The Seven Sorrows of The Virgin.
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
Date: Circa 1496.
Current location: Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.
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Saturday, 15 September 2018
Friday, 14 September 2018
Fourth Latin Missa Cantata In This Mediaeval Church Since 1538. Sung Votive Mass Of The Blessed Virgin Mary And Commemoration Of Ember Saturday In September.
Saint Augustine's Church, Snave, Ashford, Kent.
A Latin Missa Cantata will be Celebrated here on Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs.
Travel Directions are given, below.
It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the Late-13th-Century. The East End is unusual in that The Lady Chapel
(more recently used as a School Room) vies for importance with The Chancel.
Declared redundant in 1983, Saint Augustine's Church is now entirely maintained by
The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.
Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.
Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.
Illustration: THE ROMNEY MARCH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST
Missa Cantata at Saint Augustine's, Snave (near Ashford, Kent), September 2015.
The first time in 477 years that a Latin Sung Mass (Missa Cantata) had been Celebrated
in this beautiful Mediaeval Church on Romney Marsh, Kent, England.
On Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs, there will be Celebrated another
Missa Cantata at this lovely Church.
Illustration: LATIN MASS SOCIETY
The Latin Mass Society returns to Snave
for a Missa Cantata, at 12 Noon,
Saturday, 22 September 2018.
The Celebrant is Fr. Marcus Holden.
Music will be supplied by The Victoria Consort.
For those unfamiliar with the
superb quality of their singing, a CD,
is available to purchase from
The Latin Mass Society
at LMS SHOP.
Saint Augustine's Church is one of
the Mediaeval Churches now in the care of
The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate The Mass.
Light refreshments will be served after Mass.
Missa Cantata.
Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.
Saturday, 22 September 2018,
1200 hrs.
Celebrant: Fr. Marcus Holden.
Music: The Victoria Consort.
Director: Dominic Bevan.
Further Details: Mrs. Marygold Turner.
Telephone: 01580 291372.
Travel Directions to Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.
By Road.
Leave the M20 at Junction 10.
Follow the A2070 towards Hastings.
After, approx, 9.3 miles, take the Slip Road
to the LEFT (signposted "SNAVE").
At the Post-Box (on your LEFT),
TURN LEFT,
and you have arrived at the Church.
(N.B. Google Maps mark the destination
as "Manor Farm")
By Rail.
Frequent Trains from
Saint Pancras International Railway Station, London, going to
ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL.
Then take a Taxi to SNAVE.
Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church, Snave, Ashford, Kent,
has been kindly given by
Missa Cantata,
in Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.
Saturday, 22 September 2018,
1200 hrs.
Snave is one of a group of Mediaeval Churches built to serve very small communities on
Romney Marsh, in Kent. Now redundant, they are in the care of The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate Mass
on Saturday, 22 September 2018, at 12 noon.
2017 was the third time that a Latin Mass had been Celebrated in the Church since Reformation times. We are delighted to be able to return this year.
Missa Cantata.
Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.
Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs.
Celebrant: Fr. Marcus Holden.
Schola: The Victoria Consort.
Director: Dominic Bevan.
Further Details: Mrs. Marygold Turner 01580 291372.
Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by
The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross. Feast Day, Today, 14 September.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.
Feast Day 14 September.
Greater-Double.
Red Vestments.
The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.
English: The High Altar, Church of The Holy Cross, Regensburg, Germany.
Deutsch: Altar Heilig Kreuz.
Photo: 23 July 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Dirsch.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.
Solemn Pontifical Mass in The Extraordinary Form of The Roman Rite in Thanksgiving
for the 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Celebrated by The Most Rev’d Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Chicago at the Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 14 September 2017.
Available on YouTube at
Such was the origin of The Feast of The Exaltation of The Cross. "When I shall be raised on high, I shall draw everything unto Me" (Gospel), Jesus had said.
It is because The Saviour humbled Himself, being obedient even to the Death of The Cross, that God exalted Him and gave Him a name above all other names (Epistle). Wherefore, we must glory in The Cross of Jesus, for He is our Life and our Salvation (Introit) and He protects His servants against the wiles of their enemies (Offertory, Communion, Postcommunion).
