Zephyrinus Pops Up To Town To Visit His Tailor And Have Lunch At His Club.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's 4-4-2, No. 281,

stands at the Monon’s Hammond, Indiana, Railway Station,

ready for the 8:45 a.m. departure on 5 Oct. 1946,

of the 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's

local Train to Cincinnati.

Photo: L.B. Herrin.

Illustration: CLASSIC TRAINS MAGAZINE

Saint Matthew. Apostle And Evangelist. Feast Day, Today, 21 September.

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

Saint Matthew.
Apostle And Evangelist.
Feast Day 21 September.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Matthew.

Apostle and Evangelist.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

We read in the Gospel, Saint Matthew's own account of his conversion. The Epistle describes the famous vision, where Ezechiel saw four symbolical animals, which, from earliest Centuries, have been recognised as types of The Four Evangelists.

Saint Matthew is represented by the animal with a human face, because he commences his Gospel by tracing the human descent of Jesus. His object in writing this book, which is stamped by true wisdom (Introit), was to prove that Jesus realised the Prophecies relating to the deliverance of Israel and that He is, therefore, The Messias.

After Pentecost, The Apostle Preached The Good News in Palestine and in Ethiopia, where he was Martyred.

The name of Saint Matthew is in The Canon of The Mass, in the group of The Apostles.

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

Mass: Os justi.

Epistle: Similitudo vultus.

Creed.

Preface: Of The Holy Apostles.

Ember Wednesday In September.

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

Ember Wednesday in September.

Station at Saint Mary-Major.

Violet Vestments.

Iona Abbey,

Scotland.

Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

As on other Wednesdays in Ember Weeks, The Station is held at Saint Mary-Major.

The Prophet Amos had foretold in the 8th-Century B.C., the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel and its coming restoration (Lesson). Later on, indeed, Nehemias and Esdras brought back the captives from Babylon and rebuilt Jerusalem.

When this work was completed, they all assembled on the first day of the seventh month, when Esdras read to them The Law of Moses and said: "This is The Holy Day of The Lord, be not sad for The Joy of The Lord is our strength" (Epistle and Communion).

English: Basilica of Saint Mary-Major, Rome,

where The Mass is said on Ember Wednesday in September.

Italiano: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma.

Photo: 23 May 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pierre-Selim Huard.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Wednesday in September Ember Week, which month was formerly, as its name shows, the seventh of the year, recalls this joyous Anniversary, which was a figure of our redemption by Jesus; indeed, the Introit tells us to be thrilled with joy in God our protector.

This joy is accompanied by the spirit of penitence expressed in the Violet Vestments used, and The Church Prays that we, depriving ourselves of bodily nourishment, may also abstain from sins of the mind (Collect). The Gospel, indeed, speaks of the impure spirit, which can only be dispelled by Prayer and Fasting.

Having fallen into sin through our weakness, let us Pray and Fast that God may give a remedy by His merciful help (Collect before the Lesson).

Mass: Exsultáte Deo.

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Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For The Greater Glory Of God). Such Majesty. Such Beauty. Such Adoration.

Aachen Cathedral,

Germany.

Such beauty. Such devotion. Such adoration.

Illustration: PINTEREST

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom), traditionally known in English as the Cathedral of

Aix-la-Chapelle, is a Roman Catholic Church in Aachen, Germany. It is the oldest Cathedral in Northern Europe and was constructed by order of the Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814 A.D.

For 595 years, from 936 A.D. to 1531, the Aachen Chapel was the Church of Coronation for thirty German Kings and twelve Queens. The Church has been The Episcopal Seat of The Diocese of Aachen since 1802.

Evocative. Beautiful. Memorable.

Snow at Christmas

on The Gwili Railway.

Illustration: GATEPOST PICTURES

Traditional Votive Mass For San Gennaro. Shrine Church Of The Most Precious Blood, New York. Saturday, 24 September 2016.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

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Januarius (Latin: Ianuarius; Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a Martyr and Saint of The Roman Catholic and The Eastern Orthodox Churches. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during The Great Persecution, which ended with Emperor Diocletian's retirement in 305 A.D.

Januarius is the Patron Saint of Naples, where The Faithful gather three times a year, in Naples Cathedral, to witness the liquefaction of what is claimed to be a sample of his blood, kept in a sealed glass ampoule.

"Te Deum". The Great Hymn of Thanksgiving To God. Sung, Today, In Naples Cathedral, Italy, For The Miracle Of The Liquefaction Of The Blood Of San Gennaro (Saint Januarius).

The "Te Deum".

The great Hymn of Thanksgiving to God.

Sung, today, in Naples Cathedral, Italy, for the

liquefaction of the blood of San Gennaro

(see today's Post).

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/sqwV9l-U8ds

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The "Te Deum" (also known as "The Ambrosian Hymn" or "A Song of the Church") is an Early-Christian Hymn of Praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, "Te Deum laudamus", rendered as "Thee, O God, we Praise".

The Hymn remains in regular use in The Catholic Church in The Office of Readings, found in The Liturgy of The Hours, and in thanksgiving to God for a special Blessing, such as The Election of a Pope, The Consecration of a Bishop, The Canonisation of a Saint, a Religious Profession, the publication of a Treaty of Peace, a Royal Coronation, etc.

The "Te Deum" Stained-Glass Window,

by Christopher Whall, Saint Mary-the-Virgin Church,

Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

Photo: 8 February 2009.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingtigs/3263493149/

Author: Barking Tigs.

(Wikimedia Commons)

It is sung either after Mass or The Divine Office or as a separate Religious Ceremony. The Hymn also remains in use in The Anglican Communion and some Lutheran Churches, in similar settings.

In The Traditional Office, The Te Deum is sung at the end of Matins on all days when the Gloria is said at Mass; those days are all Sundays outside Advent, Septuagesima, Lent, and Passiontide; on all Feasts (except The Triduum) and on all Ferias during Eastertide.

Before the 1961 Reforms of Pope John XXIII, neither the Gloria nor The Te Deum were said on The Feast of The Holy Innocents, unless it fell on Sunday, as they were Martyred before The Death of Christ and, therefore, could not immediately attain The Beatific Vision.

 A Plenary Indulgence is granted, under the usual conditions, to those who recite it in public on New Year's Eve.