Saint Antoninus. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 10 May.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Antoninus.
   Bishop and Confessor.
   Feast Day 10 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Antoninus,

Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Français: Façade de l'église paroissiale Saint Antonin de Levens,

Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Photo: 14 July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Eric Coffinet.

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At the age of sixteen, Saint Antoninus entered The Order of Saint Dominic. Having become Archbishop of Florence (Communion), he excelled in his Pastoral Office by the austerity of his life, his Charity, and his Sacerdotal zeal (Introit, Epistle, Alleluia).

His prudence earned for him the Title of "Antoninus of Counsel". He died, rich in merits, in 1459.

Mass: Státuit.
Commemoration: Saint Gordian and Saint Epimachus. Martyrs.

English: Church of Saint Antoninus, Immensen, Germany.

Deutsch: St. Antoniuskirche in Immensen

Photo: 12 July 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hydro

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Saint Antoninus of Florence, O.P. (1389 - 1459), was an Italian Dominican Friar, who ruled as an Archbishop of Florence. He is Venerated as a Saint by The Catholic Church.

He was born Antonio Pierozzi (also called de Forciglioni) on 1 March 1389 in the City of Florence, then Capital of an independent Republic, to Niccolò and Tomasina Pierozzi, prominent citizens of the City, Niccolò being a Notary.

The young Anthony was received into The Dominican Order in 1405, at the age of sixteen, at the new Priory of The Order in Fiesole, Florence, and given the Religious Habit by the Blessed John Dominici, Founder of the Community, becoming its first candidate. Soon, in spite of his youth, he was tasked with the administration of various Houses of his Order at Cortona, Naples, as well as Florence, which he laboured zealously to reform. These Communities had become part of a new Dominican Congregation of Tuscany, established by John Dominici in order to promote a stricter form of life within The Order, which had been devastated through its division in the Western Schism of the preceding Century.

English: Church of Saint Antoninus,

Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Italiano: Chiesa di Sant'Antonino,

Borgo Val di Taro, Emilia Romagna, Italia.

Photo: 11 July 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Davide Papalini.

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From 1433-1446, Antoninus served as Vicar of The Congregation. In this Office, he was involved in the establishment of the Priory of St Mark, in Florence. The Priory's Cells, including one for Cosimo de' Medici, were painted in frescos by Fra Angelico and his assistants.

Antoninus was Consecrated Archbishop of Florence on 13 March 1446, at the Dominican Priory in Fiesole, on the initiative of Pope Eugene IV, who had come to admire him through his participation in the major Church Councils of the period. He came to win the esteem and love of his people, especially by his energy and resource in combating the effects of the plague and earthquake in 1448 and 1453.

It was they who began the use of the diminutive form of his name which has come to prevail. Antoninus lived a life of austerity as Archbishop, continuing to follow The Dominican Rule. His relations with the Medici regime were close, but not always harmonious, with his serving several times as an Ambassador for The Republic to The Holy See during the 1450s.

Antoninus died on 2 May 1459, and Pope Pius II conducted his funeral. The Pope happened to be on his way to The Council of Mantua when he heard of the Archbishop's death. The Archbishop's wish was that he be buried at the Priory which he had Founded in the City.

The Rogation Days. The Lesser Litanies. The Greater Litanies. Chestnut Sunday. The Litany Of The Saints.

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unless stated otherwise.

In 2020, “The Rogation Days” are:

Rogation Sunday (“Chestnut Sunday”), 17 May 2020.

“The Lesser Litanies”.

Rogation Monday, 18 May 2020.
   Station: At Saint Mary Major;

Rogation Tuesday, 19 May 2020.
   Station: At Saint John Lateran;

Rogation Wednesday, 20 May 2020.
   Station: At Saint Peter's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines each day.

Violet Vestments.

The Rogation Days in 2020 are followed by
   Ascension Day on Thursday, 21 May 2020.

The Ancient Custom of Blessing the Fields.

“Rogation Sunday”.

Hever, Kent, England.

Photo: 9 February 1967.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: Ray Trevena

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The Greater Litanies.

25 April.

The Station is at Saint Peter's.

Violet Vestments.

The Church Celebrates, on 25 April, two Solemnities, which have nothing in common: “The Greater Litanies”, so called on account of their Roman origin, and “The Feast of Saint Mark”, which is of later date. The word “Litany” means “Supplication”.

In ancient Rome, on 25 April, used to be celebrated the pagan feast of “Robigalia”. It consisted, principally, of a Procession, which, leaving the City by The Flaminian Gate, went to The Milvian Bridge and ended in a suburban Sanctuary situated on The Claudian Way.

There, a ewe was sacrificed in honour of a god or goddess of the name Robigo (god or goddess of frost). “The Greater Litany” was the substitution of a Christian, for a pagan, Ceremony. Its itinerary is known to us by a convocation of Saint Gregory the Great. It is, approximately, the same as that of the pagan Procession.

“Ember Days”

and

“Rogation Days”.

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All The Faithful in Rome betook themselves to the Church of Saint Laurence-in-Lucina, the nearest to The Flaminian Gate. Leaving by this Gate, the Procession made a Station at Saint Valentine's, crossed The Milvian Bridge, and branched off to the Left towards The Vatican.

After halting at a Cross, it entered The Basilica of Saint Peter for the Celebration of The Holy Mysteries.

This Litany is recited throughout The Church to keep away calamities, and to draw down The Blessing of God on the harvest. “Vouchsafe to grant us to preserve the fruits of the Earth, we Pray Thee, hear us”, is sung by the Procession through the Countryside.

The whole Mass shows what assiduous Prayer may obtain, when in the midst of our adversities (Collects, Offertory) we have recourse with confidence to Our Father in Heaven (Epistle, Gospel, Communion).

If The Feast of Saint Mark is Transferred, The Litanies are not Transferred, unless they fall on Easter Sunday. In which case, they are Transferred to the following Tuesday.

Procession.

See “The Litany Of The Saints”, Page 1888, The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, and “The Rogation Mass”, Page 673, The Saint Andrew Daily Missal (see, below).

“Rogation Days”.

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“The Lesser Litanies”.

In consequence of the public calamities that afflicted the Diocese of Vienne, Dauphiny, France, in the 5th-Century A.D., Saint Mamertus instituted a Solemn Penitential Procession on The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Ascension Thursday.

Under an Order of The Council of Orleans, in 511 A.D., the Devotion spread to the rest of France. In 816 A.D., Pope Leo III introduced it in Rome and, soon after, it became a general observance throughout The Church.

“The Litany of The Saints”, and The Psalms and Collects sung in Procession, on these days, are Supplications; hence, the term “Rogations” is applied to them. The object of these Devotions is to appease The Anger of God and avert the scourges of His Justice, and to draw down The Blessings of God on the fruits of the Earth.

Violet is used as a token of Penance, and The Paschal Candle is left unlighted. “The Litany of The Saints”, consisting of ejaculations in the form of a dialogue, is an admirable manner of Prayer, which it should be our purpose to cultivate.

The Celebrant wears a Violet Stole and Violet Cope. All in the Choir stand as they sing the first Antiphon “Exsurge, Domine”.

Mass Of Rogation.

Stations:

Rogation Monday. At Saint Mary Major.

Rogation Tuesday. At Saint John Lateran.

Rogation Wednesday. At Saint Peter's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines each day.

Violet Vestments.

The Mass, throughout, points to the efficacy of The Prayer of The Just Man, when humble, sure, and persistent. Elias, by Prayer, closed and opened the heavens (Epistle), and Our Lord shows us by two Parables that God gives His Holy Spirit to whomever asks Him, because He is good (Gospel, Alleluia). In our afflictions, let us place our trust in God and He will hear our Prayers (Introit, Collect).

The following Mass is said during, or after, the Procession of both “The Greater Litanies” and “The Lesser Litanies”.

Mass of Rogation: Exaudivit de templo.
Gloria: Is not said.
Preface: Of Easter.

“Litany of The Saints”.

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“Litany Of The Saints”.

The “Litany Of The Saints” is used in connection with:

Holy Mass on “The Greater Litanies” (25 April);

“The Lesser Litanies”

   (“Rogation Monday”) and

   (“Rogation Tuesday”) and

   (“Rogation Wednesday”)

   (The Rogation Days)

      immediately before Ascension Thursday;

Holy Saturday;
The Vigil of Pentecost;

Masses of Ordination, before the conferring of Major Orders.

On Saint Mark’s Day (25 April) and “Rogation Days”, if the Procession is held, the Litany is preceded by the Antiphon, “Exurge, Domine”, (Psalm XLIII. 26), and all Invocations are sung by the Cantors and repeated in full by the Choir [i.e., “Doubled”].

If the Procession cannot be held, the Invocations are not repeated.

On The Vigils of Easter and Pentecost, the Invocations marked with an asterisk (*) in The Missal are omitted; all the remaining Invocations are repeated, either there be a Font and a Procession from The Baptistry, or not.

At Masses of Ordination, only The First Five Invocations are repeated.

“Litany of The Saints”

at the Funeral of Pope Saint John Paul II.

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Rogation Days are, in The Calendar of The Western Church, observed on 25 April (“The Major Rogation”) and the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday immediately preceding Ascension Thursday (“The Minor Rogations”).

The first Rogation, “The Greater Litanies”, has been compared to the ancient Roman religious festival of The Robigalia, a ritual involving prayer and sacrifice for crops held on 25 April. The first Rogation is also observed on 25 April, and a direct connection has sometimes been asserted, with the “Christian substitute” following the same processional route in Rome. If Easter falls on 24 April or on this day (the latest possible date for Easter), “The Rogations” are transferred to the following Tuesday.

The second set of “Rogation Days”, “The Lesser Litanies”, or, “Rogations”, introduced about 470 A.D. by Bishop Mamertus of Vienne, and eventually adopted elsewhere, are the three days (Rogation Monday, Rogation Tuesday and Rogation Wednesday) immediately before Ascension Thursday in The Christian Liturgical Calendar.

The word “Rogation” comes from the Latin verb “Rogare”, meaning “to ask”, and was applied to this time of The Liturgical Year because the Gospel Reading for the previous Sunday included the passage: “Ask, and ye shall receive” (Gospel of John 16:24).

The Sunday, itself, was often called Rogation Sunday, as a result, and marked the start of a three-week period (ending on Trinity Sunday), when Roman Catholic and Anglican Clergy did not Solemnise marriages (two other such periods of marital prohibition also formerly existed, one beginning on The First Sunday in Advent and continuing through The Octave of Epiphany, or 13 January, and the other running from Septuagesima until The Octave of Easter, the Sunday after Easter). In England, Rogation Sunday is called “Chestnut Sunday”.

The Faithful typically observed The Rogation Days by Fasting in preparation to Celebrate The Ascension, and farmers often had their crops Blessed by a Priest at this time. Violet Vestments are worn at The Rogation Litany and its associated Mass, regardless of what Colour Vestments were worn at the ordinary Liturgies of The Day.

A common feature of Rogation Days, in former times, was the Ceremony of “Beating The Bounds”, in which a Procession of Parishioners, led by The Minister, Churchwarden, and Choirboys, would proceed around the boundary of their Parish and Pray for its protection in the forthcoming year. This was also known as “Gang-Day”.

The reform of The Liturgical Calendar for Latin Roman Catholics, in 1969, delegated the establishment of Rogation Days, along with Ember Days, to The Episcopal Conferences. Their observance in The Latin Church subsequently declined, but the observance has revived somewhat, since 1988, (when Pope Saint John Paul II issued his Decree Ecclesia Dei Adflicta), and especially since 2007 (when Pope Benedict XVI issued his Motu Proprio, called “Summorum Pontificum”), when the use of older Rites was encouraged.

Churches of The Anglican Communion reformed their Liturgical Calendar in 1976, but continue to recognise The Three Days before Ascension Day as an Optional Observance.

The 2020 Sacred Liturgy Conference. “Incarnation In The Eucharist”. To Be Held In Spokane, Washington. From 9 June 2020 - 12 June 2020.

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In this day and age, to have a successful Liturgical Conference is already a great accomplishment; but, to be announcing The Eighth Annual Liturgical Conference is something to boast about !!!

The Sacred Liturgy Conference has taken place at various locations in The Pacific North-West for the past seven Summers, under the auspices of The Schola Cantus Angelorum.

This year, it will be held 9 June 2020 -12 June 2020, in Spokane, Washington, once again on the campus of Gonzaga University, Saint Aloysius Catholic Church, and The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, where it was successfully hosted last year.

This year’s theme is: “Incarnation in The Eucharist.” His Eminence Gerhard Cardinal Müller will give the keynote address, and will Celebrate The Pontifical Mass of Corpus Christi, with Eucharistic Procession, and Benediction at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The 2020 Sacred Liturgy Conference Video

is available HERE

Other distinguished faculty members include:

Rev. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B.;
Dom Alcuin Reid;
Dr. John Haas;
Mother Miriam of The Lamb of God, O.S.B,;
Rev. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.;
Rev. Gabriel Mosher, O.P.;
Dr. Anthony Clark;
Dr. Kevin Clarke;
Dr. Ed Schæfer;
Rev. Theodore Lang;
Lucas Viar;
Alex Begin;
Doug Schneider.

The Sacred Liturgy Conference is the largest Liturgical Conference in North America, with participants coming from all over the World.

Its Mission is to enrich knowledge and understanding of The Liturgy, so that Catholics may participate ever more deeply in The Sacrificial Offering of Our Lord Jesus Christ in The Holy Mass.

The 2020 faculty will illuminate the Incarnation as inseparable from the Cross, Resurrection, and the Holy Eucharist. The four Masses will be celebrated in the two forms of the Roman Rite and in the Dominican Rite, with the sacred music prescribed by the Church.

To find out more specifics about the schedule, accommodations, and how to register for the conference, go to sacredliturgyconference.org. You may also call (503) 558-5123 or email sacredliturgyconference@gmail.com. An “Early Bird Special” rate is available through March 1, 2020.

A video about this year’s conference:

Last week, Dr. Tom Curran, of My Catholic Faith Ministries, interviewed Dr. Lynne Bissonnette, Executive Director of The Sacred Liturgy Conference, to discuss the origins of the Conference, the gift of The Sacred Liturgy, and The Incarnation.

Later in the programme, Tom explores the different Rites of The Mass and the stewardship of perpetual Adoration.

The audio may be accessed or downloaded HERE.

“Vigilate”. Composed By William Byrd. Sung By The Tallis Scholars. “. . . As Near Extra-Terrestrial As You Can Get, Sitting In A Concert Hall . . .” — Fiona Maddocks: The Observer Newspaper.

Interior of King Henry VII's Chapel,

Westminster Abbey, London, England.

Artist: Canaletto (1697–1768).

Date: Early-1750s.

Collection: Private Collection.

Source/Photographer: Unknown.

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“Vigilate”.

[“Watch Over”].

Composed by:William Byrd.

Sung by: The Tallis Scholars.

Musical Director: Peter Phillips.

From their Album:

“Byrd: Playing Elizabeth's Tune”

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From Fiona Maddocks of The Observer Newspaper,

speaking about The Tallis Scholars:

“. . . As near Extra-Terrestrial As You Can Get, Sitting In A Concert Hall . . .”

William Byrd.

Date: Unknown.

Source: http://www.renaissancemusic.pe.kr/

musician_p/william%20byrd.htm

Author: Gerard van der Guch, d'après une peinture

de Nicola Francesco Haym du British Museum.

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William Byrd (1539 – 4 July 1623), was an English composer of The Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of Sacred and Secular Polyphony, Keyboard (the so-called Virginalist School), and Consort Music.

Although he produced Sacred Music for Anglican Services, sometime during the 1570s he became a Roman Catholic and wrote Catholic Sacred Music later in his life.

Saint Gregory Nazianzen. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 9 May.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Gregory Nazianzen.
   Bishop. Confessor.
   Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 9 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

Icon of Saint Gregory Nazianzen.

Fresco from Kariye Camii, Istanbul, Turkey.

Theologian, Doctor of The Church, Great Hierarch,

Cappadocian Father, Ecumenical Teacher.

This File: 5 April 2008.

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Sermon on Saint Gregory Nazianzen.

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Saint Gregory was born at Nazianzus in Cappadocia (Editor: Modern-day Turkey). He was educated at Athens in all the sciences, at the same time as Saint Basil the Great, with whom he was always united in the bonds of a holy friendship. Brothers in their studies, they remained brothers in their Monastic life and in the Episcopate.

Having become Bishop of Nazianzus, and, later, Patriarch of Constantinople (Communion), he was "the light which, raised on the candlestick, sheds its rays on all those who dwell in the house" (Gospel).

Filled with "the spirit of Wisdom and Intelligence" (Introit, Epistle), his profound knowledge of The Scriptures earned for him the Title of Doctor and Theologian, which The Church has confirmed. Saint Gregory Nazianzen died in 389 A.D.

Mass: In médio.

Winston Churchill. “We Shall Never Surrender”. “We Shall Fight On The Beaches . . .”

Winston Churchill.

“We Shall Never Surrender”.

“We Shall Fight On The Beaches . . .”

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Winston Churchill. “Their Finest Hour”.

Winston Churchill.

“Their Finest Hour”.

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Winston Churchill's Victory Speech. Broadcast On VE-Day, 8 May 1945.

Winston Churchill's Victory Speech.

VE-Day, 8 May 1945.

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The Largest Expanse Of Mediæval Stained-Glass In Britain. The Great East Window. York Minster.

The Great East Window.

York Minster.

Date: Between 1405 and 1408.

Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/

Author: Coventry Glazier, John Thornton.

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The largest expanse of Mediæval Stained-Glass in Britain.
The Great East Window was made between 1405 and 1408
by a team of Artists and Craftsmen led by Master-Glazier and Glass-Painter, John Thornton of Coventry.

Its subject is equally ambitious, depicting The Beginning and The End of all things, arranged under The Feet of God The Father and The Company of Heaven, at the top of the window.

The Beginning, The Seven Days of Creation, as told
in The Book of Genesis, The First Book of The Bible,
opens the main narrative sequence.

The Nave.

York Minster.

Photo: 31 July 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Diliff

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The End, and The Second Coming of Christ, based on The Book of Revelation, The Last Book of The Bible, (also known as The Apocalypse), fills the largest section of the window.

The Bottom Row depicts historical and legendary figures associated with the history of York Minster, itself, with the window’s donor, Bishop Walter Skirlaw of Durham (♰ 1406) in The Centre Panel. 

The window was conserved and protected by

The York Glaziers Trust between 2011 and 2017.

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The Apparition Of Saint Michael The Archangel. Feast Day 8 May.

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The Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel.
   Feast Day 8 May.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Michael the Archangel.

Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).

Date: Circa 1636.

Current location: Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project:

10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.

Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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Saint Michael The Archangel Prayer.

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The Easter Feasts are those of Angelical Spirits, for The Resurrection “gives joy also to The Angels,” says Saint Gregory, “because, in opening Heaven to us, again, it makes up for the losses which their ranks had sustained.”

The Feast of The Apparition of Saint Michael, the Chief of The Celestial Hosts, shows forth, in this Paschaltide, all the grandeur of The Saviour's Triumph.

Saint Michael, himself, comes to defend us in battle (Alleluia). He came down from Heaven (Ibid) and appeared in Italy, towards 525 A,D,, under the Pontificate of Pope Gelasius I, in Apulia, on the summit of Monte Gargano, near the Adriatic and the ancient Sipontum.

He requested that a Sanctuary should be erected to him, where God should be Worshipped, in Memory of himself and all The Angels, and this place became celebrated on account of numerous Miracles.

Mass: Benedícite Dóminum.

English: The Archangel Michael saving Souls from Purgatory.

Artist: Jacopo Vignali

Date: 17th-Century.

Italiano: Jacopo vignali. San michele arcangelo libera le anime del purgatorio.

Source: Giovanni Piccirillo (a cura di). a chiesa

dei Santi Michele e Gaetano, Becocci Editore, Firenze 2006.

Author: sailko

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Saint Michael the Archangel is referred to in The Old Testament and has been part of Christian teachings since the earliest times. Throughout the Centuries, specific Roman Catholic Traditions and views on Saint Michael have taken shape, as recently as the 19th- and 20th-Centuries.

A specific “Prayer to Saint Michael” was promoted by Pope Leo XIII in 1886, and, as recently as 1994, was reinforced by Pope Saint John Paul II, who encouraged the Catholic Faithful to continue to Pray it, saying: “I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against Forces of Darkness.”

Saint Michael has specific roles, within Roman Catholic teachings, that range from, acting as the chief opponent of Satan, to saving Souls at the hour of death. Roman Catholic literature and Traditions continue to point to Saint Michael in contexts as varied as the protection of The Catholic Church, to The Consecration of Russia, by Pope Pius XII and Pope Saint John Paul II.

PRAYER TO

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

added by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886,

to The Leonine Prayers,

at The Foot of The Altar,

after Low Mass.

Pope Leo XIII, in 1880.

