KAPOW !!! Take That All You Cunning People Trying To Undermine Christ And His Church !!!

This Article is taken from 18 October 2015 on Fr John Zuhlsdorf's Blog, FR. Z's BLOG

Illustration: PINTEREST

URGENT: Romanian Greek Catholic Doctor’s speech to Synod !!! Members (all) get a serious talking to !!!

Posted on 18 October 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I saw this at Voice of the Family.  You can find it other places, too.

The entire Synod of Bishops (and the fancy people running it) received a marvelously cold slap in the face with the wet towel of real “reality” in a speech by a lay woman from Romania.  She didn’t waste time or words, but laid right into them.

My emphases and comments:

The following intervention was made by Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea,  President of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest (Romania), at the Ordinary Synod on the Family on Friday.

Your Holiness, Synod Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, I represent the Association of Catholic Doctors from Bucharest.

I am from the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

My father was a Christian political leader, who was imprisoned by the communists for 17 years. My parents were engaged to marry, but their wedding took place 17 years later.

My mother waited all those years for my father, although she didn’t even know if he was still alive. They have been heroically faithful to God and to their engagement.

Their example shows that God’s grace can overcome terrible social circumstances and material poverty.

We, as Catholic doctors, defending life and family, [that is, actually doingsomething] can see this is, first of all, a spiritual battle.

Material poverty and consumerism are not the primary cause of the family crisis. [BAM!]

The primary cause of the sexual and cultural revolution is ideological.  [BIF!]

Our Lady of Fatima has said that Russia’s errors would spread all over the world. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?]

 

It was first done under a violent form, classical Marxism, by killing tens of millions.

Now it’s being done mostly by cultural Marxism. There is continuity from Lenin’s sex revolution, through Gramsci and the Frankfurt school, to the current-day gay-rights and gender ideology. [Naming names, too!]

Classical Marxism pretended to redesign society, through violent take-over of property.

Now the revolution goes deeper; it pretends to redefine family, sex identity and human nature.

This ideology calls itself progressive. But it is nothing else than the ancient serpent’s offer, for man to take control, to replace God, to arrange salvation here, in this world.

It’s an error of religious nature, it’s Gnosticism. [KA-POW!]

It’s the task of the shepherds to recognize it, and warn the flock against this danger.[OORAH!  Is that what the Synod Fathers are doing?  I’m just asking.]

“Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

The Church’s mission is to save souls. Evil, in this world, comes from sin. Not from income disparity or “climate change”. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?]

The solution is: Evangelization. Conversion.

Not an ever increasing government control. Not a world government. These are nowadays the main agents imposing cultural Marxism to our nations, under the form of population control, reproductive health, gay rights, gender education, and so on.

What the world needs nowadays is not limitation of freedom, but real freedom, liberation from sin. Salvation.

Our Church was suppressed by the Soviet occupation. But none of our twelve Bishops betrayed their communion with The Holy Father. Our Church survived thanks to our Bishops’ determination and example in resisting prisons and terror 

[I guess they were culture warriors.]

Our Bishops asked the community not to follow the World. Not to co-operate with the Communists.  [Can we hand The Synod over to this gal ?  Please ?]

Now we need Rome to tell the World: “Repent of your sins and turn to God for The Kingdom of Heaven is near”. [Is this what you are hearing from your Pastors these days ?  Or are you getting a bunch of half-mumbled, mealy-mouthed temporising ?]

Not only us, The Catholic Laity, but also many Christian Orthodox are anxiously Praying for this Synod. Because, as they say, if The Catholic Church gives in to the spirit of this World, it is going to be very difficult for all the other Christians to resist it.  [THWACK!]

Forward this to everyone.

God Bless Dr. Cernea!

I have an imagine of some of the Bishops, especially those from a certain Country, blinking faster and faster as the speech goes on and, perhaps, pawing the ground with one of their feet while their hands work, aimlessly.

No Insurance. No Road Tax. No MOT And No Licence. Erratic Driving After Having Drunk "A Couple Of Bottles". Under-Age Driver Was Breathalysed By Traffic Police. And Released !!!

Traffic Police take a Breath-Test from the suspect.

The Breath-Test proved negative and the driver was allowed to go on her way.

