Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Thursday 2 April 2020

Thursday In Passion Week. The Lenten Station Is At The Church Of Saint Apollinaris And At The Church Of Saint Mary-The-New.




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

Thursday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Apollinaris's and at Saint Mary-the-New (also called Saint Frances of Rome).

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.



English: The Church of Saint Apollinaris, Rome.
Italiano: Roma Chiesa di S Apollinare.
Photo: November 2012.
User: MGA73bot2
Source: Own work.
Author: Gobbler
(Wikimedia Commons)


The old Lenten Station is at the Church built towards 780 A.D., by Pope Adrian I, on the ruins of an ancient temple, in honour of The Holy Martyr, Apollinaris, the Disciple of Saint Peter and Archbishop of Ravenna. A second Lenten Station was added in 1934.

The second Lenten Station, added by Pope Pius XI in 1934, is at Saint Mary-the-New (Santa Maria Nuova), also known as Santa Francesca Romana. Santa Francesca Romana is situated next to the Roman Forum.


English: Church of Saint Mary-the-New (Santa Francesca Romana), Rome.
Italiano: Chiesa di Santa Francesca Romana nei pressi del Foro Romano, Roma.
Photo: February 2008.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


By Apostolic Letters, dated 5 March 1934, and published on 15 October 1935, the Churches of Santa Agatha and Saint Mary-the-New (Santa Maria Nuova) (also called Santa Francesca Romana) were raised to the Title of Lenten Stational Churches.

The same Ceremonies are performed, and the same Indulgences may be gained there, respectively, as Santa Pudentiana, on The Third Tuesday in Lent, and Sant'Apollinare, on Passion Thursday. These two new Stational Churches (Santa Agatha and Saint Mary-the-New (Santa Maria Nuova)) (also called Santa Francesca Romana) are not on the published Map of Lenten Stational Churches in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.


English: The View from The Palatine Hill showing the Basilica of Saint Mary-the-New (Santa Francesca Romana), the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum.
Česky: Pohled z vrchu Palatin směrem na Forum Romanum, baziliku Svaté Františky ŘímskéTitův Vítězný oblouk a Koloseum, Řím, Itálie.
Photo: April 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karelj
(Wikimedia Commons)


In The Mass of The Day, Daniel recalls the humiliation of the people of Israel, who were delivered to their enemies “on account of their sins” (Introit and Epistle). The Church also mourns over the bad Christians and the heathen, slaves of Satan and of their passions.

With Azarias, she asks the Lord “that all those who ill-treat His servants may be confounded, for it is with a contrite and humble heart that they return to God” (Epistle). She hopes that, faithful to His ancient and solemn oath, He will multiply His people like the stars in the firmament and the sand on the shore (Epistle).

She already sees with joy The Paschal Night, when, in The Baptismal Font, numerous children are going to be born to her. She excites the Penitents to true repentance and hope by relating the conversion of Magdalen the sinner, who throws herself at the feet of Jesus, shedding tears of repentance, whilst the Jews, represented by Simon the Pharisee, remain unmoved.


English: Saint Apollinaris's Church, Rome.
Italiano: Roma, Sant'Apollinare.
Photo: February 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Gospel relates to the second year of the Public Ministry of Jesus, Who was received in Naim, in the house of Simon the Pharisee. Several Fathers of The Latin Church think that the poor sinner was Mary of Magdala, called, for that reason, Magdalen, who was identified as the sister of Lazarus and Martha.

Forming part of the People of God through Baptism, we should humbly, like Magdalen, weep for our sins and generously expiate them. Let us therefore purify our bodies and Souls by mortification and Penance, for it is “by Abstinence that we must heal our wounds made by intemperance” (Collect).

Mass: Omnia, quæ fecisti.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.


English: Pope Gregory XIII (1572 - 1585) granted the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare to The Jesuits in 1574. He is best known for commissioning, and being the namesake for, The Gregorian Calendar, which remains the internationally-accepted Civil Calendar.
Portrait by Lavinia Fontana (1552 - 1614).
Español: Gregorio XIII.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Sant'Apollinare alle Terme is a Titular Church in Rome, Dedicated to Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna, the first Bishop of Ravenna. It is The Station Church for The Thursday in Passion Week in Lent.

