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In “De Spirituali Amicitiâ”, Aelred adopted Cicero’s dialogue format. In the Prologue, however, he mirrors Augustine’s description of his early adolescence, with the speaker describing his time at school, where: “The charm of my companions gave me the greatest pleasure. Among the usual faults that often endanger youth, my mind surrendered wholly to affection and became devoted to love. Nothing seemed sweeter to me, nothing more pleasant, nothing more valuable, than to be loved and to love”.[28]
Jocelyn of Furness, writing about Aelred after his death in 1167, described him as “ . . . a man of the highest integrity, of great practical wisdom, witty and eloquent, a pleasant companion, generous and discreet. And with all these qualities, he exceeded all his fellow Prelates of The Church in his patience and tenderness. He was full of sympathy for the infirmities, both physical and moral, of others”.[29]
Aelred was never formally Canonised in the manner that was later established, but he became the centre of a cult in the North of England that was officially recognised by Cistercians in 1476.[30]
As such, he was Venerated as a Saint, with his body kept at Rievaulx Abbey. In the 16th-Century, before “The Dissolution Of The Monasteries”, John Leland, claims he saw Aelred’s Shrine at Rievaulx Abbey containing Aelred’s body glittering with Gold and Silver.[31]
Today, Aelred of Rievaulx is Commemorated as a Saint on 12 January, the Traditional date of his death, in the latest official edition of the Roman Martyrology,[32] which expresses the official position of The Catholic Church.
He also appears in the Calendars of various other Christian denominations.
The website of the Society of St Pius X has a useful news service which often picks up stories that do not feature elsewhere. Today this story caught my eye: "China: Catholics Accused of Spreading the Coronavirus".
The WeChat and Weibo messaging services have a novel conspiracy theory, that the new wave of Covid-19 is the fault of the Catholic Faithful being gathered together by “foreign priests” in the Hebei province.
The SSPX article quotes AsiaNews, a widely respected source from The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, originally in Italian, which has had an English and Chinese edition since 2003. Their article "Hebei, Christians labelled ‘spreaders’. The return of Nero" has more detail. The reference to Nero recalls how he set fire to Rome and then blamed the Christians.
Perhaps even more relevant is the exasperated satire of Tertullian in his Apologeticum (c.40). It fits quite well.
For those who read Latin, it would be wrong to neglect a sample of Tertullian's famously terse "Tacitean" prose.
Si Tiberis ascendit in moenia, si Nilus non ascendit in arva, si caelum stetit, si terra movit, si fames, si lues, statim Christianos ad leonem! adclamatur. Tantos ad unum?
and here is my translation:
If the Tiber rises to the walls, if the Nile does not rise to the fields, if the sky stands still, if the earth moves, if there is famine, if there is a plague, then immediately the cry is, "The Christians to the lion!" All of them to one lion?
Pray for the Catholics of China, and pray for their beautiful country. Its people are suffering under what is nowadays euphemistically called an "authoritarian government". In truth, the yoke of atheistic communism is as cruel as it ever was. Just as in ancient Rome, the official persecution of Christians gave rise to wild rumours, good Chinese people may also be misled by this fake news. Pray also for the poor Uyghur people who are suffering ghastly persecution as well.
Our Lady of China, pray for us. Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his companions, pray for us.
Saint Raymund was born in 1175 of the noble Spanish family of Pennafort. Christ, by His teaching and Miracles, showed Himself to be the Son of God. The Church shows us, today, how, by the knowledge and Miracles of Saint Raymund, and thanks to her Saints, she also has a part in The Divinity of The Word.
Having given up everything to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, of which he is one of the glories, Saint Raymund "meditated on The Law of God" (Introit) and wrote the "Summa of cases of conscience", a summary of Christian morals which is much esteemed. Wherefore, The Church awarded him the title of "eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance" (Collect).
The Collect alludes to the Miracle by which, having spread out his cloak on the waters, Saint Raymund, in six hours, crossed the fifty-three Leagues of sea which separate the island of Majorca from Barcelona.
He persuaded Saint Peter Nolasco to sacrifice his fortune for the ransoming of Christians detained as captives in The Barbary States, and, with that end in view, obtained The Institution of The Order of Our Lady of Ransom.
Saint Raymund, unwilling to be surprised by the sudden arrival of The Lord (Gospel), employed the last thirty-five years of his life in a very special manner in preparing himself for death. The Saint gave up his Soul to God in 1275 at the age of ninety-nine.
Through the intercession of Saint Raymund, who was the eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance, and who miraculously crossed the sea, may we obtain to produce worthy fruits of Penance and to reach the haven of Eternal Salvation (Collect).
The Dunstable Priory clock was one of the oldest mechanical clocks in England, built in 1283. Accounts say it was installed above the Rood Screen.[9] Its fate is unknown.
Of the 14th-Century, there are only a few scanty notices, the only events told at any length being those connected with the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, when the Prior, Thomas Marshall, appears by his courage and moderation to have saved his own Priory from serious loss, and his Burghers from punishment.
King Henry VI visited Dunstable in 1459, but there is no record of his relations with the Priory; its history during the 15th-Century is not recorded in any way.
The location arose as Catherine was then residing at nearby Ampthill, some twelve miles to the North. In 1535, the Prior, Gervase Markham, with twelve Canons, signed the acknowledgement of the Royal Supremacy, and on 20 January 1540 he surrendered his Priory to the King and received a pension of £60.[6]
The smaller English Religious Houses had been Dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1536, and the Church and Priory at Dunstable were closed down in January 1540.
The Prior and twelve Canons were granted pensions and given dispensations to serve as Secular Priests.
The great Church and the buildings of the Priory were initially kept standing intact, since it was intended to create a See at Dunstable, with the Priory Church as its Cathedral.
However, the scheme for the creation of new Bishoprics fell through after a few years and the beautiful Church (with the exception of the Parochial Nave) shared the fate of the Monastic buildings, being plundered of all that was valuable and left in ruin.
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Each of these Priests, either as Secular Clergy or members of
a Religious Order, is obligated to say the “Holy Office” every day. To this end, Cathedrals normally have a number of small Chapels used for private devotion or for small groups.
In England, there is a strong tradition that each Chapel should face East. For this reason, the Transepts of English Cathedrals are longer than those in most other Countries, and there is often a second Transept, as at Salisbury.
This arrangement permits a greater number of Eastward-facing Chapels. That part of the main Interior, which is furthest to the East and reserved for the Prayers of the Clergy is called the Presbytery.[4] [Editor: Otherwise called the “Chancel”, or, “Sanctuary”. Nowadays, Presbytery normally refers to the house of residence of the Priest.]
English Cathedrals maintain a traditional form of Church Service, of which Canticles, Psalms, Responses, and Anthems, are sung by a Choir. Because of this tradition, that part of the building that contains the Stalls is called the Choir, or, alternatively, Quire.
The Choir is sometimes divided from the Nave of the Cathedral by a wide Mediæval Pulpitum Screen, constructed of Stone and, in some instances, carrying a large Pipe Organ,[4] notably at Exeter, Gloucester, Lincoln, Norwich, Rochester, Saint Alban’s, Southwell, Wells, and York.
This Screen traditionally separated the Quire from the Nave, and the Clergy from the Laity. The Nave of the Cathedral, in Mediæval times, was used primarily for Processions. At its Western End, it contains the Font for Baptism, at which a person, most often an infant, is accepted into the Church. The Font is usually made of Stone and is often the oldest fitting in the Cathedral, many of them being Norman.
Since the Reformation, the Nave is that part of the building which is usually open to, and most used by, the Congregation and general public. There is also, usually in the Nave, a raised Pulpit, from which the Dean or other Clergy can expound the Scriptures.
In a Cathedral, particularly where the building is divided by a Screen, as at Canterbury, an Altar may be set at the Eastern End of the Nave so that Services might be held there for large Congregations. At each place where Services are held, there is a Lectern, on which rests a Bible.
Vincent, the Deacon of Saragosa, and Anastasius, a Monk of Persia, died the same day, with an interval of 325 Years (303 A.D. and 628 A.D.). The head of Saint Anastasius was brought to Rome and deposited in a Church Dedicated to him and Saint Vincent. Therefore, their names are associated in one Worship. "Their name shall live for evermore" (Alleluia).
