Saint Josaphat. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 14 November.

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

Saint Josaphat.
   Bishop And Martyr.
   Feast Day 14 November.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych.

Artist: Józef Simmler (1823–1868).

Date: Circa 1861.

Current location: National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.

Source/Photographer: cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl

(Wikimedia Commons)

A native of Wladimir, in Volhynia (then Poland, now Ukraine), and belonging to a noble family, Josaphat Kuncewitcz embraced Monastic Life in The Order of Saint Basil. He always kept fresh the flower of his Chastity, which he had from his youth Consecrated to Mary.

Commissioned in spite of his early age to govern the Monastery of Bytene, he became shortly afterwards Archimandrite of Vilna and, lastly, very much against his wish, Archbishop of Polotzk, of The Ruthenian Rite.

The Apostolic zeal of the youthful Archbishop excited against him the hatred of Hell. Attacked at Vitebsk by the Schismatics, he was cruelly put to death in 1623, and obtained from God the conversion of his murderers.

Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Domino.

The Basilica of Saint Josaphat, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America.

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Date: 4 March 2007 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. 

by James Steakley using CommonsHelper

Author: The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Josaphat Kuntsevych, O.S.B.M., (1580 – 12 November 1623) (Belarusian: Язафат Кунцэвіч, Jazafat Kuncevič, Polish: Jozafat Kuncewicz, Ukrainian: Йосафат Кунцевич, Josafat Kuntsevych) was a Monk and Archeparch (Archbishop) of The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who was killed at Vitebsk, Vitebsk Voivodeship, in The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus), on
12 November 1623. He is "the best-known victim" of sectarian violence related to implementing The Union of Brest, and is declared a Martyr and Saint of The Catholic Church.

The Order of Saint Basil the Great (O.S.B.M. Latin: Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, Portuguese: Ordem de São Basílio Magno, Ukrainian: Чин Святого Василія Великого, Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho), also known as The Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Monastic Religious Order of The Greek Catholic Church that is present in many Countries and has its Mother House in Rome (Santi Sergio e Bacco degli Ucraini).

The Order received approbation on 20 August 1631. Its Monks, Brothers, and Priests, work primarily with Ukrainian Catholics and are also present in other Greek-Catholic Churches in Central and Eastern Europe.

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It would be much appreciated if people did not order the 2017 Edition, hoping to get 2018. 

It is gratifying and pleasing to see so many enquiries already about the 2018 edition.

ORDO 2017 sold very well, with many new customers from around the World, as a new

generation starts to understand the richness of The Roman Liturgy and to follow

the Praxis of previous generations, now gone to The LORD.

November is, of course, a most suitable time to remember them.

In addition, Fr Hunwicke comments on HIS Ordo (see, below),

for The Ordinary Form of The Mass,

at FR HUNWICKE'S MUTUAL ENRICHMENT

"For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses, but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini, I commend the ORDO which I still compile,

Order for the Eucharist and for Morning and Evening prayer in the Church of England 2016. It gives full information both for the Novus Ordo Roman Rite (Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal) and for the Church of England (Common Worship). Tufton Books. (By the way, it starts with Advent.)"

Please NOTE: The above text for Fr Hunwicke is taken from 2015.

No doubt, Fr Hunwicke's 2018 Ordo will be available soon.

Please keep an eye on his Blog

FR HUNWICKE'S MUTUAL ENRICHMENT

For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses,

but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini,

Fr Hunwicke commends this ORDO.

Please NOTE: The 2018 Edition will be available very soon.

Illustration: TUFTON BOOKS

Two Ordo, or not Two Ordo: That is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous "Missalettes",

Or to give arms against a sea of troubles,

And, by opposing, end them. To know what Feast it is.

And have a damn good read.

Shakespeare.

Hamlet.

(With Apologies)

Solemn Requiem Mass. 13 November 2017. 1900 hrs. The Church Of Saint Vincent Ferrer. New York City.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

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The Annunciation.

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Welcome to The Sacred Window Rescue Project. Their Web-Site is HERE

There you will find surplus Stained-Glass Windows. They are all available for purchase and re-use in new construction and renovation projects.

Saint Gregory, Saint Cecilia, and King David.

A splendid twelve-foot Rose Window, from the former Most Blessed Sacrament Church

in South Philadelphia. It was made by the famous George Boos Studio of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. This is the last Stained-Glass Window from an entire collection that has happily

been relocated into new settings.

The Visitation.

The Nativity.

The Presentation.

Remembrance Sunday. 12 November 2017.

Faure Requiem Op.48.

Durufle Requiem Op.9.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the Sun,

and in the morning,

We will remember them.

Illustration: THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

We will remember them.

Remembrance Day. At The Eleventh Hour. Of The Eleventh Day. Of The Eleventh Month. The Guns Fell Silent. Lest We Forget.

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unless otherwise stated.

LEST WE FORGET

HYMN TO THE FALLEN

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

VISIT TO THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

LEST WE FORGET.

Remembrance Day at the John McCrae House (birthplace, museum, and Memorial) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. A detail shot of the "Altar" of the Memorial, with the complete poem 

"In Flanders Fields"and the line "LEST WE FORGET" inscribed on it.

Photo: 11 November 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lx 121.

Note: Part of a series of photographs taken at the John McCrae site 

in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on 11 November 2009 (Remembrance Day).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Illustration: LANDSCAPES

Portrait photo of John Alexander McCrae (1872–1918).

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a soldier, physician and poet.

Date: 1918 or earlier.

Image from "In Flanders Fields, And Other Poems", by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, M.D.,

with an essay in character, by Sir Andrew Macphail (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919): http://www.archive.org/details/inflandersfields00mccr.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

An autographed copy of the poem "In Flanders Fields".

Unlike the printed copy in the same book,

McCrae's handwritten version ends the first line with "grow".

Facsimile of handwritten version of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", in a volume of his poetry

where an acknowledgement is given "The reproduction of the autograph poem is from

a copy belonging to Carleton Noyes, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass., who kindly permitted its use."

Date: 1919.

Source: Scan of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields And Other Poems", 

obtained from archive.org, converted to PNG and Black and White, slight rotation.

Author: John McCrae.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Illustrated Page by Ernest Clegg.

Note that the first line ends with "grow".

Page 1 of the main content from a Limited Edition Book

containing an Illustrated Poem,

"In Flanders Fields".

Date: 1921.

Source: JP2 zip data at fieldsinflanders00mccrrich archive.org.

Author: John McCrae and Ernest Clegg.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The first chapter of "In Flanders Fields and Other Poems", a 1919 collection of McCrae's works, gives the text of the poem as follows:

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly,

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die,

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

"Bleuet de France".

Circa 1950.

Source: Own work.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Remembrance Day (11 November) is a national holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates The Armistice, signed between The Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on The Western Front, which took effect at 11:00 a.m. —  the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."

Illustration: LABOUR UNCUT

Armistice Day is one the most important military celebrations in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy price in blood to achieve it. The First World War was considered in France as the "Great Patriotic War". Almost all French villages feature Memorials dedicated to the Fallen. In France, the blue Cornflower (Bleuet de France) is used symbolically, rather than the Poppy.

"Ghosts of Vimy Ridge" 

depicts ghosts of The Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge, 

surrounding The Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

Date: 1931.

Source: Canadian House of Commons Collection, (AN: O-4714) [1].

Author: William Longstaff.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France.

Français: Villers-Bretonneux (Somme, France).

La croix du cimetière militaire et la tour du Mémorial National Australien.

Photo: April 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Australian Remembrance Day.

Image: STITCHERS CORNER

"De Profundis.".

Psalm 129

(Douay–Rheims Bible)

By Orlando de Lassus.

Taken from 

The 

Prayers for The Dead.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

Psalm CXXIX.

De Profundis.

Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord !

Lord, hear my voice.

Let Thine ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplication.

If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark iniquities,

Lord, who shall endureth ?

For with The Lord there is merciful forgiveness,

And by reason of Thy law I have waited upon Thee, O Lord.

My Soul doth rely on His word:

My Soul doth hope in The Lord.

From the Morning Watch, even unto night,

Let Israel hope in The Lord.

For with The Lord there is mercy,

And with Him plentiful redemption.

And He shall redeem Israel,

From all his iniquities.

V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.

R. And let Perpetual Light shine upon them.

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine:

Domine, exaudi vocem meam.

Fiant aures tuae intendentes:

In vocem deprecationis meae.

Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine:

Domine, quis sustinebit ?

Quia apud te propitiatio est:

Et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.

Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:

Speravit anima mea in Domino.

A custodia matutina usque ad noctem:

Speret Israel in Domino.

Quia apud Dominum misericordia:

Et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

Et ipse redimet Israel,

Ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

V. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.

R. Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

". . . If ye break faith,

With us who die,

We shall not sleep,

Though Poppies grow,

In Flanders fields."

Photo: 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

South African Infantry Soldier stands guard

at The Johannesburg Memorial

on the 90th Remembrance Day Ceremony.

Image: DIGITAL JOURNAL

Delville Wood,

near Longueval,

The Somme,

France.

Image: WORLD WAR ONE BATTLEFIELDS

Delville Wood was sometimes known as Devil's Wood, and the fighting there during The Battle of The Somme was particularly ferocious. The majority of Delville Wood was eventually taken by South African Soldiers on 15 July 1916, and they held on grimly during numerous German counter-attacks for six days, until they were relieved.

After the War, South Africa purchased the site in 1920, and it serves as a Memorial to those of that Nation who fell, not just there, but elsewhere.

The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

in Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,

immediately following the Remembrance Day Ceremonies, 

11 November, 2006.

Since its installation, it has become traditional 

to place Poppies 

on the Tomb,

after the formal Ceremony has concluded.

Photo: 11 November 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mikkel Paulson.

(Wikimedia Commons)

New Zealand 

Remembrance Day Ceremony.

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE WEB-SITE

Armistice Day (also referred to as Remembrance Day) marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War One and commemorates the sacrifice of those who died serving New Zealand in this War, and all Wars and armed conflict.

The Great War of 1914 to 1918 was one of the most devastating events in human history. New Zealand, with a population of 1.1 million in 1914, sent 100,000 men and women abroad. 16,700 died and over 40,000 were wounded – a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved.

The coming of Peace, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, brought Blessed Relief for all involved.

They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the Sun,

and in the morning.

We will remember them.

We will remember them.

(Fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's Poem "For the Fallen")

Illustration: IN CAELO ET IN TERRA