The Conversion Of Saint Paul. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 25 January. White Vestments.

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The Conversion of Saint Paul.
   Feast Day 25 January.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Conversion of Saint Paul.

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Date: 1600.

Current location: Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art

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The Conversion of Saint Paul.

Artist: Caravaggio.

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Paul of Tarsus was a Jew of the Tribe of Benjamin. A most zealous Pharisee, he appears in the Epistle as full of hatred "for the Disciples of The Lord". He becomes a "Vessel of Election", so filled with The Holy Ghost (Epistle), "that all Nations shall drink of its fulness," says Saint Ambrose, and shall learn through him that "Jesus is The Son of God" (Epistle).

Saint Paul is, like The Twelve, an Apostle of Christ (Alleluia), "he shall sit in one of the twelve seats and shall judge the World when The Son of Man shall Himself be seated on The Throne which belongs to Him as Son of God" (Gradual and Gospel).

We owe it to today's Feast, which follows by a few days that of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, and which had for its origin a Translation of the body of Saint Paul, that we are enabled to see the whole Season after Epiphany represented in a picture [Editor: A Theoretical Picture], giving us an admirable vision of The Kingship of Jesus.

In the foreground [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture] are the two witnesses of The Divinity of Christ, Saint Peter, more especially sent to the sons of Israel, and Saint Paul, to the Gentiles (Collect, Gradual).

In the background [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture], is Galilee with its verdant hills, where we perceive Cana, the Synagogue of Nazareth, and the Lake of Genesareth, where Jesus, by His Miracles, proved that He was The Son of God.

Following the example of Saint Paul, let us show by our Faith, and by a new life, that Jesus is God and that He is our King.

Mass: Scio cui crédidi.
Commemoration: Saint Peter.
Gospel: Ecce nos.
Creed: Is said.

Chester Cathedral. Church Of Christ And The Blessed Virgin Mary. (Part Nine).

The Nativity Window, Chapel of Saint Werburgh, 

Chester Cathedral. It shows Baby Jesus in a Manger. 

Created by Michael Connor, 1857.

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“Be still and know I am with you”.

Psalm 46.

Sung by: 

Queen’s School Choir in Chester Cathedral.

Soloists: Lydia Williams and Hannah Donald.

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Psalm 46.

Be still and know I am with you,

Be still I am the Lord.

I will not leave you orphans.

I leave you My word.

Be one, be one.

You fear the light may be fading,

You fear you may lose your way.

Be still and know I am near you.

I’ll lead you to the day and the sun.

Be glad the day you have sorrow,

Be glad, for then you live.

The stars shine only in darkness,

And in your need I give,

I give My peace,

My peace, My peace.

The most famous feature of the Quire (Choir) is the set of Choir Stalls, dating from about 1380. 

The Lectern, in the form of a Wooden Eagle, symbol of John the Evangelist, dates from the first half of the 17th-Century.[50] 

The Candlesticks also date from the 17th-Century and are by Censore of Bologna, who died in 1662.[44]

With these exceptions, most of the decoration and the fittings of the Quire date from the 19th-Century and are in keeping with the Gothic Revival, promoted by The Oxford Movement and Augustus Welby Pugin. 

Chester Cathedral’s South Transept. The Galleried Perpendicular Western Portal with Niches for Statues. Early-1500s. May have been the work of Seth and George Derwall.

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The restored Vault of the Quire is typical of the period, having been designed by Scott and decorated and gilded by Clayton and Bell.[34]

The Quire is entered through a Screen designed by George Gilbert Scott, with Gates made by Skidmore. The Rood was designed by Scott, and was made by F. Stuflesser.[4] 

The Bishop’s Throne, or “Cathedra” was designed by Scott to complement the Choir Stalls. It was constructed by Farmer and Brindley in 1876. 

The Reredos and the Floor Mosaic date from 1876, and were designed by J. R. Clayton. The Great East Window has Tracery of an elegant Decorated Gothic design, which is filled with Stained-Glass of 1884 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[44]

The building of Chester Cathedral’s Nave, begun in 1323, 

was halted by The Plague and completed 150 years later.

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The Chancel and The High Altar has a Reredos by J. R. Clayton of Clayton and Bell, and a seasonal Altar Frontal (Antependium) in the Art Nouveau Style.

The Lady Chapel.

The 13th-Century Lady Chapel contains the Stone Shrine of Saint Werburgh, which dates from the 14th-Century and which used to contain her Relics. 

The Shrine, of similar Red Sandstone as the Cathedral, has a base pierced with deep Niches. The upper part takes the form of a miniature Chapel containing Statuettes. 

During The Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was dismantled. Some of the parts were found during the 1873 restoration of the Cathedral and the Shrine was re-assembled in 1888 by Blomfield. 

World War I and World War II Memorial to 

The Cheshire Regiment at Chester Cathedral.

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A carving of Saint Werburgh by Joseph Pyrz was added in 1993.[51] Also in the Chapel are a Sedilia and a Piscina. 

The Stained-Glass of 1859 is by William Wailes. The Chapel contains a Monument to Archdeacon Francis Wrangham, made by Hardman & Co. and dating from 1846.[52] 

In 1555, George Marsh, Protestant Martyr stood trial here accused of Heresy.[53]

The North Quire Aisle has a Stone Screen by R. C. Hussey and an Iron Gate, dated 1558, that came from Guadalajara. 

The Choir, Chester Cathedral.

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At the East End of the Aisle is the Chapel of Saint Werburgh, which has a Vault of two Bays,[54] and an East Window depicting the Nativity by Michael O’Connor, dated 1857. 

Other Stained-Glass Windows in the North Aisle are by William Wailes, by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and by Clayton and Bell. 

The Chapel contains a Piscina, dating from the 14th-Century,[4]

North Transept, Sacristy, and Chapter House.

The small Norman Transept has Clerestory Windows containing Stained-Glass by William Wailes, installed in 1853.[55] 

The Sacristy, of 1200, has an East Window depicting Saint Anselm, and designed by A. K. Nicholson. In the North Transept is a free-standing Tomb Chest Monument to John Pearson, who died in 1686, designed by Arthur Blomfield and carved by Nicholas Earp, with a recumbent effigy by Matthew Noble. 

The Wall Monuments include Cenotaphs to Members of The Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry killed in the Boer War and in the First and Second World Wars.[4] 

At the corner of the Transept with the North Aisle is a 17th-Century Tree of Jesse carved in Whale Ivory. A Niche contains a rare example of a “Cobweb Picture”, painted on the web of a caterpillar. Originating in the Austrian Tyrol, it depicts The Blessed Virgin Mary and The Christ-Child, and is based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder.[56]

PART TEN FOLLOWS.

The Twenty-Six Mediæval Cathedrals Of England (Part Nine).

Carlisle Cathedral.

Note the Chancel’s Decorated Gothic tracery window.

Български:

Главният кораб на Катедралата на Карлайл,

графство Къмбрия, Англия.

Français:

La nef de la cathédrale de Carlisle, Cumbrie.

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Author: Catriona Savage from Paris, France.

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Like the majority of Mediæval Cathedrals, those of England are cruciform. While most are of the Latin Cross shape with a single Transept, several, including Salisbury, Lincoln, Wells, and Canterbury, have two Transepts, which is a distinctly English characteristic.

The Transepts, unlike those of many French Cathedrals, always project strongly. The Cathedral, whether of Monastic or Secular foundation, often has several clearly defined subsidiary buildings, in particular the Chapter House and Cloister.

With two exceptions, the Naves and Eastern arms of the Cathedrals have single lower Aisles on either side, with a Clerestory, that illuminates the central space.

Ely Cathedral.

A Mediæval Wonder Of Engineering.

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At Bristol, the Aisles are at the same height as the Mediæval Choir, like some German Cathedrals, and, at Chichester, there are two Aisles on either side of the Nave, like some French Cathedrals.

At a number of the Cathedrals where the Transepts are large, they also have Aisles, either on the Eastern side, as at Peterborough, Durham, Lincoln, and Salisbury, or both, as at Wells, Winchester, Ely, and York.[4][5]

Winchester and Ely, additionally, have a third Aisle at the end of both Transepts.[11]

Durham Cathedral’s Nave

and Ribbed and Pointed Vault.

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The Nave, and sometimes the Eastern arm, are often of great length by comparison with the Mediæval Cathedrals of other countries.[5]

Seven of the twenty-six English Cathedrals — Canterbury, Durham, Ely, Lincoln, Saint Albans, Winchester, York — exceed 150 metres (between 509 feet and 554 feet), and are only equalled by the Cathedrals of Milan and Florence.

Another nine of the Cathedrals — Norwich, Peterborough, Salisbury, Worcester, Gloucester, Wells, Exeter, Chichester, Lichfield — are between 397 feet and 481 feet (121 metres and 147 metres) long.

By comparison, the largest Cathedrals of Northern France, Notre Dame de Paris, Amiens, Rouen, Reims, Chartres, are all about 135 – 140 metres in length, as is Cologne in Germany.

The longest Cathedrals of Spain, including Seville, which has the largest floor area of any Mediæval Church, are about 120 metres.[5]

Five English Cathedrals: Chester; Hereford; Rochester; Southwell; Ripon, are between 318 and 371 feet (97 metres and 113 metres) in length.

