"Anima Christi". A Beautiful Mediaeval Communion Hymn And Prayer.

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When was the last time you heard this beautiful Hymn,

during Mass, at Communion ?

Why not ask your Parish Priest, Pastor, Choir Master,

or Director of Music, to include it during Mass next Sunday ?

An Indulgence of 300 days each time this Prayer is said or sung. An Indulgence of seven years if said or sung

after Holy Communion. If said every day during the month,

a Plenary Indulgence, subject to the usual conditions (* see, below), on any day chosen. [Blessed Pope Pius IX, 1854].

(* Confession, Holy Communion,

and Prayers for the Pope's intentions.)

"Anima Christi".

A beautiful Communion Hymn 

and Prayer.

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Anima Christi, sanctifica me.

Corpus Christi, salva me.

Sanguis Christi, inebria me.

Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.

Passio Christi, conforta me.

O bone Iesu, exaudi me.

Intra tua vulnera absconde me.

Ne permittas me separari a te.

Ab hoste maligno defende me.

In hora mortis meae voca me.

Et iube me venire ad te,

Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te

In saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from The Side of Christ, wash me.

Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O good Jesu, hear me.

Within Thy Wounds, hide me.

Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.

From the malicious enemy, defend me.

In the hour of my death, call me.

And bid me to come unto Thee.

That with Thy Saints I may praise Thee.

For ever and ever.

Amen.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Anima Christi is a Mediaeval Prayer to Jesus in the Tradition of The Catholic Church.

The sequence of sentences, in Anima Christi, have rich associations with Catholic concepts that relate to The Holy Eucharist (Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, of Christ), Baptism (Water) and The Passion of Jesus (Holy Wounds).

Jean-Baptiste Lully composed a Motet called Anima Christi, and musicians such as Giovanni Valentini performed it.

As it was once mistakenly attributed to Saint Ignatius Loyola, who included it in his "Spiritual Exercises," it is sometimes referred to as the "Aspirations of Saint Ignatius Loyola".

This well-known Catholic Prayer dates to the Early-14th-Century and was possibly written by Pope John XXII, but its authorship remains uncertain. The Prayer takes its name from its first two words in Latin. Anima Christi means "The Soul of Christ".

The Anima Christi was popularly believed to have been composed by Saint Ignatius Loyola, as he put it at the beginning of his "Spiritual Exercises" and often refers to it. This is a mistake, as has been pointed out by many writers, since the Prayer has been found in a number of Prayer Books printed during Ignatius' youth and is in manuscripts, which were written a hundred years before his birth (1491).

James Mearns, the English Hymnologist, found it in a manuscript of the British Museum which dates back to about 1370. In the Library of Avignon, there is preserved a Prayer Book of Cardinal Peter De Luxembourg, who died in 1387, which contains the Anima Christi in practically the same form as we have it today.

It has also been found inscribed on one of the gates of the Alcazar of Seville, which brings us back to the times of Don Pedro the Cruel (1350 - 1369) This Prayer was so-well-known, and so popular, at the time of Saint Ignatius, that, in the first edition of his "Spiritual Exercises", he merely mentions it, evidently supposing that the "exercitant", or reader, already knew it. In the later editions, it was printed in full. It was by assuming that everything in the book was written by Saint Ignatius, that it came to be looked upon as his composition.

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal. Widow. Feast Day 21 August.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Jane Frances Fremiot De Chantal.
   Widow.
   Feast Day 21 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Saint of The Catholic Church.

Deutsch: de:Johanna Franziska von Chantal, Heilige der Katholischen Kirche.

Français: fr:Jeanne de Chantal.

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Longsuffering Leader.

The Life of Saint Jane Frémiot De Chantal.

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Like Mary, whose Assumption we have been Celebrating for the last seven days, Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal was a Spouse, a Mother, and a Widow. She was born at Dijon, France, the same Country as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Feast Day, today), and received the Baptismal name of Jane, because that day, 23 January 1572, was The Feast Day of Saint John the Almoner.

The name of Frances, which she added at her Confirmation, reminds us of the gentle Saint of Geneva (Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva). As in days of yore, Benedict and Scholastica, Francis of Assisi and Clare, so Francis de Sales and Jane Frances, corresponding with the designs of Divine Providence, united their pious efforts and enriched The Church by "the Foundation of a new family" (Collect). [Editor: The new family was The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary.]

English: Saint Francis de Sales giving The Rule for 

The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary

to Saint Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal.

Français: Saint François de Sales donnant 

à sainte Jeanne de Chantal

la règle de l'ordre de la Visitation.

Artist: Noël Hallé (1711-1781).

Date: 18th-Century.

Current location: Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris, France.

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At the death of her husband, Baron de Chantal (1601), his young Widow Consecrated herself to God by a Vow of Perpetual Chastity.

This strong woman (Editor: Latin: Mulier Fortis), spoken of in the Epistle, left everything to acquire at this price the precious Pearl of a Religious Life (Gospel). Her father and four of her six children were still living.

She became the Mother of innumerable Nuns of The Order of The Visitation, now dispersed over the whole World. Filled with The Spirit of Divine Charity (Postcommunion), she constantly repeated to them, like Saint John The Apostle: "Let us love God with our whole heart, and our neighbour as ourselves, for the love of God."

Illustration: AZ QUOTES

She died at Moulins, France, in 1641.

Like Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, and by her intercession, let us Pray God, that, knowing our weakness and relying on His strength, we may, by His Grace, overcome all obstacles (Collect).

Mass: Cognóvi.
Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption.
Creed.

English: Stained-Glass Window in the Church of Saint Philibert, Charlieu, France.

It depicts (from Left to Right): Saint Francis de Sales; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque;

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Kirche Saint-Philibert in Charlieu,

Darstellung: 

Franz von Sales (links), Margareta Maria Alacoque, Johanna Franziska von Chantal.

Photo: 3 July 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Reinhardhauke.

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot, Baronne de Chantal; 28 January 1572 – 13 December 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who Founded a Religious Order after the death of her husband.

Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France, on 28 January 1572, the daughter of the Royalist President of the Parliament of Burgundy. Her mother died when Jane was 18 months old. Her father became the main influence on her education. She developed into a woman of beauty and refinement, lively and cheerful in temperament. She married the Baron de Chantal when she was twenty-one years old and then lived in the feudal Castle of Bourbilly. Baron de Chantal was accidentally killed by an Arquebus, while out shooting in 1601. Left a Widow at twenty-eight years old, with four children, the broken-hearted Baroness took a vow of Chastity. Her mother, step mother, sister, first two children, and now her husband, had died. Chantal gained a reputation as an excellent manager of the estates of her husband, as well as of her difficult father-in-law, while also providing alms and nursing care to needy neighbours.

English: Stained-Glass Window in The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist,

Dammartin-en-Goële, France, It depicts Saint Francis de Sales introducing

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot De Chantal to Saint Vincent de Paul.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Johannes der Täufer)

in Dammartin-en-Goële im Département Seine-et-Marne, Frankreich, Bleiglasfenster, Darstellung: Franz von Sales stellt Johanna Franziska von Chantal dem hl. Vinzenz von Paul vor.

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Author: GFreihalter.

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During Lent in 1604, the pious Baroness met Saint Francis de Sales, the Bishop of Geneva, who was Preaching at the Sainte Chapelle in Dijon. They became close friends and de Sales became her Spiritual Director. She wanted to become a Nun, but he persuaded her to defer this decision.

Later, with his support, and that of her father and brother (the Archbishop of Bourges), and after providing for her children, Chantal left for Annecy, to start The Congregation of The Visitation, which was Canonically established at Annecy on Trinity Sunday, 6 June 1610.

The Order accepted women who were rejected by other Orders because of poor health or age. During its first eight years, the new Order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female Religious who remained Cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices. The usual opposition to women in active ministry arose and Francis de Sales was obliged to make it a Cloistered Community following The Rule of Saint Augustine. He wrote his Treatise on "The Love of God" for them. When people criticised her for accepting women of poor health and old age, Chantal famously said, "What do you want me to do ? I like sick people, myself; I'm on their side."

Her reputation for Sanctity and sound management resulted in many visits by (and donations from) aristocratic women. The Order had thirteen Houses by the time Saint Francis de Sales died, and eighty-six Houses before Chantal died at The Visitation Convent in Moulins, France, aged sixty-nine. Saint Vincent de Paul served as her Spiritual Director after Saint Francis de Sales' death. Her favourite Devotions involved The Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Heart of Mary.

The Church of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal,

Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Photo: 27 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Farragutful.

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She was buried in the Annecy Convent, next to Saint Francis de Sales. The Order had 164 Houses by 1767, when she was Canonised. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal outlived her son (who died fighting the Huguenots and the English on The Île de Ré during the Century's Religious Wars) and two of her three daughters, but left extensive correspondence. Her grand-daughter also became a famous writer, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné.

She was Beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV, and Canonised on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.

Saint Jane Frances's Feast Day was included in The General Roman Calendar in 1769, two years after she was Canonised. She wrote some exemplary Letters of Spiritual Direction.

Engraved 19th-Century print of the Coat-of-Arms of The Order of The Visitation,

Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Joan Frances Frémiot De Chantal.

Source: http://www.visitation.org/

Author: Saint Francis de Sales.

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The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary (Latin: Ordo Visitationis Beatissimae Mariae Virginis, V.H.M.), or, The Visitation Order, is an Enclosed Roman Catholic Religious Order for Women. Members of The Order are also known as The Salesian Sisters (not to be confused with The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) or, more commonly, as The Visitandines, or, Visitation Sisters.

The Order of The Visitation was Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France. At first, the Founder had not a Religious Order in mind; he wished to form a Congregation without External Vows, where The Cloister should be observed only during The Year of Novitiate, after which The Sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit The Sick and The Poor. The Order was given the name of The Visitation of Holy Mary with the intention that The Sisters would follow the example of The Virgin Mary and her joyful visit to her kinswoman Elizabeth, (known as "The Visitation" in The Roman Catholic Church).

Sermon: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal.

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Saint Francis de Sales invited Saint Jane Frances de Chantal to join him in establishing a new type of Religious Life, one open to older women and those of delicate constitution, that would stress the hidden inner virtues of humility, obedience, poverty, even-tempered Charity, and patience, and founded on the example of Mary in her journey of mercy to her cousin Elizabeth.

The Order was established to welcome those not able to practice austerities required in other Orders. Instead of Chanting The Canonical Office in the middle of the night, The Sisters recited The Little Office of The Blessed Virgin at half-past eight in the evening. There was no Perpetual Abstinence nor prolonged Fast.

The Order of The Visitation of Mary was Canonically Erected in 1618 by Pope Paul V, who granted it all the privileges enjoyed by the other Orders. A Bull of Pope Urban VIII Solemnly Approved it in 1626.

Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux. Abbot And Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 20 August.

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

Saint Bernard.
   Abbot and Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 20 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
"The Honey-Mouthed Doctor"
(Doctor Mellifluous).
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

English: Christ embracing Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Español: La obra representa a Jesucristo abrazando

al monje cisterciense San Bernardo de Claraval.

Artist: Francisco Ribalta (1565–1628).

Date: 1625-1627.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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"Jesu Dulcis Memoria".

This great Hymn is by

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

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Jesu, dulcis memoria,

dans vera cordis gaudia:

sed super mel et omnia

ejus dulcis praesentia.

Nil canitur suavius,

nil auditur jucundius,

nil cogitatur dulcius,

quam Jesus Dei Filius.

Jesu, spes paenitentibus,

quam pius es petentibus !

quam bonus te quaerentibus !

sed quid invenientibus ?

Nec lingua valet dicere,

nec littera exprimere:

expertus potest credere,

quid sit Jesum diligere.

Sis, Jesu, nostrum gaudium,

qui es futurum praemium:

sit nostra in te gloria,

per cuncta semper saecula.

Amen.

Jesus, the very thought of Thee

With sweetness fills the breast !

Yet sweeter far Thy face to see

And in Thy Presence rest.

No voice can sing, no heart can frame,

Nor can the memory find,

A sweeter sound than Jesus' Name,

The Saviour of mankind.

O hope of every contrite heart !

O joy of all the meek !

To those who fall, how kind Thou art !

How good to those who seek !

