Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia). Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day 13 December.

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

Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia).
Virgin. Martyr.
Feast Day 13 December.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Lucy Before The Judge.

Artist: Lorenzo Lotto (1523–1532).

Source: Scanned from book.

This File: 26 February 2011.

User: Sailko.

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Lucia Di Siracusa

(Lucy of Syracuse).

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English: Procession of Light,

on The Feast Day of Saint Lucy

(Santa Lucia) in Sweden.

Deutsch: Luciafeier in einer schwedischen Kirche.

Photo: 13 December 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Claudia Gründer.

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Born in Sicily towards the end of the 3rd-Century A.D., of noble origin, Saint Lucy, as the Gospel twice reminds us, gave away all her riches to the Poor and, when she had nothing more, she gave herself to Jesus (Epistle).

Whilst The Foolish Virgins neglected to fill their lamps with the "Oil of Gladness", of which the Introit speaks, Lucy, whose name signifies "Light", waited with her lighted lamp in hand, that is, with her Soul filled with Grace, the coming of her Spouse.

Feast Day of Saint Lucy

(Santa Lucia).

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Saint Lucy.

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"Pure hearts are the Temples of The Holy Ghost," she declared to her judge. It is this Spirit, also symbolised by the "Oil of Gladness", as we are told in The Ceremonies of Maundy Thursday, an Oil that gave suppleness and strength to her Soul in such a miraculous way, that Saint Lucy resisted her executioners unto death rather than lose the treasure of her Virginity.

Wherefore, her name occurs in The Canon of The Mass (Second List), and is repeated every day by thousands of Priests, who glorify God in her. She died in 303 A.D.

The lighted lamp in hand is the Soul in a state of Grace; let us, in this Season of Advent, wait for the Spouse who will soon come.

Mass: Dilexisti.

Commemoration: Of The Octave.

Gospel:  Simile est.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Saint Lucy

(Santa Lucia).

Artist: Francesco del Cossa (1436–1487).

Date: After 1470.

Current location; National Gallery of Art,

Washington D.C., United States of America.

Source/Photographer: Digital photo by User:Postdlf.

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Lucia of Syracuse (283 A.D. - 304 A.D.), known as Saint Lucy, or Saint Lucia (Italian : Santa Lucia), was a young Christian Martyr, who died during The Diocletian Persecution . She is Venerated as a Saint by The Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Churches.

She is one of eight women, who, along with The Blessed Virgin Mary, are Commemorated by name in The Canon of The Mass . Her Feast Day, known as Saint Lucy's Day, is Celebrated in The West on 13 December. Saint Lucia of Syracuse, was honoured in The Middle Ages and remains a well-known Saint in modern England.

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are getting younger and younger, says a Report.

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Saint Margaret Clitherow: "The Pearl of York". She Died For The Faith. And The Faith Is The Mass. And The Mass Needs The Priest. And The Priest Needs His Vestments.

Illustration: MANIPLES MATTER !!!

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Do We Still Believe In Maniples ?

By this title (Maniple), I do not mean The Roman Republic Army formation, which came into common practice during The Second Samnite War in 315 B.C. (though its importance cannot be underestimated). Rather, I mean those little bits of cloth that some Priests wear over their Left-Arm when Celebrating Mass.

The history of the Maniple is quite interesting. It is common in the Liturgy of The West from about the 6th-Century A.D., onwards, and probably came about much earlier than this from the practical need of the Priest to wipe his face and hands when Celebrating Holy Mass.

This may sound a little strange to us in the frozen North, but, around The Mediterranean in the height of Summer, with no air-conditioning, a Priest would have been glad of a small piece of cloth to mop his brow – his body being encased in binding Vestments for the offering of The Divine Sacrifice.

So, by the 6th-Century A.D., the Maniple had become a Liturgical garment corresponding to the colour of the other Vestments. Although in shape and style it developed at various times in various ways, it retained its place on The Left-Arm, and always with something of its original meaning.

