Psalm 25. “Judica Me, Domine”.

Samuel anointing David.

Illumination of Psalm 25 from the Saint Bertin Psalter, circa 1170, now in Saint John’s College, Cambridge. Once owned by the Abbesses of Wherwell Abbey, starting with Matilda of Bailleul. “Vellum. 12th-Century. Magnificently written”.

And passed down through Euphemia de Walliers.

Date: 2 January 1170.

Source:

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/

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Whilst washing his hands at the Lavabo, the Priest recites Verses 6 - 12 of Psalm xxv (Psalm 25), (see, below, in Red).

Lavabo inter innocéntes manus meas: 

et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dòmine:

Ut áudiam vocem laudis, 

et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua.

Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ, 

et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ.

Ne perdas cum ímpiis, 

Deus, ánimam meam, 

et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam:

In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: 

déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus.

Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: 

rédime me, et miserére mei.

Pes meus stetit in dirécto: 

in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.

Glória Patri . . .

In Masses For The Dead, and at Masses of the Season in Passion-Tide, the Glória Patri is omitted.

Psalm 25.

“Judica me, Domine”.

David’s Prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, 

that he may come to Worship Him in His Tabernacle.

Unto The End.

A Psalm For David.

Judge me, O Lord, 

for I have walked in my innocence: 

And I have put my trust in the Lord, 

and shall not be weakened.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; 

burn my reins and my heart. 

For Thy mercy is before my eyes; 

and I am well pleased with Thy truth. 

I have not sat with the council of vanity: 

Neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. 

I have hated the assembly of the malignant; 

and with the wicked I will not sit.

I will wash my hands among the innocent; 

and will compass Thy Altar, O Lord: 

That I may hear the voice of Thy praise: 

and tell of all Thy wondrous works. 

I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house; 

and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. 

Take not away my Soul, O God, with the wicked: 

Nor my life with bloody men: 

In whose hands are iniquities: 

Their Right Hand is filled with gifts.

But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: 

Redeem me, and have mercy on me. 

My foot hath stood in the direct way: 

In the Churches I will Bless Thee, O Lord.

At The Washing of the Hands (the Lavabo), 

during Holy Mass, the Priest (Celebrant) washes his fingers.

Out of respect for the Body of Jesus, which he is about to touch after the Consecration, even when no Incense has been used, the Priest washes the tips of the first fingers of each hand.

This Ceremony is a Sacramental which purifies our hearts 

and prepares them for the Holy Sacrifice and Communion.

“The water that flows over the tips of our fingers,” says Saint Augustine, “washes away the last traces of our impurities.”

Whilst washing his hands at the Lavabo, the Priest recites Verses 6 - 12 of Psalm xxv (Psalm 25), see, above, in Red.

Let us say this Psalm with true contrition.

“Martin Chuzzlewit”. By: Charles Dickens.

Cover of “Martin Chuzzlewit”.

By: Charles Dickens.

Date: July 1843.

Source: NYPL.

Author: Chapman and Hall.

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unless stated otherwise.

“The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit” is a Novel by English author Charles Dickens, considered the last of his Picaresque Novels. 

It was originally serialised between January 1843 and July 1844. While he was writing it, Dickens told a friend that he thought it was his best work thus far,[1] but it was one of his least popular Novels, judged by sales of the monthly instalments.[2] 

Characters in this Novel gained fame, including Pecksniff and Mrs. Gamp.

Like nearly all of Dickens’s Novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was first published in monthly instalments. 

Early sales of the monthly parts were lower than those of previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the Title character to the United States.[3] 

Dickens had visited America in 1842, in part as a failed attempt to get the U.S. publishers to honour International Copyright Laws. 

He satirised the Country as a place filled with self-promoting hucksters, eager to sell land —  sight unseen. 

He also unfavourably highlighted slavery and featured characters with racist attitudes and a propensity to violence. 

In later editions, and on his second visit twenty-four years later to a much-changed U.S., he made clear in a speech that it was satire, and not a balanced image of the Nation, and then included that speech in all future editions.

The main theme of the Novel, according to Dickens’s Preface, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. 

The Novel is also notable for two of Dickens’s great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit.

Dickens introduced one of the first literary Private 

Detective characters, Mr. Nadgett, in this Novel.[4] 

The Novel is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, a friend of Dickens.