But what to those who find ? Ah !, this

Nor tongue nor pen can show

The love of Jesus, what it is,

None but His loved ones know.

Jesus ! our only hope be Thou,

As Thou our prize shalt be;

In Thee be all our glory now,

And through eternity.

Amen.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

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The Church is pleased to honour, during The Octave of The Assumption, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, "The Honey-Mouthed Doctor" (Doctor Mellifluous), whose principal title of glory is to have Celebrated, with ineffable tenderness and ardent piety, in his Prayers, his Books and Sermons, the varied greatness of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Born in 1091, of a noble Burgundian family, he succeeded, at the age of twenty-two, in winning over to Christ thirty noblemen, who, with him, embraced Monastic Life at Cîteaux, France.

There, The Cistercian Order, a Branch of the old Benedictine trunk, acquired a new vigour, which enabled it to cover the whole of Europe with its shoots. "The Just," says the Offertory, "shall flourish like the palm-tree, he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus (Lebanon)."

And, in the famous Monastery which Saint Bernard Founded a short time afterwards in The Vale of Clairvaux, on The Left-Bank of The River Aube, and whose first Abbot he became (Communion), he each day lavished on a Community of 700 Monks the treasures of Doctrine and Wisdom, with which God endowed him and which makes his name immortal (Introit, Epistle, Gradual).

An austere Monk, a great Christian Orator, and a Learned Doctor, he was the luminary, mentioned in the Gospel, which enlightened the World in the 12th-Century.

Pope Eugenius III, who had been trained by him to The Monastic Life, solicited and received his counsels; at The Council of Etampes, he put an end to the Schism, which, opposing "Pope" Anacletus to Pope Innocent III, troubled the Clergy and people of Rome.

He was consulted by Duke William of Aquitaine, by the Duchess of Lorraine, by the Countess of Brittany, by Prince Henry, son of the King of France, by Prince Peter, son of the King of Portugal, by King Louis VI of France, by King Louis VII of France, by King Conrad of Germany, and by the Abbot of Saint Denis, Paris.

He silenced the famous Doctor Abelard at The Council of Laon, and his powerful logic unmasked the errors of Arnold of Brescia and of Peter de Bruys (Gospel). Lastly, he attacked Islam, and, by Preaching The Second Crusade, at Vézelay, France, he stirred up the whole of Europe by his overpowering eloquence.

Pope Pius VIII in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, on the Sedia Gestatoria.

He reigned from 1829 to 1830, the shortest reign of any Pope in the 19th-Century,

and caused Saint Bernard of Clairvaux 

to be placed among The Doctors of The Church.

Artist: Horace Vernet (1789–1863).

Date: 1829.

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"Salve, Regina".

Hail, Holy Queen.

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Saint Bernard died at Clairvaux, France, on 20 August 1153, and his body was laid at the foot of the Altar of The Blessed Virgin. He left 160 Monasteries which he had Founded in Europe and Asia. His writings, replete with Doctrines inspired by Divine Wisdom, caused him to be placed among The Doctors of The Church by Pope Pius VIII.

Let us have recourse to the intercession in Heaven of the one who, on Earth, taught us the way of life (Collect). Let us ask him to give us his love for The Mother of God, and let us piously recite The Marian Anthem of The Season, currently Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen), of which the three last invocations, "O Clemens, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary" are attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Mass: In mëdio.
Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption.
Creed.

Saint John Eudes. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 19 August.

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

Saint John Eudes.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 19 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Portrait of Saint John Eudes.

Nederlands: Portret Jean Eudes ca. 1673 - publiek domein, ouderdom.

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Born at Rye, France, on 14 November 1601, Saint John Eudes had a special Devotion to The Blessed Virgin from his very childhood. At the age of fourteen, he Consecrated himself to her by a Vow of Perpetual Chastity.

On Christmas Day, 1625, he was Ordained Priest; in 1643, he Founded The Congregation of Jesus and Mary, usually known as "Eudists", and, in 1644, The Congregation of The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, known as The Sisters of The Good Shepherd.

English: Church of Saint John Eudes, Caen, France.

Français: Église Saint-Jean Eudes à Caen, construite entre 1933 et 1944.

Photo: 25 September 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Karldupart.