Illustration: BBC NEWS

An underage motorist who was stopped by Police for her erratic driving was let off - even though she had consumed "a couple of bottles" and had no Licence, Insurance or MOT.

Fortunately the "young offender" was a nosy toddler who had trundled up to Police Officers in her pink plastic car to see what was going on.

The Officers had been trying to seize a genuinely uninsured vehicle at the time in Runcorn, Cheshire.

Playing along, the Officers pretended to take a Breath Test from the girl, after asking her parents if she had been drinking that morning.

"She's had a couple of bottles," they quipped.

A Cheshire Police spokesman said: "Thankfully, the tot's Breath-Test Reading was clear and she was free to go."

God Bless The Little One.

A Four-Year-Old boy

scores a scintillating solo try

against The Queensland Legends.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/HS-oyvfPwLM

Ensure You Are Sitting Down. Get A Large Glass Of Something Bubbly. Make Yourself Comfortable. And Begin To Read . . .

English: Roman Breviary. Summer. Paris.

Latin: BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, Pars Aestivalis Parisiis.

Date: 1647.

Source: http://cyclopaedia.org/1647/parsaestiva.html

Author: Un frontispice par C. Errard gravé par G. Rousselet répété quatre fois.

(Wikimedia Commons)

This Article is taken from NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
By Gregory Dipippo.

One of the changes made to The Breviary, in the Revision of 1960, regards the arrangement of the months from August to November. One of the oddest effects of the new system will take place this year in regard to The Readings in November.

On the first Sunday of each of these months, The Church begins a new set of Scriptural Books at Matins, with their accompanying Antiphons and Responsories; their arrangement is part of a system which goes back to the 6th-Century A.D. In August; The Books of Wisdom are read; in September, Job, Tobias, Judith and Esther; in October, The Books of The Macchabees; in November, Ezechiel, Daniel, and The Twelve Minor Prophets. (September is actually divided into two sets of Readings, Job having a different set of Responsories from the other three Books.)

The “First Sunday” of each of these months is Traditionally that which occurs closest to the first Calendar Day of the month, even if that day occurs within the end of the previous month. This year, for example, The First Sunday “of August” was actually 31 July, the closest Sunday to the first day of August.

English: Roman Breviary made of Brown Calf Leather.

Nederlands: Inhoud: Brevarium Romanum.

Date: 1557-1563.

Current location: KB, National Library of the Netherlands.

Made in Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Source page at the

Geheugen van Nederland /

Memory of the Netherlands

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the 1960 Revision, however, The First Sunday of the months from August to November is always that which occurs first within The Calendar Month. Therefore, The First Sunday of August was

7 August. This change also accounts for one of the peculiarities of The 1960 Breviary, the fact that November has four weeks, which are called The First, Third, Fourth and Fifth. [Editor: Therefore, NO Second week.]

According to the Traditional calculation, November has five weeks when The Fifth Week of the month falls on a Sunday; otherwise, it has four. In those years when it has four (most of them), The Second Week is omitted. Ezechiel is read on The First Week, and The Second Week, if there is one; Daniel, on The Third Week, and The Twelve Prophets on The Fourth Week. The system is designed to maintain the Tradition that at least a bit of each of The Prophets would always be read in The Breviary.

According to the newer calculation, November may have three or four weeks, but never five; The Second Week was removed from The Breviary, since it is never used. However, the older nomenclature was retained; it is hard to imagine why this was thought either necessary or useful, since a great many other terms were changed, such as the entire system of classification of Liturgical Days. Therefore, the four weeks are called First, Third, Fourth and Fifth.

English: Breviary of Saint Michael's Abbey, Chiusa, Italy

(see image of the Abbey, below).

Italiano: Breviario di San Michele della Chiusa

Date: 8 April 2015 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from it.wikipedia to Commons.

Author: Claudio barella at Italian Wikipedia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Saint Michael's Abbey, Chiusa, Italy.

(see image of Breviary from the Abbey, above).

The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is an

architectural 

complex built on top of Mount Pirchiriano in Piedmont, Northern Italy.

Founded between 

the Late-10th-Century and Early-11th-Century, the Abbey is located

along The Pilgrimage 

route that joins Monte Sant'Angelo, in Southern Italy, to

Mont Saint-Michel, in Northern France.

Italiano: La sacra di San Michele è un complesso architettonico collocato sul

monte Pirchiriano 

in Val di Susa,Piemonte. Fondata tra la fine del X e l'inizio

dell'XI secolo, l'abbazia si trova 

lungo la via di pellegrinaggio che unisce

Monte Sant'Angelo, in Puglia, a Mont Saint-Michel, 

nel nord della Francia.

Photo: 18 January 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Elio Pallard.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution

-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

(Wikimedia Commons)

TUMBLR

states that this is the Inspiration for the Benedictine Abbey and

Aedificium in Umberto Eco’s great novel "The Name of The Rose".

In the older system, November would have four weeks this year, The First Sunday “of November” being 30 October, since it is closer to the first day of that month. In the new system, The First Sunday “of November” will be the first Sunday within The Calendar Month, 6 November.

However, the last Sunday of November, the 27th, is The First Sunday of Advent, this year, and so November only has three weeks. Therefore, this year, Ezechiel is dropped entirely; The Readings from Daniel begin on 6 November, Hosea on 13 November, and Micah on 20 November.

Things are slightly complicated by the fact that, in 1960, a Sunday is completely omitted when it is "Impeded" by a Feast of The Lord. (Previously, Sundays were always Commemorated if they were Impeded.) Thus, all of The Liturgical Texts assigned to Sunday, 30 October, are dropped this year in favour of The Feast of Christ the King.

English: Breviary for the Diocese of Strängnäs, Sweden.

Svenska: Breviarium för Strängnäs stift.

Date: Book from 2008. Document from Late-15th-Century.

Source: Kari Tarkiainen: Sveriges Österland, p. 77.

Author: Uppsala universitetsbibliotek.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The calculation of The Sundays after Pentecost also calls for a note, here. (The discrepancies between The Missals of Pope Saint Pius V and Pope Saint John XXIII are very slight in this regard, and have no bearing on the end of this year.)

The number of Sundays “after Pentecost” assigned to The Missal is twenty-four, but the actual number varies between twenty-three and twenty-eight. The “Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost” is always Celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. If there are more than twenty-four Sundays, the gap, between The Twenty-Third Sunday and Twenty-Fourth Sunday, is filled with The Sundays after Epiphany that had no place at the beginning of the year. The Prayers and Readings of those Sundays are inserted into The Mass of The Twenty-Third Sunday (i.e., the set of Gregorian "Propers".) The Breviary Sermon on The Sunday Gospel and the concomitant Antiphons of The Benedictus and Magnificat also carry over in The Divine Office.

The remaining Sundays of The Year are, therefore as follows, in 1960:

23 October.    Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Fourth Week of October in The Breviary);
30 October.    Christ the King (Fifth Week of October in The Breviary);
6 November.   Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Third Week of November);
13 November. Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Fourth Week of November);
20 November. Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Fifth Week of November);
27 November. First Sunday of Advent.

In The Breviary and Missal of Pope Saint Pius V, they are as follows (with the addition of Christ the King):

23 October.   Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Fourth Week of October in The Breviary);
30 October.    Christ the King (First Week of November in The Breviary. Commemoration of The                                   Fourth Sunday after Epiphany);
6 November.   Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Third Week of November);
13 November  Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Fourth Week of November);
20 November. Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Fifth Week of November);
27 November.  First Sunday of Advent.

A page from The Psalter of The Aberdeen Breviary of 1509.

From the Copy in The National Library of Scotland.

Date: 26 February 2008.

Source: National Library of Scotland.

Author: Andrew Myllar, Walter Chepman.

(Wikimedia Commons)

If this all seems a little complicated, bear in mind that the oldest arrangement of The Mass Lectionary, that we know of, was even more so. The oldest Lectionary of The Roman Rite, a Manuscript now in Wurzburg, Germany, dates to circa 750 A.D., and represents the system used at Rome about one hundred years earlier.

It has a very disorganised and incomplete set of Readings for the period after Pentecost; the Sundays are counted as two after Pentecost, seven after Saints Peter and Paul, five after Saint Laurence, and six after Saint Cyprian, a total of only twenty. There are also ten Sundays after Epiphany, even though Septuagesima is also noted in the Manuscript, and the largest number of Sundays that can occur between Epiphany and Septuagesima is only six.

