The Betrothal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph. Feast Day 23 January.

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Betrothal of The Virgin.

Artist: Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540).

Date: 1523.

Current location: Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Florence, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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English: Marriage of The Virgin, Saint-Quiriace de Provins, France.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer

Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), Darstellung:

Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.

Photo: 4 June 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter.

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The Espousals of The Blessed Virgin Mary is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church. It was removed from many Local Calendars by The Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formally generally observed on 23 January.

In Matthew 1:16, Joseph is described as the husband of Mary. It is probable that Joseph and Mary were betrothed at Nazareth. The term "betrothal" indicates more than an engagement. It was customary to celebrate marriage in two stages, The first, that of the contractual arrangements culminating in consent or “betrothal.”

Scenes from The Life of The Virgin:

Marriage of The Virgin.

Artist: Giotto (1266–1337).

Date: 1304-1306.

Current location: Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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After a period of, perhaps, one year, in which preparations were made to establish a new home together, the second part stage, of actually conveying the wife to that home, would be accompanied by a great Feast, such as that recounted in the Gospel of John as The Marriage Feast at Cana.

The first definite knowledge of a Feast, in honour of The Espousals of Mary, dates from 29 August 1517, when, with nine other Masses in honour of Mary, it was granted by Pope Leo X to the Nuns of the Annunciation, founded by Saint Jeanne de Valois. In certain particular Churches, the Espousals of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph are honoured with an Office on 23 January.

Marriage of Mary.

Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494).

Date: 1486-1490.

Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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Gaspar Bertoni, founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their Espousals, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.

The subject, of the Espousals of Mary and Joseph, is depicted: In a fresco, in the German Chapel at the Shrine of the Holy House in Loretto, Italy; in a sculpture in the Left Portico of Holy Family Basilica in Barcelona, Spain; and in a Stained-Glass Window at Saint Rita's Basilica, Cascia, Italy.

Saint Emerentiana. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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Saint Emerentiana.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 23 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Royal Gold Cup, or Saint Agnes Cup, is a Solid Gold Covered Cup, lavishly decorated

with Enamel and Pearls. It was made for The French Royal Family at the end of the 14th -Century, and later belonged to several English Monarchs, before spending nearly 300 years in Spain.

Since 1892, it has been in The British Museum, and is generally agreed to be the outstanding

survival of Late-Mediaeval French Plate.

Saint Emerentiana's likeness is shown, here, on The Royal Gold Cup.

Date: 4 July 2010.

Current location: British Museum, London.

Source: Own work.

Author: Johnbod.

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A Foster-Sister of Saint Agnes, the Virgin, Emerentiana, while still a Catechumen, shed tears on the tomb of her friend, who had just been Martyred.

Some Pagans mocked her grief. She, full of The Divine Virtue of which Jesus is the source (Collect), reproached the idolaters with their cruelty towards Saint Agnes, and they, in their fury, stoned her on that very tomb. Baptised in her own blood, she went to join for every more her Spouse and her Sister, about 304 A.D.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

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Saint Raymund Of Pennafort. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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Saint Raymund of Pennafort.
Confessor.
Feast Day 23 January.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Raymund of Pennafort.

Master-General of The Dominican Order (1238–1240).

Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).

Date: 1352.

Current location: Church of San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Il Capitolo dei Domenicani

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Raymund was born in 1175 of the noble Spanish family of Pennafort. Christ, by His teaching and Miracles, showed Himself to be the Son of God. The Church shows us, today, how, by the knowledge and Miracles of Saint Raymund, and thanks to her Saints, she also has a part in The Divinity of The Word.

Having given up everything to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, of which he is one of the glories, Saint Raymund "meditated on The Law of God" (Introit) and wrote the "Summa of cases of conscience", a summary of Christian morals which is much esteemed. Wherefore, The Church awarded him the title of "eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance" (Collect).

The Collect alludes to the Miracle by which, having spread out his cloak on the waters, Saint Raymund, in six hours, crossed the fifty-three Leagues of sea which separate the island of Majorca from Barcelona.

He persuaded Saint Peter Nolasco to sacrifice his fortune for the ransoming of Christians detained as captives in The Barbary States, and, with that end in view, obtained The Institution of The Order of Our Lady of Ransom.

