Friday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Eusebius.

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

Friday of The Fourth Week in Lent.

Station at Saint Eusebius's.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.

Français: Eglise de Sant'Eusebio all'Esquillino sur la via Napoleone III à Rome.

Photo: April 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: LPLT

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The Lenten Station is at the Sanctuary erected on the site of the house where Saint Eusebius, an ardent defender of The Faith against Arius, died a Martyr. In the 5th-Century A.D., it was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome. This Sanctuary may have been chosen in which to read the Epistle and Gospel relating to Resurrections, since it is situated near the Great Cemetery of The Esquiline.

As in The Mass of yesterday, the Epistle and Gospel tell us of a Double Resurrection, an image of that which was to operate in the Souls of Catechumens and Public Penitents at The Easter Festival, and in the Souls of sinners during The Season of Lent.

The Glory of Saint Eusebius.

Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779).

Date: 1757.

Current location: The Ceiling of Chiesa di Sant'Eusebio,

Rome (Church of Saint Eusebius, Rome).

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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Both the widow of Sarepta, who went to Eliseus, and the mother who had recourse to Elias, represent the Gentiles, as they were both of heathen Race. Our Souls have, through the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance, shared in The Resurrection of Him Who is "The Life" (Gospel).

English: The High Altar,

Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.

Italiano: Roma, sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino: altar maggiore.

Photo: October 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa

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In the same way, the bodily death of the son of the widow of Naim, and that of Lazarus represent the Spiritual death of our Souls, caused by grievous sin. Penance restores them to life and brings them under the supernatural influence of Him Who is "The Resurrection" (Gospel).

By Prayer and Penance, let us provide for our Spiritual interests (Collect).

Mass: Meditátio cordis.
Preface: Of Lent.

English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, Kirche in Rom, Italien.

Italiano: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, chiesa a Roma, Italia.

Français: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, église à Rome, Italie.

Photo: November 2010.

Source: Own work.

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Sant'Eusebio is a Basilica Church in Rome, devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th-Century A.D. Martyr, and built in the Monti rione, District of Rome.

The Church is first mentioned in 474 A.D., by an inscription in The Catacombs of Saints Marcellino e Pietro ad duas Lauros, and recorded as the "Titulus Eusebii" in The Acts of The 499 A.D. Synod. It was Consecrated "in honorem beatorum Eusebii et Vincentii" by Pope Gregory IX, after the restoration of 1238. The Romanesque Style, dating back to this restoration, survived the restorations of the 17th-, 18th- and 20th-Centuries. The Titulus S. Eusebii is held by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston in Texas, USA.

The Interior is separated into a Nave with two flanking Aisles. The present design dates to 1600, by Onorio Longhi, who restored the Presbytery, High Altar, and Choir. The Ceiling fresco is a Neo-Classical masterpiece of Anton Raphael Mengs, depicting The Glory of Sant’Eusebio (1757). Other paintings in the Church are attributed to Giuseppe Passeri (Central Nave Window), Andreas Ruthart (Choir), Baldassarre Croce (Jesus, Mary, and Saints near The High Altar), Cesare Rossetti (Crucifix at The High Altar, facing Choir), Pompeo Bastoni (Madonna and Bambino near The High Altar) and Francesco Solimena.

Every Home Should Have Its Own Chapel.

The Castle Chapel,

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England.

Photo: 24 July 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: EoRdE6

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Alnwick Castle.

Photo: 11 August 2010.

Source: Alnwick Castle - Northumberland

Author: Tim Felce (Airwolfhound)

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Alnwick Castle is a Castle and Country House, in Alnwick, in the English County of Northumberland. It is The Seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland, and was built following The Norman Conquest.

It has been renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I Listed Building and, as of 2012, received over 800,000 visitors per year, when combined with the adjacent attraction of The Alnwick Garden.

The Chapel,

Mapledurham House.

Illustration: The Dominican Friars – England And Scotland

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Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan Stately Home located in the Civil Parish of Mapledurham in the English County of Oxfordshire. It is a Grade I Listed Building, first Listed on 24 October 1951.

The Manor of Mapledurham was bought in 1490 by Richard Blount of Iver, however, the current house was started by Sir Michael Blount (1530-1610) and has remained in the Blount-Eyston Family to this day.

Building was started around 1585, at the time of The Spanish Armada, in the Classic Elizabethan E-Shape. It includes a Late-18th-Century Chapel, built in The Strawberry Hill Gothic Style, for the Recusant Roman Catholic owners of the house.

