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10 October, 2016

Saint Francis Borgia. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 10 October.

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

Saint Francis Borgia.
Confessor.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

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Francis Borgia. Duke of Gandia and Captain-General of Catalonia, was one of the handsomest, richest, and most honoured nobles in Spain, when, in 1539, there was laid upon him the sad duty of escorting the remains of his Sovereign, Queen Isabella, to the Royal Burying-Place at Granada. The coffin had to be opened for him that he might verify the body before it was placed in the tomb, and so foul a sight met his eyes that he vowed never again to serve a Sovereign who could suffer so base a change.

It was some years before he could follow The Call of his Lord; at length, he entered The Society of Jesus, to cut himself off from any chance of dignity or preferment. But his Order chose him to be its Head. The Turks were threatening Christendom, and Pope Saint Pius V sent his nephew to gather Christian Princes into a League for its defence.

The Holy Pope chose Francis to accompany him, and, worn out though he was, the Saint obeyed at once. The fatigues of the embassy exhausted what little life was left. Saint Francis died on his return to Rome, 10 October 1572.

REFLECTION.—Saint Francis Borgia learnt the worthlessness of Earthly greatness at the funeral of Queen Isabella. Do the deaths of friends teach us aught about ourselves ?

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

After providing for the settlement of his children, Saint Francis entered The Society of Jesus, where, despising all honours, he made a Vow out of Humility (Collect) to refuse all dignities., But, for obedience sake, he had to accept the Post of General of The Society. He died in 1572.

Mass: Os justi (of Abbots).

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Fr. Hunwicke To Speak In Connecticut And New York City In October.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

09 October, 2016

Did You Know ?

Illustration: LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM

The Bakerloo Line is named after The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, which first opened from Baker Street to Kennington Road (now Lambeth North) in 1906.

A writer at The Evening News coined the name "Bakerloo" as an abbreviation for the Railway. The Company quickly accepted it and used it officially from July 1906.

Chancellor of The Exchequer, William Gladstone (Centre Right)

on an inspection tour of the early Underground Railway, May 1862.

Illustration: BBC

Picture Credit: GETTY IMAGES

08 October, 2016

O, How The Soul Weeps !!!

" O, How The Soul Weeps !!! "

See what Modernism does to The Sacred Liturgy.

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Missals from Silverstream Priory: A Defaced Missal from The Post-Conciliar Revolution.

By PETER KWASNIEWSKI.

In our series of Missals from the Library of The Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration, we have so far looked at magnificent works of art from the 20th-Century (Maria Laach, Regensburg) and from the 18th-Century (The Augustinians).

Today, instead of basking in beauty, we will come face-to-face with the diabolic disorientation of The Church in the Mid- to Late-1960s, when Prayers and practices of half a millennium’s duration, or longer, were being discarded and burned like so much chaff.

Not even The Roman Canon, that ancient pristine shrine of Romanitas, was safe from this barbarian appetite for conquest, this insatiable lust for violating The Sacred under the guise of “Simplification” and “Modernisation.”

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Syria: A Million Children Appeal For Peace.

Illustration: AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

More than one million children in Syria have signed a Petition, calling for Peace, as part of a fresh appeal to Political Leaders to end the violence engulfing the Country.

Over 2,000 Schools, from many parts of Syria, are taking part in the initiative, in which youngsters have been drawing pictures and writing messages for the attention of The United Nations in Geneva and The European Union in Brussels.

The Peace for Children Campaign, organised with help from Aid To The Church In Need, involves children of all ages describing in words and pictures the impact of the five-year conflict on them and their loved ones.

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

The Church Under Attack !!!

The Roofless Shell of Saint George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark, London, England.

Fr Dixon stands in the ruins, whilst saying his Divine Morning Office. The aftermath

of Aerial Bombing during The Second World War.

Illustration: PINTEREST

For those Readers interested in statistics,

here are the latest updates on the readership of Zephyrinus's Blog.

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Germany 21,223

Ukraine 15,477

Ireland 4,479

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China 4,157

Poland 2,995

Illustration: PINTEREST

Regular Readers will note that Japan and Italy (God, forfend) have dropped out of the regular Reading Statistics.

Poland has re-instated herself in the Top Ten (Thank God), and Canada has overtaken China and is threatening to overtake Ireland !!!

Oh, Ireland. The Rock of The Church !!! What are you doing ???!!!

Prayers still requested for the Faithful Ukraine. Despite the terrors and tribulations that Nation is suffering, the Devotion to The Faith is profound, obvious, and sustaining.

Deo Gratias to all Readers of this Blog.

Illustration: PINTEREST

07 October, 2016

The Most Holy Rosary Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 7 October.

"Say The Rosary".

Illustration: RORATE CAELI

Devotion to The Most Holy Rosary.

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802nd Anniversary Of The Revelation Of The Holy Rosary, By Our Lady Mary, To Saint Dominic, In 1214.

English: The Madonna giving The Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic.

Deutsch: Rosenkranz madonna, Szene: Maria mit Hl. Dominikus, zwei Engeln

sowie Medaillons mit Darstellung zu Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu und der Passion.

Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).

Date: 1596-1598.

Current location: Basilica di San Luca, Bologna, Italy.

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

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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This year marks the 802nd Anniversary of the Revelation of The Holy Rosary, by Our Lady Mary, to Saint Dominic, in 1214.

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

There are differing views on the history of The Rosary. According to Tradition, the concept of The Rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition by The Virgin Mary, in 1214, in the Church of Prouille.

This Marian apparition received the Title of Our Lady of The Rosary. In the 15th-Century, it was promoted by Alanus de Rupe (also known as Alain de la Roche or Saint Alan of the Rock), a learned Dominican Priest and Theologian, who established the "Fifteen Rosary Promises" and started many Rosary Confraternities. However, most scholarly research suggests a more gradual and organic development of The Rosary.

The practice of Meditation, during the Praying of The Hail Marys, is attributed to Dominic of Prussia (1382–1460), a Carthusian Monk, who called it the "Life of Jesus Rosary". The German Monk, from Trier, added a sentence to each of the fifty Hail Marys, using quotes from Scriptures. In 1569, the Papal Bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices, by the Dominican Pope Pius V, officially established the Devotion to The Rosary in The Catholic Church.

From the 16th- to the Early-20th-Century, the structure of The Rosary remained essentially unchanged. There were fifteen Mysteries, one for each of the fifteen Decades of The Rosary. In the 20th-Century, the addition of The Fatima Prayer, to the end of each Decade, became more common. There were no other changes until 2002, when Pope Saint John Paul II instituted five optional new Luminous Mysteries.

[Editor: The Fatima Prayer: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, and

lead all Souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy". (Our Lady at Fatima,

13 July 1917)]

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Saints Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus And Apuleius. Martyrs. Feast Day 7 October.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saints Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 7 October.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Illustration: IN CAELO ET IN TERRA

"In Lower Syria,", says The Martyrology, "The Holy Martyrs, Sergius, and Bacchus, noble Romans, who lived under the Emperor Maximian".

Bacchus was scourged with thongs that tore his flesh; he died, in his torments, Confessing The Name of Jesus.

Sergius, forced to wear shoes with nails piercing his feet, remained strong in The Faith and was then beheaded.

At Rome, The Holy Martyrs, Marcellus and Apuleius, abandoned Simon the Magician, whose disciples they had been, to follow the teaching of Saint Peter. After The Martyrdom of The Apostles, they themselves obtained the same Crown under the ex-Consul, Aurelian, and were buried near Rome.

Mass: Sapiéntiam.

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Saint Mark. Pope And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 7 October.

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Pope Saint Mark.
Pope and Confessor.
Feast Day 7 October.

Simple.

White Vestments.

Pope Saint Mark (336 A.D.).

Source: http://cckswong.tripod.com/pope1_50.htm

("Pope's Photo Gallery").

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Pope Mark (Latin: Marcus) was Head of The Catholic Church from 18 January 336 A.D. to
7 October 336 A.D.

Little is known of his early life. According to The Liber Pontificalis, he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Some evidence suggests that the Early Lists of Bishops and Martyrs, known as The Depositio episcoporum and Depositio martyrum, were begun during his Pontificate.

Per The Liber Pontificalis, Pope Mark issued a Constitution investing the Bishop of Ostia with a Pallium and confirming his power to Consecrate newly-elected Popes. Also per The Liber Pontificalis, Pope Mark is credited with the Foundation of the Basilica of San Marco, in Rome, and a Cemetery Church over the Catacomb of Balbina, just outside the City, on lands obtained as a donation from Emperor Constantine.

Mark died of natural causes and was buried in the Catacomb of Balbina. In 1048, his remains were removed to the Town of Velletri, and, from 1145, were relocated to the Basilica of San Marco, in Rome, where they are kept in an urn under the Altar. His Feast Day is celebrated on 7 October.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Mark, a Roman, occupied The Holy See for eight months during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great.

He succeeded Pope Saint Sylvester and continued, with great zeal, the organisation of The Church that had been commenced by his predecessor, Pope Sylvester I, thanks to the long era of peace inaugurated by the Emperor. He died in 336 A.D.

Mass: Sacerdótes.

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The Most Holy Rosary Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 7 October.

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The Most Holy Rosary of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Feast Day 7 October.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

The Mysteries of The Holy Rosary: Joyful; Sorrowful; Glorious.

It was the custom in The Middle Ages, as formerly among the Romans, for noble personages to wear Crowns of Flowers, called "Chaplets". These Crowns were offered to persons of distinction, as a Feudal Due.

The Blessed Virgin, as Queen of Heaven, and of Souls, has a right to the same homage. Therefore, The Church asks us to recognise the Title of Mary as Queen of The Holy Rosary, and she exhorts us to to offer to her, as Daughter of The Father, Mother of The Son, and Spouse of The Holy Ghost, a Triple Chaplet, or Three Crowns of Roses, of which she shows us all the beauties in today's Office, and to which she has given the name of "Rosary".

The Collect reminds us that the recitation of The Rosary is a mental Prayer, in which we meditate on The Mysteries of The Life, Death, and Resurrection, of Jesus; with these, Mary was intimately associated.

The Gospel, which gives us the chief part of the Angelic Salutation, shows us that The Rosary is a vocal Prayer. The Pater, Credo, and Gloria, which are recited with the Ave Marias, are also found in The Mass or in The Divine Office.

The Rosary, as a private Devotion, consists therefore of elements taken from The Liturgical Cycle, and The Feast of The Rosary forms part of The Cycle.

This Prayer has, in the course of the Centuries, obtained many Graces for Christendom. The Feast of Our Lady of The Rosary was instituted to Commemorate the Victory of Lepanto (Sunday, 7 October 1571), when, thanks to the recitation of The Rosary, the forces of Islam, which threatened to invade Europe, were broken. Pope Gregory XIII, in 1573, prescribed this Feast, replacing very significantly The Feast of Our Lady of Victory, for certain Churches; it was extended to the Catholic World by Pope Clement XI, in thanksgiving for another triumph over the same foes in Hungary in 1716, under the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI.

The Feast of The Most Holy Rosary is a summary of The Liturgical Year, as we meditate on The Mysteries, and also of The Breviary, as we recite one hundred and fifty Ave Marias, corresponding to one hundred and fifty Psalms, ending with Gloria Patri.

It shows, in an admirable Triptych, the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious events in the lives of Jesus and Mary, which are recalled in succession in The Catholic Calendar.

In The Christmas Cycle, the Soul, plunged in an atmosphere of Joy, meditates on The Five Joyful Mysteries, on Wednesdays and Fridays of Ember Week in Winter, on Christmas Day, on 2 February (The Purification of The Blessed Virgin Mary) and on The Sunday in The Octave of The Epiphany.