Saint Raymund, unwilling to be surprised by the sudden arrival of The Lord (Gospel), employed the last thirty-five years of his life in a very special manner in preparing himself for death. The Saint gave up his Soul to God in 1275 at the age of ninety-nine.

Through the intercession of Saint Raymund, who was the eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance, and who miraculously crossed the sea, may we obtain to produce worthy fruits of Penance and to reach the haven of Eternal Salvation (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Of Saint Emerentiana. Virgin and Martyr.

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The Espousals Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Desponsatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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The Espousals of The Blessed Virgin Mary, or, Marriage of The Virgin Mary, is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church. It was removed from many Local Calendars by The Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formerly generally observed on 23 January.

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A Feast of The Latin Church, it is certain that a real Matrimony was contracted by Joseph and Mary. Mary is called "Espoused" to Joseph ("His Mother, Mary, was Espoused to Joseph", Matthew 1:18) because the Matrimony was never consummated.

The term "Spouse" is applied to married people until their marriage is consummated (Colvenerius, Cal. Marian., 23 Jan.). Peter d'Ailly, Chancellor of The University of Paris. (+ 1420), and his famous disciple, Jean Charlier, called Gerson, were the first energetic propagators of The Devotion in Honour of Saint Joseph.

English: Marriage of The Virgin,

Church of Saint-Quiriace de Provins,

Département Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), France.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer

Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), Darstellung:

Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.

Photo: 4 June 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Gerson worked many years to effect the institution of a special Votive Feast (Thursday of Ember Week in Advent), the object of which should be The Virginal Espousal of Mary and Joseph. Gerson's friend, Henry Chicoti, Canon of The Cathedral Chapter of Chartres, had bequeathed a certain sum for the Celebration in the Cathedral of this Votive Feast, for which Gerson had composed a Proper Office. It seems that Gerson carried out the will of his friend, but Tradition does not tell us on what day the Feast was Celebrated.

The first definite knowledge of a Feast, in Honour of The Espousals of Mary, dates from 29 August 1517, when, with nine other Masses in Honour of Mary, it was granted by Pope Leo X to the Nuns of The Annunciation, Founded by Sainte Jeanne de Valois. This Feast was Celebrated on 22 October as a Double of The Second-Class. Its Mass, however, Honoured The Blessed Virgin exclusively; it hardly mentioned Saint Joseph and, therefore, did not correspond to the idea of Gerson.

Also, purely as a Feast of Mary, it appears in The Missal of The Franciscans, to whom it was granted 21 August 1537, for The Feast Day of 7 March (Double Major). About the same time, The Servites obtained The Feast for 8 March. The Office of The Nativity of Mary was recited, changing the word Nativilas to Desponsatio.

After The Religious Orders, among the Dioceses which adopted The Feast of The Espousals of Mary, Arras, France, takes the lead. It has been kept there since 23 January 1556. The first Proper Office was composed by Pierre Doré, O. P. (+ 1569), Confessor of Duke Claude of Lorraine. This Office followed the outlines given by Gerson and Commemorated both Joseph and Mary.

Pierre Doré, in 1546, unsuccessfully petitioned Pope Paul III to extend The Feast of The Desponsatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis to The Universal Church. But, even without the recommendation of The Apostolic See, The Feast was adopted by many Churches. In Moravia, it was, in the 16th-Century, kept on 18. July. In subsequent times, Rome did not favour any further extension of The Feast, but, after it had been refused (1655) to The King of Spain, it was granted to The German Emperor for Austria on 27 January 1678 (Feast Day 23. January); in 1680, it was conceded to Spain, but Transferred on 13 July, 1682 to 26 November, because, in Spain, The Feast of Saint Ildephonsus, or, Saint Raymond, is kept on 23 January.

In 1680, it was extended to the entire German Empire, in 1689 to The Holy Land (Double of The Second-Class). In 1702, to The Cistercians (Feast Day 20 February), in 1720, to Tuscany, and, in 1725, to The Pontifical States.

In our days (Editor: This Text was written circa 1907, prior to The Liturgical Reforms propagated by Pope Saint Pius X in 1911), it is kept in nearly the entire Latin Church on 23 January, in Spanish-speaking Countries on 26 November, but it has never been extended to The Universal Church.

