Easter Wednesday. The Station Is The Basilica Of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

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

Easter Wednesday.

Station at Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

[The spelling of this Saint's name can be either Laurence or Lawrence.]

English: Papal Basilica of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori-le-Mura.

Photo: February 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:Panairjdde

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The Lenten Station is at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls. The Church puts before her New-Born Children, as a model, the illustrious Roman Deacon, to whom this Basilica is Dedicated.

Like Saint Paul, yesterday, Saint Peter tells us that The Prophets foretold the Death of Jesus and that The Apostles were witnesses of His Resurrection (Epistle). The Alleluia further reminds us that "The Lord hath appeared to Peter"; while the Gospel shows us Saint Peter directing the fishing operations of his companions, in expectation of the hour, now fast approaching, when he will direct their labours as fishers of men. More devoted to Jesus than the others, he cast himself into the sea to rejoin Him, and it was he who drew to land the net, full of one hundred and fifty-three big fishes.

The Cloisters.

San Lorenzo fuori-le-mura

(Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls).

Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853).

Date: 1824.

Current location: Art Institute of Chicago,

(Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection).

Photo: April 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: user:Rlbberlin

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to The Fathers, these fishes, brought by Peter to The Feet of The Risen Christ, represented the Neophytes, for The Catechumens were born to Supernatural Life in The Font of Baptism. Called by God to receive His Kingdom (Introit), they eat The Bread of Angels, The Bread of Heaven (Offertory, Secret), which transforms them into New Creatures (Postcommunion), the "Agni Novelli" or "New-Born Lambs".

[The "Agnus Dei", or figures of The Lamb of God, stamped on the wax which remains from The Paschal Candle of the previous year, were formerly Blessed by the Pope on this day. Cherished in a spirit of Reverence and Faith, they are a protection against sickness and danger.]

Let us Celebrate these Festivities of The Resurrection of Our Lord in a Spirit of Holy Rejoicing, a foretaste of the joy we shall experience at The Eternal Pasch (Collect).

Mass: Veníte, benedícti.
Sequence: Victimæ paschali laudes.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: For Easter.
Commemoration: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

Faux-Bourdon.

“Conditor Alme Siderum”

A 7th-Century A.D. Latin Hymn.

Sung (Three Voices).

Faux-Bourdon in the English Style.

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“Ave Maris Stella”.

Composer: Guillaume Dufay.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia.

Faux-Bourdon, or, Fauxbourdon (also Fauxbordon, and also commonly two words: Faux Bourdon, or, Faulx Bourdon, and, in Italian, Falso Bordone) – French for False Drone – is a technique of musical harmonisation used in The Late-Middle Ages and Early-Renaissance, particularly by composers of The Burgundian School.

Guillaume Dufay was a prominent practitioner of the form (as was John Dunstaple), and may have been its inventor.

The homophony and mostly parallel harmony allows the text of the mostly Liturgical lyrics to be understood clearly.

In its simplest form, Faux-Bourdon consists of the cantus firmus and two other parts, a sixth, and a perfect fourth, below. To prevent monotony, or create a cadence, the lowest voice sometimes jumps down to the octave, and any of the accompanying voices may have minor embellishments. Usually just a small part of a composition employs the Faux-Bourdon technique.

Example of Faux-Bourdon.

This is a portion of Ave Maris Stella, a Marian Antiphon, in a setting by Guillaume Dufay, transcribed into modern notation. The top and bottom lines are freely composed; the middle line, designated "fauxbourdon" in the original, follows the contours of the top line while always remaining exactly a perfect fourth below. The bottom line is often, but not always, a sixth below the top line; it is embellished, and reaches cadences on the octave.

In a Hymn, the term is sometimes used when the Congregation sings in parallel octaves, with some singers singing a descant over the melody, but the term was historically used to indicate an arrangement of the tune in four parts with the melody in the tenor voice, such as those composed by 16th-Century and 17th-Century English composers, including John Dowland, Giles Farnaby, and Thomas Ravenscroft.

The earliest explicit example of Faux-Bourdon may be in the manuscript I-BC Q15 (Bologna, Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica, MS Q15), compiled around 1435, which contains several examples, including one by Dufay dating probably to around 1430. Since many Early-15th-Century compositions are anonymous, and dating is often problematic, exact determination of the authorship of the earliest Faux-Bourdon is difficult.

Dufay's contribution to this collection contains the first actual use of the term, in the closing part of his Missa Sancti Jacobi. It is possible that his use of the word "Bourdon" was intended as a pun on Saint James’ "Staff" (which Dufay, or the copyist, drew in miniature above the music). Cividale, Museo Civico MS 101 has a work "O Salutaris Hostia" (f. 82v) which seems to be a work of Faux-Bourdon, but not labelled as such.[1][2]

The earliest definitely datable example of Faux-Bourdon is in a motet by Dufay, “Supremum Est Mortalibus”, which was written for the Treaty reconciling the differences between Pope Eugene IV and Sigismund, after which Sigismund was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor, which happened on 31 May 1433. In this motet, which is for four voices, when the tenor—the lowest voice—drops out, the upper three voices proceed in Faux-Bourdon.

Even though its first use appears to have been in Italy, Faux-Bourdon was to become a defining characteristic of The Burgundian Style which flourished in The Low Countries through the middle of the 15th-Century. Composers such as Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnois, and Johannes Brassart all frequently used the technique, always adapting it to their personal styles.

A related, but separate, development took place in England in the 15th-Century, called “Faburden”. While superficially similar, especially in that it involved chains of 6–3 chords with octave-fifth consonances at the ends of phrases, Faburden was a schematic method of harmonisation of an existing Chant; in the case of Faburden, the Chant was in the middle voice.

The magnificent Choir of the Church of Saint Eugène. Paris, often include examples of Faux-Bourdon in their outstanding regular Choral arrangements for The Divine Mass and The Divine Office. 

Their Web-Site, LITURGIA, gives a splendid indication of the quality of their Mass Settings and Office renditions.

You can listen to their renditions on YouTube at YOU TUBE

Votive Masses. All Of Which Can Be Requested Of Your Parish Priest (Pastor). Including A Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence (Such As Coronavirus).

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

Pope Saint Zephyrinus.

(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).

Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).

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Votive Masses, which may be said on certain Feast Days of Semi-Double or Simple Rite, and on certain Ferias, have been instituted to meet the wishes of The Faithful and satisfy Private Devotion.

The ordinary Votive Masses, as also the ordinary Masses for The Dead, may not be said on Greater Ferias, except on those of Advent.

Examples of Votive Masses,

which can be requested of the Parish Priest, or Pastor,

by The Faithful,

include:

Votive Mass of Jesus Christ The High Priest;

Votive Mass of The Holy Trinity;

Votive Mass of The Holy Angels;

Votive Mass of Saint Joseph;

Votive Mass of Saints Peter and Paul;

Votive Mass of all The Holy Apostles;

Votive Mass of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass to obtain The Grace of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Sacrament;

Votive Mass of The Holy Cross;

Votive Mass of The Passion;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Virgin Mary;

Votive Mass for Papal Election;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Pope;

Votive Mass for the Consecration of a Bishop;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Bishop;

Votive Mass of Ordination;

Votive Mass for The Sick;

Votive Mass for a dying Person;

Votive Mass for the Propagation of The Faith;

Votive Mass against The Heathen;

Votive Mass for the Removal of Schism;

Votive Mass in Time of War;

Votive Mass for Peace;

Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence;

Votive Mass of Thanksgiving;

Votive Mass for the Forgiveness of Sins;

Votive Mass for Pilgrims and Travellers;

Votive Mass for Any Necessity;

Votive Mass for a Happy Death;

Votive Mass of The Sacred Heart;

Votive Mass of The Holy Name;

Votive Mass of The Precious Blood;

Votive Mass of Christ The King;

Votive Mass of The Holy Family;

Votive Mass of The Immaculate Conception;

Votive Mass of The Seven Sorrows;

Votive Mass of All Saints;

Votive Mass of Any Canonised Saint

(even if not mentioned in The Universal Calendar).

Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion.

From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Renewal Of Baptismal Vows.

O, Adorable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Whose name I was Baptised, may thanks be rendered unto Thee for this ineffable gift that Thou hast, in Thy great mercy, bestowed on me rather than on so many others.

In sin did my mother conceive me, and I was born a child of wrath, but, by water and The Holy Ghost, hast Thou made me to be born anew, O, my God, and, in that same second, did I become Thy child, brother of Jesus, Thy Son, Co-Heir with Him in Thy Glory.

But, alas, I have not lived in accordance with the exalted precepts laid upon me. O, my Father, if I may still call Thee by this name after having offended Thee so gravely, forget the ignorance of my youth, forget the sins of my life.

I sincerely desire to serve Thee, all the rest of my days, in the way that Thou art worthy of my service.

This firm resolution do I take, today, in renewing before Thee the promises made for me at Baptism.

With all my heart, O, God, do I renounce Satan and all his deceits, the World with all its vanities, sin, and all desires of the flesh; I renounce myself and all the corruption of my heart, that I may adore Thee, love Thee, serve Thee, and fulfil all Thy Commandments; this is the promise I make at Thy feet, before Heaven and Earth.

O, Eternal Father, revive in me The Grace of Divine Adoption, which marked the early moments of my life, that I live no longer but for Thee. O, Jesus, my Saviour, by The Blood in Which I was purified, renew in me The Image of Thee, Which I have disfigured so frequently by sin.

Holy Ghost, Principle of All Good, be Thou also The Principle of all my thoughts, all my desires, all my actions, that, henceforth, there may be found nothing in me unworthy of a Child of God, a Member of Jesus Christ, and a Temple Consecrated by Thee.

Queen of Heaven, Blessed Spirits encompassing The Throne of The Almighty, Guardian Angel, under whose care I have been placed, Holy Saints, whose names I bear, and ye pre-destined Souls of all ages who compose The Celestial Court, bear witness of the promise I have made.

Assist me with your Prayers, that I may obtain, from God, The Grace of being Faithful to it, even unto death.

Amen.

Easter Tuesday. The Station Is At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

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

Easter Tuesday.

Station at Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, Rome.

Deutsch: Rom, Sankt Paul vor den Mauern.

Italiano: Statua di San Paolo di fronte alla facciata della

Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma

Photo: May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner

(Wikimedia Commons)

After the Testimony to Our Lord's Resurrection given by The Angels (Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday), and by The Prince of The Apostles (Easter Monday), today's Liturgy brings before us that of The Apostle of the Gentiles.

So it is in The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul, on the Via Ostia, that The Church used to gather her New-Born Children around the tomb of this same Apostle (Collect), there to teach them, out of his mouth, The Words of Divine Wisdom ((Introit).

The Epistle consists of a portion of the address in which Saint Paul announced to the Jews of the Synagogue of Antioch, in Pisidia, The Resurrection of Christ, foretold by The Prophets and witnessed by The Apostles.

The Gospel gives us a new proof of Our Lord's Resurrection, telling us of an appearance of Jesus in The Cenacle on the very day that He Rose from The Dead. Jesus makes his Disciples touch Him. He eats in their presence and demonstrates from The Scriptures that it was necessary that Christ should die to save the World.

The Neophytes, "redeemed out of the hand of the enemy and united to God's own people" (Gradual), and all Christians with them, must, continues Saint Paul, henceforth live, like The Risen Christ, none but a Heavenly Life (Communion), and by their manner of living proclaim their Faith in Christ (Collect).

Let us renew our Faith in The Risen Christ and show it by living, like Jesus, an entirely New Life.

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

Mass: Aqua sapiéntiæ.
Sequence: Victimæ pascháli laudes.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

With a length of 432 feet, this Basilica is eleventh

among the largest Churches in the World.

Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs.

Avec sa longueur de 131,66 mètres, cette Basilique se classe

au 11è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.

Photo: September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174

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The Mass That The Saints Loved.

The Divine Mass That The Saints Loved.

Illustration: ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CULTURE CENTER

Return, Quickly, To The Traditional Latin Mass.

Stop All The Modern-Day, Fantastic, Improvisations.

No More Waving At Everybody In The Church.

No More Guitars.

No More Giving Mrs. Magillicuddy

Something To Do On A Sunday Morning.

(Including The Readings, Taking The Ciborium Out Of The Tabernacle, Touching The Consecrated Hosts, Drinking From The Chalice The Unconsumed Blood Of Our Lord And Saviour, Jesus Christ, Standing On The Altar To Light The Candles (I Kid You Not), Washing Out The Sacred Vessels, Etc.).

The World Is In Crisis.

Questions Need To Be Asked As To

What Has Brought This Situation About.

Consider.

Discuss.

Pray.

The Modern-Day “Novus Ordo”, Although A Licit Mass, Is Very Often Perceived As “A Gathering”, And “Performed” With Little Or No Profundity, Dignity, Sanctity.

“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.

Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.

Illustration: LOUVRE

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The “Vidi Aquam” And “Aspérges Me”.

Tridentine Latin Mass

at the Church of Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet, Paris, France.

The "Aspérges Me" can be heard at 4.00 on this Video.

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"Vidi Aquam" is sung during Paschaltide until Pentecost Sunday,

in place of  "Aspérges Me".

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and here is the Old Roman Chant version of "Vidi Aquam".

Old Roman Chant from Ensemble Organum

(Director of Music: Marcel Peres).

From the CD "Old Roman Chant: Vespers for Easter Sunday".

It is a bit shorter than The Traditional Form.

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and here is what "Vidi Aquam" replaces during Paschaltide.

On Pentecost Sunday, "Aspérges Me" returns for the rest of The Liturgical Year.

The “Aspérges Me”.

Sung during the rest of The Liturgical Year,

 outside of Paschaltide.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

"Vidi Aquam" is the name of an Antiphon, which is sung during The Latin Rite Catholic Mass. It accompanies The Aspérges, the ritual at the beginning of Mass where the Celebrant sprinkles the Congregation with Holy Water.

It is sung from The Easter Vigil throughout The Liturgical Season of Eastertide (Paschaltide) until The Feast of Pentecost.

Vidi aquam egredientem de templo,

a latere dextro, alleluia:

Et omnes ad quos pervenit aqua ista, salvi facti sunt, Et dicent: Alleluia, Alleluia.

I saw water flowing out of The Temple,

from Its Right Side, Alleluia:

And all who came to this water were saved, And they shall say: Alleluia, Alleluia.

The Text refers to the words of the Prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47:1), who saw the waters gushing forth from the Temple as a sanctifying flood that flows through the Earth.

If the sprinkling Rite occurs outside Eastertide, the simpler Antiphon "Aspérges Me" replaces The "Vidi Aquam".

"Aspérges Me" is a Latin Antiphon said or sung at a Roman Catholic High Mass in all Seasons except the Easter (Paschal) Season and Palm Sunday.

It Traditionally accompanies The Asperges, the ritual sprinkling of the Congregation by the Celebrant with Holy Water, as part of an Entrance Ritual, symbolising the cleansing of the people. Its words are taken from Psalm 50 (51| (The Miserére).

Aspérges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor,

Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.

Thou wilt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop 

and I shall be cleansed,

Thou wilt wash me, and I shall be washed whiter than snow.

Pity me, O God, according to Thy great mercy.

It is followed by the conventional Doxology (except on The First Sunday of Passiontide):

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto,

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sæcula sæculorum.

Amen.

Glory be to The Father,

and to The Son,

and to The Holy Ghost,

As it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

World without end.

Amen.

The Antiphon is then recited a second time.

From Easter until Pentecost, "Aspérges Me" is replaced by the more lengthy and florid Antiphon, "Vidi Aquam".

Although usually sung to Plain Chant, "Aspérges Me" has been set to music; two well-known examples are those by Gilles Binchois (Bologna, International Museum and Library of Music, Ms Q15) and Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Saint Vincent Ferrer. Confessor. Feast Day 5 April.

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

Saint Vincent Ferrer.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 5 April.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Vincent Ferrer,

Ploudalmézeau, Brittany, France.

Français: L'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Vincent-Ferrier

à Ploudalmézeau Finistère, Brittany, France.

Photo: 15 November 2017.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mairie Ploudalmézeau

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English: “The Procession of The Saints” from the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Vincent Ferrer, Ploudalmézeau, Brittany, France, in 1908.

Compare with the photograph (above).

Français: Ploudalmézeau la procession des saints en 1908

probablement 2 (anonyme, musée des arts et traditions populaires).

Date: 4 October 2011.

Source: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/

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Author: Anonymous.

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English: “The Procession of The Saints” from the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Vincent Ferrer, Ploudalmézeau, Brittany, France, in 1908.

Compare with the photographs (above).

Français: Français : Ploudalmézeau La procession des saints en 1908

(photo anonyme, musée des arts et traditions populaires)

Source: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/

joconde/carpo/0002/m500201_020280_p.jpg

Author: Anonymous.

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Saint Vincent Ferrer, born in Spain in 1350, entered, at the age of eighteen, in The Order of Preachers and gave lustre to The Church by his virtues and his Preaching (Collect).

He was called “The Angel of The Judgement” and he went over the whole of Europe, warning sinners “to be ready for The Son of Man, Who will come at an unexpected hour” (Gospel).

The words of the Prophet: “Arise, ye dead, and come to Judgement,”, which he constantly repeated, caused the many miraculous conversions of which his life is full (Epistle). He put forth the proposal to end The Western Schism by deposing The Three Popes, who all claimed The Papal Tiara, and declared himself in favour of Martin V.

He died at Vannes, Brittany, France, in 1419.

Let us deserve by Penance to escape being condemned by The God Who is to judge us.

Mass: Os justi.

Commemoration (in Lent): Of The Feria.

Last Gospel (in Lent): Of The Feria.

Easter Monday. The Station Is At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Peter’s.

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

Easter Monday.

Station at Saint Peter's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Peter's Basilica.

The iconic Dome dominates the skyline of Rome.

Christianity became the dominant Religion of Western Civilisation

when The Roman Empire converted to Christianity.

Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Pietro-in-Vaticano.

Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri.

Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.

Photo: January 2005.

Source: Flickr

Author: Sébastien Bertrand from Paris, France

Reviewer: Andre Engels

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Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome.

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (1692–1765).

Date: 1731.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source/Photographer: Saint Louis Art Museum official site

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The Octave of Easter, during which, formerly, no servile work was done, was one continual Feast. Each day, the Neophytes attended Mass at a Station, at which they received Holy Communion. In the evening, they went to Saint John Lateran for The Office of Vespers.

On the first day of the week, The Station was at Saint Peter's, which contains the tomb of The Temporal Head of The Church. We hear his voice in the Epistle. He proclaims to the World The Resurrection of Christ, of which he was a witness.

Likewise, the Gospel, after describing the appearance of The Risen Christ to The Disciples at Emmaus, mentions His apparition to Peter on the very day of His Resurrection.

Receiving, as we do during these Easter Festivities, one and the same Sacrament, the milk of our Souls, which were born to The Life of God and brought into the promised land by Baptism (Introit), let us all be one in heart and Soul (Postcommunion) in proclaiming together our Faith in The Risen Christ.

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

Mass: Introdúxit.
Sequence: Victimæ pascháli laudes.
Creed: Is said.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter.
Hanc igitur: For Easter.