Our Lady Told Mother Mariana: "Shortly After The Middle Of The 20th-Century, The Catholic Spirit Will Rapidly Decay . . . The Sacrament of Matrimony . . . Will Be Attacked And Deeply Profaned . . ."

Illustration: CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

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unless otherwise stated.

Our Lady of Good Success (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso; Filipino: Ina ng Mabubuting Pangyayari), also called Our Lady of Good Events, is one of the Titles of The Blessed Virgin Mary. This Title is shared among numerous images around the World — a number of images in Spain, one in Quito, Ecuador, and one in Parañaque City, Philippines. It is claimed that Quito's image had produced an Apparition - to Mother Mariana de Jésus Torres.

In 1577, five Conceptionist Sisters travelled from Spain to Quito, Ecuador, to start the first Convent. Mariana de Jésus Torres, one of the young Nuns, is said to have seen The Blessed Virgin Mary. On
2 February 1610, as Mariana was Praying, The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her and commanded a statue be made to her likeness.

Statue of Our Lady of Good Success,

Quito, Ecuador.

Original image is found in http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

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“First, so that men in the future might realise how powerful I am in placating Divine Justice, and obtaining Mercy and Pardon for every sinner who comes to me with a contrite heart. For I am The Mother of Mercy and, in me, there is only goodness and love.

"When tribulations of spirit and sufferings of the body oppress them, and they seem to be drowning in this bottomless sea, let them gaze at my Holy Image and I will always be there, ready to listen to their cries and soothe their pain. Tell them that they should always run to their Mother with confidence and love . . ."

Over the course of ten years, Mother Mariana struggled with the issue of completing the statue. Many obstacles prevented its sculpting. One obstacle was a fear of idolatry on the part of the native people in Quito. Another, was Mother Mariana’s personal fear of not being believed and thus putting the Convent in jeopardy.

In the year 1610, she asked the permission of the Bishop to create the statue. The sculpting of the statue of Our Lady of Good Success was given to Francisco del Castillo. Castillo was chosen as he was a talented sculptor and a devotee of The Blessed Mother. The statue of Our Lady of Good Success was Blessed on 2 February 1611.

Portrait of Mother Mariana.

(The Lily of Quito).

Original image found http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

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On that day, the statue was placed above the seat of the Abbess' Chair, at Our Lady's own specific request, as a sign to all that she was the one who governed and watched over the Convent. Her official Title being that of “Mary of Good Success of The Purification”.

The Apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success began on 2 February 1594 at The Conceptionist Convent in Quito, Ecuador. The Virgin Mary repeatedly appeared to Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, identifying herself as 'Our Lady of Good Success'.

The Apparition requested that a statue be made in her likeness and made several predictions concerning a crisis in The Church, specifically a Fall in Vocations, a Lack of Availability of The Sacraments and a Fall in Moral Standards in the 20th-Century.

The Apparitions were approved by the local Bishop, Salvador de Riber, on 2 February 1611. In 1991, The Vatican granted The Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Good Success as 'Queen of Quito', after being petitioned by the Archbishop of Quito.

Vigils. Votive Masses. Ferias.

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

VIGILS.

Vigils, or Eves, are a preparation, by a Special Office, for the Celebration of the next day's Feast. 

They are Days of Penance, The Office is often long, and Violet Vestments are usually worn.

They are Classified as follows:

A.   Privileged Vigils.

(1).   Of The First-Class, as The Vigils of Christmas and Pentecost,

which do not give place to any Feast.

(2)   Of The Second-Class, as The Vigil of The Epiphany, which only admits Feasts of First- and Second-Class of Our Lord.

B.   Ordinary Vigils.

As of The Apostles, etc.

VOTIVE MASSES.

Votive Masses, which may be said on certain Feast Days of Semi-Double Rite or Simple Rite and on certain Ferias, have been instituted to meet the wishes of The Faithful and satisfy Private Devotion.

The ordinary Votive Masses, as also the Ordinary Masses for The Dead,

may not be said on Greater Ferias, except on those of Advent.

FERIAS.

Ferias are Week Days on which no Feast of a Saint is kept.

Ember Days, Rogation Days, and every Feria in Lent, have a Special Mass. On other Ferias, The Mass of The Preceding Sunday is said.

Some Ferias are called Greater Ferias, and are divided into two Classes:

A.   Privileged Ferias.

Ash Wednesday, and The First Three Days of Holy Week.

These Ferias do not give place to a Feast.

