Saint Zephyrinus (199 A.D. - 217 A.D.). Pope And Martyr. Feast Day 26 August.

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

Saint Zephyrinus.
   Pope and Martyr.
   Feast Day 26 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus

(199 A.D. - 217 A. D.).

Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia;

Original uploader was Amberrock at en.wikipedia;

transferred to Commons by User:Sreejithk2000

using CommonsHelper.

Author: Unknown.

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Happy Zephyrinus

To All Readers Of This Blog.

Today Is The Feast Day Of Saint Zephyrinus,

Pope and Martyr.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus succeeded Pope Saint Victor on The Pontifical Throne and, like him, was Martyred (Gospel). He abolished the use of Wooden Chalices, in The Celebration of The Holy Sacrifice, and ordered them to be replaced by Glass Chalices. He prescribed that all The Faithful should receive Holy Communion on Easter Day.

He had to defend The Dogma of The Unity of God and The Trinity of Persons against The Sabellians. Besides this strife, he had to suffer persecution. God always supported him in his trials, in order to enable him to support The Flock of Christ (Epistle).

He died in 217 A.D., after a Pontificate of seventeen years.

Mass: Sacerdótes Dei.

English: The Church of Saint Zephyrinus of Stadacona

(Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona) (built in 1890), Quebec City, Canada.

Français: Église Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona à Québec en 1986.

Construite en 1890 

sur les plans de l'architecte Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy,

rénovée en 1918 par l'architecte Adalbert Trudel.

Date: Photographed in 1986 and Uploaded on 24 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Claude Brochu.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia.

Pope Zephyrinus (+ 20 December 217 A.D.), was Bishop of Rome, or Pope, from 199 A.D., to his death in 217 A.D. He was born in Rome. His predecessor was Pope Victor I. Pope Zephyrinus was succeeded by his principal Advisor, who became Pope Callixtus I.

During the seventeen-year Pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured severe Persecution under Emperor Severus, until his death in the year 211 A.D. To quote Alban Butler, "this holy Pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock". According to Saint Optatus, Zephyrinus also combated new Heresies and Apostases, chief of which were Marcion, Praxeas, Valentine and the Montanists.

Eusebius insists that Zephyrinus fought vigorously against the blasphemies of the two Theodotuses, who, in response, treated him with contempt, but later called him the greatest defender of The Divinity of Christ. Although he was not physically Martyred for The Faith, his suffering – both mental and Spiritual – during his Pontificate has earned him the Title of Martyr.

During the reign of Emperor Severus (193 A.D. – 211 A.D.), relations with the young Christian Church deteriorated, and, in 202 A.D., or 203 A.D., the edict of persecution appeared, which forbade Conversion to Christianity under the severest penalties.

Zephyrinus's predecessor, Pope Victor I, had Excommunicated Theodotus the Tanner, for reviving a Heresy that Christ, while a Prophet, was only a mere man. Theodotus' followers formed a separate Heretical community at Rome, ruled by another Theodotus, the Money Changer, and Asclepiodotus. Natalis, who was tortured for his Faith during the Persecution, was persuaded by Asclepiodotus to become a Bishop in their sect, in exchange for a monthly stipend of 150 denarii.

Natalis then reportedly experienced several visions warning him to abandon these Heretics. According to an anonymous work, entitled "The Little Labyrinth", and quoted by Eusebius, Natalis was whipped a whole night by an Angel; the next day, he donned sackcloth and ashes and, weeping bitterly, threw himself at the feet of Zephyrinus.

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Traditional Latin Masses: Novena Of Reparation For The Heinous Sins Detailed In The Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report.

"The Last Judgement".

Artist: Hans Memling (circa 1433 –1494).

Date: 1466-1473.

Current location: National Museum, Gdańsk, Poland.

Source/Photographer: http://mng.gda.pl/zbiory/sztuka-dawna/hans-memling/

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Novena of Reparation in Pennsylvania.

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Nine Consecutive Fridays at 7 p.m.

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31 August 2018. 7 p.m.

Votive Mass.

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord.

7 September 2018. 7 p.m.

First Friday.

Votive Mass.

The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

14 September 2018. 7 p.m.

Feast Day.

The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross.

21 September 2018. 7 p.m.

Feast Day.

Saint Matthew.

Apostle And Evangelist.

28 September 2018. 7 p.m.

Votive Mass.

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord.

5 October 2018. 7 p.m.

First Friday.

Votive Mass.

The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

12 October 2018. 7 p.m.

Votive Mass.

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord.

19 October 2018. 7 p.m.

Votive Mass.