A translation of the Prayer, which the Priest says when he puts on the Maniple, is: “May I deserve, O Lord, to bear the Maniple of weeping and sorrow, in order that I may joyfully receive the reward of my work.”

With weeping, comes the need to wipe the face, and balance of sorrow and happiness typifies the Priest's offering of his life in sacrifice and joy.

Pope Paul VI,

famous simplifier of Vestments.

The Maniple was an obligatory part of The Mass Vestments until 1967. In that year, The Sacred Congregation of Rites issued the Decree Tres Abhinc Annos, which stated: “The Maniple is no longer required.”

So, Priests threw them away. Or, sent them to The Missions. Or, used them for goodness knows what. They even said that it was wrong to wear the Maniple as it was no longer "required". Well, we know that that is not true: Just because something is not required, does not mean that it is forbidden. It seems to me monstrous and wicked that Sets of Vestments were ravaged and torn asunder by the destruction of the Maniple.

Saint Margaret Clitherow.

So why am I banging on about this ? Well, as I am writing this, I have just celebrated the New Rite Feast of Saints Margaret Ward, Anne Line and Margaret Clitherow. Saint Margaret Clitherow was a Convert, whose brother was a Priest, and who sent her son abroad to be educated in Catholicism.

She harboured Priests and provided a place for Mass to be Said. She cried out against the new religion and refused to go along to the State-sponsored Services, and, as a result, was imprisoned. Her third child, William, was born when she was locked up in gaol.

When, in March 1586, her house was searched, the Queen’s Officers found Mass Vestments, and the possession of these was enough to have her Pressed to Death in the most foul and cruel way.

Cardinal* Burke wearing a Maniple on his Left-Arm.

(Title of Cardinal correct at time of writing. 

As many know,

Cardinal Burke has asked a question, and so might be punished).

Let me reiterate, she died because they found Vestments in her house. I can imagine this Holy Saint looking down from Heaven and crying out: “I died for that cloth, which you so easily put aside and destroy”, as modern Priests scorn the Maniple and other Holy Garments.

Though I am sure that it was not just for the possession of a Maniple, alone, that Saint Margaret Clitherow was humiliated and tortured at the age of thirty-three, leaving three children motherless, yet I am convinced that a Maniple would have been there among the Vestments which were mocked by "lewd men" at her so-called trial.

She died for The Faith, and The Faith is The Mass, and The Mass needs the Priest, and the Priest needs his Vestments.

Naughty Maniple.

And, in 1967, at a stroke, “the Maniple is no longer required”, and the Priest stopped saying: “May I deserve, O Lord, to bear the Maniple of weeping and sorrow, in order that I may joyfully receive the reward of my work.”

I will be your Knight and fight for your honour.

I firmly believe in the Maniple. It would be a great thing if Priests would take up again this Holy Garment in Celebrations of both Forms of Holy Mass, just as a Knight of Old would take up the token of his lady before going into battle.

Saint Margaret Clitherow, "The Pearl of York", could be our mistress and defender in Heaven, and her handkerchief, our Maniple, will be that very token.

Fifth Day Within The Octave Of The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception. 12 December.

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

Fifth Day within The Octave
of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
12 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

"The Immaculate Conception".

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1628.

English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum

photographed during the exhibition « Rubens et son Temps »

(Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.

Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid

photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps »

au musée duLouvre-Lens.

Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps "

(Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit) im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.

Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de

" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).

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The Church prolongs during eight days (an Octave) The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on 8 December.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both Feasts of The First-Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is said during The Octave, that Profession of Faith fixed at The First Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ in our hearts by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

To show that The Mother of Jesus occupies a special place in The Church's worship, The Church reserves for Our Lady a Preface which is said at each of Our Lady's Feasts. And, in which, are noted, at each particular Feast, the different Mysteries of The Life of Mary.

Wherefore, during all this Octave, the Priest declares: "That it is fitting and salutary to render thanks to God on this Feast of The Immaculate Conception of Blessed Mary Ever Virgin, who conceived His only Son by the operation of The Holy Ghost, and who, without losing her Virginity, gave birth to Jesus Christ Our Lord."

