Weekly Traditional Latin Masses In Kent: Maidstone; Ashford; Tenterden; Headcorn; Ramsgate; Margate; Tunbridge Wells; Chislehurst.

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Zephyrinus is delighted to publicise

the Traditional Latin Masses,

which are Celebrated in Kent

on a regular Weekly basis on Sundays.

In addition, Traditional Latin Masses

are Celebrated during the Week,

on Feast Days and Holy Days of Obligation.

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Margaret Tarrant.

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There is a vibrant and happy group

who attend these Masses

and meet, after Mass, for a lovely Lunch

in various hostelries and locations.

Do come and join them. You will all be most welcome.

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Besides Glorifying God in an edifying,

Holy and Traditional manner,

you will see the wonderful Kent countryside

changing throughout the Seasons,

which, in itself, Glorifies God.

              

MAIDSTONE, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS.

Church of Saint Francis,

Maidstone, Kent.

Photo: © Copyright Chris Whippet

and licensed for reuse under this

Creative Commons Licence.

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Francis,

126, Week Street,

Maidstone, Kent ME14 1RH,

(next to Maidstone East Railway Station)

at 1230 hrs,

on the FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

ASHFORD, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT SIMON STOCK.

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Ashford, Kent.

Photo: WIKIMAPI

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Brookfield Road,

Ashford, Kent TN23 4EU,

at 1215 hrs,

on the SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

TENTERDEN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREW.

Photo: SAINT ANDREW'S

CATHOLIC CHURCH,

TENTERDEN

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Andrew,
47, Ashford Road,
Tenterden, Kent TN30 6LL,

at 1200 hrs,

on the THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

HEADCORN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.

Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury,

Headcorn, Kent.

Photo © Copyright David Anstiss

and licensed for reuse

under this Creative Commons Licence.

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury,

Becket Court, 15, Station Road,

Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB,

(near to Headcorn Railway Station)

at 1200 hrs,

on the FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

WHEN THERE IS A FIFTH SUNDAY IN THE MONTH,

THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IS CELEBRATED AT

ASHFORD, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT SIMON STOCK.

Saint Simon Stock Church,

Ashford, Kent.

Photo: WIKIMAPIA

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 4EU,

at 1215 hrs,

on the FIFTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

Zephyrinus is grateful to Tony V at PRAY TELL UNCHAINED

for providing information on Usus Antiquior Masses in Ramsgate, Kent.

The Ramsgate Web-Site is THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF RAMSGATE AND MINSTER

Traditional Latin Mass at Saint Augustine's,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Image: SAINT AUGUSTINE'S, RAMSGATE, KENT

Saint Augustine's Shrine,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Image: AUGUSTINE'S SHRINE.

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Usus Antiquior Masses.

RAMSGATE, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,

Saint Augustine’s Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 9PA.

Telephone: 01843 592 071.

Traditional Latin Masses at

1200 hrs. Sunday.

and

0930 hrs. Friday.

Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Illustration: THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF RAMSGATE AND MINSTER

RAMSGATE, KENT.

Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,

72, Hereson Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 7DS.

Traditional Latin Mass at

0930 hrs.

on Wednesdays.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,

Crescent Road,

Royal Tunbridge Wells,

Kent TN1 2LY.

Telephone: 01892 522525.

Traditional Latin Mass at

1900 hrs.

on Wednesdays.

Saint Mary's Church,

Chislehurst, Kent.

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CHISLEHURST, KENT.

Saint Mary's Church

28 Crown Lane,

Chislehurst,

Kent BR7 5PL.

E-Mail: frcbriggs@stmarysrc.org

Telephone: 020 8467 3215.

Traditional Latin Mass at

1100 hrs.

Every Sunday.

and

1930 hrs.

on Fridays.

Saint Austin and Saint Gregory Church,

Margate, Kent.

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MARGATE, KENT.

Saint Austin and Saint Gregory Church,

38 Charlotte Place,

Margate,

Kent CT9 1LP.

Telephone: 01843 220825.