Forty Hours Devotion. Saint John Cantius, Chicago. Come And Spend Time With Our Eucharistic King.

Forty Hours Devotion.

19 October to 23 October.

Forty Hours Devotion is a Graced time for our Parish Family every year.

It is a time for us to come before The Blessed Sacrament and Thank God

for his Graces, to make reparation to Him for our past sins, to Pray for the sick

and to beg God’s protection of our Nation.

Friday, 21 October.

6:30 a.m. — Matins and Lauds (Morning Prayer)

7:00 a.m. — Conventual Mass (English Mass)

8:00 a.m. — Tridentine Low Mass 

9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. — Continued Adoration

11:45 a.m.— Chanted Midday Prayer

12:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m. — Continued Adoration

4:30 p.m. — Rosary and Chanted Vespers

5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Midnight) — Continued Adoration

Saturday, 22 October.

12:00 a.m. (Midnight) to 7:00 am — Continued Adoration

7:00 a.m. — Reposition

7:55 a.m. — Matins and Lauds (Morning Prayer)

8:30 a.m. — Tridentine Low Mass 

Sunday, 23 October.

12:30 p.m. — Solemn High Mass - 

(Closing Mass of Forty Hours Devotion).

Resurrection Choir and Orchestra.

Procession with The Blessed Sacrament

and Solemn Benediction.

Saint John Cantius is a unique Church in

The Archdiocese of Chicago — helping many discover a profound sense of The Sacred through Solemn Liturgies and Devotions, treasures of Sacred Art, and Liturgical Music.

The historic Baroque Church is one of the best examples of Sacred Architecture

in the City. Located in the heart of Chicago, the landmark Church

is easily accessible by car, bus, or subway.

Saint John Cantius Church

825 N. Carpenter St.

Chicago, Illinois 60642-5499.

Phone: 312-243-7373.

Fax: 312-243-4545.

Photo: 23 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sjcantius.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Hilarion. Abbot. Feast Day 21 October.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Saint Hilarion.

Abbot.
Feast Day 21 October.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Hilarion Castle, Kyrenia, Cyprus.

Français: Château Saint Hilarion à Chypre.

Date: 17 September 2005 (original upload date).

Source: Atak.

Author: Atak Kara.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After the era of Martyrs, to whom the Church had exclusively reserved the honours of public Veneration, she began to raise to the Altars the Servants of God, who had distinguished themselves by their heroic virtues, although they had not won the glory of shedding their blood for Jesus Christ.

Saint Hilarion, in the East, and Saint Martin, in the West, are at the head of the list of Saints known as "Confessors". A native of Palestine, Saint Hilarion studied at Alexandria, and, desiring to embrace a more perfect life, he left all to follow Jesus (Gospel).

He heard of Saint Anthony's holiness and went to see him in Egypt. The Saint kept him for two months in order to train him to a life of penance and contemplation. He then gave to this boy, of fifteen years of age, a hair-shirt and a garment made of skin, saying: "Persevere to the end, my son, and thy labour shall be rewarded by the delights of Heaven."

Hilarion returned to Palestine and founded Monastic Life there. After having built several Monasteries, for which he made laws, as Moses had done of old for God's people (Epistle), he retired to the island of Cyprus, to escape the crowd of admirers attracted by his heroic virtues. He died a holy death, at the age of 80, about 372 A.D. Saint Jerome wrote of his life.

Mass: Os justi, of Abbots.
Commemoration: Of Saint Ursula, from the Collects of Several Virgins, Martyrs.

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Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago. Restoring The Sacred. Feast Day Of Saint John Cantius, Today, 20 October.

Today is The Feast Day of Saint John Cantius, Confessor.

Happy Feast to all Readers and to the Parishioners and Clergy of Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, United States of America.

Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago,

United States of America.

Catholic Faith.

Photo Credit: www.pinterest.com

The Baroque Interior of Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

Photo: 23 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sjcantius.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Polski: Kościół Świętej Anny w Krakowie.

English: Tomb of Saint John Cantius,

Church of Saint Anne, Kraków, Poland.

Deutsch: Krakau St. Annen Kirche.

Photo: 14 November 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ludwig Schneider / Wikimedia, Ludwig Schneider.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Limestone facade of Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, United States of America.

