The Feast Of Corpus Christi. A First-Class Feast With A Privileged Octave On Thursday, 31 May 2018.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

The Feast of Corpus Christ.

Double of The First-Class
   with Privileged Octave of The Second Order.

White Vestments.

Indulgence of 400 days for those who attend Mass or Vespers.

THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT.

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

"Pange Lingua".

Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.

Available on YouTube at

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The Solemn Celebration of this Feast is, in some places, observed on the following Sunday.

After the Dogma of The Holy Trinity, The Holy Ghost reminds us of the Dogma of The Incarnation of Our Lord, in Celebrating with The Church the greatest of all Sacraments, summing up the whole Life of The Redeemer, giving Infinite Glory to God and applying The Fruits of The Redemption at all times to ourselves (Collect).

It was on The Cross that Our Lord redeemed us, and The Holy Eucharist, instituted on the night before Our Lord's Passion, remains its Memorial (Collect). The Altar is the extension of Calvary ["The Celebration of The Mass has the same value as The Death of Jesus Christ on The Cross", Saint John Chrysostom.]; The Mass "shows The Death of The Lord" (Epistle).

Jesus is there in the State of a Victim, for the words of the Double Consecration mean only that the Bread is changed into The Body of Christ and the Wine into His Blood. On account of this double action with different effects, which constitutes The Sacrifice of The Mass, we are entitled to speak of Our Lord's Presence, under the appearance of Bread, as that of The Body of Christ, although, since He can die no more, the whole Christ is there contained; similarly, we may speak of the Presence under the appearance of Wine as that of His Blood, although He is contained there whole and entire.

"The Eucharist in a Fruit Wreath ",

by Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1648,

(from the Blog "Ars Orandi: The Art and Beauty 

of Traditional Catholicism")

Through His Priests, Our Lord, Himself, The Principal Priest of The Mass, offers in an unbloody manner His Body and Blood, Which were really separated on The Cross, but, on the Altar only in a representative or Sacramental sense, the matter and words used and the effect produced being different in the two Consecrations.

Besides, The Eucharist was instituted under the form of food (Alleluia), that we may be united with The Victim of Calvary, so that The Sacred Host becomes the "wheat" which feeds our Souls (Introit).

THE SEQUENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI.

Solemnity of The Body and Blood of Christ.

Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major 

and Eucharistic Blessing.

Basilica of Saint John Lateran, 23 June 2011.

Solennità del Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo.

Santa Messa, Processione a Santa Maria Maggiore 

e Benedizione Eucaristica.

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, 23 Giugno 2011.

Sequentia: 

Lauda Sion Salvatorem.

Available on YouTube at

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Moreover, Christ, as The Son of God, receives The Eternal Life of The Father; in the same way, Christians share in that Eternal Life by uniting themselves to Christ, through The Sacrament, which is the symbol of unity (Secret), and this possession of The Divine Life, already realised on Earth through The Eucharist, is the pledge and the beginning of that in which we shall fully rejoice in Heaven (Postcommunion). As The Council of Trent puts it: "That same Heavenly Bread that we eat now, under the Sacred Veils, we shall feed upon in Heaven without Veil."

We should regard The Mass as The Centre of all Eucharistic Worship, seeing in Holy Communion the means instituted by Our Lord to enable us to share more fully in this Divine Sacrifice. In this way, our Devotion to Our Lord's Body and Blood will effectively obtain for us The Fruits of His Redemption (Collect).

English: Corpus Christi Procession.

Oil on canvas by Carl Emil Doepler.

Deutsch: Carl Emil Doepler the Elder

(1824 Warszawa or Schnepfental -

1905 Berlin): Fronleichnamsprozession.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Concerning the Procession, which regularly should follow The Mass, we remember how the Israelites revered The Ark of The Covenant, which was the Presence of God among them. When they carried on their victorious marches, the Ark went before, borne by the Levites in the midst of a cloud of incense, accompanied by the sound of musical instruments and of the songs and shouts of the multitude.

We Christians have a treasure far more precious, for, in The Eucharist, we possess God Himself. Let us feel a holy pride in forming His Escort and extolling His Triumphs, while He is in our midst.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Cibávit eos.

Sequence: Lauda Sion.