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Saint John Eudes Founded several Seminaries and Preached many Missions in France, but his grandest title is that given him by Pope Saint Pius X: "Father, Doctor, and Apostle of The Liturgical Worship of The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary."

He died on 19 August 1680 at Caen, France. He was Beatified on 25 April 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X, and, on 31 May 1925 was Canonised Pope Pius XI.

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption.

Saint Agapitus. Martyr. Feast Day 18 August.

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

Saint Agapitus.
   Martyr.
   Feast Day 18 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Statue of Saint Agapitus of Palestrina in Museo del Duomo - Milan. Italy.

Author: Marco Antonio Prestinari (circa 1605-1607). Bracket statue from Candoglia marble.

Български: Статуя на Свети Агапит в музея Museo del Duomo, Милано.

Автор: Марко Антонио Престинари (около 1605-1607), мрамор от Кандолия.

Photo: 7 July 2015,

Source: Own work.

Author: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia.

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"At Palestrina (the old Praeneste, near Rome, Italy), the birth into Heaven of Saint Agapitus, who, when only fifteen years old, was put to death, in 275 A.D., after several torments, by the stroke of the sword, thus winning The Crown of Immortality" (Roman Martyrology).

Mass: Lætábitur.

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Saint Agapitus (Italian: Agapito) is Venerated as a Martyr Saint, who died on 18 August, perhaps in 274 A.D., a date that the latest editions of The Roman Martyrology say is uncertain.

According to his legend, 15-year-old Agapitus, who may have been a member of the noble Anicia Family, of Palestrina, was condemned to death, under the Prefect, Antiochus, and the Emperor, Aurelian, for being a Christian. He was thrown to the wild animals in the local arena at Palestrina. The beasts refused to harm him, and he was beheaded.

Within The Octave Of The Assumption. Today, 18 August.

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

Within The Octave of The Assumption.
   18 August.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: The Assumption of The Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für

St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

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

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. 

Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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"The Immaculate Body of Mary remained without corruption and was borne up to Heaven, before The General Resurrection." [Fifth Lesson at Matins.]

The Council of The Vatican (The First Vatican Council), which had to be adjourned in 1870, was not able to carry out the desire which had been expressed for the definition of this Dogma [Editor: The Dogma of The Assumption was promulgated by Pope Pius XII, eighty years later, in 1950.]

But the proclamation of The Immaculate Conception of Mary [Editor: On 8 December 1854.] justifies all hopes, for the final triumph of The Assumption corresponds with this initial privilege.

As The Feast of The Immaculate Conception of The Virgin affirmed in certain Liturgies how appropriately God Almighty had made Mary a creature apart from her very birth, so The Feast of The Assumption each year proclaims the same appropriateness when she leaves this Earth.

The harmony which reigns in the works of God required an earlier Resurrection of The Mother of God, who, Holy among all, and Ever Virgin, deserved on the part of her Son an adequate reward worthy of her position as Queen of Heaven and Mediatrix of All Mankind.

Although not defined as a Dogma of our Faith [Editor: The Dogma of The Assumption was promulgated by Pope Pius XII in 1950.], this truth is of those no one is permitted to doubt, as Pope Benedict XIV declares [De Canone S.S. 1, 1, 42, 15.]

Mass: As on The Day of The Feast.
Commemoration: Saint Agapitus.

The Octave Day Of Saint Laurence. 17 August.

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

The Octave Day Of Saint Laurence.
   17 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Laurence before Emperor Valerianus.

Artist: Fra Angelico.

Date: Circa 1447.

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

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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Mass: Probásti, Domine.

The following Text is taken from Wikipedia.

"Octave" has two senses in Christian Liturgical usage. 

In the first sense, it is the eighth day after a Feast, reckoning inclusively, and so always falls on the same day of the week as the Feast, itself. The word is derived from Latin octava (eighth), with dies (day) understood. 

In the second sense, the term is applied to the whole period of these eight days, during which certain major Feasts came to be observed.

Octaves, not being successive, are quite distinct from eight-day weeks and simply refer to the return of the same day of a seven-day week in the inclusive counting system used in Latin (just as the ninth day was a return to the same day of a nundinal cycle, the eight-day week of the pre-Christian Roman calendar).