Photo: 2 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Victorgrigas.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Why not visit this beautiful Church's Web-Site, and store, at
THE SAINT JOHN CANTIUS PARISH WEB-SITE

Saint John Cantius Parish (Polish: Parafia Świętego Jana Kantego) is an historic Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, known for its opulence and grand scale as well its Solemn Liturgies and rich programme of Sacred Art and Music.

Along with such monumental Religious edifices as Saint Mary of The Angels, Saint Hedwig's, or Saint Wenceslaus, it is one of the many Polish Churches that dominate over The Kennedy Expressway.

Solemn High Mass,

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago,

United States of America.

www.flickr.com

The unique Baroque Interior has remained intact for more than a Century and is reminiscent of the sumptuous art and architecture of 18th-Century Krakow, Poland. Of all the “Polish Cathedral”-style Churches in Chicago, Saint John Cantius stands closest to Downtown. The imposing 130 ft. Tower is readily seen from the nearby Kennedy Expressway. Saint John's is particularly well-known for its programme of Solemn Liturgies and Devotions, Treasures of Sacred Art and Rich Liturgical Music.

In 2013, Saint John Cantius completed an ambitious Restoration, returning the lavish Interior to its original splendour.

Saint John Cantius Church, near Chicago/Ogden/Milwaukee (and the Gonnella bakery).

A Church, whose Parish was largely razed by highway construction.

At Polonia's peak, before World War I, as many as 23,000 people would attend

Sunday Mass here and doubtless similar numbers at five similarly-huge Churches

within a mile. Now the Parish survives by offering Mass

to Suburban-ites in Latin or Gregorian Chant.

Photo: 22 April 2005.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Payton Chung from Chicago, USA.

Reviewer: Fruggo.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Designed by Adolphus Druiding, begun in 1893, and completed in 1898, Saint John Cantius Church took five years to build.

Saint John Cantius Church was founded in 1893, by The Congregation of The Resurrection, to relieve overcrowding at Saint Stanislaus Kostka, the City's first Polish Parish. The Parish retained its Polish character for years, but the building of the Kennedy Expressway, which cut through the heart of Chicago's Polonia, began a period of decline for the Parish, as many long-time residents were forced to relocate.

Holy Mass in the impressive Church of Saint John Cantius,

Chicago, United States of America.

Picture Credit: OFFERIMUS TIBI DOMINE

The Parish was slated for closure as Chicago's Inner City neighbourhoods declined further through the 1960s and 1970s. A revival of the Parish began in the Late-1980s, when the Parish became the focus of a renaissance of Traditional Catholic Rituals and Devotions that had fallen out of favour after The Second Vatican Council, such as The Tridentine Mass in Latin, as well as Vespers and Benediction, The Corpus Christi Procession, The Stations of The Cross, Tenebrae Services, and The Saint Joseph Novena and Saint Anne Novena.

Today, the Parish has a rich programme of Sacred Music, supported by seven Parish Choirs. The Parish is presently administered by The Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius, a Religious Community founded in the Parish in 1998.

Saint John Cantius Church has witnessed a number of famous visitors within its walls. In March 1989, the Parish hosted a visit by Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Prime Minister of the newly-Democratic Poland, while, in 1998, Józef Glemp, the Cardinal Primate of Poland, came to Celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving and Bless the Church's new Copper Cupola.

English: Church of Saint Anne,

and grave of Saint John Cantius,

13 sw. Anny street, Old Town, Krakow, Poland.

Polski: Kościół św. Anny, grób św. Jana z Kęt,

ul. św. Anny 13, Stare Miasto, Kraków.

Photo: 9 August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Although the Parish's School has closed, the building now houses the Chicago Academy for the Arts, often called the "Fame" school, and compared with New York City's High School of Performing Arts.

Saint John Cantius Church's majestic elegance has always drawn the attention of those who happened to pass by, making it an area landmark since its building, over a hundred years ago. Authors and filmmakers have seen it as natural to use the Church, both as a point-marking familiarity as well as from the purely aesthetic pleasure of its beauty. Some of the more notable examples are:

Saint John Cantius serves as the backdrop for Steffi Rostenkowski's great realisation in Nelson Algren's work "Never Come Morning", where, night after night, she heard the iron rocking of the Bells of Saint John Cantius. Each night, they came nearer, till the roar of The Loop was only a troubled whimper beneath the rocking of the Bells. "Everyone lives in the same big room", she would tell herself, as they rocked. "But nobody's speakin' to anyone else, an' nobody got a key".