The Church was Founded in the Early-Middle Ages, probably in the 7th-Century A.D. It is first mentioned, in The Liber Pontificalis, under Pope Hadrian I, using spolia from the ruins of an Imperial Building. The first Priests, who served the Church, were probably Eastern Basilian Monks, who had fled from persecution during the iconoclast period.

The Church is Listed, in The Catalogue of Turin, as a Papal Chapel, with eight Clerics. In 1574, it was granted to The Jesuits by Pope Gregory XIII, and it was used as the Church of the next-door Collegium Germanicum in the Palazzo di Sant'Apollinare (now owned by The Roman Seminary), which was later united with The Hungarian College to form The Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum. This remained a Jesuit institution until The Suppression of The Jesuits in 1773, when this Church passed to The Lazarists.


Pope Pius XI (1922 - 1939).
Who, in 1934, raised Santa Francesca Romana
to the Title of Lenten Stational Church.
Photo: 1930.
Source: Pope Pius XI.
Author: Politisch Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, 1932.
(Wikimedia Commons)



English: The Church of Saint Francesca Romana, Rome.
Italiano: Roma, chiesa di Santa Francesca Romana,
vista dall'area archeologica del Foro Romano, presso l'arco di Tito.
Photo: May 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: MM
(Wikimedia Commons)


In the Late-17th-Century, the Church of Saint Apollinaris was in a poor state of repair. Its rebuilding was considered over a long period, but wasn't carried out, probably due to lack of funds. Despite this, in 1702, a Chapel was re-decorated and Dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier, and a statue of the Saint commissioned from Pierre Le Gros, who carved the Marble with extraordinary virtuosity (the statue was preserved when the Church was eventually rebuilt, some forty years later, and is still in situ).

In 1742, Pope Benedict XIV commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to rebuild Saint Apollinaris's. Fuga added a new façade in the Late-16th-Century-Style, with Baroque elements. It has two Storeys, with Ionic Columns in the Lower Storey and Corinthian Columns in the Upper Storey. The Lower Level has a Central Doorway, flanked by windows. Above the door, is a triangular Tympanum. On the Upper Level, is a large Central Window with a Balcony, and two smaller windows to the sides. The façade is crowned by a Double Tympanum. Fuga also reconstructed the Dome. The Church was re-Dedicated in 1748.

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, writer and archaeologist, who died in 1795, was buried in the Chapel of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In 1990, the Church was granted to Opus Dei, and is now part of their Pontifical Institute of Saint Apollinaris. In the same year, the notorious gangster Enrico De Pedis, boss of the so-called Banda della Magliana, was buried in the Church's Crypt, by authorisation of Cardinal Ugo Poletti. The unusual interment has been linked to the case of Emanuela Orlandi's kidnapping and the tomb was opened for investigation in 2012.


Pope Benedict XIV.
Artist: Pierre Subleyras (1699 - 1749).
Current location: Palace of Versailles, Paris.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Pope Benedict XIV (1740 - 1758) commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to rebuild the Church of Saint Apollinaris in 1742. When Elected Pope, in 1740, the Conclave that Elected him had lasted for six months, He is reported to have said to the Cardinals: "If you wish to Elect a Saint, choose Gotti; a Statesman, Aldrovandi; an honest man, me".

The Church has a single Nave. Along the side are Pilasters with Corinthian Capitals holding the Arches to the Side Chapels. In the Barrel-Vaulted Ceiling, is a fresco of The Glory of Saint Apollinaris, by Stefano Pozzi.

The High Altar was made on the orders of Pope Benedict XIV, with stucco decorations by Bernardino Ludovisi and an Early-17th-Century Altarpiece depicting Saint Apollinaris' Consecration as Bishop of Ravenna. The Crypt contains Relics.

The elliptical Chapel of Graces, which is outside the Church proper, is accessed through a doorway on the Left. It contains a 1494 fresco of The Virgin, Queen of Apostles, which survived The Sack of Rome, because the Priests covered it with lime. It was then rediscovered in 1645, when two boys and a Soldier took refuge in the Church during an earthquake. A Marble Frame with Golden Stucco Cherubs was added by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt.

Wednesday 1 April 2020

Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion.



From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Universal Prayer Of Pope Clement XI.
For All Things Necessary To Salvation.

