The Last Sunday Of October. The Feast Day Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King. White Vestments.

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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The Last Sunday of October.

   Feast Day Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.

Double of The First Class.

White Vestments.

In his Encyclical of 11 December 1925, His Holiness Pope Pius XI denounced the great modern Heresy of Laicism.

Laicism refuses to recognise the Rights of God and His Christ over persons and peoples, and organises the lives of individuals, families, and of Society, itself, as though God did not exist.

This Laicism ruins Society, because, in place of love of God and one’s neighbour, it substitutes pride and egoism. It begets jealousy between individuals, hatred between Classes, and rivalry between Nations.

The World denies Christ because it ignores His Royal Prerogatives. It must be instructed on this subject. Now, “a yearly Feast can attain this end, more effectively than the weightiest documents issued by Ecclesiastical authority”.

The Holy Father [Editor: Pope Pius XI] has instituted this new Feast to be a public, social, and official, declaration of the Royal Rights of Jesus, as God The Creator, as The Word Incarnate, and as Redeemer.

This Feast makes these Rights to be known and recognised, in a way most suitable to Man and to Society by the sublimest acts of Religion — particularly by the Divine Holy Mass.

In fact, the end of the Holy Sacrifice is the acknowledgement of God’s complete dominion over us, and our complete dependence on Him.

And this act is accomplished, not only on Calvary, but also through the Royal Priesthood of Jesus, which never ceases in His Kingdom, which is Heaven.

The great reality of Christianity is not a corpse hanging from a Cross, but the Risen Christ reigning in all the glory of His triumph in the midst of His elect, who are His conquest (Epistle).

And that is why The Mass begins with the finest vision of the Apocalypse, where The Lamb of God is acclaimed by Angels and Saints (Introit).

The Holy Father [Editor: Pope Pius XI] has expressed his wish that this Feast should be Celebrated towards the end of the Liturgical Year, on the last Sunday of October, as the consummation of all the Mysteries by which Jesus has established His Royal Powers and nearly on the eve of The Feast of All Saints, where He already realises them in part in being “the King of Kings and the Crown of All Saints” (Invitatory at Matins); until He shall be the Crown of all those on Earth whom He saves, especially by The Mass.

It is, indeed, principally by The Eucharist, which is both a Sacrifice and a Sacrament, that Christ, now in glory, assures the results of the victorious sacrifice of Calvary, by taking possession of Souls through the application of the merits of His Passion (Secret) and thereby unites them as members to their Head.

The end of the Eucharist, says the Catechism of the Council of Trent, is “to form one sole mystic body of all the Faithful” and so to draw them in the cult which Christ, King-Adorer, as Priest and Victim, rendered in a bloody manner on The Cross and now renders, in an unbloody manner, on the Stone Altar of our Churches and on the Golden Altar in Heaven, to Christ, King-Adored, as Son of God, and to His Father, to Whom He offers these Souls (Preface).

The Feast Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King. Whose Feast Is The Last Sunday Of October. White Vestments.

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

Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.
   The Last Sunday of October.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Christ The King.

Detail from The Ghent Altarpiece, by Jan van Eyck.

Deutsch: Genter Altar, Altar des Mystischen Lammes,

obere mittlere Haupttafel, Szene: Thronender Gottvater.

Artist: Hubert van Eyck (1366–1426).

Date: Before 1426.

Current location: Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.

Notes: Auftraggeber: Joducus und Isabelle Vyd, urspr.

für die Johannes dem Täufer gewidmete Seitenkapelle

in St.-Bavo in Gent, Wandelaltar, in Zusammenarbeit

mit Jan van Eyck entstanden.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202.

Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Insignia of The Vendean Insurgents (Royalist Insurgents),

during The War in Vendée, 1793, who fought against Suppression of The Church in The French Revolution.

Note the French words “Dieu Le Roi”, beneath 

The Heart-and-Cross, meaning “God The King”.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In his Encyclical of 11 December 1925, His Holiness Pope Pius XI denounced the great modern Heresy of Laicism. 

This Heresy refuses to recognise the Rights of God and His Christ, over persons and peoples, and this Heresy organises the lives of individuals, families, and of Society itself, as though God did not exist.

This Laicism ruins Society, because, in place of the Love of God and one’s neighbour, it substitutes pride and egoism. 

It begets jealousy between individuals, hatred between classes and rivalry between nations.

The World denies Christ, because it ignores His Royal Prerogatives. 

The World must be instructed on this subject. Now, “a yearly Feast can attain this end, more effectively than the weightiest documents issued by Ecclesiastical authority”.

“The Feast of Christ The King”.

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The Holy Father has instituted this new Feast to be a public, social, and official declaration of The Royal Rights of Jesus, as God The Creator, as The Word Incarnate, and as Redeemer.

This Feast makes these Rights to be known and recognised, in a way most suitable to Man and to Society by the Sublimest Acts of Religion - particularly by Holy Mass.

“The Magnificat”.

First Vespers.

Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.

Composed by: Arvo Pärt.

Sung by: The Tallis Scholars.

Director of Music: Peter Phillips.

Available on YouTube

HERE

In fact, the end of the Holy Sacrifice is the acknowledgement of God’s complete dominion over us, and our complete dependence on Him.

And this Act is accomplished, not only on Calvary, but also through the Royal Priesthood of Jesus, which never ceases in His Kingdom, which is Heaven. 

The great reality of Christianity is not a corpse hanging from a Cross, but The Risen Christ Reigning in all the Glory of His Triumph in the midst of His Elect, who are His Conquest (Epistle).

And that is why The Mass begins with the finest vision of The Apocalypse, where The Lamb of God is acclaimed by Angels and Saints (Introit).

The Holy Father has expressed his wish that this Feast should be Celebrated towards the end of The Liturgical Year, on The Last Sunday of October, as the Consummation of all the Mysteries by which Jesus has established His Royal Powers and nearly on the Eve of All Saints, where He already realises them in part, in being “The King of Kings and the Crown of All Saints” (Invitatory at Matins); until He shall be the Crown of all those on Earth whom He saves, especially by The Mass.

It is, indeed, principally by The Eucharist, which is both a Sacrifice and a Sacrament, that Christ, now in Glory, assures the results of the Victorious Sacrifice of Calvary, by taking possession of Souls through the application of the Merits of His Passion (Secret) and thereby unites them as Members to their Head.

The end of The Eucharist, says the Catechism of The Council of Trent, is "to form one sole Mystic Body of all The Faithful" and so to draw them in the cult, which Christ, King-Adorer, as Priest and Victim, rendered in a bloody manner on The Cross and now renders, in an un-bloody manner, on the Stone Altar of our Churches and on the Golden Altar in Heaven, to Christ, King-Adored, as Son of God, and to His Father, to Whom He offers these Souls (Preface).

Mass: Dignus est Agnus.
Commemoration: Of the occurring Sunday.
Creed.
Preface: Of Christ The King.
Last Gospel: Of the occurring Sunday.

The Feast Day Of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King. The Last Sunday In October. White Vestments.

The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King.

Te sæculorum principem-Vêpres 

de la fête de Jésus Christ Roi.

Chœur des séminaristes de Gricigliano.

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Te sæculórum Príncipem, te, Christe, Regem géntium,

te méntium, te córdium unum fatémur árbitrum.

C’est toi, Prince des siècles, c’est toi,

Christ, roi des Nations,

c’est toi que nous reconnaissons

pour l’unique arbitre des esprits et des cœurs.

Scelésta turba clámitat: regnáre Christum nólumus;

te nos ovántes ómnium Regem suprémum dícimus.

Une foule criminelle crie:

Nous ne voulons pas que le Christ règne;

c’est toi que nous, avec transport,

nous proclamons Roi suprême de tous.

O Christe, Princeps Pácifer, mentes rebélles súbice,

tuóque amóre dévios ovíle in unum cóngrega.

O Christ, Prince qui portes la paix,

soumets les esprits rebelles,

et ceux qui loin de ton amour

s’égarent, rassemble-les dans l’unique bercail.

Ad hoc cruénta ab árbore pendes apértis brácchiis,

diráque fossum cúspide cor igne flagrans éxhibes.

C’est pour cela que, bras ouverts,

Tu pends à l’arbre sanglant,

et que tu montres ton cœur brûlant

d’amour transpercé par la lance cruelle.

Ad hoc in aris ábderis vini dapísque imágine,

fundens salútem fíliis transverberáto péctore.

C’est pour cela que sur les autels

tu te caches sous la figure du vin et du pain,

versant, de ton cœur transpercé, le salut à tes fils.

Te natiónum prǽsides honóre tollant público,

colant magístri, iúdices, leges et artes éxprimant.

A toi, que les chefs des nations

rendent les honneurs publics;

que te confessent maîtres et juges,

que lois et arts portent ton empreinte.

Submíssa regum fúlgeant tibi dicáta insígnia:

mitíque sceptro pátriam domósque subde cívium.

Que, soumis, les insignes des rois

brillent, à toi consacrés;

à ton doux sceptre soumets

la patrie et les demeures des citoyens.

Jesu tibi sit gloria, Qui sceptra mundi temperas

 Cum Patre et almo Spiritu, In sempiterna sæcula. Amen.

O Jésus à vous soit la gloire,

qui gouvernez les sceptres du monde,

Comme au Père et à l'Esprit Saint,

dans les siècles éternels. 

Ainsi soit-il.

The Lord’s Prayer In Aramaic (Abun d’Beschmayo). The Mother Tongue Of Jesus.

The Lord’s Prayer.

In Aramaic (Abun d’Beschmayo).

The Mother Tongue Of Jesus.

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Prayers And Devotions For Allhallowtide.

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All Hallows’ Eve Prayers and Devotions.

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All Hallows’ Eve Prayers and Devotions.

Traditional Catholic Devotions for Halloween ?

Yes, you read that right !!!

As neo-pagans try to co-opt this Vigil Day for themselves, we’re taking All Hallows’ Eve back for Holy Mother Church with this fantastic collection.

It features Liturgical Propers of The Mass

and The Divine Office for All Hallows’ Eve, including the full version of “Black Vespers”, an old Breton Tradition for the afternoon of Halloween.

Combat the occult worship of the secular holiday with three powerful Prayers against evil spirits, witchcraft, and spells. And transform your children’s Halloween, or All Saints’ “Trick-or-Treating”, from mere indulgence to a Spiritual Work of Mercy with the venerable practice of “Souling” — Praying for The Dear Departed.

Combining Celtic, English, and Latin Traditions, this unique booklet provides adults and children with an unashamedly Catholic, and historically authentic, way to celebrate the beginning of Hallowtide.

~ 26 pages ~ booklet ~ 5.5 inches x 4 inches ~ 

All Hallows’ Eve Prayers and Devotions.

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Features:

* Traditional Mass Propers for All Hallows’ Eve;

* Black Vespers (Vespers of The Dead);

* Little Vespers of All Saints’ Day;

* Saint Patrick’s Breastplate;

* Long form of The Saint Michael Prayer by Pope Leo XIII;

* A Deliverance Prayer;

* Prayer for those for whom we are bound to Pray;

* Prayer for those who repose in a Cemetery;

* Chaplet for The Souls in Purgatory,

adapted for Halloween;

Souling;

* Traditional Soul-Cake Recipe;

* Cheshire Souling Song (music and lyrics);

* Another Souling Song (lyrics).

 

All Hallows’ Eve Prayers and Devotions.

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Saint Raphael The Archangel. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 24 October. White Vestments.

Archangel Raphael with Bishop Domonte.

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).

Current location: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia.

Source/Photographer: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/

Archangel-Raphael-with-Bishop-Domonte-Posters_i1732063_.htm

Transferred from en.wikipedia 2007-11-26

(original upload date).

Original uploader was Commment at en.wikipedia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,

unless stated otherwise.

Raphæl (Standard Hebrew רָפָאֵל, Rāfāʾēl, “It Is God Who Heals”, “God Heals”, “God, Please Heal”) is an Archangel of Judaism and Christianity, who, in the Judeo-Christian Tradition, performs all manner of healing. 

In Islam, Raphæl is the same as Israfil. Raphæl is mentioned in the Book of Tobit, which is accepted as Canonical by Catholics, Orthodox, and some Anglo-Catholics, and as useful for public teaching by Lutherans and Anglicans.

The Angels, mentioned in the Torah, the older Books of the Hebrew Bible, are without names. Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230 A.D. – 270 A.D.), asserted that all the specific names for the Angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and modern commentators would tend to agree.

Raphael is named in several Jewish Apocryphal Books (see below).

The Archangel Raphael bound Azazel under a desert, which was called Dudael, according to Enoch 10:4–6:

And again The Lord said to Raphael: “Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness; and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. And, on the day of The Great Judgement, he shall be cast into The Fire”.

Pope Benedict XV, in 1915.

[Editor: Pope Benedict XV extended

the Feast Day of Saint Raphael

to the whole of The Catholic Church in 1921.]

Photo de Benoît XV prise vers 1915.

Source: Library of Congress.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Of seven Archangels in the Angelology of Post-Exilic Judaism, only Michæl, mentioned as Archangel (Daniel 12:1; Jude, verse 9), and Gabriel, are mentioned by name in the Scriptures that came to be accepted as Canonical by all Christians.

The name of the Angel Raphael, appears only in the Deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. The Book of Tobit is considered Canonical by Catholics, Orthodox, and some Anglicans. Raphael first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of Tobit’s son, Tobiah (Greek: Τωβίας/Tobias), calling himself “Azarias, the son of the great Ananias”. 

During the course of the journey, the Archangel’s protective influence is shown in many ways, including the binding of a demon in the desert of Upper Egypt. After returning, and healing the blind Tobit, Azarias makes himself known as “the Angel Raphael, one of the seven who stand before The Lord” (Tobit 12:15). He is often Venerated and Patronised as Saint Raphael the Archangel.

Regarding the healing powers attributed to Raphael, we have his declaration to Tobit (Tobit, 12) that he was sent by The Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliver Sarah, his future daughter-in-law, from the demon Asmodeus, who kills every man she marries, on their wedding night, before the marriage can be consummated.

English: Tobias and the Angel

(Tob. 6:1-18).

Русский: Товия и ангел

(Тов. 6:1-18).

Date: 1866.

Source: Doré’s English Bible.

Author: Gustave Doré (1832–1883).

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the New Testament, only the Archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned by name (Luke 1:9-26; Jude 1:9). Later manuscripts of John 5:1-4 refer to the Pool at Bethesda, where the multitude of the infirm lay, awaiting the moving of the water, for “an Angel of The Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond, after the motion of the water, was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under”. Because of the healing role assigned to Raphael, this particular Angel is generally associated with the Archangel.

Raphael is sometimes shown as standing atop a large fish, or holding a caught fish at the end of a line. This is a reference to the Book of Tobit (Tobias), where he told Tobias to catch a fish, and then uses the gall-bladder to heal Tobit’s eyes, and to drive away Asmodeus by burning the heart and liver.

Due to his actions in the Book of Tobit and the Gospel of John, Saint Raphael is accounted Patron of travellers, the Blind, happy meetings, nurses, physicians, medical workers, matchmakers, Christian marriage, and Catholic studies.

Saint Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church,

Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.

Photo: 26 November 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattinbgn

(Wikimedia Commons)

As a particular enemy of the devil, he was revered in Catholic Europe as a special protector of Catholic sailors. On a corner of Venice’s famous Doge’s Palace, there is a Relief, depicting Raphael holding a scroll, on which is written: “Efficia fretum quietum” (“Keep the Gulf quiet”).

On 8 July 1497, when Vasco Da Gama set forth from Lisbon, Portugal, with his four-ship fleet to sail to India, the flagship was named, at the King of Portugal’s insistence, Saint Raphael. 

When the flotilla reached the Cape of Good Hope on 22 October 1497, the sailors disembarked and erected a Column in the Archangel’s honour. The little statue of Saint Raphael, that accompanied Da Gama on the voyage, is now in the Naval Museum in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Feast Day of Raphael was included for the first time in the General Roman Calendar in the year 1921, for Celebration on 24 October [Editor: Pope Benedict XV extended the Feast of Saint Raphael to the whole Catholic Church in 1921]. 

With the reform of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints 

in 1969, this Feast was Transferred to 29 September, for Celebration together with Saints Michael and Gabriel (both Archangels). Due to Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, the Roman Catholic Church still permits use of the 1962 Calendar, allowing both Feast Days.

 Church of Saint Raphael The Archangel,

Montreal, Canada.

Église Saint-Raphael-Archange,

Montreal, Canada.

Photo: 30 July 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jeangagnon

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Archangel Raphæl is said to have appeared in Cordoba, Spain, during the 16th-Century; in response to the City’s appeal, Pope Innocent X allowed the local Celebration of a Feast in the Archangel’s honour on 7 May, the date of the principal Apparition.

Saint John of God, Founder of the Hospital Order that bears his name, is also said to have received Visitations from Saint Raphæl, who encouraged and instructed him. 

In tribute to this, many of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God’s facilities are called “Raphæl Centres”, to this day. The 18th-Century Neapolitan Nun, Saint Maria Francesca of The Five Wounds, is also said to have seen an Apparition of Raphæl.

Raphael is honoured in Islam as one of the great Archangels and is known more commonly as “Israfil” or “Israfel” in Islamic history.

English: 

Church of The Holy Archangels Raphael and Michael,

Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland,

Deutsch: Aleksandrów Łódzki, römisch-katholische

Kirche der Hl. Erzengel Rafael und Michael.

Italiano: Aleksandrów Łódzki, Chiesa romana-cattolica

dei SS. Arcangeli Raffaele e Michele.

Русский: Александрув-Лодзинский, костёл Св.

Архангелов Рафаила и Михаила.

Photo: 26 May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: KKK2352

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to “the Hadith”, he is the Angel responsible for signalling the coming of Judgement Day by blowing the trumpet (namely Sûr). According to tradition, the trumpet will be blown three times.

The first blow of the trumpet will signal the beginning of the Last Day and the second blow will signal the death of all living things, and the third blow will signal the time when all the Souls from all ages will be gathered for the Last Judgement. According to the Quran, an unnamed Trumpet-Angel, assumed to be Israfel, has been holding his breath, waiting for Allah’s order to blow the Sûr.

The Angel Raphael, along with many other prominent Angels, appears in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which he is assigned by God to re-warn Adam concerning the sin of eating of the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil. He also expounds to Adam, the War in Heaven, in which Lucifer and the demons fell, and the creation of the Earth.

Saint Michael’s Church, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. East Window, by Frederick Settle Barff (1823–1886), depicting the Assumption (top Light), the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and an Angel blowing the Last Trumpet (upper row), and Saints Patrick, Bridget, Dymphna, and Brendan (lower row). The Tracery matches that of the East Window of Kilconnell Friary (see small picture, below).

Photo: 15 September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Andreas F. Borchert

Reference: 2010/9614.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Kilconnell Friary, Ireland.

(see Note, above).

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Raphael The Archangel.
   Feast Day 24 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Raphael is one of The Seven Spirits who always stand before The Lord (Antiphon at The Magnificat) and offer Him the Incense of their Adoration and that of men (Offertory).

"While thou didst Pray with tears," he declared to Tobias, "and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner to conceal the dead in thy house by day, and by night didst bury them, I presented thy Prayer unto The Lord. And because thy wast agreeable to The Lord, it was necessary that temptation should try thee" (Second Lesson at Matins).

Tobias became blind. "The loss of his eye-sight," says Saint Augustine, "was the occasion for the old man to receive an Angelical physician" (Fourth Lesson at Matins).

English: The Archangel Raphael with Tobias.

The Church of Saint Michael, Lutzingen, Germany.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Michael in Lutzingen, einer Gemeinde im Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau (Bayern), zentrales Chorfenster mit der Darstellung des Erzengels Raphael, der Tobias begleitet.

