Saint Agnes' Second Feast (Sanctae Agnetis Secundo). Feast Day 28 January.

Unless otherwise stated, Text is taken from
"The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Translated from the French by Dom Laurence Shepherd, O.S.B.

Christmas, Book II.
Fourth Edition.
Volume 3.

Saint Agnes.

Artist: Domenichino (1581–1641).

Date: 1620.

Current location: Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, England.

References: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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Church of Saint Agnes Outside-the-Walls

(Sant'Agnese fuori le mura),

Rome, Italy.

Photo taken during a survey of Roman Monuments, 1911 [1].

Date: 1911.

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The following three paragraphs are taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Church of Saint Agnes Outside-the-Walls (Italian: Sant'Agnese fuori la mura) is a Titulus Church, Minor Basilica, in Rome, on a site sloping down from the Via Nomentana, which runs North-East out of the City, still under its ancient name.

What are said to be the remains of Saint Agnes are below The High Altar.

The Church is over one of the Catacombs of Rome, where Saint Agnes was originally buried, and which may still be visited from the Church. The Church was built by Pope Honorius I in the 7th-Century A.D., and largely retains its original structure, despite many changes to the decoration.

In particular, the Mosaic, in the Apse, of Agnes, Honorius and another Pope,

is largely in its original condition. The current Cardinal Priest, of the Titulus

S. Agnetis Extra moenia, is Camillo Ruini.

Lazzaro Morelli Statue (1661-1662) of Saint Agnes,

atop the Colonnade in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.

[Editor: Lazzaro Morelli (1619 – 1690) was an Italian Sculptor of the Baroque period.]

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English: Saint Agnes.

Spanish: Santa Inés.

Artist: Cesare Dandini (1596–1657).

Source/Photographer: www.pintura.aut.org

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Christmas.

28 January.

Saint Agnes.

Her Second Feast.

Five days after the Martyrdom of the Virgin Emerentiana (Editor: Feast Day 23 January), the parents of the glorious Saint Agnes visited the tomb of their child, during the night. There to weep and Pray. It was the eighth day since Saint Agnes' Martyrdom.

Whilst they were thinking upon the cruel death, which, though it enriched their child with a Martyr's Palm, had deprived them of her society, Agnes suddenly appeared to them: She was encircled with a bright light, and wore a Crown on her head, and was surrounded by a Choir of Virgins of dazzling beauty. On her Right-Hand, there stood a beautiful White Lamb, the emblem of The Divine Spouse of Agnes.

Turning towards her parents, she said to them: "Weep not over my death: For I am now in Heaven, together with these Virgins, living with Him whom I loved on Earth with my whole Soul."

It is to Commemorate this glorious apparition that The Holy Church has instituted this Feast, which is called Saint Agnes' Second Feast (Sanctae Agnetis Secundo).

Let us Pray to this fervent spouse of The Divine Lamb, that she intercede for us with Him, and present us to Him in this Life, until it be given to us to possess Him face-to-face in Heaven.

Let us unite with The Church in the following Prayer,

which she uses in today's Office:

Antiphon.

Stans a dextris ejus Agnus nive candidior.

Christus sibi Sponsam et Martyrem consecravit.

Versicle.

Specie tua, et pulchritudine tua.

Responsary.

Intende, prospere procede et regna.

Oremus.

Deus qui nos annua beatae Agnetis

Virginis et Martyris tuae solemnitate laetificas:

da quaesumus, ut quam veneramur officio,

etiam piae conversationis sequamur exemplo.

Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen.

Antiphon.

Standing at her Right-Hand,

as a Lamb Whiter than Snow,

Christ Consecrated her to Himself

as His Spouse and Martyr.

Versicle.

With thy comeliness and thy beauty.

Responsory.

Set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.

Let Us Pray.

O God, Who rejoicest us

by the yearly Solemnity of Blessed Agnes,

the Virgin and Martyr: Grant, we beseech Thee,

that we may imitate her life,

to whose memory we pay this honour.

Through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

The following Text is from  The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The Second Feast of Saint Agnes.

Virgin and Martyr.

28 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

28 January is the birthday of Saint Agnes. As it coincided with her "Octave Day",  a legend grew, saying that she appeared on this day to her parents Praying at her tomb, surrounded by a "bevy of Virgins" (Introit), resplendent with light.

"On her Right-Hand was a lamb, whiter than snow: It was Christ, Consecrating His union with His Spouse." [Antiphon of Vespers at The Magnificat].

Mass: Vultum tuum.

Never Forget.

Yesterday was

INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST

REMEMBRANCE DAY.

Never forget.

Saint Peter Nolasco. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 28 January.

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

Saint Peter Nolasco.
Confessor.
Feast Day 28 January.

Double.

White Vestments.

Traditional image of Saint Peter Nolasco,

as found in The Generalate of The Mercedarian Order,

as well as on their Web-Site: orderofmercy.org

Date: 1840.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StPeterNolasco.jpg

Author: Unknown Friar.

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Jesus has manifested His Divinity by healing both Souls and bodies. Saint Peter Nolasco, impelled by this example of Divine Charity, and by a Heavenly inspiration (Collect) of which Saint Raymund of Pennafort was the instrument, spent all the money he possessed  (Gospel) in delivering Christians from the captivity in which their bodies languished among the infidels and their Souls were exposed to great dangers.

The Order of Our Lady of Ransom, Founded with this object, shows how The Kingship of Jesus extends to both the natural and supernatural Worlds. By a special Vow, The Religious bound themselves to become prisoners of the pagans, if necessary for the deliverance of their brethren in Christ (Epistle).

He died in 1256 and was buried with his cuirass and sword.

Mass: Justus.

Secret: From The Mass Os justi.

Postcommunion: From The Mass Os justi.

Commemoration: Of Saint Agnes.

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Saint John Chrysostom. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 27 January. With Saint Athanasius, Saint Gregory Of Nazianzen, Saint Basil, He Forms The Four Great Doctors Of The Eastern Church.

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

Saint John Chrysostom.
Bishop. Confessor.
   Doctor Of The Church.

Feast Day 27 January.

Double.

White Vestments.

Portrait of Saint John Chrysostom of Antioch (Hagios Ioannis Chrysostomos).

An Early-Byzantine mosaic from the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia,

Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).

The mosaic is approximately 1,000 years old.

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Saint John Chrysostom, born at Antioch towards 347 A.D., was a great genius and his powerful eloquence earned for him the surname of Chrysostom, or "Golden Mouthed". [Editor: Note that Saint Bernard of Clairvaux also earned the soubriquet of "Mellifluous", or "Honey-Tongued".] The people of Constantinople, eager to hear him, crowded his Cathedral.

He ardently loved Saint Paul, of whom he would say: "The heart of Paul is The Heart of Christ." He also passionately loved Christ, and, like the great Apostle, he suffered everything rather than allow His Divine Rights to be impaired.

With Saint Athanasius, Saint Gregory of Nazianzen, and Saint Basil, he forms the group of The Four Great Doctors Of The Eastern Church (Introit).

Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom from Valaam Monastery,

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Anointed Archbishop of The Imperial City, he always distributed to those, whose father he had become, The Bread of The Word and of Grace (Communion).

His courage in branding vice, "in correcting in Season and out of Season" (Epistle), in order always to be The Salt of Wisdom, which preserves Souls from corruption (Gospel), caused him to be exiled and ill-treated in all manner of ways (Alleluia).

English: Saint John Chrysostom confronting Aelia Eudoxia,

in a 19th-Century painting by Jean-Paul Laurens.

French: Saint Jean Chrysostome et l'Impératrice Eudoxie.

Date: 1893.

Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921).

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He died a victim of those sufferings, at Comana, Pontus [Editor: Modern-day Turkey], on
14 September 407 A.D. The Anniversary of The Translation of his Relics, under the Emperor Theodore II in 438 A.D., is 27 January.

Let us love to hear The Divine Word, and let us keep it in our hearts, so that our lives reflect The Life of God.

Mass: In Médio.

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An Ignatian Retreat At The Church Of Saint John The Baptist, Allentown, New Jersey. From 17 February 2017 - 19 February 2017.

