English: Tongeren Abbey Cloisters, Belgium.
Deutsch: Kreuzgang der Liebfrauenbasilika in Tongeren,
in der Provinz Limburg (Belgien).
Photo: 11 October 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter
(Wikimedia Commons)
Friday 26 November 2021
Saint Peter Of Alexandria. Bishop And Martyr. “The Seal Of The Martyrs”. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 26 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Peter Of Alexandria.
Bishop And Martyr.
Feast Day 26 November.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Peter of Alexandria.
CNA file photo.
Illustration: CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
"At Alexandria," says The Roman Martyrology, "the birth in Heaven of Saint Peter, Bishop of that City, who, resplendent with The Light of Every Virtue, was beheaded by order of The Emperor Maximinus in 311 A.D."
Mass: Statuit. Of a Martyr.
THE END OF THE SANCTORAL CYCLE.
The following Text is from CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
By: Benjamin Mann.
Denver, Colorado. 25 November 2012 / 09:45 a.m. (CNA/EWTN News).- Local Commemorations of the 4th-Century A.D. Martyr, Saint Peter of Alexandria, will take place on 25 November and, also, on 26 November. Although his Feast Day in The Western Tradition (on the latter date) is no longer a part of The Roman Catholic Church’s Universal Calendar, he remains especially beloved among Catholic and Orthodox Christians of The Egyptian Coptic Tradition.
Tradition attests that the Egyptian Bishop was the last Believer to suffer death at the hands of Roman Imperial authorities for his Faith in Christ. For this reason, Saint Peter of Alexandria is known as "The Seal of The Martyrs".
He is said to have undertaken severe Penances for the sake of The Suffering Church during his lifetime, and written Letters of encouragement to those in prison, before going to his death at the close of "The Era of The Martyrs."
Both the date of Peter’s birth, and of his Ordination as a Priest, are unknown. It is clear, however, that he was chosen to lead Egypt’s main Catholic Community in 300 A.D., after the death of Saint Theonas of Alexandria.
He may have previously been in charge of Alexandria’s well-known Catechetical School, an important centre of Religious Instruction in The Early-Church. Peter’s own theological writings were cited in a later 5th-Century A.D. dispute over Christ’s Divinity and Humanity.
In 302 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian and his subordinate, Maximinus, attempted to wipe out The Church in the territories of The Roman Empire. They used their authority to destroy Church properties, imprison and torture Believers, and eventually kill those who refused to take part in pagan ceremonies. As The Bishop of Alexandria, Peter offered Spiritual Support to those who faced these penalties, encouraging them to hold to their Faith without compromise.
Saint Sylvester. Abbot. Feast Day 26 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Sylvester.
Abbot.
Feast Day 26 November.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Sylvester receives Holy Communion
from The Hand of Our Lady (see, below).
Artist: Claudio Ridolfi.
Date: 1632.
Illustration: VULTUS CHRISTI
He immediately gave up everything (Gospel) and retired into a desert, where he devoted himself to Penance and Meditation (Introit). "Later, he built at Monte Fano," says The Roman Breviary, "a Church in honour of The Holy Father, Benedict, who advised him in a vision to Found a Religious Order, whose Rule and Habit he described to him. It was The Order of The Sylvestrines."
This Branch of The Benedictine Order spread in a short time and already numbered twenty-five Houses in Italy when its Founder died in 1267, at the age of ninety.
Mass: Os justi. (Of Abbots).
Commemoration: Saint Peter of Alexandria. (From The Collects of The Mass: Státuit).
The following Text is from VULTUS CHRISTI
Communion from The Hands of Our Lady.
The most famous Marian prodigy in his life took place when, of a night, The Blessed Virgin appeared to him in a dream and said, “Sylvester, dost thou desire to receive The Body of my Son ?”
With trepidation, he answered, “My heart is ready, Oh, Lady; let it be done unto me according to thy word.”