O my God, I believe in Thee,
but do Thou strengthen my Faith.
All my hopes are in Thee,
do Thou secure them.

I love Thee with my whole heart,
teach me to love Thee daily more and more.

I am sorry for having offended Thee,
do Thou increase my sorrow.


I adore Thee as my first beginning,
I aspire after Thee as my last end.

I give Thee thanks as my constant benefactor;
I call upon Thee as my sovereign protector.

Vouchsafe, O my God,
to conduct me by Thy Wisdom,
to restrain me by Thy Justice,
to comfort me by Thy Mercy,
to defend me by Thy Power.


To Thee,
I desire to consecrate all my
thoughts, words,
actions, and sufferings;
that, henceforward,
I may think of Thee,
speak of Thee,
and willingly refer all my actions
to Thy Greater Glory;
And suffer willingly
whatever Thou shalt appoint.

Lord, I desire
that in all things
Thy Will may be done,
because it is Thy Will,
and in the manner that Thou willest.

I beg of Thee
to enlighten my understanding,
to inflame my will,
to purify my body,
and to Sanctify my Soul.



Give me strength,
O my God,
to expiate my offences,
to overcome my temptations,
to subdue my passions,
and to acquire the virtues proper for my state.

Fill my heart
with tender affection for Thy Goodness,
a hatred for my faults,
a love for my neighbour,
and a contempt of the World.

Let me always remember
to be submissive to my superiors,
charitable to my inferiors,
faithful to my friends,
and indulgent to my enemies.


Assist me to overcome
sensuality by mortification,
avarice by almsgiving,
anger by meekness,
and tepidity by devotion.

O my God,
make my prudent in my understandings,
courageous in dangers,
patient in afflictions,
and humble in prosperity.

Grant,
that I may be ever attentive in my Prayers,
temperate at my meals,
diligent in my employments,
and constant in my resolutions.


Let my conscience
be ever upright and pure,
my exterior modest,
my conversation edifying,
and my comportment regular.

Assist me,
that I may continually labour
to overcome nature,
by corresponding to Thy Grace,
to keep Thy Commandments,
and to work out my Salvation.


Discover to me, O my God,
the nothingness of this World,
the greatness of Heaven,
the shortness of time,
and the length of Eternity.

Grant,
that I may prepare for death,
that I may fear Thy Judgements,
that I may escape Hell,
and, in the end,
obtain Heaven,
through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Wednesday In Passion Week. The Lenten Station Is At The Church Of San Marcello-Al-Corso (Saint Marcellus).




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

Wednesday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Marcellus's.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.



English: The Church of San Marcello-al-Corso, Rome.
Façade by Carlo Fontana
Italiano: San Marcello-al-Corso è una chiesa di Roma.
Photo: November 2005.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Church of Saint Marcellus, where today’s Lenten Station is held, was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D. Originally the house of the holy matron, Lucina, where she received Saint Marcellus, it was transformed by her into a Sanctuary and Dedicated to this Holy Pope, whose body rests under The High Altar.

The Mass of today shows us the obstinacy of the Jews in rejecting Jesus, as they had already rejected His Father. The Divine Law, given by Him Whom the Epistle calls six times “The Lord”, “Whose word is stable” declared formally “that one may not shed his neighbour’s blood, nor hate his father in his heart”.

The Members of the Sanhedrin, on the contrary, hated Christ and sought to stone Him (Gospel). Unfaithful to God, “Who orders His laws to be kept” (Epistle), they blamed Jesus “Whom The Father has sent” and Who is The Son of God. “The Father and I are One. The Miracles that I have worked come from My Father.” “Rejecting the legitimate pastor of their Souls, they are no longer His sheep,” and will be replaced by the Gentiles, who, Baptised or reconciled to God at The Easter Festival, are “the sheep who hear His voice and to whom He gives Eternal Life” (Gospel).


The High Altar,
Basilica of San Marcello-al-Corso, Rome.
Photo: July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: SteO153
Permission: CC-BY-SA-2.5.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Let us be faithful to Jesus and Pray God “to Sanctify our Fast and illumine our hearts” (Collect), in order that, delivered from the abyss into which our sins had made us fall (Gradual), we “may wash our hands among the innocent and proclaim the wondrous works of God” (Communion).

