Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Thursday 19 April 2018

Commemoration Of Summorum Pontificum. Pontifical Traditional Solemn Mass. Basilica Of The National Shrine Of The Immaculate Conception. Washington, D.C.




Illustration: THE PAULUS INSTITUTE

Pontifical Solemn High Mass
for the 10th Anniversary Commemoration of Summorum Pontificum
Issued by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Saturday, 28 April 2018.
1:00 p.m.
Extraordinary Form of Mass.

Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample,
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon.
Celebrant and Homilist.

Directions.

The Basilica is located at 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, Washington, D.C. 20017.

It is easily accessible by car and free parking is available.

It is easily accessible by Metro on the Red line at Brookland/CUA.


"The Devil Hates Latin".



Illustration: REGINA MAGAZINE

The Devil Hates Latin.

A Novel from REGINA Press

An African is elected Pope, as The Barque of Peter encounters heavy seas.

Everywhere, The Faith and The West are in decline. [Editor: What a surprise !!! ]

Ominously, Occult Practices have corrupted the elites, the Media and powerful men in The Church.

The new Pontiff faces this unprecedented challenge, alone, until an embattled American Cardinal sends his best Exorcist to Rome, a young Dominican Priest with hard experience combating the Devil -- in Latin -- on America's mean streets.


Meanwhile, a US Media mogul, an indifferent Catholic targeted for his Politics, flees America with his family for The Eternal City. There, they find a despondent Society where Italians no longer marry and have children. Indeed, all hope seems lost until a beautiful Roman girl takes a brave stance against the rising tide of despair.

Gritty, fascinating and impossible to forget, "The Devil Hates Latin" sweeps from New England to The Tiber, and, ultimately, to a Renaissance Palazzo nestled in the Green Hills of Umbria, building to a shattering confrontation, as GOOD summons the courage to face the menace of the gathering forces of EVIL. 

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Wednesday 18 April 2018

The Solemnity Of Saint Joseph, Patron Of The Universal Church.


This Article is taken from and can be read in full at,
NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT


The Coronation of Saint Joseph, by Juan de Valdés Leal (1622-1690).


By: GREGORY DIPIPPO.

From The Decree of The Sacred Congregation for Rite Inclytus Patriarcha Joseph, dated
10 September 1847, extending The Feast of The Patronage of Saint Joseph to The General Calendar. The translation is Gregory Dipippio's.

The Glorious Patriarch Joseph, whom The Almighty Father enriched with singular Graces, and abundantly filled with Heavenly Gifts, so that he might serve as the reputed Father of His only-begotten Son, and the true Spouse of The Queen of Angels and Mistress of The World, fulfilled the duties and offices of this high calling so perfectly that he merited to receive the praise and rewards of a Good and Faithful Servant.

For, every mindful of the pre-eminent dignity and holiness of the noble Offices entrusted to him by The Divine Wisdom, he never ceased to obey the Counsels and Will of God in all matters with inexpressible joy; and, by pleasing God, was made beloved, until, being Crowned with Glory and Honour in Heaven, he received a new Office, namely, that by his many merits, and the support of his Prayers, he might come to the aid of man’s most wretched condition, and, by his most powerful intercession, obtain for the World what the efforts of man cannot. 

For this reason, he is Venerated as a Merciful Advocate and a Powerful Patron, and The Feast of his Patronage is kept in a great many places with a Proper Mass and Office on The Third Sunday occurring after the joys of Easter. [Editor: Note. This was subsequently changed to The Third Wednesday after Easter Sunday.]


However, one thing was still left to be desired, namely, that the Office of The Patronage of Saint Joseph should be extended to the whole Church. This did the Very Eminent and Rev. Cardinal Costantino Patrizi earnestly beseech from The Holy Father Blessed Pope Pius IX, with most humble supplication offered in his own name and that of the Cardinals of Holy Roman Church, and of a very great number of the Faithful from home and abroad. 

The Holy Father, receiving these supplications, so conformable to his own Devotion to Saint Joseph, with Apostolic kindness . . . gave his formal consent to the Petition, and ordered that henceforth, the Mass of The Patronage of Saint Joseph should be Celebrated by the Clergy of Rome and of the whole Church on The Third Sunday After Easter.

When the custom of fixing Feasts to particular Sundays was abolished as part of The Breviary Reform of Pope Saint Pius X, The Feast of The Patronage of Saint Joseph was Anticipated to the previous Wednesday, the day of the week Traditionally Dedicated to Patron Saints. 

It was removed from The General Calendar in 1955 and replaced by The Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker; the new Feast itself was then downgraded from the highest of three Grades (First-Class) in The 1962 Missal to the lowest of four Grades (Optional Memorial) in 1970. [Editor: Nothing more need be said about these "improvements".]

Solemnity Of Saint Joseph. Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Confessor And Patron Of The Universal Church. The Third Wednesday After Easter Sunday.


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

The Solemnity of Saint Joseph.
   Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary,
   Confessor and Patron of The Universal Church.
   Third Wednesday after Easter.

      (Wednesday after Good Shepherd Sunday).

Double of The First-Class with an Octave.
   [Note: An Octave was given to this Solemnity, rather than to The Feast of Saint Joseph on
   19 March, because Feasts falling in Lent may not have Octaves.]

White Vestments.



Saint Joseph.

Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Confessor and Patron of The Universal Church.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.


Today's Mass might be represented by a Triptych (see, below), showing us that Saint Joseph is the protector, which Divine Providence has chosen for His Church.

1. The Epistle speaks to us of Joseph, who, in The Old Testament, is a figure of Saint Joseph. The dying Jacob prophesies that his son, Joseph, "shall be the Pastor and Strength of Israel, and that The Almighty shall shower Blessings upon him." And Joseph was established by Pharao over the entire land of Egypt, so that the salvation of all depended upon him. [The Lessons and Responses of The First Nocturn of Matins.] The whole Church has recourse to Saint Joseph with confidence.

2. The Gospel, Collect, and Communion, explaining the connection between The Heavenly Trinity and The Holy Family, this Trinity on Earth, show forth the power of Saint Joseph. Jesus is, at the same time, Son of God and Son of man. Mary is The Spouse of The Holy Ghost, and it is the will of God The Father that Saint Joseph should be considered father of Christ and that he should exercise paternal rights over Him (Preface).

3. Lastly, the Introit, Collects, Alleluia, and Offertory, show us Saint Joseph as the guardian of the new Jerusalem, which is The Church, to watch over her in the midst of all her tribulations.

Full of confidence in the patronage of Saint Joseph, let us honour his Title of Protector on Earth, so as to deserve his help from Heaven (Collect).

Mass: Adjútor.
Preface of Saint Joseph: During The Octave.




"Te Joseph Celebrent".
The Hymn (First Tone) of Second Vespers 
for The Solemnity of Saint Joseph.
Available on YouTube at




Prayer To Saint Joseph.

Prescribed by Pope Leo XIII, for the Month of October,
after the recitation of The Rosary and The Litany of Our Lady.
Indulgence: 300 Days.
21 September 1889.

Unto thee. O Blessed Joseph, do we fly in our tribulation and, having implored the help of thy Holy Spouse, we now also confidently seek thy protection.

By that affection which united thee to The Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by thy fatherly love for The Child Jesus, we humbly beg thee to look down  with compassion on the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased with His Blood, and in our need to help us by thy powerful intercession.

Do thou, O prudent Guardian of The Holy Family, watch over the chosen people of Jesus Christ.



Keep us, O loving father, safe from all error and corruption. O great protector, from thy place in Heaven, graciously help us in our contest against 

The Powers of Darkness.


And as of old thou didst rescue The Child Jesus from the danger of death, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity.

Extend to each one of us thy continual protection,
that, led on by thine example, and strengthened by thine aid, we may live and die in holiness,
and obtain everlasting happiness in Heaven.

Amen.

Kenya Elephant Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick Dies.



Daphne Sheldrick spent six decades working with orphaned Baby Elephants.
Photo Credit: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE.
Text and Illustration: BBC

Kenyan Elephant Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick has died, aged 83.

She helped save the lives of more than 230 Elephants - many of which had lost their mothers to poachers or drought - by developing a milk formula and successfully rearing them.


Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

Her Kenyan Charity is world-renowned for its care of orphaned Elephants.

Dame Daphne "lived alongside Elephants and learned to read their hearts", read a statement on her Charity's Web-Site at SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST


Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

"Her legacy is immeasurable and
lives on in the tiny steps of Baby Elephants".


Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST


Daphne Sheldrick (R.I.P.).
Illustration: TWITTER


Most Funny and Cute Baby Elephant Videos Compilation (2016).
Available on YouTube at


Khumba ("Memory") trumpets.
Available on YouTube at

Tuesday 17 April 2018

"Baba Yetu". The Lord's Prayer. In Swahili.



"Baba Yetu".
The Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
Available on YouTube at

This Article can be read in full at A CHAPLAIN ABROAD - FR. BEDE ROWE
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