Monday 26 March 2018
Monday In Holy Week. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Praxedes.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Monday in Holy Week.
Station at Saint Praxedes's.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Privileged Feria.
Violet Vestments.
Basilica of Saint Praxedes, Rome, Italy.
Photo: December 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Lenten Station was originally held at the Church of Saints Nereus and Achilleus, but the tottering state of this Church caused it to be Transferred in the 13th-Century to Saint Praxedes. The precious Pillar of The Flagellation, so called, brought over from The Holy Land by Cardinal Colonna at the time of The Fifth Crusade, was placed by him in this, his Titular Church, where it is still kept. In exchange for the iron ring attached to this Pillar, Saint Louis presented the Church with The Three Thorns of The Holy Crown, that are still preserved there. The Relics of many Martyrs, gathered from the suburban Catacombs, were brought into this Church during the Reign of Pope Paschalis I.
In the Epistle, Isaias, typifying Jesus, prophesies His Obedience and the indignities of His Passion. He, likewise, foretells His Triumph, for He has placed His trust in God, Who will raise Him to Life again. Finally, he shows how the Jews were to be confounded. Then the Gentiles, through Baptism, the Public Penitents, by being reconciled, and The Faithful, by their Easter Confession and Holy Communion, will pass from Darkness to The Light, of which Jesus is The Fount.
The Nave of the Basilica of Sante Prassede, Rome, Italy.
Photo: March 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Sixtus.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Gospel tells of the supper, of which Jesus partook in the house of Simon the Leper, six days before the Pasch. While Martha, all activity, served at table, Mary, more loving, went up to Christ, and, breaking the long narrow neck of an alabaster vase, filled with an ointment of great price, poured the contents over His Feet. And Jesus commends her for having thus Anticipated The Embalming of His Body. The indignant protests of Judas lead us to fear the crime into which he will fall as a result of his avarice.
at Santa Prassede. He is presenting a model of the Basilica to Christ, and wears
a Square Halo, which means he was alive at the time of the mosaic.
Photo: August 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Marcus Cyron.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Finally, the presence at the supper of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised to life, is a forecast of the coming Victory of Christ over Death.
The choice of this Gospel is not without connection with that of The Stational Church: Saint Praxedes and Saint Pudentiana put their house at the disposal of Pope Saint Pius I, just as Mary and Martha received Jesus into their house.
Mass: Júdica, Dómine.
English: Basilica of Saint Praxedes' Ciborium and Apse, Rome, Italy.
Deutsch: Santa Prassede, Rom; Triumphbogen und Apsis.
Photo: 15 February 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ben Skála, Benfoto.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Pope Julius III (Papacy 1550 - 1555).
One-time Titular of the Basilica of Saint Praxedes.
Artist: Girolamo Sicciolante. (After Sebastiano del Piombo).
Photo of Painting: March 2013.
User: Mathiasrex.
Current Location: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Source/Photographer: www.rijksmuseum.nl
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
The Basilica of Saint Praxedes ( Latin: Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, Italian: Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an ancient Titular Church and Minor Basilica in Rome, located near the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major. The current Cardinal Priest of Titulus Sancta Praxedis is Paul Poupard.
The Church, in its current form, was Commissioned by Pope Hadrian I around the year 780 A.D., and built on top of the remains of a 5th-Century A.D. structure. It was designed to house the bones of Saint Praxedes (Italian: S. Prassede) and Saint Pudentiana (Italian: S. Pudenziana), the daughters of Saint Pudens, traditionally Saint Paul's first Christian Convert in Rome. The two female Saints were murdered for providing Christian burial for early Martyrs, in defiance of Roman Law. The Basilica was enlarged and decorated by Pope Paschal I, circa 822 A.D.
Pope Paschal I, who Reigned 817 A.D. - 824 A.D., was at the forefront of The Carolingian Renaissance, started and advocated by The Emperor Charlemagne. They desired to get back to The Foundations of Christianity, theologically and artistically. Pope Paschal thus began two, linked, ambitious programmes: The recovery of Martyrs' bones from The Catacombs of Rome and an almost unprecedented Church building campaign. Paschal dug up numerous skeletons and transplanted them to this Church. The Titulus "S. Praxedis" was established by Pope Evaristus, around 112 A.D.
This Church provided the inspiration for Robert Browning's poem, "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church."
Saint Charles Borromeo (one-time Titular of the Basilica of Saint Praxedes).
Artist: Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548–1608).
Source/Photographer: http://www.arteecarte.it/archivio/arteecarte_n.13/diocesano.php
(Uploaded by User:Lupo to en.wikipedia).
This Photo: December 2009.
User: Thomas Gun.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The main Altarpiece is a Canvas of Saint Praxedes Gathering the Blood of The Martyrs (circa 1730 - 1735) by Domenico Muratori.
The most famous element of the Church is the Mosaic decorative programme. Paschal hired a team of professional Mosaicists to complete the work in the Apse, the Apsidal Arch, and the Triumphal Arch. In the Apse, Jesus is in the Centre, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul, who present Prassede and Pudenziana to God. On the far Left, is Paschal, with the Square Halo of the Living, presenting a model of the Church as an offering to Jesus. Below, runs an inscription of Paschal's, hoping that this offering will be sufficient to secure his place in Heaven.
Saint Praxedes gathering up The Blood of Martyrs.
Artist: Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675).
Date: 1655.
Current location: Private Collection.
Source/Photographer: Mystudios.com
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Triumphal Arch. Interior of Basilica of Saint Praxedes, Rome, Italy.
Deutsch: Santa Prassede, Rom; Triumphbogen (Panorama).
Photo: May 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Welleschik.
(Wikimedia Commons)
On the Apsidal Arch are twelve men on each side, holding Wreaths of Victory, welcoming the Souls into Heaven. Above them, are symbols of The Four Gospel Writers: Mark, the Lion; Matthew, the Man; Luke, the Bull; and John, the Eagle, as they surround a Lamb on a Throne, a symbol of Christ's eventual return to Earth.
Though those Mosaics, as well as those in the Saint Zeno Chapel, a Funerary Chapel that Paschal built for his mother, Theodora, are the best-known aspects of the Church, an intriguing and relatively hidden aspect are ancient frescoes. Ascending a spiral staircase, one enters a small room, covered in scaffolding. However, on the wall is a fresco cycle dating, most likely, from the 8th-Century A.D. The frescoes depict, probably, the life-cycle of the Saint of the Church, Praxedes.
Representation of King Saint Louis IX, considered to be true to life.
Early-14th-Century statue from the Church of Mainneville, Eure, France.
Saint Louis IX, King of France (1226 - 1270), presented the Basilica of Saint Praxedes
with three alleged Thorns from The Holy Crown.
Photo: December 2007.
User: Michaelsanders.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Santa Prassede also houses a segment of the alleged Pillar, upon which Jesus was flogged and tortured before His Crucifixion in Jerusalem. The Relic is alleged to have been retrieved in the Early-4th-Century A.D., by Saint Helena (mother of The Roman Emperor, Constantine I), who, at the age of eighty, undertook a Pilgrimage to Golgotha, in The Holy Land, to Found Churches for Christian worship and to collect Relics associated with The Crucifixion of Jesus.
English: Basilica of Saint Praxedes.
Italiano: Roma, Santa Prasede.
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Among these legendary Relics, retrieved by Helena, which included pieces of The True Cross (now housed in the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, also in Rome) and wood from Jesus' Crib, was the segment of the Pillar, now housed in Santa Prassede. The authenticity of these Relics, including the Santa Prassede Pillar, is disputed by historians and Christians, alike, due to lack of forensic evidence and the massive proliferation of fake Relics during The Middle Ages.
Among known Titulars of this See, are Lambertus Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II, circa 1099), Ubaldo Allucingoli (later Pope Lucius III, 1141), Alain de Coëtivy (1448), Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte (later Pope Julius III), Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584), Rafael Merry del Val (1903 - 1930).
Sunday 25 March 2018
Palm Sunday. Lenten Station At The Papal Arch-Basilica Of Saint John Lateran.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Palm Sunday.
Station at Saint John Lateran.
Indulgence of 25 Years and 25 Quarantines.
Semi-Double.
Privilege of The First Class.
Violet Vestments.
Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Latin: Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistae
et Evangelistae in Laterano Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.
English: Main façade of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (by Alessandro Galilei, 1735).
Italiano: Facciata principale della Basilica di San Giovanni-in-Laterano,
progettata da Alessandro Galilei (1735).
Français: Façade principale de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran par Alessandro Galilei, 1735.
Photo: 2006/09/07.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jastrow.
(Wikimedia Commons)
On Palm Sunday is reproduced The Triumphal Procession,
which accompanied Our Lord, when He entered Jerusalem.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.
English: The Choir and Apse in the Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy.
Deutsch: Chorraum und Apsis von San Giovanni in Laterano, Rom.
Photo: September 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at
(Wikimedia Commons)
In today's Liturgy, the two-fold point of view, from which The Church regards The Cross, is expressed in two Ceremonies. One is marked with joy and the other by sadness.
First, comes The Blessing and Procession of Palms, in which everything overflows with a Holy Joy, which enables us, after two thousand years, to revive the spirit of the magnificent scene of Our Lord's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.
Then follows The Mass, whose Chants and Lessons relate exclusively to The Sorrowful Memory of Our Redeemer's Passion.
The Pope's Chair, Basilica di San Giovanni-in-Laterano, Rome, Italy.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Flickr.
Author: Ern.
Reviewer: Mac9.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Blessing and Procession of Palms.
At Jerusalem, in the 4th-Century A.D., on the very spot where the event took place, was read the Gospel narrative in which we see Christ hailed as King of Israel and taking possession of His Capital, Jerusalem, which is really no more than the type of Jerusalem, above.
After this, a Bishop, mounted on an ass, rode up to The Church of The Resurrection on the summit of The Mount of Olives, surrounded by a multitude carrying Palms and singing Anthems and Hymns. This Ceremony was preceded by The Solemn Reading of The Passage from Exodus, in which The Flight from Egypt is related.
English: The Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
With its length of 400 feet,
this Basilica ranks fifteenth among the largest Churches in the World.
Français: Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran, Vatican, située à Rome, Italie. Avec sa longueur
de 121,84 mètres, cette Basilique se classe au 15è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.
Photo: September 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tango7174.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John-in-Lateran, Rome, Italy.
The Major Papal
and
Roman Arch-Basilica of The Most Holy Saviour
and Saint John the Baptist and
Saint John The Evangelist-in-Lateran.
Mother and Head of all Churches in Rome and in the World.
Photo: 21 April 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Livioandronico2013.
(Wikimedia Commons)
God's people, encamped under the shadow of the palm trees, near the twelve fountains where Moses promised them the Manna, is a type of the Christian people, who, breaking off branches from the trees, bear witness that God's Son, Jesus, comes to deliver Souls from sin, leading them to the Baptismal Font and nourishing them with the Manna of The Eucharist.
English: Saint Peter, by Pierre-Étienne Monnot. Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
Français: Saint Pierre, par Pierre-Étienne Monnot. Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran (Rome).
Photo: 2006/09/07.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jastrow.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Church of Rome, it would seem, adopted this practice about the 9th-Century A.D. and added to it the Rite for The Blessing of The Palms, which has given to this Sunday the name of "The Easter of Flowers".
In this Benediction, The Church Prays for health of mind and body for those who dwell in houses where the Palms are preserved.
This Procession of Christians, who, with Palm in hand and songs of Hosanna on their lips, proclaim Christ's Kingship every year, throughout the whole World and in all generations, is composed of all Catechumens, of public penitents and of The Faithful. All of whom will be united at The Easter Feast to this Glorious Victor, through The Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Penance.
The decorated Coffered Ceiling of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy.
Photo: 27 July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Dnalor 01.
(Wikimedia Commons)
It is this that is represented by the Procession of Palms, when it stops at the door of the Church, into which some Members of the Choir have already found their way. They Chant, alternately with the Clergy; on the one side, "The Angelic Choir", and, on the other, Christ's Soldiers, still plunged in the strife of battle, hailing The King of Glory, each in his turn.
Soon, the door opens, after the Sub-Deacon has knocked on it three times with The Foot of The Cross, and The Procession enters the Church; so does The Cross of Christ open Heaven to us and so will The Elect, one day, enter with their Lord into Eternal Glory.
We should carefully keep a Blessed Palm in our home. It is a Sacramental, which will obtain for us Graces in virtue of The Church's Prayer and strengthen our Faith in Christ, Who, Full of Mercy, has conquered sin, death and the devil, in a victory of which these sacred Palms are the type.
Mass for Palm Sunday.
The Blessing of Palms takes place at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), which, in Rome, represents Bethlehem, the birthplace of Him Whom The Magi hailed as "King of the Jews." Thence, The Procession goes to Saint John Lateran, in which Church, in former times, The Lenten Station took place, since, by its Dedication to Saint Saviour, it calls up memories of The Passion, which is the Subject of today's Mass.
The Redeemer's Triumph must be preceded by His Humiliation, "even to The Death of The Cross" (Epistle), which is to serve as a model for us, that, "instructed by His Patience", we may "partake in His Resurrection".
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Dómine, ne longe fácias.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.
The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 25 March.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
"The Annunciation".
Artist: Paolo de Matteis.
Date: 1712.
Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,
Missouri, United States of America.
Source/Photographer: Saint Louis Art Museum official site.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Sequentia Flos Carmeli"
(Flower of Carmel).
Performed by Schola Cantorum de Regina Pacis (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
www.regina-pacis.org
Available on YouTube at
Illustration: ZEPHYRINUS
Gabriel told Mary to name her Son, Jesus, meaning "Saviour". Many Christians observe this event with The Feast Of The Annunciation on 25 March, nine full months before Christmas, the Ceremonial Birthday of Jesus. According to Luke 1:26,, The Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist. Irenaeus (circa 130 A.D. - 202 A.D.), of Lyon, regarded The Conception of Jesus as 25 March, coinciding with The Passion.
Our Lady of Ushaw, Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Illustration: ZEPHYRINUS
The Annunciation has been a key topic in Christian Art, in general, as well as in Marian Art in The Catholic Church, particularly during The Middle Ages and The Renaissance.
Illustration: ZEPHYRINUS
Illustration: ZEPHYRINUS
The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 25 March.
Double of The First-Class.
White Vestments.
This Feast, prepared by the Feast of Saint Gabriel, yesterday, recalls the greatest event in history, The Incarnation of Our Lord (Gospel) in the womb of a Virgin (Epistle). On this day, The Word Was Made Flesh, and united to Itself for ever The Humanity of Jesus.
25 March is, indeed, The Anniversary of The Ordination of Christ as Priest, for it is by The Anointing of The Divinity that He has become Supreme Pontiff, Mediator between God and man.
English: Innocence.
Français: L'Innocence.
Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.
И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1893.
Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Mystery of The Incarnation has earned, for Mary, her Most Glorious Title, that of "Mother of God" (Collect), in Greek "Theotokos", a name which The Eastern Church always inscribed in Letters of Gold, like a Diadem, on the forehead of her images and statues.
"Standing on the threshold of Divinity" [Saint Thomas], since she gave to The Word of God the Flesh to which He was hypostatically united, The Virgin has always been honoured by a super-eminent Veneration, that of Hyperdulia.
English: "The Virgin With Angels".
Latin: Latina: "Regina Angelorum".
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1900.
Current location: Petit Palais, Paris.
Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center.
Copied from The English Wikipedia to Commons.
(Wikimedia Commons)
To 25 March, will correspond, nine months later, 25 December, the day on which will be manifested to the world the Miracle as yet only known to Heaven and to The Humble Virgin.
Since the Title of Mother of God makes Mary All Powerful with her Son, let us have recourse to her intercession with Him (Collect), so that, by the Merits of His Passion and Crucifixion, we may have a part in The Glory of His Resurrection (Postcommunion).
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Vultum tuum.
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