Illustration: PINTEREST
"Jesu Cristes Mildë Moder".
(Jesus Christ's Gentle Mother).
Sung by Sequentia - Ensemble for Mediaeval Music, Cologne.
Available on YouTube at
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Tuesday 17 November 2015
The Rock Island Line.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 938 was under steam for the very last time on 16 September 1953, just before proceeding to Chicago's LaSalle Street Station for a Press announcement of Rock Island's attaining its 100% Diesel goal. Locomotive 938 had been specially painted and striped for the event. Later in the day, 938 returned to storage at Blue Island. The accession of 4-6-2 Pacific Type Locomotive 938 marks a significant milestone for the Museum's collection, as it represents one of the most common passenger-service wheel arrangements. Photo by R. W Buhrmaster.
Illustration: ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM
"Rock Island Line".
Sung by Lonnie Donegan (1961).
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
The chorus to the old song reads:
The Rock Island Line is a mighty good roadThe verses tell a humorous story about a train operator who smuggled pig iron through a toll gate by claiming all he had on board was livestock.
The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
If you want to ride you gotta ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I Railroad in The United States. It was also known as The Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
Monday 16 November 2015
The Gregorian Introit For The End Of The Liturgical Year.
Text is taken from NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
by GREGORY DIPIPPO.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Lord sayeth, I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction; you shall call upon Me, and I will hear you, and I will bring back your captivity from all places. V. Lord, Thou hast Blessed Thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. The Lord sayeth. (The Introit for the final Sundays of The Liturgical Year, from the 23rd Sunday After Pentecost to The Last Sunday After Pentecost.)
The Introit for the XXIII Sunday After Pentecost.
Available on YouTube at
Latin: Dicit Dóminus: Ego cógito cogitatiónes pacis, et non afflictiónis: invocábitis me, et ego exáudiam vos: et redúcam captivitátem vestram de cunctis locis. Vs. Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam: avertísti captivitátem Jacob.
English: The Gregorian Introit for the XXIII Sunday After Pentecost
(Tridentine Latin Mass Liturgy).
Français: 23ème Dimanche après la Pentecôte.
Nederlands: Gregoriaans, drieëntwintigste zondag na Pinksteren Tridentijnse mis.
"To Fast Is To Banquet With Angels . . ." Eighteen Octaves In The Liturgical Year. Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament. Advent. Christmas. And Epiphany.
Text is taken from BENEDICAMUS DOMINO
Apparuerunt Vultus Eorum Meliores
The entire Month of November is devoted, Scripturally, to the Twelve Minor Prophets of The Old Testament: The first two weeks (The Second Week is again omitted this year) to Ezechiel; The Third Week to Daniel; The Fourth Week and The Fifth Week to the rest, each having a day or two devoted to an excerpt of their respective Prophetic Books.
This is the final stretch, as these Prophets all point to not only The First Coming of Christ, but also, more especially, to His Second Coming, The Eschaton: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell. It is Eschatide.
Monastic Compline.
Available on YouTube at
Daniel and his three young companions (who, later tossed into the fire, gave us the famous Benedicite Canticle, sung at Sunday and Festal Lauds) were given alternative Babylonian names, and were expected to comport themselves and eat and drink as Babylonians.
They refused. They would not eat of the luscious meats and drink the wine of the King's Court; rather, they ate nothing but The Fruits of The Earth, vegetables (legumes to be more precise) for ten days. All expected them to suffer malnourishment, be weakened, and the eunuch in charge feared retribution from the King, for Daniel's and his Companions' refusal to defile themselves. Instead, the Scripture tells us, after ten days apparuerunt vultus eorum meliores, that is, their faces/complexions appeared better.
This beautiful Missal, made from Parchment, originates from East Anglia, England.
It is considered a very important Manuscript as it is one of the earliest
examples
of a Missal of an English source.
Sarum Missals were books produced by
The Church
during The Middle Ages for Celebrating Mass throughout the Year.
Date: Circa 1310-1320.
Source: National Library of Wales
(Welsh: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru),
Aberystwyth, Wales.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
He says: "Their countenances appeared fairer than all the children which did eat the portion of the King's meat. Seest thou what Fasting doth. It healeth diseases, it drieth up the humours of the body, it scareth away devils, it purgeth forth unclean thoughts, it maketh the intellect clearer, it purifieth the heart, it sanctifieth the body, and, in the end, it leadeth a man unto The Throne of God."
Both body and Soul are refreshed, and, based on personal experience, it is quite true that I feel more refreshed, energetic, and diligent, both corporeally and Spiritually, during periods of Fast such as Lent, Ember Days, and Vigils.
Sergej Rachmaninov.
Vespers (All-Night Vigil).
Available on YouTube at
Hence, there is an old custom of a Martinmas Fast, that, after having Celebrated The Last Octave of The Liturgical Year (All Saints) and The Feast of the great Lyonese Bishop of antiquity (Saint Martin of Tours) with lanterns and duck (or goose), as customary, we divest ourselves, yet again, of the creature comforts of food and drink and both end one Liturgical Year and embark on a New Liturgical Year with a Fast.
The Sherborne Missal.
Date: 15th-Century.
Source: British Library Add. MS 74236.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Fasting from 12 November 'til 24 December would be entirely and laudably counter-cultural to the materialism, gluttony, drunkenness, and debauchery that is about to kick into high gear with the faux "Holiday Season", which has nothing whatsoever to do with Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. I conclude with the final passage today from Saint Athanasius:
Carthusian Monks at Marienau Monastery,
It is the only extant Carthusian Monastery in Germany.
Illustration: MIKE'S PASSING THOUGHTS
If any man, therefore, be troubled with an unclean spirit, if he bethink him of this, and have recourse to this remedy, namely, Fasting, the evil spirit will be forthwith compelled to leave him from dread of the power of Fasting.
Devils take great delight in fulness, and drunkenness, and bodily comfort. There is great power in Fasting, and great and glorious things are wrought thereby. How cometh it that men work such wonders, and that signs are done by them, and that God, through them, giveth health to the sick, unless it be from their ghostly exercises, and the meekness of their Souls, and their Godly conversation.
To Fast is to banquet with Angels, and he that Fasteth is to be reckoned, so far, among The Angelic Host.
English: Cloisters of The Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the -Walls,
Rome, Italy.
Deutsch: Rom, Sankt Paul vor den Mauern
(San Paolo fuori le mura), Kreuzgang des Klosters.
Photo: 28 July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Dnalor 01.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Sunday 15 November 2015
Saint Albert The Great. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 15 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Albert the Great.
Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of The Church.
Feast Day 15 November.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Albert the Great
(Albertus Magnus)
Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).
Date: 1352.
Current location: Chiesa di San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.
Source/Photographer: Kapitelsaal des ehemaligen Dominikanerklosters San Niccolò in Treviso.
First uploaded by sv:Användare:Lamré to Swedish Wikipedia as sv:Bild:AlbertusMagnus.jpg.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Albert the Great
(Albertus Magnus)
Illustration: RELEASING THE ARROW
Born in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1200, Albert, even as a child, loved The Blessed Virgin in a special manner. He resolved to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, but, tempted by the devil, he gave up the idea.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Albertus Magnus, O.P. (circa 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic Saint. He was a German Dominican Friar and a Catholic Bishop. He was known during his lifetime as "doctor universalis" and "doctor expertus", and, late in his life, the term "magnus" (great) was appended to his name.
Ultimately, however, at the earnest entreaty and through the ardent Prayers of Blessed Jourdan of Saxony, he resolved definitely to enter The Order of Saint Dominic. He studied Philosophy at Cologne, then at Paris, where he became one of the most renowned Professors of the University.
Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of his students. He was made Bishop of Ratisbon (Regensburg) by Pope Urban IV and defended The Church against the errors of Guillaume de Saint-Amour and died at Cologne in 1280.
He was Canonised and proclaimed Doctor of The Church in 1931.
Mass: In médio, from The Common of Doctors.
The Tympanum and Archivolts of Strasbourg Cathedral,
Strasbourg, France,
with iconography inspired by
Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great).
Photo: 22 July 1989.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rebecca Kennison.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Albertus Magnus, O.P. (circa 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic Saint. He was a German Dominican Friar and a Catholic Bishop. He was known during his lifetime as "doctor universalis" and "doctor expertus", and, late in his life, the term "magnus" (great) was appended to his name.
Scholars, such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder, have referred to him as the greatest German Philosopher and Theologian of The Middle Ages. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of The Church, one of only thirty-six so honoured.
The Latin Mass Society Launches A Brand-New "Missalette".
This Article is taken from RORATE CAELI
Illustration: RORATE CAELI
This new book has a clear, accurate, and readable new translation of all The Ordinary of The Mass, taking account of the improved ICEL translation of The Novus Ordo, where applicable, but using Traditional language ('Thee' and 'Thou', etc.).
It has new illustrations showing the postures of the Priest at different points during The Mass. It includes variants for High Mass and Pontifical Mass, so the Book won't let you down on special occasions; for example, it gives The Pontifical Blessing at the end of Mass.
It also includes two Chant Mass Ordinaries, those most commonly used on Sundays - Mass XI and Mass XVII (for Advent and Lent) - and The Four Marian Anthems.
It has a number of things particularly useful for Catholics who are attached to The Traditional Mass specific to England and Wales, such as The Prayer for The Queen, The Prayer for England (given to us by Pope Leo XIII and commonly said during Benediction, and The 'Long Prayer for England', a charming Prayer ordered by Cardinal Wiseman to be said in Benediction on The Second Sunday of the month.
Such a Booklet can't include everything, but we have the modest hope that it will set a new standard for such Aids to Devotion.
You can BUY COPIES HERE; Talk to The LMS Office about bulk discounts.
Saturday 14 November 2015
The Cathedral Of The Resurrection Of Christ. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
Cathedral of The Resurrection of Christ,
Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Illustration: PINTEREST
English: The Church of The Saviour on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Russian: Khram Spasa na Krovi.
This Cathedral is one of the main sights of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is also variously called The Church on Spilt Blood and The Cathedral of The Resurrection of Christ (Russian: Собор Воскресения Христова), its official name. The name refers to the
blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated on that site in 1881.
Русский: Собо́р Воскресе́ния Христо́ва на Крови́, Храм Спа́са-на-Крови́ в Санкт-Петербурге — православный мемориальный однопрестольный храм во имя Воскресения Христова, сооружён в память того, что на этом месте 1 марта 1881 года в результате покушения был смертельно ранен Царь-Освободитель — император Александр II (выражение на крови указывает на кровь царя). Храм был сооружен как памятник Царю-Мученику на средства, собранные по всей России.
Decorated Dome, Ceiling and Walls of
The Church on The Blood
(Church of The Resurrection of Jesus Christ),
Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Photo: 7 June 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ninaras.
This Church was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded in March 1881.The Church was built from 1883 till 1907. The construction was funded by The Imperial Family.
The name of the Church should not be confused with The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Yekaterinburg, where Alexander's grandson, Nicholas II, and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
Friday 13 November 2015
Notre Dame De Paris.
The Cathedral of
Notre Dame de Paris.
Illustration: CRACK TWO
The following Text is from CRACK TWO
It is the Cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris; that is, it is the Church that contains the "Cathedra" (Official Chair) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. The Cathedral Treasury houses a Reliquary with the purported Crown of Thorns.
Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe, and the naturalism of its sculptures and Stained-Glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.
The first period of construction, from 1163 into the 1240s, coincided with the musical experiments of the Notre Dame School. The Cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of The French Revolution, in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed.
An extensive restoration, supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, removed remaining decoration, returning the Cathedral to an 'original' Gothic state. See more at CRACK TWO
Thursday 12 November 2015
Two Ordo Or Not Two Ordo ? That Is The Question. Whether 'Tis Nobler In The Mind To Suffer The Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous "Missalettes".
Available soon !!!
The ORDO 2017
for The Extraordinary Form of The Mass.
ORDO 2017 will be available for despatch very soon.
Please watch this space on THE SAINT LAWRENCE PRESS LTD
A new Cart for ORDO 2017 will be set up when it is available.
It would be much appreciated if people did not order the 2016 Edition, hoping to get 2017.
It is gratifying and pleasing to see so many enquiries already about the 2017 edition.
ORDO 2016 sold very well, with many new customers from around the World, as a new
generation starts to understand the richness of The Roman Liturgy and to follow
the Praxis of previous generations, now gone to The LORD.
November is, of course, a most suitable time to remember them.
In addition, Fr Hunwicke comments on HIS Ordo (see, below),
for The Ordinary Form of The Mass,
"For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses, but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini, I commend the ORDO which I still compile,
Order for the Eucharist and for Morning and Evening prayer in the Church of England 2016. It gives full information both for the Novus Ordo Roman Rite (Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal) and for the Church of England (Common Worship). Tufton Books. (By the way, it starts with Advent.)"
Please NOTE: The above text for Fr Hunwicke is taken from 2015.
No doubt, Fr Hunwicke's 2017 Ordo will be available soon.
Please keep an eye on his Blog
For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses,
but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini,
Fr Hunwicke commends this ORDO.
Please NOTE: The 2017 Edition will be available very soon.
Illustration: TUFTON BOOKS
Two Ordo, or not Two Ordo: That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous "Missalettes",
Or to give arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them. To know what Feast it is.
And have a damn good read.
Shakespeare.
Hamlet.
(With Apologies)
Embroidery Training Day. 12 December 2015. Oxford. 1000 hrs - 1600 hrs.
Illustration: GUILD OF ST CLARE
The Guild of St Clare, was set up in 2010 to provide
a network of Needlewomen able to maintain, repair and create Vestments.
The following Text is from GUILD OF ST CLARE
On Saturday, 12th December 2015, Jacqui Macdonald, the RSN tutor. will be coming to Oxford to teach. She is happy to teach any of a wide range of embroidery techniques including crewelwork, goldwork, whitework, stumpwork and surface embroidery techniques.
The following Text is from LMS CHAIRMAN
'This is a very unusual opportunity to study techniques not often taught in day courses. Please email me at lucyashaw@gmail.com if you would like to know more, or to book a place on the course.
The price is £80 plus materials, and the course runs from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.
Space is limited so please don't delay !'
The details are HERE.
Wednesday 11 November 2015
Remembrance Day. At The Eleventh Hour. Of The Eleventh Day. Of The Eleventh Month. The Guns Fell Silent. Lest We Forget.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
LEST WE FORGET
Available on YouTube at
Available on YouTube at
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
LEST WE FORGET.
Remembrance Day at the John McCrae House (birthplace, museum, and Memorial) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. A detail shot of the "Altar" of the Memorial, with the complete poem
"In Flanders Fields"and the line "LEST WE FORGET" inscribed on it.
Photo: 11 November 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lx 121.
Note: Part of a series of photographs taken at the John McCrae site
in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on 11 November 2009 (Remembrance Day).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Illustration: LANDSCAPES
Portrait photo of John Alexander McCrae (1872–1918).
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a soldier, physician and poet.
Date: 1918 or earlier.
Image from In Flanders Fields, and other poems, by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, M.D.,
with an essay in character, by Sir Andrew Macphail (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919): http://www.archive.org/details/inflandersfields00mccr.
with an essay in character, by Sir Andrew Macphail (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919): http://www.archive.org/details/inflandersfields00mccr.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
An autographed copy of the poem "In Flanders Fields". Unlike the printed copy in the same book, McCrae's handwritten version ends the first line with "grow".
Facsimile of handwritten version of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", in a volume of his poetry where an acknowledgement is given "The reproduction of the autograph poem is from a copy belonging to Carleton Noyes, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass., who kindly permitted its use."
Date: 1919.
Source: Scan of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields And Other Poems",
obtained from archive.org, converted to PNG and Black and White, slight rotation.
Author: John McCrae.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Illustrated page by Ernest Clegg.
Note that the first line ends with "grow".
Page 1 of the main content from a limited edition book
containing an illustrated poem, "In Flanders Fields".
Date: 1921.
Source: JP2 zip data at fieldsinflanders00mccrrich archive.org.
Author: John McCrae and Ernest Clegg.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The first chapter of "In Flanders Fields and Other Poems", a 1919 collection of McCrae's works, gives the text of the poem as follows:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Bleuet de France.
Circa 1950.
Source: Own work.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Illustration: LABOUR UNCUT
Armistice Day is one the most important military celebrations in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy price in blood to achieve it. The First World War was considered in France as the "Great Patriotic War". Almost all French villages feature Memorials dedicated to the Fallen. In France, the blue Cornflower (Bleuet de France) is used symbolically, rather than the Poppy.
"Ghosts of Vimy Ridge"
depicts ghosts of the Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge,
surrounding the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
depicts ghosts of the Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge,
surrounding the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Date: 1931.
Source: Canadian House of Commons Collection, (AN: O-4714) [1].
Author: William Longstaff.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France.
Français: Villers-Bretonneux (Somme, France).
La croix du cimetière militaire et la tour du Mémorial National Australien.
Photo: April 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL).
(Wikimedia Commons)
De Profundis.
Psalm 129
(Douay–Rheims Bible)
By Orlando de Lassus.
Taken from the
Prayers for the Dead.
Available on YouTube at
Psalm CXXIX
De Profundis
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord !
Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark iniquities,
Lord, who shall endureth ?
For with the Lord there is merciful forgiveness,
And by reason of Thy law I have waited upon Thee, O Lord.
My Soul doth rely on His word:
My Soul doth hope in the Lord.
From the Morning Watch, even unto night,
Let Israel hope in the Lord.
For with the Lord there is mercy,
And with Him plentiful redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel,
From all his iniquities.
V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.
De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine:
Domine, exaudi vocem meam.
Fiant aures tuae intendentes:
In vocem deprecationis meae.
Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine:
Domine, quis sustinebit ?
Quia apud te propitiatio est:
Et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.
Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:
Speravit anima mea in Domino.
A custodia matutina usque ad noctem:
Speret Israel in Domino.
Quia apud Dominum misericordia:
Et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
Et ipse redimet Israel,
Ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.
V. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.
R. Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
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. . . "If ye break faith,
With us who die,
We shall not sleep,
Though Poppies grow,
In Flanders fields."
Photo: 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.
South African Infantry Soldier stands guard
at the Johannesburg Memorial
on the 90th Remembrance Day Ceremony.
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Delville Wood was sometimes known as Devil's Wood, and the fighting there during the Battle of the Somme was particularly ferocious. The majority of the wood was eventually taken by South African soldiers on 15 July 1916, and they held on grimly during numerous German counter-attacks for six days, until they were relieved.
After the War, South Africa purchased the site in 1920,
and it serves as a Memorial to those of that Nation who fell,
not just there, but elsewhere.
The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in Confederation Square in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
immediately following the Remembrance Day ceremonies on 11 November, 2006.
immediately following the Remembrance Day ceremonies on 11 November, 2006.
Since its installation, it has become traditional to place Poppies
on the Tomb, after the formal ceremony has concluded.
Photo: 11 November 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mikkel Paulson.
(Wikimedia Commons)
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New Zealand
Remembrance Day Ceremony.
The Great War of 1914 to 1918 was one of the most devastating events in human history. New Zealand, with a population of 1.1 million in 1914, sent 100,000 men and women abroad. 16,700 died and over 40,000 were wounded – a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved.
The coming of Peace, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, brought Blessed Relief for all involved.
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning.
and in the morning.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
(Fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's Poem 'For the Fallen')
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Illustration from
No-Man's Land (Flowers Of The Forest).
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
No-Man's Land
(Flowers of the Forest)
Available on YouTube at
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
For The Anzacs And All The Fallen At Gallipoli.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
"The Band Played Waltzing Matilda."
Available on YouTube at
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
The Return.
This painting can be found at Holy Innocents Church in New York.
The artist had just attended Mass, when he noticed
a
young Soldier kneeling at the foot of a Crucifix.
He was so moved that he started work on this painting.
Illustration: DYMPHNA'S ROAD
Saint Martin. Bishop And Confessor. And Martinmas. Feast Day 11 November.
This Article is taken from MEDIEVAL HISTORIES
Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES
Martinmas is celebrated the night before 11 November by merrymaking and feasting. Since The Middle Ages, roast goose has been on the menu East of The Rhine.
Martin of Tours (circa 316 A.D. - 397 A.D.) was a soldier in The Roman Army, when he decided to convert to Christianity and afterwards was imprisoned for his refusal to fight. He later became a Monk, founded a Monastery in Gaul, at Marmoutier, and became Bishop of Tours, a career choice he, according to legend, vehemently tried to avoid by hiding in the goose-pen of the Monastery.
However, the geese honked loudly and he was discovered by the people, who carried him in triumph to the Throne in the Cathedral. It is believed that he built the Monastery, after his appointment as Bishop, in order to have a secluded place to withdraw to.
Martin Walsh, who has surveyed a huge amount of very diverse source-material, was able to demonstrate that the celebration of Martinmas in England can be documented back to the 14th-Century and was, at that time, accompanied “by conspicuous feasting, supplemented by musical entertainment”.
In England, and elsewhere, the Tradition was to have blood-puddings and freshly-roasted meat stemming from the slaughter of what cattle and other animals had to be culled in November. At the same time, it was “Settling Day”, when servants might leave in order to take up new employments. At the same time, peasants paid their dues to their lords and the Tithe to their Church; often partly paid in birds, like hens, ducks and geese, the Tradition grew to eat these birds roasted at the end of Autumn and beginning of Winter.
However, roast goose at Martinmas does not seem to have been quite so ubiquitous in an Early-English setting or French context.
However, roast goose at Martinmas does not seem to have been quite so ubiquitous in an Early-English setting or French context.
Quite the opposite is the case in Continental Europe, where the same elements of The Feast may be found – processions, merrymaking, reckoning, settling. Here, however, the goose was definitely on the table very early on, as is witnessed by some very charming “Martin-Ballads” composed by an otherwise unknown Monk, who lived at the Court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1365 -1396.
The Martin Ballads
The Monk composed two secular ballads. The first one - Martein lieber Herre - is a vernacular translation of a Latin Hymn asking the Saint to present the company with roast goose and new wine. Another poem – Wolauf, lieben gessellen unuerczait – has more the character of being a subversive form of Eucharistic Liturgy, complete with a Chorus and a Tenor singing intermittently. The poem consists of seventy lines, divided into four verses, and the Text for the Tenor.
The song starts with an invitation to form a company, where social differences are laid aside, in order to create a sympathetic society. However, the joy is decidedly coupled with the introduction of (lots) of wine into the company. To this, is later added dishes of beans, apples and roast goose. The job of the Tenor is to invite the Saint –“Lord Martin” – to this joyful occasion as "King of the Merriments" – and to deliver all the goodies; wine and delicacies. It is obvious the Text was meant to be performed among a group of (celibate) men, being able to appreciate the definite Eucharistic connotations of the Text.
The Monk composed two secular ballads. The first one - Martein lieber Herre - is a vernacular translation of a Latin Hymn asking the Saint to present the company with roast goose and new wine. Another poem – Wolauf, lieben gessellen unuerczait – has more the character of being a subversive form of Eucharistic Liturgy, complete with a Chorus and a Tenor singing intermittently. The poem consists of seventy lines, divided into four verses, and the Text for the Tenor.
The song starts with an invitation to form a company, where social differences are laid aside, in order to create a sympathetic society. However, the joy is decidedly coupled with the introduction of (lots) of wine into the company. To this, is later added dishes of beans, apples and roast goose. The job of the Tenor is to invite the Saint –“Lord Martin” – to this joyful occasion as "King of the Merriments" – and to deliver all the goodies; wine and delicacies. It is obvious the Text was meant to be performed among a group of (celibate) men, being able to appreciate the definite Eucharistic connotations of the Text.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Martin's Day, also known as The Feast of Saint Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, The Feast of Saint Martin of Tours, or Martin le Miséricordieux, is Celebrated on 11 November each year. This is the time when Autumn wheat seeding was completed, and the annual slaughter of fattened cattle produced "Martinmas Beef". Historically, Hiring Fairs were held, where farm laborers would seek new jobs.
Saint Martin of Tours started out as a Roman soldier, then was Baptised as an adult and became a Monk. It is understood that he was a kind man who led a quiet and simple life. The best-known legend of his "Life" is that he once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the beggar from dying from the cold. That night, he dreamed that Jesus was wearing the half-cloak. Martin heard Jesus say to the Angels: "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is not Baptised. He has clothed me."
English: Saint Martin's Day (Martinmas) Procession,
Germany.
Deutsch: Sankt Martinszug.
Erwachsene und Kinder mit Laternen beim St.-Martins-Umzug.
St. Martin auf dem Pferd.
Date: 1949.
Photographer: Lachmann, Hans.
Institution: German Federal Archives, Koblenz, Germany.
Sammlung Hans Lachmann (Bild 194).
Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 194-0273-45 / Lachmann, Hans / CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Saint Martin.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 11 November.
Double.
White Vestments.
English: Children going door to door, with paper lanterns,
on Saint Martin's Day in The Netherlands.
Nederland: Sunte-Marten/Sint-Maarten/St. Martins' Day (NL).
Source: Source: nl:Afbeelding:Sintmaarten.jpg.
This File: 4 November 2006.
User: Servien.
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In the first three Centuries, the Saints were mostly Martyrs. Saint Martin is the first Bishop and Confessor honoured by The Church in The West. As Durand de Mende remarks, The Liturgy gives him a Rank equal to The Apostles, for he was the principal Apostle of Gaul.
His Feast Day was everywhere of obligation. Taking place often during "Saint Martin's Summer", that is at the end of Autumn, it rivalled in importance and popular rejoicings The Feast of Saint John. It had an Octave, like the Feast of Saint Laurence, for Saint Martin, "Priest of Priests" (Response at Matins), occupied among Confessors the Rank of Saint Laurence among Martyrs.
Saint Martin, born at Savaria, in Pannonia, came to Gaul as a soldier. While still a Catechumen, he one day, near Amiens, gave part of his cloak to a poor man who asked him for alms in the name of Christ. During the following night, Jesus appeared to him clothed in this half of his cloak and said to him: "Martin, a simple Catechumen, covered Me with this garment."
Abbey of Marmoutiers, France.
Founded by Saint Martin of Tours.
Illustration: OLIVER'S TRAVELS
At the age of eighteen, he was Baptised, and, having become a Disciple of Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, he built, two leagues from the Episcopal City, in the desert of Ligugé, a Monastery, whither he retired with a few Disciples. He thus was the Founder of Monastic Life in Gaul.
But God would not allow this Light to remain hidden under the bushel (Gospel). Saint Martin had to leave his solitude and was made Bishop of Tours (Introit, Epistle, Gradual). He then Founded the famous Abbey of Marmoutiers, or Martin's Monastery, where he often retired. There, he had around him eighty Monks who imitated the Lives of The Hermits of Thebaid.
He lived more than eighty years, devoting himself to The Glory of God and The Salvation of Souls. He died at Candes, near Tours, France, in 397 A.D. His tomb became famous through many Miracles, and attracted crowds from all parts of the Country.
Saint Gregory, Bishop of Tours in the 6th-Century, does not hesitate to call The Holy Worker of Miracles the special Patron of the whole World. Few Saints have been so popular, In France, alone, there are about 4,000 Parish Churches Dedicated to Saint Martin and 485 Market-Towns or Villages that still bear his name.
Rome has a Church of Saint Sylvester and Saint Martin, where The Station is held on The Thursday of The Fourth Week in Lent. Saint Martin's Cope used to be borne at the head of the Army in Times of War and, on it, were sworn Solemn Oaths in Times of Peace.
Mass: Státuit ei Dóminus.
Commemoration of Saint Mennas.
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