This is another Church Dedicated to Saint John Cantius.

This Church is at Tremont, Cleveland,

Ohio, United States of America.

Photo: 12 January 2008.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Eddie~S.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, has also been featured in two films that were both shot in the Summer and Fall of 1990. The first was a made-for-television movie, entitled "Johnny Ryan". The second was a major Hollywood film, entitled "Only the Lonely", directed by John Hughes and starring Maureen O'Hara and John Candy.

The Church building's design is by Adolphus Druiding. Work began on this grandiose structure in the Spring of 1893 and was completed by 1898. The building has a façade of rusticated stone, in the High Renaissance Style, which dictated the use of classical elements, such as Columns, Capitals and Arches. At the very top, is a monumental Pediment, decorated with the Coat-of-Arms of Poland's failed January Uprising (1863-1864), under which is found the Polish inscription "Boże Zbaw Polskę" (God Save Poland).

Solemn High Requiem Mass at Saint John Cantius,

Chicago, United States of America.

Picture Credit: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Just below this, on the Entablature, is the Latin inscription "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam", a text which proclaims that this building is for "the Greater Glory of God", a Jesuit motto, popular in many Churches built around the start of the 20th-Century. Three Romanesque Portals, set in receding Arches, lead into the Interior. Like Saint Michael's, Chicago,, the entrance is flanked by two asymmetrical Towers, topped with copper Cupolas, styled after Saint Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland. The whole structure is 230 feet (70 m) long and 107 feet (33 m) wide and can easily accommodate 2,000 people.

The Interior reflects the High Renaissance Style of the Exterior. Eight stone Columns, with Corinthian Capitals, support the Vault. The present decoration is the result of several Interior decorations within the first forty years of completion. The Church's High Altar, as well as its matching two Side Altars, reputedly originate from the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

In 1903, the Interior was painted for the first time, and it was at this time that all the plaster and wood ornaments were added, and the Church received the character it has today. The Stained-Glass Windows were made by Gawin Co. of Milwaukee, while the Interior murals were painted by Lesiewicz, around 1920. In addition to religious scenes, such as The Resurrection under The High Altar, the artist decorated the side walls with paintings of Polish Patron Saints.

Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, United States of America.

Photo Credit: ST. MARY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH, CHICAGO

A new inlaid hardwood floor was installed in Saint John Cantius Church in 1997, to a design by Jed Gibbons . Sixteen varieties of wood from around the World were used for the inlaid medallions. The floor is not only a beautiful contemporary work of Sacred Art, but it is also designed as a teaching tool. The medallions, inlaid into the main Aisle, tell the story of Salvation: Star of David - Jesus was born as a Jew; Three Crowns - with the arrival of The Three Kings, Jesus was made manifest to the World; Instruments of The Passion - Christ's suffering for our Salvation; Banner - The Resurrection; Star - Christ is The Light of the World. This floor, which is reputedly the only one of its kind in the United States, has already won three national awards.

In 2003, work was completed on a replica of the Veit Stoss Altar. Carved by artist Michał Batkiewicz over an eight-year period, this imposing one-third scale copy is the largest and most detailed work of its kind, and was commissioned as a tribute to the Galician immigrants who founded the Parish in 1893.

Polski: Kraków, ołtarz Wita Stwosza.

English: The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza, German: Krakauer Hochaltar), also Saint Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is the largest Gothic Altarpiece in the World and a National Treasure of Poland. It is located behind The High Altar of Saint Mary's Basilica, Cracow, Poland. The Altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the German sculptor Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz), who moved to the City around that time and lived there for the next twenty years.

The Retable was paid for by the Townspeople of Cracow.

In 1941, during the German occupation, the dismantled Altar was shipped to The Third Reich, on the order of Hans Frank – the Governor-General of that part of occupied Poland. It was recovered in 1946, in Bavaria, South Germany, hidden in the basement of the heavily-bombed Nuremberg Castle. The High Altar underwent major restoration work in Poland and was put back in its place

at the Basilica ten years later.