Photo: 2 December 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Raphael, a name meaning "God Heals", was sent by God to cure Tobias, as He sent the Angel who moved the water in the pool called Probatica (Gospel). He told the younger Tobias what remedy he was to use to restore his father's sight, accompanied and protected the young man on his journey, helped him to find a wife, and warded off the wiles of the devil.

"We praise with sentiments of Veneration," The Church sings, "all The Princes of The Heavenly Court, but in a special manner The Archangel Raphael, healer and faithful companion, who chained down the devil under his power.

English: The Church of Saint Michael in Lutzingen, Germany.

Saint Raphael is depicted in one of the Stained-Glass Windows.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Michael in Lutzingen, einer Gemeinde im Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau (Bayern), Innenraum mit Blick zum Chor.

Photo: 2 December 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter

(Wikimedia Commons)

"O, Christ, King of all goodness, by giving us such a guardian, make it impossible for the enemy to do us harm" (Hymn).

“May the Angel Raphael, physician of our Salvation, help us from the Heights of Heaven, heal all diseases and guide our faltering steps towards the True Life” (Hymn at Lauds).

Pope Benedict XV extended Saint Raphael the Archangel’s Feast Day to the Universal Church in 1921.

Mass: Benedícite Dóminum.
Creed.

Rediscovering The Beauty Of Rogation Days.

Illustration: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL. By John Paul Sonnen.

The LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL Web-Site can be found HERE

The Catholic Church has always been a culturally creative force. It teaches that, throughout the ages of life and the seasons, mankind is being leavened and permeated by a transcendent principle. 

And every part of nature is capable of being influenced and sanctified by this Divine Influence.

Illustration: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

The Resurgence Of Rogation Days.

It is a sheer delight to see many young Catholics discovering the lost Tradition of Rogation Days. 

This time-honoured Liturgical custom, Celebrated in the Late-Spring, is when the Faithful petition God for Blessings on agriculture and industry.

Prayers are offered with Penance and supplication, asking God for mercy and protection against disasters, while petitioning for Him to Bless the Earth. 

For The Mass and Procession, the Priest wears Violet, due to it being a Penitential observance.

The Introit (Psalm xvii, 7) for the Mass of Rogation on Rogation Monday (Saint Mary Major), Rogation Tuesday (Saint John Lateran), Rogation Wednesday (Saint Peter’s).

“He heard my voice from His Holy Temple, alleluia; and my cry before Him came into his ears, alleleuia, alleluia. I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my firmament, my refuge and my deliverer”. Versicle: Glory be to The Father . . .

Illustration: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

“Ember Days”

and

“Rogation Days”.

Sermon By: Fr Ripperger.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Unfortunately, like many beautiful Traditions tied to Catholic piety, this ancient practice fell out of favour in the Late-1960s, due in large part to misplaced enthusiasm to prioritise Modernity and all things new.

Nevertheless, an all-encompassing part of Society is also agrarian, and we recognise the need to make supplication to Heaven for successful planting, a satisfactory crop, and a bountiful harvest. 

Decent farmers through the ages have always made this their fervent Prayer.

Needless to say, it is not just rural families that depend on agriculture and farming. All of Society rests on the benefits that come from the land. 

The Ancient Custom of Blessing the Fields.

“Rogation Sunday”.

Hever, Kent, England.

Photo: 9 February 1967.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: Ray Trevena

(Wikimedia Commons)

For this reason, The Church has always been eager to prioritise land ownership and farming interests.

Although Ascension Thursday is today downplayed in many Countries, with the Celebration transferred to the following Sunday (by order of the local Bishops’ Conference), the entire week has immense Liturgical import, with three of the Rogation Days [Editor: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday] leading up to it in the same week.

Advert for a Sung Mass, 21 May 2017,

for Rogation Sunday, at Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Paris.

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In the week of Ascension-Tide, Catholics contemplate Christ Rising in Glory, while the Apostles and Our Lady watch in awe. 

Though He returns to The Father, Christ remains ever-present in the Eucharist and in His Mystical Body, The Church. 

This gives hope for our Prayers.

The rest of this Article may be read at LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL HERE