The "eighth day", or Octava Dies, was associated with the weekly Christian Celebration of The Resurrection of Christ every "eighth day", which became a name for Sunday.

As circumcision was performed on the "eighth day" after birth, the number eight became associated also with Baptism, and Baptismal Fonts have, from an early date, often been octagonal.

The practice of Octaves was first introduced under Emperor Constantine I, when the Dedication Festivities of the Basilicas at Jerusalem and Tyre, Lebanon, were observed for eight days. After these one-off occasions, annual Liturgical Feasts began to be dignified with an Octave.

The first such Feasts were Easter, Pentecost, and, in The East, Epiphany. This occurred in the 

4th-Century A.D. and served as a period of time for the newly-Baptised to take a joyful Retreat.

The development of Octaves occurred slowly. From the 4th-Century A.D. to the 7th-Century A.D., Christians observed Octaves with a Celebration on the eighth day, with little development of the Liturgies of the intervening days. Christmas was the next Feast to receive an Octave. By the 

8th-Century A.D., Rome had developed Liturgical Octaves, not only for Easter, Pentecost, and Christmas, but also for The Epiphany and The Feast of The Dedication of a Church.

From the 7th-Century A.D., Saints' Feasts also began to have Octaves (an eighth-day Feast, not eight days of Feasts), among the oldest being the Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul, Saint Lawrence and Saint Agnes. From the 12th-Century, the custom developed of Liturgical observance of the days between the first and the eighth day, as well as the eighth day. During The Middle Ages, Octaves for various other Feasts and Saints were Celebrated depending upon the Diocese or Religious Order.

Modern History.

From Pope Pius V to Pope Pius XII.

After 1568, when Pope Pius V reduced the number of Octaves, they were still numerous. Not only on the eighth day from the Feast, but on all the intervening days, The Liturgy was the same as on the Feast, itself, with exactly the same Prayers and Scripture Readings.

Octaves were classified into several types:

Easter and Pentecost had "Specially Privileged" Octaves, during which no other Feast whatsoever could be Celebrated;

Christmas, Epiphany, and Corpus Christi had "Privileged" Octaves, during which certain highly-ranked Feasts might be Celebrated. The Octaves of other Feasts allowed even more Feasts to be Celebrated.

To reduce the repetition of the same Liturgy for several days, Pope Leo XIII and Pope Saint Pius X made further distinctions, classifying Octaves into three primary types:

Privileged Octaves;

Common Octaves;

Simple Octaves.

Privileged Octaves were further arranged in a hierarchy of First, Second, and Third Orders.

For the first half of the 20th-Century, Octaves were ranked in the following manner, which affected holding other Celebrations within their time-frames:

Privileged Octaves:

Privileged Octaves of The First Order:

Octave of Easter;
Octave of Pentecost.

Privileged Octaves of The Second Order:

Octave of Epiphany;
Octave of Corpus Christi.

Privileged Octaves of The Third Order:

Octave of Christmas;
Octave of The Ascension;
Octave of The Sacred Heart.

Common Octaves:

Octave of The Immaculate Conception BVM;
Octave of The Solemnity of Saint Joseph;
Octave of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist;
Octave of Saint Peter and Saint Paul;
Octave of The Assumption BVM;
Octave of All Saints.

Simple Octaves:

Octave of Saint Stephen;
Octave of Saint John the Apostle;
Octave of The Holy Innocents;
Octave of Saint Lawrence;
Octave of The Nativity BVM.

In addition to these, The Patron Saint of a particular Nation, Diocese, or Church, was Celebrated with an Octave, on each day of which The Mass and Office of The Feast was repeated, unless impeded by another Celebration.

Although The Feasts of Saint Lawrence and The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary officially still had Simple Octaves, by the 20th-Century they had all but vanished as higher-ranking Feasts were added to The Calendar. The Octave Day, alone, of Saint Lawrence was still Commemorated during The Mass of Saint Hyacinth. The entire Octave of The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary was impeded, but The Most Holy Name of Mary was Celebrated during The Octave and The Seven Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary was Celebrated on the former Octave Day.

