Albi Cathedral, France (Part One).

 

English: Basilica of Saint Cecilia, Albi, France.

Français: Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi.

Photo: 8 May 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: ByacC.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia (French: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d’Albi), also known as Albi Cathedral, is the Seat of The Catholic Archbishop of Albi.

First built in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade, the grim exterior resembles a fortress, but the interior is lavishly decorated with art and sculpture, a very ornate Choir Screen, and Walls in bright Blues and Golds, in the Toulousian Style or Southern French Gothic Style of Architecture.

It was begun in 1282 and was under construction for 200 years. It is claimed to be the largest brick building in the world.[1]

English: Albi Cathedral, France.

Interior of The Choir.

Photo: 1885.

Français: Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile.

Vue intérieure du choeur.

Source: Médiathèque de l'architecture

et du patrimoine (image)

Photographer: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement (1840–1905).

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 2010, the Cathedral, along with its Episcopal buildings, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its unique architecture and the remarkable consistency in its design.[2][3]

The first recorded Church and Bishop’s residence was built at the end of the 4th-Century A.D., and is believed to have burned down in about 666 A.D.

A second Church is mentioned in 920 A.D., Dedicated to Saint Cecilia, a wealthy Roman noblewoman and Martyr, who was also a patroness of musicians.

English: The Episcopal City of Albi: The Palais de la Berbie

and Albi Cathedral, seen from the Old Bridge.

Français : La Cité épiscopale d'Albi : Le palais de la Berbie

et la Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi,

vues depuis le Vieux Pont.

Palais de la Berbie

Albi Cathedral

This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,

listed as Cité épiscopale d'Albi.

Photo: 4 August 2021.

Source: Own work.

Author: Didier Descouens

(Wikimedia Commons)

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That Church was part of a complex of Episcopal buildings, including a Baptistry and Sanctuary Dedicated to Saint Peter.

A third Church, in the Romanesque Style, was built of stone at the end of the 12th-Century and was located between the present Cathedral and Bishop’s Palace.

It incorporated some stonework of the earlier buildings, and included a Cloister on the South side. Some of the Arches of the Cloister are found today in the municipal park of Rochegude in Albi.[4]

English: Albi Cathedral’s Choir and Rood Screen.

Français : Chœur et jubé (Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Albi).

Magyar: Kórus és szentélyrekesztő,

Szent Cecília-katedrális, Albi.

Polski: Chór kapłański oraz łuk tęczowy

(katedra Św. Cecylii w Albi we Francji).

Photo: 2 July 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pom²

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the 12th-Century, Albi was part of Languedoc, ruled by the Count of Toulouse, who was appointed by the King of France. The region became a battleground between the established Church and the followers of a dissident Religious movement called Catharism.

The Cathars had a strong presence in Albi around 1165.[5] In 1208, Pope Innocent III launched the Albigensian Crusade, named after Albi, to destroy the Cathars in Southern France.[6]

It ended in 1209 with the defeat and massacre of the Cathars at Carcassonne, and the end of the semi-independence of the States of Languedoc. In 1229, Albi came under the joint rule of the Lord of Castres and of King Louis VIII of France.[7]

English: Albi Cathedral’s Gothic Rood Screen.

Note the empty statue niches. The statues were destroyed during The French Revolution.

Français : Jubé gothique vu depuis la nef.

Abside en arrière plan (Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Albi).

Photo: 2 July 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pom²

(Wikimedia Commons)

Bernard de Castanet (1240–1317), who became Bishop of Albi in 1276, was the key figure behind the construction of the Gothic Cathedral. He was a judge and lawyer, had been an officer of The Inquisition for Languedoc, and later became a Cardinal.

He raised funds for the new building by setting aside one-twentieth of the revenue of the Chapter, and offering Spiritual incentives to Parishioners who donated a tenth of their income.

He also made imaginative use of the Relics of Saint Cecilia, owned by the Church, in his fundraising. He economised by using brick, rather than stone, to construct the new Cathedral, which was easier work.

PART TWO FOLLOWS.

