Beata Es Virgo (Blessed Is The Virgin). Composer: Diego Ortiz. 16th-Century Maestro Di Capella. The Chapel Royal Of Naples.

The Annunciation.

Artist: Paolo de Matteis.

Date: 1712.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source/Photographer: Saint Louis Art Museum official site.

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Portrait of Diego Ortiz

from the Title Page of his

"Trattado de Glosas" (1553).

This File 19 June 2009.

User: Capmo.

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Diego Ortiz (1510 – 1570) was a Spanish composer and musicologist, in service to the Spanish Viceroy of Naples, and, later, to Philip II of Spain. Ortiz published influential treatises on both instrumental and vocal performance.

The following YouTube rendition, of Beata Es Virgo, is taken from Vespers,

for all Feasts of The Blessed Virgin Mary, in Naples in 1565.

The Versicle, "Deus in aduitorium",

is followed by 

the Antiphon, "

Ave Maria",

then Psalm 109, Dixit Dominus,

then the Motet, Beata Es Virgo.

"Beata Es Virgo",

by Diego Ortiz.

Sung by Cantar Lontano.

Director: Marco Mencoboni.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/7O2WGAQBkAo.

Allow The York Minster Bell Ringers To Ring !!! "Elf-n-Safety" Quoted By The Dean As The Reason For Banning The Bells !!!

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To: The Very Rev Vivienne Faull,

Dean of York.

Allow The York Minster Bell Ringers To Ring !!!

SIGN THE PETITION AT

38 DEGREES

The following Text is taken from, and can be read in full at, 38 DEGREES

To allow the (recently-sacked) Bell Ringers of York Minster to ring the Bells for Remembrance Sunday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve; and to re-instate the band, so the beloved Bells can once again resound to the people of York.

Why is this important ?

The Minster has suspended all Bell Ringing with absolutely no prior warning. The Bell Ringers are very loyal volunteers, who give up hours of their time every week to keep this Tradition going, and have represented The Minster in local and national competitions.

Remembrance Sunday is THE key day in the year that we remember those who died defending our freedoms during War Time.

Since the end of World War I, Bells have been rung every single year, except during World War II, to Commemorate those who have fallen. It is a key part of our Nation's salute to their sacrifice.

Christmas and New Year's Eve are such special times of year, where we enjoy spending time with family and friends; residents and tourists of York, alike, adore the iconic sound of our Bells.

We request that The Minster honour Tradition by allowing the Ringers to Ring.

Saint Teresa Of Ávila. Virgin. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day, Today, 15 October.

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

Saint Teresa.
Virgin.
Feast Day 15 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Teresa of Ávila (Saint Teresa of Jesus)

(1515-1582).

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Saint Teresa was born at Ávila, Spain. From her earliest childhood, she ardently desired to die a Martyr. At the age of eighteen, she entered The Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Consecrated herself to Christ, whom she chose for her spouse (Epistle).

[The Order of Mount Carmel, which spread over The East in Apostolic times, penetrated into The West in the 13th-Century. Illustrious Members of this Order, of much by their Sanctity, rank, or writings, are very numerous. Several have filled the greatest dignities in The Church.]

Her heart was so inflamed with Divine Love that she wrote: "How the enraptured Soul feels in this body its captivity and the misery of life ! It considers itself a slave sold in a foreign land; and, what is most bitter, is to see everywhere men's passionate love for this life, and so few banished ones who sigh like itself and Pray for the end of their exile." [Her autobiography, Chapter XXI.]

English: Saint Teresa Of Ávila (Saint Teresa Of Jesus).

One of the four female Doctors of The Church.

[Editor: The four female Doctors of The Church are: Saint Teresa of Avila;

Saint 

Thérèse of Lisieux; Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Hildegard von Bingen.]

Deutsch: Hl. Therese von Avila.

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1615.

Current location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Source/Photographer: [1]

(Wikimedia Commons)

Counselled by Jesus, she made the difficult Vow of always doing what she judged most perfect.

She attained through Prayer the highest degree of Mystical Life, and there found such enlightenment concerning Divine things (Collect), that her works earned for her, from Popes Gregory XV and Urban VII, the august Title of Doctor of The Church, which has been given to no other woman.

[Editor: This last comment was dated 1945 in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal. Since then, three other women have gained the Title of Doctor of The Church. They are: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Thérèse de Lisieux (Saint Therese of The Child Jesus and of The Holy Face)); Saint Catherine of Siena; Saint Hildegard von Bingen. Wikipedia states that Saint Teresa of Ávila was given the Title of Doctor of The Church, by Pope Paul VI, in 1970.]

Saint Catherine of Siena.

One of the four female Doctors of The Church.

The Church of Santa Maria del Rosario in Prati, Roma, Italy.

Source: http://www.tanogabo.it/religione/santa_caterina_siena.htm

Author: Anonymous.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"The best Prayer," she wrote, "and the most pleasing to God, is that which brings on improvement, showing itself in good works, and not the enjoyment which only serves for our own satisfaction." [Letter to the Bishop of Ávila.]

The influence of this humble Virgin, who converted thousands of Souls, manifestly proves the supreme importance of The Contemplative Life, addressing itself, directly, as it does, to God, The Author of All Good.

She died of Divine Love on 5-15 October. 1582. [Pope Gregory XIII, in order to reform The Roman Calendar, had ordered the suppression of ten days of the year 1582; the day after 4 October was to be called the 15th of the same month. It was during this historic night, of the 4th to the 15th, that Saint Teresa died.]

Mass: Dilexísti.

Hildegard von Bingen's musical compositions.

Chant for The Feast of Saint Ursula.

Sung by Anonymous 4

Saint Hildegard von Bingen is one of the

four female Doctors of The Church.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/n9uMd1ap51A?list=RDn9uMd1ap51A

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

One of the four female Doctors of The Church.

English: Detail of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

in the photograph taken in the courtyard of the

Monastery of Lisieux, Easter Monday, 15 April 1894.

Español: Detalle de Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús en la fotografía tomada en

el patio del monasterio de Lisieux el Lunes de Pascua, 15 de abril de 1894.

Français: Détail de Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus dans la photographie

prise dans la cour du monastère de Lisieux lundi de Pâques, 15 Avril, 1894.

Italiano: Particolare di Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù nella fotografia

scattata nel cortile del monastero di Lisieux Lunedi di Pasqua, April 15, 1894.

Date: 3 September 2014.

Source: 

Archivos del Carmelo de Lisieux.

Author: 

Celine Martin (Sor Genoveva de la Santa Faz).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptised as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), was a prominent Spanish Mystic, Roman Catholic Saint, Carmelite Nun, author during The Counter Reformation, and Theologian of Contemplative Life through Mental Prayer. She was a Reformer of The Carmelite Order and is considered to be a Founder of The Discalced Carmelites along with John of The Cross.

In 1622, forty years after her death, she was Canonised by Pope Gregory XV, and, on 27 September 1970, was named a Doctor of The Church by Pope Paul VI. Her books, which include her autobiography (The Life of Teresa of Jesus) and her seminal work El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are an integral part of Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian Mysticism and Christian Meditation practices. She also wrote Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection).

After her death, Saint Teresa's cult was known in Spain during the 1620s, and for a time she was considered a candidate to become a National Patron Saint. A Santero image of Our Lady of The Conception, said to have been sent by Saint Teresa with one of her brothers to Nicaragua, is now Venerated as the Country's National Patroness at The Shrine of El Viejo. Pious Catholic beliefs also associate Saint Teresa with the esteemed religious image called Infant Jesus of Prague, with claims of former ownership and devotion.

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A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.

Now is the Winter of our Discount Tent.

(With apologies to Mr. Shakespeare).

Illustration: ANDREW SKURKA

I Got Life.

Illustration: GOOGLE IMAGES

"I Got Life".

Nina Simone.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/L5jI9I03q8E.

Saint Callistus I. Pope And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 14 October.

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

Saint Callistus I.
Pope and Martyr.

Double.

Red Vestments.

English: Statue of Pope Saint Callistus I, Rheims Cathedral, France.

Français: Statue du pape St Calixte au trumeau du portail

central du transept Nord, Notre-Dame de Reims.

Photo: 16 April 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Vassil.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Callistus, a Roman by birth, succeeding Pope Saint Zephyrinus in The See of Saint Peter, was called to share in The Priesthood of Christ in its fullness (Epistle, Collect).

It was Pope Saint Callistus I who instituted The Ember Day Fasts. He suffered Martyrdom 223 A.D.

Mass: Sacerdotes Dei.

English: Pope Saint Callistus I instituting The Ember Day Fasts.

Français: Saint Calixte Ier (Pope Calixtus I) instituant les jeûnes (instituting the fasts).

Cote : Français 185 , Fol. 201. Vies de saints, France, Paris, XIVe siècle,

Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs.

Source: Source: http://saints.bestlatin.net/gallery/calixtus_bnfms.htm

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Pope Callixtus I (+ 223 A.D.), also called Callistus I, was the Bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from 218 A.D., to his death. He lived during the Reigns of The Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and The Liberian Catalogue gave him five years of Episcopate (217 A.D. - 222 A.D.). He was Martyred for his Christian Faith and is Venerated as a Saint by The Catholic Church.

Pint, Please, Landlord !!!

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