E-Mail: info@margatecatholic.org

Web-Site: SAINT AUSTIN AND SAINT GREGORY WITH SAINT ANNE

Traditional Latin Mass at

1130 hrs.

on Sundays

and

1930 hrs.

on Mondays.

THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL

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Saint John Chrysostom. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 27 January. With Saint Athanasius, Saint Gregory Of Nazianzen, Saint Basil, He Forms The Four Great Doctors Of The Eastern Church.

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

Saint John Chrysostom.
Bishop. Confessor.
   Doctor Of The Church.

Feast Day 27 January.

Double.

White Vestments.

Portrait of Saint John Chrysostom of Antioch (Hagios Ioannis Chrysostomos).

An Early-Byzantine mosaic from the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia,

Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).

The mosaic is approximately 1,000 years old.

This File: 5 February 2011.

User: Ch.Andrew.

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Saint John Chrysostom, born at Antioch towards 347 A.D., was a great genius and his powerful eloquence earned for him the surname of Chrysostom, or "Golden Mouthed". [Editor: Note that Saint Bernard of Clairvaux also earned the soubriquet of "Mellifluous", or "Honey-Tongued".] The people of Constantinople, eager to hear him, crowded his Cathedral.

He ardently loved Saint Paul, of whom he would say: "The heart of Paul is The Heart of Christ." He also passionately loved Christ, and, like the great Apostle, he suffered everything rather than allow His Divine Rights to be impaired.

With Saint Athanasius, Saint Gregory of Nazianzen, and Saint Basil, he forms the group of The Four Great Doctors Of The Eastern Church (Introit).

Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom from Valaam Monastery,

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is a Stauropegic Orthodox Monastery in Russian Karelia,

located on Valaam,  the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.

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Anointed Archbishop of The Imperial City, he always distributed to those, whose father he had become, The Bread of The Word and of Grace (Communion).

His courage in branding vice, "in correcting in Season and out of Season" (Epistle), in order always to be The Salt of Wisdom, which preserves Souls from corruption (Gospel), caused him to be exiled and ill-treated in all manner of ways (Alleluia).

English: Saint John Chrysostom confronting Aelia Eudoxia,

in a 19th-Century painting by Jean-Paul Laurens.

French: Saint Jean Chrysostome et l'Impératrice Eudoxie.

Date: 1893.

Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921).

(Wikimedia Commons)

He died a victim of those sufferings, at Comana, Pontus [Editor: Modern-day Turkey], on
14 September 407 A.D. The Anniversary of The Translation of his Relics, under the Emperor Theodore II in 438 A.D., is 27 January.

Let us love to hear The Divine Word, and let us keep it in our hearts, so that our lives reflect The Life of God.

Mass: In Médio.

Oh, Dear. Chauffeur Perkins Says I Really Need A New Motor And Has His Eyes On This 1932 Packard Twin-Six !!!

Al Jolson’s 1932 Packard Twin-Six, Individual Custom Convertible Sedan.

A Dietrich-Bodied Packard fit for “The World's Greatest Entertainer”.

Al Jolson was a Rock Star, decades before Rock and Roll was invented.

“The World’s Greatest Entertainer” was, at the height of his career,

America’s best-paid performer, and thus could afford to drive

any automobile on the market.

In 1932, Jolson took delivery of a Dietrich-Convertible, Sedan-Bodied,

Twin Six Packard, reportedly one of just two such cars created.

Image Copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company.

Contemporary photos by Brian Henniker.

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Chauffeur Perkins drives Zephyrinus to Sunday's Missa Cantata in the local village.

As can be seen, the current Zephyrinus Charabanc needs replacing.

Perkins has evidently got his eyes on the quality 1932 Packard (see, above).

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An Ignatian Retreat At The Church Of Saint John The Baptist, Allentown, New Jersey. From 17 February 2017 - 19 February 2017.

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Father Carlos Hamel of The Fraternity of Saint Joseph the Guardian will preach a Retreat, based on The Ignatian Exercises, at the Church of Saint John the Baptist, 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road, Allentown, New Jersey.

The Spiritual Exercises comprise an ordered series of Meditations and Contemplations, born from the profound Spiritual experience Saint Ignatius gained from his Conversion and his time as the first Superior General of The Society of Jesus. These Exercises purpose to help the Retreatant discern God’s Will for his own life.

The Retreat will begin on the early afternoon of Friday, 17 February 2017, and finish on the afternoon of Sunday, 19 February 2017 (Presidents’ Day weekend).

In order to cover the expenses (Fr. Carlos’ travel from France, food, donation to the Parish, etc) we suggest a donation of $60. Also, please bring a sleeping bag.

In addition to the Meditations, The Traditional Mass will be sung each day, as well as parts of The Divine Office; there will also be plenty of opportunities for Spiritual Direction and Confession.

To confirm your attendance, please read the following Google Doc and fill in The Registration Form https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXYcskzX1KGnHFcLUCW3e0nD4kqxjYs0i9CVp7644ro/edit?usp=drive_web.

If you have any questions, please contact Br. Edmund Kerridge, at wbk@alumni.princeton.edu.

Feel free to forward this Invitation to anyone else you think would be interested.

Saint Polycarp. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 26 January.

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

Saint Polycarp. 
Bishop And Martyr. 
Feast Day 26 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Polycarp.

Date: 19 December 2006 (original upload date).

(Original Text : Circa. en:1685).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia

(Original Text : The Life of Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna).

Author: en:Michael Burghers.

Original uploader was Alekjds at en.wikipedia.

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Saint Polycarp, a disciple of Saint John, was by him invested with full Sacerdotal powers (Introit) and made Bishop of Smyrna [Editor: Known, today, as Izmir, Turkey.]. In a Letter, that he writes to the Philippians, he quotes the first Epistle of his Master (Saint John, of which a passage is read in today's Liturgy.

"Whoever," he declares after Saint John, "does not confess that Christ has come in the flesh, is an Anti-Christ." He claims for Jesus the reality of His quality of Son of God against the heretics of his day, who affirmed that The Incarnation of The Word was only a semblance.

Saint Polycarp Church,

Sheffield, Yorkshire,

England.

Photo: April 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mick Knapton.

(Wikimedia Commons

One day, when the heretic Marcion asked him if he was known to him, the Holy Bishop replied: "That he knew him as the eldest son of Satan".

And today's Epistle enables us to distinguish "The Sons of God from those who are the sons of Satan". Those who, like Christ, love their brethren, and, like Him, give their lives for them, are of God. That is what Saint Polycarp will do.

Church of Saint Polycarp,

Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire,

England.

Photo: 30 May 2006.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: David Prestidge

(Wikimedia Commons)

Martyred in the Persecution under Emperor Commodus, he bore testimony to Christ (Gospel). He was burned in the middle of the amphitheatre and then struck with the sword, in the year 166 A.D. He was 86 years old.

Like Polycarp (which name signifies "much fruit"), let us produce much fruit by loving our neighbour for Jesus's sake.

Mass: Sacerdotes.

The Epistle of Saint Polycarp to The Philippians.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Polycarp (Greek: Πολύκαρπος, Polýkarpos; Latin: Polycarpus; 69 A.D. – 155 A.D.) was a

2nd-Century A.D. Christian Bishop of Smyrna.

According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a Martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. Polycarp is regarded as a Saint and Church Father in The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches. His name 'Polycarp' means 'much fruit' in Greek.

It is recorded by Irenaeus, who heard him speak in his youth, and by Tertullian, that he had been a disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Saint Jerome wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of Saint John and that Saint John had Ordained him Bishop of Smyrna.

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna.

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The early Tradition that expanded upon the Martyrdom to link Polycarp in competition and contrast with Saint John the Apostle, who, though many people had tried to kill him, was not Martyred but died of old age after being exiled to the island of Patmos, is embodied in The Coptic language fragmentary papyri (the "Harris fragments") dating to the 3rd- to 6th-Centuries A.D. 

Frederick Weidmann, their editor, interprets the "Harris fragments" as Smyrnan hagiography addressing Smyrna–Ephesus Church rivalries, which "develops the association of Polycarp and Saint John to a degree unwitnessed, so far as we know, either before or since". The fragments echo The Martyrology, and diverge from it.

With Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp is regarded as one of the three chief Apostolic Fathers. The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to The Philippians; it is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons.

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum". Sung At Compline On Septuagesima Sunday.

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum."

Sung at Compline

on Septuagesima Sunday.

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The following Text is taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

"Te lucis ante terminum" is an old Latin Hymn in Long Metre. It is the Hymn at Compline in The Roman Breviary.

The authorship, by Saint Ambrose of Milan, for which Pimont contends, is not admitted by The Benedictine Editors, or by Luigi Biraghi. The Hymn is found in a Hymnary, in Irish script (described by Clemens Blume in his Cursus, etc.) of the 8th- or Early-9th-Century A.D.; but the classical Prosody of its two Stanzas (Solita in the third line of the original Text is the only exception) suggests a much earlier origin. In this Hymnary, it is assigned, together with the Hymn Christe qui splendor et dies (also known as Christe qui lux es et dies), to Compline.

An earlier arrangement (as shown by The Rule of Caesarius of Arles, circa 502 A.D.), coupled with the Christe qui lux, the Hymn Christe precamur adnue, and assigned both to the "Twelfth Hour of The Day" for alternate recitation throughout the Year. The later introduction of the Te lucis suggests a later origin.

The two Hymns, Te lucis and Christe qui lux, did not maintain everywhere the same relative position; the latter was used in Winter, the former in Summer and on Festivals; while many Cathedrals and Monasteries replaced the Te lucis, by the Christe qui lux, from The First Sunday of Lent to Passion Sunday or Holy Thursday - a custom followed by The Dominicans.

The old Breviary of The Carthusians used the Christe qui lux throughout the Year. The Roman Breviary assigns the Te lucis daily throughout the Year, except from Holy Thursday to The Friday after Easter, inclusively. Merati, in his notes on Galvanus's Thesaurus, says that it has always held, without variation, this place in The Roman Church. As it is sung daily, The Vatican Antiphonary gives it many Plainsong Settings for the varieties of Season and Rite (e.g. the nine Melodies, pp. 117–121, 131, 174, 356, 366).

The Text, given below, is the original version of the Hymn. It was altered by Pope Urban VIII. The 1974 Breviary of Pope Paul VI restores the earlier form of the first and last Verse, but replaces the second Verse with two additional Verses. Pope Urban's version is still used by some, especially since the Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum, authorised continued use of The Roman Breviary in its 1962 Form. Most Monasteries adopted Pope Paul's Form in the 1970s, meaning the original version is seldom sung in Monasteries. The following translation is by J. M. Neale (1818–1866).

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum",

by Thomas Tallis.

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Te lucis ante terminum,

rerum Creator, poscimus,

ut solita clementia,

sis praesul ad custodiam.

Procul recedant somnia,

et noctium phantasmata:

hostemque nostrum comprime,

ne polluantur corpora.

Praesta, Pater omnipotens,

per Iesum Christum Dominum,

qui tecum in perpetuum

regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.

Amen.

To Thee before the close of day,

Creator of the World, we Pray

That, with Thy wonted favour, Thou

Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our sight,

From fears and terrors of the night;

Withhold from us our ghostly foe,

That spot of sin we may not know.

O, Father, that we ask be done,

Through Jesus Christ, Thine Only Son,

Who, with The Holy Ghost and Thee,

Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.

The 1974 Revision replaces the second Strophe with the Text "Te corda nostra somnient,/ te per soporem sentiant,/ tuamque semper gloriam/ vicina luce concinant. Vitam salubrem tribue,/ nostrum calorem refice,/ taetram noctis caliginem/ tua collustret claritas".

This Text has frequently been set to music. The earliest is the Plainsong version found in The Liber Usualis (used as the opening of Benjamin Britten's "Curlew River"); another, from The Sarum Rite, is much used in England. Thomas Tallis and Henry Balfour Gardiner both composed memorable settings of the Text, among many others.

Sung Mass In The Dominican Rite. The Feast Of Candlemas. Thursday, 2 February 2017. Saint Dominic Church, Youngstown, Ohio.

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