The Conversion Of Saint Paul. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 25 January.

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

The Conversion of Saint Paul.
   Feast Day 25 January.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Conversion of Saint Paul.

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Date: 1600.

Current location: Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art

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The Conversion of Saint Paul.

Artist: Caravaggio.

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Paul of Tarsus was a Jew of the Tribe of Benjamin. A most zealous Pharisee, he appears in the Epistle as full of hatred "for the Disciples of The Lord". He becomes a "Vessel of Election", so filled with The Holy Ghost (Epistle), "that all Nations shall drink of its fulness," says Saint Ambrose, and shall learn through him that "Jesus is The Son of God" (Epistle).

Saint Paul is, like The Twelve, an Apostle of Christ (Alleluia), "he shall sit in one of the twelve seats and shall judge the World when The Son of Man shall Himself be seated on The Throne which belongs to Him as Son of God" (Gradual and Gospel).

We owe it to today's Feast, which follows by a few days that of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, and which had for its origin a Translation of the body of Saint Paul, that we are enabled to see the whole Season after Epiphany represented in a picture [Editor: A Theoretical Picture], giving us an admirable vision of The Kingship of Jesus.

In the foreground [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture] are the two witnesses of The Divinity of Christ, Saint Peter, more especially sent to the sons of Israel, and Saint Paul, to the Gentiles (Collect, Gradual).

In the background [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture], is Galilee with its verdant hills, where we perceive Cana, the Synagogue of Nazareth, and the Lake of Genesareth, where Jesus, by His Miracles, proved that He was The Son of God.

Following the example of Saint Paul, let us show by our Faith, and by a new life, that Jesus is God and that He is our King.

Mass: Scio cui crédidi.
Commemoration: Saint Peter.
Gospel: Ecce nos.
Creed: Is said.

Blessed M. Stella And Her Ten Companions, The Martyrs Of Nowogrodek, In Nazi-Occupied Poland In 1943.

The artwork for the Beatification image of

Blessed M. Stella and her Ten Companions,

The Martyrs of Nowogrodek, in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.

Painted by Jerzy Kumala (1998).

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Saint Timothy. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 24 January.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Timothy.
   Bishop and Martyr.
   Feast Day 24 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Stained-Glass Window of Saint Timothy, Southwark Cathedral, London.

Photo: 1 August 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Vassil

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Timothy (Greek: Τιμόθεος; Timótheos, meaning "Honouring God" or "Honoured by God") was a 1st - Century A.D. Christian Bishop, who died around 97 A.D. The New Testament indicates that Saint Timothy travelled with Saint Paul, who was also his mentor. Timothy is addressed as the recipient of the Epistles to Timothy.

Saint Timothy is mentioned in The Bible at the time of Paul's second visit to Lystra, in Anatolia, where Timothy is mentioned as a "Disciple". Paul calls him his "own son in The Faith". Timothy often travelled with Paul. Timothy's mother was Jewish and his father was Greek, but he had not been circumcised, and Paul now ensured that this was done, according to the Text, to ensure Timothy’s acceptability to the Jews.

According to McGarvey, Paul performed the operation "with his own hand", but others claim this is unlikely and nowhere attested. He was Ordained and went with Paul on his journeys through Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia,Troas, Philippi, Veria, and Corinth. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are noted as eminent for their piety and Faith, which indicates that they may have also been Christians. Timothy is praised by Paul for his knowledge of The Scriptures (in the 1st-Century A.D., mostly The Septuagint (Greek); See Development of The New Testament Canon - Clement of Rome), and is said to have been acquainted with The Scriptures since childhood.

Saint Timothy (17 A.D. - 97 A.D.). (Orthodox icon). Bishop and Martyr.

Source: http://www.svetigora.com/node/921

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

That Timothy was jailed at least once, during the period of the writing of The New Testament, is implied by the writer of Hebrews mentioning Timothy's release at the end of the Epistle. It is also apparent that Timothy had some type of stomach malady, owing to Paul's advice, in 1 Timothy 5:23, counselling Timothy to: "No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments."

