The Conversion Of Saint Paul. Feast Day, Today, 25 January.

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

The Conversion of Saint Paul.
Feast Day 25 January.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Conversion of Saint Paul.

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Date: 1600.

Current location: Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Paul of Tarsus was a Jew of the Tribe of Benjamin. A most zealous Pharisee, he appears in the Epistle as full of hatred "for the Disciples of The Lord". He becomes a "Vessel of Election", so filled with The Holy Ghost (Epistle), "that all Nations shall drink of its fulness," says Saint Ambrose, and shall learn through him that "Jesus is The Son of God" (Epistle).

Saint Paul is, like The Twelve, an Apostle of Christ (Alleluia), "he shall sit in one of the twelve seats and shall judge the World when The Son of Man shall Himself be seated on The Throne which belongs to Him as Son of God" (Gradual and Gospel).

We owe it to today's Feast, which follows by a few days that of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, and which had for its origin a Translation of the body of Saint Paul, that we are enabled to see the whole Season after Epiphany represented in a picture [Editor: A Theoretical Picture], giving us an admirable vision of The Kingship of Jesus.

In the foreground [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture] are the two witnesses of The Divinity of Christ, Saint Peter, more especially sent to the sons of Israel, and Saint Paul, to the Gentiles (Collect, Gradual).

In the background [Editor: Of this Theoretical Picture], is Galilee with its verdant hills, where we perceive Cana, the Synagogue of Nazareth, and the Lake of Genesareth, where Jesus, by His Miracles, proved that He was The Son of God.

Following the example of Saint Paul, let us show by our Faith, and by a new life, that Jesus is God and that He is our King.

Mass: Scio cui crëdidi.
Commemoration: Of Saint Peter.

Gospel: Ecce nos.

The Creed: Is said.

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Ludovico Einaudi. For Those Times When It All Gets Too Much.

Ludovico Einaudi.

Photo: 10 December 2012.

Source: Copyright Owner.

Author: Claudio Soavi.

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Saint Timothy. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 24 January.

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Saint Timothy.
Bishop and Martyr.
Feast Day 24 January.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Timothy

(17 A.D. - 97 A.D.)

(Orthodox icon).

Bishop and Martyr.

Source: http://www.svetigora.com/node/921

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Timothy (Greek: Τιμόθεος; Timótheos, meaning "Honouring God" or "Honoured by God") was a 1st - Century A.D. Christian Bishop, who died around 97 A.D. The New Testament indicates that Saint Timothy travelled with Saint Paul, who was also his mentor. Timothy is addressed as the recipient of the Epistles to Timothy.

Saint Timothy is mentioned in The Bible at the time of Paul's second visit to Lystra, in Anatolia, where Timothy is mentioned as a "Disciple". Paul calls him his "own son in The Faith". Timothy often travelled with Paul. Timothy's mother was Jewish and his father was Greek, but he had not been circumcised, and Paul now ensured that this was done, according to the Text, to ensure Timothy’s acceptability to the Jews.

According to McGarvey, Paul performed the operation "with his own hand", but others claim this is unlikely and nowhere attested. He was Ordained and went with Paul on his journeys through Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia,Troas, Philippi, Veria, and Corinth. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are noted as eminent for their piety and Faith, which indicates that they may have also been Christians. Timothy is praised by Paul for his knowledge of The Scriptures (in the 1st-Century A.D., mostly The Septuagint (Greek); See Development of The New Testament Canon - Clement of Rome), and is said to have been acquainted with The Scriptures since childhood.

Stained-Glass Window of Saint Timothy,

Southwark Cathedral, London.

Photo: 1 August 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Vassil.

(Wikimedia Commons)

That Timothy was jailed at least once, during the period of the writing of The New Testament, is implied by the writer of Hebrews mentioning Timothy's release at the end of the Epistle. It is also apparent that Timothy had some type of stomach malady, owing to Paul's advice, in 1 Timothy 5:23, counselling Timothy to: "No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments."

Paul commanded Timothy to remain in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1): "I command you to stay there in Ephesus", to prevent Heresy from infecting The Church in Ephesus. Paul also gave him instructions for establishing Elders and Deacons, there. These very guidelines have become the commonly-used guidelines among Churches across the World to this day.

According to later Tradition, Paul Consecrated Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus in 65 A.D., where he served for fifteen years. In 97 A.D., (with Timothy dying at age eighty), Timothy tried to halt a pagan procession of idols, ceremonies, and songs. In response to his Preaching of the Gospel, the angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets, and stoned him to death. In the 4th-Century A.D., his Relics were Transferred to The Church of The Holy Apostles, in Constantinople.

Pen and Ink Drawing (top),

Colour Photo (middle),

The High Altar (bottom),

of The Catholic Church of Saint Timothy,

Los Angeles, California,

United States of America.

Illustration: SAINT TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Timothy, born at Lystra (Asia Minor), of a pagan father and a Jewish mother, was already a Christian when Saint Paul came to that town. Saint Paul, whose Conversion we Celebrate tomorrow, was struck by Timothy's Holiness and took him as a companion on his travels. Saint Timothy thereupon gave up everything and became his Disciple (Gospel).

Saint Paul conferred on him full Sacerdotal powers (Introit) and committed to his care The Church of Ephesus. We read, in the Epistle, a passage of one of the two admirable Letters which his Master wrote to him. Saint Timothy was stoned to death in his Episcopal City in 97 A.D.

Let us, with Timothy, confess The Divinity of Christ in this Season After Epiphany, which is its Liturgical manifestation.

Mass: Státuit. Of a Martyr Bishop.

The Chrysler Building. New York.

The Chrysler Building

by fernando-fya

Digital depiction of The Chrysler Building.

Found on ART DECO ARCHITECTURE

Illustration: PINTEREST

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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper, located on The East Side of Midtown Manhattan, in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, in the Turtle Bay neighborhood.

At 1,046 feet (319 m), the structure was the World's tallest building for eleven months, before it was surpassed by The Empire State Building in 1931. It is still the tallest brick building in the World, albeit with an internal steel skeleton. After the destruction of The World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City, until December 2007, when the Spire was raised on the 1,200-foot (365.8 m) Bank of America Tower, pushing The Chrysler Building into third position. In addition, The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level with The Chrysler Building in height. Both buildings were pushed into fourth position, when the under-construction One World Trade Center surpassed their height.

The Chrysler Building.

Photo: 19 January 1932.

Source: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection,

Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05841.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's.

Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.05841.

Author: Samuel Gottscho (1875–1971).

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The Chrysler Building is a classic example of Art Deco architecture and considered by many contemporary architects to be one of the finest buildings in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked ninth on The List of America's Favorite Architecture by The American Institute of Architects. It was the headquarters of The Chrysler Corporation from 1930 until the Mid-1950s.

Although the building was built and designed specifically for The Car Manufacturer, the Corporation did not pay for the construction of it and never owned it, as Walter P. Chrysler decided to pay for it himself, so that his children could inherit it.

English: The top floors of The Chrysler Building,

New York.

Deutsch: New Yorker Chrysler Building, oberer

Gebäudeteil, vom östlichen Teil der 42. Straße aus gesehen.

Photo: March 2005.

Source: Photograph by User:Leena Hietanen

(In real life: fi:Leena Hietanen)

(Uploaded with permission.)

Author: The original Uploader was Petri Krohn at English Wikipedia.

Later versions were Uploaded by Cacophony at en.wikipedia

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The Chrysler Building was designed by architect William Van Alen for a project of Walter P. Chrysler. When the ground-breaking occurred on 19 September 1928, there was an intense competition in New York City to build the World's tallest Skyscraper. Despite a frantic pace (the building was built at an average rate of four floors per week), no workers died during the construction of this Skyscraper.

The Chrysler Building,

New York.

Photo: 18 August 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jonathan71.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Van Alen's original design for the Skyscraper called for a decorative jewel-like Glass Crown. It also featured a base, in which the showroom windows were tripled in height and topped by twelve Stories with Glass-Wrapped corners, creating an impression that the Tower appeared physically and visually light, as if floating in mid-air.

The height of the Skyscraper was also originally designed to be 246 meters (807 ft). However, the design proved to be too advanced and costly for building contractor William H. Reynolds, who disapproved of Van Alen's original plan.

The design and lease were sold to Walter P. Chrysler, who worked with Van Alen and re-designed the Skyscraper for additional Stories; it was eventually revised to 282 m (925 ft) tall. As Walter Chrysler was the Chairman of The Chrysler Corporation and intended to make the building into Chrysler's headquarters, various architectural details, and especially the building's Gargoyles, were modelled after Chrysler automobile products, like the Hood Ornaments of the Plymouth; they exemplify the machine age in the 1920s.

The Chrysler Building,

New York.

(Image touched up by w:User:Overand)

Date: 27 May 2009.

Source: Chrysler_Building_by_David_Shankbone.jpg.

Author: w:User:Overand.

Derivative work: Overand.

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The Betrothal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph. Feast Day 23 January.

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Betrothal of The Virgin.

Artist: Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540).

Date: 1523.

Current location: Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Florence, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Marriage of The Virgin, Saint-Quiriace de Provins, France.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer

Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), Darstellung:

Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.

Photo: 4 June 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Espousals of The Blessed Virgin Mary is a Feast that is Celebrated in certain parts of The Roman Catholic Church. It was removed from many Local Calendars by The Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formally generally observed on 23 January.

In Matthew 1:16, Joseph is described as the husband of Mary. It is probable that Joseph and Mary were betrothed at Nazareth. The term "betrothal" indicates more than an engagement. It was customary to celebrate marriage in two stages, The first, that of the contractual arrangements culminating in consent or “betrothal.”

Scenes from The Life of The Virgin:

Marriage of The Virgin.

Artist: Giotto (1266–1337).

Date: 1304-1306.

Current location: Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After a period of, perhaps, one year, in which preparations were made to establish a new home together, the second part stage, of actually conveying the wife to that home, would be accompanied by a great Feast, such as that recounted in the Gospel of John as The Marriage Feast at Cana.

The first definite knowledge of a Feast, in honour of The Espousals of Mary, dates from 29 August 1517, when, with nine other Masses in honour of Mary, it was granted by Pope Leo X to the Nuns of the Annunciation, founded by Saint Jeanne de Valois. In certain particular Churches, the Espousals of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph are honoured with an Office on 23 January.

Marriage of Mary.

Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494).

Date: 1486-1490.

Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Gaspar Bertoni, founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their Espousals, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.

The subject, of the Espousals of Mary and Joseph, is depicted: In a fresco, in the German Chapel at the Shrine of the Holy House in Loretto, Italy; in a sculpture in the Left Portico of Holy Family Basilica in Barcelona, Spain; and in a Stained-Glass Window at Saint Rita's Basilica, Cascia, Italy.

Saint Emerentiana. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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Saint Emerentiana.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 23 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Royal Gold Cup, or Saint Agnes Cup, is a Solid Gold Covered Cup, lavishly decorated

with Enamel and Pearls. It was made for The French Royal Family at the end of the 14th -Century, and later belonged to several English Monarchs, before spending nearly 300 years in Spain.

Since 1892, it has been in The British Museum, and is generally agreed to be the outstanding

survival of Late-Mediaeval French Plate.

Saint Emerentiana's likeness is shown, here, on The Royal Gold Cup.

Date: 4 July 2010.

Current location: British Museum, London.

Source: Own work.

Author: Johnbod.

(Wikimedia Commons)

A Foster-Sister of Saint Agnes, the Virgin, Emerentiana, while still a Catechumen, shed tears on the tomb of her friend, who had just been Martyred.

Some Pagans mocked her grief. She, full of The Divine Virtue of which Jesus is the source (Collect), reproached the idolaters with their cruelty towards Saint Agnes, and they, in their fury, stoned her on that very tomb. Baptised in her own blood, she went to join for every more her Spouse and her Sister, about 304 A.D.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

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Saint Raymund Of Pennafort. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 23 January.

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Saint Raymund of Pennafort.
Confessor.
Feast Day 23 January.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Raymund of Pennafort.

Master-General of The Dominican Order (1238–1240).

Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).

Date: 1352.

Current location: Church of San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Il Capitolo dei Domenicani

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Raymund was born in 1175 of the noble Spanish family of Pennafort. Christ, by His teaching and Miracles, showed Himself to be the Son of God. The Church shows us, today, how, by the knowledge and Miracles of Saint Raymund, and thanks to her Saints, she also has a part in The Divinity of The Word.

Having given up everything to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, of which he is one of the glories, Saint Raymund "meditated on The Law of God" (Introit) and wrote the "Summa of cases of conscience", a summary of Christian morals which is much esteemed. Wherefore, The Church awarded him the title of "eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance" (Collect).

The Collect alludes to the Miracle by which, having spread out his cloak on the waters, Saint Raymund, in six hours, crossed the fifty-three Leagues of sea which separate the island of Majorca from Barcelona.

He persuaded Saint Peter Nolasco to sacrifice his fortune for the ransoming of Christians detained as captives in The Barbary States, and, with that end in view, obtained The Institution of The Order of Our Lady of Ransom.

Saint Raymund, unwilling to be surprised by the sudden arrival of The Lord (Gospel), employed the last thirty-five years of his life in a very special manner in preparing himself for death. The Saint gave up his Soul to God in 1275 at the age of ninety-nine.

Through the intercession of Saint Raymund, who was the eminent Minister of The Sacrament of Penance, and who miraculously crossed the sea, may we obtain to produce worthy fruits of Penance and to reach the haven of Eternal Salvation (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Of Saint Emerentiana. Virgin and Martyr.

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