Since Pope Saint Pius V abolished The Office of Pierre Doré and introduced the modern Office, it is, again, a Feast of Mary. The Commemoration of Saint Joseph, in Mass, Vespers, Lauds (Decree,

5 May 1736) can only be made by a special privilege.

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22 SUNDAY Third After Epiphany, Semi-Double, Second Prayers of The BVM, Third Prayers for The Church or The Pope. Green. First Vespers of The Espousals of The BVM, Commemoration of The Sunday and of Saint Emerentiana, Virgin, Martyr. White.

23 Monday The Espousals of The BVM, Greater-Double. Second Prayers of Saint Emerentiana, Virgin, Martyr, Creed, Preface of The BVM. White. Plenary Indulgence.

Our Lady Of Good Success: The Revelation Of 21 January 1610.

Statue of Our Lady of Good Success,

Quito, Ecuador.

Illustration: ONE PETER FIVE

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In 1577, five Conceptionist Sisters travelled from Spain to Quito, Ecuador, to start the first Convent.

Mariana de Jésus Torres, one of the Nuns, is said to have seen The Blessed Mother. On 2 February 1599, as Mariana was Praying, The Blessed Mother appeared to her and commanded a statue be made to her likeness.

Statue of Our Lady of Good Success,

Quito, Ecuador.

Photo: 11 November 20006.

Source: Original image is found in http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

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Used with permission to the web author.

Author: Mark j.

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The following Text is from ONE PETER FIVE,
unless otherwise stated.

"As for The Sacrament of Matrimony, which

symbolises the union of Christ with His Church, it will be attacked and deeply profaned. Freemasonry, which will then be in power, will enact iniquitous laws with the aim of doing away with this Sacrament, making it easy for everyone to live in sin and encouraging the procreation of illegitimate children born without the blessing of The Church.

"The Catholic spirit will rapidly decay; the precious light of Faith will gradually be extinguished until there will be an almost total and general corruption of customs. Added to this, will be the effects of secular education, which will be one reason for the death of Priestly and Religious Vocations.

"The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed, and despised, for in this Sacrament, The Church of God and even God, Himself, is scorned and despised since He is represented in His Priests.

"The Devil will try to persecute the ministers of The Lord in every possible way; he will labour with cruel and subtle astuteness to deviate them from the spirit of their Vocation and will corrupt many of them.

"These depraved Priests, who will scandalise the Christian people, will make the hatred of bad Catholics and the enemies of The Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church fall upon all Priests.

"This apparent triumph of Satan will

bring enormous suffering to the good Pastors

of The Church, the many good Priests, and

The Supreme Pastor and Vicar of Christ on Earth, who, a prisoner in The Vatican, will shed secret and bitter tears in the presence of his God and Lord, beseeching light, Sanctity and perfection for all The Clergy of the World, of whom he is King and Father.

"Further, in these unhappy times, there will be unbridled luxury, which will ensnare the rest into sin, and conquer innumerable frivolous Souls who will be lost. Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women.

"In this supreme moment of need of The Church, the one who should speak will fall silent !

"You will see this from Heaven, my beloved daughter, where you can no longer suffer, but your daughters and successors will suffer, those beloved Souls already known to you who will placate The Divine Ire.

"They will have recourse to Me

under the invocation of Our Lady of Good Success, whose statue I ask and command 

that you have made for the consolation and preservation of My Convent and of The Faithful Souls of that time, an epoch when there will be a great Devotion to Me, for I am Queen of Heaven under many invocations.

"This Devotion will be the shield,

between Divine Justice and the prevaricating World, 

to prevent the release of God’s formidable punishment that this guilty 

Earth deserves.

"During that epoch, The Church will find herself attacked by terrible hordes of the Masonic sect, and this poor Ecuadorian land will be agonising because of the corruption of customs, unbridled luxury, the impious press, and secular education.

"The Vices of Impurity, Blasphemy, and Sacrilege, will dominate in this time of depraved desolation, and that one who should speak out will be silent".

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The Cathedral of The Assumption,

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Photo: December 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org

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Pope Saint Fabian And Saint Sebastian. Feast Day 20 January. Martyrs.

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Saint Fabian, Pope,
   and Saint Sebastian.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 20 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Fabian (236 A.D. - 250 A.D.)

wears an anachronistic Papal Tiara.

Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (1403–1482).

