The Feast Of All Saints. Feast Day 1 November.

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

The Feast of All Saints.
   Feast Day 1 November.

Double of The First-Class
   with an Octave.

White Vestments.

The Church Triumphant.

The Church Militant.

The Church Suffering.

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who reproduce Text and Illustrations from Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,

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All Saints Day.

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All Saints Day.

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"Te Deum",

by Domenico Scarlatti,

for The Feast of All Saints.

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"Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino . . ."

("Let us all rejoice in The Lord . . .")

(Introit for The Feast of All Saints).

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The temple of Agrippa was dedicated, under Augustus, to all the pagan gods, hence its name of "Pantheon". Under Emperor Phocas, between 607 A.D. and 610 A.D., Pope Boniface IV Translated hither numerous remains of Martyrs taken from The Catacombs.

On 13 May 610 A.D., he Dedicated this new Christian Basilica to Saint Mary and The Martyrs. The Feast of this Dedication later took a more Universal character, and the temple was Consecrated to Saint Mary And All The Saints.

English: Saint Mary And All The Saints (The Pantheon (27 B.C.) - Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.

Français: Le Panthéon (27 av. J.C.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rome).

Deutsch: Das Pantheon (27 v.Chr.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rom).

Español: El Panteón (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).

Italiano: Il Pantheon (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).

Photo: 3 October 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT.

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English: The Interior of Saint Mary And All The Saints, Rome.

Русский: Внутреннее убранство Пантеона.

Photo: 22 May 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Владимир Шеляпин.

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As there was already a Feast in Commemoration of All The Saints, Celebrated at first on various dates in various Churches, then fixed by Pope Gregory IV in 835 A.D., on 1 November, Pope Gregory VII transferred to this date the Anniversary of The Dedication of the Pantheon as a Church. The Feast of All Saints, therefore, recalls The Triumph of Christ over the false pagan deities. In this Church is held The Station on The Friday in The Octave of Easter.

As The Saints, Commemorated during the first three Centuries of The Church were Martyrs, and the Pantheon was at first Dedicated by The Church to them, The Mass of All Saints is made up of extracts from The Liturgy of Martyrs. The Introit is that of The Mass of Saint Agatha, used later for other Feasts; the Gospel, Offertory and Communion are taken from The Common of Martyrs.

The Church gives us on this day a wonderful vision of Heaven, showing us, with Saint John, the twelve thousand signed (twelve is considered a perfect number) of each tribe of Israel, and a great multitude, which no-one can count, of every nation and tribe, of every people and tongue, standing before the Throne and before The Lamb, clothed in White Robes and with Palms in their hands (Epistle).

Christ and Our Lady; The Blessed Battalions distributed in Nine Choirs; The Apostles and Prophets; The Martyrs, crimsoned in their blood; The Confessors, adorned in White Garments; and the chaste Choir of Virgins, form, as The Hymn of Vespers sings, The Majestic Court.

It is composed of all those, who, here below, were detached from Worldly riches, Gentle, Suffering, Just, Merciful, Pure, Peaceful, and Persecuted for The Name of Jesus. "Rejoice," The Master had foretold them, "for a great reward is prepared for you in Heaven" (Gospel, Communion).

Among those millions of The Just, who were faithful Disciples of Jesus, on Earth, are several of our own family, relations, friends, members of our Parochial Family, now enjoying the fruit of their Piety, adoring The Lord, King of Kings, and Crown of All Saints (Invitatory at Matins) and obtaining for us the wished-for abundance of His mercies (Collect).

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

Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino.

Creed. Is said.

All Saints Day.

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The Vigil Of All Saints. 31 October.

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unless otherwise stated.

The Vigil of All Saints.
   31 October.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.

Iona Abbey, Scotland.

Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

The most illustrious Martyrs had at Rome, from the 4th-Century A.D., their Basilicas, where was Celebrated each Year the Anniversary of their death, or, rather, their birth in Heaven.

At that time, a number of Masses were prescribed without any fixed day in honour of those who had no public recognition. When, later, the names of Saints, who were not Martyrs, were introduced into The Ecclesiastical Calendar, a more Universal character was given to such Masses.

It is thus that, in the 8th-Century A.D., The Gregorian Sacramentary indicates among The Common Masses without a date: The Mass in Honour of All Saints.

Fixed in the following Century on 1 November, it became The Mass of All Saints' Day, for which we are this day prepared by a Vigil.

This explains why The Mass of The Vigil, as well as that of The Feast, contains extracts from The Masses of The Common of Martyrs.

Mass: Judicant sancti gentes.
Gloria: Is not said.

The Church Triumphant.

The Church Militant.

The Church Suffering.

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The Vigil of All Saints is of Simple Rite and its Liturgical Colour is Violet. As with all Simple Rite Vigils, The Office runs from Mattins to None.

At Mattins, The Invitatory, Hymn, Antiphons, Psalms, Versicle and Response are from The Psalter for Friday. The Lessons, Proper to The Vigil, in The Nocturn, are a Homily of Saint Ambrose from The Common of Several Martyrs.

The Responsories are from The Friday of The Fifth Week of October. The Te Deum is not sung. The Second Scheme of Lauds for Friday is sung with Psalms 50, 142, 84, Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, and 147.

The Office Hymn is Aeterna caeli gloria. After the Antiphon on the Benedictus has been repeated, the Ferial Preces are sung, with the Choir kneeling. After The Collect of The Vigil, The Suffrage of The Saints is omitted (c.f. pre-1911-1913 praxis when The Suffrages were sung).

At Prime, the Psalm displaced from Lauds by The Miserere is added to The Psalmody of The Day: Pss. 21(i), 21(ii), 21(iii), and 98. Both The Dominical and Ferial Preces are sung, with the Choir kneeling. At the other Hours, the short series of Ferial Preces are sung, again with the Choir kneeling, before The Collect of The Vigil.

Mass is sung after None. Following the normal rules for Vigils, four Candles are placed on the Altar, in contrast with two on ordinary Ferial Days. The Deacon and Sub-Deacon wear Violet Dalmatic and Tunicle, not Folded Chasubles. The Ferial Tone is used for The Orations and for The Preface and Pater Noster.

There is no Gloria. The Second Collect is of The Holy Ghost, Deus, qui corda, The Third Collect is Ecclesiae. As it is a 'Kneeling Day', the Choir kneels for the Prayers and from the Sanctus until Pax Domini. As the Gloria is not sung, the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino.

Vespers are First Vespers of The Feast of All Saints, with a corresponding Colour change to Festive White. The Office is Proper and the Antiphons Vidi turbam magnam, etc, are sung, Doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 and 116. The Office Hymn is Placare, Christe, servulis. At Compline, The Dominical Psalms are sung.

In the 'Liturgical Books of 1962', The Vigil of All Saints has been abolished. Today is kept as a
IV Class Ferial 'Green' Day. Mass is of Pentecost XX, there is a single Collect. Although the Gloria is not sung, Ite missa est is the dismissal.

Our Lady Of Ushaw.

Our Lady of Ushaw,

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw Seminary, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.

Solemn High Mass 1960.

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"Ave Regina Caelorum".

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Sung by: The Sixteen.

Director: Harry Christophers.

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Ave, Regina cælorum,

Ave, Domina Angelorum:

Salve, radix, salve, Porta,

Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude Virgo gloriosa,

Super omnes speciosa,

Vale, o valde decora,

Et pro nobis Christum exora.

Divine Holy Mass, Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

"Ave Regina Caelorum".

Composer: Orlande de Lassus.

Sung by:The Tallis Scholars.

Director: Peter Phillips.

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Solemn Requiem Mass, with a very young Richard Hawker as MC.