Paul commanded Timothy to remain in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1): "I command you to stay there in Ephesus", to prevent Heresy from infecting The Church in Ephesus. Paul also gave him instructions for establishing Elders and Deacons, there. These very guidelines have become the commonly-used guidelines among Churches across the World to this day.

According to later Tradition, Paul Consecrated Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus in 65 A.D., where he served for fifteen years. In 97 A.D., (with Timothy dying at age eighty), Timothy tried to halt a pagan procession of idols, ceremonies, and songs. In response to his Preaching of the Gospel, the angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets, and stoned him to death. In the 4th-Century A.D., his Relics were Transferred to The Church of The Holy Apostles, in Constantinople.

Pen and Ink Drawing (top), Colour Photo (middle), The High Altar (bottom),

of The Catholic Church of Saint Timothy, Los Angeles,

California, United States of America.

Illustration: SAINT TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Timothy, born at Lystra (Asia Minor), of a pagan father and a Jewish mother, was already a Christian when Saint Paul came to that town. Saint Paul, whose Conversion we Celebrate tomorrow, was struck by Timothy's Holiness and took him as a companion on his travels. Saint Timothy thereupon gave up everything and became his Disciple (Gospel).

Saint Paul conferred on him full Sacerdotal powers (Introit) and committed to his care The Church of Ephesus. We read, in the Epistle, a passage of one of the two admirable Letters which his Master wrote to him. Saint Timothy was stoned to death in his Episcopal City in 97 A.D.

Let us, with Timothy, confess The Divinity of Christ in this Season After Epiphany, which is its Liturgical manifestation.

Mass: Státuit. (Of a Martyr Bishop).

President Trump Makes The Roe Anniversary “Sanctity Of Life Day”: “We Will Never Tire Of Defending Innocent Life”.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., 22 January 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – U.S. President Donald J. Trump has declared 22 January, the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision imposing Abortion on Demand across the Country, to be “National Sanctity of Human Life Day.”

In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared that “every person — the born and unborn, the poor, the downcast, the disabled, the infirm, and the elderly — has inherent value” and said that the U.S. “proudly and strongly reaffirms our commitment to protect the precious gift of life at every stage, from conception to natural death.”

For the first time in history, a U.S. President will attend in person and speak at The Annual March for Life, that is taking place in Washington D.C., on Friday, 24 January 2020. 

President Trump announced today that he will be speaking at the 2020 March for Life on 24 January 2020, an annual event attended by hundreds of thousands to protest legal Abortion.

“We are deeply honoured to welcome President Trump to The 47th Annual March for Life,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life.

“He will be the first President in history to attend, and we are so excited for him to experience in person how passionate our marchers are about Life and Protecting the Unborn,” she continued.

Saint Raymund Of Pennafort. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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

Saint Raymund of Pennafort.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 23 January.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Raymund of Pennafort.

Master-General of The Dominican Order (1238–1240).

Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).

Date: 1352.

Current location: Church of San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Il Capitolo dei Domenicani

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Raymund was born in 1175 of the noble Spanish family of Pennafort. Christ, by His teaching and Miracles, showed Himself to be the Son of God. The Church shows us, today, how, by the knowledge and Miracles of Saint Raymund, and thanks to her Saints, she also has a part in The Divinity of The Word.

Having given up everything to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, of which he is one of the glories, Saint Raymund "meditated on The Law of God" (Introit) and wrote the "Summa of cases of conscience", a summary of Christian morals which is much esteemed. Wherefore, The Church awarded him the title of "eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance" (Collect).

The Collect alludes to the Miracle by which, having spread out his cloak on the waters, Saint Raymund, in six hours, crossed the fifty-three Leagues of sea which separate the island of Majorca from Barcelona.

He persuaded Saint Peter Nolasco to sacrifice his fortune for the ransoming of Christians detained as captives in The Barbary States, and, with that end in view, obtained The Institution of The Order of Our Lady of Ransom.

Saint Raymund, unwilling to be surprised by the sudden arrival of The Lord (Gospel), employed the last thirty-five years of his life in a very special manner in preparing himself for death. The Saint gave up his Soul to God in 1275 at the age of ninety-nine.