Preface: Of Christmas. Also, throughout The Octave.

"Lauda Sion Salvatorem".

(Sequence for Corpus Christi).

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THE PROCESSION.

Regularly, The Sacred Host, carried in The Procession, has been Consecrated in The Mass and exposed in The Monstrance immediately after The Communion of the Priest.

Sometimes, however, The Procession is a separate function in the afternoon.

Capilla de Música de la Catedral de Pamplona: "Sacris Solemnis".

Available on YouTube at

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When the Priest leaves the Altar, the Choristers intone the Vesper Hymn Pange Lingua. If time allows, other Eucharistic Hymns are also sung, to be found among The Benediction Hymns, e.g: Sacris Solemniis and Verbum Supernum. Also, the Hymns for The Ascension, Salutis Humanae, the Canticles Benedictus or Magnificat. On the return of The Procession, The Te Deum is usually sung.

When the Celebrant is arrived at the Altar, the Choristers intone the Tantum Ergo and Benediction is given.

"Verbum Supernum".

Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.

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The "Magnificat".

The Canticle of Mary.

Sung during The Corpus Christi Procession.

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The Solemn "Te Deum"

(5th-Century Monastic Chant).

Sung when The Corpus Christ Procession

has returned to The Church.

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The First Traditional Mass In Saint Agnes Church, Brooklyn, Since The Second Vatican Council. Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 1900 hrs.

Text and Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

Our Society will be sponsoring a Solemn Mass at Saint Agnes Church, in Brooklyn, New York, for The Feast of Saint Joan of Arc, on Wednesday, 30 May 2018. at 7 p.m.

A historic Church, lovingly called the “Cathedral of Brooklyn,” by locals, Saint Agnes is located at 433 Sackett Street, in Carroll Gardens. This will be the first Traditional Mass in this Church since The Second Vatican Council.

The F and G Trains, and the B57 Buses, are a short walk from the Church, on the next street over (Smith Street).

Saint Felix I. Pope And Martyr. Reigned From 269 A.D. - 274 A.D. Feast Day 30 May.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Felix I.
   Pope and Martyr.
   Feast Day 30 May.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Felix I. Pope and Martyr.

Fresco in Sistine Chapel, Vatican.

Papacy 269 A,D, - 274 A.D.

(Wikipedia)

In 269 A.D., Saint Felix ascended the Throne of Peter, to whom Jesus, before His Ascension, had committed His Church.

Saint Felix commanded that Masses be celebrated over the tombs of Martyrs, and it is in remembrance of this prescription that the Relics of Martyrs are placed in a small cavity of the Altar Stone, called "Tomb".

The Altar, nowadays, has indeed often the shape of a tomb, this being a relic of the "Confession", or underground tomb, which is found under The High Altar in Roman Basilicas, and is reached by stairs.

The custom of uniting the remembrance of Martyrs to The Sacrifice of The Mass, or of Calvary, shows that these Martyrs, having entered into the bosom of Jesus (Gospel), have found there the strength to confess their Faith before their enemies and the Grace of being Children of The Father (Epistle).

Saint Felix bore witness to Christ in 274 A.D., under the persecution of Emperor Aurelian.

Mass: In Paschaltide, Protexisti, with Collects of Mass: Statuit.
Mass: Out of Paschaltide, Statuit.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,

unless stated otherwise.

A Roman by birth, Felix was chosen as Pope on 5 January 269 A.D., in succession to Pope Dionysius, who had died on 26 December 268 A.D.

Felix was the author of an important Dogmatic Letter on the Unity of Christ's Person. He received the Emperor Aurelian's aid in settling a theological dispute between the anti-Trinitarian, Paul of Samosata, who had been deprived of the Bishopric of Antioch, by a Council of Bishops for heresy, and the Orthodox, Domnus, Paul's successor. Paul refused to give way, and, in 272 A.D., the Emperor Aurelian was asked to decide between the rivals. He ordered the Church building to be given to the Bishop, who was "recognised by the Bishops of Italy and of the City of Rome" (Felix). See Eusebius, Hist. Ecc. vii. 30.

The Text of that Letter was later interpolated by a follower of Apollinaris in the interests of his Sect.