Reduction by Pius XII and Paul VI.

Pope Pius XII simplified The Calendar with a Decree, dated 23 March 1955: Only The Octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost were kept, Octaves that differed from the others in not repeating the same Liturgy daily. All other Octaves in The Roman Rite were suppressed, including those in Local Calendars. (See General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII#Octaves.) In 1969, The Roman Catholic Church further revised The Roman Calendar by removing The Octave of Pentecost.

The first eight days of The Easter Season make up The Octave of Easter and are Celebrated as Solemnities of The Lord, with Proper Readings and Prayers. Since 30 April 2000, The "Second Sunday of Easter", which concludes The Easter Octave, has also been called Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Christmas Octave is arranged as follows:

Sunday within The Octave: Feast of The Holy Family; Celebrated on Friday, December 30, when Christmas is a Sunday;
26 December: Feast of Saint Stephen;
27 December: Feast of John the Apostle;
28 December: Feast of The Holy Innocents;
29 - 31 December: Days within The Octave, with assigned Readings and Prayers, on which the Celebration of Optional Memorials is permitted according to special rubrics (but, as noted above, when Christmas is a Sunday, The Feast of The Holy Family is Celebrated on 30 December);
1 January: Octave Day of The Nativity; Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

Eastern Christian usage:

Afterfeast.

Among The Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches, what in The West would be called an Octave is referred to as an Afterfeast. The Celebration of The Great Feasts of The Church Year are extended for a number days, depending upon the particular Feast. Each day of an Afterfeast will have particular Hymns assigned to it, continuing the theme of The Feast being Celebrated.

Most of these Great Feasts also have a day or more of preparation called a Forefeast (those Feasts that are on the moveable Paschal Cycle do not have Forefeasts). Forefeasts and Afterfeasts will affect the structure of the Services during The Canonical Hours.

The last day of an Afterfeast is called the Apodosis (literally "giving-back") of The Feast. On the Apodosis, most of the Hymns that were Chanted on the first day of The Feast are repeated. On the Apodosis of Feasts of The Theotokos, the Epistle and Gospel of The Feast are repeated again at The Divine Liturgy.

Non-Liturgical usage.

The term "Octave" is applied to some Church Observances that are not strictly Liturgical. For example, many Churches observe an annual "Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity", which runs from 18 January to 25 January. 

This Octave was established in 1895 by Pope Leo XIII for the period between Ascension and Pentecost. In 1909, Pope Saint Pius X approved the Transfer of this Octave to the period between the former Feast of The Chair of Saint Peter and The Feast of The Conversion of Saint Paul.

In 1968, The World Council of Churches and The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity agreed to jointly publish Prayer materials for the occasion under the title "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity", but it is still often referred to as an Octave, especially within The Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic Traditions. The Week of Prayer is observed at various times around the World, especially in The Southern Hemisphere, where it is commonly observed from Ascension to Pentecost.

Each year, Luxembourg holds what is called The Octave Celebration from The Third Sunday after Easter to The Fifth Sunday after Easter, fifteen days, instead of eight days, in honour of Our Lady of Luxembourg, Patroness of the City.

Saint Hyacinth (1185 - 1257). "The Apostle Of The North". Confessor. Feast Day 17 August.

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

Saint Hyacinth.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 17 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: The Virgin and Child appear to Saint Hyacinth.

Français: La Vierge et l'Enfant apparaissant à saint Hyacinthe.

Artist: Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619).

Date: 1594.

Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: www.heiligenlexikon.de

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Hyacinth, called "The Apostle of The North", was born in 1185 at the Castle of Kamin, near Breslau, (now Wroclaw, Poland).

Having gone to Rome, he was received there into The Order of Friar Preachers, by its Founder, Saint Dominic, in the Church of Saint Sabina. At the age of thirty-three, he was made Superior of The Mission which this Saint sent to Poland.

Saint Hyacinth then went over to Austria, Poland, Denmark, Scotland, and Livonia, everywhere Preaching The Word of God, which his numerous Miracles confirmed.

He died on The Feast of The Assumption (15 August) in 1257.

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption and The Octave of Saint Laurence by The Collects of The Mass: Probásti, Domine.
Creed.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.