Get some beer, and some German Chappies and Chappesses,
and singalong with Zephyrinus”. Why not, politely, and respectfully, ask your Parish Priest (Pastor), and/or Director of Music, to include this little number at your next Parish Council Meeting, to indicate your commitment and love of Traditional Catholic Liturgy ? Don't forget to give your Parish Priest (Pastor) a Biretta (see, above) for his Birthday/Anniversary/Easter Present/Late-Christmas Present, etc, etc. ALL TOGETHER, NOW !!! (WITH FEELING).
Pope Hyginus (♰ 142 A.D.) was the Bishop of Rome from 138 A.D. to 142 A.D. Tradition holds that during his Papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the Clergy and defined the grades of the Ecclesiastical hierarchy. However, modern scholars tend to doubt this claim and view the governance of The Church of Rome during this period as still more or less collective.
According to The Liber Pontificalis, Hyginus was Greek, born in Athens. The source further states that he previously was a philosopher, probably founded on the similarity of his name with that of two Latin authors.
Irenaeus says that the Gnostic, Valentinus, came to Rome in Hyginus's time, remaining there until Anicetus became Pontiff (Against Heresies, III, iii). Cerdo, another Gnostic, and predecessor of Marcion, also lived at Rome in the reign of Hyginus; by confessing his errors and recanting, he succeeded in obtaining re-admission into the bosom of The Church, but eventually he fell back into the Heresies and was expelled from The Church. How many of these events took place during the time of Hyginus is not known.
The Liber Pontificalis also relates that this Pope organised the hierarchy and established the order of Ecclesiastical precedence (Hic clerum composuit et distribuit gradus). This general observation recurs also in the biography of Pope Hormisdas; it has no historical value, and, according to Duchesne, the writer probably referred to the Lower Orders of the Clergy.
The ancient sources contain no information as to his having died a Martyr. At his death, he was buried on The Vatican Hill, near the tomb of Saint Peter. His Feast is Celebrated on 11 January. Three Letters, attributed to him, have survived.
According to Eusebius (Church History, IV, xv.), Hyginus succeeded Telesphorus during the first year of the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, i.e. in 138 A.D., or 139 A.D. Eusebius (Church History, IV, xvi) states that Hyginus's Pontificate lasted four years.
The following is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal."At Rome, the holy death of Saint Hyginus, Pope, who generously suffered Martyrdom during the Persecution of Emperor Hadrian" (Roman Martyrology) perhaps about 142 A.D.
Commemoration: In Mass: Of The Octave of The Epiphany, plus Collects from Mass: Státuit, if The Feast of Saint Hyginus is not kept.
Generally our Sacristy Tour Series is focused on the Contents of Sacristies — Vestments, Liturgical Metalwork, and so forth — but every once in a while it is the Sacristy, itself, that is noteworthy and that is certainly the case in this instance, the monumental Sacristy of The Abbey of San Benedetto in Polirone, Italy, designed by the 16th-Century Artist and Architect, Guilio Romano (1499-1546) — a student of Raphael.
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The Abbey of San Benedetto, Polirone, Italy, is a large complex of Benedictine Monastic buildings, including a Church and Cloisters, located in San Benedetto, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.
Polirone was the Monastery most closely associated with his grand-daughter, Matilda, who granted estates and dependencies. Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany made further grants and commissioned a larger Church, housing the remains of the Hermit, Simeon of Polirone († 1016).
From 1115 until 1632, the Abbey Church housed the Mausoleum, raised on eight Columns, housing the mortal remains of Matilda of Canossa, who had selected Polirone as her Memorial place, rather than the ancestral Mortuary Church of Canossa.
For Centuries, she was accorded almost the Veneration of a Founding Patron Saint at Polirone. Her body was Transferred to the Basilica of Saint Peter, Rome, in 1632.
Polirone was one of the richest Abbeys of Northern Italy. In the 15th-Century, Guido Gonzaga, Abbot "in commendam", rebuilt the Church in Late-Gothic Style. The Abbey Church was rebuilt, again, to Renaissance Style designs of Giulio Romano, in 1539-1544, but some floor mosaics and sculptural details survive from the earlier Church.
The walls and Vaults were extensively frescoed, by Antonio da Correggio and Antonio Begarelli, among others. Funding for reconstruction was posthumously granted by two main donors: Lucrezia Pico della Mirandola, sister of the humanist Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, greeted by the Monastic Community as a "new Matilda"; and Cesare d'Arsago.
Thirty-one figures, by Antonio Begarelli of Modena, were provided for the Church, and Paolo Veronese painted three Altarpieces in 1562.
In 1797, the Abbey was Secularised by Napoleonic Rulers. Three Cloisters, the free-standing Great Refectory (1478–1479), the "new" Infirmary (1584), and The Abbey Church are still present, and open to visitors. The contents of the Library were added to The Library of Mantua.
4 February 2017 was The First Saturday of February 2017. It seemed a good time to remind ourselves of this Article about The Devotion of The First Five Saturdays and Communions of Reparation Against Offences And Blasphemies to The Immaculate Heart of Mary:
“I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the Graces necessary for Salvation, all those who, on The First Saturday of five consecutive months, shall Confess, receive Holy Communion, recite Five Decades of The Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while Meditating on The Mysteries of The Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”
It may come as some surprise that this Devotion of The First Five Saturdays, requested by Heaven, through Sister Lucia of Fatima, in 1925 at her Convent in Pontevedra, Spain, was not new; in fact, it is an ancient custom in The Church.
It fits precisely into the long Tradition of Catholic piety that, having devoted Fridays to the remembrance of The Passion of Jesus Christ and to honouring His Sacred Heart, found it very natural to devote Saturdays to His Most Holy Mother.
It is sometimes asked why Our Lady asked for Communions of Reparation on Five First Saturdays, instead of some other number. On 29 May 1930, Our Blessed Lord explained to Sister Lucia, in another apparition to her, that it was because of five kinds of offences and blasphemies against The Immaculate Heart of Mary, namely: Blasphemies against her Immaculate Conception; against her Perpetual Virginity; against The Divine and Spiritual Maternity of Mary; Blasphemies involving the rejection and dishonouring of her images; and the neglect of implanting in the hearts of children a knowledge and love of this Immaculate Mother.
“My Soul waits for The Lord more than watchmen for the morning” (Psalm 130:6).
It is also an age-old Tradition that Jesus appeared to Mary on the Saturday, the day after His death, whilst the World lay in hushed waiting for The Resurrection. The great Theologians of the 12th- and 13th-Centuries, Saints Bernard, Thomas, and Bonaventure, explained The Dedication of Saturdays to Mary by pointing to the time of Christ’s Rest in The Grave. Everyone else had abandoned Christ; only Mary continued to believe, demonstrating her deep Faith by never doubting for a moment her Son’s Promise of Resurrection. This was her day !
THE FIVE MASSES IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY,
ACCORDING TO THE SEASON.
The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
The use of Consecrating the Saturday to Our Lady developed, not only in private, but also in Liturgical Devotion, during the 8th-Century A.D. to the 12th-Century. The reason for this choice, however, remains unknown.
There are Five Masses in Honour of Our Lady, according to The Season.
They are said as The Mass of The Day on Saturdays when there are no Feasts or Greater Ferias, and can also be said as Votive Masses on other occasions.
Mass: Roráte, Caeli.
Second Collect of The Feria of Advent.
Third Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
God has sent us a Saviour (Epistle) and The Votive Mass of The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Proper to The Season of Christmastide, reminds us that it is by Mary that we have had the happiness of receiving The Author of Life (Collect).
The Gospel pictures her beside The Child in The Manger, and The Church declares her "Blessed, because she has borne in her womb The Son of The Eternal Father" (Communion), and truly worthy of all praise, because of her was born Christ Our Lord (Offertory).
The Collect and the Alleluia, in setting forth the Virginity of Mary, make manifest to us, as in all the Liturgy of Christmas, that Jesus has God for Father and that The Virgin, therefore, is, herself, The Mother of God.
Mass: Vultum Tuum.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
At this Season, Consecrated to the great work of our Redemption, The Mass of The Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of Our Saviour.
She was pre-destined from All Eternity for the role of Co-Redemptress (Epistle), for, as Eve was the intermediary chosen by The Angel of Darkness to bring about The Fall of Adam, so, also, is Mary the intermediary to whom The Angel Gabriel (Tract) delivered The Message of Salvation from Heaven. She is also Blessed since she heard The Word of God and obeyed it (Gospel).
Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Festivitáte.
Mary is Mother of The Risen Lord, Who reigns for ever in Heaven and on Earth (Introit), she has helped to restore peace between our Souls and God (Alleluia). Therefore, The Liturgy proclaims her "happy and Blessed above all women, because she carried in her womb The Son of The Eternal Father" (Alleluia, Offertory, Communion).
Mary is also The Queen of The Church Founded by The Risen Christ. "Her power is established in Jerusalem and her abode is in the fulness of The Saints" (Epistle).
At The Foot of The Cross, Jesus said to Saint John, who personified all Christians: "Behold thy Mother" (Gospel), and Mary "always and everywhere protects our Souls through her patronage (Postcommunion).
Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Festivitáte.
The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the Seat of The AnglicanBishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was Founded as an Augustinian Priory and became a Cathedral in 1133.
The Great East Stained-Glass Window of Carlisle Cathedral.
The largest Stained-Glass Window in The Flowing Decorated Gothic Style in England.
Carlisle Cathedral, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest Cathedral (after Oxford Cathedral), of England's ancient Cathedrals.
Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of Mediæval Choir Stalls, and the largest window in The Flowing Decorated Gothic Style in England.
The Web-Site of Carlisle Cathedral can be found HERE
The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity,
Michael Arenella grew up in Georgia, United States of America, with parents who were artists from New York City. He sang in the Church Choir and studied music from an early age, working as a professional musician by his teens.
Among his formative influences is his life-long obsession with "Times Past". He has always loved Trains, and jokes that he was a "Brake-Man" in an earlier life. As a boy, he could often be found exploring abandoned Rail-Yards. The story of those Trains' forgotten Routes were illuminated when he heard this old music. Suddenly, he saw new worlds.
Michael is also a Composer, with a considerable body of work written for String Quartet, up to large Chamber Orchestra. His style is comprised of elements gleaned from Baroque through to Impressionism. This background helps him to break-down and reassemble the fragile orchestrations of ’20s Dance Music. He knows that Claude Debussy and Bix Beiderbecke would have really "dug" each other.
Like his Jazz-Age avatars, he moved from rural America to New York, where he entered music school. Disenchanted, he shortly made his departure from the gloomy conservatory halls and set out to bring his lost music into the daylight. Though his initial audiences were subway commuters, he eventually made his way above ground and founded his Dreamland Orchestra.
Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra are the World's premier Jazz-Age Dance Orchestra, steeped in the Hot-Dance Band Tradition of the 1920s and Early-1930s. Their size ranges from a full Dance Orchestra to smaller incarnations. They play their "Hot-and-Sweet" music anywhere that fine and eclectic tastes meet.
The Dreamland Orchestra is authentic. Arenella transcribes by hand their entire repertoire from period recordings. Their delivery, as well as their instruments, attire, and equipment — are faithfully accurate. Arenella's strong, yet vulnerable, baritone lacks pretence or sarcasm. He treasures each lyric, and has faith in the songs he sings. Even the most optimistic Tin Pan Alley tune has a disarming quality in his hands.
Though certainly anachronistic, the Orchestra's presence invokes the vibrations of something unmistakably timeless. While authentic to a "T", Michael Arenella prefers not to be labelled a
"Re-Creationalist". He takes an antiquated template and infuses it with the immediacy of the present. Spontaneity is what gave the original music of the era its magic, and it is also the imprimatur of The Dreamland Orchestra.
His men are Dapper Dandies; hair pomaded and shoes shined. They are based in New York, which, with London, were the halcyon Capitals of decadence. All of this allows them to capture the essence of what this music and times were all about; joy, romance, modernity, and possibility.
These are essential themes, just as valid today as eighty years ago. Ask the punk and heavy metal kids who end up liking the Orchestra more than the bands they originally came to hear at the same venue. Truly, this music was the rock ‘n’ roll, or punk, of its day; rebellious, reckless, and, in the eyes of the older generations, dangerous.
The Dreamland Orchestra’s mission is to mine the forgotten, yet vital, beauty of the past, and bring it into the light of today — to be danced and romanced to, by a new generation of Flappers and Sheiks.
This Feast was kept in The East from the 3rd-Century A.D., and its observance spread to The West towards the end of the 4th-Century A.D. The word "Epiphany" means "Manifestation", and, just as at Christmas, it is the Mystery of God appearing in visible form; only, no longer does He show Himself to the Jews, alone, but, "on this day", it is "to the Gentiles that God reveals His Son (Collect).
In a magnificent vision, Isaias beheld The Church as typified by Jerusalem, whither should flock Kings and Nations, the "multitude of the sea" and the "strength of the Gentiles", coming from afar with countless caravans, singing The Lord's praises and bringing Him Frankincense and Gold (Epistle). "The Kings of the Earth shall Adore Him, all Nations shall Serve Him" (Offertory). In today's Gospel, we see this Prophecy fulfilled.
While at Christmas we extolled the union of Our Lord's Divinity with His Humanity, at The Epiphany we honour the mystic union of Souls with Christ. "This day, a Star led The Wise Men to The Manger; this day, water was turned into wine at the marriage feast; this day, Christ chose to be Baptised by John in The River Jordan for our Salvation, Alleluia." [Antiphon for Second Vespers.]
So we read in today's Liturgy, which thus connects this Feast with that of The Octave Day and of The Second Sunday after The Epiphany.
At Saint Peter's, where are the Relics of The Church's first visible Head, The Liturgical Celebration of the entry of the Gentiles into The Church takes place. "In the Adoring Magi," says Saint Leo, "let us acknowledge the first-fruits of our own Calling and Faith; and let us Commemorate, with hearts full of joy, the foundations of this, our Blessed Hope. For, from this moment, we have begun to enter our Heavenly Patrimony."
Every Parish Priest says Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Ecce advénit. Creed: Is said. Preface: For The Epiphany. [Said throughout The Octave.] Communicantes: For The Epiphany. [Said throughout The Octave.]
Solemnity of The Epiphany.
In Countries where The Epiphany is not a Holiday of Obligation, The Solemn Celebration may be observed (and The Indulgences gained) on the following Sunday.
One Sung Mass may be Celebrated as on The Feast itself, the others being of The Feast of The Holy Family, with Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Sunday. The same Commemoration and Last Gospel are said in The Mass of The Solemnity, unless there be also a Sung Mass of The Holy Family.
Béne † dic, Dómine Deus, creatúram istam cretæ: ut sit salutáris humáno géneri; et præsta per invocatiónem nóminis tui sanctíssimi, ut, quicúmque ex ea súmpserint, vel ea in domus suæ portis scrípserint nómina sanctórum tuórum Gásparis, Melchióris et Baltássar, per eórum intercessiónem et mérita, córporis sanitátem, et ánimæ tutélam percípiant.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
Response: Amen.
Et aspergatur aqua benedicta.
Blessing of Chalk on Epiphany.
Versicle: Our help is in the name of The Lord.
Response: Who made Heaven and Earth.
Versicle: The Lord be with you.
Response: And with thy Spirit.
Bless, † O Lord God, this creature Chalk, to render it helpful to men. Grant that they who use it in Faith and with it inscribe upon the entrance of their homes the names of Thy Saints, Caspar, Melchior, and Baltassar, may, through their merits and intercession, enjoy health of body and protection of Soul.
It is Traditional for Parish Priests to Bless Chalk for each family, so that they may mark the names of the three Magi over their doors, in the Blessing of homes as a witness of their Faith and protection against evil.
Every year The Carmelite Pre-Novitiate Community at Carith House, Chicago, Illinois, Bless their home on The Feast of The Epiphany (6 January).
We invite you to adopt this custom in your family. The family gathers to ask God’s Blessing on their home and on those who live in or visit the home. It is an invitation for Jesus to be a daily guest in our home, our comings and goings, our conversations, our work and play, our joys and sorrows.
A Traditional way of doing this is to use Chalk to write above the home’s entrance.
20 + C + M + B + 21
The letters C, M, B have two meanings.
They are the initials of the Traditional names of the three Magi:
Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.
They also abbreviate the Latin words Christus mansionem benedicat:
