Ember Friday In September.

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Ember Friday in September.

Station at The Twelve Apostles.

Violet Vestments.

Iona Abbey,

Scotland.

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As on the other Ember Fridays during the year, The Station is held at the Church of The Holy Apostles, in Rome.

The Epistle reminds us of the words of the Prophet, Osee, to Israel: "Be Converted to The Lord thy God,  since thy iniquity has caused thee to fall." And Osee announces that The Almighty, seeing the spirit of Prayer and Penance of the Israelites, will heal their bruises and turn away His anger from them.

The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles,

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 20 July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: SteO153.

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A fine harvest of olives, wheat, and wine; that is to  say, the riches of The Autumnal Season, consecrated to God by The September Ember Days; Blessings from on high are thus promised symbolically to The Chosen People.

What God did for repentant Israel, The Saviour did for Mary Magdalen, who, says the Gospel, "was pardoned many sins because she had loved much" (Gospel). And The Church Ordains her Priests during these days of Penance, so that they may repeat throughout the Centuries their Master's example, and pardon those who repent.

Mass: Laetétur cor.

Second Collect: A cunctis.

Third Collect: At the option of the Priest.

Common Preface.

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Saint Maurice And His Companions. Martyrs. Feast Day 22 September.

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Saint Maurice And His Companions.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 22 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Saint Maurice is received by Saint Erasmus, Bishop and Martyr, Patron Saint of The Military and one of The Fourteen Holy Helpers (The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints).

Deutsch: Empfang des Hl. Erasmus durch Hl. Mauritius, Gesamtansicht.

Artist: Matthias Grünewald.

Date: 1517-1523.

Current location: Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.

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

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When The Emperor Maximian led his army into Gaul, The Theban Legion composed of 660 soldiers under the command of Saint Maurice, refused to take part in the ceremonies in honour of the gods.

They were massacred out of hatred for the name of Christ, about 286 A.D., at Agaunum, now called Saint Maurice (Valais, Switzerland).

Mass: Intret.

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Saint Thomas Of Villanova. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day 22 September.

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Saint Thomas Of Villanova.
Bishop And Confessor.
Feast Day 22 September.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Thomas of Villanova.

Artist: Simone Cantarini (1612-1648).

Date: First half of the 17th-Century.

Current location: Pinacoteca Civica, Fano, Italy.

Source/Photographer: fondazionecarifano.it/

Progetti/cantarini/fano_per_cantarini_opere.html

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Thomas was born in Spain in the 15th-Century. From his earliest childhood he had the tenderest compassion for The Poor. Having entered The Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, he was soon made Superior, and, after having refused the Archbishopric of Granada, he was forced to accept that of Valencia.

He thus shared in the Eternal Priesthood of Christ (Introit, Epistle, Gradual, Offertory). He spent on The Poor the large revenues of his Church, and, on the day of his death, in 1555, he gave away his last Penny, and died on a bed which did not even belong to him.

The Church, therefore, Celebrates especially in this Pontiff "his extraordinary Charity towards The Poor" (Collect, Antiphon of The Benedictus).

Mass: Státuit.

Secret: Sancti Thomae.

Postcommunion: Deus fidélium.

Commemoration of Saint Maurice and Companions.

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Saint Thomas of Villanova O.S.A. (1488–1555) was a Spanish Friar of The Order of Saint Augustine, who was a noted Preacher, Ascetic and Religious Writer of his day. He became an Archbishop, who was famous for the extent of his care for The Poor of his See.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's 4-4-2, No. 281,

stands at the Monon’s Hammond, Indiana, Railway Station,

ready for the 8:45 a.m. departure on 5 Oct. 1946,

of the 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's

local Train to Cincinnati.

Photo: L.B. Herrin.

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Saint Matthew. Apostle And Evangelist. Feast Day, Today, 21 September.

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Saint Matthew.
Apostle And Evangelist.
Feast Day 21 September.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Matthew.

Apostle and Evangelist.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

We read in the Gospel, Saint Matthew's own account of his conversion. The Epistle describes the famous vision, where Ezechiel saw four symbolical animals, which, from earliest Centuries, have been recognised as types of The Four Evangelists.

Saint Matthew is represented by the animal with a human face, because he commences his Gospel by tracing the human descent of Jesus. His object in writing this book, which is stamped by true wisdom (Introit), was to prove that Jesus realised the Prophecies relating to the deliverance of Israel and that He is, therefore, The Messias.

After Pentecost, The Apostle Preached The Good News in Palestine and in Ethiopia, where he was Martyred.

