Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Thursday 15 October 2015

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.



Now is the Winter of our Discount Tent.


(With apologies to Mr. Shakespeare).


Illustration: ANDREW SKURKA

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Saint Callistus I. Pope And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 14 October.


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

Saint Callistus I.
Pope and Martyr.

Double.

Red Vestments.




English: Statue of Pope Saint Callistus I, Rheims Cathedral, France.
Français: Statue du pape St Calixte au trumeau du portail
central du transept Nord, Notre-Dame de Reims.
Photo: 16 April 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Vassil.
(Wikimedia Commons)



Callistus, a Roman by birth, succeeding Pope Saint Zephyrinus in The See of Saint Peter, was called to share in The Priesthood of Christ in its fullness (Epistle, Collect).

It was Pope Saint Callistus I who instituted The Ember Day Fasts. He suffered Martyrdom 223 A.D.


CalixtusI.jpg


English: Pope Saint Callistus I instituting The Ember Day Fasts.
Français: Saint Calixte Ier (Pope Calixtus I) instituant les jeûnes (instituting the fasts).
Cote : Français 185 , Fol. 201. Vies de saints, France, Paris, XIVe siècle,
Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Pope Callixtus I (died 223 A.D.), also called Callistus I, was the Bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from 218 A.D., to his death. He lived during the Reigns of The Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and The Liberian Catalogue gave him five years of Episcopate (217 A.D. - 222 A.D.). He was Martyred for his Christian Faith and is Venerated as a Saint by The Catholic Church.

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.



Tuesday 13 October 2015

The Miracle Of The Sun. 13 October 1917. Fatima.


Taken from CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE




The Miracle Of The Sun.
Fatima.
13 October 1917
Available on YouTube at


Today is The Day of World Reparation for ALL the horrible Sacrileges, Indifferences and Hatred, by which Our Lord in The Eucharist, is outraged.

Let us make fervent HOLY COMMUNIONS with Our Eucharistic Lord, offering Him all the Love of His Eternal Father, of His Eternal Spirit, of His Purist Mother, of His Most Chaste Foster Father, Saint Joseph, and of all the Angels and Saints, the Souls in Purgatory, and The Just, on Earth, in Loving Reparation, and Thanksgiving, for His Infinite Love and Mercy.

Tell many others. Let us make this a HUGE Act of Loving Reparation, and cry out with ALL our hearts:

"Viva Cristo Rey".






With that most profound respect which divine faith inspires,

O my God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

true God and true Man,

I adore Thee,


and with my whole heart I love Thee,

hidden in the most august Sacrament of the Altar,

in reparation of all the irreverences,

profanations and sacrileges, that I,

to my shame, may have until now committed,


as also for all those that have been committed against Thee,

or that may be committed for the time to come.

I offer to Thee, therefore, O my God,

my humble adoration, not indeed,

such as Thou art worthy of,


nor such as I owe Thee,

but such, at least,

as I am capable of offering;


and I wish that I could love Thee

with the most perfect love

of which rational creatures are capable.

In the meantime,

I desire to adore Thee now and always,


not only for those Catholics

who do not adore or love Thee

but also to supply the defect,

and for the conversion of all heretics,


schismatics, libertines,

atheists, blasphemers,

sorcerers, Mahomedans,

Jews and idolaters.


Ah ! Yes, my Jesus,

mayest Thou be known,

Adored and loved by all

and may thanks be continually given to Thee

in The Most Holy and August Sacrament !


Saint Edward (1003 - 1066). King And Confessor. Feast Day 13 October.


Roman Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Italic Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Edward.
King and Confessor.
Feast Day 13 October.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.




Saint Edward the Confessor.
Date: 13th-Century.
Source: http://molcat1.bl.uk/IllImages/
Kslides%5Cmid/K066/K066609.jpg
Author: Anonymous.
(Wikimedia Commons)



Edward, called "The Confessor", was a grand-son of Saint Edward, King and Martyr.

When he was raised to the Throne of England, "it was seen," says a historian, "what can be done by a King, who is the true father of his Subjects. All those who approached him endeavoured to regulate their lives according to his. Neither ambition, nor the love of riches, nor any of the passions which are unfortunately so common among Courtiers, were known at his Court."

He was everywhere called The Father of The Orphans, and of The Poor, and he was never happier than when he could distribute alms (Epistle). He always granted, what was requested of him, in the name of Saint John the Evangelist.

He died in 1066.

Mass: Os justi.




A Sealed Writ of Edward the Confessor,
issued in favour of Westminster Abbey.
This File: 16 April 2007.
User: Canley.
(Wikipedia)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Edward the Confessor (1003-1066), son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon Kings of England and is usually regarded as the last King of The House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066.

Edward has traditionally been seen as unworldly and pious, and his Reign is notable for the disintegration of Royal power in England and the advance in power of the Godwin family.




Edward's seal: SIGILLVM EADWARDI ANGLORVM BASILEI
(Seal of Edward. Crowned King of the English).
First Great Seal of Edward the Confessor.
Date: 1915.
Author: HISTORY OF ENGLAND by SAMUEL R. GARDINER.
(Wikimedia Commons)



Edward succeeded Cnut the Great's son, Harthacnut, restoring the Rule of The House of Wessex after the period of Danish Rule since Cnut conquered England in 1016. When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year by the Normans, under William the Conqueror, at the Battle of Hastings.

Edward is called Confessor, the name for someone believed to have lived a Saintly life, but who was not a Martyr, in Latin S. Eduardus Confessor rex Anglorum, as opposed to S. Eduardus Martyr rex Anglorum. He was Canonised in 1161 by Pope Alexander III, and is Commemorated on 13 October by both The Church of England and The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.

Saint Edward was one of the National Saints of England, until King Edward III adopted Saint George as Patron Saint, in about 1350.




English: Bayeux Tapestry. Scene 1:
King Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson at Winchester.
Français: Tapisserie de Bayeux. Scène 1:
le roi Édouard le Confesseur reçoit son beau-frère
Harold Godwinson dans son palais de Winchester
et lui confie une mission.
Photo: 7 March 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Myrabella.
(Wikimedia Commons)


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