Saint Joseph Calasanctius. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 27 August.

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

Saint Joseph Calasanctius.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 27 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Thomas, Zaragoza, Spain.

The Altarpiece is of San José de Calasanz (Saint Joseph Calasanctius. A painting by José Luzan. Dated 1767.

Español: Zaragoza - Iglesia de Santo Tomás o de los Escolapios - Retablo de San José de Calasanz. 

Pintura de José Luzán de 1767.

Photo: 26 December 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ecelan

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church, having just Celebrated The Feast of The Assumption, Venerates on this day a Saint who had a special Devotion to Our Lady.

Saint Joseph Calasanctius was born in Aragon, Spain, of a noble family, and, from his youth, showed his Charity towards children. While studying Theology at Valencia, he had to defend himself against the enticements of a powerful and noble lady, and made a Vow to enter into Holy Orders.

Having become a Priest, he was apprised by Divine Revelation that he was destined to teach and to train children, especially those of The Poor (Offertory).

He Founded, in consequence, The Order of The Poor Clerks Regular of The Pious Schools of The Mother of God (Collect) [Editor: Latin: Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum, Sch. P. or S. P., or, in short, Piarists].

English: The Logo of The Order of The Poor Clerks Regular

of The Pious Schools of The Mother of God. Or, The Piarists.

Español: Escudo de los Escolapios.

Photo: 28 November 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dr Doofenshmirtz

(Wikimedia Commons)

Like Jesus, he let little children come to him (Communion) and taught them to fear God (Introit). Wherefore, the Gospel repeats the consoling words of The Master: “Whosoever shall receive one of these little ones in My name, receiveth Me.”

“What is there greater,” writes Saint John Chrysostom, “than to discipline minds, than to form tender youths to good habits? God has shown us that their Souls are worthy of such zeal and of such solicitude that, for them, He did not spare His Son.” [Lessons of The Third Nocturn at Matins.]

Saint Joseph Calasanctius died in 1648 at the age of ninety-two.

Mass: Veníte, fílii.

English: Saint David depicted in a Stained-Glass Window. Chapel of Saint Joseph Calasanctius, Kyjov, Czech Republic.

Čeština: Svatý David. Vitráž v kapli sv. Josefa Kalasanského

v Kyjově. Zhotovila firma Veselý a Verner,

malba oken chrámových, Praha - Karlín.

Photo: 1 June 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Radek Linner

(Wikimedia Commons)

“Requiem Æternam Dona Eis, Domine, Et Lux Perpetua Luceat Eis . . .” For All The Fallen. Lest We Forget.

 

Royal Marine Band.

“Evening Hymn”.

“Prelude to Sunset”.

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1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser. Perkins Has His Eye On This One !!!

Chauffeur Perkins drives Zephyrinus to Sunday Mass

in the current Charabanc, with which Perkins is not particularly enamoured.

Illustration: PINTEREST

1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser.

Illustration: HEMMINGS

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Ferias.

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

Ferias are Week-Days on which no Feast of a Saint is kept.

Ember Days (which are Ferias), Rogation Days (which are Ferias), and every Feria in Lent, have a special Mass.

On other Ferias, The Mass of the preceding Sunday is said.

Some Ferias are called Greater Ferias, and are divided into two Classes:

a. Privileged Ferias.

These are:

Ash Wednesday;
The First Three Days of Holy Week.

Privileged Ferias do not give place to a Feast.

b. Non-Privileged Ferias.

These are:

Ferias of Advent;
Ferias of Lent;
The Ember Days;
The Monday of Rogation Week.

A Commemoration of Non-Privileged Ferias is always made on Feast Days.

Non-Privileged Ferias’ Gospels are The Last Gospel at Feast Day Masses.

On the Ferias of:

Lent (after Ash Wednesday);
and those in Passiontide (before Palm Sunday);
and The Ember Days (not those in Pentecost Week);
and on Monday of Rogation Week;
and on Ordinary Vigils;

if a Greater-Double Feast,
Double Feast,
or,
Semi-Double Feast,
is kept,

it is allowed in Private Masses to say The Mass of The Feria, or of The Vigil,
with a Commemoration of The Feast,

or,

it is allowed in Private Masses to say The Mass of The Feast,
with a Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria or The Vigil.

Saint Zephyrinus (199 A.D. - 217 A.D.). Pope And Martyr. Feast Day 26 August.

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

Saint Zephyrinus.

Pope and Martyr.
   Feast Day 26 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus

(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: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Happy Feast

To All Readers Of This Blog.

Today Is The Feast Day Of

Saint Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus succeeded Pope Saint Victor on The Pontifical Throne and, like him, was Martyred (Gospel). He abolished the use of Wooden Chalices, in The Celebration of The Holy Sacrifice, and ordered them to be replaced by Glass Chalices. He prescribed that all The Faithful should receive Holy Communion on Easter Day.

He had to defend The Dogma of The Unity of God and The Trinity of Persons against The Sabellians. Besides this strife, he had to suffer persecution. God always supported him in his trials, in order to enable him to support The Flock of Christ (Epistle).

He died in 217 A.D., after a Pontificate of seventeen years.

Mass: Sacerdótes Dei.

English: The Church of Saint Zephyrinus of Stadacona

(Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona) (built in 1890), 

Quebec City, Canada.

Français: Église Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona à Québec en 1986. Construite en 1890 sur les plans de l'architecte

Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy, rénovée en 1918 par

l'architecte Adalbert Trudel.

Date: Photographed in 1986 and

Uploaded on 24 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Claude Brochu

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia.

Pope Zephyrinus (☩ 20 December 217 A.D.), was Bishop of Rome, or Pope, from 199 A.D., to his death in 217 A.D. He was born in Rome. His predecessor was Pope Victor I. Pope Zephyrinus was succeeded by his principal Advisor, who became Pope Callixtus I.

During the seventeen-year Pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured severe Persecution under Emperor Severus, until his death in the year 211 A.D. To quote Alban Butler, “this holy Pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock”.

According to Saint Optatus, Zephyrinus also combated new Heresies and Apostases, chief of which were Marcion, Praxeas, Valentine and the Montanists.

Eusebius insists that Zephyrinus fought vigorously against the blasphemies of the two Theodotuses, who, in response, treated him with contempt, but later called him the greatest defender of The Divinity of Christ.

Although he was not physically Martyred for The Faith, his suffering – both mental and Spiritual – during his Pontificate has earned him the Title of Martyr.

During the reign of Emperor Severus (193 A.D. – 211 A.D.), relations with the young Christian Church deteriorated, and, in 202 A.D., or 203 A.D., the edict of persecution appeared, which forbade Conversion to Christianity under the severest penalties.

Zephyrinus’s predecessor, Pope Victor I, had Excommunicated Theodotus the Tanner, for reviving a Heresy that Christ, while a Prophet, was only a mere man.

Theodotus’ followers formed a separate Heretical community at Rome, ruled by another Theodotus, the Money Changer, and Asclepiodotus. Natalis, who was tortured for his Faith during the Persecution, was persuaded by Asclepiodotus to become a Bishop in their sect, in exchange for a monthly stipend of 150 denarii.

Natalis then reportedly experienced several visions warning him to abandon these Heretics. According to an anonymous work, entitled “The Little Labyrinth”, and quoted by Eusebius, Natalis was whipped a whole night by an Angel; the next day, he donned sackcloth and ashes and, weeping bitterly, threw himself at the feet of Zephyrinus.

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“Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen”. Sung By: Dame Janet Baker.

“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”.

Sung by: Dame Janet Baker.

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Rückert-Lieder (Songs after Rückert) is a collection of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert.

The songs were first published in “Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit” (“Seven Songs of Latter Days”).

The Songs.

“Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder !”
(“Look not, love, on my work unended !”)
– 14 June 1901.

“Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft”

(“I breathed the breath of blossoms red”)

– July 1901.

“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”

(“O garish world, long since thou hast lost me”)

– 16 August 1901.

