Saint John Baptist De La Salle. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 15 May.

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

Saint John Baptist de la Salle.
Confessor.
Feast Day 15 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

John Baptist de la Salle.

This is the official portrait of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the Founder of

The Brothers of The Christian Schools. It is by Pierre Leger and has been designated

as the official portrait of him for the Congregation.

Date: Unknown.

Source: The portrait is in the public domain and featured on the official website

of The Congregation, plus many other locations both in Print and on the Internet http://www.lasalle2.org/ClipArt/Iconog/icon5.jpg

Author: Pierre Leger.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Born at Reims on 30 April 1651, of an illustrious family, Saint John Baptist de la Salle made himself, from childhood, dear to all by the virtues of his Soul, the gentleness of his nature and the keenness of his mind. He went to Paris to study Theology at The Sorbonne. At seventeen, he was a Canon of the Cathedral.

When he reached the Priesthood, he offered The Holy Sacrifice with fervent Faith and intense love; these never left him when he was at the Altar. God had raised him "to give a Christian education to the Poor and to confirm youths in the way of truth" (Collect). With this object in view, he Founded a new Religious Congregation which he called "Brothers of The Christian Schools" and which soon spread throughout the World.

Out of humility and out of love for poverty, he gave up his Canonry and gave all he had to the Poor (Epistle). "Inflamed with zeal for the salvation of Souls, he spent himself during his whole life," says The Breviary, "for their greatest good." Assiduously treating himself with rigour, in fastings, flagellations and other austerities, he passed the night in Prayer (Introit).

Such was his manner of life, until, remarkable for every virtue, especially for his obedience, his zeal for the accomplishment of The Divine Will, his love and devotion towards The Apostolic See, and loaded with merits, he fell asleep in The Lord, at Rouen, on Good Friday, 7 April 1719, at the age of 68."

After striving to pass his life in the most humble duties, by serving Jesus in little children (Gospel), he was called to Heaven by The Divine Redeemer Whose Glory he shares, and Who still Blesses his work throughout the World.

"Let us burn with zeal like this Saint to procure The Glory of God by saving Souls, so that we may share his reward in Heaven" (Collect).

Another proper Mass is said in the Houses of The Brothers of Christian Schools.

Mass: Os justi.

Whit Sunday. Pentecost Sunday.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Whit Sunday. Pentecost Sunday.
   Station at Saint Peter's Basilica.

   Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class
   with Privileged Octave.

Red Vestments.

THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Veni Sancte Spiritus.

The Sequence for Pentecost.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/3pU34vUoO9g.

Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome.

[Editor: The Station for Pentecost is Saint Peter's.]

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (1692–1765).

Date: 1731.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, United States of America.

Source/Photographer: Saint Louis Art Museum Official Site.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"The Gift of Wisdom is an illumination of The Holy Ghost, thanks to which our Intellect is able to look at Revealed Truths in their more sublime light, to the greater joy of our Souls." [Reverend M. Meschler, S.J.: "The Gift of Pentecost: Meditations on The Holy Ghost," translated by Lady Amabel Kerr.]

Our Lord laid the foundations of His Church during His Public Life, and after His Resurrection He gave it the powers necessary for its mission. It was by The Holy Ghost that The Apostles were to be trained and endued with strength from On High (Gospel).

"At Pentecost, we celebrate the first manifestation of The Holy Ghost among Our Lord's Disciples and the Foundation of The Church, itself." Hence, the choice of the Basilica, Dedicated to Saint Peter, for today's Station.

We read, in the Gospel, that Our Lord foretold the coming of The Paraclete to His Disciples, and the Epistle shows us the realisation of that promise.

It was at the third hour of the day (Terce, nine o'clock A.M.) that The Spirit of God descended upon the Cenacle, and a mighty wind which blew suddenly upon the house, together with the appearance of tongues of fire within, were the wonderful tokens of His coming.

Taught by the "Light of Thy Holy Spirit" (Collect), and filled by the gifts of the same Spirit poured out upon them (Sequence), The Apostles become new men, to go forth and renew the whole World (Introit).

Gregorian Chant

from Fontgombault Abbey, France,

for The Divine Office at Pentecost.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/Pw5KUT1K8gg

It is at High Mass, at the third hour, that we also receive The Holy Spirit, whom Our Lord "going up above all the Heavens, on this day sent down . . . on the children of adoption" (Preface); for each of the Mysteries of The Liturgical Cycle brings forth its Fruits of Grace in our Souls on the day which The Church keeps as its Anniversary.

During Advent, we raised to The Incarnate Word the cry: "Come, Lord, and purge the sins of Thy people"; at this Season, let us, with The Church, say to The Holy Ghost: "Come, O Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of Thy Faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love" (Alleluia).

Of all ejaculatory Prayers, this is the most beautiful and necessary, for, from The Holy Ghost, that "Sweet Guest of our Soul", flows all our Supernatural Life.

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

Mass: Spiritus Domini.

The Introit for Whit Sunday (Pentecost Sunday).
Available on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/FYQ8aWriyys?list=PLoth
48xsiR7_NqCJiEJiM8411d06uIVzQ

Saint Boniface Of Tarsus. Martyr. One Of "The Ice Saints". Feast Day 14 May.

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

Saint Boniface.
Martyr.
Feast Day 14 May.

[Not to be confused with Saint Boniface,
   Bishop and Martyr. Feast Day 5 June.]

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Icon of Saint Boniface of Tarsus.

Deutsch: Ikone heilige Bonifatius aus Tarsus.

Russian: икона святого мученика Вонифатия Римского (Тарского).

Date: Unknown.

Source: http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Images/im343.htm%7Cpravoslavie.ru%5D

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Arrested at Tarsus, Boniface "bore himself with much fortitude in presence of his torturers" (Epistle). They tore his body with iron hooks, they thrust pointed reeds under his nails, and poured molten lead into his mouth.

He was beheaded at Tarsus on 14 May, towards 275 A.D., under the Emperor Galerius. His remains were brought to Rome and deposited on Mount Aventine, in the Church which took first his name and, later on, that of Saint Alexius.

[Editor: This Saint is not to be confused with Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr. Feast Day 5 June.]

Mass: Protexisti.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

In the 12th-Century, the name of Boniface was included on 14 May in The General Roman Calendar with the lowest rank of Feast ("Simple"). In 1955, Pope Pius XII reduced the Celebration to a Commemoration within The Ferial Mass (see General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII).

Because of the date of his Feast, Boniface of Tarsus was one of three Saints, who, because a cold spell was believed to be common on 12 May – 14 May, were called The Ice Saints, in Poland, Bohemia and Eastern Germany.

The Ice Saints.

The Ice Saints is a name given to Saint Mamertus (or, in some countries, Saint Boniface of Tarsus), Saint Pancras, and Saint Servatius in Austrian, Belgian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, North-Italian, Polish, Slovene and Swiss folklore. They are so named because their Feast Days fall on 11 May, 12 May, and 13 May, days which are known as "the Black-Thorn Winter".

The period from 12 May to 15 May was noted to bring a brief spell of colder weather in many years, including the last nightly frosts of the Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, under the Julian Calendar. The introduction of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582 involved skipping ten days in the Calendar, so that the equivalent days from the climatic point of view became 22 May – 25 May.

Mulier Fortis' Cats Find Out That The Next-Door Neighbour Has Been Given A Puppy.

Illustration: FACEBOOK MULIER FORTIS

Read the full Article at FACEBOOK MULIER FORTIS

Vigil Of Pentecost.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Vigil of Pentecost.

   Station at Saint John Lateran.

   Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Privileged Vigil of The First-Class.

Violet and Red Vestments.

THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

The First Mass for Pentecost, formerly Celebrated during the night, has, like that of Easter, ever since been an Anticipated Mass.

This Great and Solemn Festival, therefore, begins with The Vigil. In early days, the Catechumens, whom it had not been possible to Baptise at Easter, received this Sacrament at Pentecost, which explains the similarities between The Mass for The Vigil of Pentecost and The Mass for Holy Saturday.

The Mass is preceded by the Reading of Six Prophecies and The Blessing of The Water in The Baptismal Font.

It is also celebrated at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

THE PROPHECIES.

The Celebrant and Assistant Ministers are robed in Violet Vestments, and the Candles on the Altar are not lighted until the beginning of Mass, as on Holy Saturday.

At the end of The Prophecies, the Collect is read, but Flectamus genua is omitted.

THE BLESSING OF THE FONT.

At the end of The Prophecies, the Celebrant puts on a Violet Cope, and, while the Procession moves towards the Font, the Tract, "Sicut cervus", is sung.

Mindful of the fact that, in The Beginning, The Spirit of God moved over The Waters and made them fruitful, The Liturgy asks God to Bless the Water in the Baptismal Font, out of which will arise a purely Heavenly Race.

The officiating Priest then plunges the Paschal Candle into the Water three times, for it is by Christ, Whom the Candle typifies, that the Power of The Holy Ghost, by which our Souls are enlightened, is infused into them.

THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS.

The Liturgy, as affecting The Litany of The Saints, is the same as on Holy Saturday. Where there is no Font, The Litany begins after The Prophecies and Collects. At "Peccatores, Te rogamus audi nos", the Priest and his Assistants go to the Sacristy and put on Red Vestments, and the Candles are lit on the Altar.

At the end of The Litany, the Kyrie Eleison is Solemnly Sung, without Introit, like on Holy Saturday. At the Gloria, the Bells are also rung and the Organ begins being played.

MASS FOR THE VIGIL OF PENTECOST.

After having been Baptised "in Water and in The Holy Ghost", the Neophytes were Confirmed. All through The Mass, there are references to these two Sacraments, showing how The Holy Ghost enters into our Souls the effect He produces in them.

The Creed is not said.

"Hail, Queen Of Heaven".

The Blessed Virgin Mary is Crowned in Heaven by her Beloved Son.

Illustration: AD MOIOREM DEI GLORIAM

"Hail, Queen Of Heaven".

Sung by Regina Nathan.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/ouacvQWASFw

Latest Edition Of "Mass Of Ages" Now Available From The Latin Mass Society.

Illustration: LMS CHAIRMAN

This Article can be read in full at LMS CHAIRMAN