Let us give thanks to God for this privilege of The Immaculate Conception, and, also, for The Feast which Celebrates it each year, allowing us to imitate, more and more, this Model of All Purity.

Mass: As on The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Second Collect: Of The Feria.
Third Collect: Of The Holy Ghost.
Creed: On account of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Just Waiting . . .

Christmas is coming . . .

Illustration: PINTEREST

Saint Damasus I. Pope. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 11 December.

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Saint Damasus I.
Pope and Confessor.
Feast Day 11 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: 19th-Century imagined portrait of Pope Saint Damasus I

(Papacy 366 A.D.-384 A.D.).

Português: Lithography of Pope Saint Damasus I (Lisboa, 1840).

Source: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal: http://purl.pt/6209/1/

Institution: National Library of Portugal.

Author: Pedro Augusto Guglielmi.

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Pope Saint Damasus I, of Spanish extraction, succeeded Pope Liberius in the See of Saint Peter in 366 A.D. He thus shared the dignity of the one whom the Epistle calls "the Holy Pontiff, innocent without stain, higher than the heavens".

He governed The Church seventeen years and showed himself the faithful and prudent servant mentioned in the Gospel, to whom "The Lord entrusts His family to be nourished by him in due Season."

The Era of Persecution being over, that of heresy began with the 4th-Century A.D. Wherefore, Pope Saint Damasus I confirmed The Second Ecumenical Council, which, at Constantinople, had condemned Arianism and Macedonianism (381 A.D.). Saint Jerome, by Pope Saint Damasus I's command, translated The New Testament into Latin (from Greek).

This holy Pope increased the beauty of Worship by his Rules for The Singing of Psalms, and by decreeing that the Gloria Patri should be said at the end of Psalms, thus Baptising them, so to speak, in The Trinity. He adorned the Catacombs with artistic inscriptions, and died in 384 A.D.

Mass: Sacerdótes tui.
Commemoration: Of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Creed: On account of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Fourth Day Within The Octave Of The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception. 11 December.

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Fourth Day within The Octave
of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
11 December.

"The Immaculate Conception".

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1628.

English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum

photographed during the exhibition « Rubens et son Temps »

(Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.

Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid

photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps »

au musée duLouvre-Lens.

Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps "

(Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit) im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.

Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de

" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).

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The Church prolongs during eight days (an Octave) The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on 8 December.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both Feasts of The First-Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is said during The Octave, that Profession of Faith fixed at The First Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ in our hearts by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

11 December 2016 is The Third Sunday of Advent. The Fourth Day Within The Octave of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception is Commemorated within the Sunday Mass.

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Siena Cathedral's Floor Is Uncovered.

Siena Cathedral,

Italy.

Note that the Cathedral's floor, which is

normally covered by rugs, is revealed in all its glory.

Also note the complete absence of pews, benches, chairs,

advertising stands, etc, which diminish the intended wonder

of this outstanding work of art.

Illustration: ARTTRAV

Text is from ARTTRAV

Giorgio Vasari called the floor of Siena’s Duomo (Cathedral) “the most beautiful, big, and magnificent, that has ever been done.” Normally, this floor is covered by carpets to protect it from the footsteps of many visitors, but it is uncovered for a few months each year, allowing us to get a view of the Marble Intarsia works of art, that tell of Biblical narratives and represent allegories, and took Centuries to complete.

The floor of Siena Cathedral.

Illustration: ARTTRAV

There are fifty-six large scenes on the floor, represented by major Sienese artists, including Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo, Matteo di Giovanni, and Domenico Beccafumi, as well as the intervention of some ‘foreign’ artists like Pinturicchio.

The floor of Siena Cathedral.

Illustration: ARTTRAV

The techniques used, to make and decorate the floor, progress from graffito to commesso marmoreo. Graffito is the use of the scalpel to carve out areas of White Marble, which were then filled with Black Stucco. This evolved to incorporating more colours, using a technique similar to Wood Intarsia, which is called commesso marmoreo (sometimes also pietre dure, but these are softer stones, thus not ‘dure’).