Through the intercession of Saint Raymund, who was the eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance, and who miraculously crossed the sea, may we obtain to produce worthy fruits of Penance and to reach the haven of Eternal Salvation (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Saint Emerentiana.

“Sérénade Mélancolique. Op. 26”. Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Violinist: Itzhak Perlman.

“Sérénade Mélancolique. Op. 26”.

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Violinist: Itzhak Perlman.

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The Basilica Of San Miniato-Al-Monte (Saint Minias-On-The-Mountain), Florence, Italy.

The Basilica of San Miniato-al-Monte

(Saint Minias-on-the-Mountain), Florence, Italy.

Photo: 26 August 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46

(Wikimedia Commons)

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San Miniato-al-Monte (Saint Minias-on-the-Mountain) is a Basilica in Florence, Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the City. It has been described as one of the finest Romanesque structures in Tuscany and one of the most scenic Churches in Italy. There is an adjoining Olivetan Monastery.

Saint Miniato, or, Minas (Armenian: Մինաս), was an Armenian Prince serving in The Roman Army under Emperor Decius. He was denounced as a Christian, after becoming a Hermit, and was brought before the Emperor who was camped outside the gates of Florence.

 

The Emperor ordered him to be thrown to beasts in the Amphitheatre, where a panther was called upon him but refused to devour him. Beheaded in the presence of the Emperor, he is alleged to have picked up his head, crossed The River Arno, and walked up the hill of Mons Fiorentinus to his Hermitage.

A Shrine was later erected at this spot and there was a Chapel there by the 8th-Century A.D. Construction of the present Church was begun in 1013, by Bishop Alibrando, and it was endowed by the Emperor, Henry II.

English: Fresco in San Miniato-al-Monte, Florence, Italy,

depicting The Blessed Virgin Mary and Child, and Four Saints.

Italiano: San Miniato-al-Monte, Firenze.

Photo: 8 December 2013.

Source: Own work.

Artist: Sailko

(Wikimedia Commons)

The adjoining Monastery began as a Benedictine Community, then passed to The Cluniacs, and then, in 1373, to The Olivetans, who still run it. The Monks make famous liqueurs, honey and herbal teas, which they sell from a shop next to the Church.

The Interior of the Church exhibits the early feature of a Choir raised on a platform above the large Crypt. It has changed little since it was first built. The patterned Pavement dates from 1207. The centre of the Nave is dominated by the beautiful, freestanding, Cappella del Crocefisso (Chapel of The Crucifix), designed by Michelozzo in 1448.

It originally housed the miraculous Crucifix, now in Santa Trìnita, Florence, and is decorated with Panels, long thought to be painted by Agnolo Gaddi. The terracotta decoration of the Vault is by Luca della Robbia.

The Mosaic of Christ between The Virgin and Saint Minias was made in 1297.

Basilica of San Miniato-al-Monte

(Saint Minias-on-the-Mountain), Florence, Italy.

Photo: 23 August 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Crypt is the oldest part of the Church and The High Altar supposedly contains the bones of Saint Minias (although there is evidence that these were removed to Metz, France, before the Church was even built). In the Vaults are frescoes by Taddeo Gaddi.

The raised Choir and Presbytery contain a magnificent Romanesque Pulpit and Screen made in 1207. The Apse is dominated by a great Mosaic, dating from 1297, which depicts the same subject as that on the façade and is probably by the same unknown artist.

The Crucifix, above The High Altar, is attributed to Luca della Robbia. The Sacristy is decorated with a great fresco cycle on The Life of Saint Benedict, by Spinello Aretino (1387).

The Cappella del Cardinale del Portogallo, to the Left of the Nave, “one of the most magnificent Funerary Monuments of The Italian Renaissance”, was built in 1473 as a Memorial to Cardinal James of Lusitania, who died in Florence, to which he was Portuguese Ambassador, in 1459.

Frescoes in the Basilica of San Miniato-al-Monte

(Saint Minias-on-the-Mountain), Florence, Italy.

