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

Thursday 1 December 2022

The First Day Of December.



Salisbury Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

The following Text is from “The Liturgical Year”,
by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.

Volume 1.
   Advent.

The Church of Rome does not keep this day as a Feast Day of any Saint; she simply recites The Office of The Feria, unless it happens that The First Sunday of Advent falls on this first day of the month, in which case The Office of that Sunday is Celebrated.

But, should this first day of December be a simple Feria of Advent, we shall do well to begin at once our considerations upon the preparations which were made for the merciful coming of The Saviour of the World.

Four thousand years of expectation preceded that coming, and they are expressed by the four weeks of Advent, which we must spend before we come to the glorious festivity of Our Lord’s Nativity.


Durham Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

Let us reflect upon the holy impatience of The Saints of The Old Testament, and how they handed down, from age to age, the grand hope, which was to be but hope to them, since they were not to see it realised. Let us follow, in thought, the long succession of the witnesses of the promise: Adam, and the first Patriarchs, who lived before The Deluge; then, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and The Twelve Patriarchs of The Hebrew People; then Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon; then, The Prophets and The Machabees; and, at last, John the Baptist and his disciples.


Saint Fin Barre Cathedral,
Cork, Ireland.
Illustration: REDDIT

These are the holy ancestors of whom The Book of Ecclesiasticus speaks, where it says: “Let us praise men of renown, and our Fathers in their generation”; and of whom The Apostle thus speaks to The Hebrews: “All these being approved by the testimony of Faith, received not the Promise; God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us”: Their Faith was tried and approved, and yet they received not the object of The Promises made to them. It is for us that God had reserved the stupendous gift, and, therefore, He did not permit them to attain the object of their desires.

Let us honour them for their Faith; let us honour them as our veritable Fathers, since it is in reward of their Faith, that Our Lord remembered and fulfilled His Merciful Promise; let us honour them, too, as the ancestors of The Messias in the flesh.


Lincoln Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

We may imagine each of them saying, as he lay on his dying bed, this Solemn Prayer to Him, Who, alone, could conquer death: “I will look for Thy Salvation, Oh, Lord !” It was the exclamation of Jacob, at his last hour, when he was pronouncing his prophetic blessings on his children: “And then,” says The Scripture, “he drew up his feet upon his bed, and died, and he was gathered unto his people.”

Thus, did all these holy men, on quitting this life, go to await, far from the abode of Eternal Light, Him, Who was to come in due time and re-open The Gate of Heaven. Let us contemplate them in this place of expectation, and give our grateful thanks to God, Who has brought us to His Admirable Light, without requiring us to pass through a Limbo of Darkness.


Chichester Cathedral.
Illustration: WEST SUSSEX

It is our duty to Pray ardently for the coming of The Deliverer, Who will break down, by His Cross, The Gates of The Prison, and will fill it with The Brightness of His Glory. During this Holy Season, The Church is continually borrowing the fervent expressions of these Fathers of The Christian People, making them her own Prayer for The Messias to come.


Greek Orthodox Chant.
“Agni Parthene”.
“Αγνή Παρθένε”.
Available on YouTube at

(See the reference to Greek Orthodox Hymn, below).

“Agni Parthene”, rendered “O, Virgin Pure”, is a Greek Marian Hymn composed by Saint Nectarios of Aegina in the Late-19th-Century, first published in Print in his “Theotokarion”.

In Orthodox Churches, it is considered “Para-Liturgical”, and, therefore, only to be used outside of Liturgical Services. Though it is often performed by some Choirs as a Recessional, after the conclusion of The Divine Liturgy during the Veneration of The Cross and receiving of Anti-Doron.

Performed by: Petros Gaitanos/ Πέτρος Γαϊτάνος.


Ely Cathedral.
Illustration: KATEY JANE PHOTOGRAPHY

Let us turn to those great Saints, and beg of them to Pray, that our work of preparation for Jesus' coming to our hearts may be Blessed by God.

We will make use, for this end, of the beautiful Hymn (“Avorum hodie, fideles”) wherein The Greek Church Celebrates the memory of all The Saints of The Old Testament, on the Sunday immediately preceding The Feast of Christmas.


Lichfield Cathedral.

Wednesday 30 November 2022

“Saint Dominic And The Rosary“. Sermon By Fr. Timothy Finigan. “A Day With Mary”.

 


“Saint Dominic And The Rosary”.
A Sermon By Fr. Timothy Finigan.
“A Day With Mary”.
Available on YouTube

Seven-Cope Vespers !!! Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Saint Eugène, Paris. Secondes Vêpres de la Solennité de Saint Eugène, Paris.