“Salve Sancta Parens”. Celebrant: Fr. Timothy Finigan. 15 February 2014. “A Day With Mary”. Our Lady Of The Rosary, Blackfen, London.

“Salve Sancta Parens”.

Celebrant:

Fr. Timothy Finigan.

15 February 2014.

“A Day With Mary”.

Our Lady of the Rosary, 

Blackfen, London.

Available on YouTube

HERE

The Web-Site of

“A Day With Mary” can be found

HERE

Saint Mamertus (☩ 475 A.D.). Bishop. The Founder Of The Minor Rogations Preceding Ascension Thursday. Feast Day 11 May. White Vestments.

Engraving of Saint Mamertus from an 1878 book, “Little Pictorial Lives Of The Saints”, published by Benziger Brothers.

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Statue of Saint Mamertus of Vienne, 

Cathedral of Saint Maurice of Vienne, Isère, France.

Statue de saint Mamert de Vienne 

dans la cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne, en Isère.

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Saint Mamertus (☩ 475 A.D.) was the Bishop of Vienne, Gaul, and Venerated as a Saint. 

His primary contribution to ecclesiastical practice was the introduction of Litanies, prior to Ascension Day, as an intercession against earthquakes and other disasters, leading to “Rogation Days”.

His Feast Day, 11 May, is the first such Feast of the Ice Saints.

Prior to his elevation to the See of Vienne, little has been recorded about Mamertus’ life. The fact that his brother, Claudianus Mamertus, the theological writer, received in 

his youth a sound training in rhetoric, and enjoyed the personal acquaintance of Bishop Eucherius of Lyons (434 A.D. - 450 A.D.), suggests that the brothers belonged to a wealthy Gallic family from the neighbourhood of Lyons. 

Like his brother, Saint Mamertus was distinguished for his Secular learning, as well as Theology, and, before his elevation to the Episcopate, appears to have been married.[1]

His Election and Consecration took place shortly before 

462 A.D. 

As Bishop, he enlisted the services of his brother, who had withdrawn to a Cloister, and Ordained him Priest of Vienne. 

The activity of the brothers is described in one Letter of Sidonius Apollinaris, (Sidonius, Epist., IV, xi) while another is addressed to Bishop Mamertus.[2]

In 463 A.D., Mamertus was engaged in a dispute with Pope Hilarius on the question of the privileges of the Bishop of Arles. 

Pope Leo I had regulated the boundaries of the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Arles and Vienne: Under Vienne, he left the Dioceses of Valence, Tarentaise, Geneva, and Grenoble, but all the other Dioceses in this District were made subordinate to Arles. 

Regardless of this decision, and infringing on the rights of his fellow Bishop of Arles, Mamertus Consecrated in 463 A.D. a Bishop for the City of Die (Dea), a man named Marcel. 

King Gundioc of the Burgundians complained to Pope Hilarius of this action, whereupon the Pope wrote to Bishop Leontius of Arles on 10 October 463 A.D., bidding him summon a Synod of Bishops from the different Provinces to enquire into the matter. 

In a subsequent Letter to the Bishops of the Roman Provinces of Lyons, Vienne, Narbonnensis I and II, and Alpina, he also refers to the matter, and directs them to obey Leontius’s summons to a regularly constituted Synod.[3]

A Letter from Hilarius, dated 25 February 464 A.D., describes the Synod’s decision against Mamertus.[4] 

In this Letter, Pope Hilarius declared that Mamertus, and the Bishop unlawfully Consecrated by him, should really be deposed, but that he would offer clemency. 

Hilarius therefore commissioned Veranus of Vence to inform Mamertus that, if he did not recognise and submit to the regulations of Pope Leo I, he would be deprived also of the four Suffragan Dioceses, still subject to Vienne. 

The Bishop invalidly installed by Mamertus, was to be confirmed in his Office by Leontius, after which he might retain the Bishopric.[1]

During his Episcopate, the remains of Saint Ferreolus were discovered, and were Translated by Mamertus to a Church in Vienne, built in honour of that Martyr.[5]

According to Sidonius Apollinaris, (Sidonius, Epist., V, xiv; VII, i) and Mamertus’ second successor, Avitus, (“Homilia de Rogat”. in P. L., LIX, 289-294) Bishop Mamertus was the Founder of the Minor Rogations Processions, held on Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday.[6]

The Minor Rogations were Traditionally observed with Processional Litanies and Fasting as a petition for good weather for the crops and deliverance from pestilence and famine.[7]

In connection with these intercessory Processions, Mamertus summoned a Synod at Vienne between 471 A.D. and 475 A.D.

About 475 A.D., he attended a Synod at Arles, which dealt with the Predestination teaching of Lucidus, a Gallic Priest.

William of Auxerre says that Mamertus instituted the Litanies after “a plague of wolves”. For just as is told in the Gospel, that demons, by God’s permission and on account of the sins of men, entered pigs, similarly, they entered wolves in order to hurt and kill people, not only in Villages but even in Cities.”[8]

After his death, he was Venerated as a Saint.

Saint Mamertus’ name stands in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum and in the Martyrologium of Florus of Lyons, under 11 May, on which day his Liturgical Feast Day is still Celebrated (Henri Quentin, Les Martyrologes Historiques, 348) in the Roman Catholic Church.[1]

“Whoops !!!” Mrs. Elcott’s Specific For Calling-Card Confusion.

“Whoops !!!”

“Our Lady Of Grace”. Mediæval Marian Shrine, Cambridge, England. “Our Lady Of Grace” Is The Patron Saint Of Motor-Cyclists.

The present Chapel at Emmanuel College, 

Cambridge University. The statue of Our Lady of Grace, in Cambridge, was in The Dominican Priory on the Eastern Side of the Town centre. In 1584, Emmanuel College was established on the site of the former Dominican Priory. What had been The Chapel of The Dominican Priory became

The Dining Hall of Emmanuel College.

Illustration: EMMANUEL COLLEGE

Steve McQueen's 1934 Indian Sport Scout Motorcycle.

“Our Lady Of Grace” Is The Patron Saint Of Motor-Cyclists.

Illustration: PINTEREST

“Our Lady of Grace”, in Cambridge.

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ONCE I WAS A CLEVER BOY

Fr Hunwicke’s Spiritual Pilgrimage (see FR HUNWICKE'S MUTUAL ENRICHMENT). around the Mediæval Marian shrines of England, today reaches Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge. This is another of those Shrines which is not well known today, but which, before its removal in 1538, attracted considerable Devotion.

In general, the expression “Our Lady of Grace” is of Mediæval origin. It is especially well known in France, and connected there frequently with the Marian Sanctuary of Cambrai, which originated in 1412.

However, the Title appears to be considerably older - the Shrine at Ipswich was also Dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, and that goes back to at least 1152.

The origins of this particular Title are much older still. They are of Biblical origin, where Mary is called “kecharitomene”: “The Fully-Graced One”, “The All-Graced One” (Lk 1:28). The Eastern Tradition calls Mary “Panhagia”: “The All-Holy One”.

The first meaning of Our Lady of Grace refers to her own Holiness. However, very early on, Mary was invoked as “The Uniquely Blessed One” (see the “Sub Tuum Præsidium”, dating to the 4th-Century A.D.) and as “The Mother of Mercy” (see the great Orthodox Acathist Hymn, perhaps originating around 530 A.D., and certainly before 626 A.D.). She is also the one who intercedes for us with God to obtain His Grace.

The statue of Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge was in The Dominican Priory on the Eastern Side of the Town centre. 

 

On 30 August 1538, Bishop John Hilsey O.P., of Rochester, Kent, the successor of Saint John Fisher, but a reform-minded Dominican who, that same year, publicly derided the Veneration of The Holy Rood, of Boxley, and The Holy Blood, of Hailes, wrote to Thomas Cromwell, from London.

 

The bearer of the Letter was The Prior of The Black Friars at Cambridge, Gregory Dod, who was, in the opinion of the Bishop, “a man of good learning and a Preacher of God’s true Gospel”, who wished to be allowed to take away an image of Our Lady in his house, “which has had much Pilgrimage to her, especially at Sturbridge Fair, which is drawing near.” Hilsey continued by asking Cromwell to take the Cambridge house into the King's hands.

 

From Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, xiii(2) 224.

 

This is not quite as the story told in The History of The University of Cambridge (Vol I, P 330, N 119), which has Thomas Cromwell initiating its removal, although he did doubtless happily concur with Prior Dod’s request.

In 1584, Emmanuel College was established on the site of the former Dominican Priory and what had been its Chapel became The Dining Hall.

Stourbridge Fair, at Cambridge, originated with a Charter from King John in 1211 to raise funds for the local Leper Hospital, by granting them a two-day Fair at The Feast of The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.

This was just after the University of Cambridge was begun in 1208. With both the new Academic Foundation, and the Fair, Cambridge, being a focus of routes, meant that both were to become successful.

The Fair became bigger and longer lasting, and, arguably, the largest one in England, if not, indeed, Europe, at one point. In 1538, Hilsey and Dod’s concern was that it was a focus to attract potential Pilgrims to Our Lady of Grace from the surrounding region.

Unfortunately, the Fair declined in the 19th-Century and, when it was last held in 1933, its attractions consisted of merely a youth with an ice-cream barrow. 

It was abolished in 1934. In 2011, a Commemoration of it was held on its 800th Anniversary and attempts have been made to revive it in some form in recent years.

There is more about Stourbridge Fair from Wikipedia at Stourbridge Fair, from the University of Cambridge at The 800-Year-Old Story Of Stourbridge Fair, and about modern attempts at a revival at Stourbridge Fair.

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Our Lady of Grace is a Title of Mary. The Feast Day associated with this Title is 7 February. 

The Title of Our Lady of Grace is Venerated in many Countries throughout the World under various aspects. Many Parishes, Churches, and Schools bear this Title.

A major Shrine in Pre-Reformation England was that of “Our Lady of Grace”, at Ipswich, also known as “Our Lady of Ipswich”. Its first recorded mention is in 1152.[1]

In 1297, the marriage of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, youngest daughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, took place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace.[2] 

During the Middle Ages, the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Grace was a famous Pilgrimage destination, and attracted many Pilgrims, including King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.[3]

Only Walsingham attracted more Pilgrims. At the Reformation, the Statue was taken away to London to be burned in 1538, though some claim that it survived and is preserved at Nettuno, Italy.[4] 

Whether it was taken there by Catholic Sailors, according to local legend, or simply sold by associates of Thomas Cromwell, the Nettuno Statue appears to bear an English provenance.[5]

The Poly-Chromed Wooden Statue of Our Lady of Grace is carried in procession every year in Nettuno on the First Saturday of May. 

The Anglican Church of Saint Mary At The Elms, in Ipswich, England, houses a Copy of the Nettuno Statue.[6] Every year, Parishioners from Saint Mary’s and the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Pancras, Ipswich, join in a Pilgrimage to the former site of the Shrine, which was just outside the City’s West Gate.

With thanks to the Web-Site of The International Marian Research Institute at Dayton Ohio, HERE.

Saint Gordian And Saint Epimachus. Martyrs. Feast Day 10 May. Red Vestments.

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

Saints Gordian and Epimachus.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 10 May.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle

depicting Saint Gordian and Saint Epimachus.

Deutsch: Illustration aus der Schedel'schen Weltchronik.

Date: 1493.

Source: Scan from original book.

Author: Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

(Text: Hartmann Schedel).

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Saint Gordian, a Roman Judge, was Converted by a Holy Priest, whom Julian The Apostate would have liked him to condemn.

Saint Gordian was Martyred towards 360 A.D., and was buried in the Crypt where already lay the remains of the Martyr Saint Epimachus (☩ 250 A.D.), brought from Alexandria.

Mass: Sancti tui.

English: The Martyrdom of Saint Gordian (Gordianus).

Français: Martyre de saint Gordien.

Cote: Français 185, Fol. 231v. Vies de saints,

France, Paris, XIVe siècle, 

Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs.

Source: http://saints.bestlatin.net/

gallery/gordianus_bnfms.htm

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Saints Gordianus and Epimachus were Roman Martyrs, who are Commemorated on 10 May.

Gordianus was a Roman Judge, who converted to Christianity. He was tortured and finally beheaded. 

His body was laid in a Crypt on the Via Latina, Rome, beside the body of Saint Epimachus, and the two Saints gave their name to the Cemetery of Gordianus and Epimachus. 

They are jointly Venerated by The Catholic Church with a Feast Day of 10 May in the Tridentine Calendar.

There are Churches Dedicated to the Saints in:

Aitrach, Germany;
Legau, Germany;
Merazhofen, Germany;
Pleß, Germany;
Stöttwang, Germany;
Unterroth, Germany;
Blevio, Italy.

Relics of both Saints were owned by Kempten Abbey in Bavaria.