ZEPHYRINUS.

Friday, 9 April 2021

Easter Friday. The Station Is At The Basilica Of Saint Mary-Of-The-Martyrs (The Pantheon).

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

Easter Friday.

Station at Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs (The Pantheon).

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Pantheon is a Roman Catholic Church,
Dedicated to “Saint Mary of The Martyrs”,
but informally known as “Santa Maria della Rotonda”.
Photo: January 2007.
Vatican Museum photo by: Roberta Dragan.
User: Droberta
(Wikimedia Commons)

After bringing her Neophytes together on successive days at Saint John Lateran, Saint Mary Major, Saint Peter's, Saint Paul's, Saint Laurence's, and The Twelve Apostles, The Church, today, made a Lenten Station at the Basilica Dedicated to all The Martyrs and to their Queen, where was made most manifest The Triumph of Christ over paganism.

For the Pantheon, the temple consecrated to the worship of all the gods, was, in the 7th-Century A.D., Dedicated to Mary and to The Martyrs of The Catacombs, a large number of whose bones Pope Boniface IV caused to be Transferred to this Basilica.

The High Altar,
Saint Mary-Of-The-Martyrs, Rome.
Photo: February 2013.
Source: Flickr: DSC_0931
Author: Bengt Nyman
(Wikimedia Commons)

English: The Pantheon and the Piazza della Rotunda, Rome.
An 1835 view of the Pantheon by Rudolf von Alt, showing The Bell Towers,
often incorrectly attributed to Bernini.
Deutsch: Das Pantheon und die Piazza della Rotonda in Rom.
Artist: Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905).
Current location: Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
Source: Repro from artbook.
This File: April 2010.
User: Mefusbren69
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Basilica of Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs, Rome.
Photo: October 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Maros M r a z (Maros)
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Feast of The Dedication of this Church soon afterwards became known as The Feast of All Saints. (Feast Day 1 November.)

The Introit, the Collect and the Epistle remind us that the Covenant established by God with Noe and his seed, after their escape from The Flood, and later renewed with Moses and his people after their Passage through The Red Sea, is a figure of The New Covenant, under which The Neophytes were brought from The Baptismal Font unto the adoption of Children of God.

Jesus on The Cross virtually killed sin (Alleluia, Epistle), and, by His Resurrection, of which The Apostles were Witnesses, (Gospel), He gave us The Life of Grace. Baptism brought home to our Souls this twofold effect of Life and Death. Let us ever remain faithful to it.

Mass: Edúxit eos.
Sequence: Victimæ paschali laudes.
Creed: Is Said.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

Thursday, 8 April 2021

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.

BREAKING NEWS:

A thief has removed

all Motorway Signs in Yorkshire.

Police are currently looking for Leeds.

Easter Thursday. The Station Is At The Basilica Of The Twelve Apostles.

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

Easter Thursday.

Station at the Basilica of The Twelve Apostles.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Apse.
Basilica of The Twelve Apostles, Rome.
Photo: August 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Luc
(Wikimedia Commons)

On this day, The Church used to gather together in the Church of The Twelve Apostles, witnesses of The Risen Christ, her New-Born Children, in order that they might Sing The Praises of The Lord, Who had associated them with His Triumph (Introit, Communion). In this Lenten Stational Basilica, are the bodies of Saint Philip and Saint James.

The Gospel tells of the appearance of Jesus to Magdalen, who was the first to inform The Apostles of the disappearance of Our Lord's Body, and who, after seeing The Risen Christ, was deputed by Him to proclaim to them The Double Mystery of The Resurrection and The Ascension.

The Epistle tells of one of the first seven Deacons, called Philip. [This Deacon must not be confused with Saint Philip, the Apostle.] He Baptises a heathen eunuch, who, in a transport of joy, Preaches everywhere the Gospel of Jesus.

The Baroque Ceiling.
Basilica Church of The Twelve Apostles, Rome.
Photo: August 2005.
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/antmoose/34649457/
Author: Anthony Majanlahti
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles, Rome.
Photo: January 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)

This is what The Church has done for The Catechumens, "who have just been born again in The Font of Baptism" (Collect). "God hath made the tongues of those infants eloquent" (Introit), and, by their Faith and their good actions (Collect), they sing The Triumph of Jesus over death (Alleluia) and over their own Souls (Communion).