The name of Saint Matthew is in The Canon of The Mass, in the group of The Apostles.

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

Mass: Os justi.

Epistle: Similitudo vultus.

Creed.

Preface: Of The Holy Apostles.

Ember Wednesday In September.

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Ember Wednesday in September.

Station at Saint Mary-Major.

Violet Vestments.

Iona Abbey,

Scotland.

Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

As on other Wednesdays in Ember Weeks, The Station is held at Saint Mary-Major.

The Prophet Amos had foretold in the 8th-Century B.C., the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel and its coming restoration (Lesson). Later on, indeed, Nehemias and Esdras brought back the captives from Babylon and rebuilt Jerusalem.

When this work was completed, they all assembled on the first day of the seventh month, when Esdras read to them The Law of Moses and said: "This is The Holy Day of The Lord, be not sad for The Joy of The Lord is our strength" (Epistle and Communion).

English: Basilica of Saint Mary-Major, Rome,

where The Mass is said on Ember Wednesday in September.

Italiano: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma.

Photo: 23 May 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pierre-Selim Huard.

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The Wednesday in September Ember Week, which month was formerly, as its name shows, the seventh of the year, recalls this joyous Anniversary, which was a figure of our redemption by Jesus; indeed, the Introit tells us to be thrilled with joy in God our protector.

This joy is accompanied by the spirit of penitence expressed in the Violet Vestments used, and The Church Prays that we, depriving ourselves of bodily nourishment, may also abstain from sins of the mind (Collect). The Gospel, indeed, speaks of the impure spirit, which can only be dispelled by Prayer and Fasting.

Having fallen into sin through our weakness, let us Pray and Fast that God may give a remedy by His merciful help (Collect before the Lesson).

Mass: Exsultáte Deo.

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Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For The Greater Glory Of God). Such Majesty. Such Beauty. Such Adoration.

Aachen Cathedral,

Germany.

Such beauty. Such devotion. Such adoration.

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Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom), traditionally known in English as the Cathedral of

Aix-la-Chapelle, is a Roman Catholic Church in Aachen, Germany. It is the oldest Cathedral in Northern Europe and was constructed by order of the Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814 A.D.

For 595 years, from 936 A.D. to 1531, the Aachen Chapel was the Church of Coronation for thirty German Kings and twelve Queens. The Church has been The Episcopal Seat of The Diocese of Aachen since 1802.

Evocative. Beautiful. Memorable.

Snow at Christmas

on The Gwili Railway.

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Traditional Votive Mass For San Gennaro. Shrine Church Of The Most Precious Blood, New York. Saturday, 24 September 2016.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

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Januarius (Latin: Ianuarius; Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a Martyr and Saint of The Roman Catholic and The Eastern Orthodox Churches. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during The Great Persecution, which ended with Emperor Diocletian's retirement in 305 A.D.

Januarius is the Patron Saint of Naples, where The Faithful gather three times a year, in Naples Cathedral, to witness the liquefaction of what is claimed to be a sample of his blood, kept in a sealed glass ampoule.

"Te Deum". The Great Hymn of Thanksgiving To God. Sung, Today, In Naples Cathedral, Italy, For The Miracle Of The Liquefaction Of The Blood Of San Gennaro (Saint Januarius).

The "Te Deum".

The great Hymn of Thanksgiving to God.

Sung, today, in Naples Cathedral, Italy, for the

liquefaction of the blood of San Gennaro

(see today's Post).

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The "Te Deum" (also known as "The Ambrosian Hymn" or "A Song of the Church") is an Early-Christian Hymn of Praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, "Te Deum laudamus", rendered as "Thee, O God, we Praise".

The Hymn remains in regular use in The Catholic Church in The Office of Readings, found in The Liturgy of The Hours, and in thanksgiving to God for a special Blessing, such as The Election of a Pope, The Consecration of a Bishop, The Canonisation of a Saint, a Religious Profession, the publication of a Treaty of Peace, a Royal Coronation, etc.

The "Te Deum" Stained-Glass Window,

by Christopher Whall, Saint Mary-the-Virgin Church,

Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

Photo: 8 February 2009.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingtigs/3263493149/

Author: Barking Tigs.

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It is sung either after Mass or The Divine Office or as a separate Religious Ceremony. The Hymn also remains in use in The Anglican Communion and some Lutheran Churches, in similar settings.

In The Traditional Office, The Te Deum is sung at the end of Matins on all days when the Gloria is said at Mass; those days are all Sundays outside Advent, Septuagesima, Lent, and Passiontide; on all Feasts (except The Triduum) and on all Ferias during Eastertide.

Before the 1961 Reforms of Pope John XXIII, neither the Gloria nor The Te Deum were said on The Feast of The Holy Innocents, unless it fell on Sunday, as they were Martyred before The Death of Christ and, therefore, could not immediately attain The Beatific Vision.

 A Plenary Indulgence is granted, under the usual conditions, to those who recite it in public on New Year's Eve.

Feast Day 19 September.

English: The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli.

Italiano: San Gennaro nell'anfiteatro di Pozzuoli.

Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653).

Date: Circa 1636.

Current location: Cathedral in Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy.

Source/Photographer: http://www1.unipa.it/tecla/images/10_pavone_09.jpg

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Saint Januarius (San Gennaro) and his Companions.

Martyrs.

Feast Day 19 September.

Double..

Red Vestments.

"At Pozzuoli, in Campania, Italy," says The Roman Martyrology, "The Feast of The Holy Martyrs, Januarius (San Gennaro), Bishop of Beneventum, Festus (his Deacon), Desiderius (his Lector), Socius (a Deacon of The Church at Misenum, Proculus (a Deacon of Pozzuoli, Eutychius, and Acutius, who, after having been bound with chains, were cast into prison and beheaded, under Emperor Diocletian (305 A.D.).

The body of Saint Januarius was taken to Naples and honourably buried in the Church where his blood is still preserved in a glass phial. When the phial is placed near the head of the Holy Martyr, the blood liquefies and bubbles as if it had just been shed."

This Miracle, known as The Miracle of Saint Januarius, still takes place. The blood, contained in two glass phials where it is coagulated into a dark-red mass, increases in volume and weight; on liquefying, it becomes bright-red, while the surface is covered with bubbles, wherefore it is said to boil.

The Miracle takes place three times a year: During the Feast of May, lasting nine days, from the First Sunday in the Month; in September, during eight days, from 19 September to 26 September; and on 16 December.

Mass: Salus autem.

Gospel: Sedénte Jesu.

Fr. Gabriele Amorth (R.I.P.), Exorcist For The Diocese Of Rome, Dies Aged 91.

September 16, 2016, Friday -- Adieu, Padre Amorth.

"I, afraid of that beast? It is he who should be afraid of me: I work in the name of The Lord of The World. He is just the monkey of God."

—Father Gabriele Amorth, the famous Italian Exorcist who was the Exorcist for The Diocese of Rome for the last 30 years, since 1986, referring to the devil. Father Amorth died today in Rome at the age of 91.

"Stefano Maria Paci: Father Amorth, Satanism is increasingly widespread. The new Exorcism Ritual makes it difficult to do Exorcisms. Exorcists are prevented from attending an Audience with The Pope in St. Peter's Square. Tell me honestly: what is happening?

Father Gabriele Amorth: The Smoke of Satan enters everywhere. Everywhere! Maybe we were excluded from The Papal Audience because they were afraid so many Exorcists would be able to chase out the legions of demons that have taken up residence in the Vatican.

Paci: You're kidding, right?

Amorth: It may seem a joke, but I think it is no joke. I have no doubt that the devil tempts especially the leaders of The Church, as he tempts all leaders . . .

Paci: Are you saying that here, as in any war, Satan wants to conquer the opposing generals?

Amorth: It is a winning strategy. One always tries to implement it. Especially when the defenses of one's opponents are weak. Satan also tries. But thankfully there is The Holy Spirit who governs The Church: 'The Gates of Hell shall not prevail.' Despite the defections. And despite the betrayals. Which should cause us no surprise. The first traitor was one of The Apostles closest to Jesus, Judas Iscariot. But, despite this, The Church continues on her way. She is held up by The Holy Spirit and therefore all the efforts of Satan can have only partial results. Of course, the devil can win some battles. Even important ones. But never the war."

—from a 2001 interview between Italian journalist Stefano Maria Paci and Father Gabriele Amorth, published in the June 2001 issue of 30 Giorni magazine

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Gloucester Cathedral. Choral Evensong.

Choral Evensong from Gloucester Cathedral.

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The High Altar and Stained-Glass Windows,

Gloucester Cathedral,

Gloucestershire, England.

Photo: 9 July 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

Diliff.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".

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The Great East Window,

Gloucester Cathedral,

Gloucester, England.

Photo: 28 June 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: DrMoschi.

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Gloucester Cathedral.

(Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and The Holy and Indivisible Trinity).

Gloucester, England.