Towards the end of the reign of Phocas [Editor: Byzantine Emperor, 602 A.D. - 610 A.D.], Chosroes, King of Persia, says the legend of The Breviary, took Jerusalem, where he put to death several thousand Christians and carried off to Persia The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which Saint Helen had placed on Mount Calvary.
Heraclius, the successor of Phocas, had recourse to many Fasts and Prayers, imploring with great fervour the help of God. He assembled an army and defeated Chosroes. He then insisted on the restitution of The Cross of The Lord.
Thus, the precious Relic was recovered after an interval of fourteen years. On his return to Jerusalem, Heraclius carried it on his shoulders, in great pomp, to the Mount where the Saviour, Himself, had borne it (629 A.D.).
An extraordinary Miracle marked the occasion. Heraclius, who was loaded with ornaments of gold and precious stones, was held back by an invisible force at the entrance gate of Mount Calvary, and vain were his efforts to enter.
As the Emperor and all those who witnessed the scene were astonished, Zacharias, Bishop of Jerusalem, said to him: "Consider, O Emperor, that, with these triumphal ornaments, you are far from imitating the poverty of Jesus Christ and His humility in bearing His Cross."
Heraclius, thereupon, doffed his splendid garb and walked barefoot with a common cloak on his shoulders to Calvary, where he again deposited The Cross. The Feast of The Exaltation of The Holy Cross on the original spot, the Anniversary of which was Celebrated on this day, became of great importance.
Let us join, in spirit, The Faithful, who, in the Church of The Holy Cross, at Rome, Venerate on this day the Relics of The Sacred Wood, exposed for the occasion, so that, having been privileged to adore it on this Feast, when we rejoice for its Exaltation, we may, likewise, possess for all Eternity the Salvation and Glory that The Cross has won for us (Collect, Secret).
Mass: Nos autem gloriari oportet in Cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi. (But it behoves us to glory in The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ).
Creed.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.
"The Exaltation of The Holy Cross",
This File: 14 April 2005.
User: Petrusbarbygere.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
In Roman Catholic Liturgical Observance, Red Vestments are worn at Church Services conducted on this day, and, if the day falls on a Sunday, its Mass Readings are used instead of that for the occurring Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Lectionary of The Church of England (and other Anglican Churches) also stipulates Red as the Liturgical Colour for "Holy Cross Day".
14 September is The Titular Feast of The Congregation Of Holy Cross, The Companions Of The Cross and The Episcopal Church's Order Of The Holy Cross. This date also marked the beginning of the period of Fasting, except on Sundays, and ending on Easter Sunday, that was stipulated for Carmelites in The Carmelite Rule Of Saint Albert of 1247.
The Rule Of Saint Benedict also prescribes this day as the beginning of Monastic Winter (i.e., the period when there are three Nocturns of Psalms and Readings at Matins), which also ends at Easter.
THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL
THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL
Available (in U.K.) from
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Thursday, 13 September 2018
The Home Secretary Has Rejected Demands For Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones. The Little Ones Will Say "Deo Gratias".
This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
Dear SPUC Supporter,
Today the Home Secretary has made his
long-awaited announcement on buffer zones.
He said that it would ‘not be a proportionate response’ to introduce national buffer zones.
I’m sure you will agree with me that this is
a massive victory for common sense, democracy,
and, above all, for the hundreds of vulnerable women who are saved from the horror of abortion
at the very gates of the abortion clinic.
Throughout our campaign to protect Pro-Life Vigils, our thoughts have always been for the mothers who need help, even as they are walking into the abortion clinic, and for the many babies and children alive today because of an encounter with a loving Pro-Life Citizen.
Thank You.
Many Happy Returns To His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke On His 70th Birthday Celebrations. Ad Multos Annos !!!
His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke's 70th Birthday Cake.
All Illustrations: FACEBOOK ICRSP NÎMES Église Sainte-Eugénie
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day, Today, 12 September.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Most Holy Name of Mary.
Feast Day 12 September.
Greater-Double.
White Vestments.
English: William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "L'Innocence".
Both young children and the lamb are symbols of innocence.
Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.
Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.
И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1893.
Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.
Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Lady Altar, Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Church, Blackfen, Kent, England.