Prior to The Catholic Emancipation, the owners would hide Priests in its Priest Holes, some of which were only discovered in the 21st-Century, and the Priests would secretly Celebrate Mass with a makeshift Altar hidden inside a Writing Desk. The Estate covers much of the Village, including Mapledurham Watermill, and part of the Church.

Pencil-Sketch of Zephyrinus's proposed Personal Chapel in Zephyrinus Castle.

Aficionados will, undoubtedly, notice the historical connection with

The Saint Laurence Chapel, Basilica of Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls, Rome.

Inspiration was drawn from the 18 September 2010 photos of

Tango7174, published in Wikimedia Commons.

Chauffeur Perkins is already balking at the notion of polishing

the Choir Stalls with Bees-Wax Polish on a weekly basis.

Staff can be so difficult, don't you know.

Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 18 March.

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

Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem.
   Bishop. Confessor.
   Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 18 March.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem.

Fresco at a Greek Orthodox Church.

Date: 14th-Century.

Source: A DEFEATED MAN

Author: Anonymous.

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During the Season of Lent, the Catechumens were committed to the care of a Priest who had to instruct them. Like Saint John Chrysostom, at Antioch, and Saint Augustine, at Hippo, Saint Cyril discharged this duty at Jerusalem.

We still possess most of the admirable Sermons, so pious and full of Divine Wisdom (Epistle), which he Preached every day for seven weeks before Easter, between Prime and Terce. Prime is The Office which is recited at the first hour (about 0600 hrs) and Terce at the third hour (about 0900 hrs).

He there explained The Holy Scriptures, and, during the sixth and seventh weeks, The Creed, article by article. Wherefore, The Church counts him among her Doctors of The Church (Introit).

Having become Bishop of Jerusalem (Communion), he was, like Our Lord in the course of His Public Life (Gospel), the butt of injustice and persecution. Thrice exiled by The Arians, who denied The Divinity of Christ, he always affirmed this great Dogma (Collect), and was honourably returned to his throne by The Emperor, Theodosius.

He then governed his Church in peace, predicted that Julian the Apostate's efforts to restore the Temple of Jerusalem would be in vain, and took part in The Council of Constantinople, which again condemned the heresy of Arius, and the heresy of Macedonius, who denied The Divinity of The Holy Ghost.

Saint Cyril died in 386 A.D.

Let us sanctify our minds and hearts by Penance, that we may deserve at Easter to be numbered for ever among the redeemed (Collect).

Mass: In médio.

Commemoration: Of The Feria.

Last Gospel: Of The Feria.

The Thursday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. The Lenten Station Is At The Basilica Of Saint Sylvester And Saint Martin.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Thursday of The Fourth Week in Lent.

Station at The Church of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin, Rome,

also known Santi Silvestro e Martino-ai-Monti.

Italiano: San Martino ai Monti, Titolo Equizio.

Photo: June 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: FlagUploader (User:Panairjdde)

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The first Christians, for the honour of their Martyrs, built Sanctuaries over their tombs and placed their bodies under The High Altar. From this, the custom is taken of placing Relics in The Altar Stone. From Rome, the Veneration of these Martyrs spread throughout The Church. Saint Martin was one of the first Confessors (a Saint, not a Martyr) to whom Universal Devotion was accorded in The West.

The Lenten Station is a Sanctuary on The Esquiline. A holy Priest had given his house to Pope Saint Sylvester to turn into a Church. It was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D. In the 6th-Century A.D., Pope Saint Symmachus built a new Church, next to the first, on a higher level, and Dedicated both to Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin of Tours. Since a thorough restoration was ordained in the 16th-Century by Saint Charles Borromeo, the Church is called “San Martino ai-San-Monti”.

Portrait of Saint Charles Borromeo

(San Carlo Borromeo).

Artist: Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548 - 1608).

Cardinal Archbishop of the Arch-Diocese of Milan (1564 - 1584).

Restored the Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin in the 16th-Century.

Source/Photographer: http://www.arteecarte.it/archivio/

arteecarte_n.13/diocesano.php

(Uploaded by User:Lupo to en.wikipedia).

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This Church was chosen wherein to read the Gospel, which speaks of Resurrection, because, In The Name of The Blessed Trinity, Saint Martin raised three persons from the dead; a symbol of the Baptised, who are born to a new life in the name of The Blessed Trinity.

The Epistle and Gospel announce to us the great Mystery of The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is drawing nigh, and in the Celebration of which, at Easter, Public Penitents participated. The Sunamite woman and the widow of Naim had lost their sons. Eliseus, who is a figure of Jesus, raises the first to life and Christ gives back the second to his mother.

The Crypt,

Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin

(San Martino-ai-Monti).

Artist: François Marius Granet (1806).

(Permission from www.wga.hu).

Date: 19 November 2005 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia;

transferred to Commons by User:Kurpfalzbilder.de

using CommonsHelper

Author: Original uploader was Attilios at en.wikipedia

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This is what God, in His Mercy, will do, in The Holy Sacrament of Penance, for Souls which have died by sin. He restores them to The Life of Grace and gives them back to The Church, their Mother. Let us prepare ourselves for The Easter Confession, which will more abundantly fill our Souls with Supernatural Life.

Let us moderate, by Fasting, our Earthly appetites, in order that we may better enjoy Heavenly things (Collect).

Mass: Laetétur cor.
Preface: Of Lent.

Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin

(San Martino-ai-Monti,) Rome.

Photo: August 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa

(Wikimedia Commons)

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San Martino-ai-Monti, also known as Santi Silvestro e Martino-ai-Monti - Titolo Equizio, is a Basilica Church in Rome, in the Rione Monti neighbourhood of Rome.

The Basilica was Founded by Pope Saint Sylvester I, over land donated by Equitius (hence the name of Titulus Equitii), in the 4th-Century A.D. At the beginning, it was an Oratory devoted to all The Martyrs. It is known that a Preparation Meeting for The Council of Nicaea was held here in 324 A.D.

Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin

(San Martino ai Monti), Rome.

Photo: August 2006.

Source: San Martino ai Monti: Navata Centrale

Uploaded by Kurpfalzbilder.de

Author: Francesco Gasparetti, from Senigallia, Italy.

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The current Church of San Martino ai Monti dates from The Carolingian era, but a 3rd-Century A.D. Pillared Hall has been located below and adjacent to the later Church. This has caused some scholars to identify it with the Titulus Equitii, but, according to Hugo Brandenburg, it is "most unlikely that it could have served as a place of worship for any larger community and its Liturgy: The original purpose of this fairly modest Hall . . . was probably to serve as a storage space for commercial purposes."

In 500 A.D, the Church was rebuilt and Dedicated, to Saint Martin of Tours and Pope Saint Sylvester I, by Pope Symmachus. On this occasion, the Church was elevated and the first Oratory became subterranean.

Pope Saint Symmachus, (498 A.D. - 514 A.D.)

from the Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori-le-mura, Rome.

He rebuilt the Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin in 500 A.D.

Source: http://www.santagnese.org/galleria_foto.htm

Author: Parrocchia di Santa Agnese fuori le Mura.

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Pope Saint Symmachus was Pope from 498 A.D. to 514 A.D. His tenure was marked by a serious Schism over who was legitimately elected Pope by the citizens of Rome.

He was born on Sardinia, the son of Fortunatus; Jeffrey Richards notes that he was born a pagan, and "perhaps the rankest outsider" of all the Ostrogothic Popes, most of whom were members of aristocratic families. Pope Saint Symmachus was Baptised in Rome, where he became Arch-Deacon of The Church under Pope Anastasius II.

English: Basilica of San Martino ai Monti, Rome.

Česky: Interiér Kostela sv. Martina na hoře, Řím, Itálie.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Karelj

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The Basilica was reconstructed by Pope Hadrian I in 772 A.D., and by Pope Sergius II in 845 A.D. The structure of the present Basilica follows the ancient Church, and many pieces have been re-used.

The Church is served by The Order of Carmelites (O.Carm. - Ancient Observance). It was granted to them in 1299 by Pope Boniface VIII; their ownership was confirmed in 1559. The Church is the resting place of Blessed Angelo Paoli, O.Carm. (1642–1720), who was revered throughout Rome for his Service to The Poor; he was Beatified on 25 April 2010.

A lithography of Pope Sergius II, made before 1923.

Pope Sergius II (844 A.D. - 847 A.D.) reconstructed the Basilica in 845 A.D.

http://www.fatimachurchkodambakkam.org/pope-9century.html

(Author: Unknown).

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The most recent Cardinal-Priest of the Titulus Ss. Silvestri et Martini in Montibus was Armand Razafindratandra (who died on 9 January 2010). The current Cardinal-Priest of the Titulus Ss. Silvestri et Martini in Montibus is Polish Archbishop of Warsaw, Kazimierz Nycz. Among the previous Titulars were Pope Pius XI, Pope Paul VI, and Alfonso de la Cueva, Marqués de Bedmar.

Further transformations were executed in the 17th-Century by Filippo Gagliardi. In the Mid-17th-Century, a series of frescoes, architectural additions, and Altarpieces were commissioned, including landscape and architectural frescoes, of typically Biblical scenes, by Gaspar Dughet and Galgliardi.

The High Altar.

Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin, Rome.

Photo: August 2006.

Source: San Martino ai Monti: Abside

Uploaded by Kurpfalzbilder.de

Author: Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy.

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There is a fresco, by Jan Miel, of Saint Cyril Baptising a Sultan. Fabrizio Chiari (now overpainted by Antonio Cavallucci) painted a Baptism of Christ. Giovanni Antonio Canini painted an Altarpiece of Holy Trinity with Saints Nicholas and Bartholemew. The mannerist, Girolamo Muziano, painted an Altarpiece of Saint Albert. Galeazzo Leoncino painted a fresco of Pope Saint Silvester I holding The Council of 324 A.D. in San Martino.

Basilica of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin, Rome.

Photo: August 2006.

Source: San Martino ai Monti: una Parete

Uploaded by Kurpfalzbilder.de

Author: Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy.

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Pietro Testa painted The Vision of Saint Angelo, the Carmelite, in The Wilderness. Filippo Gherardi painted an Altarpiece of San Carlo Borromeo. Cannini also painted The Martydom of Saint Stephen. Chiari painted Saint Martin dividing his Cloak with the Beggar. Giovanni Battista Creppi painted "The Vision of Saint Teresa". Matteo Piccione painted the Altarpiece of "Vision of Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi".

Paolo Naldini painted the Saints on the Upper Register of the Nave (counter-clockwise starting with first on the Nave, to Right, Ciriaca, Stephen, Fabianus, and Nicander, then Left Nave, Theodore, Martin, Innocent, and Iusta. Daniele Latre painted Saint Anthony and John the Baptist on South Wall (counter-facade), while Naldini painted Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

The Interior has three Naves with ancient Columns. A Votive Lamp, made in Silver Sheet, is housed in The Sacristy; it was believed to be the Tiara of Pope Saint Sylvester I. Under The High Altar are preserved the Relics of Saint Artemius, Saint Paulina, and Saint Sisinnius, brought here from the Catacomb of Priscilla. A mosaic, portraying The Madonna with Pope Saint Sylvester I, is from the 6th-Century A.D.

Saint Patrick. Bishop And Confessor. Whose Feast Day It Is, Today, 17 March.

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

Saint Patrick.
   Bishop And Confessor.
   Feast Day 17 March.

Double.

White Vestments.

Stained-Glass Window depicting Saint Patrick.

Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Junction City,

Ohio, United States of America.

Photo: 21 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Nheyob

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Saint Patrick.

The Irish Legend.

Available on YouTube at

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Whilst in the 5th-Century A.D., The Franks, Germans, and other Northern peoples had not yet received The Light of The Gospel, God raised up “the Confessor and Bishop, Saint Patrick, to announce His Glory to the pagans” of Ireland (Collect).

This Holy Bishop (Introit) put to such profit the talents he had received from God (Gospel) that he became the father of all this people (Communion), and that Ireland has preserved for him, after thirteen Centuries, an ardent and tender Devotion which nothing has been able to weaken.

Saint Patrick's Cathedral,

Dublin, Ireland.

Photo: 21 July 2015.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC BY-SA 3.0"

Author: Diliff

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“Hail, Glorious Saint Patrick”.

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Strengthened by help from above (Offertory), he was great before Kings and Princes (Epistle). At first hostile, they ended by listening to him and helped him, during his thirty-three years' Apostleship, to cover, with Churches, Monasteries, and Schools, the island which was soon to deserve the appellation of Isle of The Saints.

Saint Patrick died in 461 A.D.

17 March is a National Day and a Day of Obligation in Ireland.

Through the merits of this Saint, whose austerities have remained celebrated, let us ask of God the Grace to accomplish the Penances commanded by Him (Collect).

Mass: Státuit.

Commemoration: Of The Feria.

Last Gospel: Of The Feria.