Remembrance Day. At The Eleventh Hour. Of The Eleventh Day. Of The Eleventh Month. The Guns Fell Silent. Lest We Forget.

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LEST WE FORGET

HYMN TO THE FALLEN

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VISIT TO THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS

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IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

LEST WE FORGET.

Remembrance Day at the John McCrae House (birthplace, museum, and Memorial) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. A detail shot of the "Altar" of the Memorial, with the complete poem 

"In Flanders Fields"and the line "LEST WE FORGET" inscribed on it.

Photo: 11 November 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lx 121.

Note: Part of a series of photographs taken at the John McCrae site 

in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on 11 November 2009 (Remembrance Day).

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Illustration: LANDSCAPES

Portrait photo of John Alexander McCrae (1872–1918).

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a soldier, physician and poet.

Date: 1918 or earlier.

Image from "In Flanders Fields, And Other Poems", by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, M.D.,

with an essay in character, by Sir Andrew Macphail (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919): http://www.archive.org/details/inflandersfields00mccr.

Author: Unknown.

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An autographed copy of the poem "In Flanders Fields".

Unlike the printed copy in the same book,

McCrae's handwritten version ends the first line with "grow".

Facsimile of handwritten version of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", in a volume of his poetry

where an acknowledgement is given "The reproduction of the autograph poem is from

a copy belonging to Carleton Noyes, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass., who kindly permitted its use."

Date: 1919.

Source: Scan of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields And Other Poems", 

obtained from archive.org, converted to PNG and Black and White, slight rotation.

Author: John McCrae.

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Illustrated Page by Ernest Clegg.

Note that the first line ends with "grow".

Page 1 of the main content from a Limited Edition Book

containing an Illustrated Poem,

"In Flanders Fields".

Date: 1921.

Source: JP2 zip data at fieldsinflanders00mccrrich archive.org.

Author: John McCrae and Ernest Clegg.

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The first chapter of "In Flanders Fields and Other Poems", a 1919 collection of McCrae's works, gives the text of the poem as follows:

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly,

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die,

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

"Bleuet de France".

Circa 1950.

Source: Own work.

Author: Unknown.

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Remembrance Day (11 November) is a national holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates The Armistice, signed between The Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on The Western Front, which took effect at 11:00 a.m. —  the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."

Illustration: LABOUR UNCUT

Armistice Day is one the most important military celebrations in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy price in blood to achieve it. The First World War was considered in France as the "Great Patriotic War". Almost all French villages feature Memorials dedicated to the Fallen. In France, the blue Cornflower (Bleuet de France) is used symbolically, rather than the Poppy.

"Ghosts of Vimy Ridge" 

depicts ghosts of The Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge, 

surrounding The Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

Date: 1931.

Source: Canadian House of Commons Collection, (AN: O-4714) [1].

Author: William Longstaff.

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English: The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France.

Français: Villers-Bretonneux (Somme, France).

La croix du cimetière militaire et la tour du Mémorial National Australien.

Photo: April 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL).

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Australian Remembrance Day.

Image: STITCHERS CORNER

"De Profundis.".

Psalm 129

(Douay–Rheims Bible)

By Orlando de Lassus.

Taken from 

The 

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Psalm CXXIX.

De Profundis.

Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord !

Lord, hear my voice.

Let Thine ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplication.

If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark iniquities,

Lord, who shall endureth ?

For with The Lord there is merciful forgiveness,

And by reason of Thy law I have waited upon Thee, O Lord.

My Soul doth rely on His word:

My Soul doth hope in The Lord.

From the Morning Watch, even unto night,

Let Israel hope in The Lord.

For with The Lord there is mercy,

And with Him plentiful redemption.

And He shall redeem Israel,

From all his iniquities.

V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.

R. And let Perpetual Light shine upon them.

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine:

Domine, exaudi vocem meam.

Fiant aures tuae intendentes:

In vocem deprecationis meae.

Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine:

Domine, quis sustinebit ?

Quia apud te propitiatio est:

Et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.

Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:

Speravit anima mea in Domino.

A custodia matutina usque ad noctem:

Speret Israel in Domino.

Quia apud Dominum misericordia:

Et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

Et ipse redimet Israel,

Ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

V. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.

R. Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

". . . If ye break faith,

With us who die,

We shall not sleep,

Though Poppies grow,

In Flanders fields."

Photo: 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

South African Infantry Soldier stands guard

at The Johannesburg Memorial

on the 90th Remembrance Day Ceremony.

Image: DIGITAL JOURNAL

Delville Wood,

near Longueval,

The Somme,

France.

Image: WORLD WAR ONE BATTLEFIELDS

Delville Wood was sometimes known as Devil's Wood, and the fighting there during The Battle of The Somme was particularly ferocious. The majority of Delville Wood was eventually taken by South African Soldiers on 15 July 1916, and they held on grimly during numerous German counter-attacks for six days, until they were relieved.

After the War, South Africa purchased the site in 1920, and it serves as a Memorial to those of that Nation who fell, not just there, but elsewhere.

The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

in Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,

immediately following the Remembrance Day Ceremonies, 

11 November, 2006.

Since its installation, it has become traditional 

to place Poppies 

on the Tomb,

after the formal Ceremony has concluded.

Photo: 11 November 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mikkel Paulson.

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New Zealand 

Remembrance Day Ceremony.

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE WEB-SITE

Armistice Day (also referred to as Remembrance Day) marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War One and commemorates the sacrifice of those who died serving New Zealand in this War, and all Wars and armed conflict.

The Great War of 1914 to 1918 was one of the most devastating events in human history. New Zealand, with a population of 1.1 million in 1914, sent 100,000 men and women abroad. 16,700 died and over 40,000 were wounded – a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved.

The coming of Peace, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, brought Blessed Relief for all involved.

They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the Sun,

and in the morning.

We will remember them.

We will remember them.

(Fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's Poem "For the Fallen")

Illustration: IN CAELO ET IN TERRA

No-Man's Land (Flowers Of The Forest).

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

"No-Man's Land".

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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

For The Anzacs And All The Fallen At Gallipoli.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

"The Band Played Waltzing Matilda".

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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

The Return.

This painting can be found at Holy Innocents Church in New York.

The artist had just attended Mass, when he noticed

a 

young Soldier kneeling at the foot of a Crucifix.

He was so moved that he started work on this painting.

Illustration: DYMPHNA'S ROAD

Saint Martin. Bishop And Confessor. And Martinmas. Feast Day 11 November.

This Article, unless stated otherwise, is taken from MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

The Luttrell Psalter.

Roasting for The Feast Day of Martinmas.

© British Library.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

Martinmas – A European Feast.

Martinmas is celebrated the night before 11 November by merrymaking and feasting. Since The Middle Ages, roast goose has been on the menu East of The Rhine.

Martin of Tours (circa 316 A.D. - 397 A.D.) was a soldier in The Roman Army, when he decided to convert to Christianity and afterwards was imprisoned for his refusal to fight. He later became a Monk, founded a Monastery in Gaul, at Marmoutier, and became Bishop of Tours, a career choice he, according to legend, vehemently tried to avoid by hiding in the goose-pen of the Monastery.

However, the geese honked loudly and he was discovered by the people, who carried him in triumph to The Throne in the Cathedral. It is believed that he built the Monastery, after his appointment as Bishop, in order to have a secluded place to withdraw to.

The Feast Day, 11 November, has its own roots in The Eastern Byzantine Church, where the Fast before Christmas, the Quadragesima Sancti Martini, still measures up to forty days. It begins the day after The Feast Day of Saint Martin. From this, stems its somewhat carnival-esque character, with different Traditions of merrymaking documented from all over Europe; Processions of children carrying lanterns, people eating goose, or other meaty delicacies, or just – as in Portugal – gathering at the fireplace, eating roasted chestnuts and drinking new wine.