The notice about Felix, in The Liber Pontificalis, ascribes to him a Decree that Masses should be Celebrated on the tombs of Martyrs ("Hic constituit supra memorias martyrum missas celebrare"). The author of this entry was evidently alluding to the custom of Celebrating Mass privately at the Altars near, or over, the tombs of The Martyrs in the Crypts of the Catacombs (missa ad corpus), while The Solemn Celebration always took place in the Basilicas built over the Catacombs.

This practice, still in force at the end of the 4th-Century A.D., dates apparently from the period when the great Cemeterial Basilicas were built in Rome, and owes its origin to The Solemn Commemoration Services of Martyrs, held at their tombs on the Anniversary of their burial, as early as the 3rd-Century A.D.. Felix probably issued no such Decree, but the compiler of The Liber Pontificalis attributed it to him, because he made no departure from the custom in force in his time.

"Oh, Good. We Can Have Luncheon On The Edinburgh Train From King's Cross."

The outbreak of The Second World War saw the withdrawal of most Catering Services

on The Railway - this London and North-East Railway (LNER) Poster is for the limited restoration

on Long-Distance Services from London King's Cross, and Liverpool Street, and Marylebone Railway Stations, and is a good example of the LNER use of the Gill Sans Typeface.

Illustration: PINTEREST

Thus, One Festival Prepares Us For The Next. At Which Church Will You Be Celebrating The Wonderful Feast Of Corpus Christi, Thursday, 31 May 2018 ? Perhaps, Headcorn, Kent ?

Saint John of Avila,

Doctor Of The Church.

Illustration: VULTUS CHRISTI

Text from VULTUS CHRISTI,
unless stated otherwise.

From a Letter of Saint John of Avila, Doctor of The Church, to a Lady,
On The Feasts of Pentecost and Corpus Christi

Let us now consider how you are to prepare for The Feast of Corpus Christi, which is so near at hand. It would indeed be a disgrace for the Christian Soul not to long and hunger after this Holy Bread. 

Christ was waited for, even by The Three Kings in their far-off Country, and desired by the Prophets and Patriarchs long before The Incarnation. What greater joy than to see Our Lord, Whom Heaven and Earth cannot contain, veiled beneath the accidents of Bread: sometimes borne by our hands, passing amongst us through our Streets, and making Himself our Companion, and again, sometimes deigning to enter into our poor sinful breasts.

Do not let my words pass from your mind, but rouse yourself to consider this great favour and work of God. Empty your heart of all else, that it may hunger keenly for this Celestial Bread, on which The Angels feed.

Be watchful during these days, lest your attention wander. This is the Week Consecrated to The Holy Ghost, therefore beg Him for Grace to observe devoutly The Feast of The Body of Christ. That Body was conceived by Him, and, when we receive Holy Communion on that day, The Paraclete will come to us, also, because it was through Our Lord’s Merits that He was sent to us. Christ’s Merits are imparted to us in The Holy Eucharist in proportion to the worthiness of our dispositions.

Thus, one Festival prepares us for the next, and should make us long for it. Unlike the banquets of the World, where those who have feasted at Noon are not hungry at night, each Festival of The Church increases our appetite for the next, fulfilling God s promise in Leviticus (26:5): “The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your Bread to the full.” 

Blessed be God, for so bountifully providing for us, that He even bestows on us His very Self. The Son is given to us, and, through Him, The Holy Spirit, and with Them comes The Father. Thus, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, reside within us, and we already have a beginning here of that intercourse with God which will be perfect in the next life. 

Let us thank Him for all His mercies and prepare ourselves to receive the favours that still remain to be bestowed on us. With hearts raised on high, let us Celebrate The Feasts of Heaven, so that, from Temporal Joys, we may pass to those which are Eternal, in which I Pray that you, Madam, may have your share.

Amen.

Missa Cantata
on

Corpus Christi.

Thursday, 31 May 2018.

Saint Thomas Of Canterbury Church,

Becket Court, Station Road,

Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB.

1200 Noon.

SCHOLA: CANTORES MISSAE.
DIRECTOR: CHARLES FINCH,
WILL BE SINGING THE MASS.

SUPPORTED BY

Saint Thomas of Canterbury Church,

Becket Court, Station Road,

Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB.

Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi. Virgin. Feast Day, Today, 29 May.