“Um Mitternacht”

(“At midnight hour”)

– Summer 1901.

“Liebst du um Schönheit”

(“Lovest thou but beauty”)

– August 1902[1]

The first four songs were premiered on 29 January 1905 in Vienna, Mahler conducting, together with his Kindertotenlieder (also on poems by Rückert).

The last song, “Liebst du um Schönheit”, was not orchestrated by Mahler, but by Max Puttmann, an employee of the first publisher, after Mahler’s death.

The set of songs was not intended as a cycle: The Lieder were originally published independently from each other, connected only by the poetry and common themes.

However, they were later published together and most often have been performed together and come to be known as the Rückert-Lieder, although Mahler did set more texts of Rückert.

Artists such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Kathleen Ferrier have chosen their own order of the Lieder.

Oh, What A Wonderful Thing Vatican II And The Novus Ordo Was !!!

Illustration: CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

This Article is a Re-Post from 2020.

The State Of The Church In Ireland.

In all of Ireland’s twenty-six Dioceses, there is to be just one Priestly Ordination of a Diocesan Priest, this year (2020).

Before Vatican II, there would have been ninety or more Ordinations of Diocesan Priests in a typical year.

The Church in Ireland is in a pretty poor state.

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THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY RC DIOCESE OF MIDDLESBROUGH

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day . . .

Illustration: PINTEREST

Subject: Yorkshire Man.

The Missus and I went for a walk

and went past a swanky new restaurant.

“ Did you smell that food, it smelled incredible ? ” she said.

Being the good Yorkshire man I am, I thought:

“ Sod it, I’ll give her a treat ! ”

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So we walked past it again !

Saint Louis IX. King And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 25 August.

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

Saint Louis IX.
   King And Confessor.
   Feast Day 25 August.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: King Saint Louis IX mediates between

The King of The English and his Barons (23 January 1264).

Français: Saint Louis médiateur entre le roi d'Angleterre

et ses barons (23 janvier 1264) ou Saint-Louis se prononçant comme arbitre à Amiens entre Henri III roi d'Angleterre

et les barons anglais.

Artist: Georges Rouget (1783–1869).

Date: 1820.

Current location: Palace of Versailles, France.

Source/Photographer: Joconde database:entry 000PE004232www.photo.rmn.fr

(Wikimedia Commons)

Arms (Ancien) of The Kingdom of France.

Date: 31 March 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sodacan

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Louis IX.

King of France.

Available on YouTube at

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Louis IX, born in 1215, became King of France at the age of twelve. He was very piously brought up by his mother, Queen Blanche, who taught him to wish rather to die than to commit a Mortal Sin. He liked to be called Louis of Poissy, the place where he had been Baptised, to show that his Title of Christian was his most glorious Title of Nobility.

"Despising the pleasures of The World, he only strove to please Jesus Christ, The True King" (Collect), "and was," says Bossuet, "the Holiest and most Just King who has ever worn the Crown."

Assiduous in attending The Offices of The Church, he ordered them to be Solemnly Celebrated in his Palace, where, every day, he heard two Masses. At Midnight, he rose for Matins and began his Royal Day with The Office of Prime. He introduced into his Chapel the custom of genuflecting at the words in the Creed “Et homo factus est”, and of bowing down humbly at the passage in The Passion when Jesus expires.

Statue of King Saint Louis IX,

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, Paris, France.

Photo: 10 July 2009.

Source: Flickr: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris

Author: Larry Johnson

(Wikimedia Commons)

Both these pious practices were adopted by The Church. "They impute to me as a crime my assiduity at Prayer," he would say, "but not a word would be said if I gave to play or to the hunt the hours I give to Prayer." But never did his piety hinder him from devoting to the affairs of the Kingdom the greater part of his time.

Having recovered from a serious illness, he made a Vow to undertake a Crusade to reconquer Jerusalem. At first victorious, he fell at last into the hands of the Saracens. Restored to freedom, he remained five years in The East helping the Christians. On his return to France, he made many pious Foundations and built "Sainte Chapelle", as a precious Reliquary for The Holy Crown of Thorns and the important particle of The True Cross, which Baldwin II, Emperor of Constantinople, had presented to him.

King Saint Louis IX

meeting Pope Innocent IV at Cluny Abbey, France.

Date: 14th-Century.

Source: http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/

manuscrits/man5/i2_0010.htm

Author: Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris.

(Wikipedia)

Most austere, himself, he was most charitable to others, and used to say: "It is more meet for a King to ruin himself in Alms, for God's sake, than in pomp and vain glory." "Often," says Joinville, "I have seen the good King, after Mass, go to the wood at Vincennes, sit down at the foot of an Oak Tree and there listen to all who who had to speak to him."

A Servant of Christ, he continually wore The Cross to show that his Vow remained unaccomplished. He undertook, in 1270, another Crusade, but an epidemic decimated his army, near Tunis, and struck him down.

With his arms crossed, and lying on a bed of ashes, he gave up his Soul to God in 1270, at the same hour that Christ died on The Cross. He was heard to repeat the day before his death: "We shall go to Jerusalem." It was, in reality, to Heavenly Jerusalem, conquered by his patience in the midst of his adversities, where he was to reign with The King of Kings (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.

“Glück, Das Mir Verblieb”. “Marietta’s Lied”. From Corngold’s “Die Tote Stadt”. Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

English: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

at The Lucerne Festival.

Deutsch: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

an den Musikfestwochen in Luzern.

Date: Nicht bekannt. ca.1948 bis 1958.

Source: Stiftung Fotodokumentation Kanton Luzern.

Author: Max Albert Wyss.

(Wikimedia Commons)

“Glück, Das Mir Verblieb”.

“Marietta's Lied”.

From Corngold's “Die Tote Stadt”.

Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Available on YouTube at

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Plus, for comparison . . .

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German Soprano. She was among the foremost singers of Lieder, and was renowned for her performances of Viennese Operetta, as well as the Operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss.

After retiring from The Stage, she was a Voice Teacher Internationally. She is considered one of the greatest Sopranos of the 20th-Century.

“Glück, das mir verblieb” (German for “Joy, that remained near to me”) is a Duet from the 1920 Opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold to a Libretto by his father, Julius Korngold, as Paul Schott.

It is written for a Soprano and Tenor. Also called “The Lute Song”, it appears in Act 1, approx. twenty-five minutes into the Opera. For performances as a Concert Aria, a Soprano will sing both parts.

“The Dead City” in the Opera’s Title is Bruges, Belgium, identified in the opera with Marie, the dead wife of Paul. At the start of Act 1, Paul confides in a friend the extraordinary news that he has seen Marie, or her double, in the Town and that he has invited her to the house.

She arrives, and Paul addresses her as Marie, but she corrects him: She is Marietta, a dancer from Lille. He is enchanted by her, especially when she accepts his request for a song, “Glück, das mir verblieb”.

The words tell of the joy of love, but there is a sadness in it, also, because its theme is the transitory nature of life. Their voices combine in the Verse which extols the power of love to remain constant in a fleeting World.

Glück, das mir verblieb,

rück zu mir, mein treues Lieb.

Abend sinkt im Hag

bist mir Licht und Tag.

Bange pochet Herz an Herz

Hoffnung schwingt sich himmelwärts.

Wie wahr, ein traurig Lied.

Das Lied vom treuen Lieb,

das sterben muss.

Ich kenne das Lied.

Ich hört es oft in jungen,

in schöneren Tagen.

Es hat noch eine Strophe —

weiß ich sie noch ?

Naht auch Sorge trüb,

rück zu mir, mein treues Lieb.

Neig dein blaß Gesicht

Sterben trennt uns nicht.

Mußt du einmal von mir gehn,

glaub, es gibt ein Auferstehn. 

Joy, that near to me remains,

Come to me, my true love.

Night sinks into the grove

You are my light and day.

Anxiously beats heart on heart

Hope itself soars heavenward.

How true, a sad song.

The song of true love,

that must die.

I know the song.