Martin Walsh, who has surveyed a huge amount of very diverse source-material, was able to demonstrate that the Celebration of Martinmas in England can be documented back to the 14th-Century and was, at that time, accompanied “by conspicuous feasting, supplemented by musical entertainment”.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

In England, and elsewhere, the Tradition was to have blood-puddings and freshly-roasted meat stemming from the slaughter of what cattle and other animals had to be culled in November. At the same time, it was “Settling Day”, when servants might leave in order to take up new employments. At the same time, peasants paid their dues to their lords and The Tithe to their Church; often partly paid in birds, like hens, ducks and geese, the Tradition grew to eat these birds roasted at the end of Autumn and beginning of Winter.

However, roast goose at Martinmas does not seem to have been quite so ubiquitous in an Early-English setting or French context.

European Traditions.

Quite the opposite is the case in Continental Europe, where the same elements of The Feast may be found – processions, merrymaking, reckoning, settling. Here, however, the goose was definitely on the table very early on, as is witnessed by some very charming “Martin-Ballads” composed by an otherwise unknown Monk, who lived at the Court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1365 -1396.

The Martin Ballads.

The Monk composed two secular ballads. The first one - Martein lieber Herre - is a vernacular translation of a Latin Hymn asking the Saint to present the company with roast goose and new wine. Another poem – Wolauf, lieben gessellen unuerczait – has more the character of being a subversive form of Eucharistic Liturgy, complete with a Chorus and a Tenor singing intermittently. The poem consists of seventy lines, divided into four verses, and the Text for the Tenor.

The song starts with an invitation to form a company, where social differences are laid aside, in order to create a sympathetic society. However, the joy is decidedly coupled with the introduction of (lots) of wine into the company. To this, is later added dishes of beans, apples and roast goose. The job of the Tenor is to invite the Saint –“Lord Martin” – to this joyful occasion as "King of the Merriments" – and to deliver all the goodies; wine and delicacies. It is obvious the Text was meant to be performed among a group of (celibate) men, being able to appreciate the definite Eucharistic connotations of the Text.

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Saint Martin's Day, also known as The Feast of Saint Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, The Feast of Saint Martin of Tours, or Martin le Miséricordieux, is Celebrated on 11 November each year. This is the time when Autumn wheat seeding was completed, and the annual slaughter of fattened cattle produced "Martinmas Beef". Historically, Hiring Fairs were held, where farm laborers would seek new jobs.

Saint Martin of Tours started out as a Roman soldier, then was Baptised as an adult and became a Monk. It is understood that he was a kind man who led a quiet and simple life. The best-known legend of his "Life" is that he once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the beggar from dying from the cold. That night, he dreamed that Jesus was wearing the half-cloak. Martin heard Jesus say to the Angels: "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is not Baptised. He has clothed me."

English: Saint Martin's Day (Martinmas) Procession, 

Germany.

Deutsch: Sankt Martinszug. 

Erwachsene und Kinder mit Laternen beim St.-Martins-Umzug. 

Sankt Martin auf dem Pferd.

Date: 1949.

Photographer: Lachmann, Hans.

Institution: German Federal Archives, Koblenz, Germany.

Sammlung Hans Lachmann (Bild 194).

Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 194-0273-45 / Lachmann, Hans / CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Saint Martin.
   Bishop and Confessor.
   Feast Day 11 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Children going door to door, with paper lanterns,

 Saint Martin's Day in The Netherlands.

Nederland: Sunte-Marten/Sint-Maarten/St. Martins' Day (NL).

Source: Source: nl:Afbeelding:Sintmaarten.jpg.

This File: 4 November 2006.

User: Servien.

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In the first three Centuries, the Saints were mostly Martyrs. Saint Martin is the first Bishop and Confessor honoured by The Church in The West. As Durand de Mende remarks, The Liturgy gives him a Rank equal to The Apostles, for he was the principal Apostle of Gaul.