Three Feasts called the Jews to Jerusalem:

1. In the Spring, it was The Feast of the Passover, instituted to commemorate the departure from Egypt;

2. In the Autumn, it was The Feast of Tabernacles, in commemoration of the sojourn of the Jews in tents in the desert;

3. In the Winter (middle of December), it was The Feast of the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Temple, which the Machabees had purified after their victory. It was on the occasion of this last Feast, that Jesus, in the third year of His Ministry, spoke the words in today’s Gospel. He was then under Solomon’s Porch, which faces the ravine of Cedron.

Mass: Liberátor meus.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.


The Apse,
Church of Saint Marcellus, Rome.
Photo: July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: SteO153
(Wikimedia Commons)


The following Text is from Wikipedia.

San Marcello-al-Corso is a Church in Rome, Dedicated to Pope Marcellus I. It is located in via del Corso, the ancient via Lata, connecting Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. It stands diagonally from the Church of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata (see yesterday's Post).

While the Tradition holds that the Church was built over the prison of Pope Marcellus I (who died in 309 A.D.), it is known that the "Titulus Marcelli" was already present in 418 A.D., when Pope Boniface I was Elected here.

Pope Adrian I, in the 8th-Century A.D., built a Church in the same place, which is currently under the modern Church.

The corpse of Cola di Rienzo (an Italian Mediæval politician), was held in the Church for three days after his execution in 1354. In 1519, a fire destroyed the Church. The money collected for its rebuilding was used to bribe the Landsknechts, who were pillaging the City during The Sack of Rome (1527).

The original plan to rebuild the Church was designed by Jacopo Sansovino, who fled the City during The Sack and never returned to finish it. The work was continued by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, who rebuilt the Church, but a Tiber flood damaged it again in 1530. It was only in 1592 that the Church was completed, and, later, Carlo Fontana built the facade.


The Sacristy Ceiling fresco:
"Gloria di San Marcello", by Giovanni Battista Ciocchi.
Church of San Marcello-al-Corso, Roma.
Photo: November 2005.
Source: Flickr
Author: antmoose
Reviewer: Mac9
(Wikimedia Commons)


Under The High Altar, decorated with 12th-Century opus sectile, are the Relics of several Saints, which include those of Pope Marcellus, as well as Digna and Emerita. The last Chapel on the Left is Dedicated to Saint Philip Benizi. The Late-Baroque decoration contains sculptures by Francesco Cavallini and Reliefs by Ercole Ferrata and Antonio Raggi. The first Chapel on the Left has the double tomb of Cardinal Giovanni Michiel and his grandson, Antonio Orso, sculpted by Jacopo Sansovino.

Behind the facade is a Crucifixion (1613) by Giovanni Battista Ricci. Along the first Chapel is an Annunciation by Lazzaro Baldi; in the second Chapel, a Martyrdom of Saints Digna and Emerita (1727) by Pietro Barbieri; in the third Chapel, a Madonna with Child, a fresco of the Late-14th-Century, episodes of The Life of The Virgin by Francesco Salviati, fresco and paintings by Giovan Battista Ricci; in the fourth Chapel, a Creation of Eve and the Evangelists, Mark and John, frescoes by Perin del Vaga, Matthew and Luke, begun by Perin del Vaga and finished by Daniele da Volterra.


"Saint Philip Benizi refuses the Papal Tiara",
by Antonio Raggi (1686).
The Church of Saint Marcellus, Rome.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Inside, is a Ciborium (1691) designed by Carlo Bizzaccheri; in the fifth Chapel, is a Monument to Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci (1726) by Pietro Bracci and a Monument to Cardinal Camillo Paolucci by Tommaso Righi (1776) and Wall Paintings by Aureliano Milani. On the Left Nave, in the fifth Chapel, is a San Filippo Benizi (1725) by Pier Leone Ghezzi; in the fourth Chapel, the Conversion of Saint Paul (1560) by Federico Zuccari and his brother, Taddeo, and, on the sides, a History of Saint Paul.

The inside of the Chapel has Busts of Muzio, Roberto, Lelio Frangipane by Alessandro Algardi (1630-1640). In the third Chapel, on the Left, is a "Doloroso" by Pietro Paolo Naldini, Sacrifice of Isaac and discovery of Moses by Domenico Corvi; in the first Chapel, a Madonna and Seven Saints by Agostino Masucci.

The Church has been administered and owned by The Servite Order since 1369.

Tuesday 31 March 2020

Tuesday In Passion Week. The Lenten Station Is At Saint Cyriacus's (The Basilica Of Santa Maria-In-Via-Lata).





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

Tuesday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Cyriacus's.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.



English: Basilica of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Italiano: Roma, Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: December 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Church, today, unites the memory of a Martyr with that of The Passion of Jesus, in making The Lenten Station in The Church of The Holy Deacon, Cyriacus, Martyred, under Emperor Diocletian, at The Gates of Rome.

This Church, one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D., having been destroyed by fire, the body of The Holy Martyr was Translated to beneath The High Altar of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, which became The Place of Assembly for this day.

The Epistle and Gospel tell us of the approaching Passion of The Messiah and of The Rejection of Israel, who are replaced by The Gentiles in The Church.

“Daniel, who has destroyed Bel and slain the Dragon” (Epistle), is Jesus, Who denounces the crimes and sins of the World (Gospel). The Babylonians sought to destroy the Prophet, by throwing him as food to the hungry lions. The Jews, also, “sought to kill Jesus” and, for this dark design, “their hour is always at hand”.


Basilica of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Photo: 26 March 2014.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


But, like Daniel, full of fortitude, He awaits The Lord (Introit), and God, “Who does not abandon those who love and seek Him” (Epistle, Offertory), “delivers Him from unjust men and from all the ills that threaten Him” (Gradual, Communion). “Those who had wished to destroy Daniel were themselves thrown to the lions and devoured instantly” (Epistle). In the same way, the Deicide Nation suffered the penalty of its crime. Forty years later, Jerusalem was taken, by The Roman Legions, after five long months of famine.

Fearing the chastisements of Divine Justice, let us persevere in the expiatory practice of Fasting, in order that we may be made worthy of The Eternal Reward accorded to The Just (Collect).

Mass: Exspécta Dóminum.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.


English: Engraving of the Minor Basilica of Saint Cyriacus
(Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata).
Italiano: Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Engraver: Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782).
Author: Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782).
(Wikimedia Commons)


English: Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Italiano: Roma, s. Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: 20 June 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata is a Church on the Via del Corso (the ancient Via Lata), in Rome. It stands diagonally across from the Church of San Marcello-al-Corso.

It is claimed that Saint Paul spent two years here, in the Crypt under the Church, whilst under house arrest waiting for his trial.


English: The Church of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Italiano: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via Lata, Roma.
Facciata di Pietro da Cortona
Photo: 17 October 2005.
Author: Anthony Majanlahti.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The first Christian place of worship here was a 5th-Century A.D. Oratory, in the Roman building beneath the present Church. This was constructed within the remains of a large Roman warehouse, some 250 metres long, which has also been excavated. The Church's Upper Level was added in the 9th-Century A.D., and murals added to the Lower Level between the 7th- and 9th-Centuries A.D., (these have been detached for conservation reasons). The Cosmatesque Pavement from this phase survives.

The Church's 13th-Century icon of The Virgin Advocate, is said to have performed many Miracles. The Arcus Novus (an Arch erected by Emperor Diocletian in 303 A.D. - 304 A.D.), which stood on this site, was destroyed by rebuilding of the Church in the Late-15th-Century. Antonio Tebaldeo, poet and friend of Raphæl, was buried at the end of the North Aisle in 1537, though his tomb was designed in 1776.


"The Virgin Advocate",
Church of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Photo taken from Google Images and cryptavialata.it


The Church was renovated in 1639 by Cosimo Fanzago, but the facade, with its Corinthian Columns imposing vertical emphasis, was completed (1658-1660) by a design from Pietro da Cortona. He appears to evoke a Triumphal Arch in the facade.

The High Altar's Madonna Advocata (1636) is one of the few paintings in Churches attributed to Bernini (perhaps by Santi Ghetti). The Ciborium in the Apse is made from alabaster and lapis lazuli. The first excavations of the site also occurred at this date, as commemorated by a Relief in the Crypt by Cosimo Fancelli. The families of Joseph and Lucien Bonaparte were buried here in the 18th-Century.


English: The Nave,
Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, Rome.
Deutsch: Innenraum der Kirche.
Photo: 6 February 2011.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The first Altarpiece is a Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1685), by Giacinto Brandi, while the second Altarpiece is of Saints Giuseppe, Nicola, and Biagio, by Giuseppe Ghezzi. In the Chapel, to the Left of the Apse, is a Madonna with Child and Saints Cyriac and Catherine, by Giovanni Odazzi.

The second Altar, on the Left, has a Saint Paul Baptising Sabine and Children, by Pier Leone Ghezzi, while the first Altarpiece is a Virgin and Saints, by Pietro de Pietri.

Monday 30 March 2020

Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion.



From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Prayer To Jesus Christ Crucified.

A Plenary Indulgence is attached to the recitation of this Prayer before a figure of Christ Crucified, subject to Confession, Communion, and Prayers for the intention of The Sovereign Pontiff.
(Popes Clement VIII, Benedict XIV, Pius VII, Blessed Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius XI).
Since 1933, one Our Father, one Hail Mary, one Glory Be is sufficient.


Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

Behold, O most kind and most sweet Jesus,
I cast myself upon my knees in Thy sight,
and with the most fervent desire of my Soul.

I Pray, and beseech Thee, that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart lively sentiments of Faith, Hope, and Charity, with true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment; while, with deep affection and grief of Soul, I ponder within myself and mentally contemplate Thy Five Wounds, having before my eyes the words which David the Prophet put on Thy Lips concerning Thee: “They have pierced My Hands and My Feet, they have numbered all My Bones” (Psalm xxi. 17, 18).

Sunday 29 March 2020

“I AM”.



“I AM”.
Illustration: ROMAN CHRISTENDOM

The Re-Dedication Of England, As The Dowry Of Mary, On 29 March 2020.



Painting by Amanda de Pulford of Our Lady of Walsingham.
To be Blessed by Pope Francis.
Independent Catholic News.
8 February 2020.
Illustration: INSIDE THE VATICAN

The Re-Dedication of England as The Dowry of Mary,
on 29 March 2020, is both a personal promise of the people of our Country and a renewal of the Entrustment Vows made by King Richard II, per the Web-Site BEHOLD2020, The Official Companion of The Re-Dedication of England as Mary’s Dowry.

As the Web-Site further states:

This year, the Christians of England are called
to make a Personal Dedication to Mary,
taking up her example as Christ’s first disciple;

History shows us that, when the people Pray a surrender
to God’s Will for their lives, Society is transformed;

By taking up this Personal Dedication in 2020, you can be a part of the renewal of this Nation, drawing ourselves closer to
The Will of Our Loving God, through Mary;

King Richard II (Reigned 1377-1399) made a Prayer to Our Lady of Pew [Editor: Chapel of Our Lady of Pew is in Westminster Abbey], at the time of The Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, placing his Country under her Maternal Care and Consecrating England to her By Right, as The Bride of The Holy Spirit: England being a “Dowry,” as it were, the wealth a Bride brings to her Husband;

We talk about Catholic England in a Blog Post HERE;

The Independent Catholic News reported that Pope Francis will be Blessing a Painting of Our Lady of Walsingham on Wednesday, 12 February 2020, during his Weekly Audience;

The Painting will then return to The Shrine to Our Lady
of Walsingham for The Re-Dedication on 29 March 2020, and then embark on a journey to visit every Parish in the Country. LINK to full Article;

BEHOLD2020 has a Section on their Site listing activities
to participate in to prepare for The Re-Dedication,
that includes Prayer and Pilgrimage;

During our Mary’s Dowry Pilgrimage, in August 2020, we will visit The Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham and pursue our own Re-Dedication to Mary. Join us ! For more information, follow this LINK;

If you live in The United States, consider visiting The National Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. LINK to Web-Site for more information and directions.

Our Lady of Walsingham,
Pray for us
and the Country of England.

Amen !

Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion.



From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Act of Resignation.

 By a special act of Pope Saint Pius X, on 9 March 1904, a Plenary Indulgence was attached “in articulo mortis” to the following Prayer, even when recited in full health long before death, after Confession and Communion.

O Lord, my God, from this moment do I accept from Thy Hands, with a quiet and trusting heart, whatsoever death Thou shalt choose to send me, with its pains and griefs.
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