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord.

26 October 2018. 7 p.m.

Votive Mass.

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord.

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Litany of The Precious Blood,

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Saint Louis. King And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 25 August.

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

Saint Louis.
   King And Confessor.
   Feast Day 25 August.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: King Saint Louis IX mediates

between the King of The English and his Barons (23 January 1264).

Français: Saint Louis médiateur entre le roi d'Angleterre et ses barons (23 janvier 1264)

ou 'Saint-Louis se prononçant comme arbitre à Amiens

entre Henri III roi d'Angleterre et les barons anglais.

Artist: Georges Rouget (1783–1869).

Date: 1820.

Current location: Palace of Versailles, France.

Source/Photographer: Joconde database:

entry 000PE004232www.photo.rmn.fr

(Wikimedia Commons)

Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).

Date: 31 March 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sodacan.

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Saint Louis.King of France.

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Louis IX, born in 1215, became King of France at the age of twelve. He was very piously brought up by his mother, Queen Blanche, who taught him to wish rather to die than to commit a Mortal Sin. He liked to be called Louis of Poissy, the place where he had been Baptised, to show that his Title of Christian was his most glorious Title of Nobility.

"Despising the pleasures of The World, he only strove to please Jesus Christ, The True King" (Collect), "and was," says Bossuet, "the Holiest and most Just King who has ever worn the Crown."

Assiduous in attending The Offices of The Church, he ordered them to be Solemnly Celebrated in his Palace, where, every day, he heard two Masses. At Midnight, he rose for Matins and began his Royal Day with The Office of Prime. He introduced into his Chapel the custom of genuflecting at the words in the Creed: Et homo factus est, and of bowing down humbly at the passage in The Passion when Jesus expires.

Statue of King Saint Louis IX,

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, Paris, France.

Photo: 10 July 2009.

Source: Flickr: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris

Author: Larry Johnson.

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Both these pious practices were adopted by The Church. "They impute to me as a crime my assiduity at Prayer," he would say, "but not a word would be said if I gave to play or to the hunt the hours I give to Prayer." But never did his piety hinder him from devoting to the affairs of the Kingdom the greater part of his time.

Having recovered from a serious illness, he made a Vow to undertake a Crusade to reconquer Jerusalem. At first victorious, he fell at last into the hands of the Saracens. Restored to freedom, he remained five years in The East helping the Christians. On his return to France, he made many pious Foundations and built The Sainte Chapelle, as a precious Reliquary for The Holy Crown of Thorns and the important particle of The True Cross, which Baldwin II, Emperor of Constantinople, had presented to him.

King Saint Louis IX meeting Pope Innocent IV at Cluny Abbey, France.

Date: 14th-Century.

Source: http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits/man5/i2_0010.htm

Author: Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris.

(Wikipedia)

Most austere, himself, he was most charitable to others, and used to say: "It is more meet for a King to ruin himself in Alms, for God's sake, than in pomp and vain glory." "Often," says Joinville, "I have seen the good King, after Mass, go to the wood at Vincennes, sit down at the foot of an Oak Tree and there listen to all who who had to speak to him."

A Servant of Christ, he continually wore The Cross to show that his Vow remained unaccomplished. He undertook, in 1270, another Crusade, but an epidemic decimated his army, near Tunis, and struck him down.

With his arms crossed, and lying on a bed of ashes, he gave up his Soul to God in 1270, at the same hour that Christ died on The Cross. He was heard to repeat the day before his death: "We shall go to Jerusalem." It was, in reality, to Heavenly Jerusalem, conquered by his patience in the midst of his adversities, where he was to reign with The King of Kings (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.

Saint Bartholomew. Apostle. Feast Day, Today, 24 August.

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

Saint Bartholomew.
   Apostle.
   Feast Day 24 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Bartholomew.

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

English: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. By Pierre Le Gros the Younger.

The Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome. Italy.

Français: Saint Barthélemy par Pierre Le Gros le Jeune.

Nef de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran, Rome.

Photo: 7 September 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jastrow.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Bartholomew, or, the son of Tholomy, is, according to common opinion, the Disciple whom Saint Philip brought to Our Lord , under the name of Nathanael, and whom The Master praised on account of his innocence and the simplicity of his heart.

["Philip met Nathanael and said to him: The one of whom Moses has written in The Law, and whom The Prophets have announced, we have found: It is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him: Can anything good come from Nazareth ? Philip said to him: Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said of him: That is a true Israelite, in whom there is no guile. Nathanael said to Him: Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus answered: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the Fig Tree, I saw thee. Nathanael replied: Rabbi. Thou art The Son of God. Thou art The King of Israel." John i, 45-49.]