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

Saint Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi.
   Virgin.
   Feast Day 29 May.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi.

Date: 1878.

Source: Scanned by uploader from page 296

of "Little Pictorial Lives Of The Saints", (Benzinger Brothers).

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Born at Florence, Italy, in 1566, of the illustrious Pazzi family, Saint Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, at the age of ten, Consecrated her Virginity to Christ, Whom she chose as her Spouse (Epistle, Gospel, Communion). Wherefore, God loved her with a love of preference (Introit), and made her one of the Virgins who form His Court of Honour (Offertory).

She took The Carmelite Habit in 1584 and subjected herself to frightful mortifications. The Holy Ghost, Who, from Heaven, sent Jesus Risen Again to her, inflamed her with such love that she had to pour fresh water on her burning breast.

She would bitterly deplore that the infidels and sinners were in the way to perdition and offered to endure any torments for their salvation.

Her motto was: "Suffer and not die." She died in 1607 and her body, which she mortified in every way, has remained incorrupt to our day.

Mass: Dilexisti.

Vision of Saint Maria Magdalen dei Pazzi.

Artist: Pedro de Moya (1610–1674).

Date: Early-17th-Century.

Current location: Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art:

(Wikimedia Commons)

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Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, O.Carm. (Italian: Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi), 2 April 1566 – 25 May 1607, was an Italian Carmelite Nun and Mystic. She has been declared a Saint by The Roman Catholic Church.

In 1580, at age fourteen, Pazzi was sent by her father to be educated at a Monastery of Nuns of The Order of Malta, but she was soon recalled to wed a young nobleman. She advised her father of her vow, and he eventually relented and allowed her to enter Monastic Life. She chose The Carmelite Monastery of Saint Mary of The Angels, in Florence, Italy, because The Rule there allowed her to receive Holy Communion daily. In 1583, she was accepted as a Novice by that Community, and given the Religious Name of Sister Mary Magdalen.

Numerous Miracles allegedly followed Pazzi's death, and the process for her Beatification was begun in 1610 under Pope Paul V, and completed under Pope Urban VIII in 1626. She was not, however, Canonised until sixty-two years after her death, when Pope Clement X raised her to The Altars on 28 April 1669. The Church of The Monastery of Pažaislis, commissioned in 1662 in Lithuania, was one of the first to be Consecrated in her honour.

The Saint is little known outside Italy, but her cult is very strong, especially in Florence. Paulist Press issued a selection of her writings in English translation in their series of Classics of Western Spirituality.

The following Text is from "The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.

Volume 8.
Paschal Time.
Book II.

SAINT MARY MAGDALEN DE PAZZI.

Our Paschal Calendar gives us three illustrious Virgins of beautiful Italy. We have already kept The Feast of the valiant Saint Catharine of Siena; in a few days, we shall be honouring the memory of Saint Angela dei Merici, surrounded by her school-children; today, it is The Fair Lily of Florence, Saint Magdalen de Pazzi, who embalms the whole Church with the fragrance of her name and intercession.

She devoted herself to the loving imitation of Our Crucified Jesus; was it not just, that she should have some share in the joy of His Resurrection ?

Magdalen de Pazzi was one of the brightest ornaments of The Order of Carmel, by her Angelic Purity, and by the ardour of her love for God. Like Saint Philip Neri, she was one of the grandest manifestations of The Divine Charity that is found in The True Church.

Saint Magdalen, in her peaceful Cloister, and Saint Philip, in his active labours for the salvation of Souls, both made it their ambition to satisfy that desire, expressed by Our Jesus, when He said: " I am come to cast fire on the Earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled ? "

The life of this Spouse of Christ was one continued Miracle. Her Ecstasies and Raptures were almost of daily occurrence. The lights given to her regarding the Mysteries were extraordinary; and, in order to prepare her for those sublime communications, God would have her go through the severest trials of The Spiritual Life.

Blessed Margaret Pole. The 8th Countess of Salisbury. Feast Day 28 May.

Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury.

Illustration: A CHAPLAIN ABROAD

The following Text is from A CHAPLAIN ABROAD

Today, in The Diocese of Clifton, we sing The Mass of The Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, cruelly murdered for her Faith by King Henry VIII. She is the mother of Cardinal Reginald Pole, though her exalted status is because of her own actions, not his.

There is a good Wikipedia account of her life HERE.

This was found scratched on her cell wall:

For traitors on the block should die;

I am no traitor, no, not I !

My faithfulness stands fast and so,

Towards the block I shall not go !

Nor make one step, as you shall see;

Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me !

May she pray for us all.

Coat-of-Arms of Margaret Pole,

8th Countess of Salisbury.

Date: 4 August 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sodacan

(Wikimedia Commons)

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Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was an English Peeress.

She was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, who was also the brother of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

Margaret was one of two women in 16th-Century England to be a Peeress in her own Right with no Titled husband. [Editor: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that the other one was Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke.]

One of the few surviving members of The Plantagenet Dynasty after The Wars of The Roses, she was executed in 1541 at the command of King Henry VIII, who was the son of her First Cousin, Elizabeth of York.

Pope Leo XIII Beatified her as a Martyr for The Catholic Church on 29 December 1886.

Such Faith !!!

18 June 1944.

United States Navy "Seebees" attend Mass in Normandy, France.

Illustration: FSSP

Saint Augustine Of Canterbury. Archbishop. Confessor. Feast Day 28 May.

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

Saint Augustine Of Canterbury.
   Archbishop. Confessor. 
   Feast Day 28 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

Illustration: FLORIDA CENTER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

The ruins of Saint Augustine's Abbey, with Canterbury Cathedral in the background.

Photo: 20 October 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Nessy-Pic.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Cycle Celebrates today The Feast of another son of Saint Benedict, who, filled with The Holy Ghost, like The Apostles, was sent to Great Britain by Saint Gregory, in 596 A.D., with forty Monks of his Community, in order to convert to Christ the people of that Country (Collect).

Wherefore, the Gospel recalls the seventy-two Disciples whom Jesus sent to Preach The Kingdom of God, and the Epistle alludes to The Apostolate of Saint Paul, who was busy night and day Preaching the Gospel of God.

Received by King Ethelbert, at Canterbury, Kent, the Capital of his Kingdom, Augustine built a Monastery there and later on established there his Episcopal Seat (Introit). The example of his life, added to his Preaching and Miracles, brought the King over to The True Faith, and Saint Augustine Baptised over ten thousand Anglo-Saxons one Christmas Day. This "Apostle of England" died in the year 604 A.D.

Let us ask, through the intercession of Saint Augustine, to bring back erring hearts to the unity of Christian Truth (Collect).

Mass: Sacerdotes tui.

Saint John I. Pope And Martyr. Reigned From 523 A.D. - 526 A.D. Feast Day 27 May.

Text, unless stated otherwise, from "The Liturgical Year",
by Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B. Translated from the French by Dom Laurence Shepherd, O.S.B.
Volume 8, Paschal Time, Book II. Re-published by St. Bonaventure Publications,
July 2000. www.libers.com

Illustration of Pope Saint John I.

Date: 1911.

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

Author: Artaud de Montor, Alexis François.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Palm of Martyrdom was won by this holy Pope, not in a victory over a pagan persecutor, but in battling for The Church's liberty against a Christian King. But the King was a Heretic and, therefore, an enemy of every Pontiff that was zealous for the triumph of The True Faith.

The state of Christ's Vicar, here on Earth, is a state of combat; and it frequently happens that a Pope is veritably a Martyr, without having shed his blood. Pope Saint John I, whom we honour, today, was not slain by the sword; a loathsome dungeon was the instrument of his Martyrdom; but there are many Popes who are now in Heaven with him, Martyrs, like himself, who never even passed a day in prison or in chains; the Vatican was their Calvary.

They conquered, yet fell in the struggle with so little appearance of victory, that Heaven had to take up the defence of their reputation, as was the case with that angelic Pontiff of the 18th-Century, Pope Clement XIII.

Today's Saint (Pope Saint John I) teaches us, by his conduct, what should be the sentiment of every worthy member of The Church. He teaches us that we should never make a compromise with Heresy, nor approve the measures taken by Worldly policy for securing what it calls the rights of Heresy. If the past ages, aided by the Religious indifference of governments, have introduced the toleration of all Religions, or even the principle that "all Religions are to be treated alike by the State," let us, if we will, put up with this latitudinarianism, and be glad to see that The Church, in virtue of it, is guaranteed from legal persecution; but, as Catholics, we can never look upon it as an absolute good.

Whatever may be the circumstances in which Providence has placed us, we are bound to conform our views to the principles of our Holy Faith, and to the infallible teaching and practice of The Church - out of which there is but contradiction, danger and infidelity.

The Holy Liturgy thus extols the virtues and courage of our Saint, Pope Saint John I.

This image is a faithful representation of an icon inside the Basilica of Saint Paul-Outside-the-Walls. The author(s) is unknown and the image is centuries old. As such, it falls into the public domain. 

See http://www.popechart.com/history.htm for documentation.

Source: http://cckswong.tripod.com/pope1_50.htm ("Pope's Photo Gallery").

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Pope John I (Latin: Ioannes PP. I, Italian: Giovanni I; circa 470 A.D. – 18 May 526 A.D.) was Pope from 13 August 523 A.D. to 18 May 526 A.D. He was a native of Siena (or the "Castello di Serena"), near Chiusdino, in Italy. He is the first Pope known to have visited Constantinople while in Office.

While a Deacon, in Rome, he is known to have been a partisan of the Anti-Pope, Laurentius, for, in a libellus, written to Pope Symmachus in 506 A.D, John confessed his error in opposing him, condemned Peter of Altinum and Laurentius, and begged pardon of Symmachus. He would then be the "Deacon John" who signed the acta (Ecclesiastic publication) of The Roman Synod of 499 A.D., and 502 A.D.; the fact The Roman Church only had seven Deacons, at the time, makes identifying him with this person very likely. He may also be the "Deacon John" to whom Boethius, the 6th-Century A.D. philosopher, dedicated three of his five Religious tractates, or treatises, written between 512 A.D., and 520 A.D.

John was very frail when he was Elected to The Papacy as Pope John I. Despite his protests, Pope John was sent by the Arian King, Theodoric the Great, - Ruler of The Ostrogoths, a Kingdom in present-day Italy - to Constantinople, to secure a moderation of a Decree against The Arians, issued in 523 A.D., of Emperor Justin, Ruler of The Byzantine, or East Roman, Empire.

King Theodoric threatened that, if John should fail in his mission, there would be reprisals against The Orthodox, or non-Arian, Catholics in The West. John proceeded to Constantinople with a considerable entourage: His Religious companions included Bishop Ecclesius of Ravenna, Bishop Eusebius of Fanum Fortunae, and Sabinus of Campania. His secular companions were the Senators, Flavius Theodorus, Inportunus, Agapitus, and the patrician Agapitus.

Emperor Justin is recorded as receiving John honorably and promised to do everything the embassy asked of him, with the exception of restoring converts from Arianism to Catholicism to their original beliefs. Although John was successful in his mission, when he returned to Ravenna, Theodoric's Capital in Italy, Theodoric had John arrested on the suspicion of having conspired with Emperor Justin. John was imprisoned at Ravenna, where he died of neglect and ill treatment. His body was transported to Rome and buried in the Basilica of Saint Peter.

The Liber Pontificalis credits John with making repairs to the Cemetery of The Martyrs, Nereus and Achilleus, on the Via Ardeatina, that of Saints Felix and Adauctus, and the Cemetery of Priscilla.

Pope John I is depicted in art as looking through the bars of a prison, or imprisoned with a Deacon and a Sub-Deacon. He is Venerated at Ravenna and in Tuscany.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint John I.

   Pope and Martyr.

   Feast Day 27 May.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint John I (523 A.D. - 526 A.D.) governed The Church at the time when the Arian King Theoderic ravaged Italy. This King, having artfully enticed him to Ravenna, caused him to be thrown into a dark dungeon where he died.

His body was buried in Rome in the Basilica of Saint Peter.

Mass: In Paschaltime: Protexisti.

Mass: Out of Paschaltime: Sacerdotes Dei.

Saint Bede, The Venerable. Confessor And Doctor. Feast Day 27 May.

