Macedonia Presents His Holiness Pope Francis With A Beautiful Papal Tiara. Handmade By The Nuns Of Rajcica Monastery.

Illustration: UCATHOLIC

The following Text is from UCATHOLIC

For more than a thousand years, the Papal Tiara was as symbol of the authority of the Papacy. But, when Pope Paul VI left his Tiara on the Altar of Saint Peter’s during the closing of The Second Vatican Council, no Pope has worn the Three-Tiered Crown. However, subsequent Popes have received Tiaras, but have not worn them publicly (or likely at all.)

On 16 May, during an audience with Trajko Veljanoski, The Speaker of The Assembly of The Republic of Macedonia, The Holy Father was presented with a beautifully ornate Tiara, handmade by the Nuns of Rajcica Monastery, with Pearls from Ohrid Lake. Up until this point, Pope Francis had not received a Tiara.

Solemn Pontifical Mass, Celebrated by Pope Saint John XXIII, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome. Photo probably taken in 1962, at the beginning of The Second Vatican Council. The presence of a lit Paschal Candle in front of the Ambo indicates that The Mass was Celebrated during The Easter Season. Note The Papal Tiaras and the assistance of Eastern Rite Clergy.

Date: 1963 or earlier.

Source: http://www.biblelight.net/EI-139+140.htm

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

On 16 May 2016, during an audience with Trajko Veljanoski, The Speaker of The Assembly of The Republic of Macedonia, The Holy Father was presented with a beautifully ornate Tiara, handmade by the Nuns of Rajcica Monastery, with Pearls from Ohrid Lake. This was the first time that

Pope Francis had received a Tiara.

Illustration: UCATHOLIC

It is doubtful, especially given Pope Francis’ Liturgical Style and simple preferences, that he will reinstate the usage of The Papal Tiara, but he did receive the gift graciously, giving in return copies of his Apostolic Exhortations Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia, and his Encyclical Laudato Si’, and a Medallion with an Olive Tree of Peace.

Tiaras are generally received by Popes as gifts from a group of people; for example, Pope Saint John Paul II received a Medieval-Style Tiara on behalf of The People of Hungary.

The Vatican’s Web-Site states that: “The Tiara is a head-dress ending in an Ogive and made of Silver, and, during the time of Pope Boniface VIII (1294 - 1303), two Crowns were on the Tiara, and, from 1314, three Crowns were on the Tiara (the reason it is called "The Triregnum"), topped by a small Globe with a Golden Cross. Among the various interpretations, we shall mention the one that says that The Three Crowns represent The Militant, The Suffering and The Triumphant Church.”

Saint Pudentiana. Virgin. Feast Day 19 May.

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

Saint Pudentiana.
Virgin.
Feast Day 19 May.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Pudentiana.

Detail of a mosaic in the Apse of Santa Pudenziana,

Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Pudentiana, Mosaik aus Santa Pudenziana.

This File: 25 October 2005.

User: Marcus Cyron.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Nave,

Basilica of Santa Pudenziana,

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 13 May 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Welleschik.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Pudentiana, in this part of The Cycle, participates in The Triumph of Christ over the Devil, the Flesh, and the World. The daughters of Pudens, a Roman Senator, she and her sister, Praxedes, Consecrated their Virginity to Jesus.

At the death of her father, she distributed all her riches to the Poor, in agreement with her sister, and she was barely sixteen years old when she died, in the Reign of Emperor Antoninus.

Her remains rest in her house, which she had converted into a Church. Her father had received Saint Peter there and she had placed it at the disposal of Pope Pius I, who Celebrated The Holy Mysteries there during "The Persecution".

This is the "Title-Church" of Pudentiana, where The Station is held on the Tuesday in The Third Week of Lent. ["Title-Churches", bearing as Title the name of their Founder or Foundress, were the usual Meeting Places of Christians in Rome, and became the first "Parish Churches".]

Mass: Dilexísti.

"Saint Praxedes and Saint Pudentiana collecting the Blood of The Martyrs".

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Rossetti (1621).

Painting in the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana,

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 13 April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Georges Jansoone (JoJan).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Peter Celestine. Pope And Confessor. Feast Day 19 May.

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

Saint Peter Celestine.
Pope and Confessor.
Feast Day 19 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Painting of Pope Celestine V.

Español: Pintura del papa celestino V.

Artist: Giulio Cessare Bedeschini.

Date: 1700.

Source: Museo de l'aquila, Italia.

Author: Giulio Cessare Bedeschini.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Among all the Pastors to whom Jesus lovingly committed the care of His Church, Saint Peter Celestine is the one who most particularly shows forth the virtue of humility, the foundation of all Holiness [Rule of Saint Benedict. Chapter Seven] according to Saint Benedict, his father in God.

Born in 1221, he retired into the desert when hardly adolescent (Gospel), and his virtues soon drew disciples round him. Such was the origin of The Branch of The Benedictine Order, known since under the name of "The Celestines", from the name which Saint Peter took when he became Pope in 1294.

At the age of seventy-two, he had to leave his sweet solitude, received full Sacerdotal power (Introit, Epistle) and occupied The Chair of Saint Peter (Communion), which had been vacant twenty-seven months. Raised to this eminent dignity, he thought himself incapable of bearing such a burden, and, "placing humility above that elevation" (Collect), he voluntarily resigned the highest dignity.

He ended his days in contemplation, which his Soul craved for, and died on 19 May 1296.

Following the example of Saint Peter Celestine, let us despise the honours of this World, in order to attain possession of the rewards promised to the humble (Collect).

Mass: Státuit.
Commemoration of Saint Pudentiana, by the Collects of The Mass: Dilexísti.

Outrage As Midwives' Chief Announces She Will Lobby For ABORTION Up To BIRTH !!!

This Article can be read in full at THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE UNBORN

Close links have been revealed between Cathy Warwick (left), the Royal College of Midwives'

Chief Executive and General Secretary and a Trustee of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), 

and BPAS, run by Ann Furedi, Chief Executive, (right).

Illustrations: THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE UNBORN

Outrage as midwives' chief announces

she will lobby for ABORTION up to BIRTH

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is coming under fire for its close links to the ABORTION industry, after announcing that they will be joining the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)'s extreme campaign for full decriminalisation of ABORTION on demand up to BIRTH.

The RCM, which is Britain's biggest maternity union - representing nearly 30,000 midwives and health workers - is calling for women to be allowed to TERMINATE an UNBORN CHILD at any stage of pregnancy, for any reason, with no criminal sanctions.

Read more on the SPUC website: https://www.spuc.org.uk/news/news-stories/2016/may/horror-as-midwives-chief-announces-she-will-lobby-for-abortion-up-to-birth

"Have You Heard The Latest Bit Of Gossip ?"

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Procession Of The Blessed Sacrament On Sunday, 29 May 2016. 1730 hrs. The Solemnity Of Corpus Christi. With The Apostolic Nuncio, H E Archbishop Antonio Mennini.

Illustrations: THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

Procession Of The Blessed Sacrament

On Sunday, 29 May 2016. 1730 hrs.

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi.

With The Apostolic Nuncio,

H E Archbishop Antonio Mennini.

From The Ordinariate Central Church of

Our Lady of The Assumption and Saint Gregory,

Warwick Street, London, W1B 5LZ.

Web-Site: THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

"I Got A '34 Wagon And We Call It A Woody".

The opening words

(written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys)

in the classic Jan and Dean song of the '60s,

"Surf City" (see, below).

Summer Is Almost Here !!!

A '34 Woody.

1934 Ford Model 40 Station Wagon.

Image: BONHAMS

"Surf City",

by

Jan and Dean

(1963).

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/ERrwjR4ZlfI

Another '34 Woody.

1934 Ford Station Wagon.

Image: AUTOEVOLUTION

1934 Ford Custom Woody Wagon.

Image: BARRETT-JACKSON

Summer is almost here

AND,

as a BONUS . . .

"Little Deuce Coupe".

The Beach Boys.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/NwgGuadsqyo

"Fun, Fun, Fun".

The Beach Boys.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/dDHErN3dOkc

Well she got her daddy's car

And she cruised through the hamburger stand now

Seems she forgot all about the library

Like she told her old man now

And with the radio blasting

Goes cruising just as fast as she can now

And she'll have fun fun fun

'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away

(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away)

Well the girls can't stand her

'Cause she walks looks and drives like an ace now

(You walk like an ace now you walk like an ace)

She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now

(You look like an ace now you look like an ace)

A lotta guys try to catch her

But she leads them on a wild goose chase now

(You drive like an ace now you drive like an ace)

And she'll have fun fun fun

'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away

(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away)

Well you knew all along

That your dad was gettin' wise to you now

(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)

And since he took your set of keys

You've been thinking that your fun is all through now

(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)

But you can come along with me

'Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now

(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)

And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away

(Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away

(Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

(fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)

"Surfin' USA".

The Beach Boys.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/2s4slliAtQU

Saint Ubaldus (1084-1160). Bishop. Confessor. Feast Day 16 May.

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

Saint Ubaldus.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 16 May.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

Fresco of Saint Ubaldus.

Location: Gubbio, Umbria, Italy.

Source: http://www.ilmiositoweb.it/santubaldo/Santo.htm

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Ubaldus, born at Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, received Episcopal Consecration (Introit, Epistle, Alleluia) and was obliged, by Pope Honorius II, to take the government of that Church (Communion).

After having, under the guidance of The Holy Ghost, by his charity and apostolic zeal, put to full advantage the talents which God had entrusted to him, he piously fell asleep and "entered into the joy of his Lord" (Gospel) on Whitsunday evening.

He died in 1160 and his body has remained intact up to our time. Let us ask this Saint, to whom God gave special power against Satan, to preserve us from all the malice of the devil (Collect).

Mass: Státuit.

The Festival of La Corsa dei Ceri, at Gubbio, Italy.

The statue of Saint Ubaldo leads the Procession, followed by

Ceri topped with the statues of Saint George and Saint Anthony the Great.

Date: 2000.

This File: 29 April 2006.

User: Starlight.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Basilica is the finishing-point for the annual Saint Ubaldo Day Procession on 15 May (in Italian, La Corsa dei Ceri). The Procession includes a race between three teams of men, each representing one of the Town's three Guilds:

The Masons (in Gold) with a statue of Saint Ubaldo;
The Merchants (in Blue) with a statue of Saint George;
The Peasants (in Black) with a statue of Saint Anthony.

The participants dress in colourful "Ceraioli" and carry three, nearly-900-pound, wooden stands and statues (Ceri) of their Saints through the City to the City Gates. Thereafter, the teams sprint up Mount Ingino to the Basilica, where the statues remain until the following May. A similar Festival is celebrated in Jessup, Pennsylvania, United States of America. The event is considered an important contribution to the Town's tourism industry.

English: The Courtyard of the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo,

Italiano: Gubbio - Basilica di S. Ubaldo.

Gubbio, Umbria, Italy.

Photo: August 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Geobia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Ubaldo of Gubbio (Italian: Ubaldo; Latin: Ubaldus; French: Ubalde; circa 1084–1160) was a Mediaeval Bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today Venerated as a Saint by The Catholic Church. Saint Ubaldo Day is still Celebrated at the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo, in Gubbio, in his honour, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania.

Born Ubaldo Baldassini, of noble parents, at Gubbio, Italy, Ubaldo lost his father while still very young. He was educated by the Prior of the Cathedral Church of his native City, where he also became a Canon Regular. Saint Sperandia was a relative of Ubaldo.

He felt a Vocation to become a Monk, and entered the Monastery of Saint Secondo in the same City, where he remained for some years. Recalled by his Bishop, he returned to the Cathedral Monastery, where he was made Prior. Having heard that, at Vienna, Blessed Peter de Honestis, some years before, had established a very fervent Community of Canons Regular, to whom he had given special statutes which had been approved by Pope Paschal II, Ubaldo went there, remaining with his Brother Canons for three months, to learn the details and the practice of their rules, wishing to introduce them among his own Canons of Gubbio.

English: The Courtyard of the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo,

Italiano: Gubbio - Basilica di S. Ubaldo.

Gubbio, Umbria, Italy.

Photo: August 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Geobia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

This he did at his return. He earned a reputation for piety, poverty (for all his rich patrimony, he had given to the poor and to the restoration of Monasteries), humility, mortification, meekness, and fervour, and the fame of his Holiness spread in the Country, and several Bishoprics were offered to him, but he refused them all.

Ubaldo is said to have prevented Frederick Barbarossa from sacking Gubbio, as the Emperor had sacked Spoleto in 1155.

However, the Episcopal See of Gubbio becoming vacant, he was sent, with some Clerics, by the population to ask for a new Bishop from Pope Honorius II, who, having Consecrated him, sent him back to Gubbio. To his people, he became a perfect pattern of all Christian virtues, and a powerful protector in all their Spiritual and Temporal needs.

He died after a long and painful illness of two years.

English: The glass sarcophagus of Saint Ubaldo,

Basilica of Saint Ubaldo,

Gubbio, Umbria, Italy.

Italiano: Gubbio - Urna con le spoglie di S. Ubaldo

(nella Basilica di S. Ubaldo).

Date: August 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Geobia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Numerous Miracles were attributed to him during his life and after his death. At the solicitation of Bishop Bentivoglio, Pope Celestine III Canonised him in 1192. His power, as we read in The Office for his Feast, is chiefly manifested over the evil spirits, and The Faithful are instructed to have recourse to him "contra omnes diabolicas nequitias".

The Life of the Saint was written by Blessed Theobaldus (Theobald, Teobaldo), his immediate successor in the Episcopal See, and, from this source, is derived all the information given by his numerous biographers. The body of Ubaldo, which had at first been buried in the Cathedral Church by the Bishops of Perugia and Cagli, at the time of his Canonisation was found flexible and incorrupt, and was then placed in a small Oratory on the top of the hill overlooking the City, where, in 1508, at the wish of the Duke of Urbino, The Canons Regular built a Church, frequented by numerous Pilgrims, who come to visit the Relics.

English: Basilica of Saint Ubaldo,

Gubbio, Umbria, Italy.

Italiano: Gubbio - Basilica di S. Ubaldo.

Date: August 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Geobia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Devotion to the Saint is very popular throughout Umbria, but especially at Gubbio, where, in every family, at least one member is called Ubaldo. The Feast of their Patron Saint is Celebrated by the inhabitants of the country around with great Solemnity, there being Religious and Civil Processions which call to mind the famous Festivities of The Middle Ages in Italy.

The Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo, with a Nave and four Aisles, is a Sanctuary atop Monte Ingino, just above the City. Noteworthy, are the Marble Altar and the Great Windows with episodes of The Life of Ubaldo. The finely-sculpted Portals and the fragmentary frescoes give a hint of the magnificent 15th-Century decoration once boasted by the Basilica.

Outside of Italy, a finger Relic of Ubald is Venerated in the Saint-Theobald Collegiate Church of Thann, Haut-Rhin (France).

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.

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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.

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"Hail, Queen Of Heaven".

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"The Prayer".

"The Prayer".

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Saint Robert Bellarmine. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 13 May.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Robert Bellarmine.
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of The Church.
Feast Day 13 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Robert Bellarmine.

Jesuit and Doctor of The Church (4 October 1542 - 17 September 1621).

Beatified 13 May 1923. Canonised 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.

Date: 16th-Century.

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Born at Montepulciano, Italy, died in Rome. Proclaimed Doctor of The Church on 15 August 1931.

Successively, Professor of Theology and Preacher at Louvain (1569 - 1576), Director of the Course of Controversy in Rome, where Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was his Penitent, Provincial of The Jesuits at Naples, sent by Pope Sixtus V on a Diplomatic Mission to France, Bellarmine was raised to the Cardinalate in spite of his unwillingness in 1599.

Pope Clement VIII alleged as motive for this promotion that his (Editor: Bellarmine's) equal in learning was not at that time to be found in The Church.

Saint Robert Bellarmine Church,

Burbank, California, United States of America.

Photo: April 2008.

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Apart from the three years he spent in Capua as its Archbishop, he passed his life in Rome, where he rendered signal services to Pope Clement VIII, Pope Paul V, and Pope Gregory XV.

By his controversial books, he dealt formidable blows to Protestantism, while, by his Catechism, translated into forty languages, he spread the knowledge of Christian Doctrine in all Countries of the World.

As a Religious, he shone by his Angelic purity, humility, and obedience, and, as Bishop, he was a model of watchful care and Charity to the Poor.

Towards the end of his life, he obtained leave of the Pope to retire to the Noviciate of Saint Andrew, the cradle of his Religious Life, where he prepared for a happy and holy death.

Mass: In médio, from The Common of Doctors.