Our Lady of Ushaw statue can be seen behind the Deacon on the Sedilia.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

"Salve, Regina",

from The Eton Choir Book.

Composer: William Cornysh.

Sung by: The Tallis Scholars.

Director: Peter Phillips.

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Divine Holy Mass, Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

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Ushaw College is a former Catholic Seminary, near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England. It was Founded in 1808 by scholars from The English College, Douai, France, who had fled France after The French Revolution.

Ushaw College was affiliated with The University of Durham from 1968 and was the principal Roman Catholic Seminary for the training of Catholic Priests in The North of England, finally closing in 2011 due to the shortage of Vocations.

The buildings and grounds are now maintained by a Charitable Trust.

Solemn Requiem Mass, Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Solemn Requiem Mass, Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

A Dawn Mass in The English Martyrs Side-Chapel. Ushaw, County Durham, England.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, Durham, England.

A perfect setting for the Celebration of The Divine Mass.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw, Durham, England.

A perfect setting for the Celebration of The Divine Mass.

Please God, one day this Chapel will be a regular Mass location, again.

During the height of Ushaw Seminary in the 1960s, over 400 Seminarians would attend Daily Divine Mass in this Chapel.

Photo: April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Cornwall. Cornish Paintings And Cornish Pilchards And Cornish Pasties.

"The Greeting".

Artist: Walter Langley (1852–1922).

Date: 1904.

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Walter Langley (8 June 1852 – 21 March 1922) was an English painter and Founder of The Newlyn School of plein air artists.

In 1884, Langley was elected a member of the RBSA and continued to exhibit widely throughout the U.K,, and abroad. Later in his career, his reputation grew. One of Langley's paintings was singled out as "a beautiful and true work of art" by Leo Tolstoy, in his book " What is Art ? ", while, in 1895, Langley was invited by The Uffizi to contribute a self-portrait to hang alongside those of Raphael, Rubens and Rembrandt in their collection of portraits of great artists.

Today his work is considered "vital to the image of The Newlyn School" and, "alongside Stanhope Forbes . . . the most consistent in style and substantial in output".

Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow), is a Ceremonial County and Unitary Authority area of England within The United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the North and West by The Celtic Sea, to the South by The English Channel, and to the East by The County of Devon, over The River Tamar.

Cornwall has a population of 536,000 and covers an area of 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi). The Administrative Centre, and only City in Cornwall, is Truro, although the Town of Saint Austell has the largest population.

Still retaining their traditional character, the villages of Kingsand and Cawsand, in Cornwall, situated on the Rame Peninsula, are popular with tourists. They are untouched by time with a fascinating smuggling and fishing past.

Illustration: CORNISH TRADITIONAL COTTAGES

Cornish Pilchards.

Delicious.

Illustration: AMAZON

Cornish Pilchard

(Sardina pilchardus).

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: © Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0.

Author: Citron/ CC-BY-SA-3.0.

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"Between The Tides".

Artist: Walter Langley (1852–1922).

Date: 1901.

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" The Waif ".

Artist: Walter Langley (1852–1922).

Date: 1889.

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The area is noted for its wild moorland landscapes, its long and varied coastline, its attractive villages, its many place-names derived from the Cornish language, and its very mild climate. Extensive stretches of Cornwall's coastline, and Bodmin Moor, are protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

English: Saint Piran's Flag, Flag of Cornwall

Kernowek: Baner Peran, Baner Kernow

Ænglisc: Cornwealla fana

Brezhoneg: Banniel Sant Piran

Cymraeg: Baner Cernyw

Deutsch: Flagge von Cornwall

Français: Drapeau de saint Piran, Drapeau des Cornouailles

Gaeilge: Bratach na Chorn

Latina: Vexillum Cornubiae

The County of Cornwall

shown within England.

Date: 16 November 2010.

Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData:

County boundaries and GB coastline.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Irish, French and Isle of Man coastlines,

Lough Neagh and Irish border.

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Cornish Pasty.

Illustration: CORNISH PASTY ASSOCIATION

Saint Simon And Saint Jude. Apostles. Feast Day, Today, 28 October.

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Saint Simon and Saint Jude.
   Apostles.
   Feast Day 28 October.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Simon and Saint Jude.

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Artist: René de Cramer.

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Jude, or Thaddeus, had asked The Master, at The Last Supper, why He manifested Himself to The Apostles and not to the World. Jesus answered that He only manifested Himself to Souls who show Him their fidelity by observing His Commandments.

While Simon announced the Gospel to the peoples of The East, Jude wrote his catholic Epistle, which is still read in The West, and "which", declares Origen, "contains strong Doctrine in a few lines".

In the first part, he foretells the condemnation of heretics; he compares them to clouds without water, to Autumn trees without fruit, and to wandering stars, for whom profound darkness is apportioned for all Eternity. Like the rebel Angels, they shall burn for ever in avenging flames.

In the second part, he exhorts The Faithful not to be deceived by the seducers, but to remain firm in their Faith in God and Christ. ["My well-beloved, rising like an edifice on the Foundation of your Holy Faith and Praying by The Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God." The Archangel Saint Michael, Saint Jude again declares, was established by The Most High as Guardian of The Tomb of Moses. Having, on this occasion, to fight with Satan, probably to hinder him taking possession of the Prophet's body, out of respect for his Angelical dignity, he left to God to condemn him Himself, saying: "May The Lord rebuke him."

The Church puts these very words on the lips of the Priests in The Prayers of Pope Leo XIII, which are said after Low Mass at the foot of the Altar. (Editor: The Leonine Prayers.)]

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

English: Church of Saint Simon and Saint Jude (Thaddeus), Rudno, Poland.

Polski: Koścół z XIII wieku.

Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from pl.wikipedia to Commons.

Author: The boss at Polish Wikipedia.

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According to Tradition, Saint Jude suffered Martyrdom, about 65 A.D., in Beirut, in the Roman Province of Syria, together with the Apostle, Simon the Zealot, with whom he is usually connected. The axe that he is often shown holding in pictures symbolises the way in which he was killed.

Their Acts and Martyrdom were recorded in an Acts of Simon and Jude, that was among the collection of passions and legends traditionally associated with the legendary Abdias, Bishop of Babylon, and said to have been translated into Latin by his disciple, Tropaeus Africanus, according to the Golden Legend account of the Saints.

Sometime after his death, Saint Jude's body was brought from Beirut to Rome and placed in a Crypt in Saint Peter's Basilica, which was visited by many devotees. Now, his bones are in the Left Transept of Saint Peter's Basilica, under the main Altar of Saint Joseph, in one tomb with the remains of the Apostle Simon the Zealot.

Saint Thaddeus (Jude), Saint Sandukht, and other Christians in Sanatruk's prison.

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Source: Armenian History in Italian Art - Հայոց Պատմության Էջեր.

Author: Fusaro (19th-Century).

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The Feast Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King. Feast Day: The Last Sunday Of October.

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Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.
   The Last Sunday of October.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Christ The King.

Detail from The Ghent Altarpiece, by Jan van Eyck.

Deutsch: Genter Altar, Altar des Mystischen Lammes,

obere mittlere Haupttafel, Szene: Thronender Gottvater.

Artist: Hubert van Eyck (1366–1426).

Date: Before 1426.

Current location: Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.

Notes: Auftraggeber: Joducus und Isabelle Vyd, urspr. für die Johannes dem Täufer gewidmete Seitenkapelle in St.-Bavo in Gent, Wandelaltar, in Zusammenarbeit mit Jan van Eyck entstanden.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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Insignia of The Vendean Insurgents (Royalist Insurgents), during The War in Vendée, 1793, 

who fought against Suppression of The Church in The French Revolution. Note the French words 

" Dieu Le Roi ", beneath The Heart-and-Cross, meaning " God The King ".

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In his Encyclical of 11 December 1925, His Holiness Pope Pius XI denounced the great modern Heresy of Laicism. This Heresy refuses to recognise The Rights of God and His Christ, over persons and peoples, and organises the lives of individuals, families, and of Society itself, as though God did not exist.

This Laicism ruins Society, because, in place of The Love of God and one's neighbour, it substitutes pride and egoism. It begets jealousy between individuals, hatred between classes and rivalry between nations.

The World denies Christ, because it ignores His Royal Prerogatives. The World must be instructed on this subject. Now, "a yearly Feast can attain this end, more effectively than the weightiest documents issued by Ecclesiastical authority".

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The Holy Father has instituted this new Feast to be a public, social, and official declaration of The Royal Rights of Jesus, as God The Creator, as The Word Incarnate, and as Redeemer.

This Feast makes these Rights to be known and recognised, in a way most suitable to Man and to Society by the Sublimest Acts of Religion - particularly by Holy Mass.

"The Magnificat".

First Vespers of The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.

Composed by Arvo Pärt.

Sung by The Tallis Scholars.

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In fact, the end of The Holy Sacrifice is the acknowledgement of God's complete Dominion over us, and our complete dependence on Him.

And this Act is accomplished, not only on Calvary, but also through The Royal Priesthood of Jesus, which never ceases in His Kingdom, which is Heaven. The great reality of Christianity is not a corpse hanging from a Cross, but The Risen Christ Reigning in all the Glory of His Triumph in the midst of His Elect, who are His Conquest (Epistle).

And that is why The Mass begins with the finest vision of The Apocalypse, where The Lamb of God is acclaimed by Angels and Saints (Introit).

The Holy Father has expressed his wish that this Feast should be Celebrated towards the end of The Liturgical Year, on The Last Sunday of October, as The Consummation of all The Mysteries by which Jesus has established His Royal Powers and nearly on the Eve of All Saints, where He already realises them in part, in being "The King of Kings and The Crown of All Saints " (Invitatory at Matins); until He shall be The Crown of all those on Earth whom He saves, especially by The Mass.

It is, indeed, principally by The Eucharist, which is both a Sacrifice and a Sacrament, that Christ, now in Glory, assures the results of the Victorious Sacrifice of Calvary, by taking possession of Souls through the application of the Merits of His Passion (Secret) and thereby unites them as Members to their Head.

The end of The Eucharist, says the Catechism of The Council of Trent, is "to form one sole Mystic Body of all The Faithful" and so to draw them in the cult, which Christ, King-Adorer, as Priest and Victim, rendered in a bloody manner on The Cross and now renders, in an un-bloody manner, on the Stone Altar of our Churches and on the Golden Altar in Heaven, to Christ, King-Adored, as Son of God, and to His Father, to Whom He offers these Souls (Preface).

Mass: Dignus est Agnus.
Commmemoration: Of the occurring Sunday.
Preface: Of Christ The King.
Last Gospel: Of the occurring Sunday.

The Vigil Of Saint Simon And Saint Jude. Apostles. 27 October.

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

The Vigil of Saint Simon and Saint Jude.
   Apostles.
   27 October.

Violet Vestments.

Saint Simon and Saint Jude.

Apostles.

By Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876.

Illustration: CATHOLIC HARBOR OF FAITH AND MORALS

Simon, whom Saint Peter calls "The Cananean" to distinguish him from Saint Peter, who bore the same name [Editor: "Simon"], was born at Cana, in Galilee. Saint Luke calls him "Zelotes", because he had probably belonged to the Jewish Party, thus called for its zeal in defending The Faith.
Jude, surnamed "Thaddeus" or "Lebbe" (The Courageous), was, by Cleophas, his father, and Mary, his mother, a nephew to Saint Joseph and The Blessed Virgin Mary and cousin to Jesus. Saint James the Less, first Bishop of Jerusalem and the first Apostle Martyred, and Simeon, who succeeded him in this See, were his brothers.

These Apostles of Christ heard from the lips of The Master, at The Last Supper, the words of the Gospel: "I am the vine, you are the branches. Every branch which bears fruit, My Father shall prune in order that it should bear more."

After having preached the Gospel, at the price of great sufferings, the first in Egypt, the second in Mesopotamia, they were both Martyred in Persia (Introit, Gradual, Communion).

Wherefore, their Feasts are Celebrated on the same day, in the same Office, and their names are mentioned jointly in The Canon of The Mass.

Mass: Intret in conspéctu.
The Gloria is not said.

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Saint Evaristus. Pope And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 26 October.

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Saint Evaristus.
   Pope and Martyr.
   Feast Day 26 October.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Image of Pope Evaristus in the Roman Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls.

Author: Unknown.

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Evaristus, a Greek by birth, was unanimously Elected Pope when The Holy See became vacant at the death of Pope Anacletus I (also known as Cletus I).

It was Pope Evaristus who divided Rome into Titles, or Parishes, appointing to each a Priest. He prescribed that seven Deacons should surround the Bishop when he Preached, for the greater honour of The Word of God and of The Episcopal dignity.

Saint Evaristus was condemned to death under Emperor Trajan, 109 A.D.

Mass: Statuit. For a Martyr Bishop.

English: Pope Evaristus statue in The Sistine Chapel, Rome.

Nederlands: Paus Evaristus I.

Muurschildering uit de Sixtijnse kapel, Rome.

Date: 25 April 2004.

Source: Uploaded to Dutch Wikipedia by nl:Gebruiker:Robbot.

Author: nl:Afbeelding:Evaristus.jpg.

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The Virgin Mary Of Akita, Japan. And The Apparitions To Sister Sasagawa.

The Wooden Statue of Our Lady of Akita, Japan.

Photo: 2 November 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: SICDAMNOME.

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The 

Akita Apparitions and Sister Sasagawa.

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Our Lady of Akita is the Catholic Title of The Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a wooden statue Venerated by Faithful Japanese, who hold it to be miraculous. The image is known due to The Marian Apparitions reported in 1973 by Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in the remote area of Yuzawadai, an outskirt of Akita, Japan.

The messages emphasise Prayer (especially Recitation of The Holy Rosary) and Penance, in combination with cryptic visions prophesying Sacerdotal Persecution and Heresy within The Catholic Church.

The Apparitions were unusual in that the weeping statue of The Virgin Mary was broadcast on Japanese national television, and gained further notoriety with the sudden healing of hearing impairment experienced by Sasagawa after the apparitions.

The image also became affiliated with the Devotion to Our Lady of All Nations, Venerated in Amsterdam, Holland, with which the image shares close similarities.

The Local Ordinary of the Convent, John Shojiro Ito, Bishop of Niigata, authorised "the Veneration of The Holy Mother of Akita," within The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata in a 1984 Pastoral Letter, "while awaiting" a "definitive judgement on this matter" pronounced by The Holy See.

A request for Canonical Coronation for The Marian Image was formally submitted to The Vatican on 19 July 2002.

Saint Chrysanthus And Saint Daria. Martyrs. Feast Day 25 October.

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unless stated otherwise.

Saint Chrysanthus And Saint Daria. 
   Martyrs. 
   Feast Day 25 October.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Martyrdom of Saint Chrysanthus and Saint Daria.

From a 14th-Century Manuscript.

This File: 8 November 2006.

User: Polylerus.

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"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "the triumph of Saint Chrysanthus and his wife, Saint Daria, Martyrs. After several torments, which they endured for Jesus Christ, under The Prefect Celerinus, they were condemned by The Emperor Numerian to be thrown into a Sandpit, on The Salerian Way, and buried alive there under a heap of earth and stones". This was in 283 A.D.

Mass: Intret.