This coming weekend, from Friday, November 7th, 2014 at 6 pm through Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at 10:30 am, the Church of the Holy Innocents, in Manhattan, will have the 40 Hours' Devotion. (it will also be the First Friday All-Night Vigil).
The Mass of Exposition will be a Solemn Mass on Friday at 6 pm and it will be the Votive Mass of The Most Blessed Sacrament, accompanied by the Procession of The Blessed Sacrament inside the Church and by the singing of The Litanies of The Saints and other Prayers for all Ranks and Ways of Life in the Catholic Church.
We invite and encourage all to attend and Celebrate with us the news that The Church of The Holy Innocents will remain open, as well as to Pray before The Blessed Sacrament. This, of course, is a very pious and salutary Devotion that always brings great benefits for a Parish and those who participate in it. Please share the information with those who would like to attend.
The Roman Catholic Church of The Holy Innocents is located in the Fashion Center, mid-town Manhattan. Founded in 1866, the mission of The Church is to be a Spiritual oasis in one of the busiest business districts in the world - Times/Herald Square.
The celebration of three daily Masses, including one daily Mass in the Tridentine Latin Rite, Confession, and Public Devotions, enable visitors time for personal and communal Prayer.
This Friday, November 7th, the First Friday of November, the Church of The Holy Innocents hosts its Second Annual Forty Hours' Devotion.
The Forty Hours' Devotion begins at 6:00 PM, Friday, with The Solemn Votive Mass of The Blessed Sacrament. The First Friday All Night Vigil will then continue as usual but without (1) Stations of The Cross, before Exposition and (2) the concluding Benediction and Mass at 5:00 AM.
The Forty Hours proceeds on Saturday with Exposition continuing until the afternoon Masses. The 1:00 PM Mass will be The Solemn Votive Mass for Peace.
The Forty Hours concludes on Sunday with The Solemn Votive Mass of
Text and Illustrations from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless otherwise stated. The Octave Day of All Saints. 8 November. Greater-Double. White Vestments.
The custom of celebrating during eight days, the Feast of All Saints, was established by Pope Sixtus IV, in 1430, for The Universal Church.
Let us realise the part played by the Liturgy of The Church initiating us into the Liturgy of Heaven.
"As daughter of those very Choirs that are continually singing before The Throne of God and The Lamb," said Pope Saint Pius X, as well as Pope Urban VIII, "it is proper that Divine Psalmody, by which the Spouse consoles herself during her exile for the absence of her Divine Lord, should be without fault or stain." [Editor: Some modern Liturgical practices please take note.]
Mass: As on the Feast of All Saints.
Commemoration of the Holy Four Crowned Martyrs as in the following Mass.
This day, last year, Fr Finigan had an excellent Post on his Blog, THE HERMENEUTIC OF CONTINUITYon the release by the Band, Erasure, of the track entitled "GAUDETE".
Having listened to the track, on Fr Finigan's Blog, Zephyrinus tends to prefer the original recording, by Steeleye Span, which included, of course, the incomparable voice of Maddy Prior.
Why not compare the two recordings, yourself, and make your own mind up ?
Robert of Torigni (also known as Roburtus de Monte) (circa 1110–1186) was a Norman Monk, Prior, Abbot, and an important 12th-Century Chronicler.
He was born at Torigni-sur-Vire, Normandy circa 1110, most probably to an aristocratic family, but his family name was abandoned when he entered Bec Abbey in 1128. In 1149, Robert of Torigni became the Prior of Bec Abbey, replacing Roger de Bailleul, who had by that time become Abbot. In 1154, Robert became the Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel, in Normandy, France.
English: The Archangel Saint Michel guards the steeple of Mont Saint-Michel.
Français: Statue de l’«Archange Saint-Michel terrassant le dragon» couronnant la flèche
In 1163, he was in Rome. He was also known to have visited England representing Mont Saint-Michel. In June of 1186, Robert died and was buried in the Nave of the Chapel at Mont Saint-Michel, under a simple grave marker. In 1876, a lead disc was found in his coffin, bearing his epitaph. The translation reads: Here lies Robert Torigni, Abbot of this place, who ruled the Monastery thirty-two years, and lived eighty years.
English: Bec Abbey, Normandy, France.
Robert of Torigni became Prior of Bec Abbey in 1149.
Français: Abbaye du Bec-Hellouin (Normandie, France),
panoramique de la façade sud,
église abbatiale et logements conventuels vus depuis le Bec.
Photo: 29 November 2008.
Source:
Author: Roland Brierre.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Robert of Torigni developed a reputation as being a pious Monk, an accomplished diplomat, a skilled organiser and a great collector of books Under Robert de Torigni, Mont Saint-Michel became a great centre of learning, with sixty Monks producing copious Manuscripts and a Library collection so vast it was called the Cité des Livres (City of Books). Robert was called "The Great Librarian of the Mont". Robert's principal interest was not so much in man's path to Salvation, or in the moral lessons of history; it was in what he called "chronography" (organising historical events in chronological order). He made no attempts to interpret history, but wrote plainly "without a trace of romance in his Soul."
