All Aboard For "The Orange Blossom Special". Calling At Washington D.C., Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah, Miami.

"The Orange Blossom Special".

Postcard depiction of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Train, "The Orange Blossom Special",

which travelled between New York and Miami.

The Postcard touts the Train as being the only "All Electric" Train from New York to Florida (1939 Postmark). The term refers to the Diesel Engines which were used for the Train, beginning in 1938.

Date: Postmarked 1939.

Source: eBay item card front card back.

Author: Tichnor Brothers, Boston.

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The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe Passenger Train on the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) Railroad and connecting Railroads between New York City and Miami in the United States. It ran during the Winter Season, only.

It covered 1,327 miles (2,136 km) on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg.

The Train started on 21 November 1925 and was the brain-child of SAL President, S. Davies Warfield, who wanted to capitalise on booming development in Florida at the time. Warfield believed Florida was a land of opportunity, and, with fast, luxurious Trains, he could lure influential (not to mention wealthy) business leaders to The Sunshine State. In February 1926, the Train took thirty-five hours to run from New York to West Palm Beach, Florida (Seaboard track did not reach Miami until 1927).

Unidentified woman boarding "The Orange Blossom Special" Train,

in Sebring, Florida.

Date: Circa 1930.

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St.,

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Source: Unidentified woman boarding the Orange Blossom Special train: Sebring, Florida

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Author: Florida Memory

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Spurred by the success of Henry Flagler and his rival Florida East Coast Railway in attracting travellers, The Orange Blossom Special became famous in its own right. It was renowned for its speed and luxury. E. M. Frimbo, "The World's Greatest Railway Buff", offered this account of a Dining Car Chef who had worked aboard the Train:

Our Chef . . . spent nine of his forty-three years with The Pennsylvania Railroad as Chef on the celebrated All-Pullman New York-to-Florida Train "The Orange Blossom Special" — the most luxurious Winter-Season Train ever devised by man. Nothing even remotely resembling a can opener was allowed on the premises. All the pies, cakes, rolls, birthday cakes were baked on-board, under his supervision. Cut flowers and fresh fish were taken on at every re-victualling Stop, and the Train carried thirty-five hundred Dollars' worth of wine, liquor and champagne — these at pre-Prohibition prices — for each Run.

The Service was suspended during World War II to free the equipment up for carrying troops. Its last run was in 1953. This market is now handled by Amtrak's Silver Star.

In early 2012, a similar locomotive, painted to resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered "Orange Blossom Special", was moved in from its long-time display location, at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida, to The Gulf Coast Railway Museum, in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual Excursion Service.

Arrival of "The Orange Blossom Special" train in Plant City, Florida.

This was the arrival of the first diesel-powered passenger train

in the South-East of The United States.

Date: December 1938.

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St.,

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Source: Arrival of the Orange Blossom Special train: Plant City, Florida

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Author: Florida Memory

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It happened, during The Maiden Run of the new, Streamlined Train, at the Jacksonville Seaboard Railroad Station, that Ervin T. Rouse and Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise saw this Train. Rouse and Wise wrote The "Orange Blossom Special" song as a fiddle tune. The tune was first recorded by Ervin and his brother, Gordon, one year later in New York.

Bill Monroe recorded Rouse's and Wise's tune in 1942 (with Art Wooten on fiddle) and popularised the tune. Johnny Cash named his 1965 album after the song. The song was also recorded by Bill Ramsey and Don Paulin.

"Orange Blossom Special".

Sung by Johnny Cash.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/Xhs5j7HN8wM

This popular tale explains the fascination which led Ervin Rouse and Robert "Chubby" Wise to write the now famous fiddle tune. However, historically, "The Blossom" was never "Streamlined" and used Pullman Heavyweight Sleepers, Diners, and some Coaches of the Winter Tampa Run. "The Blossom" may have used some Lightweight Cars, sporadically, in Mixed Consist with The Pennsylvania Railroad, which hauled "The Blossom" in The North-East Corridor.

If Rouse and Wise did see a Streamlined Seaboard Train in 1938, it was most likely "The Silver Meteor", which was Streamlined with its Stainless Steel Coaches. The name of this Train was chosen by a public contest. The Seaboard's Lightweight Trains later became known as The Silver Fleet. This included "The Silver Meteor", "The Silver Star", and "The Silver Comet. The Train did receive modern EMC E4 Diesel locomotives in 1938, but continued using Heavyweight Pullmans and American Flyer Coaches until its demise in 1953.