Seven-Cope Vespers !!!
Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Saint Eugène, Paris.
Secondes Vêpres de la Solennité de Saint Eugène, Paris.
Available on YouTube

Saint Andrew. Apostle. Feast Day 30 November.


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

Saint Andrew.
   Apostle.
   Feast Day 30 November.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.


Saint Andrew.
Apostle.
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.

The Feast of Saint Andrew has always been kept, since the 4th-Century A.D., on 30 November.

Saint Andrew was an Apostle and a Martyr. The Collect tells us that he was called to govern and teach The Church; and the Epistle and the Gospel deal with the Vocation of Saint Andrew, who was the first among The Apostles to know Jesus Christ.

When he was called, he immediately left his nets to become a fisher of men (Gospel), and "his sound hath gone forth into all the Earth to Preach the Gospel of Peace" (Epistle). After the coming of The Holy Ghost, he Preached in Palestine, and then in Scythia, Epirus and Thrace.

"But all have not obeyed the Gospel" (Epistle), and Saint Andrew ere long became The Apostle of The Cross. The priests of Achaia describe his Martyrdom at Patras. He died on that special form of Cross which has ever since been called after him, and "The Lord received his Sacrifice in the odour of sweetness" (Alleluia).


His body, having been first taken to Constantinople, was, in 1210, moved to the Cathedral at Amalfi, in the Kingdom of Naples. In 1462, his head was placed by Pope Pius II in the Basilica of Saint Peter, his brother. His name is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass (First List). Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland.

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

Let us, with Saint Andrew, follow Christ even to The Cross.

Mass: Mihi autem.
Commemoration: During Advent, a Commemoration of The Feria is made on every Saint's Day by The Collects of the preceding Sunday. (Ember Days have Proper Collects.)
Credo: Is said or sung.
Preface: Of The Apostles.

Second Vespers: On Great Feast Days, or when the next day is not a Feast, Second Vespers are Celebrated in honour of the same Saint as First Vespers.






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Tuesday 29 November 2022

Saint Saturninus. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 29 November.


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

Saint Saturninus.
   Martyr.
   Feast Day 29 November.

Simple.

Red Vestments.


Saint Saturninus was Martyred in Rome, under Emperor Maximian, 300 A.D.

The Roman Martyrology mentions, on the same day, another Saint Saturninus, Bishop, Martyred at Toulouse, under Emperor Decius, about 250 A.D.

Mass: Lætábitur, from The Common of One Martyr (except Proper Collects).

“Our Lady At The Beginning Of Salvation”. Sermon By Fr. Timothy Finigan.

 


“Our Lady At The Beginning Of Salvation”.
Sermon by Fr. Timothy Finigan.
A Day With Mary.
Available on YouTube

Vigil Of Saint Andrew. Apostle. 29 November.


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

Vigil of Saint Andrew.
   Apostle.
   29 November.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.


Madonna and Child,
Saint Peter, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

Now begins
“The Sanctoral Cycle”
or
“The Proper of The Saints”.



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

The Gospel tells us that it was Saint John the Baptist, who, whilst fulfilling his mission of preparing Souls for the coming of Our Lord, pointed out The Messias to his Disciple, Andrew, The latter immediately went to Jesus and became one of His followers.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew (30 November) falls on a Monday, The Mass of The Vigil is said on the previous Saturday, but the Commemoration of Saint Saturninus is made on the Sunday. The same rule holds good for the other Vigils, with the exception of that of Christmas.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew falls on a Sunday, it is Transferred to the first free day.

Mass: Dóminus secus.

The Gloria is never said at Masses with Violet Vestments.
If Advent has not begun, Second Collect: Saint Saturninus.
Third Collect: Concéde.
If Advent has begun, Second Collect: Of The Feria.
Third Collect: Saint Saturninus.





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Monday 28 November 2022

"The Queen & Crescent Limited". The Southern Raiway Train Which Ran From Cincinnati, Ohio, To New Orleans, Louisiana.



Illustration: PINTEREST

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

The Queen and Crescent Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Railway in the United States of America.

It was operated over a historic route that had been established in the late 1800s called the Queen and Crescent Route, which referred to Cincinnati as the “Queen City” and New Orleans as the “Crescent City”.



The Southern Railway Logo.
This File: 21 March 2017.
User: DatBot
(Wikimedia)

The train began service in 1926 and it was never a financial success. The Southern Railway operated the Queen and Crescent Limited from Cincinnati, Ohio, to New Orleans, Louisiana via Lexington, Kentucky, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama and Meridian, Mississippi.

The new train carried both coaches and Pullman sleepers and a dining car. Its road numbers on the Southern Railway were #43 (Southbound) and #44 (Northbound).