His Feast Day was everywhere of obligation. Taking place often during "Saint Martin's Summer", that is at the end of Autumn, it rivalled in importance and popular rejoicings The Feast of Saint John. It had an Octave, like the Feast of Saint Laurence, for Saint Martin, "Priest of Priests" (The Response at Matins), occupied among Confessors the Rank of Saint Laurence among Martyrs.

Saint Martin, born at Savaria, in Pannonia, came to Gaul as a soldier. While still a Catechumen, he one day, near Amiens, gave part of his cloak to a poor man who asked him for alms in the name of Christ. During the following night, Jesus appeared to him clothed in this half of his cloak and said to him: "Martin, a simple Catechumen, covered Me with this garment."

Abbey of Marmoutiers, France. 

Founded by Saint Martin of Tours.

Illustration: OLIVER'S TRAVELS

At the age of eighteen, he was Baptised, and, having become a Disciple of Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, he built, two leagues from the Episcopal City, in the desert of Ligugé, a Monastery, whither he retired with a few Disciples. He thus was the Founder of Monastic Life in Gaul.

But God would not allow this Light to remain hidden under the bushel (Gospel). Saint Martin had to leave his solitude and was made Bishop of Tours (Introit, Epistle, Gradual). He then Founded the famous Abbey of Marmoutiers, or Martin's Monastery, where he often retired. There, he had around him eighty Monks who imitated the Lives of The Hermits of Thebaid.

He lived more than eighty years, devoting himself to The Glory of God and The Salvation of Souls. He died at Candes, near Tours, France, in 397 A.D. His tomb became famous through many Miracles, and attracted crowds from all parts of the Country.

Saint Gregory, Bishop of Tours in the 6th-Century, does not hesitate to call The Holy Worker of Miracles the special Patron of the whole World. Few Saints have been so popular, In France, alone, there are about 4,000 Parish Churches Dedicated to Saint Martin and 485 Market-Towns or Villages that still bear his name.

Rome has a Church of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin, where The Station is held on The Thursday of The Fourth Week in Lent. Saint Martin's Cope used to be borne at the head of the Army in Times of War and, on it, were sworn Solemn Oaths in Times of Peace.

Mass: Státuit ei Dóminus.
Commemoration: Saint Mennas.

Requiescant In Pace.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland.

Illustration: VICE.COM

"Schindler's List.".

Composer: John Williams.

Violin solos by Itzhak Perlman (see, below).

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Photograph from the Soviet Film of the liberation of Auschwitz, taken by the film unit of

The 

First Ukrainian Front. 

by Alexander Voronzow and others in his group. 

Child survivors of Auschwitz, wearing adult-size prisoner jackets, stand behind a barbed wire fence. Among those pictured are Tomasz Szwarz; Alicja Gruenbaum; Solomon Rozalin; Gita Sztrauss; Wiera Sadler; Marta Wiess; Boro Eksztein; Josef Rozenwaser; Rafael Szlezinger; Gabriel Nejman; Gugiel Appelbaum; Mark Berkowitz (a twin); Pesa Balter; Rut Muszkies (later Webber); Miriam Friedman; and twins Miriam Mozes and Eva Mozes wearing knitted hats.

Date: 1945.

Source: USHMM/Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography

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Author: Alexander Voronzow and others in his group,

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"Arbeit Macht Frei".

'Work makes you free'. Or ,'Work brings you freedom' depending on the translation.

This was a sign commonly seen throughout Concentration Camps, such as Auschwitz,

often seen on the front gate upon entry. It was essentially psychological torment,

as most prisoners were aware that the only way to earn 'freedom', was to die.

Illustration: FUNNYJUNK.COM

Ed Sullivan congratulates Itzhak Perlman 

after a concert at ZOA House in Tel Aviv.

Photo: 28 August 1958.

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Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv in 1945, then the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel. His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman, were natives of Poland and had independently migrated to Palestine in the mid-1930s before they met and later married.

Perlman first became interested in the violin after hearing a classical music performance on the radio. At the age of three, he was denied admission to the Shulamit Conservatory for being too small to hold a violin. He, instead, taught himself how to play the instrument, using a toy fiddle, until he was old enough to study with Rivka Goldgart, at the Shulamit Conservatory, and at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, where he gave his first recital at age ten, before moving to The United States to study at The

Juilliard School, with the violin pedagogue, Ivan Galamian, and his assistant, Dorothy DeLay.

Perlman contracted polio at age four. He made a good recovery, learning to walk with crutches. Today, he uses crutches or an electric Amigo scooter for mobility and plays the violin while seated.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman plays during the entertainment portion of The White House State Dinner

in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Photo: 7 May 2007.

Source: The White House

Author: Shealah Craighead

(United States Federal Government).

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For The Fallen. Lest We Forget.

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Lest We Forget. Requiescant In Pace.

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Saint Andrew Avellino. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 10 November.

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

Saint Andrew Avellino.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 10 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Statue of Saint Andrew Avellino, by sculptor Pedro Alonso de los Ríos (1641–1702),

at the façade of St. Emilian and St. Cajetan's Church, Madrid, Spain.

Español: Estatua de San Andrés Avelino, obra del escultor Pedro Alonso de los Ríos (1641–1702), en la fachada de la Iglesia de San Millán y San Cayetano de Madrid (España).

Photo: 4 July 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Photograph: Luis García (Zaqarbal).

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Saint Andrew Avellino was born at Castro-Nuovo, Sicily, at the time in the Kingdom of Naples, in 1521. He had to resist violent temptations: "He might have done wrong," says the Epistle, "and did not." He studied Law, but, afterwards, became a Priest, and, from that time, he pleaded only in The Ecclesiastical Court.

One day, a slight untruth escaped him at the Ecclesiastical Bar, and, a short time after, he read the following passage of Holy Scripture: "The mouth that utters untruth kills the Soul". He was so struck by it that he gave up his career at The Ecclesiastical Bar and joined The Theatines, or Clerks Regular of Saint Paul, at Naples. On account of his great love for The Cross, he was given the name of Andrew.

Having become Superior of The Institute (Communion), he devoted his time to Prayer and the care of Souls. He died at Naples in 1608, at a very advanced age, at the foot of the Altar where he was to Celebrate Mass.

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: SS. Tryphon, Respicius and Nympha.

English: The body of Saint Andrew Avellino 

in San Paolo Maggiore, Naples, Italy.

Português: San Paolo Maggiore, Nápoles.

Photo: 5 February 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: José Luiz

Attribution: © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC-BY-SA-4.0

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Saint Andrew (Andrea) Avellino (1521 – November 10, 1608) was an Italian Saint. Born at Castronuovo, (today, Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea), a small town in Sicily, his Baptismal name was Lancelotto, which, out of love for The Cross, he changed into Andrew when he entered The Order of Theatines.

From his early youth, he was a great lover of Chastity. After receiving his elementary training in the school of Castronuovo, he was sent to Venice to pursue a course in the Humanities and in Philosophy. Being a handsome youth, his Chastity was often exposed to danger from female admirers, and, to escape their importunities, he took Ecclesiastical Tonsure.

Hereupon, he went to Naples to study Canon Law and Civil Law, obtained the Degree of Doctor of Laws and was Ordained Priest at the age of twenty-six. For some time, he held the Office of Lawyer at the Ecclesiastical Court of Naples. One day, while pleading the cause of a friend, a lie escaped his lips in the heat of argument. When, soon afterwards, his eyes fell upon the passage in The Bible, "The mouth that belieth, killeth the Soul."

English: Fresco of Saint Andrew Avellino, 

Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan, Italy.

Italiano: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate a Milano, seconda cappella a destra

(di S. Andrea Avellino). Ercole Procaccini il Vecchio

(attribuito a), Apoteosi di Sant'Andrea Avellino.

Photo: 20 May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: G.dallorto.

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The Archbishop of Naples now commissioned him to reform a Convent at Naples, which, by the laxity of its discipline, had become a source of great scandal. By his own example and his untiring zeal, he restored the religious discipline of the Convent, but not without many and great difficulties.

Certain wicked men became exasperated at the Saint's interference and, one night, he was assaulted and severely wounded. He was brought to the Monastery of The Theatines to recuperate. Here, however, he resolved to devote himself entirely to God and he entered The Order of Theatines, which had but recently been founded by Saint Cajetan. On The Vigil of The Assumption, he was Invested, being then thirty-five years of age.

After completing his Novitiate, he obtained permission to visit the tombs of The Apostles and The Martyrs at Rome, and, upon his return, was made Master of Novices. After holding this Office for ten years, he was elected Superior. His holy zeal for strict religious discipline, and for the purity of The Clergy, as well as his deep humility and sincere piety, induced The General of his Order to entrust him with the Foundation of two new Theatine Houses, one at Milan, the other at Piacenza.

English: Side Altar of The Theatine Saint, Andrew Avellino,

Church of Saint Cajetan, Salzburg, Austria.

Deutsch: Kajetanerkirche am Kajetanerplatz, Salzburg,

Linke Nebenkapelle, Altar mit Bild des Theatinerheiligen Andreas Avellino

(von Jacob Zanussy, 1712) und Kopie des Gnadenbilds

der Mutter vom Guten Rat zu Genazzano.

Photo: May 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: AndreasPraefcke.

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By his efforts, many more Theatine Houses rose up in various Diocese of Italy. As Superior of some of these new Foundations, he was so successful in converting sinners and heretics by his prudence in the direction of Souls, and by his eloquent Preaching, that numerous Disciples thronged around him, eager to be under his spiritual guidance.

One of the most noteworthy of his Disciples was Lorenzo Scupoli, the author of that still popular book "The Spiritual Combat". Saint Charles Borromeo was an intimate friend of Avellino and sought his advice in the most important affairs of The Church. He also requested Avellino to establish a new Theatine House in Milan.

On 10 November 1608, when beginning The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass, he was stricken with apoplexy, and, after devoutly receiving The Holy Viaticum, died the death of a Saint at the age of eighty-eight. In 1624, only sixteen years after his death, he was Beatified by Pope Urban VIII, and, in 1712, was Canonised by Pope Clement XI.

He is Venerated as Patron Saint of Naples and Sicily, and invoked especially against a sudden death. His remains lie buried in the Church of Saint Paul, at Naples.

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1914-1918.

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They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the Sun,

and in the morning,

We will remember them.

We will remember them.

The Dedication Of The Basilica Of Saint Saviour, Rome. Celebrated On 9 November.

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

The Dedication of The Basilica of Saint Saviour.
   9 November.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

The Basilica of Saint Saviour, Rome.

(The Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome).

Illustrations: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

"Terribilis est locus iste".

The Introit for The Mass of The Dedication of a Church.

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Among the rich and splendid Roman Basilicas where the Ceremonies of Christian Worship were Celebrated in great pomp, after the Era of Persecution, there is one of First Rank whose Dedication is Solemnised on this Anniversary.

The Palace of The Lateran, on The Coelian Hill, belonged to Fausta, the wife of Emperor Constantine. The Emperor, after his conversion, gave it to the Pope as his private residence, and founded there The Church of The Lateran, which became the Mother and Mistress of all The Churches of Rome and of the World.

On 9 November 324 A.D., Pope Saint Sylvester Consecrated it under the name of the Basilica of Saint Saviour. This was the first public Consecration of a Church. A long time after, under Pope Lucius II, in the 12th-Century, it was Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, whose name had been given to the adjoining Baptistry, Wherefore, it has been given nowadays the Title of Saint John Lateran.

In this Basilica and the adjoining Palace were held, from the 4th-Century A.D. to the 16th-Century, more than twenty-five Councils, five of which were Ecumenical. On the most Solemn Days, The Station was held there. Holy Orders were Conferred there, Penitents were reconciled, Catechumens were Baptised on Easter Day, and, as Neophytes, they came there in Procession during the whole Easter Octave.

At Saint John Lateran is inaugurated, on The First Sunday in Lent, the great Liturgical Season Consecrated to Penance; there is held the Assembly on Palm Sunday, and that on Rogation Tuesday; there are carried out the Ceremonies of Maundy Thursday and Easter Eve; and Mass is Celebrated on Saturday in Albis and on the Eve of Pentecost.

The Church, which had been destroyed, was rebuilt and Consecrated anew by His Holiness Pope Benedict XIII, in 1726, and The Commemoration of this Consecration was fixed, as that of the first Church, on 9 November.

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Pope Saint Pius V (1504-1572).

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Pope Saint Pius V is chiefly noted for his role in implementing The Decrees of The Council of Trent, The Counter-Reformation, and The Standardisation of The Roman Rite.

As a Cardinal, he gained a reputation for putting Orthodoxy before Personalities by prosecuting eight French Bishops for Heresy.

By his Papal Bull of 1570, Regnans in Excelsis, he Excommunicated Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England for Heresy and Persecution of English Catholics during her Reign. He also arranged the formation of The Holy League, an alliance of Catholic States.

Although outnumbered, The Holy League defeated The Ottoman Empire, which had threatened t over-run Europe, at The Battle of Lepanto. Pope Saint Pius V attributed the victory to the Intercession of The Blessed Virgin Mary and instituted The Feast of Our Lady of Victory for 7 October [Editor: Subsequently, this Feast became The Feast of The Most Holy Rosary of The Blessed Virgin Mary].

As The Battle ended, Pope Saint Pius V, in Rome, rose and went over to a window, where he stood gazing towards The East. Then, turning around, he exclaimed: " The Christian Fleet is victorious ! "

Prayer to Pope Saint Pius V.

Pontiff of The Living God ! Thou wast, whilst on Earth, the pillar of iron and wall of brass, spoken of by The Prophet Jeremiah. Thine unflinching firmness preserved the flock entrusted to thee from the violence and snares of its many enemies.

Far from desponding at the sight of dangers, thy courage re-doubled, just as men raise the embankments higher, when they see the torrent swell. By thee was the spread of Heresy checked; by thee was The Muslim invasion repelled, and the haughty Crescent humbled.

God honoured thee,  by choosing thee as the avenger of His Glory, and the deliverer of The Christian People: Receive our thanks, and the homage of our humble praise ! By thee were repaired the injuries done to The Church during a period of unusual trial.

The true reform, the reform that is wrought by authority, was vigourously applied by they strong and holy hand. To thee is due the Codification of The Divine Service, by the publication of The Books of Holy Liturgy.

And, lastly, O Saint Pius, remember that thou wast once the Father of The Faithful; Continue to be so, by thy powerful intercession, till the number of The Elect be filled up !

Amen.

Solemn High Mass. Elchingen Abbey Church, Oberelchingen, Germany. Former Imperial Abbey Of The Holy Roman Empire.

Elchingen Abbey Church, Oberelchingen, Germany.

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Elchingen Abbey was a Benedictine Monastery in Oberelchingen, Germany. For much of its history, Elchingen Abbey was one of the forty-odd, self-ruling, Imperial Abbeys of The Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually Independent State that contained several villages, aside from the Monastery, itself. At the time of its Secularisation in 1802, the Abbey covered 112 square kilometers and had 4,000-4,200 subjects.

Dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the Monastery was Founded by The Counts of Dillingen in 1128. The Abbey was one of the very few Abbeys that enjoyed Imperial Immediacy (Independent of the Jurisdiction of any Lord and answering directly to The Holy Roman Emperor, and, thus, a Territorial Principality in its own right). The Abbot sat in The Reichstag of The Holy Roman Empire.

Like all the other Imperial Abbeys, Elchingen Abby lost its independence in the course of the Secularisation process in 1802-1803, and the Monastery was Dissolved. By 1840, the buildings had been almost entirely demolished. In 1921, The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate settled on the site. Today, the Abbey Church remains.

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