Photo: June 2003.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pko

(Wikimedia Commons)

A permanent exhibit of Sacred Art, located in the Church's North Tower, is open on Sundays, as well as upon special request. The Collection's centerpiece is an elaborate Neapolitan "praesepio" (Italian creche) from Rome. Among Saint John Cantius's many other treasures are: A 19th-Century Copy of the icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa, adorned with jewelled Crowns, personally Blessed by Pope Saint John Paul II; a reproduction of the famous miraculous Crucifix from Limpus, Portugal; a 19th-Century Pietà from Bavaria, Germany; a hand-written Altar Missal; as well as several hundred authenticated Relics of Saints.

English: Marian Feast Day at Saint John Cantius, Chicago, United States of America.

España: Festival Mariano en San Juan Cantius (Chicago) | Una Voce Cordoba.

Photo Credit: unavocecba.wordpress.com

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint John Cantius.
Confessor.
Feast Day 20 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint John Cantius.

Polski: Saint Jan Kanty.

Photo: 3 December 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: mzopw.

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Born at Kenty, a Market Town in the Diocese of Cracow, Poland, Saint John was raised up by Providence to keep alight The Torch of Faith and The Flame of Christian Charity during the 15th-Century in Poland.

He obtained all the Academic Degrees at the University of Cracow, where he taught for several years. Ordained a Priest, he every day offered The Holy Sacrifice to appease Heavenly Justice, for he was deeply afflicted by the offences of men against God.

He shone especially by his exquisite Charity, which is shown in the Introit, the Collects, the Epistle, the Gradual, the Offertory and the Communion of his Mass. He took from his own food, to help those who were in need, and even gave them his clothes and shoes (Epistle); and he would let his cloak fall to the ground, so as not to be seen returning home bare-foot.

While on a Pilgrimage to Rome, he was robbed by brigands, and, when he declared that he had no other possessions, they allowed him to pursue his journey. The Saint, who had sewn some pieces of money into his cloak, suddenly remembered this, and, calling the thieves, he offered them the sum. But they, touched by his goodness and candour, gave him back all that they had taken.

Saint John Cantius died on Christmas Eve, 1473. He is especially invoked in cases of consumption. ["Owing to your Prayers, we see epidemics disappear, stubborn diseases averted, and the Blessing of health restored. Those whom consumption, fever and ulcers condemn to a painful end are, by you, delivered from the embraces of death." (Hymn of Second Vespers)].

Mass: Miserátio hóminis.

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum". The Hymn At The Divine Office Of Compline During The Time After Pentecost.

The Nave, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England.

Where, no doubt, "Te Lucis Ante Terminum", has been

sung 

thousands of times throughout the Centuries.

Architectural Style: Perpendicular Gothic.

Building Date: 1446-1547. Photograph Date: Circa 1865 - 1885.

Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs,

Cornell University Library Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01554.

Source: Cambridge. King's College Chapel (Interior)

Author: Cornell University Library

Permission: Cornell University Library @ Flickr Commons

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Choir Stalls at Lincoln Cathedral,

Lincoln, England.

Where, no doubt, "Te Lucis Ante Terminum", has been

sung 

thousands of times throughout the Centuries.

Illustration: BRITAIN EXPRESS

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum".

The Hymn at Compline

during The Time After Pentecost.

Composer: Thomas Tallis.

Sung by: The Sixteen Choir.

Directed by Harry Christophers.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/BAkwojyam9c

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) was an English Organist and Composer, whose career spanned the Reigns of four Monarchs and a long period of Religious Change. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English Church Music, and is considered among the best of England's early Composers.

Te lucis ante terminum,

Rerum creator, poscimus

Ut solita clementia

Sis praesul ad custodiam.

Procul recedant somnia

Et noctium phantasmata;

Hostemque nostrum comprime,

Ne polluantur corpora.

Praesta, Pater omnipotens,

Per Jesum Christum Dominum,

Qui tecum in perpetuum

Regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.

Amen. 

To You before the close of day,

Creator of the World, we pray that, 

In Your constant mercy, 

You would be our guard and keeper now.

Let all ill dreams be far from us,

And all fantasies of the night;

Restrain our ancient enemy,

Lest out bodies be tainted.

Grant this, Father Almighty,

through Jesus Christ Our Lord,

Who reigns forever with You

and with The Holy Spirit.

Amen.