The Immaculate Conception.
Artist: Anonymous.
Date: 17th-Century.
Current location: Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga, Spain.
Source: http://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/
Author: Anonymous.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saturday, 8 December 2018
The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 8 December.
The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 8 December.
Double of The First-Class
with an Octave.
White Vestments.
WHAT A WONDERFUL FEAST DAY
FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD.
Illustration from HOLY CARD HEAVEN
Friday, 7 December 2018
The Vigil Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. 7 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Vigil of The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
7 December.
Violet Vestments.
"I Am The Immaculate Conception".
"Ego Sum Immaculata Conceptio".
Author: Lawrence OP on flickr
Illustration: PINTEREST
Our Lady of Lourdes.
In 1858, The Immaculate Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, near Lourdes, in France, in the cavern called “de Massabielle.” When asked to describe The Lady of The Vision, Bernadette said:
"She has the appearance of a young girl of sixteen or seventeen. She is dressed in a White Robe, girdled at the waist with a Blue Ribbon, which flows down all along Her Robe. She wears upon Her head a Veil, which is also White; this Veil gives just a glimpse of Her hair and then falls down at the back below Her waist. Her feet are bare, but covered by the last folds of Her Robe, except at the point where a Yellow Rose shines upon each of them. She holds on Her right arm a Rosary of White Beads with a Chain of Gold, shining like the two Roses on Her feet."
This Stained-Glass Window of Our Lady of Lourdes is in Llandudno Catholic Church, Wales.
This Vigil was, in 1879, extended by Pope Leo XIII to the whole Church.
Let us, on this day, ask The Immaculate Virgin to purify our hearts still more for tomorrow's Solemnity (Collect).
Mass: Veníte audíte.
The Gloria in excélsis is not said.
Second Collect: Of The Feria.
Third Collect: Of The Holy Ghost.
Preface: Common Preface.
Preface: Common Preface.
Saint Ambrose. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 7 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Ambrose.
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of The Church.
Feast Day 7 December.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Ambrose barring Emperor Theodosius I from Milan Cathedral.
Artist: Anthony van Dyck.
Date: 1619.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Ambrose, born at Treves (Trier, Germany) towards 335 A.D., was one of the four Great Doctors of The Latin Church. When he was still in his cradle, some bees settled in his mouth, as if to make honey there, presaging his future great eloquence.
While he was Governor of Milan, Ambrose was providently chosen as Bishop by the voice of a child, and he became thee indefatigable Preacher mentioned in the Epistle and Gospel.
He opposed the heretics, humbled the Emperor Theodosius, and brought into The Church Saint Augustine, whose Conversion was worth that of entire Kingdoms. He enriched The Divine Office with Sacred Hymns, to be Chanted by the whole Congregation. The Milanese Liturgy is still known as The Ambrosian Rite.
This great Bishop died in 397 A.D., during the night of Saturday in Holy Week, after having received The Adorable Body of Jesus, Who received him into Eternal Beatitude.
Like Ambrose, let us always, with gentle firmness, maintain God's Rights.
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Commemoration: Of The Vigil of The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Last Gospel: Of The Vigil.
Last Gospel: Of The Vigil.
Thursday, 6 December 2018
"Missa Sancta Et Immaculata" By Francisco Guerrero. On Saturday, 8 December 2018. At 1015 hrs At The Church Of Saints Cyril And Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY
Illustration: SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS ORATORY
The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception.
Saturday, 8 December 2018.
Missa Cantata: 1015 hrs.
Low Mass: 0830 hrs.
"Missa Sancta Et Immaculata".
By Francisco Guerrero.
Church Of Saints Cyril And Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Address: 79, Church Street,
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06608.
Telephone: (203) 333-7003.
E-Mail:
Web-Site: HERE
Saint Nicholas. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 6 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Nicholas.
Bishop And Confessor.
Feast Day 6 December.
Double.
White Vestments.
Cymraeg: Llyfr Llyfr Oriau 'De Grey'.
English: Saint Nicholas, depicted in a Mediaeval Book of Hours,
probably written for The De Grey family, of Ruthin, Wales, circa.1390.
Collection: National Library of Wales.
Source/Photographer:
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Nicholas, named The Great, was born in Asia Minor. God glorified him by an endless number of Miracles, and The Church, remembering the power he exercised over flames, makes us Pray that we may, through his intercession, be preserved from The Flames Of Hell.