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Father Carlos Hamel of The Fraternity of Saint Joseph the Guardian will preach a Retreat, based on The Ignatian Exercises, at the Church of Saint John the Baptist, 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road, Allentown, New Jersey.

The Spiritual Exercises comprise an ordered series of Meditations and Contemplations, born from the profound Spiritual experience Saint Ignatius gained from his Conversion and his time as the first Superior General of The Society of Jesus. These Exercises purpose to help the Retreatant discern God’s Will for his own life.

The Retreat will begin on the early afternoon of Friday, 17 February 2017, and finish on the afternoon of Sunday, 19 February 2017 (Presidents’ Day weekend).

In order to cover the expenses (Fr. Carlos’ travel from France, food, donation to the Parish, etc) we suggest a donation of $60. Also, please bring a sleeping bag.

In addition to the Meditations, The Traditional Mass will be sung each day, as well as parts of The Divine Office; there will also be plenty of opportunities for Spiritual Direction and Confession.

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Saint Polycarp. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 26 January.

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

Saint Polycarp. 
Bishop And Martyr. 
Feast Day 26 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Polycarp.

Date: 19 December 2006 (original upload date).

(Original Text : Circa. en:1685).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia

(Original Text : The Life of Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna).

Author: en:Michael Burghers.

Original uploader was Alekjds at en.wikipedia.

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Saint Polycarp, a disciple of Saint John, was by him invested with full Sacerdotal powers (Introit) and made Bishop of Smyrna [Editor: Known, today, as Izmir, Turkey.]. In a Letter, that he writes to the Philippians, he quotes the first Epistle of his Master (Saint John, of which a passage is read in today's Liturgy.

"Whoever," he declares after Saint John, "does not confess that Christ has come in the flesh, is an Anti-Christ." He claims for Jesus the reality of His quality of Son of God against the heretics of his day, who affirmed that The Incarnation of The Word was only a semblance.

Saint Polycarp Church,

Sheffield, Yorkshire,

England.

Photo: April 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mick Knapton.

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One day, when the heretic Marcion asked him if he was known to him, the Holy Bishop replied: "That he knew him as the eldest son of Satan".

And today's Epistle enables us to distinguish "The Sons of God from those who are the sons of Satan". Those who, like Christ, love their brethren, and, like Him, give their lives for them, are of God. That is what Saint Polycarp will do.

Church of Saint Polycarp,

Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire,

England.

Photo: 30 May 2006.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: David Prestidge

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Martyred in the Persecution under Emperor Commodus, he bore testimony to Christ (Gospel). He was burned in the middle of the amphitheatre and then struck with the sword, in the year 166 A.D. He was 86 years old.

Like Polycarp (which name signifies "much fruit"), let us produce much fruit by loving our neighbour for Jesus's sake.

Mass: Sacerdotes.

The Epistle of Saint Polycarp to The Philippians.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Polycarp (Greek: Πολύκαρπος, Polýkarpos; Latin: Polycarpus; 69 A.D. – 155 A.D.) was a

2nd-Century A.D. Christian Bishop of Smyrna.

According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a Martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. Polycarp is regarded as a Saint and Church Father in The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches. His name 'Polycarp' means 'much fruit' in Greek.

It is recorded by Irenaeus, who heard him speak in his youth, and by Tertullian, that he had been a disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Saint Jerome wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of Saint John and that Saint John had Ordained him Bishop of Smyrna.

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The early Tradition that expanded upon the Martyrdom to link Polycarp in competition and contrast with Saint John the Apostle, who, though many people had tried to kill him, was not Martyred but died of old age after being exiled to the island of Patmos, is embodied in The Coptic language fragmentary papyri (the "Harris fragments") dating to the 3rd- to 6th-Centuries A.D. 

Frederick Weidmann, their editor, interprets the "Harris fragments" as Smyrnan hagiography addressing Smyrna–Ephesus Church rivalries, which "develops the association of Polycarp and Saint John to a degree unwitnessed, so far as we know, either before or since". The fragments echo The Martyrology, and diverge from it.

With Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp is regarded as one of the three chief Apostolic Fathers. The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to The Philippians; it is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons.