Saint Felix Of Valois. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 20 November.

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

Saint Felix Of Valois.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 20 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Felix of Valois.

Illustration: ALCHETRON

Saint Felix of Valois.

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Saint Felix of Valois Founded, with Saint John of Matha, The Order of The Most Holy Trinity for the ransom of captives. He belonged to the Royal Family of France and distinguished himself as a child by his compassion for those in trouble.

Wishing to put aside any claim to the Throne of France, he renounced all he possessed (Gospel) and retired to a desert, near Meaux, France, where he was joined by Saint John of Matha [Editor: Feast Day 8 February].

In consequence of a vision, they left their solitude and went to Rome. Pope Innocent III approved the Institute Founded by them for the redemption of captives (Collect). They were ready to suffer hunger and thirst and all sorts of ill-treatment to deliver their brethren (Epistle).

On their return to France, they presented themselves before King Philip-Augustus, who was most generous towards them. The Lord of Chatillion gave them a place called Cerfroi, where they Founded the Monastery which was the principal one of their Order.

Saint Felix gave his Soul to God in 1212.

Mass: Justus.

Man Rescued An Owl. A Few Months Later, She Did Something That Made Everyone Cry. Whoever Said That Animals Do Not Have A Soul Is Mistaken.

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After being hit by a car and left for dead, a Great Horned Owl, named Gigi, was in rough shape. But, thanks to concerned citizens and the good people at Wild at Heart Animal Rescue Clinic, Gigi was saved and nursed back to health.

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huge injuries, which were complicated by other health issues like infections. The clinic was pleasantly surprised to watch Gigi recover, and even form a bond with Bird Specialist and Clinic President, Doug Pojeky.

Doug put his heart and Soul into helping the Owl recover,

and he was shocked by her beautiful response to him.

Saint Pontianus. Pope And Martyr. The First Pope To Abdicate. Feast Day 19 November.

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

Saint Pontianus.
   Pope And Martyr.
   Feast Day 19 November.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Pontianus was deported to Sardinia with the Priest, Hippolytus, by order of The Emperor Alexander.

He was scourged to death in 235 A.D.

Mass: Státuit.
Gospel: Nihil est.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235 A.D.) was Pope from 21 July 230 A.D. to 28 September 235 A.D.

In 235 A.D., during The Persecution of Christians in the Reign of The Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pope Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia. He resigned to make the Election of a new Pope possible.

A little more is known of Pope Pontian than his predecessors, apparently from a lost Papal Chronicle that was available to the compiler of The Liberian Catalogue of Bishops of Rome, written in the 4th-Century A.D. The Liber Pontificalis states that he was a Roman citizen and that his father's name was Calpurnius. Early-Church historian Eusebius wrote that he Reigned for six years.

Pontian's Pontificate was initially relatively peaceful under the Reign of the tolerant Emperor, Severus Alexander. He presided over the Roman Synod which approved Origen's expulsion and deposition by the Alexandrian Bishop, Demetrius, in 230 A.D. or 231 A.D. According to Eusebius, the next Emperor, Maximinus, overturned his predecessor's policy of tolerance towards Christianity. Both Pope Pontian and the Anti-Pope, Hippolytus of Rome, were arrested and exiled to labour in the mines of Sardinia, generally regarded as a death sentence.

In light of his sentence, Pontian resigned as Bishop (the first Papal Renunciation), so as to allow an orderly transition in The Church of Rome, on 28 September 235 A.D.; this date was recorded in The Liberian Catalogue and is notable for being the first full date of a Papal Reign given by contemporaries. This action ended a Schism that had existed in The Church for eighteen years. He was beaten to death with sticks. Neither Hippolytus nor Pontian survived, possibly reconciling with one another there, or in Rome, before their deaths. Pontian died in October 235 A.D.

Pope Fabian had the bodies of both Pontian and Hippolytus brought back to Rome in 236 A.D. or 237 A.D., and the former buried in the Papal Crypt in The Catacomb of Callixtus, on The Appian Way. The slab covering his tomb was discovered in 1909. On it, is inscribed in Greek: Ποντιανός Επίσκ (Pontianus Episk; in English, Pontianus Bishop). The inscription "Μάρτυρ", "MARTUR" had been added in another hand.

In The Eastern Orthodox Church and The General Roman Calendar of 1969, Pontian and Hippolytus are Commemorated jointly on 13 August. In those Catholic Communities which use a Historical Calendar, such as The General Roman Calendar of 1960, Pontian's Feast Day is Celebrated on 19 November.

Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary. Widow. Heilige Elisabeth Von Thüringen. Árpád-Házi Szent Erzsébet. 1207-1231. Feast Day 19 November.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
   Feast Day 19 November.
   Widow.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Elizabeth Church, Budapest,

A statue of Saint Elizabeth showing The Miracle of The Roses,

in front of the Neo-Gothic Church Dedicated to Saint Elizabeth,

at Roses' Square (Rózsák tere), Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Az Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet-plébániatemplom

Budapesten. Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet szobra a templommal.

Photo: 19 June 2008.

Source: Pasztilla.

Author: User:Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Flag of The Kingdom of Hungary

between 21 December 1867 - 12 November 1918.

Magyar: A Magyar Királyság

zászlaja 1867. december 21. és 1918. november 12. között.

Date: 6 August 2008.

Source: Own work, based on Flags of the World - Hungary -

Historical Flags (1867-1918) and Flag of Hungary 1940.svg

Angels are vectored from Hungary medium coa 1910.png

Author: Thommy

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Elizabeth of Hungary, Third Order Of Saint Francis (T.O.S.F.), (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet), 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231, was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Germany, and a greatly-Venerated Catholic Saint.

Elizabeth was married at the age of fourteen, and widowed at twenty. After her husband's death, she sent her children away and regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital, where she served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian Charity, after her death at the age of twenty-four, and was quickly Canonised.

Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. Her mother's sister was Saint Hedwig of Andechs, wife of Duke Heinrich I of Silesia. Her ancestry included many notable figures of European Royalty, going back as far as Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus.

Saint Elizabeth, spinning wool for The Poor.

By Marianne Stokes (1895).

Current location: Private collection

Source/Photographer: Own work, user:Rlbberlin

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to Tradition, she was born in the Castle of Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, on 7 July 1207. According to a different Tradition, she was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia), where she lived in the Castle of Posonium until the age of four.

A Sermon, printed in 1497 by the Franciscan Friar, Osvaldus de Lasco, a Church Official in Hungary, is the first to name Sárospatak as the Saint's birthplace, perhaps building on local Tradition. The veracity of this account is not without reproach: Osvaldus also transforms The Miracle of the Roses (see below) to Elizabeth's childhood in Sárospatak, and has her leave Hungary at the age of five.

Elizabeth was brought to the Court of the Rulers of Thuringia, in Central Germany, to become betrothed to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. She was raised by the Thuringian Court, so she would be familiar with the local language and culture.

English: Saint Elizabeth washing a beggar.

A 15th-Century scene from The High Altar

of Saint Elizabeth's Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.

Slovenčina: Svätá Alžbeta umýva žobráka,

scéna z hlavného oltára Dómu svätej

Alžbety v Košiciach, 2. polovica 15. storočia.

Photo: 23 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Of

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1221, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth married Louis; the same year he was enthroned as Landgrave Louis IV, and the marriage appears to have been happy. After her marriage, she continued her charitable practices, which included spinning wool for the clothing of the poor. In 1223, Franciscan Friars arrived, and the teenage Elizabeth not only learned about the ideals of Francis of Assisi, but started to live them. Louis was not upset by his wife's charitable efforts, believing that the distribution of his wealth to The Poor would bring Eternal Reward; he is Venerated in Thuringia as a Saint, though he was never Canonised by The Church.

It was also about this time that the Priest and, later, Inquisitor, Konrad von Marburg, gained considerable influence over Elizabeth when he was appointed as her Confessor. In the Spring of 1226, when floods, famine, and plague wrought havoc in Thuringia, Louis, a staunch supporter of the Hohenstaufen Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, represented Frederick II at The Imperial Diet held in Cremona, Italy. Elizabeth assumed control of affairs at home and distributed Alms in all parts of their territory, even giving away State Robes and ornaments to the Poor. Below Wartburg Castle, she built a hospital with twenty-eight beds and visited the inmates, daily, to attend to them.

Elizabeth's life changed irrevocably on 11 September 1227, when Louis, en route to join The Sixth Crusade, died of a fever in Otranto, Italy. On hearing the news of her husband's death, Elizabeth is reported to have said, "He is dead. He is dead. It is to me as if the whole World died today." His remains were returned to Elizabeth in 1228 and entombed at the Abbey of Reinhardsbrunn.

Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.

Date: July 2009.

Source: Originally posted to Flickr as Košice

Author: Ville Miettinen

(Wikimedia Commons)

After her death, Elizabeth was commonly associated with The Third Order of Saint Francis, the primarily Lay Branch of The Franciscan Order, though it is not sure that she actually formally joined them. It must be kept in mind, though, that The Third Order was such a new development in The Franciscan Movement, that no one official ritual had been established at that point. Elizabeth clearly had a Ceremony of Consecration, in which she adopted a Franciscan Religious Habit in her new way of life.

Very soon after the death of Elizabeth, Miracles were reported that happened at her grave in the Church of the hospital, especially those of healing. On the suggestion of Konrad, and by Papal Command, examinations were held of those who had been healed between August 1232 and January 1235.

The results of those examinations were supplemented by a brief “Vita” of the Saint-to-be, and, together with the testimony of Elizabeth's handmaidens and companions (bound in a booklet called “The Libellus de dictis quatuor ancillarum s. Elizabeth confectus”), proved sufficient reason for the quick Canonisation of Elizabeth on 27 May 1235 in Perugia, Italy, — no doubt helped along by her family's power and influence.

Very soon after her death, hagiographical texts of her life appeared all over Germany, the most famous being Dietrich of Apolda's Vita S. Elisabeth, which was written between 1289 and 1297.

English: The Saint Elisabeth Group. Sculpture in wood by Rudolf Moroder, polychromed by Christian Delago, in the Parish Church of Urtijëi, South Tyrol, Italy. Date: 1900.

Deutsch: Hl. Elisabeth-Gruppe in Holz geschnitzt, gefasst von Christian Delago in der Pfarrkirche von St. Ulrich in Gröden des Rudolf Moroder entstanden 1900.

Italiano: Gruppo scultoreo di Santa Elisabetta di Ungheria scolpito nel legno da Rudolf Moroder, policromia di Christian Delago del 1900.

Photo: 20 February 2009.

Source: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder

Author: Rudolf Moroder Lenert (†1914).

(Wikimedia Commons)

She was Canonised by Pope Gregory IX. The Papal Bull declaring her a Saint is on display in the Schatzkammer of the Deutschordenskirche in Vienna, Austria. Her body was laid in a magnificent Golden Shrine — still to be seen today — in Saint Elizabeth's Church, Marburg, Germany. Her remains were removed and scattered by her own descendant, the Landgrave Philip I "The Magnanimous" of Hesse, at the time of The Reformation.

It is now a Protestant Church, but has spaces set aside for Catholic Worship. Marburg became a centre of The Teutonic Order, which adopted Saint Elizabeth as its Secondary Patroness. The Order remained in Marburg until its official Dissolution by Napoleon I of France in 1803.

Elizabeth is perhaps best known for her Miracle of the Roses, which says that, whilst she was taking bread to The Poor, in secret, she met her husband, Louis, on a hunting party, who, in order to quell suspicions of the gentry that she was stealing treasure from the Castle, asked her to reveal what was hidden under her cloak.

In that moment, her cloak fell open and a vision of White and Red Roses could be seen, which proved to Louis that God's protecting hand was at work.

English: Saint Elizabeth's Church, Marburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Elisabethkirche Marburg, Elisabethstraße.

Photo: 24 April 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Megacity01

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew, King of Hungary, was given in marriage to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She had three children, Herman, Sophia, and Gertrude. Her husband, who was a Saint, gave her the most entire liberty for her pious exercises and her Charity.

Like the strong women mentioned in the Epistle, she rose in the night to Pray, lavished Alms on the Poor, and spun wool to make warm garments for them. What most characterised her was her love for the sick and the lepers, whom she cared for with maternal tenderness.

At her husband's death, wishing to renounce everything to acquire at this price The Pearl of Eternal Life (Gospel), she put on a dress of course material and entered The Third Order Of Penance of Saint Francis, where she was noted for her patience and humility.

Her brother-in-law, having succeeded to the Title of Landgrave, expelled her with her children from the Princely Castle of The Wartburg and she, who was called The Mother of The Poor, could not find a hospitable roof as a shelter. She died at the age of twenty-four in 1231.

Mass: Cognóvi.
Commemoration: Saint Pontianus. Pope and Martyr.

The Dedication Of The Basilicas Of The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul. Feast Day, Today, 18 November.

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

The Dedication Of The Basilicas Of
The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul.
   Feast Day 18 November.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Illustrations above: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome,

by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Dated: 1731.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Basilica of Saint Paul's-without-the-Walls, Rome.

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 having celebrated, on 5 August, The Dedication of Saint Mary of The Snow (better known under the name of Saint Mary Major), at Rome, and that of Saint Michael, on 29 September, and that of Saint John Lateran, on 9 November, and, in some Dioceses, a common Dedication Feast of all the consecrated Churches, The Church, today, celebrates that of The Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Rome.

Thus, are all these Anniversaries Solemnised in the Season after Pentecost, a time when we give all our thoughts to The Church and to The Saints, of whom our Temples are the living image.

The Basilica of Saint Peter and that of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls, both erected by Emperor Constantine on the sites of their Martyrdom, are hardly inferior, owing to their origin and importance, to The Basilica of Saint John Lateran. They were Consecrated by Pope Saint Sylvester on 18 November.

English: Saint Peter's Basilica, seen from the River Tiber.

Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.

Italiano: Veduta del Vaticano dal Tevere.

Photo: January 2005.

Source: Flickr

Author: Sébastien Bertrand from Paris, France

Reviewer: Andre Engels

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church of Saint Peter is on the site of The Circus of Nero, and, under its High Altar, lie the Sacred Remains of The Head of The Apostles, making it, with Saint John Lateran, the centre of the whole Christian World.

Here is always held The Station of The Saturday in Ember Week, when Holy Orders are conferred; here, also, are held The Stations of The Third Sunday in Advent, and of The Epiphany, and of Passion Sunday, and of Easter Monday, and of Ascension Day, and of Pentecost, and of The Litanies of Saint Mark, and of Rogation Wednesday.

Lastly, it is here that Mass is Solemnly Sung on The Feast of The Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, on 29 June, and on The Feasts of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, 18 January, and of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch, 22 February.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls.

With a length of 432 feet, this Basilica ranks eleventh

in the World's largest Churches.

Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs, Vatican, située à Rome. 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

(Wikimedia Commons)

This Church, already remarkable in the 4th-Century A.D., was enlarged at a later date and completely rebuilt in the 16th-Century, when it was falling into decay. Pope Julian II and Pope Leo X had recourse to the greatest artists of the age and the combined plans of Bramante and Michael Angelo (sic) raised over the tomb of Saint Peter the greatest and richest Church in the World, which Pope Urban VIII Consecrated on 18 November 1626.

The Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, situated on the other side of Rome, was also built in the 4th-Century A.D., over the tomb of The Apostle of The Gentiles. On account of the distance, it was only used for The Station four times a year: On The Feast of Holy Innocents; on Sexagesima Sunday; on The Wednesday of The Fourth Week in Lent (or Day of The Greatest Scrutiny); and on Easter Tuesday. Mass is Solemnly Celebrated there on The Day of The Commemoration of Saint Paul, on 30 June, and on The Day of His Conversion, 25 January.

Having been destroyed by fire in 1823, the Church was rebuilt by His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI and by His Holiness Blessed Pope Pius IX, and Consecrated by the latter on 10 December 1854. He maintained, however, today's Feast, joining the Anniversary of the two Dedications under the original date of 18 November.

Mass: Terríbilis.

The Sacristy of Saint Agnes Church, Minnesota. Their Vestments. Such Outstanding Beauty Offering Homage And Worship To God Almighty. Compare With Modern-Day Vestments.

 

The Sacristy.

Vestments as Catechesis.

The Church of Saint Agnes, Minnesota.

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The Sacraments.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: PINTEREST

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

In order to apply to men the merits of His Life and His Passion, Our Blessed Lord instituted Seven Sacraments.

These Sacraments act “Ex Opere Operato”, provided all the conditions for their action are present; but they act in proportion to our dispostions. We must, therefore, not only receive them, but try to receive them well.

To help us do this, The Church makes use of Solemn Ceremonies in administering The Sacraments.

Illustration: PINTEREST

The part played by these Ceremonies is thus explained by The Council of Trent:

1.    They surround these Holy Mysteries with a Religious respect;

2.    They help to make The Sacraments more effective by, in some sense, picturing them before our eyes, at the same time imprinting the holiness they produce more deeply in our hearts;

3.    They excite in our Souls sentiments of Faith and Charity, which dispose them in the best possible way to receive all the fruits of a Sacrament.

Illustration: PINTEREST

All The Sacraments produce Sanctifying Grace, which heals our Souls and raises them to a supernatural state. This is done in a special way by each particular Sacrament as follows:

a.    In Baptism, we are “born again” to The Divine Life;

b.    Confirmation strengthens The Divine Life within us;

c.    Penance restores The Divine Life when it has been lost by Mortal Sin;

d.    The Eucharist supplies daily nourishment to The Divine Life;

Illustration: PINTEREST

e.    Extreme Unction sustains The Divine Life within us in the hour of our death;

f.    By Holy Order, the line of those who transmit The Divine Life is maintained;

g.    By Holy Matrimony, the line of those who receive The Divine Life is maintained.

Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Order, imprint a character on the Soul; a participation in The Priesthood of Christ.

Saint Gregory The Wonderworker. Bishop. Confessor. Feast Day 17 November.

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

Saint Gregory The Wonderworker.
   Bishop.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 17 November.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Gregory Thaumaturgus.

Русский: Святитель Григорий

Чудотворец, икона XIV века.

Date: 14th-Century.

Source/Photographer: ru.wiki

Author: Anonymous.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Gregory was born at Neo-Cesarea, in Pontus (Editor: Modern-day Turkey), about 200 A.D., and became Bishop of his native City.

Famous for his Sanctity and Doctrine, he became still more so by the prodigies and miracles, which God multiplied in such a manner throughout his life, that he was surnamed “Thaumaturgus”, or, “Worker of Miracles”.

One day, putting into practice Our Lord's Word, quoted in today's Gospel, he commanded a mountain to move, so as to leave sufficient room for the building of a Church, and the command was obeyed.

He died in 270 A.D.

Mass: Státuit.

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Sung By: Bryan Adams.

 

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".

Sung By: Bryan Adams.

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Why A “Scruple” Spoon ?

Illustration: SSPX MANILA (TWITTER)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Scruple is a small unit in the Apothecaries' System,[1] derived from the Old Roman “Scrupulum” (Small Pebble) Unit[2] (“Scrupulus/Scrupulum”).

The Scruple is ​1⁄24 Ounce, ​1⁄3 Dram, or 20 Grains.[1] It is therefore equal to 1.2959782 Grams. The Roman “Scruple” was somewhat smaller, around 1.14 Grams.

The Fluid “Scruple” is ​1⁄24 Fluid Ounce, ​1⁄3 Fluid Dram, 20 Minims, or ​1⁄4 Tea-Spoon, or 1 Salt-Spoon. It is therefore equal to 1.23 Milliliters.

Use During The Divine Holy Mass.

The “Ladle” is indeed for Ecclesiastical use and is properly called a “Scruple Spoon”.

During Roman Catholic Celebrations of The Mass, at The Offertory, The Celebrant prepares the Wine to be offered by decanting into the Chalice an appropriate quantity from a Cruet of Wine. To this, is added a tiny amount of Water (using a “Scruple Spoon”).

Saint Gertrude The Great. Virgin. Patroness Of The West Indies. Feast Day 16 November.

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

Saint Gertrude The Great.
   Virgin.
   Feast Day 16 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Ecstasy of Saint Gertrude.

Français: Extase de sainte Gertrude.

Italiano: Estasi di Santa Gertrude.

Current location: Abbey of Santa Giustina Italy.

Photo: 1 June 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: Didier Descouens

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Gertrude, called "The Great", was a Cistercian, and a Spiritual daughter both of Saint Bernard and Saint Benedict. Her life was almost entirely spent in the Cloister, which she entered as an Oblate in 1261, at the age of five.

On 27 January 1281, Gertrude being then just over twenty-five, the Spouse of her Soul revealed Himself to her in a wonderful manner. He consoled her in a trial which tormented her, and favoured her with remarkable visions during the following eight years.

At God's command, she related them in a book, entitled "Revelations of Saint Gertrude".

English: Saint Gertrude.

Español: Santa Gertrudis.

Artist: Miguel Cabrera (1695–1768).

Date: 1763.

