnised in The East at the end of the 6th-Century A.D. At the beginning of the 7th-Century A.D., The Feast was also Solemnised at Rome, and it spread with The Roman Liturgy over The Whole West. Pope Leo IV instituted The Octave in 847 A.D.




The Virgin and Infant 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.
(Wikipedia Commons)



"We have accompanied thee with all our Prayers, when thou didst ascend towards thy Son," says Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, "and we have at least followed thee at a distance, O Blessed Virgin ! May thy goodness make known to the World, the Grace bestowed on thee by God: Obtain by thy Holy Prayers, the forgiveness of the guilty, health for the sick, strength for weak Souls, consolation for the afflicted, help and deliverance for those in peril.

O Mary, Queen of Clemency, on this joyful Solemnity, may thy humble servants, who praise and invoke thy sweet name, be overwhelmed with Graces by Jesus Christ thy Son, Our Lord, Who is The Sovereign God, Blessed throughout the ages. Amen." [Fifth and Sixth Lessons at Matins.]

Let us honour Mary with special confidence during these Feasts, which celebrate her triumph.

Mass: Adeamus.
Commemoration: Saints Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian. Martyrs.




The Virgin and Infant of The Lilies.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1899.
Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Liturgical worship of "The Most Pure Heart of Mary" was suggested by The Fathers who commented The Canticle of Canticles; it was first joined to that of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the 17th-Century, by Saint John Eudes; however, it was only at the beginning of the 19th-Century that Pope Pius VII allowed some places to keep a Feast in its honour, on the Sunday after The Octave of her Assumption.

Blessed Pope Pius IX granted it a Proper Mass and Divine Office (Mass: Omnis Gloria).

In other places, it was kept on the Sunday, or, rather, (since the present Edition of The Roman Missal, made in 1920 in the spirit of Pope Saint Pius X) [Editor: This Text is from the 1945 Edition of The Saint Andrew Daily Missal] on the Saturday after The Feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.




"Regina Caeli"
(Queen of Heaven).
By Marco Frisina.
Available on YouTube at



On 8 December 1942 [Editor: The Feast Day of The Immaculate Conception], during the terrible World War, Pope Pius XII Consecrated the whole of mankind to "The Immaculate Heart of Mary"; consequently, he extended The Feast to The Universal Church and gave it a new Mass and Divine Office by Decree of 4 May 1944.

That Feast, of The Immaculate Heart, is fixed, not to a Sunday, but to the very Octave-Day of The Assumption: Mary in Heaven goes on interceding lovingly on our behalf. Her Heart is the symbol of the ardent love, which she fosters first for God and for her Divine Son (Epistle), but also of her maternal care for all human Souls, which Jesus entrusted her when He died (Gospel, Communion).

We exalt the particular Holiness of her Heart (Gradual, Offertory), and we Pray her (Introit, Collects) to obtain "Peace for all Nations, freedom for The Church, conversion for the sinners, and for all Faithful, love for Chastity and the practice of all Virtues" (Decree 4 May 1944).




The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned Queen of Heaven
by Her Beloved Son,
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG



The following Paragraph is from DRUMCREE PARISH

In the midst of The Second World War, Pope Pius XII made an Act of Consecration of The Church and The Whole World to The Immaculate Heart on 31 October 1942, which was then Solemnly proclaimed on 8 December 1942.

Two years later, by a Decree of 4 May 1944, The Holy Father extended The Feast of The Immaculate Heart of Mary to The Universal Church.

[Editor: Prior to which, 22 August had been "The Octave Day of The Assumption". Greater-Double. White Vestments.]
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Ars Celebrandi 2016. Oficjalna Relacja.


This Article can be read in full at RORATE CAELI



English: State Flag of Poland, with Coat-of-Arms (symbolic version).
It is based on Image:Flag of Poland.svg and Image:Herb Polski.svg. Note: The Coat-of-Arms used here is not the official, accurate version. The official one is still not available in Vector Format.
Polski: Flaga Polski z godłem, wersja symboliczna. Oparta na Image:Flag of Poland.svg i Image:Herb Polski.svg. Uwaga: godło użyte w tej grafice nie jest oficjalne. Oficjalna wersja godła nie jest jeszcze dostępna w formacie wektorowym, stąd zamieszczono poniżej dodatkową wersję tej grafiki w formacie PNG, w której użyto poprawnego wizerunku godła.
Date: 26 June 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Aotearoa, Wanted.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Official Video of this year's
Polish "Ars Celebrandi"
(English Sub-Titles).
Available on YouTube at
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Sunday 21 August 2016

Thank God. ABORTION Provider Marie Stopes Suspends ABORTION Services.


This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, BBC NEWS





One of England's main ABORTION providers has suspended terminations under general anaesthetic, and to under-18s, following inspections by healthcare inspectors.

The Care Quality Commission raised concerns about patient safety before Marie Stopes International suspended a number of services.

NHS England said the move would affect around 250 women a week.




Following the Care Quality Commission's inspections of Marie Stopes' services and its corporate headquarters in England, the regulator said it was concerned about poor governance arrangements, leading to what it called "specific immediate concerns" about consent and safeguarding.

It also said it was not satisfied about training and competence for terminations which take place under general anaesthetic or conscious sedation.

Marie Stopes has now decided to:

• suspend termination of pregnancy provision for under-18s and vulnerable groups of women;

• suspend terminations under general anaesthetic or conscious sedation;

• suspend all surgical terminations at its Norwich centre.
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Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal. Widow. Feast Day 21 August.


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

 Saint Jane Frances Fremiot De Chantal.
Widow.
Feast Day 21 August.

 Double.

 White Vestments.



English: Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Saint of The Catholic Church.
Deutsch: de:Johanna Franziska von Chantal, Heilige der Katholischen Kirche.
This File: 9 March 2015.
User: Kokodyl.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Like Mary, whose Assumption we have been Celebrating for the last seven days, Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal was a Spouse, a Mother, and a Widow. She was born at Dijon, France, the same Country as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Feast Day, today), and received the Baptismal name of Jane, because that day, 23 January 1572, was The Feast Day of Saint John the Almoner.

The name of Frances, which she added at her Confirmation, reminds us of the gentle Saint of Geneva (Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva). As in days of yore, Benedict and Scholastica, Francis of Assisi and Clare, so Francis de Sales and Jane Frances, corresponding with the designs of Divine Providence, united their pious efforts and enriched The Church by "the Foundation of a new family" (Collect). [Editor: The new family was The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary.]




English: Saint Francis de Sales giving The Rule for
The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary to Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal.
Français: Saint François de Sales donnant
Artist: Noël Hallé (1711-1781).
Date: 18th-Century.
Current location: Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris, France.
(Wikimedia Commons)



At the death of her husband, Baron de Chantal (1601), his young Widow Consecrated herself to God by a Vow of Perpetual Chastity.

This strong woman (Editor: Latin: Mulier Fortis), spoken of in the Epistle, left everything to acquire at this price the precious Pearl of a Religious Life (Gospel). Her father and four of her six children were still living.

She became the Mother of innumerable Nuns of The Order of The Visitation, now dispersed over the whole World. Filled with The Spirit of Divine Charity (Postcommunion), she constantly repeated to them, like Saint John The Apostle: "Let us love God with our whole heart, and our neighbour as ourselves, for the love of God."




Illustration: AZ QUOTES



She died at Moulins, France, in 1641.

Like Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, and by her intercession, let us Pray God, that, knowing our weakness and relying on His strength, we may, by His Grace, overcome all obstacles (Collect).

Mass: Cognóvi.
Commemoration: Of The Octave of The Assumption.
Creed.




English: Stained-Glass Window in the Church of Saint Philibert, Charlieu, France.
It depicts (from Left to Right): Saint Francis de Sales; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque;
Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal.
Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Kirche Saint-Philibert in Charlieu, Darstellung:
Photo: 3 July 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Reinhardhauke.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot, Baronne de Chantal; 28 January 1572 – 13 December 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who Founded a Religious Order after the death of her husband.

Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France, on 28 January 1572, the daughter of the royalist president of the Parliament of Burgundy. Her mother died when Jane was 18 months old. Her father became the main influence on her education. She developed into a woman of beauty and refinement, lively and cheerful in temperament. She married the Baron de Chantal when she was 21 and then lived in the feudal castle of Bourbilly. Baron de Chantal was accidentally killed by an Arquebus, while out shooting in 1601. Left a widow at 28, with four children, the broken-hearted baroness took a vow of chastity. Her mother, step mother, sister, first two children and now her husband had died. Chantal gained a reputation as an excellent manager of the estates of her husband, as well as of her difficult father-in-law, while also providing alms and nursing care to needy neighbors.




English: Stained-Glass Window in The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist,
Dammartin-en-Goële, France, It depicts Saint Francis de Sales introducing
Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal to Saint Vincent de Paul.
Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Johannes der Täufer) in Dammartin-en-Goële im Département Seine-et-Marne (Région Île-de-France/Frankreich), Bleiglasfenster, Darstellung: Franz von Sales stellt Johanna Franziska von Chantal dem hl. Vinzenz von Paul vor.
Photo: 4 April 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter.
(Wikimedia Commons)



During Lent in 1604, the pious baroness met Saint Francis de Sales, the bishop of Geneva who was preaching at the Sainte Chapelle in Dijon. They became close friends and de Sales became her spiritual director. She wanted to become a nun but he persuaded her to defer this decision. Later, with his support, and that of her father and brother (the archbishop of Bourges), and after providing for her children, Chantal left for Annecy, to start the Congregation of the Visitation. The Congregation of the Visitation was canonically established at Annecy on Trinity Sunday, 6 June 1610.

The Order accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. During its first eight years, the new order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female religious who remained cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices. The usual opposition to women in active ministry arose and Francis de Sales was obliged to make it a cloistered community following the Rule of St. Augustine. He wrote his Treatise on the Love of God for them. When people criticised her for accepting women of poor health and old age, Chantal famously said, "What do you want me to do ? I like sick people, myself; I'm on their side."

Her reputation for Sanctity and sound management resulted in many visits by (and donations from) aristocratic women. The Order had thirteen Houses by the time Saint Francis de Sales died, and eighty-six Houses before Chantal died at The Visitation Convent in Moulins, France, aged sixty-nine. Saint Vincent de Paul served as her Spiritual Director after Saint Francis de Sales' death. Her favorite Devotions involved The Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Heart of Mary.




The Church of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal,
Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Photo: 27 April 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Farragutful.
(Wikimedia Commons)



She was buried in the Annecy Convent, next to Saint Francis de Sales. The Order had 164 Houses by 1767, when she was Canonised. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal outlived her son (who died fighting the Huguenots and the English on the Île de Ré during the Century's Religious Wars) and two of her three daughters, but left extensive correspondence. Her grand-daughter also became a famous writer, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné.

She was Beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV, and Canonised on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.

Saint Jane Frances's Feast Day was included in The General Roman Calendar in 1769, two years after she was Canonised. She wrote some exemplary Letters of Spiritual Direction.




Engraved 19th-Century print of the Coat-of-Arms of The Order of The Visitation,
Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Joan Frances Frémiot De Chantal.
Author: Saint Francis de Sales.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary (Latin: Ordo Visitationis Beatissimae Mariae Virginis, V.H.M.), or, The Visitation Order, is an Enclosed Roman Catholic Religious Order for Women. Members of The Order are also known as The Salesian Sisters (not to be confused with The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) or, more commonly, as The Visitandines, or, Visitation Sisters.

The Order of The Visitation was Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France. At first, the Founder had not a Religious Order in mind; he wished to form a Congregation without External Vows, where The Cloister should be observed only during The Year of Novitiate, after which The Sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit The Sick and The Poor. The Order was given the name of The Visitation of Holy Mary with the intention that The Sisters would follow the example of The Virgin Mary and her joyful visit to her kinswoman Elizabeth, (known as "The Visitation" in The Roman Catholic Church).




Sermon: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal.
Available on YouTube at


He invited Saint Jane Frances de Chantal to join him in establishing a new type of Religious Life, one open to older women and those of delicate constitution, that would stress the hidden, inner virtues of humility, obedience, poverty, even-tempered Charity, and patience, and founded on the example of Mary in her journey of mercy to her cousin Elizabeth.

The Order was established to welcome those not able to practice austerities required in other Orders. Instead of Chanting The Canonical Office in the middle of the night, The Sisters recited The Little Office of The Blessed Virgin at half-past eight in the evening. There was no Perpetual Abstinence nor prolonged Fast. The Order of The Visitation of Mary was Canonically Erected in 1618 by Pope Paul V, who granted it all the privileges enjoyed by the other Orders. A Bull of Pope Urban VIII Solemnly Approved it in 1626.
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Saturday 20 August 2016

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


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


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).
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.
(Wikimedia Commons)



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.
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Friday 19 August 2016

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.
(Wikimedia Commons)


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.
(Wikimedia Commons)



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.
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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.
(Wikimedia Commons)



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.
(Wikimedia Commons)


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
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Thursday 18 August 2016

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.


"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.
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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.
Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.
DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.
Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
(Wikimedia Commons)


"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.
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Wednesday 17 August 2016

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,
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