Again, she Contemplates, during The Season of The Passion, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

Lastly, she sympathises, amid the Joys of The Paschal Season and Pentecost, with The Five Glorious Mysteries at The Feasts of Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and The Assumption of The Virgin. There is a Plenary Indulgence, similar to that of the Portiuncula, to be gained on The Day of this Feast by all The Faithful, who visit a Church where the Arch-Confraternity of The Rosary is established.

Blessed Pope Leo XIII, moved by the sorrowful trials under which The Church groans, raised the Feast to one of The Second Class, with a new Mass and Office.

Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino.
Commemoration at Low Mass of Saint Mark and Saints Sergius and Companions.

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Our Lady Of The Rosary. Feast Day 7 October.

Mary, Mother of Grace and of Mercy,

help me against the efforts of my enemies.

Illustration: HOLY CARD HEAVEN

06 October, 2016

Saint Bruno. Confessor. Feast Day 6 October.

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

Saint Bruno.
Confessor.
Feast Day 6 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Bruno.

Artist: Girolamo Marchesi.

Date: Circa 1525.

Current location: Walters Art Museum,

Baltimore, Maryland,

United States of America.

Credit line: Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.

Source: Walters Art Museum.

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Saint Bruno was born at Cologne, Germany, in the 11th-Century. With six of his friends, he retired to one of the desert heights of Dauphiny, France, called "Chartreuse", which had been conceded to them by the Bishop of Grenoble (Gospel).

There, he Founded the first Monastery of The Order of Carthusians, which is held in so high esteem by The Church that, by the prescriptions of Canon Law, the Religious of any other Order may enter it so as to lead a more perfect life. [The Order of Carthusians has given to The Church several Saints, two Cardinals, seventy Archbishops and Bishops, and several famous writers, one of the most distinguished being Dionysius the Carthusian.]

Saint Bruno died, pressing The Crucifix to his lips, on 6 October 1101.

Mass: Os justi.

English: Saint Bruno refuses the Archbishopric of Reggio di Calabria.

Español: San Bruno renuncia ante el papa Urbano II al arzobispado de Reggio Calabria.

Date: 4 November 2011.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source: http://www.gabitos.com/museodelpradomadrid/template.php?nm=1329244185

Author: Vicente Carducho (1576-1638).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Bruno of Cologne (1030 – 1101) was the Founder of The Carthusian Order and personally Founded The Order's first two Communities. He was a celebrated Teacher at Reims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II.

On the verge of being made Bishop, Bruno instead followed a Vow he had made to renounce Secular Concerns and withdrew, along with two of his friends, Raoul and Fulcius, also Canons of Reims.

Bruno's first thought on leaving Reims seems to have been to place himself and his companions under the direction of an eminent Solitary, Saint Robert, who had recently (1075) settled at Sèche-Fontaine, near Molesme, in the Diocese of Langres, France, together with a band of other Hermits, who were later on (in 1098) to form The Cistercian Order.

But he soon found that this was not his Vocation. After a short stay, he went with six of his companions to Saint Hugh of Châteauneuf, Bishop of Grenoble. The Bishop, according to the pious legend, had recently had a vision of these men, under a Chaplet of Seven Stars, and he installed them in 1084 in a mountainous and uninhabited spot in the Lower Alps of the Dauphiné, France, in a place named Chartreuse, not far from Grenoble. With Saint Bruno, were Landuin, Stephen of Bourg, and Stephen of Die, Canons of Saint Rufus, and Hugh the Chaplain, and two Laymen, Andrew and Guerin, who afterwards became the first Lay Brothers.

They built a an Oratory, with small individual Cells, at a distance from each other, where they lived isolated and in poverty, entirely occupied in Prayer and Study; for these men had a reputation for Learning, and were frequently honoured by the visits of Saint Hugh, who became like one of themselves.