Current location: Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 

United States of America. Note: Dallas Museum

of Art, gift of Laura and Daniel D. Boeckman

in honour of Dr. William Rudolph.

Source/Photographer: https://www.dma.org/collection/

artwork/miguel-cabrera/saint-gertrude-santa-gertrudis

(Wikimedia Commons)

Gertrude, holding in her hand her lighted lamp, awaited the coming of her Spouse. "She died," says The Roman Breviary, "in 1334, consumed rather by the ardour of her love than by disease."

She was proclaimed Patroness of The West Indies, and in New Mexico a town was built in her honour and still bears her name.

Mass: Dilexísti.

The Divine Beauty For The Divine Liturgy. Where One Hears The Divine Word.

The High Altar,

Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,

Munich, Germany.

Photo: 26 June 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46

(Wikimedia Commons)

Christmas Mass 2014,

Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,

Munich, Germany.

Illustration: CATHOLIC NEWS

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by The Elector, Charles Albert (later, The Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.

A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the Interior. The Women's Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.

All but the outer walls were destroyed in World War II. The Interior was restored from old photographs in 1980, but the murals are now painted in Black and White.

On 1 September 2014, Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising, permanently entrusted the Church to The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP).

Since then, daily Mass has been exclusively offered in The Extraordinary Form.

The Web-Site of Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna can be found HERE

The High Altar,

Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,

Munich, Germany.

Palm Sunday 2019.

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Saint Albert The Great (1200-1280). Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day, Today, 15 November.

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

Saint Albert the Great.
   Bishop.
   Confessor.
   Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 15 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Albert the Great

(Albertus Magnus).

Illustration: RELEASING THE ARROW

Saint Albert the Great

(Albertus Magnus).

Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).

Date: 1352.

Current location: Chiesa di San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Kapitelsaal des ehemaligen

Dominikanerklosters San Niccolò in Treviso.

First uploaded by sv:Användare:Lamré

to Swedish Wikipedia as sv:Bild:AlbertusMagnus.jpg

(Wikimedia Commons)

Born in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1200, Albert, even as a child, loved The Blessed Virgin in a special manner. He resolved to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, but, tempted by the devil, he gave up the idea.

Ultimately, however, at the earnest entreaty, and through the ardent Prayers, of Blessed Jourdan of Saxony, he resolved definitely to enter The Order of Saint Dominic. He studied Philosophy at Cologne, then at Paris, where he became one of the most renowned Professors of the University.

Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of his students. He was made Bishop of Ratisbon (Regensburg) by Pope Urban IV and defended The Church against the errors of Guillaume de Saint-Amour and died at Cologne in 1280.

He was Canonised and proclaimed Doctor of The Church in 1931.

Mass: In médio (from The Common of Doctors).

The Tympanum and Archivolts of Strasbourg Cathedral, France, with iconography inspired by Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great).

Photo: 22 July 1989.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rebecca Kennison

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Albertus Magnus, O.P. (circa 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Albert the Great, and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic Saint. He was a German Dominican Friar and a Catholic Bishop. He was known during his lifetime as "Doctor Universalis" and "Doctor Expertus", and, late in his life, the term "Magnus" (Great) was appended to his name.

Scholars, such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder, have referred to him as the greatest German Philosopher and Theologian of The Middle Ages. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of The Church, one of only thirty-six persons so honoured (as at 2015).

The Catholic Doctors of The Church (as at 2015) are:

Saint Gregory the Great;

Saint Ambrose;

Saint Augustine;

Saint Jerome;

Saint Thomas Aquinas;

Saint John Chrysostom;

Saint Basil the Great;

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus;

Saint Athanasius;

Saint Bonaventure;

Saint Anselm;

Saint Isidore of Seville;

Saint Peter Chrysologus;

Saint Leo the Great;

Saint Peter Damian;

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux;

Saint Hilary of Poitiers;

Saint Alphonsus Liguori;

Saint Francis de Sales;

Saint Cyril of Alexandria;

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem;

Saint John Damascene;

Saint Bede the Venerable;

Saint Ephrem;

Saint Peter Canisius;

Saint John of The Cross;

Saint Robert Bellarmine;

Saint Albert the Great;

Saint Anthony of Padua;

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi;

Saint Teresa of Avila;

Saint Catherine of Siena;

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux;

Saint John of Avila;

Saint Hildegard von Bingen;

Saint Gregory of Narek.