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

Saint Bede, The Venerable.
Confessor and Doctor.
Feast Day 27 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

The Venerable Bede, translating The Gospel of John, on his deathbed.
Artist: James Doyle Penrose.
Date: 1902.
Exhibition History: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, 1902.
Source/Photographer: http://www.bible-researcher.com/bede.jpg
(Wikimedia Commons)

Born at Yarrow, in Northumberland, England, Bede was committed, as a child, to Saint Benedict Bishop, Abbot of The Benedictine Monastery at Wearmouth.

The Holy Ghost filled him with Wisdom and Intelligence (Introit), wherefore his writings, penetrated by Holy Doctrine (Epistle), were read aloud in the Churches, even in his lifetime. As it was not permissible to call him "Saint", he was called "The Venerable," a Title he kept after his death.

He was one of the most learned Churchmen in the 8th-Century A.D., and his name is found among those of The Doctors of The Church.

Not satisfied with teaching men The Law and The Prophets, he also practised the most beautiful Virtues (Gospel). On The Eve of The Ascension, he received The Last Sacraments, embraced his brethren, lay down on the ground upon his hair cloth, said twice "Glory be to The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Ghost", and fell asleep in The Lord on 27 May 735 A.D.

Let us honour Saint Bede, The Holy Doctor, that we may always be enlightened by his Wisdom and helped by his Merits (Collect).

Mass: In médio.
Commemoration of Saint John I. Collects from Mass: Sacerdótes Dei.

Tomb of The Venerable Bede in Durham Cathedral, Durham, England.

Photo: 4 May 2008.

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/robert_scarth/2468987080/

Author: robert scarth

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Bede (Old English: Bǣda or Bēda; 672 A.D. – 26 May 735 A.D.), also referred to as Saint Bede or The Venerable Bede (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was an English Monk at the Monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and its companion Monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern-day Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow), Northeast England, both of which were located in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of The English People) gained him the Title of "The Father of English History".

In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of The Church by Pope Leo XIII; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of The Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was, moreover, a skilled linguist and translator, and his work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons, contributing significantly to English Christianity. Bede's Monastery had access to an impressive Library, which included works by Eusebius and Orosius, among many others.

Missa Cantata. On Corpus Christi. At Saint Thomas Of Canterbury Church, Headcorn, Kent. Thursday, 31 May 2018. 1200 Noon.

Missa Cantata
on

Corpus Christi.

Saint Thomas Of Canterbury Church,

Becket Court, Station Road,

Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB.

Thursday, 31 May 2018.

1200 Noon.

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Saint Eleutherius. Pope And Martyr. Reigned 174 A.D. - 189 A.D. Feast Day 26 May.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Saint Eleutherius. 

   Pope And Martyr.

   Feast Day 26 May.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

This illustration of Pope Saint Eleutherius 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: https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft

Author: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849).

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Saint Eleutherius governed The Church during the period that followed the persecution of the Emperor Commodus.

Faith, at the time, made great progress in the whole World. After a Pontificate lasting fifteen years, he died in 185 A.D., and was buried on The Vatican Hill, near the body of Saint Peter.

Mass: In Paschaltide: Protexisti.

Mass: Out of Paschaltide: Státuit.

Saint Philip Neri (1515 - 1595). Confessor. Feast Day 26 May.

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

Saint Philip Neri.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 26 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

Painting of Saint Philip Neri.

Artist: Unknown.

This File: 6 March 2006.

User: Mathiasrex.

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Saint Philip Neri.

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Saint Philip, born at Florence in the 16th-Century, left everything to serve The Divine Master (Gospel), and Founded The Congregation of The Oratory.

The Holy Ghost had inflamed him with such love for God (Introit, Alleluia, Secret), that the palpitations of his heart bent two of his ribs (Communion).

He would spend whole nights in the contemplation of Heavenly things, and The Spirit of Truth "taught him true Wisdom" (Epistle). His conversations with Jesus filled him with such intense joy that he exclaimed: "Enough, Love, enough ! "

He loved young men: "Amuse yourselves," he said to them, "but do not offend God."

He died in 1595 on The Feast of Corpus Christi.

Like Saint Philip, with our hearts full of a holy and loving joy, let us run in the way of the commandments of God (Collect).

Mass: Cáritas Dei diffúsa est.
Commemoration: Of Saint Eleutherius.