At Bristol and Southwark, the Naves were built in the Victorian era, leaving Carlisle and Oxford, with Naves of only two Bays and four Bays, respectively, as the smallest of England’s ancient Cathedrals at 73 Metres (240 feet) and
57 Metres (187 feet)[2]

PART TEN FOLLOWS.

The Choir, Auch Cathedral, France. Le Choeur De La Cathédrale d’Auch.

The Choir, Auch Cathedral, France.

Le Choeur de la Cathédrale d’Auch.

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Montserrat Caballé, Vangelis.

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“A Fistful Of Dollars”. 4K Restoration Official Trailer.

 

“A Fistful Of Dollars”.

4K Restoration Official Trailer.

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Let Us Support One Another With Love And Understanding During The Virus Crisis.

Blessed M. Stella And Her Ten Companions. The Martyrs Of Nowogrodek In Nazi-Occupied Poland In 1943.

The artwork for the Beatification image of

Blessed M. Stella and her Ten Companions,

The Martyrs of Nowogrodek, 

in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.

Painted by Jerzy Kumala (1998).

Illustrations: FR. Z's BLOG

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,

FR. Z's BLOG

Saint Timothy. Bishop. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 24 January. Red Vestments.

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Saint Timothy.
   Bishop.
   Feast Day 24 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Stained-Glass Window of Saint Timothy,

Southwark Cathedral, London.

Photo: 1 August 2013.

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Saint Timothy (Greek: Τιμόθεος; Timótheos, meaning “Honouring God” or “Honoured by God”) was a 1st - Century A.D. Christian Bishop, who died around 97 A.D. The New Testament indicates that Saint Timothy travelled with Saint Paul, who was also his mentor. Timothy is addressed as the recipient of the Epistles to Timothy.

Saint Timothy is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Paul’s second visit to Lystra, in Anatolia, where Timothy is mentioned as a "Disciple". Paul calls him his “own son in The Faith”. Timothy often travelled with Paul. Timothy’s mother was Jewish and his father was Greek, but he had not been circumcised, and Paul now ensured that this was done, according to the Text, to ensure Timothy’s acceptability to the Jews.

According to McGarvey, Paul performed the operation “with his own hand”, but others claim this is unlikely and nowhere attested. He was Ordained and went with Paul on his journeys through Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia,Troas, Philippi, Veria, and Corinth. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are noted as eminent for their piety and Faith, which indicates that they may have also been Christians. Timothy is praised by Paul for his knowledge of the Scriptures (in the 1st-Century A.D., mostly the Septuagint (Greek); See Development of The New Testament Canon - Clement of Rome), and is said to have been acquainted with the Scriptures since childhood.

Saint Timothy (17 A.D. - 97 A.D.).

(Orthodox icon). Bishop and Martyr.

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That Timothy was jailed at least once, during the period of the writing of The New Testament, is implied by the writer of Hebrews mentioning Timothy’s release at the end of the Epistle. It is also apparent that Timothy had some type of stomach malady, owing to Paul’s advice, in 1 Timothy 5:23, counselling Timothy to: “No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.”

Paul commanded Timothy to remain in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1): “I command you to stay there in Ephesus”, to prevent Heresy from infecting The Church in Ephesus. Paul also gave him instructions for establishing Elders and Deacons, there. These very guidelines have become the commonly-used guidelines among Churches across the World to this day.

According to later Tradition, Paul Consecrated Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus in 65 A.D., where he served for fifteen years. In 97 A.D., (with Timothy dying at age eighty), Timothy tried to halt a pagan procession of idols, ceremonies, and songs. In response to his Preaching of the Gospel, the angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets, and stoned him to death. In the 4th-Century A.D., his Relics were Transferred to the Church of The Holy Apostles, in Constantinople.

Pen and Ink Drawing (top),

Colour Photo (middle),

The High Altar (bottom),

The Catholic Church of Saint Timothy,

Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

Illustration: SAINT TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Timothy, born at Lystra (Asia Minor), of a pagan father and a Jewish mother, was already a Christian when Saint Paul came to that town. Saint Paul, whose Conversion we Celebrate tomorrow, was struck by Timothy's Holiness and took him as a companion on his travels. Saint Timothy thereupon gave up everything and became his Disciple (Gospel).

Saint Paul conferred on him full Sacerdotal powers (Introit) and committed to his care the Church of Ephesus. We read, in the Epistle, a passage of one of the two admirable Letters which his Master wrote to him. Saint Timothy was stoned to death in his Episcopal City in 97 A.D.

Let us, with Timothy, confess the Divinity of Christ in this Season after Epiphany, which is its Liturgical manifestation.

