Saint Matthias. Apostle. Feast Day 24 February.

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

Saint Matthias.
Apostle.
Feast Day 24 February.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint Matthias.

Date: Circa 1317–1319.

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database

/european_paintings/

saint_matthias_workshop_of_simone_martini//objectview.aspx?OID=110002131&collID=11&dd1=11

Author: Workshop of Simone Martini,

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Saint Peter, in The Acts of The Apostles, (Epistle), says that the Prophet had Judas in view when he declares: "That his Episcopate would pass into other hands" [Psalm cviii 8]. It is The Lord, Himself, Who showed the one He had chosen to be associated with The Eleven Apostles (Epistle).

It is to Saint Matthias that He confided the secrets made known to Him in the bosom of His Father (Gospel). Wherefore, this Holy Apostle shares the glory "of the Princes whom God has established over Souls" (Offertory) and "He shall judge The Twelve Tribes of Israel" (Communion).

Since their infidelity, indeed, "their house has become deserted" (Epistle) and The Kingdom of Heaven is transferred to the Gentiles who do Penance. Saint Matthias' name figures in The Canon of The Mass (Second List).

Let us ask "God, Who has included Blessed Saint Matthias in The College of The Apostles, to grant us through his intercession" (Collect) that we may "atone for our sins" (Secret), so as to obtain "peace and pardon" (Postcommunion).

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

Mass: Mihi autem.
Commemoration and Last Gospel: Of The Feria, in Lent.
The Creed: Is said.
Preface: Of The Apostles.

English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Matthias (Left)

in the Cathedral of Saint Marie d'Auch, France.

Français : Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch - Vitrail de la chapelle de la Passion (saint Mathias, Esdras, Habacuc, sibylle Tiburtine).

Date: July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: MOSSOT.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Weekly Traditional Latin Masses In Kent: Maidstone; Ashford; Tenterden; Headcorn; Ramsgate; Margate; Tunbridge Wells; Chislehurst.

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the Traditional Latin Masses,

which are Celebrated in Kent

on a regular Weekly basis on Sundays.

In addition, Traditional Latin Masses

are Celebrated during the Week,

on Feast Days and Holy Days of Obligation.

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There is a vibrant and happy group

who attend these Masses

and meet, after Mass, for a lovely Lunch

in various hostelries and locations.

Do come and join them. You will all be most welcome.

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Besides Glorifying God in an edifying,

Holy and Traditional manner,

you will see the wonderful Kent countryside

changing throughout the Seasons,

which, in itself, Glorifies God.

              

MAIDSTONE, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS.

Church of Saint Francis,

Maidstone, Kent.

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and licensed for reuse under this

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Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Francis,

126, Week Street,

Maidstone, Kent ME14 1RH,

(next to Maidstone East Railway Station)

at 1230 hrs,

on the FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

ASHFORD, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT SIMON STOCK.

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Ashford, Kent.

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Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Brookfield Road,

Ashford, Kent TN23 4EU,

at 1215 hrs,

on the SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

TENTERDEN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREW.

Photo: SAINT ANDREW'S

CATHOLIC CHURCH,

TENTERDEN

Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Andrew,
47, Ashford Road,
Tenterden, Kent TN30 6LL,

at 1200 hrs,

on the THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

HEADCORN, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.

Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury,

Headcorn, Kent.

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Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury,

Becket Court, 15, Station Road,

Headcorn, Kent TN27 9SB,

(near to Headcorn Railway Station)

at 1200 hrs,

on the FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

WHEN THERE IS A FIFTH SUNDAY IN THE MONTH,

THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IS CELEBRATED AT

ASHFORD, KENT.

CHURCH OF SAINT SIMON STOCK.

Saint Simon Stock Church,

Ashford, Kent.

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Traditional Latin Masses are Celebrated

at the

Church of Saint Simon Stock,

Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 4EU,

at 1215 hrs,

on the FIFTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

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for providing information on Usus Antiquior Masses in Ramsgate, Kent.

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Traditional Latin Mass at Saint Augustine's,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Image: SAINT AUGUSTINE'S, RAMSGATE, KENT

Saint Augustine's Shrine,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Image: AUGUSTINE'S SHRINE.

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RAMSGATE, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,

Saint Augustine’s Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 9PA.

Telephone: 01843 592 071.

Traditional Latin Masses at

1200 hrs. Sunday.

and

0930 hrs. Friday.

Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Illustration: THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF RAMSGATE AND MINSTER

RAMSGATE, KENT.

Saint Ethelbert and Saint Gertrude Church,

72, Hereson Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 7DS.

Traditional Latin Mass at

0930 hrs.

on Wednesdays.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Illustration: THE CIVIC SOCIETY

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT.

Saint Augustine’s Church,

Crescent Road,

Royal Tunbridge Wells,

Kent TN1 2LY.

Telephone: 01892 522525.

Traditional Latin Mass at

1900 hrs.

on Wednesdays.

Saint Mary's Church,

Chislehurst, Kent.

Illustration: ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK

CHISLEHURST, KENT.

Saint Mary's Church

28 Crown Lane,

Chislehurst,

Kent BR7 5PL.

E-Mail: frcbriggs@stmarysrc.org

Telephone: 020 8467 3215.

Traditional Latin Mass at

1100 hrs.

Every Sunday.

and

1930 hrs.

on Fridays.

Saint Austin and Saint Gregory Church,

Margate, Kent.

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MARGATE, KENT.

Saint Austin and Saint Gregory Church,

38 Charlotte Place,

Margate,

Kent CT9 1LP.

Telephone: 01843 220825.

E-Mail: info@margatecatholic.org

Web-Site: SAINT AUSTIN AND SAINT GREGORY WITH SAINT ANNE

Traditional Latin Mass at

1130 hrs.

on Sundays

and

1930 hrs.

on Mondays.

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Vigil Of Saint Matthias. Apostle. 23 February.

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

Vigil Of Saint Matthias.
Apostle.
23 February.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.

Saint Matthias.

Date: Circa 1317–1319.

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database

/european_paintings/

saint_matthias_workshop_of_simone_martini//objectview.aspx?OID=110002131&collID=11&dd1=11

Author: Workshop of Simone Martini,

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church attaches great importance to The Feasts of The Apostles, which are preceded by a Vigil (Collect).

Saint Matthias, elected by The Will of God (Gospel), received Judas' share in the inheritance of The Church which was figured by The Promised Land divided into twelve tribes (Epistle).

Called "to give his life" (Gospel), like Jesus, to crown his Apostolic career, he suffered Martyrdom and was "clothed by God in resplendent glory" (Communion).

Let us ask God to prepare us to Celebrate piously The Feast of His Apostle, Saint Matthias.

Mass: Ego autem.

English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Matthias (Left)

in the Cathedral of Saint Marie d'Auch, France.

Français : Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch - Vitrail de la chapelle de la Passion (saint Mathias, Esdras, Habacuc, sibylle Tiburtine).

Date: July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: MOSSOT.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Peter Damian. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 23 February.

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

Saint Peter Damian.
Bishop. Confessor.
   Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 23 February.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Peter Damian (Right), depicted with Saints Augustine, Anne, and Elizabeth.

Deutsch: Portuense-Altar, Szene: Thronende Madonna und Heilige:

Hl. Augustinus, Hl. Anna, Hl. Elisabeth, Hl. Petrus Damiani.

Date: 1481.

Current location: Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Peter Damian showed remarkable piety from his childhood. Having, by chance, picked up a coin, he gave it to a Priest, requesting him to offer up The Divine Sacrifice for the Soul of his father. He added to his father's name, that of Damian, his brother, out of gratitude, because it was by his brother's generosity that he was able to pursue his studies.

"Despising Earthly riches" (Collect), he enterered a Monastery of Camaldolese of The Benedictine Observance and soon became its Abbot (Communion).

"As a light of Souls, he was to be placed on the candlestick" (Gospel), and became Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal. He rendered immense services to The Sovereign Pontiffs by his learning, his commissions as Legate and many other works.

Taking his share in the Apostolic life of Jesus, he combatted the heresy of The Simonists and died at Faenza in 1072. Pope Leo XII gave him the Title of Doctor of The Church.

Let us imitate in his ardour for Penance, Saint Peter Damian, who contributed so much, by his example and counsel, to spread the penitential practice of the discipline as an atonement for sin.

Mass: In médio.
Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria in Lent.
Commemoration of The Vigil of Saint Matthias the Apostle, if it be not Leap Year when The Vigil is on the 24th.

Juventutem London. Missa Cantata And Social At Saint Mary Moorfields, Moorgate, London, On Friday, 24 February 2017, 1930 hrs.

Illustration: LMS CHAIRMAN

The Chair Of Saint Peter At Antioch. Feast Day, Today, 22 February.

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

The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch.
Feast Day 22 February.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Peter as Pope — here shown with The Pallium

and The Keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.

Magyar: Szent Péter, portréfestménye a szentről, mint pápáról –

a festményen pápai köntösben a mennyország kulcsaival látható.

Français: Saint Pierre. Elle représente le saint en tant que Pape -

vu ici avec le pallium et les clés du Paradis.

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1610-1612.

Current location: Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: Originally from en.wikipedia

description page is (was) here.

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"Tu Es Petrus"

[Thou Art Peter].

By Robert Pearsall (1795 - 1856).

Sung on The Feast Day of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch.

At The Church of Saint Peter, Steubenville,

Ohio, United States of America.

Sung by Schola Cantorum Sanctorum Angelorum

and Students from The Franciscan University.

Conductor: Andrew Leung

Available on YouTube at

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"Asperges Me".

on The Feast Day of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch.

At The Church of Saint Peter, Steubenville,

Ohio, United States of America.

Sung by Schola Cantorum Sanctorum Angelorum

and Students from The Franciscan University.

Conductor: Andrew Leung.

Cantor: John Brodeur.

Available on YouTube at

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To honour the dignity of "The Prince" (Introit), to whom Jesus committed The Power of The Keys (Collect), The Church instituted The Feast of "The Chair of Saint Peter", which is found in The Roman Calendar on this date since 354 A.D.

[The Cathedra (Chair) is The Throne established where the Bishop resides, hence the name Cathedral, given to the Church where the Bishop's Seat is placed. Metaphorically, it represents the Episcopal authority itself. "The Chair of Saint Peter" means, therefore, a memory of Saint Peter's Episcopate, and his Primacy as Head of The Whole Church.]

As it often falls in Lent, certain Churches Celebrated it at an earlier date, in January. Hence, the two Feasts of "The Chair of Saint Peter", which The Church distinguished by connecting the more ancient Feast [Rome, until the 16th-Century, only Celebrated this Feast and not the other Feast] on 22 February, with "The Chair at Antioch", and the other Feast, on 18 January, with "The Chair of Rome". Saint Peter resided, indeed for some time, at Antioch about the years 51-52 A.D.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

A Commemoration of Saint Paul immediately

follows The Collects of The Feast, today,

for 

The Liturgy does not separate those

who have so justly been called

"The Two Pillars of The Church".

Illustration UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

It is to Saint Peter, who proclaimed that Jesus was "The Christ, Son of The Living God" (Gospel), when all Palestine rejected Him, that The Master commits The Power to Bind Satan by Closing The Gates of Hell, to Open for us The Gates of Heaven (Gospel). And The Head of The Church teaches us in his first Epistle that it is "by Faith, in the sprinkling of The Blood of Jesus Christ, that The Holy Ghost Sanctifies us and reconciles us to The Father."

The Commemoration of Saint Paul immediately follows The Collect of The Feast, for The Liturgy does not separate those who have so justly been called "The Two Pillars of The Church".

Let us today honour The Head of The Church, who continues here below the redeeming work of Jesus.

Mass: Státuit ei Dóminus.
Commemoration: Of Saint Paul.
Commemoration: Of The Feria (with Last Gospel), in Lent.

Don't Forget To Prepare For Lent.

Illustration: THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM