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Tuesday 14 December 2021

The Seventh Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception. 14 December.

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

The Seventh Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.
14 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Immaculate Conception.

Artist: Anonymous.

Date: 17th-Century.

Current location: Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga, Spain.

Source: http://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/

Author: Anonymous.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church prolongs within eight days The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on The Feast, itself.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both of The First Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is said, that Profession of Faith fixed at The Council of Constantinople, which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ, in our hearts, by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

The Ancients said that White was a Divine Colour. Daniel (Chapter vii, Verse 9) depicts God as appearing clothed in White. The Evangelists tell us that, at The Transfiguration, the garments of Jesus were of "dazzling Whiteness" (Mark, Chapter ix, Verse 2).

The Liturgy of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception applies this Text to The Virgin, saying that: "The Garment of Salvation" (Introit), with which God has clothed her, is a "Vesture as White as Snow" (Second Antiphon at Vespers).

Let us, with The Church, ask The Blessed Virgin on her Feast, that we may "by her intercession, be purified from all our sins" (Collect), and let us be in readiness to receive Jesus.

Mass: As on The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.

Second Collect: Of The Feria.

Third Collect: Of The Holy Ghost.

Creed: Is Said or Sung.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Monday 13 December 2021

The Manchester Oratory.

This Article, dated November 2019, is taken from, and can be read in full at,

THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY RC DIOCESE OF MIDDLESBROUGH

Church of Saint Chad,

Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester.

Illustration: THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY RC DIOCESE OF MIDDLESBROUGH

The Manchester Oratory

It has been announced that The Oratory-in-Formation, in Manchester, located at the Church of Saint Chad, Cheetham Hill Road, is now a Fully-Erected Independent Oratory.

The Community consists of Fr Raymond Matus, Fr Christopher Hilton, Fr Richard Bailey, Br Gerard Connett and Br Fabian Trevithick.

The Church, which dates from 1847, was designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield and is a Grade II* Listed Building. The Roof is supported by Hammer Beams, which seem unnecessary for the modest width of The Nave.

Mass is offered in The Extraordinary Form every Sunday at 4.45 p.m. We wish The Manchester Oratory every success.

From The Immaculate Conception To The Blessed Sacrament.

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THE HERMENEUTIC OF CONTINUITY

St John the Baptist clearly states he is not the one who is to come, but that there is indeed one who is to come, the Christ, or Messiah, who had been expected through long ages. St John the Baptist’s exalted vocation was to be the last and greatest of the prophets, the one privileged finally to prepare the way for Him.

St Paul says that Our Lord is “before all, and by him all things consist.” (Col 1:17) In another place, he says that God “chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the world.” (Eph 1:4) If we follow many theologians, especially those of the Franciscan school, we can read St Paul as indicating that the very incarnation of Christ was in the mind, or the wisdom, of the Blessed Trinity from before all creation, to bring us to the fullness of life in Him.

The means by which we are given the fullness of life here on earth is the Blessed Sacrament, our Holy Communion with God, through the body and blood of Christ. The sacred flesh and blood of Our Lord is united to His divinity because the human nature of Jesus is united to His divine nature in one person, in the hypostatic union.

As Tertullian put it, Caro salutis est cardo, the flesh is the hinge of salvation. The divine Word became flesh to share our flesh, so that we, by sharing His flesh, should also share in His divinity. Thus we are reminded in the prayer that the priest says silently when he mingles water and wine at the offertory.

The flesh of Our Blessed Lord is essential to our salvation. Therefore it is of great importance how He took on flesh.

God prepared for the incarnation by choosing one woman to be, as Wordsworth put it, “our tainted nature’s solitary boast.” Since the sin of our first parents, no woman, no human person, has been conceived without original sin. Our Lady was, so that the flesh and blood of Christ would not be tainted, but would be as all flesh should have been from the beginning.

Our Lady gave her flesh to Christ. His precious body and blood were formed in the womb from her flesh and blood which itself began its existence at The Immaculate Conception. As Father Faber put it: “… for each one of us that marvellous avenue of graces, which began in The Immaculate Conception, runs without a fault or break straight to The Blessed Sacrament. […] So at every Mass, and in each Communion we look up to The Immaculate Conception.”
(Faber. The Blessed Sacrament. p.179, 180)

In God, there is no parcelling out of one mystery and another, nor is there a set of compartments to close off doctrine, liturgy and devotion. To take as an example, the writer I have quoted, Fr Faber, in his hymns and devotions, cannot be reduced to Victorian indulgence in sentimental imaginings cut off from the supposedly stern and desiccated business of dogmatic theology.

It was because of his lively faith in the Immaculate Conception and the Incarnation, the Redemption and sacramental theology, that he was led, like St Bernard and many others before him, to fill out the picture described in the magisterium of Popes and Councils in a way that would draw people to follow Christ, to love Our Lady, to learn their catechism, to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion devoutly, to pray the Rosary, to sing hymns, to rejoice at Christmas, and to weep at the Cross.

In my favourite hymn of his, Faber speaks of the expectation of Our Lady, dawning at the Annunciation, bringing rapture to her ear, with overflowing grace. He speaks of the angels falling before her to adore Jesus in her womb. He tells of how Our Lady was thrilled with joy when she heard in the Jewish liturgy the words of the psalms and the prophets telling of Him, the One Who is to come, the One who is now the sacred burden within her. That burden, he says, became newer and newer over those nine months, pressing on her with new grace every moment.

Then finally, in the last verse, he makes the prayer that we may make our own as we approach the glorious feast of our salvation:

Thou hast waited, Child of David !

And thy waiting now is o’er !

Thou hast seen Him, Blessed Mother

And wilt see Him evermore !

O, His Human Face and Features !

They were passing sweet to see;

Thou beholdest them this moment;

Mother, show them now to me.

(Faber. Hymns p.174)

PICTURE CREDIT: Oil on canvas "Immaculate Conception" produced in 1830 by Philipp Veit, - Orsini Chapel - Church of the Trinity of the Mountains in Rome (Italy). Wikimedia Commons. Author: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia). Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 13 December. And Sixth Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.

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

Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia).
Virgin.

Martyr.
Feast Day 13 December.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Lucy Before The Judge.
Artist: Lorenzo Lotto (1523–1532).
Source: Scanned from book.
This File: 26 February 2011.
User: Sailko
(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Procession of Light.
The Feast Day of Saint Lucy
(Santa Lucia) in Sweden.
Deutsch: Luciafeier in einer schwedischen Kirche.
Photo: 13 December 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Claudia Gründer.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Born in Sicily towards the end of the 3rd-Century A.D., of noble origin, Saint Lucy, as the Gospel twice reminds us, gave away all her riches to the Poor and, when she had nothing more, she gave herself to Jesus (Epistle).

Whilst The Foolish Virgins neglected to fill their lamps with the "Oil of Gladness", of which the Introit speaks, Lucy, whose name signifies "Light", waited with her lighted lamp in hand, that is, with her Soul filled with Grace, the coming of her Spouse.

Feast Day of Saint Lucy
(Santa Lucia).
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Saint Lucy.
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“Pure hearts are the Temples of The Holy Ghost,” she declared to her judge. It is this Spirit, also symbolised by the “Oil of Gladness”, as we are told in The Ceremonies of Maundy Thursday, an Oil that gave suppleness and strength to her Soul in such a miraculous way, that Saint Lucy resisted her executioners unto death, rather than lose the treasure of her Virginity.

Wherefore, her name occurs in The Canon of The Mass (Second List), and is repeated every day by thousands of Priests, who glorify God in her. She died in 303 A.D.

The lighted lamp in hand is the Soul in a state of Grace; let us, in this Season of Advent, wait for The Spouse who will soon come.

Mass: Dilexísti.
Commemoration: Of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Gospel: Simile Est.
Creed: Is Said or Sung, because of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Saint Lucy
(Santa Lucia).
Artist: Francesco del Cossa (1436–1487).
Date: After 1470.
Current location; National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States of America.
Source/Photographer: Digital photo by User:Postdlf
(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Lucy.
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Sunday 12 December 2021

Benediction.

Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, vested in a Humeral Veil,
holding a Monstrance containing The Blessed Sacrament.
Photo: 2 July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: I, Carolus
Author: Carolus
(Wikimedia Commons)

“Ave Verum Corpus”.
Composer: Mozart.
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“Tantum Ergo”.
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Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with The Blessed Sacrament, or, The Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a Devotional Ceremony, Celebrated especially in The Roman Catholic Church, but also in some other Christian Traditions, such as Anglo-Catholicism, whereby a Bishop, Priest, or a Deacon, Blesses the Congregation with The Eucharist at the end of a period of Adoration.

The actual Benediction, or Blessing, follows Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament, i.e., the placing of the Consecrated Host in a Monstrance set upon the Altar, or, at least, Exposition of a Ciborium containing The Blessed Sacrament.

Thus, “the Blessing with The Eucharist is preceded by a reasonable time for Readings of The Word of God, Hymns, Prayers, and a period for silent Prayer”, while “Exposition, merely for the purpose of giving Benediction, is prohibited”.

Benediction at a Carmelite Friary, Ghent, Belgium.
Photo: 22 April 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Carolus
(Wikimedia Commons)

“O, Salutaris Hostia”.
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The Readings, Hymns, and Prayers, are meant to direct attention to Worship of Christ in The Eucharist. A Prayerful Spirit is encouraged also by periods of silence and by a Sermon, or, brief exhortations, aimed at developing a better understanding of The Mystery of The Eucharist.

Latin Hymns, Traditionally sung during the Exposition, are “O Salutaris Hostia”, “Tantum Ergo”, “Laudate Dominum” (Psalm 117), and “Ave Verum Corpus”. The Divine Praises are a Prayer Traditionally recited, but no specific Hymn or Prayer is required, except that, immediately before the Blessing, one or other of seven Prayers given in The Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, 98 and 224-229, is to be recited.

Before publication of The 1973 Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, there was no Codification of The Rite. However, the guidelines for The Diocese of Rome, issued under Pope Clement XII (and hence called The Clementine Instruction) and drawn up by The Cardinal Vicar, Prospero Lambertini (later Pope Benedict XIV), were widely adopted.

“Laudate Dominum”.
Composer: Mozart.
Sung by:
Julia Lezhneva.
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The Rite now in force for The Latin Church requires the use of Incense at the beginning of the Exposition and before the Blessing, if The Blessed Sacrament is Exposed in a Monstrance, but not if a Ciborium is used.

Similarly, the Priest, or, Deacon, wearing an Alb, or, a Surplice (Cotta), should also put on a Cope and use a Humeral Veil when giving the Blessing with The Blessed Sacrament in a Monstrance, but the Cope is not required when using a Ciborium.

A person, other than a Priest or Deacon authorised to expose The Eucharist for Adoration, cannot give the Blessing with it.

The Divine Praises.

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Immediately after the Benediction, The Blessed Sacrament is replaced in the Church Tabernacle, while an acclamation such as “O Sacrament Most Holy” is sung.

Among the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Ruthenian Catholic Church, the Melkite Catholic Church, and the Maronite Catholic Church, have a Rite of Benediction.

While Benediction with The Blessed Sacrament is not a practice of most Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox Churches, or of the Assyrian Church of The East, these Churches do believe in The Real Presence. As a sign of this, in many Eastern Orthodox Churches, The Eucharist is Venerated during The Divine Liturgy; however, this is part of The Liturgy and not a distinct form of Benediction.

When the Deacon brings the Chalice out, before The Communion of The Faithful, all either make a full Prostration or Bow. Also, at The Liturgy of The Pre-Sanctified Gifts, during The Great Entrance, as the Priest carries the Chalice and Diskos (Paten) to The Holy Doors, everyone Prostrates themselves in Veneration before The Eucharist. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of The U.S.A. has a Rite of Benediction.

English: Benediction in Berlin, 1932.
Deutsch: Der Papstkrönungstag in Berlin. Zur Feier der 10. jährigen
Wiederkehr des Krönungstages Papst Pius XI. hielt der päpstliche Nuntius
in Berlin Cesare de Orsenigo eine feierliche Messe in der St. Michaels-Kirche in Berlin ab. An dem Gottesdienst nahmen neben dem Reichskanzler Dr. Brüning viele katholische Vereine und Studentenverbindungen teil. Der päpstliche Nuntius mit dem Allerheiligsten bei der Feier.
Date: February 1932.
Collection: German Federal Archives
Source: German Federal Archive
(Deutsches Bundesarchiv).
Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-13115 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
(Wikimedia Commons)

From “A Benedictine Martyrology”. 12 December.

12 December.

Saint Walaricus (☩ 622 A.D. ).

Abbot of a Monastery that, afterwards, bore his name (Saint Valery) in Picardy, France. He observed long Fasts, slept on a couch of twigs, performed manual labour and distributed alms to the Poor.

Saint Gregory (☩ 540 A.D. ).

Monk at Saint Stephen's Monastery, Terracina, Italy. Disciple of Saint Benedict.

Saint Vicelinus (☩ 1154 A.D. ).

Bishop of Oldenburg, Germany. Previously a Monk at Siburg (Siegburg) Monastery, Germany. Preached the Gospel to The Wends, Slavs, and the inhabitants of Holstein.

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The Fifth Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception. 12 December.

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

The Fifth Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.
12 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Immaculate Conception.

Artist: Anonymous.

Date: 17th-Century.

Current location: Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga, Spain.

Source: http://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/

Author: Anonymous.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church prolongs within eight days The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on The Feast, itself.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both of The First Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is said, that Profession of Faith fixed at The Council of Constantinople, which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ, in our hearts, by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

To show that The Mother of Jesus occupies a special place in The Church's Worship, The Church reserves for The Blessed Virgin Mother a Preface, which is said at each of her Feast Days, and, in which, are noted, at each particular Feast, the different Mysteries of The Life of Mary.

Wherefore, during all of this Octave, the Priest declares that: “It is fitting and salutary to render thanks to God on this Feast of The Immaculate Conception of Blessed Mary Ever Virgin, who conceived His only Son by the operation of The Holy Ghost and who, without losing her Virginity, gave birth to Jesus Christ Our Lord.”

Let us give thanks to God for this privilege of The Immaculate Conception and, also, for The Feast which Celebrates it each year, allowing us to imitate more and more this Model of All Purity.

Mass: As The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.

Second Collect: Of The Feria.

Third Collect: Of The Holy Ghost.

Creed: Is Said or Sung.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE

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Saturday 11 December 2021

“Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam” (A.M.D.G.). “To The Greater Glory Of God”. Beautiful Vestments From Gammarelli Of Rome.

A Recently-Commissioned Green Vestment Set

from Gammarelli of Rome.

Photo: OC-Travel.
Illustration: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

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

By: John Paul Sonnen

Recently, while attending an FSSP Confirmation, I was impressed to see this new Green Set of Roman Vestments at The Church of Saint Anthony, in Calgary, Canada.

In an age when many Ecclesiastical Vestments have ceased to reflect the Intense Mystery, August Splendour, and Important Quality, of “Other Worldliness” in The Church's Liturgy, it is a breath of fresh air to see this and other such interesting new Vestment Projects that are springing up here and there.

This specific project was initiated by the much-loved Pastor, Fr. Antony Sumich, FSSP, when he was posted to Saint Anthony's “Latin Mass” Community.

Illustration: GAMMARELLI

Fundraising was arranged by devoted Parishioners, spearheaded by Sir Henry Kutarna, a “Knight Of The Most Noble Equestrian Order Of The Holy Sepulchre Of Jerusalem”. The aim was to provide the highest quality new, complete, matching Sets of Vestments, in all The Liturgical Colours.

Donors gave for whole Sets, or parts of Sets. The Pope's own Tailor, “Gammarelli”, was Commissioned and the Custom Vestments were designed and made at the storied Gammarelli Studio, in Rome.

Gammarelli also provided the impressive Baroque Coat-of-Arms, stitched by way of a computerised sewing machine, a service they also provide. Further, embroidered inscriptions were included in the Inner Lining of the Vestments, discreetly displaying the names of the Donors as a simple reminder for the Vesting Priest to offer a brief “Memento” Prayer for them.

The Gammarelli Motto is an important one: “Nobilitas in Traditione”.

I encourage Readers to take a look at Signor Gammarelli's NEW WEB-SITE that was recently launched and to consider a similar project for your Parish Church.

Saint Anthony Parishioners believe these Vestments will last 150 years.

The Gammarelli Web-Site can be found HERE

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Saint Damasus I. Pope. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 11 December. And Fourth Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.

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

Saint Damasus I.
Pope and Confessor.
Feast Day 11 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: 19th-Century imagined portrait of Pope Saint Damasus I

(Papacy 366 A.D.-384 A.D.).

Português: Lithography of Pope Saint Damasus I (Lisboa, 1840).

Source: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal: http://purl.pt/6209/1/

Institution: National Library of Portugal.

Author: Pedro Augusto Guglielmi.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Pope Saint Damasus I, of Spanish extraction, succeeded Pope Liberius in The See of Saint Peter in 366 A.D. He thus shared the dignity of the one whom the Epistle calls "the Holy Pontiff, innocent without stain, higher than the heavens".

He governed The Church seventeen years and showed himself the faithful and prudent servant mentioned in the Gospel, to whom "The Lord entrusts His family to be nourished by him in due Season."

The Era of Persecution being over, that of heresy began with the 4th-Century A.D. Wherefore, Pope Saint Damasus I confirmed the Second Ecumenical Council, which, at Constantinople, had condemned Arianism and Macedonianism (381 A.D.). Saint Jerome, by Pope Saint Damasus I's command, translated The New Testament into Latin (from Greek).

This holy Pope increased the beauty of worship by his rules for the singing of Psalms, and by decreeing that thee Gloria Patri should be said at the end of Psalms, thus Baptising them, so to speak, in The Trinity. He adorned the Catacombs with artistic inscriptions, and died in 384 A.D.

Mass: Sacerdótes tui.

Commemoration: Of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.

Commemoration: Of The Feria.

The Creed is Said or Sung: On account of The Octave of The Immaculate Conception.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Friday 10 December 2021

Saint Melchiades. Pope. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 10 December.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
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Saint Melchiades.
Pope and Martyr.
Feast Day 10 December.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Melchiades was Pope from 311 A.D. - 314 A.D.
The alternate spelling of his name, Miltiades, is used on this illustration.
This illustration is from The Lives And Times Of The Popes by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911.
It was originally published in 1842.
Date: 6 June 2013.
Source: http://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft
Author: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849).
(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Emblem of The Papacy.
Triple Tiara and Keys.
Deutsch: Emblem des Pontifikats.
Français: emblème pontifical.
Italiano: emblema del Papato.
Português: Emblema papal.
Date: 19 January 2007.
Source: various elements taken from:
File:Coat of arms Holy See.svg
Image:Emblem of the Papacy.svg
Image:Escudo Benatae.svg
Author: Cronholm144 created this image using a file by
User:Hautala - File:Emblem of Vatican City State.svg
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"At Rome, the death of Saint Melchiades, Pope, who, after undergoing great sufferings in the Persecution of Maximian, saw Peace restored to The Church and died peacefully in 314 A.D." (Roman Martyrology).

Mass: Státuit.

“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE

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Basilica Of Santa Croce, Italy.

Basilica Of Santa Croce,
Lecce, Italy.
Illustration: TWITTER/TUDOR ARCHITECTURE

It Is Never A Very Good Idea To Oversleep In The Morning !!! There Will Be Repercussions.

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The Third Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.

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

The Third Day Within The Octave Of The Immaculate Conception.
10 December.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Immaculate Conception.

Artist: Anonymous.

Date: 17th-Century.

Current location: Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga, Spain.

Source: http://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/

Author: Anonymous.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church prolongs within eight days The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on The Feast, itself.

The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both of The First Class and both with an Octave.

That is why each day The Creed is Said or Sung, that Profession of Faith fixed at The Council of Constantinople, which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.

Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ, in our hearts, by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.

Mass: As on The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.

Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Commemoration: Of Saint Melchiades, from Mass: Státuit.

Creed: Is Said or Sung.

Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.