It is also possible the songwriters saw one of the Twin Cities Zephyrs at the Jacksonville Railroad Station in 1935. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad brought the Train to Florida at the invitation of The Seaboard Railroad. It toured the State, making Stops in both East and West Coast Florida Cities, where the public was able to both view and tour "The Zephyr". Jacksonville was one of the Stops on its Florida Tour.

Seaboard Railway's "Orange Blossom Specials".

Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate).

Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection.

Location: Boston Public Library.

Date: 10 February 2011.

Source: Seaboard Railway's Orange Blossom Specials

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Author: Boston Public Library

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Does Your Son Serve The Divine Mass ?

Illustration: CATHOLIC TRADITION

Mass Attended By All The Angels And Saints And Our Blessed Departed Souls.

Feast of All Saints.

1 November.

Feast of All Souls.

2 November.

Illustration: PINTEREST

"Pange Lingua Gloriosi".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/r3H5f7oePQE

The Commemoration Of All The Faithful Departed. All Souls. Feast Day 2 November. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Litanei Auf Das Fest Allerseelen. "Ruh' In Frieden". Franz Schubert.

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

The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed.
All Souls.
Feast Day 2 November.

Double.

Black Vestments.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

who reproduce Text and Illustrations from Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,

with the kind permission of SAINT BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Gabriel Faure 

Requiem op. 48.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/UnilUPXmipM.

The Feast of All Saints is intimately connected with the remembrance of The Holy Souls, who, detained in Purgatory to expiate their Venial Sins, or to pay the Temporal pains due to sin, are nonetheless confirmed in Grace and will, one day, enter Heaven.

Litany for All Souls' Day (starts at 03.48).

Violin and Piano by

Schubert.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/T5NtD5ToRK4.

Therefore, after having joyfully Celebrated the Glory of The Saints, who are The Church Triumphant in Heaven, The Church on Earth extends her maternal solicitude to the place of unspeakable torments, the abode of Souls who equally belong to her.

Requiem Aeternam.

The Gradual from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from 

The Liber Usualis (1961), pp. 1808-1809. 

Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/-zpHs8bf4k4.

"On this day," says The Roman Martyrology, "Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed, in which our common and pious Mother The Church, immediately after having endeavoured to Celebrate, by worthy praise, all her children who already rejoice in Heaven, strives to aid, by her powerful intercession with Christ her Lord and Spouse, all those who still groan in Purgatory, so that they may join, as soon as possible, the inhabitants of The Heavenly City."

Nowhere in The Liturgy is more vividly affirmed the mysterious unity which exists between The Church Triumphant, The Church Militant, and The Church Suffering, and never is better fulfilled the double duty of Charity and Justice, incumbent on every Christian by virtue of his membership of The Mystical Body of Christ.

It is through the very consoling Dogma, of The Communion of Saints, that the merits and suffrages of The Saints may benefit others. Whereby, without infringing the indefeasible rights of Divine Justice, which are exercised in their full vigour after this life, The Church can join her Prayers, here on Earth, to those of The Church in Heaven, and supply what is wanting in The Souls in Purgatory, by offering to God for them, by The Holy Mass, by Indulgences, by the Alms and sacrifices of her children, the superabundant Merits of Christ's Passion and of His Mystical Members.

Requiem Aeternum.

The Introit from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from 

The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1807. 

Latin lyrics sung by the Schola of The Vienna Hofburgkapelle.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/TjrsqJaLDOg.

Wherefore, The Liturgy, the centre of which is The Sacrifice of Calvary continued on the Altar, has always used this pre-eminent means of exercising, in favour of The Departed, the great Law of Charity; for it is a precept of Charity to relieve our neighbour's wants, as if they were our own, in virtue of the supernatural bond, which unites in Jesus, those in Heaven, in Purgatory, and on the Earth.

The Liturgy of The Dead is, perhaps, the most beautiful and consoling of all. Every day, at the end of each Hour of The Divine Office, we recommend to The Divine Mercy the Souls of The Faithful Departed. In The Mass, at the Suscipe, the Priest offers the Sacrifice for the living and the dead and, in a special Memento, he implores The Lord to remember His servants, who have fallen asleep in Christ and to grant them to dwell in Consolation, Light and Peace.

Masses for The Dead are already recorded in the 5th-Century A.D. But, to Saint Odilo, the fourth Abbot of the famous Benedictine Monastery of Cluny, is due The Commemoration of All The Departed. He instituted it in 998 A.D., and prescribed that it should be Celebrated the day following All Saints' Day.

Domine Jesu Christe.

The Offertory from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from

The Liber Usualis (1961), pp. 1813-1814.

Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/8SjzLy26xPA.