Foundation work began on the Church in 1089.

Photo: 2 June 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Saffron Blaze.

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Feast Day 18 September.

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Saint Joseph of Cupertino.

Confessor.

Feast Day 18 September.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Joseph of Cupertino is lifted in flight at the sight of The Basilica of Loreto,

Italiano: S. Giuseppe da Copertino si eleva in volo alla vista della Basilica di Loreto.

Artist: Ludovico Mazzanti (1686-1775).

Date: 18th-Century.

Current location: Church of Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Osimo, Italy.

Source/Photographer: http://www.turismosi.it/writable/risorse/

santuario_san_giuseppe_da_copertino_osimo2ny.jpg

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A humble son of Saint Francis, whose Stigmata we Commemorated yesterday, Saint Joseph also glorifies The Cross of Jesus, which The Liturgy exalted, recently, on 14 September (The Exaltation of The Holy Cross).

Like the Seraphic Patriarch, he strove to remain attached to The Cross by absolute Poverty, heroic Obedience, and Virginal Purity.

Such was his spirit of sacrifice and Prayer, that he accepted with Holy Patience and great serenity to be misunderstood and calumniated (Offertory). Wherefore, God, Who exalts the humble, caused him to pass from the rank of Brother to that of Clerk and to be made a Priest.

He wrought such Miracles that he implored Heaven to withdraw from him the remarkable powers with which he was endowed. He died a Holy Death at Osimo, Italy, in 1663.

Mass: Diléctio Dei.

Gospel: Loquebátur Jesus.

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Joseph of Cupertino, O.F.M. Conv. (Italian: Giuseppe da Copertino) (17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan Friar who is honoured as a Christian Mystic and Saint. He was said to be prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping.

English: The Nave of the Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari,

Venice, Italy. Altarpiece:The Miracle of Saint Joseph of Cupertino.

Français: La partie droite de la nef de la Basilique Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.

Tableau du retable : Le miracle de Joseph de Cupertinopar Giuseppe Nogari.

Italiano: Il lato destro della navata della Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.

Pala d'altare : Il miracolo di Giuseppe da Copertino daGiuseppe Nogari.

Artist: Giuseppe Nogari.

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.

Giuseppe Nogari (1699–1766).

Photo: 30 May 2016.

Source: Own work.Author: Didier Descouens.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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"Tickets, Please".

Three-wheeled London and North Western Railway Parcel Van

at Pinner, Middlesex, 1913.

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Feast Day 17 September.

English: Saint Francis of Assisi.

Polski: Św. Franciszek z Asyżu.

Artist: Cigoli (1559–1613).

Date: 1597-1599.

Current location: Hermitage Museum,

Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Source: Web Gallery of Art:

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The Impression of The Stigmata of Saint Francis.

Confessor.

Feast Day 17 September.

Double.

White Vestments.

Two years before his death, Saint Francis retired to Mount Alverno, Italy, where he began a Fast of forty days in honour of Saint Michael The Archangel. And lo ! In the midst of his Meditations, he saw a figure, like a Seraphim, with six wings dazzling and burning, whose feet and hands were nailed to a Cross.

Aware that suffering is incompatible with the immortality of a Seraphic Spirit, he understood this to mean that he would become more like Jesus and bear his Cross after Him (Gospel), not by physical Martyrdom, but by a Mystical kindling of Divine Love.

English: Basilica of Saint Francis,

Assisi, Italy.

Français: La Basilique Saint-François d'Assise.

Photo: 7 March 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner.

(Wikimedia Commons)

And, in order that this Crucified Love might become an example to us all, five wounds, resembling those of Jesus on The Cross, appeared on his feet, hands, and side. From his side, blood flowed abundantly.

The facts were so fully authenticated later, that Pope Benedict XI ordered them to be Commemorated every year, and Pope Paul V, to kindle in The Faithful the love of Jesus Crucified, extended The Feast to the whole Church.

Mass: As on The Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October, except Proper Collects.

Gospel: Si quis vult.

Traditional Votive Mass For San Gennaro. Shrine Church Of The Most Precious Blood, New York. Saturday, 24 September 2016.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

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Januarius (Latin: Ianuarius; Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a Martyr and Saint of The Roman Catholic and The Eastern Orthodox Churches. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during The Great Persecution, which ended with Emperor Diocletian's retirement in 305 A.D.

Januarius is the Patron Saint of Naples, where The Faithful gather three times a year, in Naples Cathedral, to witness the liquefaction of what is claimed to be a sample of his blood, kept in a sealed glass ampoule.