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Poppy Field in Kent, England.
Photo: 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.
"I Vow To Thee My Country".
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Friday 24 June 2016
The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day 24 June.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.
Feast Day 24 June.
Double of The First Class
with an Octave.
White Vestments.
English: The Voice in the Desert.
Français: La voix dans le désert.
Français: La voix dans le désert.
Artist: James Tissot (1836-1902).
Date: Between 1886 and 1894.
Current location: Brooklyn Museum, New York City.
Credit line: Purchased by public subscription.
Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, 00.159.44_PS1.jpg.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Interior of Saint John the Baptist Church,
Konigsberg.
Deutsch: Im Innern der Probsteikirche in Königsberg.
Date: 1904.
Source: http://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/index.html
Author: Herausgeber: Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen e.V. Parkallee 84/86 20144
Hamburg HRA VR4551 Ust-ID-Nr.: DE118718969Bundesgeschäftsführer:
Dr. Sebastian Husen.
Hamburg HRA VR4551 Ust-ID-Nr.: DE118718969Bundesgeschäftsführer:
Dr. Sebastian Husen.
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The Gospel narrates the prodigies which accompanied his birth. Zachary gives his child the name which Saint Gabriel has brought him from Heaven, which signifies: "The Lord has pardoned". He immediately recovers his speech and, filled with The Holy Ghost, he foretells the greatness of his son: "He shall walk before The Face of The Lord, to give unto the people the knowledge of Salvation."
The Virgin and Child, with The Infant Saint John,
appearing to Saint Jerome and Saint Anthony.
Artist: Andrea Celesti (1637-1712).
Date: Circa 1700.
Current location: Santa Maria dei Derelitti,
Venice, Italy.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.
(Wikimedia Commons)
After The Feast of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the days become shorter, while, on the contrary, after The Nativity of The Saviour, of which this Feast is the prelude, the days become longer. The Precursor must efface himself before Jesus, Who is The True Light of Faith. "He must increase," says Saint John, "and I must decrease."
The Solstices were the occasion of pagan feasts, when fires were lighted to honour the orb which gives us light. The Church Christianised the Rites, seeing in them a symbol of Saint John, who was "a burning and brilliant lamp".
Artist: Caravaggio (1573-1610).
Date: 1608.
Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.
ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Indeed, "she encouraged this kind of manifestation, which corresponds so well with the character of the Feast. The Saint John bonfires happily completed The Liturgical Solemnity: They showed The Church and the Earthly City united in one thought." [The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.]
The name of The Precursor is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass at the head of The Second List.
Formerly, on his Feast Day, three Masses were Celebrated in his honour, and numerous Churches were Dedicated to him. Parents loved to give his name to their children.
Paul the Deacon, a Monk of Monte Cassino and a friend of Charlemagne, had composed, in honour of Saint John the Baptist, the Hymn: "Ut queant laxis." In the 13th-Century, the Benedictine Monk, Guy of Arezzo, noticed that the notes, sung on the first syllables, formed the sequence of the first six degrees of The Scale. He named each degree by the corresponding syllable: "Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si" and thereby greatly facilitated the study of musical intervals.
Immediately Zachary made signs that he wished to call his son "John", he recovered his speech; and Lo !, a Hymn composed in honour of The Prophet, whose voice resounds in the desert, becomes the occasion of a new progress in music.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: De ventre.
The name of The Precursor is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass at the head of The Second List.
Formerly, on his Feast Day, three Masses were Celebrated in his honour, and numerous Churches were Dedicated to him. Parents loved to give his name to their children.
Gregorian Chant.
The Life of Saint John the Baptist.
Available on YouTube at
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris [Do - Re]
Mira gestorum famuli tuorum [Mi - Fa]
Solve polluti labii reatum [Sol - La]
Sancte Johannes [Si] (S J makes Si)
"Unloose, great Baptist, our sin-fettered lips;
That with enfranchis'd voice we may proclaim,
The Miracles of thy transcendent life,
Thy deeds of matchless fame."
"That thy servants may sing with full voice
the marvels of thy works, purify their sullied lips, O Saint John."
Immediately Zachary made signs that he wished to call his son "John", he recovered his speech; and Lo !, a Hymn composed in honour of The Prophet, whose voice resounds in the desert, becomes the occasion of a new progress in music.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: De ventre.
English: The Chapel of Saint John and Saint Paul in Szekszárd, Hungary.
Magyar: A barokk stílusú Szent János és Pál kápolna Szekszárdon.
Esperanto: Kapelo Sanktaj Johano kaj Paŭlo en Szekszárd, Hungario.
Photo: 4 October 2010.
Source: Hungarian Wikipedia, file hu:file:SzentJanos esPal.jpg.
Author: Pásztörperc.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Armed Forces Day. Saturday, 25 June 2016.
42 Commando Captain gives a SitRep.
Date: 2007.
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An 11-foot high bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier, by William Birnie Rhind, commemorates over 200 members of The Regiment who were killed or wounded in The South African War of 1900-1902. The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739 to police The Highlands at a time when many of the Clans harboured pro-Jacobite sympathies. Their name derived from the contrast of their Dark Green Tartan against the regular Red Tunics of The British Army. The unveiling ceremony for the memorial, planned for 25 May, 1910, was cancelled because the nation was still in official mourning after the death of King Edward VII.
Photo: 9 September 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Kim Traynor.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Union Flag.
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Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral.
"I Vow To Thee My Country".
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I vow to thee, my Country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the Service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the Altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted The Final Sacrifice.
And there's another Country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And Soul by Soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
Words by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.
"Thaxted" tune by Gustav Holst.
ARMED FORCES DAY,
SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016.
A CHANCE TO SALUTE OUR ARMED FORCES
AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
FOR ALL THEY DO FOR US.
Armed Forces Day Web-Site is at
Thursday 23 June 2016
The Vigil Of Saint John The Baptist. 23 June.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Vigil of Saint John the Baptist.
23 June.
Violet Vestments.
The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (detail).
Artist: Pieter Breughel the Elder (1526-1569).
Date: 1566.
Current location: Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts),
Budapest, Hungary.
Source: Own work.
Author: Yelkrokoyade. Taken on 20 July 2013.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Feast Day Procession of Saint John the Baptist,
Patron Saint of Florence,
in Florence, Italy, 24 June 2011.
Available on YouTube at
The Infant Jesus and John the Baptist.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).
Date: 1600s.
(Wikimedia Commons)
This is why The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is Celebrated towards the end of June.
This important Feast is preceded by a Vigil.
Mass: Ne timias.
Fresco of The Birth of Saint John the Baptist.
Date: 1486-1490.
Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio.
Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel,
Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Tornabuoni Chapel (Italian: Cappella Tornabuoni) is the main Chapel (or Chancel)
and well-preserved fresco cycle on its walls, one of the most complete in the City,
which was created by Domenico Ghirlandaio and his workshop between 1485 and 1490.
At The Annunciation, when The Angel Gabriel appeared to The Virgin Mary to inform her that she would conceive of The Holy Ghost, he also informed her that Elizabeth, her cousin, was already six months pregnant (Luke 1:36). Mary then journeyed to visit Elizabeth. Luke’s Gospel recounts that the baby “leapt” in Elizabeth’s womb at the greeting of Mary (Luke 1:44).
The Nativity of John the Baptist, on 24 June, comes three months after the Celebration on 25 March of The Annunciation, when The Angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy, and six months before the Christmas Celebration of The Birth of Jesus. The Nativity of John the Baptist Anticipates The Feast of Christmas.
Vespers for The Feast of Saint John the Baptist.
Recorded on 19 June 2014 at the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste,
New York City, by Tom Durack, Michael McGuinnes,
and video editing by Anthony Indelicato.
Available on YouTube at
The Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the oldest Festivals of The Christian Church, being listed by The Council of Agde, in 506 A.D., as one of that region's principal Festivals, where it was a day of rest and, like Christmas, was Celebrated with three Masses: A Vigil Mass; a Dawn Mass; and a Mid-Day Mass. This Feast of The Nativity of Saint John is one of the Patronal Feasts of The Order of Malta.
The Nativity of John the Baptist, though not a widespread public holiday outside of Quebec, is a high-ranking Liturgical Feast, kept in The Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches. In the Roman Rite it is Celebrated, since 1970, as a Solemnity. In the 1962 Missal, it is a Feast of The First-Class and, in still-earlier Missals, as a Double of The First-Class with a Common Octave.
Like The Birth of The Virgin Mary, the subject is often shown in art, especially from Florence, whose Patron Saint is John the Baptist.
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Wednesday 22 June 2016
Saint Paulinus. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 22 June.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Paulinus.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 22 June.
Double.
White Vestments.
English: Gothic-Revival Stained-Glass Window
showing Saint Paulinus of Nola.
Linz Cathedral, Austria.
Deutsch: Linzer Dom ( Oberösterreich ).
Neogotisches Buntglasfenster
mit Darstellung des heiligen Paulinus von Nola.
Photo: 14 March 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Sauber.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Following the example of Christ, "Who, being rich, made Himself poor" (Epistle), and Who counselled the practice of the Virtue of Poverty (Gospel), he abandoned his great riches and, at this price, bought the Kingdom of Heaven.
Having separated from his wife, who also gave herself to God, he became a Priest. Later, he was Bishop of Nola (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion).
His former friends blamed him. "He is content with the approval of Jesus" [Poem X. Ad Ausonium]. Soon afterwards, the Goths ravaged Campania and utterly despoiled the rich of Rome, who gained no merit thereby, whereas Saint Paulinus, who had abandoned his riches voluntarily for Christ's sake, is rewarded a hundredfold hereafter in Eternal Life.
He died in 431 A.D. at the age of seventy-eight, and was buried near Saint Felix, at Nola, Italy.
Mass: Sacerdotes tui.
The Newly-Refurbished York Theatre, York, England.
The newly-refurbished York Theatre,
York, England.
This proves that it is not impossible for Modern Architecture
to produce beautiful, sympathetic, well-thought-out designs.
If only Modern Church Architects would apply these same criteria !!!
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