Photo: 23 August 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Basilica Of San Miniato-Al-Monte

(Saint Minias-On-The-Mountain), Florence, Italy.

La Chiesa di San Miniato al Monte, Firenze.

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It is the only tomb in the Church. The Chapel is a collaboration of outstanding artists of Florence; it was designed by Brunelleschi's associate, Antonio Manetti, and finished, after his death, by Antonio Rossellino. The tomb was made by Antonio and Bernardo Rossellino. The Chapel decoration is by Alesso Baldovinetti, Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo, and Luca della Robbia.

The geometrically-patterned Marble façade was probably begun about 1090, although the upper parts date from the 12th-Century, or later, financed by the Florentine Arte di Calimala (Cloth Merchants’ Guild), who were responsible for the Church’s upkeep from 1288. The eagle, which crowns the façade, was their symbol.

The Campanile collapsed in 1499 and was replaced in 1523, although it was never finished. During The Siege of Florence, in 1530, it was used as an Artillery Post by the defenders, and Michelangelo had it wrapped in mattresses to protect it from enemy fire.

Adjacent to the Church is the fine Cloister, planned as early as 1426 and built from 1443 to the Mid-1450s. It was also designed by Bernardo and Antonio Rosselino, and financed by the Arte della Mercantia of Florence, and the fortified Bishop’s Palace, built in 1295 and later used as a Barracks and a Hospital.

“The Thousand Years of The Basilica of San Miniato-Al-Monte

(Saint Minias-On-The-Mountain), Florence, Italy”.

“I mille anni della Basilica di San Miniato al Monte”.

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English: The Pavement (Floor) of The Basilica of San Miniato-Al-Monte

(Saint Minias-On-The-Mountain), Florence, Italy”.

The patterned Pavement dates from 1207.

Deutsch: Fußboden, San Miniato al Monte, Florenz.

Photo: 25 August 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46

(Wikimedia Commons)

The whole complex is surrounded by defensive walls, originally built hastily by Michelangelo during The Siege and, in 1553, expanded into a true Fortress (“Fortezza”) by Cosimo I de' Medici. The walls now enclose a large ornate Monumental Cemetery, the Porte Sante, laid out in 1854.

Buried there are Carlo Collodi, creator of Pinocchio; politician Giovanni Spadolini; painter Pietro Annigoni; poet and author Luigi Ugolini; film producer Mario Cecchi Gori; sculptor Libero Andreotti; fine artist Maria Luisa Ugolini Bonta; soprano Marietta Piccolomini; writer Giovanni Papini; and experimental physicist Bruno Benedetto Rossi.

The Basilica served as an important setting in Brian de Palma's 1976 film “Obsession”.

On 16 June 2012, it was the venue for the Religious Wedding of Dutch Royal Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma with businessman Albert Brenninkmeijer.

Saint Agnes. Virgin And Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 21 January.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Saint Agnes.

   Virgin And Martyr.

   Feast Day 21 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Agnes.

Artist: Domenichino (1581–1641).

Date: Circa 1620.

Collection: Windsor Castle.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Today's Mass Commemorates one of the most touching and glorious triumphs of Jesus over the World. Agnes, a daughter of one of the noblest families of Rome, goes to meet the Spouse (Gospel) and Consecrates herself to Him at the age of ten.

Jesus, in return, “works, through her, wonderful prodigies” (Gradual). The son of the Prefect of Rome asks for her hand in marriage and she replies: “The one to whom I am betrothed is Christ, Whom The Angels serve.”

Then, they attempted to dishonour her by violence, but “God delivered her body from perdition” (Epistle). She was thrown on a burning pile, but “the flames did her no harm” (ibid).

When condemned to be beheaded, she thus encouraged the hesitating executioner: “Strike without fear, for the bride does her Spouse an injury if she makes him wait.” At the age of thirteen (about 304 A.D.), this weak girl confounds the powerful of the Earth (Introit).

Over her tomb, in The Via Nomentana, was built the magnificent Basilica which still exists, and her name, towards the end of the 5th-Century A.D., was inscribed in The Canon of The Mass with those of five other female Martyrs (Second List).