B.   Non-Privileged Ferias.

Those of Advent and Lent, The Ember Days, and The Monday of Rogation Week.

A Commemoration is always made of them on Feast Days,

and their Gospel is read at the end of Mass.

On the Ferias of Lent (after Ash Wednesday) and those in Passiontide (before Palm Sunday),

The Ember Days (not those in Pentecost Week), on Monday of Rogation Week, and on

Ordinary Vigils, if a Greater-Double, Double, or Semi-Double Feast is kept, it is allowed in

Private Masses to say The Mass of The Feria, or of The Vigil, with a Commemoration of

The Feast, or The Mass of The Feast, with a Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria or Vigil.

Monstrance.

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Save Lives. Save The 8th. ABORTION Discriminates.

Illustration: THE LIFE INSTITUTE

The following Text is from THE LIFE INSTITUTE

As you know, The 8th Amendment [Editor: Of The Irish Constitution.] (which guarantees The Right Of Life of both mother and child) is under serious attack by Pro-ABORTION Extremists. They have the backing of wealthy foreign donors and organisations like Amnesty International.

They also have the full sympathy of the Media. For this reason each of us must do our best to spread the “Save The 8th” message ourselves.

We must be the ones to show our friends, our neighbours, and our Government, that the Irish people do not want ABORTION in this country (Editor: Ireland).

This Article can be read in full at THE LIFE INSTITUTE

Churching.

"Churching".

Illustration: PINTEREST

The ancient custom of "Churching" after childbirth.

A mother would go to Church when she could, to thank God for her delivery, and to obtain Graces, though the Priest’s Blessing, for the Graces to help her raise her child in a Christian manner.

The Prayers indicate that this “Churching” Blessing is intended solely for the benefit of the mother.

Therefore, it is not necessary that she should bring the child with her.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The "Churching" of Women.

It is customary for mothers to go to Church, as soon

as they are able 

to go out again, to be "Churched".

The Ceremony consists in a special Blessing, which recalls the visit of The Holy Family at The Temple of Jerusalem for The Presentation of Our Lord and The Purification of The Blessed Virgin.

The women, who receives this Blessing, kneels at the entrance of the Church,
holding a lighted candle in her hand; and the Priest sprinkles her with Holy Water and says:

Versicle.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini

(Our help is in the name of The Lord).
Response.

Qui fecit caelum et terram

(Who hath made Heaven and Earth).

Antiphon.

Haec accipiet
(She shall receive).

Psalm xxiii.

Domini est terra.

Domini est terra et plenitudo ejus:*

orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo
(The Earth is The Lord's and the fullness thereof:
the World, and all they that dwell therein).

Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum:*

et super flumina praeparávit eum.
(For He hath founded it upon the seas;
and hath prepared it upon the rivers).

Quis ascéndet in montem Domini ?*

aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus ?

(Who shall ascend into the mountain of The Lord:

Or who shall stand in His holy place ?).

Innocens mánibus et mundo corde:*

qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec jurávit in dolo proximo suo

(The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his Soul in vain,

nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour).

Hic accipiet benedictionem a Domino:*

et misericordiam a Deo salutári  suo

(He shall receive a Blessing from The Lord,

and mercy from God his Saviour).

Haec est generátio quaeréntium eum,*

quaeréntium fáciem Dei Jacob

(This is the generation of them

that seek the face of The God of Jacob).

Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevámini, portae aeternáles:*

et introibit Rex gloriae

(Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:

and The King of Glory shall enter in).

Quis est iste Rex gloriae ? Dominus fortis et potens.*

Dominus potens in praélio

(Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord who is strong and mighty:

The Lord mighty in battle).

Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevámini portae aeternáles:*

et introibit Rex gloriae

(Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:

And The King of Glory shall enter in).

Quis est iste Rex gloriae ?

Dominus virtutum ipse est Rex gloriae

(Who is this King of Glory ?

The Lord of hosts, He is The King of Glory).

Gloria Patri . . .

(Glory be to The Father . . .).

Antiphon.

Haec accipiet benedictionem a Domino,

et misericordiam a Deo salutári suo:

quia haec est generátio quaeréntium Dominum

(She shall receive a Blessing from The Lord, and mercy from God her Saviour:

For this is the generation of them that seek The Lord).

Then, placing the end of his Stole in the woman's hand,

the Priest introduces her into the Church, saying:

Ingrédere in templum Dei, adora Filium Beátae Mariae Virginis,

qui tibi foecunditátem tribuit prolis

(Enter into the temple of God, adore The Son of The Blessed Virgin Mary,

who gave thee fruitfulness of offspring).

The mother kneels before the Altar, and Prays,
giving thanks to God for the benefits bestowed upon her;
and the Priest says:

Kyrie eléison
(Lord, have mercy).
Christe eléison
(Christ, have mercy).
Kyrie eléison
(Lord, have mercy).

Pater noster (secreto)
(Our Father (silently).

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem
(And lead us not into temptation).
Sed libera nos a malo
(But deliver us from evil).



Salvam fac ancillam tuam, Domine
(Save Thine handmaid, O Lord).
Deus meus, sperántem in te
(Who hopeth in Thee, O my God).

Mitte ei, Domine, auxilium de sancto
(Send her help, O Lord,
from The Sanctuary).
Et de Sion tuére eam
(And defend her out of Sion)



Nihil proficiat inimicus in ea
(Let not the enemy prevail against her).
Et filius iniquitátis non apponat nocére ei
(Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt her).

Domine, exáudi orationem mea
(O Lord, hear my Prayer).
Et clamor meus ad te véniat
(And let my cry come unto Thee).

Dominus vobiscum
(The Lord be with you).
Et cum spiritu tuo
(And with thy spirit).



Orémus.
(Let us Pray).

Omnipotens sempitérne Deus, qui per Beátae Mariae Virginis partum fidélium pariéntium dolores
in gáudium vertisti: réspice propitius super hanc fámulam tuam, ad templum sanctum tuum,
ad templum sanctum tuum pro gratiárum actione laetam accedéntem, et praesta, ut post hanc
vitam, ejusdem Beátae Mariae méritis et intercessione , ad aetérnae beatitudinis gáudia
cum prole sua pervenire mereátur.
Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.

(Almighty, everlasting God, Who, through the delivery of The Blessed Virgin Mary, hast turned into joy the pains of The Faithful in childbirth, look mercifully upon this Thine handmaid, coming in gladness to Thy temple to offer up her thanks: And grant that, after this life, by the merits and intercession of the same Blessed Mary, she may merit to arrive, together with her offspring, at the joys of everlasting happiness.
Through Christ Our Lord).
Amen.



Then the Priest sprinkles the mother with Holy Water in the form of a Cross, saying:

Pax, et benedictio Dei omnipoténtis,
Patris + et Filii, et Spiritus sancti
descéndat super te, et máneat semper.
Amen.

(The peace and Blessing of God Almighty,
The Father + and The Son, and The Holy Ghost,
descend upon thee, and abide for ever).
Amen.

There is also an excellent Article on "Churching" on

FR. Z's BLOG

"This Will Be The Second Time That Mass Has Been Celebrated In This Mediaeval Church Since Pre-Reformation Times."

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent.

It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the Late-13th-Century. The East End is unusual in that The Lady Chapel
(more recently used as a school room) vies for importance with The Chancel.

Declared redundant in 1983, Saint Augustine's Church is now
entirely maintained by The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.

Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.

Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.

Illustration: THE ROMNEY MARCH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Missa Cantata.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday,

24 September 2016,

1200 hrs.

Celebrant:

Fr. Marcus Holden,

Rector of The Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Music:

The Victoria Consort.

Director:

Dominic Bevan.

Further Details:

Mrs. Marygold Turner

01580 291372.

Travel Directions to Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

By Road.
Leave the M20 at Junction 10.
Follow the A2070 towards Hastings.
After, approx, 9.3 miles, take the Slip Road to the LEFT
(signposted "SNAVE").
At the Post-Box (on your LEFT),
TURN LEFT, and you have arrived at the Church.
(N.B. Google Maps mark the destination as "Manor Farm")

By Rail.
Frequent Trains from Saint Pancras International Railway Station, London, going to ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL. Then take a Taxi to SNAVE.

Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by

THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

From The Latin Mass Society.

LATIN MASS SOCIETY WEB-SITE

Missa Cantata in Saint Augustine's,

Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday, 24 September 2016.

1200 hrs.

Snave is one a group of Mediaeval Churches built to serve very small communities

on Romney Marsh, in Kent. Now redundant, they are in the care of The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate Mass on

Saturday, 24 September 2016 (Feast of Our Lady of Ransom) at 12 noon.

Last year (2015) was the first time Mass had been Celebrated in the Church since Reformation times. We are delighted to be able to return this year. The Celebrant will be Fr Marcus Holden (Rector of The Shrine of Saint Augustine, Ramsgate) and music will be supplied by The Victoria Consort.

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam. To The Greater Glory Of God.

THIS . . .

The Cloisters,

Gloucester Cathedral.

Illustration: PINTEREST

AND THIS . . .

English: The Nave,

Cologne Cathedral,

Germany.

Deutsch: Innenraum des Kölner Doms - Mittelschiff.

Photo: 6 September 2004.

Source: From de.wp

Author: Thomas Robbin.

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OR THIS . . .

Illustration: NOVUS ORDO WATCH

AND THIS . . .

Illustration: NOVUS ORDO WATCH

YOU CHOOSE.

The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day, Today, 8 September.

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

The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 8 September.

Double of The Second-Class
   with a Simple Octave.

White Vestments.

"Birth of The Virgin".

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).

Date: 1660.

Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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This very ancient Feast was already Solemnised in the 7th-Century A.D., and Pope Innocent IV, to fulfil the Vow made by the Cardinals before the Election of his predecessor, gave it an Octave at The First Council of Lyons in 1245.

Today's date (8 September) served to fix The Feast of The Immaculate Conception on 8 December.

Mary is inseparable from Jesus in The Divine Plan, wherefore The Liturgy applies to her what Holy Scripture says of The Eternal Wisdom, which is The Word "by Whom all was made".

The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary

Roman Catholic Church,

located along State Route 119, in Cassella,

in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio, United States.

Built in 1858, the Church and its Rectory were

listed together on The National Register of Historic Places as a part of the

Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio Thematic Resources.

Photo: 27 May 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Nyttend.

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Like Christ, The Virgin presides over the whole work of Creation, for, having been chosen of All Eternity to give us The Saviour, it is she, with her Son, whom God had chiefly in view when He created the World.

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

Mass: Salve, sancta parens.
Commemoration: Saint Adrian.

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Tickets, Please.

"Tickets, Please".

The Angelus.

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

The Blessed Virgin Mary Prays for us.

Illustration: SHUTTERSTOCK

An Indulgence of one hundred days may be gained

each time it is recited with devotion and a contrite heart.

Also a Plenary Indulgence once a month, subject to the usual conditions, by those who,

at the sound of the bell, recite it kneeling (except in case of impediment), morning, noon, and night.

From Vespers on Saturday, and on Sunday, it is said standing.

In Paschaltide (from noon on Holy Saturday till

the Saturday noon before Trinity), The Regina Caeli is said instead.

Versicle.

Angelus Domini nuntiávit Mariae.

Response.

Et concépit de Spiritu Sancto.

Ave, Maria, etc.

Versicle.

Ecce ancilla Domini.

Response.

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.

Ave, Maria, etc.

Versicle.

Et Verbum caro factum est.

Response.

Et habitávit in nobis.

Ave, Maria, etc.

Versicle.

Ora pro nobis,

sancta Dei Génitrix.

Response.

Ut digni efficiámur promissionibus Christi.

Orémus.

Grátiam tuam, quaésumus,

Domine, méntibus nostris infunde:

ut qui, Angelo nuntiánte, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus,

per passionem ejus et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducámur.

Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Response.

Amen.

The Rock Island Line.

A Rock Island Line Streamlined Locomotive.

Saved from 

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Ben Willmore saved to Luxurious Locomotives.

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"Rock Island Line".

Sung by Lonnie Donegan.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/wI4nRD-DRpk

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"Rock Island Line" is an American folk music song. Ostensibly about The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a Spiritual as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of The Arkansas Cummins State Farm Prison in 1934.

Many artists subsequently recorded it, including popular renditions by Lead Belly and Lonnie Donegan.

The verses tell a humorous story about a Train Operator who smuggled pig iron through a Toll Gate, by claiming all he had on board was livestock. The song's chorus includes:

"The Rock Island Line is a mighty good roadThe Rock Island Line is the road to rideThe Rock Island Line is a mighty good roadIf you want to ride you gotta ride it like you find itGet your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line."

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI AND PRR) was a Class I Railroad in The United States. It was also known as The Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.

At the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of Railroad on 10,669 miles of Track; that year it reported 20,557 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 118 million passenger-miles. (Those totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad).

The Rock Island Line Locomotive Number 627.

Date: Circa 1880.

Photographer: William Edward Hook.

Publisher: Utah State Historical Society.

Source: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?

CISOROOT=/ushs-hook&CISOPTR=56&CISOBOX=1&REC=14

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