What I find most extraordinary is that Saint Sylvester, being a Monk already steeped in The Word of God through the familiar repetition of it in The Sacred Liturgy, answered Our Blessed Lady in two phrases already held and pondered within her Immaculate Heart.
The first phrase, taken from Psalm 107:2 — “Paratum cor meum Deus paratum cor meum” — “My heart is ready, Oh, God, my heart is ready” is the perfect act of preparation for Holy Communion.
The second phrase is Our Blessed Lady’s own acquiescence to The Mystery of The Incarnation, as recorded in Luke 1:30 — “Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum” — “Be it done to me according to thy word”. Receiving her very own words from the lips of her servant, Sylvester, The Mother of God gave him Holy Communion.
Claudio Ridolfi painted the episode in 1632.
Thursday 25 November 2021
Sainte-Cécile Cathedral. Albi, France.
Albi Cathedral,
France.
Illustration: TWITTER/STAINED GLASS ZEALOT
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia (French: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi), also known as Albi Cathedral, is The Seat of The Catholic Archbishop of Albi.
First built in the aftermath of The Albigensian Crusade, the grim Exterior resembles a fortress, but the Interior is lavishly decorated with Art and Sculpture, a very ornate Choir Screen, and Walls in Bright Blues and Golds, in The Toulousian, or, Southern French, Gothic Style.
It was begun in 1282 and was under construction for 200 years. It is claimed to be the largest brick building in the World.[1] In 2010, the Cathedral, along with its Episcopal Buildings, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its unique Architecture and the remarkable consistency in its design.[2][3]
English: Sainte-Cécile Cathedral.
Albi, France.
Français: Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi.
Photo: 8 May 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: ByacC
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Strasbourg, France. Cathédrale Notre-Dame De Strasbourg. Liebfrauenmünster Zu Straßburg.
Strasbourg Cathedral,
Alsace, France.
Photo: 8 February 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
"Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0"
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Traditional Latin Mass in Strasbourg Cathedral,
Saint-Laurent Chapel. Feast Day of Sainte Jeanne d'Arc (Saint Joan of Arc).
Photo: 30 May 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Christophe117
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Nave,
Strasbourg Cathedral,
Alsace, France.
Photo: 8 February 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
"Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0"
(Wikimedia Commons)
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless otherwise stated.
Strasbourg Cathedral, or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, German: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg), also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France.
Although considerable parts of it are still in Romanesque architecture, it is widely considered to be among the finest examples of High-, or Late-, Gothic architecture. Erwin von Steinbach is credited for major contributions from 1277 to his death in 1318. The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.[6]
At 142 metres (466 feet), it was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years), when it was surpassed by Saint. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg, Germany. Today, it is the sixth-tallest Church in the World and the highest still-standing structure built entirely in The Middle Ages.
English: Statues on the Right of The Great West Door, Strasbourg Cathedral.
Français: Statues de l'ébrasement droit de la porte centrale du portail occidental de la cathédrale de Strasbourg.
Photo: 27 December 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Coyau.
Attribution: Coyau / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading Tree of God", the Cathedral is visible far across the Plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. Sandstone, from the Vosges, used in construction, gives the Cathedral its characteristic pink hue.
The site of Strasbourg Cathedral was used for several successive Religious buildings, starting from the Argentoratum period (when a Roman Sanctuary occupied the site) up to the building that is there today.
It is known that a Cathedral was erected by Bishop Saint Arbogast, of the Strasbourg Diocese, at the end of the 7th-Century, on the base of a temple dedicated to The Virgin Mary, but nothing remains of it today. Strasbourg's previous Cathedral, remains of which, dating back to the Late-4th-Century A.D., or Early-5th-Century A.D., were unearthed in 1948 and 1956, was situated at the site of the current Église Saint-Étienne.
English: West façade of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.
Français: Façade ouest de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.
Photo: 20 August 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Neuceu.
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the 8th-Century A.D., the first Cathedral was replaced by a more important building that would be completed under the Reign of Charlemagne. Bishop Remigius von Straßburg (also known as Rémi) wished to be buried in the Crypt, according to his Will, dated 778 A.D.
It was certainly in this building that the Oaths of Strasbourg were pronounced in 842 A.D. Excavations carried out, recently, reveal that this Carolingian Cathedral had three Naves and three Apses. A poem described this Cathedral decorated with Gold and Precious Stones by Bishop Ratho (also Ratald, or, Rathold). The Basilica caught fire on multiple occasions, in 873 A.D., 1002, and 1007.
English: The Nave,
Cathedral of Our Lady, Strasbourg, Alsace, France.
Deutsch: Langhaus des Münsters Unserer Lieben Frau,
Straßburg, Elsass, Frankreich.
Photo: 17 May 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zairon
(Wikimedia Commons)
In 1015, Bishop Werner von Habsburg laid the first Stone of a new Cathedral on the ruins of the Carolingian Basilica. He then constructed a Cathedral in the Romanesque Style of architecture. That Cathedral burned to the ground in 1176, because, at that time, the Naves were covered with a wooden framework.
After that disaster, Bishop Heinrich von Hasenburg decided to construct a new Cathedral, to be more beautiful than that of Basel, which was just being finished. Construction of the new Cathedral began on the Foundations of the preceding structure, and did not end until Centuries later. Werner's Cathedral's Crypt, which had not burned, was kept, and expanded Westwards.
The Rose Window,
Our Lady Of Strasbourg, France.
Photo: 24 June 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Doc Searls
(Wikimedia Commons)
The construction began with the Quire (Choir) and the North Transept in a Romanesque Style, reminiscent of, and actually inspired by, the Imperial Cathedrals in its monumental size and height. But, in 1225, a team coming from Chartres revolutionised the construction by suggesting a Gothic Style.
The parts of the Nave that had already been begun, in Romanesque Style, were torn down and, in order to find money to finish the Nave, the Chapter resorted to Indulgences in 1253. The money was kept by the Œuvre Notre-Dame (Editor: The Strasbourg Museum), which also hired architects and stone workers. The influence of the Chartres Masters was also felt in the sculptures and statues; the "Pillar of Angels" (Pilier des anges), a representation of The Last Judgment on a Pillar in the Southern Transept, facing the Astronomical Clock, owes to their expressive style.
Like the City of Strasbourg, the Cathedral connects German and French cultural influences, while the Eastern structures, e.g. the Choir and South Portal, still have very Romanesque features, with more emphasis placed on walls than on windows.
English: The Romanesque Chevet of Strasbourg Cathedral.
Deutsch: Romanischer Chorabschluss des Straßburger Münsters.
Photo: 4 September 2013.
Source: archi-strasbourg.org
Author: Roland Burckel
(Wikimedia Commons)
Strasbourg Cathedral and Cologne Cathedral together represent some of the earliest uses of architectural drawing. The work of Professor Robert O. Bork, of the University of Iowa, suggests that the design of the Strasbourg façade, while seeming almost random in its complexity, can be constructed using a series of rotated octagons.
The North Tower, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building from 1647 (when the Spire of Saint Mary's Church, Stralsund, Germany, burnt down) until 1874, (when the Tower of Saint Nikolai's Church in Hamburg, Germany, was completed). The planned South Tower was never built and, as a result, with its characteristic asymmetrical form, Strasbourg Cathedral is now the premier landmark of Alsace. One can see thirty kilometers from the Observation Level, which provides a view of the Rhine Banks, from the Vosges all the way to The Black Forest. The Octagonal Tower is the combined work of architects Ulrich Ensingen (Shaft) and Johannes Hültz of Cologne (top). Ensingen worked on the Cathedral from 1399 to 1419, and Hültz from 1419 to 1439.
The Tympanum on the Right Portal.
Strasbourg Cathedral, Alsace, France.
Photo: 2 August 2020.
Author: Paul Barker Hemings
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the Late Middle Ages, the City of Strasbourg had managed to liberate itself from the domination of the Bishop and to rise to the status of Free Imperial City. The outgoing 15th-Century was marked by the Sermons of Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg and by the emerging Protestant Reformation, represented in Strasbourg by figures such as John Calvin, Martin Bucer and Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck.
In 1524, the City Council assigned the Cathedral to the Protestant faith, while the building suffered some damage from iconoclastic assaults. In 1539, the world's first documented Christmas Tree was set up inside the Münster. After the annexation of the City by Louis XIV of France, on 30 September 1681, and a Mass celebrated in the Cathedral on 23 October 1681 in the presence of the King and Prince-Bishop, Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, the Cathedral was returned to the Catholics and its inside re-designed according to the Catholic Liturgy of the Counter-Reformation.
The Great West Portals,
Strasbourg Cathedral, Alsace, France.
Photo: 13 January 2013.
Author: Patrick Nouhailler's…
(Wikimedia Commons)
In 1682, the Choir Screen (built in 1252) was broken out to expand the Quire (Choir) towards the Nave. Remains of the Choir Screen are displayed in the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame and in The Cloisters. The Main, or High, Altar, a major work of Early-Renaissance sculpture, was also demolished that year. Fragments can be seen in the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame.
A round, Baroque Sacristy, of modest proportions, was added North-East of the Northern Transept, in 1744, by the City's Chief Architect, Joseph Massol, according to Plans by Robert de Cotte. Between 1772 and 1778, architect Jean-Laurent Goetz surrounded the Cathedral with a Gallery, in Early-Gothic-Revival Syle, in order to re-organise the merchants' shops that used to settle around the building (and would do so until 1843).
In April 1794, the Enragés, who ruled the City, started planning to tear the Spire down, on the grounds that it hurt the principle of equality. The Tower was saved, however, when, in May of the same year, citizens of Strasbourg crowned it with a giant tin Phrygian Cap, of the kind the Enragés themselves wore. This artefact was later kept in the historical collections of the City, until they were all destroyed in a massive fire in August 1870.
English: The Rose Window
and Gallery of The Apostles,
Strasbourg Cathedral, Alsace, France.
Français: Alsace, Bas-Rhin, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.
Façade occidentale, Rosace et galerie des Apôtres.
Photo: 5 April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: © Ralph Hammann
(Wikimedia Commons)
During the Siege of Strasbourg, the Cathedral was hit by Prussian artillery and the metal Cross, on the Spire, was bent. The Crossing Dome's's roof was pierced and it was subsequently reconstructed in a grander, Romanesque Revival Style by The Notre-Dame Workshop's long-time Chief Architect, Gustave Klotz.
During World War II, Strasbourg's Cathedral was seen as a symbol for both warring parties. Adolf Hitler, who visited it on 28 June 1940, intended to transform the Church into a "National Sanctuary of the German People" or into a Monument to The Unknown Soldier, on 1 March 1941, General Leclerc, of France, made the "Vow of Kufra" (Serment de Koufra), stating he would "rest the weapons only when our beautiful Colours fly again on Strasbourg's Cathedral". During that same war, the Stained-Glass was removed, in seventy-four Cases, from the Cathedral and stored in a Salt Mine, near Heilbronn, Germany. After the war, it was returned to the Cathedral by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of the United States Military.
The Crossing and The Chevet
Strasbourg Cathedral in 1671.
Drawing by Johann Jacob Arhardt.
Source: archi-wiki.org
Author: Johann Jacob Arhardt (1613-1674)
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cathedral was hit by British and American bombs during air raids on Strasbourg's Centre, on 11 August 1944, which also heavily damaged the Palais Rohan and the Sainte-Madeleine Church. In 1956, the Council of Europe donated the famous Choir Window, by Max Ingrand, the "Strasbourg Madonna" (see also Flag of Europe Biblical interpretation). The last War Damages were only repaired in the Early-1990s.
In October 1988, when the City was commemorating 2,000 years of the Founding of Argentoratum, Pope Saint John Paul II visited and Celebrated Mass in the Cathedral. This event was also an occasion to celebrate the Franco-Germany Reconciliation.
In 2000, an Al-Qaeda plot to bomb the adjacent Christmas Market was prevented by French and German Police.
The Vaults in The Crypt,
Strasbourg Cathedral, Alsace, France.
Photo: 27 November 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC
© Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons
(Wikimedia Commons)
Notre Dame de Strasbourg turned into a “Temple of Reason”
during The French Revolution.
Source: J. Ch. Dieterich: Revolutions-Almanach von 1795.
Göttingen 1794, ad p.327.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Catharine Of Alexandria. Virgin And Martyr. Patroness Of Philosophers, Scholars, Orators, Lawyers. Feast Day 25 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Catharine of Alexandria.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 25 November.
Double.
Red Vestments.
Note: "Catharine" can also be spelled "Catherine".
Saint Catharine of Alexandria.
Image: ALL SAINTS
"The illustrious Virgin, Catharine," says The Roman Breviary, "was born at Alexandria. Having, from youth, combined the study of the liberal arts with the ardour of Faith, she soon rose to high perfection, both in Doctrine and in Holiness, and, at the age of eighteen, she surpassed the most learned.
"She rebuked the Emperor Maximian for tormenting the Christians, and he, filled with admiration for her learning, assembled from all parts the most learned men, to bring her over from The Faith of Jesus to the worship of idols. The contrary happened, for several were converted to Christianity by the cogency of her arguments."
Maximian then ordered her to be scourged with rods and with whips weighted with lead. Then he had her tied to wheels armed with sharp swords. But the machine broke down and the tyrant caused her to be beheaded.
Saint Catharine of Alexandria is one of the FOURTEEN AUXILIARY SAINTS
Christian philosophers, scholars, orators and lawyers honour her as their Patroness.
Mount Sinai, where the body of Saint Catharine was carried by Angels, is also the place where God's ministering Angels brought His Law to Moses.
Let us, with The Church, invoke the intercession of Saint Catharine, so that we may reach Jesus, The Law-Giver of our Souls (Collect).
Mass: Loquébar.
Portrait of Catharine of Alexandria.
Artist: Bernardino Luini
Date: 16th-Century.
Author: Bernardino Luini (1485–1532).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is taken from "The Liturgical Year",
by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Book VI.
Volume 15.
Saint Gertrude The Great, from her very infancy, felt a special attraction towards the glorious Virgin, Saint Catharine. As she was desirous of knowing how great were her merits, Our Lord showed her Saint Catharine seated on a throne, so lofty and so magnificent, that it seemed her glory was sufficient to have filled The Courts of Heaven, had she been its sole Queen; while, from her Crown, a marvellous brightness was reflected on her devout clients [Legatus divinæ pietatis, iv. 57].
It is well-known how The Maid of Orleans (Saint Joan of Arc), entrusted by Saint Michæl to the guidance of Saint Catharine and Saint Margaret, received aid and counsel from them during seven years; and how it was, at Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois, France, that she received her sword.
In the 12th-Century and the 13th-Century, the Crusaders of The West experienced the powerful assistance of The Alexandrian Martyr; and, on their return from The East, they introduced her cultus, which soon became extremely popular.
English: Catholic Church of Saint Catharine, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Русский: Санкт-Петербург, Россия. Невский проспект.
Католическая церковь св. Екатерины.
Photo: 1 June 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: A.Savin.
(Wikimedia Commons)
An Order of Knighthood was founded to protect the Pilgrims visiting her Holy Body on Mount Sinai. Her Feast was raised to the Rank of First-Class and, as observed, was a Holyday of Obligation by many Churches.
She was honoured as Patroness by Christian philosophers, scholars, orators, and attorneys. The Senior Advocate was called “Bastonier”, because it was his privilege to carry her Banner, while Confraternities of young girls were formed under the invocation of Saint Catharine, whose Members vied with one another in their zeal for adorning her venerated image.
She was classed among The Helping Saints (Auxiliary Saints. There being Fourteen Auxiliary Saints), as being a Wise Counsellor; and was claimed as Patroness by various Associations, merely on account of their experience of her powerful Intercession with Our Lord. Her betrothal with The Divine Child, and other scenes from her legend, furnished Christian Art with many beautiful inspirations.
English: Cathedral of Saint Catharine (Se Cathedral), Goa, India.
Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina.
Konkani: Bhagevont Katerinachi Katedral.
Photo: 16 August 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Abhiomkar
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina, known as Se Cathedral, is the Cathedral of The Latin Rite Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, and The Seat of The Patriarch of the East Indies.
Located in Old Goa, India, the largest Church in India is dedicated to Saint Catharine of Alexandria. It is one of the oldest and most celebrated Religious Buildings in Goa and is one of the largest Churches in Asia.
The holy and learned Baronius regretted that, even in his day, the Acts of the Great Oriental Martyr (Saint Catharine) were open to discussion on certain points, which were eagerly seized upon by the extreme critics of the succeeding Centuries, in order to lessen popular devotion towards her.
There remains, however, this glory to Christian Virginity, that, in the person of Saint Catharine, it was honoured by pupils and masters and became the guiding spirit in the development of human thought during the Centuries, illustrated by such brilliant Suns of Learning as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and Bonaventure.
“Blessed are the Clean of Heart, for they shall see God.” Methodius, a Bishop and Martyr of the 3rd-Century A.D., thus speaks in his “Banquet of Virgins”: “The Virgin must have a very great love of Sound Doctrine; and she ought to hold an honourable place among the wise.”
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Wednesday 24 November 2021
Saint Chrysogonus. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 24 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Chrysogonus.
Martyr.
Feast Day 24 November.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
English: Saint Chrysogonus on horseback.
Français: Saint Chrysogone d'Aquilée à cheval.
Italiano: San Crisógono a caballo.
Artist: Michele Giambono (1400–1462).
Date: Circa 1450.
Collection: San Trovaso (Dedicated to Saints Gervasius and Protasius)
Photo: 22 May 2017.
Source: Own work.
Photographer: Didier Descouens
This File is Licensed under The Creative Commons Attribution
-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
(Wikimedia Commons)
“The birth in Heaven,”, says The Roman Martyrology, “of Saint Chrysogonus, Martyr, who, after having been long in chains, and in prison for The Faith of Christ, having endured these torments with the greatest fortitude, was taken to Aquileia, Italy, by Order of Emperor Diocletian, and there beheaded and thrown into the sea. Such was his glorious Martyrdom.”
Saint Chrysogonus is mentioned in The Canon of The Mass, and, in his Church at Rome, is held The Station on Monday in Passion Week.
Mass: In virtúte.
Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus,
Trastevere, Rome, Italy.
Photo: September 3006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint John Of The Cross (San Juan de la Cruz). Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day, Today, 24 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint John Of The Cross.
Confessor.
Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 24 November.
Double.
White Vestments.
English: Statue of Saint John of The Cross (Right),
The Chapel of the Convent of The Barefoot Carmelites, Segovia, Spain.
The Statue (Left) is Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, O.Carm.
Español: Segovia - Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos,
Capilla de San Juan de la Cruz.
Photo: 19 March 2017.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zarateman
(Wikimedia Commons)
After Commemorating Saint Teresa of Ávila, who reformed The Order of Mount Carmel, The Church, on this day, honours Saint John of The Cross, who gave her his powerful help in this great work. It was through him that Saint Teresa introduced The Primitive Observance among The Friars of Carmel, as she had done for the Nuns.
He was, in the judgement of The Holy See, the equal of Saint Teresa of Ávila in explaining Divine Mysteries.
“John of The Cross,” said Saint Teresa, “was one of the purest Souls in The Church; God endowed him with great treasures of light, and his understanding was replete with the science of Saints.”
Statues of Saint John of The Cross and Saint Teresa of Ávila
in La Plaza de Las Carmelitas, Beas de Segura, Spain.
Photo: 24 May 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Cosasdebeas
(Wikimedia Commons)
Born in Old Castile in 1542, he took the name of “John of The Cross” on entering The Order of The Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. He had a great devotion to The Passion of Our Lord and his most conspicuous virtue was an abnegation so perfect that he sought after suffering and humiliation (Collect).
He often besought God not to let him pass a day without suffering and to permit him to die where he would be unknown to all. His Prayer was fully heard, for the reform of The Order of Carmel caused him many troubles.
Struck down at Ubeda, Spain, by a cruel disease, he died embracing The Crucifix and exclaiming: “Glory to God,” This was in 1591. He was proclaimed a Doctor of The Church by Pope Pius XI and, by Decree of 24 November 1926, his Mass was altered to the present one.
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration: Saint Chrysogonus.
Tuesday 23 November 2021
Saint Felicitas. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 23 November.
Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Felicitas.
Martyr.
Feast Day 23 November.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Felicitas with her Seven Sons.
Illustration from The Nuremberg Chronicle,
by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514).
This File: 2 January 2006.
User: Chris 73
(Wikimedia Commons)
"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "Saint Felicitas, the mother of seven Martyred sons, who was beheaded after them for The Faith of Christ, by Order of The Emperor Marcus Antoninus." She died in 150 A.D.
Mass: Me exspectavérunt.
Saint Clement I. Pope And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 23 November.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Clement I.
Pope and Martyr.
Feast Day 23 November.
Double.
Red Vestments.
Illustration: TRANSALPINE REDEMPTORISTS
Saint Clement, a successor of Saint Peter, is named third in The Canon of The Mass, after The Apostles.
The Letter of Saint Clement to The Corinthians is one of the most precious documents of the earliest Christian Centuries.
Following the affirmation of Origen, The Roman Breviary confuses this Saint Clement with another Clement, an auxiliary of Saint Paul. Wherefore, the Epistle chosen is that in which The Apostle speaks of the Clement who worked with him for the Gospel and whose name is written in The Book of Life.
On the testimony of The Greek Acts of Saint Clement, dating from the 4th-Century A.D., The Roman Martyrology likewise declares that "relegated to Chersonese during Trajan's persecution, he at last won the glorious Crown of Martyrdom, having been cast into the sea with an anchor attached to his neck." "His body," it adds, "was carried to Rome, under the Pontificate of Pope Nicholas I and Solemnly laid in the Church which had been built in his memory."
English: Basilica of Saint Clement, Rome.
Italian: Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano.
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner
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Interior of the Basilica di San Clemente, Rome, Italy.
Photo: March 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Sixtus
Permission: GFDL
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The Interior comprises three Naves, separated by Columns; the central Nave contains the Ambos, or Pulpits, where the Epistle and Gospel are read. The Lateral Naves were reserved, one for men, the other for women.
The Ceiling of the Basilica of Saint Clement, Rome.
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner
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Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius bring the body of Saint Clement to Rome.
11th-Century fresco in the Basilica di San Clemente, Rome.
Source/Photographer: Unknown.
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Behind the Altar, at the back of the Apse, stands the Bishop's Chair, around which was grouped the Clergy. It is the only Church which gives such a clear account of the distinctions made among Christians.
In the first precinct, were admitted Catechumens and Penitents, who could only be present at the first part of The Mass (from the Introit to the Offertory), thence called Mass of the Catechumens. In the second part were the Faithful, who heard the second part of The Mass (from the Offertory to the end), thence called Mass of the Faithful. In the Apse, was the place reserved for Priests, whence it is called Presbyterium. Christian architecture thus showed forth the hierarchy established by Divine Right in The Church.
Mass: Dicit Dóminus.
Commemoration: Saint Felicitas.
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