Date: Mid-15th-Century.

Current location: National Gallery, London.

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

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Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.

Saint Sebastian of Avla.

Captain of The Praetorian Guard.

Roman Soldier, Healer and Martyr.

Artist: Il Sodoma (1477–1549).

Date: 1525.

Current location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

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

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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The two great Roman Martyrs, Fabian and Sebastian, made manifest, the first in 250 A.D. in the Persecution of Decius, the second in 284 A.D. in that of Diocletian, The Divine Power of Christ "Who operated wonders in them" (Gradual). The ancient Martyrologies unite their names.

The appearance of The Holy Ghost, in the form of a Dove, had attested The Divinity of Jesus on the day of His Baptism. It was also a Dove, hovering above Fabian, that pointed him out to The Church as Vicar of Jesus Christ.

Saint Sebastian, an Officer of The Imperial Household and Commander of a Cohort, encouraged his brothers-in-arms, subjected to torments on account of their Faith. Diocletian ordered him to be pierced with arrows. Sebastian, having escaped death, reappeared before the Emperor and reproached him with his crimes. He was condemned to be flogged to death.

Like the Martyrs mentioned in the Epistle, these two Saints "were found perfect in the testimony they bore of their Faith in Jesus Christ," for "it is for the cause of The Son of Man that they suffered persecution" (Gospel), Numerous cures were wrought by Saint Sebastian or, rather, by the virtue of Christ which was in him (Gospel and Communion).

Let us in our weakness have recourse (Collect) to the powerful protection of these glorious Martyrs.

Mass: Intret in conspéctu.

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Cathy Warwick.

Chief Executive of The Royal College of Midwives.

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Pro-ABORTION Midwives' Chief resigns.

Cathy Warwick, the Chief Executive of The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), will step down from the role and retire at the end of August 2017, it has been announced.

Prof Warwick is also Chairman of Trustees for The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), and came under fire when she signed the RCM up to their "We Trust Women Campaign", which advocates for full decriminalisation of ABORTION on demand up to birth.

This means that the RCM, which is Britain's biggest Maternity Union, representing nearly 30,000 Midwives and Health Workers, is calling for women to be allowed to terminate an unborn child at any stage of pregnancy, for any reason, with no criminal sanctions.

"Not In Our Name".

This caused outrage among RCM Members, and thousands of Midwives and members of the public signed a "Not In Our Name" petition. The Society For The Protection Of Unborn Children (SPUC) also collected tens of thousands of signatures calling on Prof Warwick to resign.

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Buxheim is located in Memmingen, about thirty-three miles to the North-East of Wigratzbad, the home of the Priesterseminar St Petrus, both within the Bavarian Diocese of Augsburg.

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Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum. Martyrs. Feast Day 19 January.

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Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.

Martyrs.

Feast Day 19 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Martyrdom of Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.

Even though these Holy Saints lived, and suffered Martyrdom, nearly 2,000 Years ago, we

would do well by recalling their Holiness each year on their Feast Day of 19 January.

It is a modern error to regard only the most recent Saints, or most recent events,

as applicable to us. We can learn from the lives of all of the Saints from all times.

Illustration: A CATHOLIC LIFE

Marius and Martha, his wife, were Persian nobles, who, with their two sons, Audifax and Abachum, came to Rome to Worship God in the Reign of Emperor Claudius II. There they visited Christians cast into prison for their Faith: "You had compassion on prisoners," says the Epistle.

They devoted themselves in many ways to the service of Religion; but, soon, they had, themselves, to suffer for The Faith: For "they were tortured and put to death" (Gospel).

"Without fearing the persecutors" (Communion), they underwent all these torments with Prayers of Thanksgiving on their lips, for, in them, they saw like "the sparrow liberated from the bird-catcher's net and who escapes towards Heaven" (Offertory), the means of going to enjoy God for evermore (Introit).

They were Martyred in 270 A.D.

Let us ask Jesus Christ "Who showed Himself so admirably in these Martyrs" (Alleluia) also to make manifest in our Souls the effects of His Divine Power, so that "enjoying Peace in this life, we may in the other receive the eternal reward" (Collect).

Mass: Justi epuléntur.

Commemoration: Of Saint Canute.

Epistle: Rememorámini.

Gospel: Sedénte Jesu.

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