Source: 1880 book on Pope Leo XIII.

Author: Karl Benzinger.

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Holy Michael Archangel,

defend us in the day of battle;

be our safeguard against the wickedness

and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him,

we humbly Pray,

and do thou,

Prince of the Heavenly host,

by the power of God,

thrust down to Hell,

Satan and all wicked spirits,

who wander through the world

for the ruin of Souls.

Amen.

English: Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine

Čeština: Chrám svatého Michala v Kyjevě.

Photo: 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dezidor

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The Prayer to Saint Michael is an Invocation, used mainly by Catholics, addressed to Michael the Archangel.

Pope Leo XIII added it, in 1886, to The Leonine Prayers, which he had directed to be said after Low Mass, two years earlier. Pope Saint John Paul II referred to The Saint Michael Prayer in his Regina Cœli Address of 24 April 1994, as follows:

“May Prayer strengthen us for the spiritual battle that The Letter to the Ephesians speaks of: ‘Be strong in The Lord and in the strength of His Might’ (Ephesians 6:10). The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of Saint Michael The Archangel (cf. Revelation 12:7).

“Pope Leo XIII certainly had this picture in mind when, at the end of the 19th-Century, he brought in, throughout The Church, a special Prayer to Saint Michael: ‘Saint Michael The Archangel, defend us in The Day of Battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil . . .’

“Although this Prayer is no longer recited at the end of a Novus Ordo Mass (it is still recited at the end of a Traditional Latin Mass (Usus Antiquior)), I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against The Forces of Darkness and against The Spirit of This World.”

Fr. Finigan’s Sermon On The Feast Day Of The English And Welsh Martyrs. 4 May 2020.

Fr Finigan gives a Sermon on

The Feast of The English and Welsh Martyrs

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The Scottish Borders And The Scottish Mediæval Abbeys: Kelso Abbey; Jedburgh Abbey; Melrose Abbey; Dryburgh Abbey.

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Melrose Abbey,

The Borders, Scotland.

Founded in 1136, the Abbey was always subject to sacking

and rebuilding. Most of the surviving building is 15th-Century.

Photo: 27 April 2008.

Source: geograph.org.uk

Attribution: Walter Baxter / Melrose Abbey

from the burial ground / CC BY-SA 2.0

Author: Walter Baxter

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Saint Mary's Abbey, Melrose, Scotland, is a partly ruined Monastery of The Cistercian Order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in The Scottish Borders. It was Founded in 1136 by Cistercian Monks, at the request of King David I of Scotland, and was the chief House of that Order in the Country until The Reformation. It was headed by The Abbot, or Commendator, of Melrose. Today, The Abbey is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland as a Scheduled Monument.

The East End of The Abbey was completed in 1146. Other buildings in the complex were added over the next fifty years. The Abbey was built in The Gothic-Style and in the form of a Saint John's Cross. A considerable portion of The Abbey is now in ruins. A structure dating from 1590 is maintained as a museum open to the public.

King Alexander II and other Scottish Kings and Nobles are buried at The Abbey. A Lead Container, believed to hold The Embalmed Heart of Robert the Bruce, was found in 1921 below The Chapter House site; it was found again in a 1998 excavation. This was documented in records of his death. The rest of his body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey.

Melrose Abbey.

The Scottish Borders.

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The Abbey is known for its many carved decorative details, including likenesses of Saints, Dragons, Gargoyles and Plants. On one of The Abbey's stairways, is an inscription by John Morow, a Master Mason, which says: “Be halde to ye hende” (“Keep in mind, the end, your salvation”). This has become the motto of The Town of Melrose.

Kelso Abbey.

Photo: 5 April 2018.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tom Parnell

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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish Abbey in Kelso, Scotland. It was Founded in the 12th-Century by a Community of Tironensian Monks, first brought to Scotland in the reign of King Alexander I.

It occupies ground overlooking the confluence of The River Tweed and The River Teviot. On the site of what was once The Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, and the intended Southern Centre for the developing Scottish Kingdom at that time. Kelso, thus, became The Seat of a pre-eminently powerful Abbacy in the heart of The Scottish Borders.

In the 14th-Century, Roxburgh became a focus for periodic attack and occupation by English Forces and Kelso's Monastic Community survived a number of fluctuations in control over the area, restoring the Abbey infrastructure after episodes of destruction, and ultimately retaining Scottish identity.

From 1460 onwards, life for The Abbey probably grew more settled, but came once again under attack in the Early-16th-Century. By the Mid-16th-Century, through a combination of turbulent events, The Abbey effectively ceased to function and the building fell into ruin.

Although the site of Kelso Abbey has not been fully excavated in modern times, evidence suggests that it was a major building with two Crossings. The only Remains still standing today are The West Tower Crossing and part of The Infirmary.

Kelso Abbey.

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The massive design and solid Romanesque-Style of The Tower indicate a very large building of formidable, semi-military construction and appearance; evidence of the importance with which Roxburgh was regarded when The Abbacy was at the height of its power.

“The Secrets of Jedburgh Abbey”.

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Jedburgh Abbey.

An Augustinian Abbey.

Photo: 2015.

Source: http://www.wyrdlight.com

Author: Antony McCallum.

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Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian Abbey which was Founded in the 12th-Century, is situated in the Town of Jedburgh, in The Scottish Borders 10 miles (16 km) North of The Border with England at Carter Bar.

Towards the middle of the 9th-Century A.D., when the area around Jedburgh was part of The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, there were two Gedworths (as Jedburgh was then known). One of them became the Jedburgh we know today, the other was four miles to the South.

According to Symeon of Durham, Ecgred, Bishop of Lindisfarne from 830 A.D. to 845 A.D., gifted the two villages of the same name to the See of Lindisfarne. The South Gedworth village was the place of Ecgred's Church, the first Church in the Parish.

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The present Town was distinguished from the long-disappeared South Village by “UBI CASTELLUM EST”, meaning, “where the Castle is”. The only solid evidence of Ecgred's Church came from Symeon of Durham, when he described the burial, at the Church of Geddewerde, of Eadulf, one of the assassins of William Walcher, Bishop of Durham.

In 1118, prior to his ascension to The Scottish Throne, Prince David established a Foundation of Canons Regular of The Order of Saint Augustine, at what is now Jedburgh. The Foundation appeared to have the status of “Priory” in the early years, and a man by the name of Daniel was described as The Prior of Geddwrda, in 1139.

The Church was later raised to the status of Monastery, before becoming, in the years prior to King David's death in 1153, a fully-fledged Abbey, Dedicated to The Virgin Mary, probably in 1147.

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Over the years, Jedburgh has been described by eighty-three different names and spellings.

Following the death of King David, the patronage and privileges of The Abbey were accorded to his grandsons, Malcolm IV of Scotland and William I of Scotland, also known as William the Lion. The King's son, Henry, had preceded his father in death.

The Nave and The Choir were built in the 13th-Century and were in place by the time King Alexander III of Scotland married Yolande, daughter of The Comte de Dreux, on 14 October 1285, at the Church.

The great Abbey was said to contain the finery of the best of Norman and Early-English Architecture. The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Jedeworth was growing in stature and importance, and The Abbot was even invited to attend Scottish Parliaments. As well as the Lands and Chapels in Southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned great Lands in Northumberland.

In 1296, The Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to King Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. Edward intended to rule The Abbey and presented William de Jarum as the new Abbot of Jedburgh in 1296.

After the defeat of The Earl of Surrey, in 1297 at Stirling, at the hands of William Wallace, The Abbey was pillaged and wrecked by The English as retribution. King Robert I of Scotland (The Bruce) continued to patronise the Church during his reign in the Early-14th-Century. In 1346, after the Scottish defeat at The Battle of Neville's Cross, The English once again slighted the Church.

Later that Century, in 1370, King David II of Scotland was instrumental in the completion of The North Transept that we can still see today. The Abbey faced more torture and destruction in 1410, 1416, and by The Earl of Warwick in 1464.

In 1523, the Town and Abbey were set ablaze by The Earl of Surrey. The Abbey faced more indignity in 1544 at the hands of The Earl of Hertford. The end came for the great Abbey of Saint Mary of Jedburgh in 1560 with the coming of The Scottish Reformation.

Jedburgh Grammar School was Founded by The Monks of Jedburgh Abbey in the Late-15th-Century.

Dryburgh Abbey.

Before 1860.

Date: 28 October 2011.

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Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh, on The Banks of The River Tweed in The Scottish Borders, was nominally Founded, on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150, in an Agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and The Premonstratensian Canons Regular, from Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland. The arrival of The Canons, along with their first Abbot, Roger, took place on 13 December 1152.

It was burned by English Troops in 1322, after which it was restored, only to be again burned by King Richard II in 1385, but it flourished in the 15th-Century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly to survive until The Scottish Reformation, when it was given to The Earl of Mar, by King James VI of Scotland. It is now a designated Scheduled Monument, and the surrounding landscape is included in The Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, Earl of Buchan, bought the Land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott, and Douglas Haig, are buried in its Grounds. Their respective tomb and headstone, along with other Memorials, are collectively designated a Category-A Listed Building.

English: Coat-of-Arms of The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré,

also known as The Premonstratensians, or, The Norbertines.

Deutsch: Wappen der Praemonstratenser.

Date: 27 December 2011.

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The Premonstratensian Order was Founded by Saint Norbert of Xanten, Germany, who was a Canon at Xanten Cathedral. Unhappy with the way of life of his fellow Canons, he left The Rhineland for The Diocese of Laon, North France, where the reforming Bishop Bartholomew was transforming his See into one that was more Apostolic.

Bartholomew persuaded Norbert to form a Canonical Order at Prémontré, Aisne, France, in 1120, and, while The Order was Augustinian, in form, The Canons wore The White Habit, and not The Black Habit of The Augustinian Order.

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They followed an austere Monastic Life, but had a duty to Preach and Teach those on the outside of the Monastery Walls. The Order spread rapidly across Europe, with The Abbot of Prémontré becoming Abbot-General for all The Daughter-Houses.

Even before the first Abbot-General, Hugh of Fosse, died, one hundred and twenty Abbots attended the Annual General Chapter. The Premonstratensians took on many of the methods of The Cistercians, including Land Management and the use of Lay-Brothers to undertake the labour-intensive work of The Communes.

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THE BORDERS ABBEYS WAY

The Borders Abbeys Way is a circular walk in the heart of The Scottish Borders, full of attractive Countryside, passing by four 12th-Century Abbeys and through several Border Towns.

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The Borders Abbeys Way is 64.5 miles / 103 km in length, and is divided into five sections of roughly equal distances. This can be undertaken in either a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction, starting and finishing at any of The Border Towns.

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Saint Stanislaus. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 7 May.

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Saint Stanislaus.
   Bishop And Martyr.
   Feast Day 7 May.

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Saint Stanislaus.

Artist: Stanisław Samostrzelnik (1490–1541).

Date: 1530-1535.

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Saint Stanislaus, born in Poland, was made Bishop of Cracow in 1072. He became an object of hatred to King Boleslas II, whom he reproached for his tyranny and dissolute life.

One day, while the Saint was saying Mass, the King rushed at him and slew him (Collect). This was in 1079.

Saint Stanislaus is the Patron Saint of Poland.

Mass: Protexisti.

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Saint Stanislaus is The Patron Saint of Poland.

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Stanislaus of Szczepanów, or Stanisław Szczepanowski, (26 July 1030 – 11 April 1079), was a Bishop of Kraków known chiefly for having been Martyred by the Polish King, Bolesław II The Bold.

Stanislaus is Venerated in The Roman Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus The Martyr (as distinct from the 16th-Century Jesuit, Stanislaus Kostka).

According to Tradition, Stanisław was born at Szczepanów, a village in Lesser Poland, the only son of the noble and pious Wielisław and Bogna. He was educated at a Cathedral School in Gniezno (then the Capital of Poland) and later, according to different sources, in Paris or Liège. On his return to Poland, Stanisław was ordained a Priest by Lambert II Suła, Bishop of Kraków. He was subsequently made Pastor of Czembocz, near Cracow, Canon and Preacher at the Cathedral, and, later, Vicar-General.

After the Bishop's death (1072), Stanisław was Elected his successor, but accepted the Office only at the explicit command of Pope Alexander II. Stanisław was one of the earliest native Polish Bishops. He also became a Ducal Advisor and had some influence on Polish politics.

Stanisław's accomplishments included bringing Papal Legates to Poland, and the re-establishment of a Metropolitan See in Gniezno. The latter was a precondition for Duke Bolesław's Coronation as King, which took place in 1076. Stanisław then encouraged King Bolesław to establish Benedictine Monasteries to aid in the Christianisation of Poland.