Act Of Reparation Prayer To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus And Litany Of The Sacred Heart.

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

Indulgenced Prayer of 300 days, each time.

When said on The Feast of The Sacred Heart,
to be Solemnly read with The Litany of The Sacred Heart
before The Blessed Sacrament exposed: Then, Seven Years
and Seven Quarantines, and a Plenary Indulgence, supposing
Confession and Communion.

English: Stained-Glass Window of The Sacred Heart,

Church of Saint Konrad and Vincent, Ravensburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Pfarrkirche St. Konrad und Vinzenz, Fronhofen,

Gemeinde Fronreute, Landkreis Ravensburg, Deutschland.

Photo: March 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: AndreasPraefcke.

(Wikimedia Commons)

O Sweet Jesus, Whose overflowing Charity for men is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence, and contempt, behold us prostrate before Thy Altar, eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries, to which Thy loving Heart is everywhere subject.

Mindful, alas !, that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask Thy pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation, not only for our own personal offences, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of Salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow Thee, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the Vows of their Baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of Thy law.

We are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against Thee; we are determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behaviour, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violation of Sundays and holidays, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against Thee and Thy Saints.

We wish also to make amends for the insults to which Thy Vicar on Earth and Thy Priests are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of Thy Divine Love; and, lastly, for the public crimes of nations, who resist the rights and the teaching authority of The Church which Thou hast founded.

Would, O Divine Jesus, we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of Thy Divine Honour, the satisfaction Thou didst once make to Thy Eternal Father on The Cross, and which Thou dost continue to renew daily on our Altars; we offer it in union with The Acts of Atonement of Thy Virgin Mother and All The Saints and of the pious Faithful on Earth; and we sincerely promise to make reparation, as far as we can with the help of Thy Grace, for all neglect of Thy great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past.

Henceforth, we will live a life of unwavering Faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the Gospel and, especially, that of Charity. We promise, to the best of our power, to prevent others from offending Thee and to bring as many as possible to follow Thee.

O Loving Jesus, through the intercession of The Blessed Virgin Mary, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this Act of Expiation; and, by the crowning gift of perseverance, keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to Thee, so that we may all one day come to that happy home, where Thou, with The Father and The Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, World without end.

Amen.

The Estrela Basilica, Lisbon, Portugal,

was the first Church in the World

Dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

English: The Estrela Basilica was built by order of Queen Maria I of Portugal, 

as a fulfilled promise for giving birth to a son (José, Prince of Brazil).

Français: La basilique Estrela (en portugais: Basilica da Estrela) est une basilique de Lisbonne, au Portugal. Elle fut construite sous les ordres de la reine Maria I du Portugal, pour remplir la promesse de donner naissance à un fils (José, prinde du Brésil).

Photo: 10 March 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

Pierre5018.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia by

en:User: Frater5 on 2 June 2007,

revised by AnonMoos on

3 June 2007.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Litany of The Sacred Heart

(English).

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/Y96vsF17xJg

Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus

(Latin).

(Litaniae de Sacro Corde Jesu).

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/zu-8-gh8URY.

Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus

(300 days' Indulgence, once a day.

Pope Leo XIII.)

Lord, have mercy on us,
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us,
Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God The Father of Heaven,

   have mercy on us.

God The Son, Redeemer of the World,

   have mercy on us.

God The Holy Ghost,

   have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, One God,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Son of The Eternal Father,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, formed in The Womb of The Virgin Mother by The Holy Ghost,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, united hypostatically to The Eternal Word,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of The Most High,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of Charity,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Vessel of Justice and Love,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Full of Goodness and Love,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all Virtues,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Worthy of All Praise,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, King and Centre of All Hearts,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, in Which are All The Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, in Which dwelleth All The Fullness of The Divinity,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, in Which The Father is Well Pleased,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, of Whose Fullness we have all Received,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Desire of Eternal Hills,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Patient and Abounding in Mercy,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Rich unto all that Call upon Thee,

   have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Fount of Life and Holiness,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Propitiation for our Offenses,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Overwhelmed with Reproaches,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Bruised for our Iniquities,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Obedient even unto Death,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Pierced with a Lance,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Source of all Consolation,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Our Life and Resurrection,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Our Peace and Reconciliation,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Victim for Our Sins,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, Who Takest Away The Sins of The World,

spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who Takest Away The Sins of The World,

graciously Hear Us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who Takest Away The Sins of The World,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart,

make our hearts like unto Thine.

Let us Pray.

Almighty and Eternal God, consider The Heart of Thy Well-Beloved Son and the Praises and Satisfaction He offers Thee in the name of sinners; appeased by worthy homage, pardon those who implore Thy mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee, World Without End.

Amen.

Psalm 73.

Image: PINTEREST.COM

"Ut Queant Laxis". The Hymn (Second Tone) For Second Vespers. The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day 24 June.

The Infant Jesus and John the Baptist.

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Date: 1600s.

Source: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Bartolome-Esteban-Murillo/

Infant-Christ-Offering-A-Drink-Of-Water-To-St-John-1675-80.html.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"Ut queant laxis".

The Hymn (Second Tone)

for Second Vespers,

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist,

24 June.

Available on YouTube at

The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day 24 June.

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

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.
Feast Day 24 June.

Double of The First Class
   with an Octave.

White Vestments.

English: The Voice in the Desert.

Français: La voix dans le désert.

Artist: James Tissot (1836-1902).

Date: Between 1886 and 1894.

Current location: Brooklyn Museum, New York City.

Credit line: Purchased by public subscription.

Source/Photographer: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum.

Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, 00.159.44_PS1.jpg.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Deutsch: Im Innern der Probsteikirche in Königsberg.

English: Interior of Saint John the Baptist Church, Konigsberg.

Date: 1904.

Source: http://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/index.html

Author: Herausgeber: Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen e.V. Parkallee 84/86 20144 Hamburg HRA VR4551 Ust-ID-Nr.: DE118718969Bundesgeschäftsführer: Dr. Sebastian Husen.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"A Prophet of The Most High" (Alleluia), Saint John is pre-figured by Isaias and Jeremias (Introit, Epistle, Gospel); moreover, he was Consecrated before birth to announce Jesus (Secret) and to prepare Souls for His coming.

The Gospel narrates the prodigies which accompanied his birth. Zachary gives his child the name which Saint Gabriel has brought him from Heaven, which signifies: The Lord has pardoned. He immediately recovers his speech and, filled with the Holy Ghost, he foretells the greatness of his son: "He shall walk before the Face of the Lord to give unto the people the knowledge of salvation."

The Virgin and Child, with the Infant Saint John,

appearing to Saint Jerome and Saint Anthony.

Artist: Andrea Celesti (1637-1712).

Date: Circa 1700.

Current location: Santa Maria dei Derelitti,

Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Angel Gabriel had announced to Zachary that "many would rejoice in the birth of Saint John the Baptist". Indeed, not only "the neighbours and relations of Elizabeth" solemnised the event, but every year, on its anniversary, the whole Church invites her children to share in this Holy Joy. She knows that the Nativity "of this Prophet of The Most High", at this "Summer Christmas", is intimately connected with the Advent of the Messias.

After the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the days become shorter, while, on the contrary, after the Nativity of the Saviour, of which this Feast is the prelude, the days become longer. The Precursor must efface himself before Jesus, Who is the True Light of Faith. "He must increase," says Saint John, "and I must decrease."

The Solstices were the occasion of pagan feasts, when fires were lighted to honour the orb which gives us light. The Church Christianised the Rites, seeing in them a symbol of Saint John, who was "a burning and brilliant lamp".

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.

Artist: Caravaggio (1573-1610).

Date: 1608.

Current location: St. Johns Co-Cathedral,

Valletta, Malta.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Indeed, "she encouraged this kind of manifestation, which corresponds so well with the character of the Feast. The Saint John bonfires happily completed The Liturgical Solemnity: They showed The Church and the Earthly City united in one thought." ["The Liturgical Year", by Dom Guéranger: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.]

The name of The Precursor is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass at the head of The Second List.

Formerly, on his Feast Day, three Masses were celebrated in his honour, and numerous Churches were dedicated to him. Parents loved to give his name to their children.

Gregorian Chant.

The Life of Saint John the Baptist.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/XPxh8_my0F8.

Paul the Deacon, a Monk of Monte Cassino and a friend of Charlemagne, had composed, in honour of Saint John the Baptist, the Hymn: "Ut queant laxis." In the 13th-Century, the Benedictine Monk, Guy of Arezzo, noticed that the notes, sung on the first syllabes, formed the sequence of the first six degrees of the scale. He named each degree by the corresponding syllable: "Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si" and thereby greatly facilitated the study of musical intervals.

Ut queant laxis resonare fibris [Do - Re]

Mira gestorum famuli tuorum [Mi - Fa]

Solve polluti labii reatum [Sol - La]

Sancte Johannes [Si] (S J makes Si)

Unloose, great Baptist, our sin-fettered lips;

That with enfranchis'd voice we may proclaim,

The Miracles of thy transcendent life,

Thy deeds of matchless fame.

"That thy servants may sing with full voice the marvels of thy works, purify their sullied lips, O Saint John."

Immediately Zachary made signs that he wished to call his son "John", he recovered his speech; and lo !, a Hymn composed in honour of the Prophet, whose voice resounds in the desert, becomes the occasion of a new progress in music.

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

Magyar: A barokk stílusú Szent János és Pál kápolna Szekszárdon.

Esperanto: Kapelo Sanktaj Johano kaj Paŭlo en Szekszárd, Hungario.

English: The Chapel of Saint John and Saint Paul in Szekszárd, Hungary.

Photo: 4 October 2010.

Source: Hungarian Wikipedia, file hu:file:SzentJanos esPal.jpg.

Author: Pásztörperc.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Vigil Of Saint John The Baptist. 23 June.

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

The Vigil of Saint John the Baptist.

23 June.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (detail).

Artist: Pieter Breughel the Elder (1526-1569).

Date: 1566.

Current location: Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts),

Budapest, Hungary.

Source: Own work.

Author: Yelkrokoyade. Taken on 20 July 2013.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Infant Jesus and John the Baptist.

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Date: 1600s.

Source: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Bartolome-Esteban-Murillo/

Infant-Christ-Offering-A-Drink-Of-Water-To-St-John-1675-80.html.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the Gospel of 25 March, we read that The Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that, three months later, Elizabeth, in virtue of a Divine Miracle, would have a son.

This is why The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is celebrated towards the end of June.

This important Feast is preceded by a Vigil.

The Popes Since 1800.

   

                                                                                   

Servant of God,

Pope Pius VII

(Papacy 1800-1823).

Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti.

Artist: Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825).

Date: 1805.

Current location: Louvre Museum,

Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project:

10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

Coat-of-Arms

of Servant of God,

Pope Pius VII

Français: Armoiries du pape Pie VII : Parti en 1 d'azur à la croix patriarcale d'or posées sur

un mont de même avec les trois lettres PAX de même brochant sur le tout et en 2 tranché d'or

et d'azur à la bande d'argent chargée de trois têtes de maure animée de sable et

tortillée aussi d’argent au chef d'azur aux trois étoiles d'or mal ordonnées.

Source du blasonnement: http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/Italie/Papes_9.htm

Date: 11 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Odejea.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Leo XII

(Papacy 1823-1829).

Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga.

Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/

_gNXE8VTV2eI/SqpgFq60btI/AAA

AAAAAB9M/dzD_LT2Dqk0/

s1600-h/EdM146LeoXII.jpg

Author: Not Known.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Leo XII

Français: Armoiries du pape Léon XII : D'azur à l'aigle éployé d'or et couronné de même.

Source du blasonnement: http://www.araldicavaticana.com/pleone12.htm

Figure utilisée: Image:C o a Innocenzo XIII.svg

Date: 7 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Odejea.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Pius VIII

(Papacy 1829-1830).

Francesco Saverio Castiglioni.

Source: http://catholicsites.org/popes/

images/pius_viii.jpg

Author: Not Known.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Pius VIII

Français: Armoiries du pape Pie VIII : De gueules au lion d'argent tenant dans sa patte

senextre une tour d'or maçonnée et ajourée de sable.

Source du blasonnement: http://www.araldicavaticana.com/ppio08.htm

Date: 7 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Odejea.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Gregory XVI

(Papacy 1831-1846).

Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari.

This File: 17 March 2013.

User: Vanzanten.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Gregory XVI

Français: Armoiries du pape Grégoire XVI : Parti, en 1 d'azur au calice d'or surmonté d'une comète ondoyante de même et accompagnée de deux colombes affrontée d'argent et en 2 coupé d'azur au chapeau d'ecclésiastique de sable et d'argent à la fasce de gueules chargée de trois étoiles d'or. Source du blasonnement : http://www.araldicavaticana.com/pgregorio16.htm

Date: 13 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Odejea.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Blessed Pope Pius IX

(Papacy 1846-1878).

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti.

Artist: George Peter Alexander Healy (1818–1894).

Date: 1871.

Source/Photographer: http://www.papapionono.it/

bgimg/piocolor.jpg

Coat-of-Arms

of Blessed Pope Pius IX

Blazon: First and Last, Azure, a Lion rampant, crowned Or,

resting Hind Foot on a Bezant; Second and Third, Argent, two bends Gules.

Date: 27 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

alekjds.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Leo XIII 

(Papacy 1878-1903).

Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci.

Date: Circa 1878.

Source: Library of Congress.

Author: Authentic portrait from the Vatican

album of the Ecumenical Council.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Leo XIII

Date: 20 August 2014.

Source: Own work, using elements from SajoR

and files from the Commons.

Author: J-Ronn.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Saint Pius X

(Papacy 1903-1914).

Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto.

Portrait of Pope Saint Pius X.

Coloured from File:Pope St. Pius X.jpg.

Date: 16 June 2014.

Author: Giuseppe Felici (1839-1923),

Coloured by J-Ronn.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Saint Pius X

Date: 19 August 2014.

Source: Own work, using elements from SajoR

and files from the Commons.

Author: J-Ronn.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Benedict XV

(Papacy 1914-1922).

Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa

(later Pope Benedict XV)

as Cardinal, in Choir Dress.

Source: Commons, from Image:LA2-NSRW-3-0547.jpg.

Author: Frédéric.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Benedict XV

English: Party per bend Azure and Or, 

a Church, the Tower at Sinister, Argent, essorée Gules,

the Tower-Cross of the second, 

in Chief Or, a Demi-Eagle displayed issuant Sable, langued Gules.

This blazoning, given in 1915, differs from the image shown here: (a) the Eagle's Tongue

should be Red, (b) the Church Tower should have a Gold Cross instead of a Black Flag.

Français: Armoiries du pape Benoît XV : Tranché d'azur et d'or à l'église d'argent couverte de gueules brochant sur le tout, au chef d'or à l'aigle issant de sable.

Source du blasonnement: http://www.araldicavaticana.com/pbenedetto15.htm

Date: 11 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Odejea.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Pius XI

(Papacy 1922-1939).

Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti.

English: Portrait of Pope Pius XI.

Español: Pintura de pio XI.

Source: Vatican.

Author: Vatican.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Pius XI

Blazon: Argent three Torteaux Gules and on a Chief Or

an Eagle displayed Sable armed Gules.

Date: 28 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: alekjds.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Venerable Pius XII

(Papacy 1939-1958).

Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli.

Date: Between 1938-1958.

Source: http://mundabor.wordpress.com/

2013/05/25/beati-simplicissimi/

Author: The Vatican.

Coat-of-Arms

of 

Pope Pius XII

Polski: Herb Piusa XII

Date: 21 August 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:mAgul.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Saint John XXIII

(Papacy 1958-1963).

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.

Date: 1959.

Source: Files from the Patriarchate of Venezia

Venice, Italy.

Author: Not Known.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Saint John XXIII

Polski: Herb Jana XXIII.

Date: 19 August 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:mAgul.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Blessed Pope Paul VI

(Papacy 1963-1978).

Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini.

Date: 1963.

Source: Vatican City. Official picture.

Author: Vatican City.

Coat-of-Arms

of Blessed Pope Paul VI

[Editor: Note the lack of a Triple Tiara]

Polski: Herb Pawła VI.

Author: Lemmens, Tom.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Servant of God,

Pope John Paul I

(Papacy 1978-1978).

Albino Luciani.

Italiano: Giovanni Paolo I dopo l'elezione.

This File: 3 January 2014.

User: Michelemontecchio.

Coat-of-Arms

of Servant of God,

Pope John Paul I

Polski: Herb Jana Pawła I.

Date: 27 March 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:mAgul.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Saint John Paul II

(Papacy 1978-2005).

Karol Józef Wojtyła.

Polski: Papież Jan Paweł II.

Date: 1980.

Source: Fels Papst.JPG.

Author: 

Fels_Papst.JPG: Nikolaus von Nathusius.

Derivative work: JJ Georges.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Saint John Paul II

Polski: Herb Jana Pawła II.

Azure a Cross Or, the Upright placed to Dexter and the Crossbar enhanced,

in Sinister Base an M of the same.

On a Blue Shield, a Golden Cross, off-centered to the Upper Left,

with a Capital M in the Lower-Right corner).

As a Bishop, Karol Woytila used this design with the Cross and Letter M in Black, instead of Gold. As this violated the Heraldic "Tincture's Canon" (Black on Blue, Colour on Colour), upon his Election as Pope, Vatican Heraldist, Monsignor Bruno Bernard Haim, suggested he replace Black by Gold (Raul Pardo, 2 April 2005, Joe McMillan, 20 April 2005).

Personal Flag and Arms of John Paul II (crwflags.com)

Date: 25 March 2007.

Author: 

User:mAgul.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Emeritus

Benedict XVI

(Papacy 2005-2013).

Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger.

Date: 17 October 2010.

Source: prezydent.pl

Author: Kancelaria Prezydenta RP.

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Emeritus

Benedict XVI

English: The Coat-of-Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The Crown with the Episcopal Mitre Plate is divided into three fields that carry specific Heraldic symbols:

Left (Heraldic Dexter) of the "Moor of Freising" from the Coat-of-Arms of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was Archbishop.

Right (Heraldic Sinister) the Bear of Saint Corbinian, Patron Saint of the Diocese

of Munich and Freising, from the City Arms.

Below is a Scallop, which stands for the Pilgrimage. It refers to a legend about Saint Augustine.

The Mussel is also found in the Arms of Scots Monastery, Regensburg, Germany, in which

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. began his life as a Priest. Behind the Shield are the

Keys of Heaven, which, by Christian Tradition, were received by Saint Peter from Jesus

as a symbol of Papal authority. On top, it is adorned with a Bishop's Mitre and a Pallium,

instead of the Traditional three-tiered Papal Tiara.

Deutsch: Der mit der bischöflichen Mitra gekrönte Schild ist in drei Felder geteilt, die spezielle heraldische Symbole tragen:

Links (heraldisch rechts) der "Freisinger Mohr" aus dem Wappen des Erzbistum München-Freising, wo Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger Erzbischof war.

Rechts (heraldisch links) der Bär des Hl. Korbinian, Schutzpatron des Bistums München-Freising, aus dem Freisinger Stadtwappen.

Unten eine Jakobsmuschel, die für die Pilgerreise steht. Sie bezieht sich auf eine Legende über den Kirchenvater Augustinus. Die Muschel fand sich auch im Wappen des ehem. Schottenklosters St. Jacob in Regensburg, in dem Benedikt XVI. seine Laufbahn als Priester begann.

Hinter dem Wappenschild befinden sich die gekreuzten Schlüssel des Petrus, die für den Papst als Stellvertreter Gottes auf Erden stehen. Ein zusätzliches Element ist das Pallium, eine Art Stola, die von römisch-katholischen Metropoliten über dem Messgewand getragen wird und das in diesem Fall den Papst als Erzbischof und Metropolit von Rom kennzeichnet.Als erster Papst der Neuzeit verzichtete Benedikt XVI. auf die Tiara im Wappen und wählte statt dessen die Bischofsmitra.

Date: 7 May 2005. Updated 18:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC).

Source: Own work.

Author: Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo designed the

Coat-of-Arms of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.

This vector image was created with by Piotr Michał Jaworski;

PioM EN DE PL for Commons.

(Wikimedia Commons)

   

Pope Francis

(Papacy 2013-Present).

Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Date: 17 August 2014.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/koreanet/14758513027/

(unwatermarked version supplied via e-mail by Jeon Han).

Author: English: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han).

Français: Korea.net / Service coréen de culture et d'information (Jeon Han).

한국어: 코리아넷 / 해외문화홍보원 (전한).

Coat-of-Arms

of Pope Francis

Pope Francis has decided to keep his previous Coat-of-Arms,

chosen at the time of his Episcopal Consecration and marked by linear simplicity.

The Blue Shield is surmounted by the symbols of Papal Dignity, the same as those used by his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (the Mitre above Crossed Keys of Gold and Silver, bound by the Red Cord). At the top of the Shield is the emblem of the Pope's Religious Order, The Society of Jesus: A radiant Sun carrying the Letters in Red, IHS, the Monogram of Jesus. The Letter H is crowned by a Cross; beneath the Letters are three Black Nails.

Lower down on the Shield, there is a Star and a Spikenard Flower. The Star, according to ancient Armorial Tradition, symbolises The Virgin Mary, The Mother of Christ and The Church; while the Spikenard symbolises Saint Joseph, Patron of The Universal Church. In Traditional Hispanic iconography, Saint Joseph is shown with a Vine in his hand. By bearing these images on his Shield, the Pope communicates his special Devotion to The Most Holy Virgin and to Saint Joseph.

The Motto of Pope Francis is taken from a Passage from the Venerable Bede, Homily 21 (CCL 122, 149-151), on The Feast of Matthew, which reads: "Vidit ergo Jesus publicanum, et quia miserando atque eligendo vidit, ait illi, ‘Sequere me’. [Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since He sees by having Mercy and by Choosing, He says to him, ‘follow Me’.]

Date: 18 March 2013.

Artist: Copyist:Poznaniak.

Source: własna praca na podstawie: Stemma del Santo Padre Francesco.

This Vector Image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from

this: Coat-of-Arms of Jorge Mario Bergoglio.svg (by SajoR).

(Wikimedia Commons)