Mass: Státuit. (Of a Martyr Bishop).

Carmelite Monks Of Wyoming.

Two Cantors chant the Litany of 

The Blessed Virgin Mary during Saturday Compline.

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Oh, Dear !!! Perkins (Chauffeur) Has Discovered How To Order Things On The Internet !!! Look What’s Just Been Delivered To Zephyrinus Mansion !!!

1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible.

Illustration: AUTOEVOLUTION

This magnificent Motor Car has just been delivered to Zephyrinus Mansion !!!

It appears that Perkins (Chauffeur), in cahoots with his “Fellow-Ne’er-Do-Well” Jeeves (Butler), has discovered how to order things over the Internet.

Now, Zephyrinus is involved in delicate negotiations with the sender of this fabulous Motor Car in order to “unwind” the “agreement” !!!

Perkins’ and Jeeves’ Winter Bonus has been “Put On Hold”.

And the Computer, in Zephyrinus’ Study, has been Triple-Locked and Multi-Password Protected !!!

“The Sound Of Silence”. Sung By: Voces8.

“The Sound Of Silence”.

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Saint Emerentiana. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 23 January. Red Vestments.

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Saint Emerentiana.
   Virgin and Martyr.
   Feast Day 23 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Royal Gold Cup, or Saint Agnes Cup, is a Solid Gold Covered Cup, lavishly decorated with Enamel and Pearls. It was made for The French Royal Family at the end of the 14th -Century, and later belonged to several English Monarchs, before spending nearly 300 years in Spain. Since 1892, it has been in The British Museum, and is generally agreed to be the outstanding survival of Late-Mediæval French Plate. Saint Emerentiana’s likeness is shown, here, on The Royal Gold Cup.

Date: 4 July 2010.

Current location: British Museum, London.

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A Foster-Sister of Saint Agnes, the Virgin, Emerentiana, while still a Catechumen, shed tears on the tomb of her friend, who had just been Martyred.

Some Pagans mocked her grief. She, full of The Divine Virtue of which Jesus is the source (Collect), reproached the idolaters with their cruelty towards Saint Agnes, and they, in their fury, stoned her on that very tomb. Baptised in her own blood, she went to join for ever her Spouse and her Sister, about 304 A.D.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

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

Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.

Illustration: LOUVRE

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“In Festo Desponsationis Beatæ Mariæ Virginæ”. “The Espousal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph”. Feast Day 23 January. White Vestments.

The full text of The Divine Office for today’s 

Feast of The Blessed Virgin Mary can be found 

in the Breviarum Romanum 1906 (see, above) 

available at INTERNET ARCHIVE,

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“In Festo Desponsationis”.

“Espousal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph”.

Feast Day 23 January.

Illustration: 

Zephyrinus’s “Missale Romanum”, dated 1861.

Mass: “Salve, Sancta Parens”.

Commemoration: Saint Joseph.

Commemoration: Saint Emerentiana.

Credo: Is said.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

“et te in Desponsatione”.

English: The Virgin at Prayer.

Français : La Vierge en prière.

Artist: 

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685).

Description and location: Jungfrun i bön (1640-1650),

National Gallery, London.

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Saint Joseph,

husband of The Blessed Virgin Mary

and Foster-Father of The Infant.

Illustration: THE FEDERALIST

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“The Espousal of The Blessed Virgin Mary”, or, “Marriage of The Virgin Mary”, is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church among certain Congregations, such as the Oblates of Saint Joseph.

The Feast was removed from many Local Calendars by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formerly generally observed on 23 January.

English: The Blessed Virgin Mary marries Saint Joseph.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne

(Île-de-France), Darstellung: Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.

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The first definite knowledge of a Feast, “In Honour Of the Espousal of Mary”, dates from 29 August 1517, when, “with nine other Masses In Honour Of Mary”, it was granted by Pope Leo X to the Nuns of The Annunciation, Founded by Saint Jeanne de Valois.

In certain particular Churches, “The Espousals Of The Virgin Mary And Saint Joseph” are honoured with an Office on 

23 January. The Oblates of Saint Joseph Celebrate 23 January as the Feast Day of “The Holy Spouses, Mary And Joseph”.

Gaspar Bertoni, Founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their “Espousals”, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.

An Article on The Mass for the Espousal of The Blessed Virgin Mary with Saint Joseph can be found on the Web-Site at 

THE BRIGHTON ORATORY

Aelred Of Rievaulx. (Part Six).

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.

Date: 2011.

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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.

Dr. Marsha Dutton.

“On The Formation Of Anchoresses”.

 The Treatise of Saint Aelred of Rievaulx.

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PART SEVEN FOLLOWS.