I heard it often in younger,

in better days.

It has yet another verse —

Do I know it still ?

Though sorrow becomes dark,

Come to me, my true love.

Lean (to me) your pale face

Death will not separate us.

If you must leave me one day,

Believe, there is an afterlife.

“Glück, Das Mir Verblieb”.

“Marietta's Lied”.

From Corngold's “Die Tote Stadt”.

Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

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Saint Bartholomew. Apostle. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 24 August.

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

Saint Bartholomew.
   Apostle.
   Feast Day 24 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Bartholomew.

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

English: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

By Pierre Le Gros the Younger.

Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.

Français: Saint Barthélemy par Pierre Le Gros le Jeune.

Nef de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran, Rome.

Photo: 7 September 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jastrow

(Wikimedia Commons)

Bartholomew, or, the son of Tholomy, is, according to common opinion, the Disciple whom Saint Philip brought to Our Lord , under the name of Nathanael, and whom The Master praised on account of his innocence and the simplicity of his heart.

[Philip met Nathanael and said to him: “The one of whom Moses has written in The Law, and whom The Prophets have announced, we have found: It is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph”. And Nathanael said to him: “Can anything good come from Nazareth” ? Philip said to him: “Come and see” Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said of him: “That is a true Israelite, in whom there is no guile”. Nathanael said to Him: “Whence knowest thou me” ? Jesus answered: “Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the Fig Tree, I saw thee”. Nathanael replied: “Rabbi. Thou art The Son of God. Thou art The King of Israel". John i, 45-49.]

Saint Bartholomew Monastery, Armenia.

The site of the Apostle's Martyrdom.

Date: Pre-1913.

Source: Bachmann, Walter (1913).

"Kirchen und moscheen in Armenien und Kurdistan",

Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, pp. 119-123

Author: Bachmann, Walter.

(Wikimedia Commons)

For the Gospel of Saint John, never mentioning Saint Bartholomew among The Apostles, says that Philip and Nathanael came together to Jesus, and that he was among the Disciples to whom The Saviour appeared after The Resurrection on the shore of The Sea of Galilee. The other Gospels never use the name of Nathanael, but, after Philip, they always mention Bartholomew.

Born at Cana, in Galilee, he was placed by Jesus among The Twelve (Gospel) and he was a witness of the principal actions of Jesus upon the Earth. "The first gift vouchsafed to The Church by The Holy Ghost," says Saint Paul, "is the Grace of The Apostleship" (Epistle).

English: Church of Saint Bartholomew, Gyöngyös, Hungary.

Français: Eglise baroque Szent Bertalan de Gyöngyös.

Magyar: Szent Bertalan nagytemplom.

Română: Biserica barocă Szent Bertalan /

Sfântul Bartolomeu din Gyöngyös.

Photo: February 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Venusz

(Wikimedia Commons)

He Preached The Faith in Arabia Felix: According to certain Traditions, he was flayed alive. He is thus represented in the beautiful White Marble statue, by Cibo, in Milan Cathedral, Italy.

His Relics are Venerated at Rome, in the Church of Saint Bartholomew, on an island formed by The River Tiber. His name is mentioned in The Canon of The Mass among The Apostles.

Let us joyfully Celebrate The Feast of Saint Bartholomew, who, in Heaven, Praises God, among The Glorious Choir of The Apostles (Alleluia), and let us ask God to grant to His Church to love what he believed and to Preach what he himself taught (Collect).

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

First Vespers (23 August): The Common of Apostles.

Commemoration: Saint Philip Benizi.

Antiphon: Hic vir.

Versicle: Justum.

Mass: Mihi autem.
Creed.
Preface: Of The Apostles.

Second Vespers: The Common of Apostles.
Commemoration: Saint Louis.
Antiphon at The Magnificat: Similábo.
Versicle: Amávit.

What A Pulpit !!!

Now, that's what I call a Pulpit !!!

Illustration: TWITTER/STAINED GLASS ZEALOT

“Eternal Flame”. The Bangles.

“Eternal Flame”.

Sung by: The Bangles.

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