Date: 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: MULIER FORTIS
The Annunciation.
Artist: Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728).
Date: 1712.
Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,
Missouri, United States of America.
Source: Own work.
Author: Paolo de Matteis.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Just as a few days after Christmas, we celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after The Nativity of Mary, we glorify her Holy Name. Eight days after The Birth of The Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the name of Mary.
Wherefore, during The Octave of The Nativity, The Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.
Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to Celebrate it, and, in 1683, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks, who besieged Vienna and threatened The West.
"The Name of The Virgin," says the Gospel, "was Mary." The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin "Domina", means "Lady", or "Sovereign"; for the authority of her Son, Lord of The World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth, in fact, as well as in name [Eighth Lesson at Matins].
Whence, as we call Jesus "Our Lord", we say of Mary that she is "Our Lady". To pronounce her name is to proclaim her power.
Let us offer The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass to God, to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her Intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).
Mass: Vultum tuum.
English: The Assumption.
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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"O Most Holy Maiden Mary".
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is taken from CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE
In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as The Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.
The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by The Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening The West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.
The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the Early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of The Lord,” and “Mother of The Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.
From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in The West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” "Stella Maris" was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied The Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.
Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is, in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.
In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as The Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.
The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by The Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening The West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.
The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the Early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of The Lord,” and “Mother of The Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.
From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in The West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” "Stella Maris" was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied The Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.
Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is, in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.
San Gennaro Festival. Little Italy. New York,
Our Lady of Sorrows in the 8th-Century A.D. Benedictine Abbey in Frauenchiemsee, Germany.
Text and Illustrations: SAINT HUGH OF CLUNY
Once again The Society Of Saint Hugh of Cluny returns to
The Most Precious Blood Church, in Little Italy, New York,
for our annual Italian heritage Pilgrimage.
Once again we will sponsor a Sung Mass (Missa Cantata)
with orchestral accompaniment amid the noisy tumult
of The San Gennaro Festival.
This year, however, in view of the dire straits of The Church,
we will be Celebrating The Mass Of The Feast Of The Day:
Our Lady Of Sorrows.
The Mass takes place on
Saturday, 15 September 2018, at 1100 hrs.
Fr. Richard Gennaro Cipolla is The Celebrant.
Please help publicise this Divine Mass !
Hope to see many of you there !
Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, shown here at last year’s Mass, will return as The Celebrant.
The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood,
113 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013.
llustration: OLD CATHEDRAL
The following Text is from The Web-Site of
The Church of The Most Precious Blood at
The Church of The Most Precious Blood is The National Shrine Church of San Gennaro
and the location of Holy Doors during The Year of Mercy.
Located on Baxter Street, Manhattan, with an additional entrance on Mulberry Street,
The Church of The Most Precious Blood is part of Manhattan's Little Italy neighbourhood,
and the sister Church of the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral.
During The Feast of San Gennaro, a statue of San Gennaro is taken from its home within
the Church on a Procession through the streets of Little Italy. The construction of
The Most Precious Blood Church was initiated by The Scalabrini Fathers in the Late-19th-Century. The Scalabrini Order built the foundation, but ran out of funds to complete the job.
The Franciscans then took over the Parish and completed the Church building.
It is the home of the extraordinary Nativity of Mercy, which beautifully presents The Birth of Christ, and The Works of Mercy in an awe inspiring display. "Presepe or Presepio" - as it is affectionately called by Italians of all regions - is the result of countless hours of work of the artists
of La Scarabattola, a prestigious artistic Italian firm. The original idea of representing The Birth of Christ is traditionally associated with Saint Francis of Assisi, who, in Greccio, in 1223, invited
all to participate in The Coming of The Lord by re-enacting the scene at The Manger.
Appropriately, The Nativity of Mercy presents Saint Francis while speaking to the birds.
The Church of The Most Precious Blood is home to several vibrant Religious Societies,
in addition to "The Figli di San Gennaro", including: The Community of Sant Egidio,
The Craco Society, and The San Angelo Society. Besides the strong Italian Tradition,
the Vietnamese Congregation has also grown in recent years.
The High Altar, The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood.
Illustration: YELP.COM
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