The Nave and Side Aisles of the Cathedral floor are decorated with stories from antiquity, such as the image of Romulus and Remus (symbol of Siena). There are ten Sybils represented, and various Philosophers.

Design by Pinturicchio,

"Allegoria del Monte della Sapienza",

on the floor of Siena Cathedral.

Illustration: ARTTRAV

Saint Melchiades. Pope. Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 10 December.

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

Saint Melchiades.
Pope and Martyr.
Feast Day 10 December.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Melchiades 

was Pope from 311 A.D. - 314 A.D.

The alternate spelling of his name, Miltiades, is used on this illustration.

This illustration is from The Lives and Times of the Popes by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911. It was originally published in 1842. 

Date: 6 June 2013.

Source: http://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft

Author: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849).

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English: Emblem of The Papacy.

Triple Tiara and Keys.

Deutsch: Emblem des Pontifikats.

Français: emblème pontifical.

Italiano: emblema del Papato.

Português: Emblema papal.

Date: 19 January 2007.

Source: various elements taken from:

File:Coat of arms Holy See.svg;

Image:Emblem of the Papacy.svg;

Image:Escudo Benatae.svg

Author: Cronholm144 created this image using a file by

User:Hautala - File:Emblem of Vatican City State.svg,

who had created his file using PD art from Open Clip Art Library and uploaded

on 13 July 2006. User talk:F l a n k e r uploaded this version on 19 January 2007.

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"At Rome, the death of Saint Melchiades, Pope, who, after undergoing great sufferings in the Persecution of Maximian, saw Peace restored to The Church and died peacefully in 314 A.D." (Roman Martyrology).

Mass: Státuit.

Wikipedia states: "Melchiades was the first Pope to see the end of Roman Persecution of Christians".

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Not Happy-Clappy, But Unhappy Clappers. York Minster Drops More Clangers !!!

The Nave,

York Minster,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 31 July 2014.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".

Author: Diliff.

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York Minster.

Photo: 24 August 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dashwortley.

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This Article is taken from and can be read in full at, THE PRESS

York Minster tries to poach

Leeds

Bell-Ringers for Christmas.

Exclusive by Mike Laycock, Chief Reporter.

BELL-RINGERS from Leeds Minster have been asked to go and ring

York Minster's Bells at Christmas, following the axing of York's own Bell-Ringers.

Andrew Aspland, who is understood to be Tower Captain at Leeds, as well as President of

The Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers, has written to members, saying he has received

a formal request from The Dean and Chapter of York Minster for the Leeds Bell-Ringers

to Ring at various Christmas Services.

"Sam Corley, our Rector, has given us the go-ahead to help out at York," he said in the Letter,

which has been posted on Facebook.

All thirty volunteer Bell-Ringers at York Minster were axed in October 2016, prompting a storm of protest, with more than 17,000 people signing a Petition calling for them to be re-instated.

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, later claimed the team was disbanded because some members of The Society had consistently challenged The Chapter's authority, after it had been necessary for The Chapter to take action regarding a 'member of the Bell-Ringing community' on alleged safeguarding grounds.

UPDATE.

There are unconfirmed reports on Facebook

that the Leeds Minster Bell-Ringers have turned down

the request from York Minster.

Watch this space !!!

Third Day Within The Octave Of The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception. 10 December.

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

Third Day within The Octave
of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
10 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

"The Immaculate Conception".

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1628.

English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum

photographed during the exhibition « Rubens et son Temps »

(Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.

Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid

photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps »

au musée duLouvre-Lens.

Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps "

(Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit) im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.

Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de

" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).

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The Church prolongs during eight days (an Octave) The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on 8 December.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both Feasts of The First-Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is said during The Octave, that Profession of Faith fixed at The First Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ in our hearts by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

Mass: As on The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Commemoration: Of Saint Melchiades from Mass: Státuit.
Creed: On account of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

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