The Southern Railway (reporting mark SOU) (also known as Southern Railway Company and now known as the Norfolk Southern Railway) was a Class 1 Railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk & Western to form Norfolk Southern.

The railroad was the product of nearly 150 predecessor Rail Lines that were combined, re-organised, and recombined, beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming The Southern Railway in 1894.[1]



Postcard showing The Southern Railway Train, 
“The Tennessean”, in its 1940s livery, 
hauled by a EMD E6A Locomotive.
Date: Between 1941 to 1968.
Source: eBay item
Author: Southern Railway System.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Railroad joined forces with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1980 to form the Norfolk Southern Corporation.

The Norfolk Southern Corporation was created in response to the creation of the CSX Corporation (its Rail System was later transformed to CSX Transportation in 1986).

Southern and N&W continued as operating companies of Norfolk Southern until 1982, when Norfolk Southern merged nearly all of N&W’s operations into Southern, to form the Norfolk Southern Railway. The Railroad has used that name since.

Usus Antiquior Services.



Illustration by
FLICKR

Zephyrinus is delighted to publicise
Usus Antiquior Masses,
which are Celebrated in Kent
on a regular Weekly basis on Sundays
and on Feast Days and Holy Days of Obligation
during the Week.

Also, in Essex (Leigh-on-Sea) on
The First Sunday of every Month.


There is a vibrant and happy group
who attend these Masses
and meet, after Mass (in Kent),
for lovely Lunches in various hostelries.

Do come and join us.
You will all be most welcome.


Besides Glorifying God in an Edifying,
Holy, and Catholic, manner, you will see
the wonderful Kent and Essex countrysides
changing throughout the Seasons,
which, in itself, Glorifies God.


                   


TENTERDEN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREW.



Usus Antiquior Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Andrew,
47, Ashford Road,
Tenterden, Kent TN30 6LL,

at 1200 hrs,

EVERY SUNDAY
and on Feast Days and Holy Days of Obligation.


RAMSGATE, KENT.

SAINT AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH.

Zephyrinus is grateful to Tony V at PRAY TELL UNCHAINED
for providing information on Usus Antiquior Masses in Ramsgate, Kent.

The Ramsgate Web-Site is


Usus Antiquior Mass at Saint Augustine's,
Ramsgate, Kent.


Saint Augustine's Shrine,
Ramsgate, Kent.

Times of Usus Antiquior Masses.

RAMSGATE, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,
Saint Augustine’s Road,
Ramsgate,
Kent CT11 9PA.

Telephone: 01843 592 071.

Usus Antiquior Masses at

1200 hrs on every Sunday

and

0930 hrs on Fridays.


RAMSGATE, KENT.

SAINT ETHELBERT
AND
SAINT GERTRUDE CHURCH.


Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,
Ramsgate, Kent.
Illustration:

Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,
72, Hereson Road,
Ramsgate,
Kent CT11 7DS.

Usus Antiquior Mass at

0930 hrs every Wednesday.



TUNBRIDGE WELLS,
KENT.

SAINT AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH.



Saint Augustine's Church,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Illustration: THE CIVIC SOCIETY

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,
Crescent Road,
Royal Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN1 2LY.

Telephone: 01892 522525.

Usus Antiquior Mass at

1900 hrs every Wednesday.



CHISLEHURST,
KENT.

SAINT MARY’S CHURCH.


Saint Mary's Church,
Chislehurst, Kent.

CHISLEHURST, KENT.

Saint Mary's Church
28 Crown Lane,
Chislehurst,
Kent BR7 5PL.

E-Mail: chislehurst@rcaos.org.uk

Telephone: 020 8467 3215.

Usus Antiquior Mass at

1100 hrs every Sunday

and

1930 hrs every Friday.


LEIGH-ON-SEA,
ESSEX.

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
AND SAINT JOSEPH.


Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Joseph Church,

LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX.

Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Joseph Church,
161, Leigh Road,
Leigh-on-Sea,
Essex SS9 1J.

Telephone: 01702 478078.

E-Mail: leighonsea@dioceseofbrentwood.org


Usus Antiquior Mass at

1600 hrs on The First Sunday of every Month.

Followed by
Solemn Vespers
and
Benediction.


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“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE




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Sunday 27 November 2022

Advent And Christmas. 2022.




Advent 2022 begins on
Sunday, 27 November.


York Minster.
Photo: 31 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".
(Wikimedia Commons)

The York Minster Web-Site is HERE.


York Minster.
Illustration: THE PRESS


York Minster
Advent and Christmas 2018.
Available on You Tube at
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