Stevenson said, however, Torigni was not always correct in his chronology and made errors, even in matters in Normandy, of which he should have known better. Yet, he was always honest and truthful and his mistakes did not greatly affect the overall value of his Chronicle.
Modern writers, too, have pointed out errors in his work and where he has given confusing or conflicting accounts.Then, Delisle wrote that it was through Robert's affection for King Henry II that he made almost no mention in his Chronicle of the death of Thomas Becket or Henry II's involvement.
English: Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris, France, in 1655.
In 1161, Robert de Torigni, Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel, along with Achard of Saint Victor,
He is best known as the last of the three contributors to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes), a Chronicle originally written by William of Jumièges, appended to by Orderic Vitalis and, lastly, Robert de Torigni, who brought the history up to the time of King Henry I. Robert relied more on Orderic's work, than that of William of Jumièges, and added information regarding the Reign of William the Conqueror, a History of Bec, and a Volume on King Henry I.
Another source he used was Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum. Henry, the Archdeacon of Huntingdon, had visited Bec Abbey in 1139 and, during his stay there, provided Robert with much of the information regarding the Reign of King Henry I, which Robert used in his own Chronicles. Robert, in turn, introduced Henry to a new work by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Historia Regum Britanniae, a Copy of which first reached Bec Abbey in, circa, 1138.
John Bale, the 16th-Century English Churchman and historian, in his Index Britanniae Scriptorum, identified Robert as the author of two Arthurian romances, based in part by the author's initialling his Work with the letter "R". These were De Ortu Waluuanii and Historia Meriadoci, but this identification remains controversial and is doubted by some authorities.
Frassati was born 6 April 1901, in Turin, into a prominent family, which owned the noted liberal newspaper, called La Stampa. His father, an Agnostic, had founded the newspaper and was active in national politics. He served in the Italian Senate and was later their Country's Ambassador to Germany.
He would often say: "Charity is not enough; we need social reform."He helped establish a newspaper, entitled "Momento", whose principles were based on Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical "Rerum Novarum". He joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, in 1918, and spent much of his time helping the poor.
Frassati died 4 July 1925, of poliomyelitis. His family expected Turin's elite and political figures to come to offer their condolences and attend the funeral; they naturally expected to find many of his friends there as well. They were surprised, however, to find the streets of the City lined with thousands of mourners as the cortege passed by, out of the reverence felt for him among the many people he had directly helped during his brief life. He was buried in the family crypt in the Pollone Cemetery of the City.
Pier Giorgio Frassati,
in 1920, at his father's office.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The poor of the City began to petition the Archbishop of Turin to begin The Cause for Frassati's Canonisation. The Process was opened in 1932 and a thorough examination of his life began. In 1989, Pope John Paul II visited his tomb and paid honour to him, calling him a man of The Beatitudes. That same Pope Beatified him on 20 May 1990.
After this, Frassati's body was transferred, from the Family Crypt, for re-interment in the Cathedral of Turin, where it is available for Veneration by the public.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's Feast Day is celebrated on 4 July by the Dominican Order.
Frassati is the Namesake and Patron of Frassati Catholic Academy in Wauconda, Illinois, United States of America, a Middle School, founded in the Archdiocese of Chicago, in 2010, and also Frassati Catholic High School, which opened August 2013, in Houston, Texas, in the United States of America.
Pier Giorgio’s funeral, 1925.
Pier Giorgio’s funeral was a triumph. The streets of Turin were lined with a multitude of mourners, who were unknown to his family. The poor and the needy, whom he had served so unselfishly for seven years. Many of these people, in turn, were surprised to learn that the Saintly young man they knew had actually been the heir of the influential Frassati family.
Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma, United States, awards the "Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award" to its students who have performed an extraordinary level of service to others.
Frassati Australia, based in Brisbane, Australia, Venerates Pier Giorgio Frassati, as their Patron, and as a role model for young men. Frassati Australia engages young men in the Catholic Faith and encourages them to encounter Christ, through living an authentic Catholic Life in Brotherhood and Charity. Currently, there are at least three Frassati Houses in Brisbane, and around twelve young men in these Houses.
A Solemn Requiem Mass, co-sponsored with the New York Purgatorial Society and the the Catholic Artists Society, will be offered next Thursday, November 6th,
at the Church of St. Agnes in Manhattan.
The Schola Cantorum of St. Agnes, led by James Wetzel, will sing Duarte Lobo's glorious Renaissance setting for 8 voices, Missa pro Defunctis (Requiem à 8). This is a rare opportunity to hear this treasure of sacred polyphony in the service of the Liturgy for which it was composed.
