Saint Apollonia. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 9 February.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Saint Apollonia.

   Virgin and Martyr.

   Feast Day 9 February.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Saint Apollonia.

Deutsch: Hl. Appolonia.

Magyar: Szent Apollónia.

Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664).

Date: 1636.

Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: 

The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. 

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

Web Gallery of Art:

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Apollonia, a Virgin of Alexandria, was arrested during a bloody Persecution of The Christians in 249 A.D. After having her teeth broken and torn out, she joyfully threw herself under the impulsion of The Spirit of God, into the fire prepared for her.

There, while her frail body was consumed on Earth, her very pure Soul was borne into Glory in Heaven (Collect).

Mass: Loquébar.

The Stained-Glass Window of Saint Apollonia, 

Kingskerswell Church, 

Devon, England.

Photo: 6 July 2010.

Source: Own work.

Artist: Smalljim.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Cyril Of Alexandria. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 9 February.

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

Saint Cyril of Alexandria.
   Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 9 February.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Cyril of Alexandria.

The Twenty-Fourth Pope of Alexandria.

The Pillar of Faith.

Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of The Church.

(376 A.D. - 444 A.D.)

Source: Own work.

Author: User:Erud.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Jesus must be a man to atone for man's sin, and a God to make reparation for the offence against God. The Cycle Celebrates on this day the Feast of the Doctor who raised his voice in The Church (Introit) to condemn, in the name of Pope Celestine, at The Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.), the heresy of Nestorius.

Crushing under foot, the salt which has lost its savour (Gospel), Saint Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, attacks the heresiarch, who, instead "of The True Doctrine, only teaches fables" (Epistle). He affirms that, in Jesus, there is only one Divine Person and that, consequently, The Saviour is at the same time God and Man and that His Mother is The Mother of God (Collect).

He died in 444 A.D.

Mass: In médio.

Commemoration: Of The Feria in Lent.

Commemoration: Of Saint Apollonia from The Mass: Loquébar.

Creed: Is said.

Last Gospel: Of The Feria in Lent.

Saint John Of Matha. Confessor. Founder Of The Trinitarians. Feast Day 8 February.

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unless stated otherwise.

Saint John of Matha.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 8 February.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint John of Matha Celebrating Mass.

Illustration: CATHOLIC HARBOR OF FAITH AND MORALS

Saint John of Matha was born in Provence, France, and, from his earliest childhood, distinguished himself by his Charity to The Poor.

Ordained Priest in Paris, he, at his First Mass, had a Vision in which God commanded him to establish The Order of The Holy Trinity for the ransoming of captives (Collect).

He therefore retired into solitude and, during three years, lived in Prayer and Contemplation with Saint Felix of Valois (Introit). A second Vision determined them to approach Pope Innocent III, who gave his approbation to the new institution commanded by God.

English: Flag of The Trinitarian Order (Order of The Holy Trinity) of Roman Catholic Monks.

Polski: Herb Zakonu Trójcy Przenajświętszej (Trynitarze).

Date: 22 July 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Szczepan1990.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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Thanks to the abundant Alms (Epistle), which Saint John of Matha obtained from the Kings and Princes of France and Spain, he was enabled to ransom a large number of Christians, fallen into the hands of Infidels.

He passed his last two years in Rome in continual Mortification and Prayer, and was, thus, the Faithful Servant who watched for the coming of his Master at every hour of his life (Gospel).

He died in 1213.

Mass: Os justi. Of a Confessor, not a Bishop.

In Lent: Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria.

Saint Romuald. Abbot. Feast Day 7 February.

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unless stated otherwise.

Saint Romuald.
   Abbot.
   Feast Day 7 February.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Romuald. 

Abbot. 

Painted for the Church of San Romualdo, Ravenna, Italy,

an Angel uses the Abbot's baton to chastise an errant figure.

Artist: Guercino (1591–1666).

Date: 1640.

Current location: Pinacoteca Comunale di Ravenna, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art:

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Romuald was born at Ravenna, Italy, and left the World at the age of twenty (Gospel) to give himself up in Prayer and Meditation (Introit) to the work of Penance undertaken by Jesus.

Attacked by Satan, who tried to ensnare him, he always drove him away in terror (Epistle). He enjoyed, over Princes and Kings, a great influence (ibid), which he used for the good of Souls.

Like the Patriarch, Jacob, he saw in a vision a ladder which reached from Earth to Heaven, on which ascended and descended Monks clothed in White. This happened in Tuscany, Italy, on the field of a certain Maldoli.

Romuald bought this "Campo Maldoli" and Founded there the Monastery of "Camaldoli" and "The Camaldolese" Branch of The Benedictine Order (Communion).

He died in 1027 at the age of 120 at Val de Castro, Piceno, Italy. His body, found intact five years later, was placed in the Church of the Monastery at Fabriano. Saint Romuald always showed, in the midst of his austerities, a face so full of joy that those who saw him rejoiced.

Let us imitate him in the Holy Season of Lent.

Mass: Os justi. Of Abbots.

In Lent: Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria.

" By Timothy ! " "The Coronation Scot". Redolent Of Paul Temple, Amateur Private Detective. The London, Midland, And Scottish Railway. London - Glasgow In 6½ Hours.

Illustration: PINTEREST

"Coronation Scot".

The Theme Music to the Wireless Programme,

"Paul Temple. Amateur Private Detective."

Composer: Vivian Ellis.

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Paul Temple is a fictional character, created by English writer Francis Durbridge (1912–1998). Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. Together with his journalist wife, Louise, affectionately known as Steve, after her pen name "Steve Trent", he solves whodunnit crimes through subtle, humorously articulated deduction. Always the gentleman, the strongest oath he ever utters is: "By Timothy".

Created for the BBC radio serial "Send for Paul Temple", in 1938, the Temples have featured in over thirty BBC radio dramas, twelve serials for German radio, four British feature films, a dozen novels, and a BBC television series. A Paul Temple comic strip ran in The London Evening News Newspaper from the Mid-1950s to the Early-1960s.

Paul Temple and The Margo Mystery.

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Saint Dorothy. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 6 February.

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

Saint Dorothy.
   Virgin and Martyr.
   Feast Day 6 February.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Dorothy.

Artist: The Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553).

Date: Circa 1530.

Current location: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria.

References: Web Gallery of Art.

Source/Photographer: [2]

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Saint Dorothy, a Virgin of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, was condemned to be beheaded. She received The Double Palm of Virginity and Martyrdom towards the end of the 3rd-Century A.D.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt of The Common of Virgins.

Do Not Watch This Without A Coat, Hat, Gloves, Scarf, Thick Socks, Thermal Underwear, And Mountain Boots That Permit Your Feet To Start-A-Tapping.

"Let It Go" (Disney's "Frozen").

Vivaldi's "Winter".

Played By: The Piano Guys.

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