A Benedictine Convent is attached to the Basilica of Saint Agnes. On this Altar, every year on 21 January, The Abbot General of The Canons Regular of Lateran Blesses two Lambs. Then, they are brought to The Vatican, where The Pope Blesses them, again, and entrusts them to the Nuns of Saint Agnes's, who rear them until Good Friday, and weave, from their wool, the Palliums, the insignia of the Archbishops, and, also, by privilege, of a few Bishops.

The Pallium consists of a narrow band of White woollen cloth and is worn over the Chasuble.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

Save The Babies !!! Don't Kill Them !!!

Illustration: MARCH FOR LIFE

WASHINGTON, DC – The March for Life Education and Defense Fund

is excited to announce additional speakers for both the 47th annual March for Life Rally on 24 January 2020 and the annual Youth Rally, which will be held on 23 January 2020 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC.

Speakers for the 2020 Rally include Jim Daly,

President of Focus on the Family, Marjorie Dannenfelser,

President of Susan B. Anthony List, Elisa Martinez,

Founder of the New Mexico Alliance for Life, 

and David Platt, Pastor at McLean Bible Church.

Charlotte Pence, New York Times best-selling author

and the daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence, will speak at

the 2020 Youth Rally, the day before The March for Life.

“We are thrilled to host such dedicated

Pro-Life Champions at this year’s March for Life

and Youth Rally,” said Jeanne Mancini.

“We look forward to uniting with these speakers,

to both encourage and educate the Nation,

on the inherent dignity of every Human Life.”

March for Life Rally,

Washington, D.C.

Friday, 24 January 2020.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (E.T.)

Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum. Martyrs. Feast Day 19 January.

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

Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 19 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Martyrdom of Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.

Even though these Holy Saints lived, and suffered Martyrdom,

nearly 2,000 years ago, we would do well by recalling their Holiness

each year on their Feast Day of 19 January. It is a modern error to regard

only the most recent Saints, or most recent events, as applicable to us.

We can learn from the lives of all of the Saints from all times.

Illustration: A CATHOLIC LIFE

Marius and Martha, his wife, were Persian nobles, who, with their two sons, Audifax and Abachum, came to Rome to Worship God in the Reign of Emperor Claudius II. There, they visited Christians cast into prison for their Faith: "You had compassion on prisoners," says the Epistle.

They devoted themselves in many ways to the service of Religion; but, soon, they had, themselves, to suffer for The Faith: For "they were tortured and put to death" (Gospel).

"Without fearing the persecutors" (Communion), they underwent all these torments with Prayers of Thanksgiving on their lips, for, in them, they saw like "the sparrow liberated from the bird-catcher's net and who escapes towards Heaven" (Offertory), the means of going to enjoy God for evermore (Introit).

They were Martyred in 270 A.D.

Let us ask Jesus Christ "Who showed Himself so admirably in these Martyrs" (Alleluia) also to make manifest in our Souls the effects of His Divine Power, so that "enjoying Peace in this life, we may in the other receive the eternal reward" (Collect).

Mass: Justi epuléntur.
Commemoration: Saint Canute.
Epistle: Rememorámini.
Gospel: Sedénte Jesu.

Saint Prisca. Virgin And Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is Today, 18 January.

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

Saint Prisca.
   Virgin And Martyr.
   Feast Day 18 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Colonial Spanish Baroque Santa Prisca Church,

Guerrero State, México.

Photo: 10 January 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Luidger

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Prisca suffered cruel torments, at the age of thirteen, under The Emperor, Claudius, in the 1st-Century A.D.

In spite of the efforts made to force her to adore idols, her great Faith filled her with The Divine Strength of Jesus and she went to Heaven wearing the Double Crown of her Virginity and of her Martyrdom.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

Collects: Proper to this Saint's Feast Day.

Saint Peter's Chair At Rome. Whose Feast Day Is Today, 18 January.

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

Saint Peter's Chair At Rome.
   Feast Day 18 January.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Chair of Saint Peter, in Saint Peter's Basilica, The Vatican.