Saint Bartholomew Monastery, Armenia, at the site of the Apostle's Martyrdom.

Date: Pre-1913.

Source: Bachmann, Walter (1913) "Kirchen und moscheen in Armenien und Kurdistan",

Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, pp. 119-123.

Author: Bachmann, Walter.

(Wikimedia Commons)

For the Gospel of Saint John, never mentioning Saint Bartholomew among The Apostles, says that Philip and Nathanael came together to Jesus, and that he was among the Disciples to whom The Saviour appeared after The Resurrection on the shore of The Sea of Galilee. The other Gospels never use the name of Nathanael, but, after Philip, they always mention Bartholomew.

Born at Cana, in Galilee, he was placed by Jesus among The Twelve (Gospel) and he was a witness of the principal actions of Jesus upon the Earth. "The first gift vouchsafed to The Church by The Holy Ghost," says Saint Paul, "is the Grace of The Apostleship" (Epistle).

English: Church of Saint Bartholomew, Gyöngyös, Hungary.

Français: Eglise baroque Szent Bertalan de Gyöngyös.

Magyar: Szent Bertalan nagytemplom.

Română: Biserica barocă Szent Bertalan / Sfântul Bartolomeu din Gyöngyös.

Photo: February 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Venusz.

(Wikimedia Commons)

He Preached The Faith in Arabia Felix: According to certain Traditions, he was flayed alive. He is thus represented in the beautiful White Marble statue, by Cibo, in Milan Cathedral, Italy.

His Relics are Venerated at Rome, in the Church of Saint Bartholomew, on an island formed by The River Tiber. His name is mentioned in The Canon of The Mass among The Apostles.

Let us joyfully Celebrate The Feast of Saint Bartholomew, who, in Heaven, Praises God, among The Glorious Choir of The Apostles (Alleluia), and let us ask God to grant to His Church to love what he believed and to Preach what he himself taught (Collect).

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

First Vespers (23 August): The Common of Apostles.
Commemoration: Saint Philip Benizi.
Antiphon: Hic vir.
Versicle: Justum.

Mass: Mihi autem.
Creed.
Preface: The Apostles.

Second Vespers: The Common of Apostles.
Commemoration: Saint Louis.
Antiphon at The Magnificat: Similábo.
Versicle: Amávit.

"Sub Tuum Praesidium". The Oldest Extant Preserved Hymn To The Blessed Virgin Mary. To Be Said After Confession.

"The Virgin At Prayer".

Artist: Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato.

(1609–1685).

Current location: National Gallery, London.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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When going to Confession, the Sub Tuum Praesidium is a Prayer to The Blessed Virgin Mary, which one can worthily say, and one is encouraged to say, after having made your Confession.

"Sub Tuum Praesidium".

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Sub Tuum Praesidium confugimus,

sancta Dei Genitrix:

nostras deprecationes ne despicias

in necessitatibus (nostris);

sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,

Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

We have recourse to thy protection,

Holy Mother of God:

reject not the Prayers

we send up to thee in our necessities,

but deliver us always from all dangers,

O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.

"Sub Tuum Praesidium".

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The following Text is taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Beneath Thy Protection (Greek: Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν; Latin: Sub Tuum Praesidium) is the oldest preserved extant Hymn to The Blessed Virgin Mary (Theotokos God-Bearer).

This Marian Hymn is known by heart in many Catholic Countries and is often used along with The Salve Regina.

The earliest Text that is known of this Hymn was found in a Coptic Orthodox Christmas Liturgy of the 3rd-Century A.D. It is written in Greek and dates to approximately 250 A.D. It is used in The Coptic Liturgy to this day, as well as in The Byzantine, Ambrosian, and Roman Liturgies. It was part of Sulpician custom that all classes ended with a recitation of this Prayer.

The Vigil Of Saint Bartholomew. Apostle. Today, 23 August.

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

The Vigil Of Saint Bartholomew.
   Apostle.
   23 August.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.

Saint Bartholomew.

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

English: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. By Pierre Le Gros the Younger.

The Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome. Italy.

Français: Saint Barthélemy par Pierre Le Gros le Jeune.

Nef de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran (Rome).

Photo: 7 September 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jastrow.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Feasts of The Apostles are spread throughout The Liturgical Cycle, as if to show that The Apostles are The Foundation on which the whole Church rests.

Saint Bartholomew is the sixth in The List of The Twelve Apostles, as given by The Evangelists.