Having become Archbishop of Myra, the wants of his flock were the first object of his Pastoral care. He took part in The Council of Nicea, which condemned Arianism.
Putting to profit the talents of which the Gospel speaks, he practiced both Spiritual and Temporal Works of Mercy, as when he discreetly threw Alms in at a window to save the honour of three young girls, an act still commemorated, nowadays, in Santa Claus, when the children thank Saint Nicholas for presents found on the hearth.
He died in 324 A.D. His Relics are preserved at Bari, Italy.
Let us help our neighbour in his Spiritual and Temporal needs.
Mass: Státuit.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Saint Sabbas. Abbot. Feast Day 5 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Sabbas.
Abbot.
Feast Day 5 December.
Simple.
White Vestments.
Photo: 21 January 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: adriatikus.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Monastic Order had to be represented in The Escort of The Immaculate Virgin, of The Apostles, Pontiffs, and Virgins, who walk before Christ. Therefore, The Church Commemorates Saint Sabbas, a Celebrated Anchorite, who, in the 5th-Century A.D., filled Palestine with the fame of his virtues and austerities.
He organised Monastic Communities in Palestine and Founded, among others, the Celebrated Monastery which bears his name.
He died 531 A.D. at the age of ninety-four.
Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Of Saint Sabbas, in The Ferial Mass, by the Collects from the Mass: Os justi
(Of Abbots).
Novena For The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception On 8 December.
This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
VULTUS CHRISTI
Text and Illustration: VULTUS CHRISTI
Most Holy Virgin Mary,
whom The Father preserved from all evil
and from the least shadow of sin
from the first instant of thy Conception,
whom The Precious Blood of Jesus
rendered Immaculate and All-Beautiful,
even before that same Blood was formed in thy Virginal Womb
and poured out upon The Altar of The Cross,
whom The Holy Ghost filled Full With Every Grace
in view of The Glorious Motherhood of The Son of God
for which thou wast created,
thou crushest the head of the ancient serpent,
and overcomest the evil that threatens our Salvation.
To thee, O Virgin of Virgins
thy Son hath entrusted
The Liberation of Souls in bondage to vice,
The Healing of Wounded Souls,
and The Sanctification of Souls ravaged by sin.
Open thy Immaculate Hands over us,
and let The Rays of thy Purity fall upon us.
Through thee, O Immaculate One,
Light Shineth in The Darkest Places.
Through thee, Souls are washed in a Torrent of Graces.
Through thee, The Holy Ghost giveth Succour to The Weak
and Maketh Barren Souls Fruitful.
Thou, O Mother of God, art The Only Hope of thy children scarred by sin and poisoned by its venom.
To those whom the enemy hath led astray
in bitterness and in fear,
thou openest a way of Sweetness and of Peace.
Therefore, with a boundless filial confidence,
I Consecrate myself to thy Immaculate Heart,
together with those for whom I have resolved to Pray
during this Novena.
[Name in silence those for whom the Novena is being made.]
Show thyself The Mother of Mercy and Our All-Powerful Queen,
for no creature resisteth thy supplication
in The Presence of Christ Jesus Our True King.
Mediatrix of All Graces, save us from the tentacles of evil.
Heal even those secret and painful wounds
that only thy Motherly Hand can touch
without adding to their pain.
Do for us, O Immaculate Virgin Mary,
whatsoever thy Maternal Heart moveth thee to do
so that now, and even unto the ages of ages,
we may live for The Praise of The Glory
of The Father, and of The Son,
and of The Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Saint Barbara. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 4 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Barbara.
Virgin And Martyr.
Feast Day 4 December.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Barbara Altarpiece.
Artist: Wilhelm Kalteysen (1420–1496).
Date: 1447.
Collection: National Museum in Warsaw.
Note: Painted for Saint Barbara's Church, Wrocław, Poland (today an Orthodox Church). Initially a Polyptych. The Wings were lost during World War II.
Source/Photographer: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/3gEm1sQ389cbzg
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Barbara died in Asia Minor about 235 A.D. She is included in "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Mass: Loquébar.
Combined pictures of front and back of Order of Saint Barbara Medallion,
Patron Saint of Artillerymen.
Photo: 29 December 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:Hardnfast.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
There is no reference to her in the authentic Early-Christian writings nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's Martyrology. Her name can be traced to the 7th-Century A.D., and Veneration of her was common, especially in The East, from the 9th-Century A.D.
Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from The General Roman Calendar in The 1969 Revision, though not from The Catholic Church's List of Saints.
Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature Chains and a Tower. As one of The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular Saint in modern times, perhaps best known as The Patron Saint of Armourers, Artillerymen, Military Engineers, Miners, and others who work with Explosives because of her old legend's association with Lightning, and also of Mathematicians. Many of the thirteen Miracles in a 15th-Century French version of her story turn on the security she offered, that her devotees would not die without making Confession and receiving Extreme Unction.
Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from The General Roman Calendar in The 1969 Revision, though not from The Catholic Church's List of Saints.
Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature Chains and a Tower. As one of The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular Saint in modern times, perhaps best known as The Patron Saint of Armourers, Artillerymen, Military Engineers, Miners, and others who work with Explosives because of her old legend's association with Lightning, and also of Mathematicians. Many of the thirteen Miracles in a 15th-Century French version of her story turn on the security she offered, that her devotees would not die without making Confession and receiving Extreme Unction.
"You'll Never Walk Alone". Sung By: Joyce DiDonato; Liverpool Football Club Fans; Gerry And The Pacemakers.
"You'll Never Walk Alone".
Sung by: Joyce DiDonato.
Available on YouTube at
Liverpool Football Club fans singing "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Available on YouTube at
"You'll Never Walk Alone".
Sung by: Gerry And The Pacemakers.
Available on YouTube at
The Hillsborough Memorial.
Date: 10 April 2004.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Superbfc at the English language Wikipedia.
Author: Superbfc.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a Show Tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical "Carousel". In the Second Act of the Musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, commits suicide after a failed robbery attempt.
It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a Graduation Class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member. The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to Earth for one day in order to redeem himself, watches the ceremony and is able to silently motivate the unhappy Louise to join in the song.
The song is also sung at Association Football Clubs around the World, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on Match Day; this Tradition began at Liverpool F.C. in the Early-1960s.
The Hillsborough Disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England, on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup Semi-Final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
The resulting ninety-six fatalities and 766 injuries makes this the worst disaster in British sporting history. The crush occurred in the two Standing-Only Central Pens in the Leppings Lane Stand, allocated to Liverpool supporters.
Shortly before kick-off, in an attempt to ease overcrowding outside the entrance turnstiles, the Police Match Commander, Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield, ordered Exit Gate C to be opened, leading to an influx of even more supporters to the already overcrowded Central Pens.
Saint Peter Chrysologus. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 4 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Peter Chrysologus.
Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 4 December.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Peter Chrysologus.
Artist: School of Guercino.
Date: 17th-Century.
Source/Photographer: it.wikipedia.org
Collection: Diocesan Museum Pius IX, Imola, Italy.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Peter Chrysologus gained the name Chrysologus, which means "speech of Gold", by his great eloquence. As The Collect reminds us, his promotion to The See of Ravenna (433 A.D.), owing to an apparition of the Apostle Saint Peter to Pope Sixtus III, was miraculous.
"You are The Salt of The Earth . . . and The Light of The World," says the Gospel. "Preach The Word; be instant in Season, out of Season; reprove, entreat, rebuke . . . do the work of an Evangelist," continues the Epistle.
That was what Saint Peter Chrysologus did: He composed more than one hundred and sixty Homilies, full of learning, which earned him the Title of Doctor of The Church.
It was he who wrote this well-known saying: "He who amuses himself with Satan cannot rejoice with Christ."
He died at Imola in 450 A.D.
Let us listen lovingly to The Word of God.
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration: Of The Feria and Commemoration: Of Saint Barbara.
The following Text is form Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Peter Chrysologus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, Petros Chrysologos, meaning Peter The "Golden-Worded") (circa 380 A.D. – circa 450 A.D.), was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 A.D. until his death. He is known as "The Doctor of Homilies” for the concise, but theologically rich, reflections that he delivered during his time as The Bishop of Ravenna.
He is revered as a Saint by The Roman Catholic Church and The Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of The Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.
Monday, 3 December 2018
Saint Francis Xavier. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 3 December.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Francis Xavier.
Confessor.
Feast Day 3 December.
Greater-Double.
White Vestments.
Statue of Saint Francis Xavier,
at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
in Superior, Wisconsin,
United States of America.