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Year: 1647-1653.

Photo: 3 May 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sergey Smirnov

(Wikimedia Commons)

The manifestation of the Divinity of Jesus, which characterises the Season after Epiphany, demands of us the recognition of His Kingship over our Souls.

Christ is the Head of the Church. But as He is to re-ascend some day to Heaven, He communicates His Divine Power to man, for, after the Incarnation, it is to human intermediaries that God wills normally to establish His dealings with us.

The man whom Jesus constitutes "Prince" of Souls (Introit), and "on whom He builds His Church" (Gospel), is Saint Peter. As Vicar of Christ, he will sit in the Chair once occupied by Jesus and will hold in his hands The Keys as symbols of supreme authority (Collect, Gospel).

Gian Lorenzo Bernini's “Cathedra Petri” (Chair of Saint Peter).

Gilded Bronze, Gold, Wood, Stained-Glass. 1647-1653.

(Apse of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican).

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We read in the Epistle, the beginning of the First Letter of Saint Peter. All the Letters of the Apostle bear the mark of his Primacy. Rome is to be the Capital of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. It is to Rome that Peter will come, it is on Rome's Blessed soil that he will shed his blood, he will be Bishop of Rome.

Wherefore, we must see in this Feast, a Liturgical testimony to the Primacy of honour and jurisdiction attached to The Chair of Rome. This material Chair is still preserved in the Apse of the Basilica of Saint Peter.

Saint Paul, during his sojourn at Corinth, in the year 58 A.D., wrote an Epistle to The Romans. Towards the year 62 A.D., he was led to Rome a captive and remained there two years. Imprisoned again in the year 67 A.D., he was put to death, like Saint Peter, in the henceforth Eternal City. Wherefore, The Liturgy associates, in a Second Collect, the glorious name of the Apostle with that of the first Bishop of Rome.

Let us, today, Pray for the Pope, successor of Saint Peter, that he may freely exercise the Divine Powers communicated to him by Jesus, Son of God.

Mass: Státuit ei Dóminus.
Commemoration: Saint Paul the Apostle.

Commemoration: Saint Prisca.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: Of The Apostles.

English: Basilica of Saint Peter's, Vatican.

Français: Vatican, Basilique St Pierre, Intérieur.

The Chair of Saint Peter can be seen directly through

the Baldachin, in the middle of the photo.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jean-Christophe BENOIST

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican..

Saint Peter's Chair is in Saint Peter's Basilica.

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The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri) is a Relic, conserved in Saint Peter's Basilica, enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing, that was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and executed between 1647 and 1653.

The name derives from the Latin "Cathedra", meaning "Chair", or, Throne, which is used to denote the Chair or Seat of a Bishop. The Cathedra, in Saint Peter's Basilica, was once used by the Popes. Inside the Chair, is a wooden Throne, which, according to Tradition, was used by Saint Peter. It was, however, actually a gift from Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875 A.D.

Save The Babies !!! Don't Kill Them !!!

Illustration: MARCH FOR LIFE

WASHINGTON, DC – The March for Life Education and Defense Fund

is excited to announce additional speakers for both the 47th annual March for Life Rally on 24 January 2020 and the annual Youth Rally, which will be held on 23 January 2020 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC.

Speakers for the 2020 Rally include Jim Daly,

President of Focus on the Family, Marjorie Dannenfelser,

President of Susan B. Anthony List, Elisa Martinez,

Founder of the New Mexico Alliance for Life, 

and David Platt, Pastor at McLean Bible Church.

Charlotte Pence, New York Times best-selling author

and the daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence, will speak at

the 2020 Youth Rally, the day before The March for Life.

“We are thrilled to host such dedicated

Pro-Life Champions at this year’s March for Life

and Youth Rally,” said Jeanne Mancini.

“We look forward to uniting with these speakers,

to both encourage and educate the Nation,

on the inherent dignity of every Human Life.”

March for Life Rally,

Washington, D.C.

Friday, 24 January 2020.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (E.T.)