Under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, the Deacon Vincent, as formerly the Deacon Laurence, was placed on a gridiron over burning coals. "God has tried them, like Gold in the furnace (Epistle); wherefore the names of Laurence and Vincent follow one another, in The Litany of The Saints, for their "victorious" brows are wreathed with the same "laurels".
English: Church of Saint Vincent and Saint Anastasius.
Saint Anastasius was beheaded after suffering atrocious torments, but he was upheld by Christ, for Whose cause he was persecuted; “Thy Right-Hand, O Lord, hath broken the enemies” (Gradual).
On the burning coals, Saint Vincent exclaims: “I thought your cruelty would go still further.” Saint Anastasius also says: “I expected a more cruel kind of death.”
Let us ask God, by the intercession of these Holy Martyrs, to help us to overcome our temptations and vices and work out our Salvation (Collect), Secret, Postcommunion).
Mass: Intret.
“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
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Organ.
In 1844, an Organ, by Gray & Davison of London, was installed in Chester Cathedral, replacing an instrument with parts dating back to 1626.
The Organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Whiteley Bros of Chester in 1876, to include harmonic flutes and reeds by Cavaillé-Coll. It was later moved to its present position at the front of the North Transept.
In 1910, William Hill and Son of London extensively rebuilt and revoiced the Organ, replacing the Cavaillé-Coll reeds with new pipes of their own.
The Choir division of the Organ was enlarged and moved behind the Choir-Stalls on the South side.
Chester Cathedral. The friable Red Sandstone
building was heavily restored in the 19th-Century.
On Saturday 29 May 2021, an Organ Concert was held in
the spectacular surroundings of Chester Cathedral.
Jonathan Scott demonstrates the full symphonic
capabilities of the Cathedral’s Grand Pipe Organ as he performs arrangements of some of the greatest Orchestral Favourites, including Wagner’s epic Overture to Tannhäuser.
The instrument was again overhauled by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool in 1969, when a new mechanism and some new pipework, made to a design by the Organist, Roger Fisher, was installed.
Since 1991, the Organ has been in the care of David Wells of Liverpool.[45]
Stained-Glass.
Chester Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass dates mainly from the 19th-Century and 20th-Century and has representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s onwards.
The Aesthetic-Style is represented by Charles Eamer Kempe. Early-20th-Century Stained-Glass Windows include several commemorating those who died in World War I.
There are also several notable modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001 by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]
The Eight-Light Perpendicular Window of the West End contains Mid-20th-Century Glass representing The Holy Family and Saints, by W. T. Carter Shapland.
Three modern windows are in the South Aisle, designed and made by Alan Younger to replace Windows damaged in the Second World War. They were donated by the 6th Duke of Westminster to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Cathedral and contain the dates 1092 and 1992 to reflect the theme of “continuity and change”.[47]
Nave.
The West End of the Nave is dominated by an Eight-Light Window in the Perpendicular Gothic Style, which almost fills the upper part of the West Wall.
The Nave Pulpit was designed by the restorer R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]
The Mosaic floor of the Tower Bay was designed by John Howson (Dean, 1867 – 1885) and executed by Burke and Co. The same firm installed the Mosaics which decorate the wall of the North Aisle, depicting the Patriarchs and Prophets Abraham, Moses, David and Elijah.[4] They were designed by J. R. Clayton of Clayton and Bell, and date from 1883 to 1886.[49]
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Ralph of Shrewsbury followed, continuing the Eastward extension of the Choir and Retrochoir beyond. He oversaw the building of Vicars’ Close and the Vicars’ Hall, to give the men who were employed to sing in the Choir a secure place to live and dine, away from the town and its temptations.[38]
In the 14th-Century, the Central Piers of the Crossing were found to be sinking under the weight of the Crossing Tower, which had been damaged by an earthquake in the previous Century.[43]
Strainer Arches, sometimes described as Scissor Arches, were inserted by Master Mason William Joy to brace and stabilise the Piers as a unit.[43][44]
By the reign of King Henry VII, the Cathedral was complete, appearing much as it does today (though the fittings have changed).