Like the other Apostles, he learned the secrets of The Divine Law and made them known to the World, confirming them by his Martyrdom (Gospel). On this day, The Liturgy prepares us for his Feast of tomorrow (Collect).

Mass: Ego autem.

Saint Philip Benizi. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 August.

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

Saint Philip Benizi.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 23 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Philip Benizi.

Illustration: LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Saint Philip Benizi.

Confessor.

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We honour on this day a Saint to whom The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared, to announce to him that he was to enter The Order of Servites, whose object is to honour The Sorrows, through which The Virgin attained the Glory that we have rejoiced in (Editor: The Assumption) during the last eight days.

Born at Florence, Italy, of the illustrious family of Benizi, Saint Philip gave signs from the cradle of his future holiness. The Order of The Servants of The Virgin Mary, called The Servites, had been instituted fifteen years before. The little Convent was not far from his town. There, while hearing Mass on The Thursday in Easter Week, Saint Philip was struck by the words of the Epistle, addressed by The Holy Ghost to Philip The Deacon.

As he bore that name, he applied to himself the Scriptural Text, and, feeling himself invited by The Holy Ghost to enter that Order, he left everything to purchase the Imperishable Treasure of Heaven (Gospel). Entering as a Lay Brother, he was, later on, Ordained a Priest, and became General of The Servites.

English: Statue of Saint Philip Benizi on The Charles Bridge, Prague, The Czech Republic.

Čeština: Sousoší Svatého Filipa Benicia na Karlově mostě.

Date: 31 July 2006 (original upload date).

Source: Originally from cs.wikipedia; description page is/was here.

Author: Zp, slightly cropped by Diligent.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Cardinals, assembled at Viterbo, wished to Elect him Pope, but, out of humility (Collect), he refused the honour and hid himself in the mountains. There, he flourished like the Palm Tree and grew like the Cedar of Libanus (Introit). God then called him to evangelise Italy, France, and Germany. On his return, he was confirmed in his Office for life.

He tried to calm the animosity which existed between the Guelfs, partisans of the Pope, and the Ghibellines, partisans of the Emperor, and ran serious danger to which the Epistle alludes.

He was seized by a burning fever on Assumption Day, and died at Todi, in 1285, on The Day of The Octave, contemplating The Crucifix.

Let us ask God to grant us the humility of Saint Philip Benizi, so that, despising, as he did, the riches of the World, we may always seek the riches of Heaven (Collect).

Mass: Justus.
Commemoration: The Vigil of Saint Bartholomew, from The Collects of The Mass: Ego autem,
of which the Gospel is read at the end of Mass.

Saint Philip Benizi.

One of the 140 Saints on The Colonnade of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. 

Statue created 1671.

The statue is part of a group of sixteen that were installed between August 1670 and March 1673.

It was made immediately after the statues of Saint Cajetan and Saint Philip Neri,

and simultaneously with Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Charles Borromeo.

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli.

The Saint, in the Habit of The Servite Order, holds a Crucifix in his Left hand. At his feet, is the Papal Tiara that he shunned. 

Philip Benizi, a Florentine physician, became the fifth Superior-General of The Order of Servites. 

The story is that he tried to become a Lay Brother by pretending to be illiterate, but was found 

out and told that he could only remain in The Order if he were Ordained.

When an influential Cardinal named him as a possible Papal candidate, Philip was so distressed

by the idea that he hid in a cave until the Papal Election was over.

Illustration: ST. PETER'S BASILICA INFO

Saint Timothy. Saint Hippolytus. Saint Symphorian. Martyrs. Feast Day 22 August.

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

Saint Timothy. Saint Hippolytus.
   Saint Symphorian. 
      Martyrs.
      Feast Day 22 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Martyrdom of Saint-Symphorian.

Français: Le Martyre de Saint-Symphorien.

Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867).

Date: 1824-1834.

Current location: Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun, Autun, France.

Source/Photographer: Centre national des arts plastiques.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Timothy of Antioch came to Rome in 310 A.D. and was Martyred in 311 A.D. He was cruelly beaten and quicklime was sprinkled over his torn flesh. At last, he was beheaded.

Also on 22 August, at Ostia, Italy, Hippolytus, Bishop of Porto, was thrown into a hole filled with water and received The Crown of Martyrdom about 225 A.D.

Again on 22 August, about 180 A.D., under the reign of Emperor Aurelian, Symphorian, who was still a young man, was beheaded at Autun. While he went to execution, his mother said to him: "My son, my son, remember Eternal Life; look up to Heaven and see The One Who reigns there; life is not taken from thee, it is exchanged for a better one."