Through the influence of this illustrious French Congregation (Cluny Abbey), the custom was soon adopted by the whole Christian World and it even sometimes became a Day of Obligation. In Spain, Portugal and the formerly-Spanish parts of South America, Priests, in virtue of a Privilege granted by Pope Benedict XIV, Celebrated three Masses on 2 November.

A Decree of Pope Benedict XV, dated 10 August 1915, authorises the Priests of the whole World to do the same. [By this same institution, The Holy See granted a Plenary Indulgence toties quoties, on the same conditions as on 2 August, applicable to The Souls of The Departed on All Souls' Day, to all those who visited a Church between Noon, on All Saints' Day, and Midnight on the following day and Prayed for the Intention of The Sovereign Pontiff.]

Dies Irae.

The Sequence from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from

The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1810.

Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/dsn9LWh230k.

The Church reminds us in an Epistle, taken from Saint Paul, that the dead will rise again, and tells us to hope, for, on that day, we shall all see one another in The Lord. The Sequence strikingly describes The Last Judgment, when the good will be for ever separated from the wicked.

The Offertory reminds us that it is Saint Michael who introduces Souls into Heaven, for, as the Prayers for the recommendation of the Soul say, it is he who is "the Chief of The Heavenly Host" in whose ranks men are called to fill the places of The Fallen Angels.

Libera Me.

A Responsory from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from

The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1767.

Latin lyrics sung by The

Schola of The Hofburgkapelle, Vienna.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/e28H76aT0DY.

"The Souls in Purgatory," declares The Council of Trent, "are helped by the suffrages of The Faithful, especially by The Sacrifice of The Altar." The reason is that, in Holy Mass, the Priest offers officially to God The Ransom for Souls, that is, The Blood of The Saviour. And Jesus, Himself, under the elements of Bread and Wine, which recall to The Father the Sacrifice of Golgotha, Prays God to apply to these Souls its atoning virtue.

Let us, on this day, be present at The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass, when The Church implores God to grant to The Faithful Departed, who can now do nothing for themselves, the remission of all their sins (Collect) and Eternal Rest (Introit, Gradual, Communion), and let us visit the Cemeteries where their bodies repose [the word "Cemetery" comes from a Greek word meaning "a place where one rests in peace".] until the day when, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of The Last Trumpet, they will rise again to be clothed in immortality and to gain, through Jesus Christ, the Victory over Death (Epistle).

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen

(Joh. Georg Jacobi)

"Ruh' in Frieden".

Komponist: Franz Schubert.

Klavier: Gerald Moore.

1954.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/wt1Ixrty5yg

The following is taken from "The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.,
for All Souls' Day, 2 November.

"We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope." [Saint Paul, I Thess. iv. 13.] The Church today has the same desire as The Apostle thus expressed to the first Christians.

The truth concerning the dead not only proves admirably the union between God's Justice and His Goodness; it also inspires a charitable pity, which the hardest heart cannot resist, and, at the same time, offers to the mourners the sweetest consolation.

Absolve, Domine.

The Tract from The Mass for The Dead.

Gregorian Chant notation from

The Liber Usualis (1961), p. 1809.

Latin lyrics sung by The Alfred Deller Consort.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/np_slIOn5Jk.

If Faith teaches us the existence of a Purgatory, where our loved ones may be detained by unexpiated sin, it is also of Faith that we are able to assist them; and Theology assures us that their, more or less speedy deliverance, lies in our power.

Let us call to mind a few principles which throw light on this Doctrine. Every sin causes a twofold injury to the sinner: It stains his Soul, and renders him liable to punishment. Venial sin, which displeases God, requires a Temporal expiation. Mortal sin deforms the Soul, and makes the guilty man an abomination to God: Its punishment cannot be anything less than eternal banishment, unless the sinner, in this life, prevents the final and irrevocable sentence.

But, even then, the remission of the guilt, though it revokes the sentence of damnation, does not cancel the whole debt. Although an extraordinary overflow of Grace upon the prodigal may, sometimes, as is always the case with regard to Baptism and Martyrdom, bury every remnant and vestige of sin in the abyss of Divine Oblivion; yet, it is the ordinary rule that, for every fault, satisfaction must be made to God's Justice, either in this World or in the next.

Mass Attended By All The Angels And Saints And Our Blessed Departed Souls.

Feast of All Saints.

1 November.

Feast of All Souls.

2 November.

Illustration: PINTEREST

"Pange Lingua Gloriosi".

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/r3H5f7oePQE

Solemn 5th-Century Monastic Chant For The Feast Of All Saints' Day. The "Te Deum".

Rievaulx Abbey.

Yorkshire,

England.

Photo: 31 August 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rob Bendall (Highfields).

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Solemn Te Deum.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/sqwV9l-U8ds.

Monks of one of the Abbeys of The Solesmes Congregation
sing this beautiful Chant. The Te Deum is attributed to
two Fathers and Doctors of The Church, Saint Ambrose
and Saint Augustine, and is one the most majestic Chants
in the Liturgy of The Church.

It is sung in Traditional Seminaries and Monastic Houses at

The Divine Office and for Double Feasts of The First Class (Editor: Such as The Feast of All Saints), The Nativity, Easter, Corpus Christi, Epiphany, Pentecost, and those Feasts 

which have an Octave.

The Solemn Te Deum is sung on all occasions of public Church rejoicing (in Traditional Catholic Churches).

The Feast Of All Saints. Feast Day 1 November.

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

The Feast of All Saints.
Feast Day 1 November.

Double of The First-Class 
          with an Octave.

White Vestments.

The Church Triumphant.

The Church Militant.

The Church Suffering.

Illustration taken from UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

who reproduce Text and Illustrations from Saint Andrew's Daily Missal, 1952 Edition,

with the kind permission of SAINT BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

All Saints Day

(featuring "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns).

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/e2Yxf0FC12E.

Te Deum,

by Domenico Scarlatti,

for The Feast of All Saints.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/jWK9CpJ-rxw.

"Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino . . ."

(Introit for The Feast of All Saints).

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/9yGkUddf9qI

The temple of Agrippa was dedicated, under Augustus, to all the pagan gods, hence its name of "Pantheon". Under Emperor Phocas, between 607 A.D. and 610 A.D., Pope Boniface IV Translated hither numerous remains of Martyrs taken from The Catacombs.

On 13 May 610 A.D., he Dedicated this new Christian Basilica to Saint Mary and The Martyrs. The Feast of this Dedication later took a more Universal character, and the temple was Consecrated to Saint Mary And All The Saints.

English: Saint Mary And All The Saints 

(The Pantheon (27 B.C.))

- Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy.

Français: Le Panthéon (27 av. J.C.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rome).

Deutsch: Das Pantheon (27 v.Chr.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Rom).

Español: El Panteón (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).

Italiano: Il Pantheon (27 aC.) - Piazza della Rototonda (Roma).

Photo: 3 October 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: The Interior of Saint Mary And All The Saints, Rome.

Русский: Внутреннее убранство Пантеона.

Photo: 22 May 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Владимир Шеляпин.

(Wikimedia Commons)

As there was already a Feast in Commemoration of All The Saints, Celebrated at first on various dates in various Churches, then fixed by Pope Gregory IV in 835 A.D., on 1 November, Pope Gregory VII transferred to this date the Anniversary of The Dedication of the Pantheon as a Church. The Feast of All Saints, therefore, recalls The Triumph of Christ over the false pagan deities. In this Church is held The Station on The Friday in The Octave of Easter.

As The Saints, Commemorated during the first three Centuries of The Church were Martyrs, and the Pantheon was at first Dedicated by The Church to them, The Mass of All Saints is made up of extracts from The Liturgy of Martyrs. The Introit is that of The Mass of Saint Agatha, used later for other Feasts; the Gospel, Offertory and Communion are taken from The Common of Martyrs.

All Saints Day.

Featuring "Your Heart"

by Chris Tomlin.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/oNlgG_-wjpM

The Church gives us on this day a wonderful vision of Heaven, showing us, with Saint John, the twelve thousand signed (twelve is considered a perfect number) of each tribe of Israel, and a great multitude, which no-one can count, of every nation and tribe, of every people and tongue, standing before the Throne and before The Lamb, clothed in White Robes and with Palms in their hands (Epistle).

Christ and Our Lady; the Blessed Battalions distributed in Nine Choirs; the Apostles and Prophets; the Martyrs, crimsoned in their blood; the Confessors, adorned in White Garments; and the chaste Choir of Virgins, form, as the Hymn of Vespers sings, the Majestic Court.

It is composed of all those, who, here below, were detached from worldly riches, Gentle, Suffering, Just, Merciful, Pure, Peaceful, and Persecuted for The Name of Jesus. "Rejoice," The Master had foretold them, "for a great reward is prepared for you in Heaven" (Gospel, Communion).

Among those millions of The Just, who were faithful Disciples of Jesus, on Earth, are several of our own family, relations, friends, members of our Parochial Family, now enjoying the fruit of their Piety, adoring The Lord, King of Kings, and Crown of All Saints (Invitatory at Matins) and obtaining for us the wished-for abundance of His mercies (Collect).

Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino.