Can Your Parish Congregations Sing With As Much Dedication And Joy ?

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The Samoan World Cup Rugby Team all attended Fr. Ray Blake's Church in Brighton, Sussex, England, on Sunday, 13 September 2015. The Rugby Team turned up at Saint Mary Magdalen Church and sang a beautiful Hymn in the Samoan language, which prompted delight among the rest of the Congregation.

They sang after Mass, It was impressive to see so many devout young men, who think worshipping God on a Sunday morning is just a normal manly thing to do. God Bless them

We wish the Samoan World Cup Rugby Team every success in the forthcoming World Cup. They are a credit to their Pacific Island Nation.

YOU tell them one of their team was singing out of tune !!!

The Samoan World Cup Rugby Team pose for a photograph outside Fr. Ray Blake's

Saint Mary Magdalen Church, Brighton, Sussex, England.

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Salmon Clocked At 90 mph. Fastest Fish In The World ?

Pacific Salmon leaping at Willamette Falls,

Oregon, United States of America.

Photo: 27 June 1950.

Source: NOAA Photo Library.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Zephyrinus has received unconfirmed reports that Scientists were amazed, recently, upon receiving tracking data from a Salmon that had been fitted with a Satellite Tracking Tag.

The highly sensitive Tracking Tag showed that the Salmon was moving at 90 miles per hour in a Westerly direction from London.

Upon further analysis of the data, the Salmon's location was pin-pointed as near the M4 Motorway, West London.

Traffic Police were asked to investigate and discovered a vehicle, containing the Salmon, travelling at very high speed towards Wales.

The driver was a Poacher, on his way to sell the fish to a high-class Fish Restaurant in Cardiff, Wales.

The Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 15 September.

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

The Seven Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 15 September.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

Mary stood at the Foot of The Cross where Jesus was hanging (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Sequence, Gospel) and, as Simeon had Prophesied (Collect), a Sword of Sorrow pierced her Soul (Secret). Powerless, "she saw her Sweet Child desolate in the anguish of death, and she received His Last Breath" (Sequence).

The compassion which her Maternal Heart felt at the Foot of The Cross obtained for her as its reward the Palm of Martyrdom without death (Communion).

This Feast was Celebrated with great Solemnity by The Servites in the 17th-Century. In 1817, it was extended by Pope Pius VII to the whole Church, so as to recall the sufferings she had undergone in the person of her exiled and captive head [Editor: the Pope], delivered by the protection of The Blessed Virgin.

Just as the first Feast of The Sorrows of Mary, in Passiontide, shows us how she had her share in the Sacrifice of Jesus, the second Feast, in the Season after Pentecost, tells us of all the compassion which The Mother of The Saviour feels for The Church, the spouse of Jesus, who is crucified in her turn [Editor: The Church] and whose Devotion to The Sorrows of Mary increases in these calamitous times.

His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X, in 1908, raised this Feast to the Rank of a Solemnity of The Second-Class.

Mass: Stabant juxta crucem.

Sequence: Stabat Mater.

Commemoration (at Low Mass) of Saint Nicomedes (Martyr).

The Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 15 September.

The Seven Sorrows of The Virgin.

Artist: Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).

Date: Circa 1496.

Current location: Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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The Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 15 September.

The Seven Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 15 September.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

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unless otherwise stated.

English: Our Lady of Sorrows. 1816.

Español: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. 1816.

Fernando Estévez de Salas,

Parroquia de San Juan Bautista, Villa de La Orotava.

Photo: 2 April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: JosuHdez.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), The Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows (Latin: Mater Dolorosa, at times just Dolorosa), and Our Lady of The Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of The Seven Dolours, are names by which The Blessed Virgin Mary is referred to in relation to Sorrows in her Life.

As Mater Dolorosa, it is also a key subject for Marian Art in The Catholic Church.

The Seven Sorrows of Mary are a popular Roman Catholic Devotion. There are Devotional Prayers which consist of Meditations on her Seven Sorrows. Examples include The Servite Rosary, or The Chaplet of The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. Also, there is a corresponding Devotion to The Seven Joys of Mary. The term "Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary" refers to the combined Devotion of both The Immaculate Heart and The Seven Sorrows of Mary, as first used by The Franciscan Tertiary, Berthe Petit.

The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

The Seven Sorrows (or Dolours) are events in The Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary, which are a popular Devotion and are frequently depicted in art. It is a common Devotion for Catholics to say, daily, one Our Father and seven Hail Marys for each of The Seven Sorrows, which are:

The Prophecy of Simeon. (Luke 2:34-35) or the Circumcision of Christ;

The Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13);

The Loss of The Child Jesus in the Temple. (Luke 2:43-45);

Mary Meets Jesus on The Way to Calvary.;

Jesus Dies on The Cross. (John 19:25);

Mary Receives The Body of Jesus in Her Arms. (Matthew 27:57-59);

The Body of Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb. (John 19:40-42).

These Seven Sorrows should not be confused with The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of The Rosary.

Mater Dolorosa with open hands.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1555.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: http://www.museodelprado.es/

imagen/alta_resolucion/P00444.jpg.

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The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was originated by a Provincial Synod of Cologne, in 1413, as a response to the iconoclast Hussites. It was designated for the Friday after The Third Sunday after Easter. It had the Title: Commemoratio angustiae et doloris Beatae Mariae Virginis. Before the 16th-Century, The Feast was Celebrated only in parts of Northern Europe.

Pergolesi's

Stabat Mater.

Available on YouTube 

at

http://youtu.be/vLKw6kSOqIw.

Earlier, in 1233, seven youths in Tuscany, Italy, founded The Servite Order (also known as The "Servite Friars", or The "Order of The Servants of Mary"). Five years later, they took up "The Sorrows of Mary, Standing Under The Cross", as the principal Devotion of their Order.

Over the Centuries, several Devotions, and even Orders, arose around Meditation on Mary's Sorrows. The Servites developed the two most common Devotions to Our Lady's Sorrows, namely The Rosary of The Seven Sorrows and The Black Scapular of The Seven Dolours of Mary. The Black Scapular is a symbol of The Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows, which is associated with The Servite Order. Most devotional Scapulars have requirements regarding ornamentation or design. The Devotion of The Black Scapular requires only that it be made of Black Woollen Cloth.

English: Our Lady, Who Softens Evil Hearts.

Russian icon, 19th-Century.

Русский: Икона "Умягчение злых сердец".

Source: http://days.pravoslavie.ru.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

On 2 February, the same day as The Great Feast of The Meeting of The Lord, Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics commemorate a wonder-working icon of The Theotokos (Mother of God), known as "The Softening of Evil Hearts" or "Simeon's Prophecy."

It depicts The Virgin Mary at the moment that Simeon the Righteous says: "Yea, a Sword shall pierce through thy own Soul also . . ." (Luke 2:35). She stands with her hands upraised in Prayer, and Seven Swords pierce her Heart, indicative of The Seven Sorrows. This is one of the few Orthodox icons of The Theotokos which do not depict The Infant Jesus. The Refrain "Rejoice, much-sorrowing Mother of God, turn our sorrows into joy and soften the hearts of evil men !" is also used.

The first Altar to The Mater Dolorosa was set up in 1221 at the Monastery of Schönau. Especially in Mediterranean Countries, Parishioners traditionally carry statues of Our Lady of Sorrows in Processions on the days leading to Good Friday.

No Feast in her honour was included in Pope Saint Pius V's 1570 Tridentine Calendar. Vatican approval for the Celebration of a Feast, in honour of Our Lady of Sorrows, was first granted to The Servite Order in 1667.

English: Our Lady of Sorrows, El Viso del Alcor, Seville, Spain.

Español: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. Capilla del Sagrario

de la Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María del Alcor.

El Viso del Alcor (Sevilla). Procesiona bajo palio

en la tarde noche del Viernes Santo

Photo: 8 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ajjb.

(Wikimedia Commons)

By inserting The Feast into The Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, in 1814, Pope Pius VII extended the Celebration to the whole of The Latin Church. It was assigned to The Third Sunday in September. In 1913, Pope Saint Pius X moved The Feast to 15 September, the day after The Feast of The Cross. It is still observed on that date.

Another Feast, originating in the 17th-Century, was extended to the whole of The Latin Church in 1727. It was originally Celebrated on Friday in Passion Week, one week before Good Friday. In 1954, it still held the Rank of Major Double (slightly lower than the Rank of the 15 September Feast) in The General Roman Calendar.

Each Celebration was called a Feast of "The Seven Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary."

The 15 September Feast, that now combines and continues both of them, is known as The Feast of "Our Lady of Sorrows" (Beatae Mariae Virginis Perdolentis). The Sequence, known as Stabat Mater, may be sung at Mass on that day.

Archetypal Gothic Lady of Sorrows from a triptych

by the Master of the Stauffenberg Altarpiece, Alsace, circa 1455.

Title: La descente de Croix, les larmes de Marie (detail).

Current location: Unterlinden Museum, France.

Source/Photographer: Own work, Alsace, Haut-Rhin, Colmar,

Musée d'UnterLinden : la descente de Croix,

les larmes de Marie., vincent desjardins, 2008-12-27.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Our Lady of Sorrows, depicted as "Mater Dolorosa" (Mother of Sorrows), has been the subject of some key works of Roman Catholic Marian Art. Mater Dolorosa is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary, the other two being Stabat Mater ("The Mother Stood") and Pietà.

In this iconography, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows is at times simply represented in a sad and anguished mode by herself, her expression being that of tears and sadness. In other representations, The Virgin Mary is depicted with Seven Swords in her Heart, a reference to the Prophecy of Simeon, at The Presentation.

Our Lady of Sorrows is The Patron Saint of:

Slovakia;

The Congregation of Holy Cross;

the village of Mola di Bari and the Molise Region of Italy;

the State of Mississippi, USA;

Dolores, in The Philippines;

Lanzarote, Canary Islands.

Mater Dolorosa (Berlin-Lankwitz).

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La Belle Paris.

Winter Evening,

Montmartre,

Paris.

Illustration:  ETSY

"I have no regrets."

Edith Piaf.

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The Twenty-Five Best French Songs

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Winter Roses

Paris.

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New Bells for Notre Dame

Paris.

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"Bohemian".

Sights of Montmartre.

Sung by Charles Aznavour.

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Our Lady,

Paris.

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"I Love Paris".

Ella Fitzgerald.

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Chanoinesse Street, a street in Paris,

with charming old 

restaurants, cafes, and shops.

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Flower Shop,

Paris.

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"La Mer".

Sung by Charles Trenet.

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The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross. Feast Day, Today, 14 September.

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

The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.
Feast Day 14 September.

Greater-Double.

Red Vestments.

The Exaltation of The Holy Cross.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

English: The High Altar,

Church of The Holy Cross,

Regensburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Altar Heilig Kreuz.

Photo: 23 July 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dirsch.

(Wikimedia Commons)

On 14 September 335 A.D., there took place the Dedication of Constantine's Basilica, which enclosed both Calvary and The Holy Sepulchre. "At this date," says Etheria, "The Cross was discovered. And the anniversary is celebrated with as much Solemnity as Easter or The Epiphany."

Such was the origin of The Feast of The Exaltation of The Cross. "When I shall be raised on high, I shall draw everything unto Me" (Gospel), Jesus had said.

It is because The Saviour humbled Himself, being obedient even to the Death of The Cross, that God exalted Him and gave Him a name above all other names (Epistle). Wherefore, we must glory in the Cross of Jesus, for He is our Life and our Salvation (Introit) and He protects His servants against the wiles of their enemies (Offertory, Communion, Postcommunion).

Towards the end of the reign of Phocas [Editor: Byzantine Emperor, 602 A.D. - 610 A.D.], Chosroes, King of Persia, says the legend of The Breviary, took Jerusalem, where he put to death several thousand Christians and carried off to Persia The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which Saint Helen had placed on Mount Calvary.

Heraclius, the successor of Phocas, had recourse to many Fasts and Prayers, imploring with great fervour the help of God. He assembled an army and defeated Chosroes. He then insisted on the restitution of The Cross of The Lord.

Thus, the precious Relic was recovered after an interval of fourteen years. On his return to Jerusalem, Heraclius carried it on his shoulders, in great pomp, to the Mount where the Saviour, Himself, had borne it (629 A.D.).

An extraordinary Miracle marked the occasion. Heraclius, who was loaded with ornaments of gold and precious stones, was held back by an invisible force at the entrance gate of Mount Calvary, and vain were his efforts to enter.

As the Emperor and all those who witnessed the scene were astonished, Zacharias, Bishop of Jerusalem, said to him: "Consider, O Emperor, that, with these triumphal ornaments, you are far from imitating the poverty of Jesus Christ and His humility in bearing His Cross."

Heraclius, thereupon, doffed his splendid garb and walked barefoot with a common cloak on his shoulders to Calvary, where he again deposited The Cross. The Feast of the Exaltation of The Holy Cross on the original spot, the anniversary of which was celebrated on this day, became of great importance.

Let us join, in spirit, the Faithful, who, in the Church of The Holy Cross, at Rome, Venerate on this day the Relics of The Sacred Wood, exposed for the occasion, so that, having been privileged to adore it on this Feast, when we rejoice for its Exaltation, we may, likewise, possess for all Eternity the Salvation and Glory that The Cross has won for us (Collect, Secret).

Mass: Nos autem gloriari oportet in Cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi. (But it behoves us to glory in The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ).

The Exaltation of The Cross,

from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

(Musée Condé, Chantilly, France).

This File: 14 April 2005.

User: Petrusbarbygere.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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In Roman Catholic Liturgical Observance, Red Vestments are worn at Church Services conducted on this day, and, if the day falls on a Sunday, its Mass Readings are used instead of that for the occurring Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Lectionary of The Church of England (and other Anglican Churches) also stipulates Red as the Liturgical Colour for 'Holy Cross Day'.

14 September is The Titular Feast of The Congregation of Holy Cross, The Companions of The Cross and The Episcopal Church's Order of The Holy Cross. This date also marked the beginning of the period of fasting, except on Sundays, and ending on Easter Sunday, that was stipulated for Carmelites in The Carmelite Rule of Saint Albert of 1247. The Rule of Saint Benedict also prescribes this day as the beginning of Monastic Winter (i.e., the period when there are three Nocturns of Psalms and Readings at Matins), which also ends at Easter.

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Our Lady Told Mother Mariana: "Shortly After The Middle Of The 20th-Century, The Catholic Spirit Will Rapidly Decay . . . The Sacrament of Matrimony . . . Will Be Attacked And Deeply Profaned . . ."

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Our Lady of Good Success (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso; Filipino: Ina ng Mabubuting Pangyayari), also called Our Lady of Good Events, is one of the Titles of The Blessed Virgin Mary. This Title is shared among numerous images around the World — a number of images in Spain, one in Quito, Ecuador, and one in Parañaque City, Philippines. It is claimed that Quito's image had produced an apparition - to Mother Mariana de Jésus Torres.

In 1577, five Conceptionist Sisters travelled from Spain to Quito, Ecuador, to start the first Convent. Mariana de Jésus Torres, one of the young Nuns, is said to have seen The Blessed Virgin Mary. On

2 February 1610, as Mariana was Praying, The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her and commanded a statue be made to her likeness.

Statue of Our Lady of Good Success,

Quito, Ecuador.

Original image is found in http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

frames-3-4-2005/quito-ecuador-070_small.jpg.

Used with permission.

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User: Mark j.

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“First, so that men in the future might realise how powerful I am in placating Divine Justice, and obtaining Mercy and Pardon for every sinner who comes to me with a contrite heart. For I am The Mother of Mercy and, in me, there is only goodness and love.

"When tribulations of spirit and sufferings of the body oppress them, and they seem to be drowning in this bottomless sea, let them gaze at my Holy Image and I will always be there, ready to listen to their cries and soothe their pain. Tell them that they should always run to their Mother with confidence and love . . ."

Over the course of ten years, Mother Mariana struggled with the issue of completing the statue. Many obstacles prevented its sculpting. One obstacle was a fear of idolatry on the part of the native people in Quito. Another, was Mother Mariana’s personal fear of not being believed and thus putting the Convent in jeopardy.

In the year 1610, she asked the permission of the Bishop to create the statue. The sculpting of the statue of Our Lady of Good Success was given to Francisco del Castillo. Castillo was chosen as he was a talented sculptor and a devotee of The Blessed Mother. The statue of Our Lady of Good Success was Blessed on 2 February 1611.

Portrait of Mother Mariana.

(The Lily of Quito).

Original image found http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

frames-3-4-2005/images/mothermarianna-s.jpg.

Used with the permission of the web author.

This File: 11 November 2006.

User: Mark j.

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On that day, the statue was placed above the Seat of the Abbess' Chair, at Our Lady's own specific request, as a sign to all that she was the one who governed and watched over the Convent. Her official Title being that of “Mary of Good Success of The Purification”.

The apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success began on 2 February 1594 at the Conceptionist Convent in Quito, Ecuador. The Virgin Mary repeatedly appeared to Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, identifying herself as 'Our Lady of Good Success'.

The apparition requested that a statue be made in her likeness and made several predictions concerning a crisis in The Church, specifically a Fall in Vocations, a Lack of Availability of The Sacraments and a Fall in Moral Standards in the 20th-Century.

The apparitions were approved by the local Bishop, Salvador de Riber, on 2 February 1611. In 1991, The Vatican granted the Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Good Success as 'Queen of Quito', after being petitioned by the Archbishop of Quito.

The Our Father. Sung In Serbian.

Jesus Christ, in The Garden of Gethsemane, Praying to The Father.

Artist: Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911).

Date: 1890.

Current location: Riverside Church, New York City.

Source/Photographer: Self-scanned by User:JGHowes from 1945 print.

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The "Our Father".

Sung in Serbian.

"Oce nas" (Our Father).

Composed by: Kedrov.

The Belgrade Male Voice Choir,

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Missa Cantata At Saint Mary's, Chislehurst, Kent. Sunday, 20 September 2015, 1100hrs.

              

ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH,

28, CROWN LANE,

CHISLEHURST, KENT BR7 5PL.

Missa Cantata on

Sunday, 20 September 2015.

1100 hrs.

Music by Cantus Magnus

(directed by Matthew Schellhorn)

will include:

Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina);

Asperges Me (Stadler); 

Locus Iste (Bruckner); 

Exaudi Domine (Palestrina).

Saint Mary's Church

28 Crown Lane,

Chislehurst,

Kent BR7 5PL.

E-Mail: frcbriggs@stmarysrc.org

Telephone: 020 8467 3215.

Website: www.stmarysrc.org

Traditional Latin Masses
are Celebrated at the following times:

1100 hrs. First Sunday of the Month.

1100 hrs. Third Sunday of the Month.

1930 hrs. Fridays.

0900 hrs. Feast Days.

 

The LMS is delighted to announce they are sponsoring the music for the

MISSA CANTATA

(In Dedicatione Ecclesiae)

(The Dedication of a Church)

Saint Mary's, Chislehurst,  Kent.

Sunday, 20 September 2015.

1100 hrs.

Music by Cantus Magnus.

(Director: Matthew Schellhorn)

will include:

Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina);

Asperges Me (Stadler);

Locus Iste (Bruckner);

Exaudi Domine (Palestrina).

Built in the 1850s, Saint Marys, Chislehurst, Kent, was the original resting place of

Emperor Napoleon III of France and, also, The Prince Imperial. Their mortal remains were later Transferred to the Crypt of Saint Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire.

The Church of Saint Mary's is accessible by road from the A20

and by Rail via South-Eastern and Thameslink.

Saint Mary's, 28 Crown Lane, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5PL.

Portrait of Napoleon III,

Emperor of the French.

Buried at Saint Mary's, Chislehurst, Kent,

prior to being Transferred to Saint Michael''s Abbey,

Farnborough, Hampshire.

Artist: Jean Hyppolite Flandrin.

Date: 1853.

Source: http://necspenecmetu.tumblr.com/post/18098403443/

jean-hippolyte-flandrin-portrait-of-napoleon-iii

Author: Jean Hyppolite Flandrin.

This File: 1 October 2012.

User: Franzy89.

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Sublime.

Beautiful illustration by 

Margaret Tarrant.

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The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day, Today, 12 September.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

The Most Holy Name of Mary.

Feast Day 12 September.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Bouguereau's L'Innocence.

Both young children and the Lamb

are symbols of innocence.

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

Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.

Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.

И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.

Date: 1893.

Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.

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

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The Lady Altar,

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church,

Blackfen, Kent,

England.

Date: 2012.

Author: MULIER FORTIS

The Annunciation.

Artist: Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728).

Date: 1712.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo de Matteis.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Just as a few days after Christmas we celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after The Nativity of Mary, we glorify her Holy Name. Eight days after The Birth of The Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the name of Mary.

Wherefore, during The Octave of The Nativity, The Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.

Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to celebrate it, and, in 1683, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks, who besieged Vienna and threatened The West.

"The Name of The Virgin," says the Gospel, "was Mary." Thee Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin "Domina", means "Lady" or "Sovereign"; for the authority of her Son, Lord of The World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth, in fact, as well as in name [Eighth Lesson at Matins].

Whence, as we call Jesus "Our Lord", we say of Mary that she is "Our Lady". To pronounce her name is to proclaim her power.

Let us offer The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass to God, to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).

Mass: Vultum tuum deprecabúntur.

English: The Assumption.

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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O Most Holy Maiden Mary.

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

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In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.

The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by the Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening the West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.

The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of the Lord,” and “Mother of the Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.

From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in the West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” Stella Maris was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied the Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.

Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.

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