Photo: 20 April 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Billertl.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), was touched, after a long resistance, by the words constantly repeated to him by Saint Ignatius Loyola: "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole World, and suffers the loss of his own Soul ?" He then became one of Saint Ignatius' most zealous fellow-workers in the newly-formed Society of Jesus (The Jesuits).
"Go ye into the whole World, and Preach the Gospel to every creature," says the Gospel. "Their sound hath gone forth into all the Earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole World," adds the Epistle.
This was the programme of the whole life of Saint Francis Xavier," whose Preaching and Miracles added to The Church the Nations of The Indies" (Collect). He Preached the Gospel there, and in Japan, to more than fifty Kingdoms, and converted innumerable pagans.
Let us share in the Apostolic zeal of this Saint, who has earned the glorious Title of Patron of The Propagation of The Faith; and let us help this work with our Prayers and our Alms.
Mass: Loquébar.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Saint Francis Xavier.
The Patron Saint of Missionaries.
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Saint Francis Xavier, S.J. (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic Missionary, born in Javier (Xavier in Navarro-Aragonese or Xabier in Basque), Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and a co-founder of The Society of Jesus. He was a companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of Poverty and Chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534.
He led an extensive Mission into Asia, mainly in The Portuguese Empire of the time, and was influential in Evangelisation work, most notably in India. He also was the first Christian Missionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, The Maluku Islands, and other areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the local languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his Missionary Preaching to China, but died in Shangchuan Island shortly before he could do so.
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
Superior, Wisconsin,
United States of America.
Illustration: SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH WEB-SITE
12 March 1622. In 1624, he was made Co-Patron of Navarre. Known as "The Apostle of The Indies," and "The Apostle of Japan", he is considered to be one of the greatest Missionaries since Saint Paul.
In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the Decree "Apostolicorum in Missionibus", naming Saint Francis Xavier, along with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Co-Patron of all Foreign Missions. He is now Co-Patron Saint of Navarre, with San Fermin. The Day of Navarre (Día de Navarra) marks the Anniversary of Saint Francis Xavier's death, on 3 December 1552.
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, Köln. Cathedral Church Of Saint Peter, Cologne. Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri.
Cologne Cathedral, Germany.
Illustration: SHUTTERSTOCK
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Cologne, Germany.
It is The Seat of The Archbishop of Cologne and of The Administration of The Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned Monument of German Catholicism and Gothic Architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day and currently the tallest Twin-Spired Church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Cologne Cathedral, Germany.
Available on YouTube at
English: The unfinished Cologne Cathedral, 1856, with a 15th-Century Crane on The South Tower.
Deutsch: Vor dem unfertigen Dom:
Zollverwaltung
Am Bollwerk“ mit achteckigem Zinnenturm.
Date: 1856.
Source: Uta Grefe: Köln in frühen Photographien 1847-1914, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag,
München, 1988, ISBN 3-88814-294-6Scan by Raimond Spekking.
Author: Johann Franz Michiels (1823–1887).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th-Century and was completed, to the original Plan, in 1880. The Cathedral is the largest Gothic Church in Northern Europe and has the Second-Tallest Spires. The Towers for its two huge Spires give the Cathedral the largest façade of any Church in the World. The Choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any Mediaeval Church.
Cologne's Mediaeval builders had planned a grand structure to house the Reliquary of The Three Kings and fit its role as a place of Worship for The Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the Mediaeval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian Belief in Mediaeval and Modern Europe".
Cologne's Mediaeval builders had planned a grand structure to house the Reliquary of The Three Kings and fit its role as a place of Worship for The Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the Mediaeval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian Belief in Mediaeval and Modern Europe".
Saturday, 1 December 2018
"Always Rejoice. Pray Without Ceasing. In All Things Give Thanks. For This Is The Will Of God In Christ Jesus Concerning You All".
"Always Rejoice. Pray Without Ceasing. In All Things Give Thanks. For This Is The Will Of God In Christ Jesus Concerning You All", from The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians, Chapter Five (Douay-Rheims Bible).
The Prayer To Our Guardian Angel is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Illustration: DUTCHMAN
PRAYER TO OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL.
An Indulgence of 100 Days each time.
A Plenary Indulgence once a month, on the usual conditions,
if recited every day of the month,
also on 2 October, The Feast Day of The Holy Guardian Angels,
and at the point of death if recited frequently during life.
"O, Angel of God, who art appointed by Divine Mercy
to be my Guardian, enlighten and protect,
direct and govern me this day."
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