Let us remember that, by Baptism, we have become united in one and the same Faith to The Risen Christ (Collect), Whose Father is now Our Father.

Mass: Victrícem manum.
Sequence: Victimæ pascháli laudes.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

Basilica Santi Apostoli, Rome.
Photo: July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: SteO153
(Wikimedia Commons)

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

“Dickens’s Dream”.

“Dickens's Dream”.
Artist: Robert William Buss (1804–1875)
Photo credit: Charles Dickens Museum, London.

Text and Illustration from ART UK

This painting by Robert William Buss, an enthusiastic admirer of Charles Dickens’s writings, was painted five years after the author’s death in 1870.

The posthumous painting of Dickens celebrates his vivid imagination and illustrates characters from all his books, spanning 'Pickwick Papers' to 'Edwin Drood', surrounding Dickens in his library at Gad’s Hill, Rochester, Kent, England.

The setting was modelled on Luke Filde's engraving, 'The Empty Chair', and the figure of Dickens was copied from a well-known photograph by John Watkins (from 1863).

Listen to one of Charles Dickens's greatest stories, “Oliver Twist”, HERE

The Charles Dickens Museum Web-Site can be found HERE

“Media Vita In Morte Sumus”. Gregorian Chant From The Monks Of Silverstream Priory, County Meath, Ireland. They Need Your Support. Please Consider Making A Small Donation (See, Below).

“Media Vita”.

Sung by the Monks of Silverstream Priory,

County Meath, Ireland.

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Translation of The Responsory “Media Vita”,

sung by The Benedictine Monks of Silverstream Priory,

County Meath, Ireland:

“In the midst of life, we are in death;

from whom shall we seek help, save Thee, O Lord ?

Who, for our sins, art justly angered.

* Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Merciful Saviour,

do not hand us over to the bitterness of death.

(Verse 1):

In Thee, our fathers hoped;

they hoped, and Thou hast liberated them.

* Holy God . . .

(Verse 2):

To Thee, our fathers cried;

they cried, and were not confounded.

*Holy God . . .

Gloria Patri . . .

* Holy God . . .

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The Schola of Silverstream Priory recorded the poignant Responsory “Media vita in morte sumus”, trusting that it will, in some way, bring comfort and hope to those who listen to it, while looking at the images that accompany

The Gregorian Chant.

“Canny Glasgow”.

“Canny Glasgow”.
Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw
(1836–1893).
Date: 1887.
Current location: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum,
Madrid, Spain.
This File: 19 February 2011.
User: Donan.raven
Source/Photographer:
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Easter Wednesday. The Station Is The Basilica Of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

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

Easter Wednesday.

Station at Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

[The spelling of this Saint's name can be either Laurence or Lawrence.]

English: Papal Basilica of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.
Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori-le-Mura.
Photo: February 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:Panairjdde
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Lenten Station is at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls. The Church puts before her New-Born Children, as a model, the illustrious Roman Deacon, to whom this Basilica is Dedicated.

Like Saint Paul, yesterday, Saint Peter tells us that The Prophets foretold the Death of Jesus and that The Apostles were witnesses of His Resurrection (Epistle). The Alleluia further reminds us that "The Lord hath appeared to Peter"; while the Gospel shows us Saint Peter directing the fishing operations of his companions, in expectation of the hour, now fast approaching, when he will direct their labours as fishers of men. More devoted to Jesus than the others, he cast himself into the sea to rejoin Him, and it was he who drew to land the net, full of one hundred and fifty-three big fishes.

The Cloisters.

San Lorenzo fuori-le-mura

(Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls).

Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853).
Date: 1824.
Current location: Art Institute of Chicago,
(Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection).
Photo: April 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: user:Rlbberlin
(Wikimedia Commons)

According to The Fathers, these fishes, brought by Peter to The Feet of The Risen Christ, represented the Neophytes, for The Catechumens were born to Supernatural Life in The Font of Baptism. Called by God to receive His Kingdom (Introit), they eat The Bread of Angels, The Bread of Heaven (Offertory, Secret), which transforms them into New Creatures (Postcommunion), the "Agni Novelli" or "New-Born Lambs".

[The "Agnus Dei", or figures of The Lamb of God, stamped on the wax which remains from The Paschal Candle of the previous year, were formerly Blessed by the Pope on this day. Cherished in a spirit of Reverence and Faith, they are a protection against sickness and danger.]

Let us Celebrate these Festivities of The Resurrection of Our Lord in a Spirit of Holy Rejoicing, a foretaste of the joy we shall experience at The Eternal Pasch (Collect).

Mass: Veníte, benedícti.
Sequence: Victimæ paschali laudes.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: For Easter.
Commemoration: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Faux-Bourdon.

“Conditor Alme Siderum”
A 7th-Century A.D. Latin Hymn.
Sung (Three Voices).
Faux-Bourdon in the English Style.
Available on YouTube at
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“Ave Maris Stella”.
Composer: Guillaume Dufay.
Available on YouTube at
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The following Text is from Wikipedia.

Faux-Bourdon, or, Fauxbourdon (also Fauxbordon, and also commonly two words: Faux Bourdon, or, Faulx Bourdon, and, in Italian, Falso Bordone) – French for False Drone – is a technique of musical harmonisation used in The Late-Middle Ages and Early-Renaissance, particularly by composers of The Burgundian School.

Guillaume Dufay was a prominent practitioner of the form (as was John Dunstaple), and may have been its inventor.

The homophony and mostly parallel harmony allows the text of the mostly Liturgical lyrics to be understood clearly.

In its simplest form, Faux-Bourdon consists of the cantus firmus and two other parts, a sixth, and a perfect fourth, below. To prevent monotony, or create a cadence, the lowest voice sometimes jumps down to the octave, and any of the accompanying voices may have minor embellishments. Usually just a small part of a composition employs the Faux-Bourdon technique.

Example of Faux-Bourdon.
This is a portion of Ave Maris Stella, a Marian Antiphon, in a setting by Guillaume Dufay, transcribed into modern notation. The top and bottom lines are freely composed; the middle line, designated "fauxbourdon" in the original, follows the contours of the top line while always remaining exactly a perfect fourth below. The bottom line is often, but not always, a sixth below the top line; it is embellished, and reaches cadences on the octave.

In a Hymn, the term is sometimes used when the Congregation sings in parallel octaves, with some singers singing a descant over the melody, but the term was historically used to indicate an arrangement of the tune in four parts with the melody in the tenor voice, such as those composed by 16th-Century and 17th-Century English composers, including John Dowland, Giles Farnaby, and Thomas Ravenscroft.

The earliest explicit example of Faux-Bourdon may be in the manuscript I-BC Q15 (Bologna, Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica, MS Q15), compiled around 1435, which contains several examples, including one by Dufay dating probably to around 1430. Since many Early-15th-Century compositions are anonymous, and dating is often problematic, exact determination of the authorship of the earliest Faux-Bourdon is difficult.

Dufay's contribution to this collection contains the first actual use of the term, in the closing part of his Missa Sancti Jacobi. It is possible that his use of the word "Bourdon" was intended as a pun on Saint James’ "Staff" (which Dufay, or the copyist, drew in miniature above the music). Cividale, Museo Civico MS 101 has a work "O Salutaris Hostia" (f. 82v) which seems to be a work of Faux-Bourdon, but not labelled as such.[1][2]

The earliest definitely datable example of Faux-Bourdon is in a motet by Dufay, “Supremum Est Mortalibus”, which was written for the Treaty reconciling the differences between Pope Eugene IV and Sigismund, after which Sigismund was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor, which happened on 31 May 1433. In this motet, which is for four voices, when the tenor—the lowest voice—drops out, the upper three voices proceed in Faux-Bourdon.

Even though its first use appears to have been in Italy, Faux-Bourdon was to become a defining characteristic of The Burgundian Style which flourished in The Low Countries through the middle of the 15th-Century. Composers such as Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnois, and Johannes Brassart all frequently used the technique, always adapting it to their personal styles.

A related, but separate, development took place in England in the 15th-Century, called “Faburden”. While superficially similar, especially in that it involved chains of 6–3 chords with octave-fifth consonances at the ends of phrases, Faburden was a schematic method of harmonisation of an existing Chant; in the case of Faburden, the Chant was in the middle voice.

The magnificent Choir of the Church of Saint Eugène. Paris, often include examples of Faux-Bourdon in their outstanding regular Choral arrangements for The Divine Mass and The Divine Office.

Their Web-Site, LITURGIA, gives a splendid indication of the quality of their Mass Settings and Office renditions.

You can listen to their renditions on YouTube at YOU TUBE

Votive Masses. All Of Which Can Be Requested Of Your Parish Priest (Pastor). Including A Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence (Such As Coronavirus).

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

Pope Saint Zephyrinus.
(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).
Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia;
Original uploader was Amberrock at en.wikipedia;
transferred to Commons by
User:Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper.
Author: Not Known.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Votive Masses, which may be said on certain Feast Days of Semi-Double or Simple Rite, and on certain Ferias, have been instituted to meet the wishes of The Faithful and satisfy Private Devotion.

The ordinary Votive Masses, as also the ordinary Masses for The Dead, may not be said on Greater Ferias, except on those of Advent.

Examples of Votive Masses,

which can be requested of the Parish Priest, or Pastor,

by The Faithful,

include:

Votive Mass of Jesus Christ The High Priest;

Votive Mass of The Holy Trinity;

Votive Mass of The Holy Angels;

Votive Mass of Saint Joseph;

Votive Mass of Saints Peter and Paul;

Votive Mass of all The Holy Apostles;

Votive Mass of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass to obtain The Grace of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Sacrament;

Votive Mass of The Holy Cross;

Votive Mass of The Passion;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Virgin Mary;

Votive Mass for Papal Election;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Pope;

Votive Mass for the Consecration of a Bishop;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Bishop;

Votive Mass of Ordination;

Votive Mass for The Sick;

Votive Mass for a dying Person;

Votive Mass for the Propagation of The Faith;

Votive Mass against The Heathen;

Votive Mass for the Removal of Schism;

Votive Mass in Time of War;

Votive Mass for Peace;

Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence;

Votive Mass of Thanksgiving;

Votive Mass for the Forgiveness of Sins;

Votive Mass for Pilgrims and Travellers;

Votive Mass for Any Necessity;

Votive Mass for a Happy Death;

Votive Mass of The Sacred Heart;

Votive Mass of The Holy Name;

Votive Mass of The Precious Blood;

Votive Mass of Christ The King;

Votive Mass of The Holy Family;

Votive Mass of The Immaculate Conception;

Votive Mass of The Seven Sorrows;

Votive Mass of All Saints;

Votive Mass of Any Canonised Saint

(even if not mentioned in The Universal Calendar).

Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion.

From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Renewal Of Baptismal Vows.

O, Adorable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Whose name I was Baptised, may thanks be rendered unto Thee for this ineffable gift that Thou hast, in Thy great mercy, bestowed on me rather than on so many others.

In sin did my mother conceive me, and I was born a child of wrath, but, by water and The Holy Ghost, hast Thou made me to be born anew, O, my God, and, in that same second, did I become Thy child, brother of Jesus, Thy Son, Co-Heir with Him in Thy Glory.

But, alas, I have not lived in accordance with the exalted precepts laid upon me. O, my Father, if I may still call Thee by this name after having offended Thee so gravely, forget the ignorance of my youth, forget the sins of my life.

I sincerely desire to serve Thee, all the rest of my days, in the way that Thou art worthy of my service.

This firm resolution do I take, today, in renewing before Thee the promises made for me at Baptism.

With all my heart, O, God, do I renounce Satan and all his deceits, the World with all its vanities, sin, and all desires of the flesh; I renounce myself and all the corruption of my heart, that I may adore Thee, love Thee, serve Thee, and fulfil all Thy Commandments; this is the promise I make at Thy feet, before Heaven and Earth.

O, Eternal Father, revive in me The Grace of Divine Adoption, which marked the early moments of my life, that I live no longer but for Thee. O, Jesus, my Saviour, by The Blood in Which I was purified, renew in me The Image of Thee, Which I have disfigured so frequently by sin.

Holy Ghost, Principle of All Good, be Thou also The Principle of all my thoughts, all my desires, all my actions, that, henceforth, there may be found nothing in me unworthy of a Child of God, a Member of Jesus Christ, and a Temple Consecrated by Thee.

Queen of Heaven, Blessed Spirits encompassing The Throne of The Almighty, Guardian Angel, under whose care I have been placed, Holy Saints, whose names I bear, and ye pre-destined Souls of all ages who compose The Celestial Court, bear witness of the promise I have made.

Assist me with your Prayers, that I may obtain, from God, The Grace of being Faithful to it, even unto death.

Amen.

Easter Tuesday. The Station Is At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

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

Easter Tuesday.

Station at Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, Rome.
Deutsch: Rom, Sankt Paul vor den Mauern.
Italiano: Statua di San Paolo di fronte alla facciata della
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner
(Wikimedia Commons)

After the Testimony to Our Lord's Resurrection given by The Angels (Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday), and by The Prince of The Apostles (Easter Monday), today's Liturgy brings before us that of The Apostle of the Gentiles.

So it is in The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul, on the Via Ostia, that The Church used to gather her New-Born Children around the tomb of this same Apostle (Collect), there to teach them, out of his mouth, The Words of Divine Wisdom ((Introit).

The Epistle consists of a portion of the address in which Saint Paul announced to the Jews of the Synagogue of Antioch, in Pisidia, The Resurrection of Christ, foretold by The Prophets and witnessed by The Apostles.

The Gospel gives us a new proof of Our Lord's Resurrection, telling us of an appearance of Jesus in The Cenacle on the very day that He Rose from The Dead. Jesus makes his Disciples touch Him. He eats in their presence and demonstrates from The Scriptures that it was necessary that Christ should die to save the World.

The Neophytes, "redeemed out of the hand of the enemy and united to God's own people" (Gradual), and all Christians with them, must, continues Saint Paul, henceforth live, like The Risen Christ, none but a Heavenly Life (Communion), and by their manner of living proclaim their Faith in Christ (Collect).

Let us renew our Faith in The Risen Christ and show it by living, like Jesus, an entirely New Life.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Aqua sapiéntiæ.
Sequence: Victimæ pascháli laudes.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.
With a length of 432 feet, this Basilica is eleventh
among the largest Churches in the World.
Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs.
Avec sa longueur de 131,66 mètres, cette Basilique se classe
au 11è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.
Photo: September 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tango7174
(Wikimedia Commons)

Monday, 5 April 2021

The Mass That The Saints Loved.

The Divine Mass That The Saints Loved.

Illustration: ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CULTURE CENTER

Return, Quickly, To The Traditional Latin Mass.

Stop All The Modern-Day, Fantastic, Improvisations.

No More Waving At Everybody In The Church.

No More Guitars.

No More Giving Mrs. Magillicuddy

Something To Do On A Sunday Morning.

(Including The Readings, Taking The Ciborium Out Of The Tabernacle, Touching The Consecrated Hosts, Drinking From The Chalice The Unconsumed Blood Of Our Lord And Saviour, Jesus Christ, Standing On The Altar To Light The Candles (I Kid You Not), Washing Out The Sacred Vessels, Etc.).

The World Is In Crisis.

Questions Need To Be Asked As To

What Has Brought This Situation About.

Consider.

Discuss.

Pray.

The Modern-Day “Novus Ordo”, Although A Licit Mass, Is Very Often Perceived As “A Gathering”, And “Performed” With Little Or No Profundity, Dignity, Sanctity.

“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.

Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.

Illustration: LOUVRE

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