Mass: Salus autem.

The Immaculate Heart Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 22 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

The Immaculate Heart of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
   Feast Day 22 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Illustration: WALLPAPER CAVE

The Blessed Virgin Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven by Her Beloved Son.

Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG

"Regina Caeli"

(Queen of Heaven).

By Marco Frisina.

Available on YouTube at

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According to a Tradition, sanctioned by authority, it was at Jerusalem, near the room of The Last Supper, at the spot where now stands a Church committed to the care of The Benedictines, that Mary breathed her last (Secret).

And it is at the foot of The Mount of Olives, in a place where, about 1130, a Monastery of The Benedictine Monks of Cluny was built, that her mortal remains were laid and "she was carried up to Heaven" (Alleluia).

The Pilgrimages, made to this tomb, originated The Feast of The Assumption, which was already Solemnised in The East at the end of the 6th-Century A.D. At the beginning of the 7th-Century A.D., The Feast was also Solemnised at Rome, and it spread with The Roman Liturgy over The West. Pope Leo IV instituted The Octave in 847 A.D.

The Virgin and Infant with Angels.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1900.

Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center – description

Copied from the English Wikipedia to Commons.

(Wikipedia Commons)

"We have accompanied thee with all our Prayers, when thou didst ascend towards thy Son," says Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, "and we have at least followed thee at a distance, O Blessed Virgin ! May thy goodness make known to the World, the Grace bestowed on thee by God: Obtain by thy Holy Prayers, the forgiveness of the guilty, health for the sick, strength for weak Souls, consolation for the afflicted, help and deliverance for those in peril.

O Mary, Queen of Clemency, on this joyful Solemnity, may thy humble servants, who praise and invoke thy sweet name, be overwhelmed with Graces by Jesus Christ thy Son, Our Lord, Who is The Sovereign God, Blessed throughout the ages. Amen." [Fifth and Sixth Lessons at Matins.]

Let us honour Mary with special confidence during these Feasts, which Celebrate her Triumph.

Mass: Adeamus.
Commemoration: Saints Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian. Martyrs.

Preface: The Blessed Virgin Mary: Et te in Festivitáte.

The Virgin and Infant of The Lilies.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1899.

Source: PaintingHere.com

Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Liturgical worship of "The Most Pure Heart of Mary" was suggested by The Fathers who commented The Canticle of Canticles; it was first joined to that of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the 17th-Century, by Saint John Eudes; however, it was only at the beginning of the 19th-Century that Pope Pius VII allowed some places to keep a Feast in its honour, on The Sunday after The Octave of her Assumption.

Blessed Pope Pius IX granted it a Proper Mass and Divine Office (Mass: Omnis Gloria).

In other places, it was kept on the Sunday, or, rather, (since the present Edition of The Roman Missal, made in 1920 in the spirit of Pope Saint Pius X) [Editor: This Text is from the 1945 Edition of The Saint Andrew Daily Missal] on The Saturday after The Feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

"Regina Caeli"

(Queen of Heaven).

By Marco Frisina.

Available on YouTube at

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On 8 December 1942 [Editor: The Feast Day of The Immaculate Conception], during the terrible World War, Pope Pius XII Consecrated the whole of mankind to "The Immaculate Heart of Mary"; consequently, he extended The Feast to The Universal Church and gave it a new Mass and Divine Office by Decree of 4 May 1944.

That Feast, of The Immaculate Heart, is fixed, not to a Sunday, but to the very Octave-Day of The Assumption: Mary in Heaven goes on interceding lovingly on our behalf. Her Heart is the symbol of the ardent love, which she fosters first for God and for her Divine Son (Epistle), but also of her maternal care for all human Souls, which Jesus entrusted her when He died (Gospel, Communion).

We exalt the particular Holiness of her Heart (Gradual, Offertory), and we Pray her (Introit, Collects) to obtain "Peace for all Nations, freedom for The Church, conversion for the sinners, and for all Faithful, love for Chastity and the practice of all Virtues" (Decree 4 May 1944).

The Blessed Virgin Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven by Her Beloved Son.

Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG

The following Text is from DRUMCREE PARISH

In the midst of The Second World War, Pope Pius XII made an Act of Consecration of The Church and The Whole World to The Immaculate Heart on 31 October 1942, which was then Solemnly proclaimed on 8 December 1942.

Two years later, by a Decree of 4 May 1944, The Holy Father extended The Feast of The Immaculate Heart of Mary to The Universal Church.

[Editor: Prior to which, 22 August had been "The Octave Day of The Assumption". Greater-Double. White Vestments.]