Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Mary-Of-The-Martyrs (The Pantheon). Easter Friday.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

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unless otherwise stated.

Easter Friday.
Station at Saint Mary of The Martyrs (The Pantheon).

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Pantheon is a Roman Catholic Church,
Dedicated to "Saint Mary of the Martyrs", 

but informally known as "Santa Maria della Rotonda.

Photo: January 2007.

Vatican Museum photo by: Roberta Dragan.

User: Droberta.

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After bringing her Neophytes together on successive days at Saint John Lateran, Saint Mary Major, Saint Peter's, Saint Paul's, Saint Laurence's, and The Twelve Apostles, The Church, today, made a Lenten Station at the Basilica Dedicated to all The Martyrs and to their Queen, where was made most manifest The Triumph of Christ over paganism.

For the Pantheon, the temple consecrated to the worship of all the gods, was, in the 7th-Century A.D., Dedicated to Mary and to The Martyrs of The Catacombs, a large number of whose bones Pope Boniface IV caused to be Transferred to this Basilica.

The High Altar,
Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: February 2013.

Source: Flickr: DSC_0931.

Author: Bengt Nyman.

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An 1835 view of the Pantheon
by Rudolf von Alt,
showing the twin Bell Towers, 

often incorrectly attributed to Bernini.

Artist: Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905).

Title: Deutsch: Das Pantheon und die Piazza della Rotonda in Rom.

Title: English: The Pantheon and the Piazza della Rotunda,
Rome, Italy.

Date: 1835.

Current location: Albertina, Vienna, Austria.

Source: Repro from artbook.

This File: April 2010.

User: Mefusbren69.

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The Basilica
of Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: October 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Maros M r a z (Maros).

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The Feast of The Dedication of this Church soon afterwards became known as The Feast of All Saints. (Feast Day 1 November.)

The Introit, the Collect and the Epistle remind us that the Covenant established by God with Noe and his seed, after their escape from The Flood, and later renewed with Moses and his people after their Passage through The Red Sea, is a figure of The New Covenant, under which The Neophytes were brought from The Baptismal Font unto the adoption of Children of God.

Jesus on The Cross virtually killed sin (Alleluia, Epistle), and by His Resurrection, of which The Apostles were Witnesses, (Gospel), He gave us The Life of Grace. Baptism brought home to our Souls this twofold effect of Life and Death. Let us ever remain faithful to it.

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Don't Let The Little Ones Forget Their Prayers.

"End Of The Day"
by
Margaret W. Tarrant.
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Lenten Station At The Basilica Of The Twelve Apostles. Easter Thursday.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

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Easter Thursday.
Station at The Twelve Apostles.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Apse.
The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Luc.

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On this day, The Church used to gather together in the Church of The Twelve Apostles, witnesses of The Risen Christ, her New-Born Children, in order that they might Sing the Praises of The Lord, Who had associated them with His Triumph (Introit, Communion). In this Lenten Stational Basilica, are the bodies of Saint Philip and Saint James.

The Gospel tells of the appearance of Jesus to Magdalen, who was the first to inform The Apostles of the disappearance of Our Lord's Body, and who, after seeing The Risen Christ, was deputed by Him to proclaim to them The Double Mystery of The Resurrection and The Ascension.

The Epistle tells of one of the first seven Deacons, called Philip. [This Deacon must not be confused with Saint Philip, the Apostle.] He Baptises a heathen eunuch, who, in a transport of joy, Preaches everywhere the Gospel of Jesus.

The Baroque Ceiling.
The Church of The Twelve Apostles,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2005.

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/antmoose/34649457/

Author: Anthony Majanlahti.

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The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

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This is what The Church has done for The Catechumens, "who have just been born again in The Font of Baptism" (Collect). "God hath made the tongues of those infants eloquent" (Introit), and, by their Faith and their good actions (Collect), they sing The Triumph of Jesus over death (Alleluia) and over their own Souls (Communion).

Let us remember that, by Baptism, we have become united in one and the same Faith to The Risen Christ (Collect), Whose Father is now Our Father.

Interior of Santi Apostoli,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: SteO153.

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Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls. Easter Wednesday.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

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Easter Wednesday.
Station at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The spelling of this Saint's name can be either Laurence or Lawrence.

English: Papal Basilica of Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls.

Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura.

Photo: February 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:Panairjdde.

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The Lenten Station is at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls. The Church puts before her New-Born Children, as a model, the illustrious Roman Deacon, to whom this Basilica is Dedicated.

Like Saint Paul, yesterday, Saint Peter tells us that The Prophets foretold the death of Jesus and that The Apostles were witnesses of His Resurrection (Epistle). The Alleluia further reminds us that "The Lord hath appeared to Peter"; while the Gospel shows us Saint Peter directing the fishing operations of his companions, in expectation of the hour, now fast approaching, when he will direct their labours as fishers of men. More devoted to Jesus than the others, he cast himself into the sea to rejoin Him, and it was he who drew to land the net, full of one hundred and fifty-three big fishes.

Title: The Cloisters,
San Lorenzo fuori le mura
(Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls),
Rome, Italy.

Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853).

Date: 1824.

Current location: Art Institute of Chicago,

(Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection).

Photo: April 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: user:Rlbberlin

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According to The Fathers, these fishes, brought by Peter to The Feet of The Risen Christ, represented the Neophytes, for The Catechumens were born to Supernatural Life in The Font of Baptism. Called by God to receive His Kingdom (Introit), they eat The Bread of Angels, The Bread of Heaven (Offertory, Secret), which transforms them into New Creatures (Postcommunion), the "Agni Novelli" or "New-Born Lambs".

[The "Agnus Dei", or figures of The Lamb of God, stamped on the wax which remains from The Paschal Candle of the previous year, were formerly Blessed by the Pope on this day. Cherished in a spirit of Reverence and Faith, they are a protection against sickness and danger.]

Let us Celebrate these Festivities of The Resurrection of Our Lord in a Spirit of Holy Rejoicing, a foretaste of the joy we shall experience at The Eternal Pasch (Collect).

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Regina Caeli. Composed By Marco Frisina.

The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Queen Of Heaven.

Image: CALEFACTORY.ORG

English: The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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"Regina Caeli".

Composed by

Marco Frisina.

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Dum Transisset Sabbatum . . . And When The Sabbath Was Past . . .

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English: Resurrection of Christ.

Français: La résurrection du Christ.

Artist: Noël Coypel (1628–1707).

Date: 1700.

Current location: Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, France.

Source/Photographer: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Noel-Coypel/

The-Resurrection-Of-Christ,-1700.html

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"Dum Transisset Sabbatum".

Composed by

John Taverner.

Sung by

The Tallis Scholars.

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Dum transisset Sabbatum,

Maria Magdalene et Maria Jacobi et Salome

emerunt aromata ut venientes ungerent Jesum.

Alleluia.

Et valde mane una sabbatorum veniunt

ad monumentum orto iam sole

ut venientes ungerent Jesum.

Alleluia.

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.

Alleluia.

And when the Sabbath was past,

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome

had brought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Alleluia.

And very early in the morning, the first day of the week,

they came unto the sepulchre

at the rising of the sun

that they might come and anoint him.

Alleluia.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Alleluia.

The Holy Women At The Tomb.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1890.

Source: http://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/Image%205%20copy.jpg

Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

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Lenten Station At The Papal-Basilica Of Saint Paul-Without-The Walls. Easter Tuesday.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Italic Text, Illustrations and Captions, are taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,

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Easter Tuesday.
Station at Saint Paul-without-the-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls,
Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Rom, Sankt Paul vor den Mauern.

Italiano: Statua di San Paolo di fronte alla facciata
della Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma.

Photo: May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner.

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After the Testimony of Our Lord's Resurrection given by The Angels (Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday), and by The Prince of The Apostles (Easter Monday), today's Liturgy brings before us that of The Apostle of the Gentiles.

So it is in The Papal-Basilica of Saint Paul, on the Via Ostia, that The Church used to gather her New-Born Children around the tomb of this same Apostle (Collect), there to teach them, out of his mouth, The Words of Divine Wisdom ((Introit).

The Epistle consists of a portion of the address in which Saint Paul announced to the Jews of the Synagogue of Antioch, in Pisidia, The Resurrection of Christ, foretold by The Prophets and witnessed by The Apostles.

The Gospel gives us a new proof of Our Lord's Resurrection, telling us of an appearance of Jesus in The Cenacle on the very day that He Rose from The Dead. Jesus makes his Disciples touch Him. He eats in their presence and demonstrates from The Scriptures that it was necessary that Christ should die to save the World.

The Neophytes, "redeemed out of the hand of the enemy and united to God's own people" (Gradual), and all Christians with them, must, continues Saint Paul, henceforth live, like The Risen Christ, none but a Heavenly Life (Communion), and by their manner of living proclaim their Faith in Christ (Collect).

Let us renew our Faith in The Risen Christ and show it by living, like Jesus, an entirely New Life.

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

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls,
Rome, Italy.

With its length of 432 feet, this Basilica ranks
eleventh among the largest Churches in the world.

Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs, Vatican, située à Rome.
Avec sa longueur de 131,66 mètres, cette Basilique
se classe au 11è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.

Photo: September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174.

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