The Way Of The Cross. The Perfect Undertaking For Lent.

 

“O, Beloved Wood”.

“O, Blessed Nails”. 

“O, Sweet Burden”.

Illustration: PINTEREST

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Indulgences: One Plenary Indulgence each time; another Plenary Indulgence if Holy Communion is received on the same day, or ten times within the month following that exercise.

If it remained unfinished, Ten Years and Ten Quarantines for each Station visited.

(20 October 1931).

Conditions:

1. To visit each Station, unless it is impossible owing to the crowd.

[Pictures of the fourteen several Mysteries are very useful, but are not indispensable. Wooden Crosses, indicating the fourteen Stations of The Cross, are sufficient and are absolutely required.]

2. To meditate, as best one can, on The Passion of The Saviour.

No vocal Prayers are required. The Popes recommend the recitation of a Pater, an Ave, and an Act of Contrition, at each Station (April 1731).

When The Way of The Cross is made in public, a Verse of “The Stabat Mater” may be sung between each Station.

The Seventh Station.

Jesus Falls A Second Time.

Versicle: We adore Thee, O, Christ, and we bless Thee.

Response: Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Priest.

The pain of His wounds and the loss of blood increasing at every step of His way, again His strength fails Him, and Jesus falls to the ground a second time.

Prayer.

O, Jesus. Falling again under the burden of our sins, and of Thy sufferings for our sins, how often have we grieved Thee by our repeated falls into sin. O, may we rather die than ever offend Thee again !

An Act of Contrition.

O, God, we love Thee with our whole hearts, and above all things, and are heartily sorry that we have offended Thee.

May we never offend Thee any more. O, may we love Thee without ceasing, and make it our delight to do in all things Thy Most Holy Will.

Our Father . . .

Hail Mary . . .

Glory Be To The Father . . .

Have mercy on us, O, Lord. Have mercy on us.

Versicle: May the Souls of the Faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Response: Amen.

This Act of Contrition is to be repeated after each Station.

While passing from one Station to another, a Verse of the “Stabat Mater” is sung or said.

Versicle:

Pro peccátis suæ gentis,

Vidit Jesum in torméntis,

Et flagéllis súbditum.

Response:

Sancta Mater, istud agas,

Crucifíxi fige plagas,

Cordi meo válide.

Proceed to The Eighth Station.

“ Perkins, Perkins, Perkins. You Are Not Listening. Take It Back !!! ”

1929 Chrysler Race Car.

Illustration: HEMMINGS

Perkins (Chauffeur) seems to be intent on

getting a faster motor car. He has previously been told

there is nothing wrong with the current Charabanc (see, below, taking Zephyrinus to Sunday Mass).

Perkins (Chauffeur) taking Zephyrinus

to Sunday Mass in the current Charabanc.

Illustration: PINTEREST

The Fourth Sunday In Lent (Lætare Sunday). The Lenten Station Is At The Basilica Of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem.

Canterbury Cathedral.

Photo Credit: A. G. Baxter.

lllustration: SHUTTERSTOCK

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

   (Lætare Sunday).

Station at The Church of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

Privileged Sunday of The First Class.

Violet, or Rose, Vestments.

English: Basilica of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem.

Italiano: Basilica di Santa Croce-in-Gerusalemme, Rome.

Latin: Basilica Sanctæ Crucis-in-Hierusalem.

One of the masterpieces of the "Barochetto Romano",

by Pietro Passalacqua and Domenico Gregorini, from 1743.

Photo: February 2006.

Source: facade, s. croce in gerusalemme.

Author: Anthony M. from Rome, Italy.

(Wikimedia Commons)

During this week, the history of Moses is read by The Church in The Divine Office, in which two main lines of thought are summarised. On the one hand, we see Moses rescuing God's people from the bondage of Egypt and bringing them safely across The Red Sea. On the other, we see him nourishing them with Manna in the desert; foretelling to them that God will send "The Prophet" (Gospel), in other words, The Messias; giving them The Law of Sinai; and leading them towards The Promised Land, flowing with milk and honey.

There, one day, Jerusalem (Communion) will rise from the ground with its Temple made after the pattern of The Tabernacle in the desert, and thither will the tribes of Israel go up to sing of what God has done for His people (Introit, Gradual, Communion). "Let my people go, that they may sacrifice to Me in the desert," said God to Pharao, through Moses.

In today's Mass, we see how these types have been fulfilled. For the true Moses is Christ, Who has delivered us from the bondage of sin (ibid.); and made us pass through The Waters of Baptism; Who feeds us with His Eucharist, of which the multiplication of the loaves is a type, and Who has brought us into the true Jerusalem, The Church, Figure of Heaven, where we shall sing forever the "Canticle of Moses and of The Lamb (Apocalypse) in thanksgiving to The Lord for His Infinite Mercies to us.

It is, therefore, quite natural that The Station, today, should be made in Rome at The Church of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem. For Saint Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, who lived on Mount Coelius, in a Palace known as The Sessorian Mansion, with the purpose of placing there some Relics of The True Cross, converted it into a Sanctuary, which in some sense represents Jerusalem in Rome.

Basilica di Santa Croce-in-Gerusalemme, Rome.

Photo: September 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Introit, Communion, and Tract, speak to us of Jerusalem, compared to Mount Sinai by Saint Paul in the Epistle for today. There, will the Christian people best raise their song of joy, "Laetare" (Introit, Epistle) on account of the victory won by Our Lord on The Cross at Jerusalem, and there, most easily, will be roused the memory of The Heavenly Jerusalem, whose Gates have been opened to us by The Death of Christ.

It is for this reason, that, formerly on this day, it was the custom, in this same Church, Solemnly to Bless a Rose, the Queen of Flowers. For, as we are reminded by the forms used for the Blessing, in the Traditional practice of Christian iconography, Heaven is usually represented by a Garden, beautiful with flowers. For this Blessing, Rose-Coloured Vestments were used, and on this day a Priest may Celebrate Mass and The Office in Vestments of this colour.

Formerly on this day, it was the custom, in this same Church (Basilica of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem), Solemnly to Bless a Rose, The Queen of Flowers. For, as we are reminded by the forms used for the Blessing, in the Traditional practice of Christian iconography, Heaven is usually represented by a Garden, beautiful with flowers. for this Blessing, Rose-Coloured Vestments were used, and, on this day, a Priest may Celebrate Mass and The Office in Vestments of this colour. Lætare Sunday (Fourth Sunday in Lent) and

Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday in Advent).

Image:

BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Hence, this custom was extended to The Third Sunday of Advent, "Gaudete", or, "Rejoicing" Sunday, which, coming in the middle of Advent, stimulates us with a Holy Joy, to continue with courage our toilsome preparation for The Coming of The Lord. And, in its turn, "Lætare", also "Rejoicing" Sunday, is a halting place in the midst of The Lenten Observance.

English: The Ceiling, Basilica of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem.

Italiano: Santa Croce-in-Gerusalemme (Rome).

Painting by Corrado Giaquinto, from 1744,

"The Virgin presents Saint Helena

and Emperor Constantine to The Trinity".

Photo: February 2006.

Source: nave painting, s. croce in gerusalemme

Author: Anthony M. from Rome, Italy.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Here, in The Church of Calvary at Rome, that is, of The Cross, our hope, The Church, sends a Ray of Light upon our Souls to stir us up to persevere in the struggle against the World, the flesh and the devil, until The Great Feast of Easter is reached.

"Rejoice, rejoice with joy," we are told in the Introit, for, having died to sin with Our Lord during Lent, we are shortly to rise with Him by The Paschal Confession and Communion. The Gospel speaks at one and the same time of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes, symbols of The Eucharist and of Baptism, which were formerly received on the same occasion at Easter, and, in the Epistle, allusion is made to our deliverance by The Sacrament of Baptism, which The Catechumens formerly received at this Season.

And, if we have had the misfortune to grievously offend Almighty God, we shall recover our freedom by means of our Easter Confession. In the Epistle, the story of Sara and Agar becomes thus an allegory, reminding us that Christ has freed us from the bondage of sin.

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

Mass: Lætáre, Jerúsalem.
Preface: Of Lent.

Pope Lucius II (1144 - 1145)

restored the Basilica of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Basilica of The Holy Cross-in-Jerusalem (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem, Italian: Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme) is a Roman Catholic Parish Church and Minor Basilica in Rome. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.

According to Tradition, the Basilica was Consecrated around 325 A.D., to house the Passion Relics brought to Rome from The Holy Land by Saint Helena of Constantinople, mother of he Roman Emperor, Constantine I.

At that time, the Basilica floor was covered with soil from Jerusalem, thus acquiring the Title "in Hierusalem" - it is not Dedicated to The Holy Cross, which is in Jerusalem, but the Church itself is "in Jerusalem" in the sense that a "piece" of Jerusalem was moved to Rome for its Foundation.

The Church is built around a room in Saint Helena’s Imperial Palace, Palazzo Sessoriano, which she adapted to a Chapel, around the year 320 A.D. Some decades later, the Chapel was turned into a true Basilica, called the Heleniana or Sessoriana. After falling into neglect, the Church was restored by Pope Lucius II (1144-1145). It assumed a Romanesque appearance, with a Nave and two Aisles, a Belfry and a Porch.

The Church was also modified, in the 16th-Century, but it assumed its current Baroque appearance under Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758), who had been The Titular of the Basilica, prior to his elevation to The Papacy. New streets were also opened to connect the Church to two other Major Roman Basilicas, San Giovanni in Laterano and Santa Maria Maggiore. The façade of Santa Croce, designed by Pietro Passalacqua and Domenico Gregorini, shares the typical Late-Roman Baroque taste with these other Basilicas.

Archduke Albert. Archduke of Austria, Albrecht der 

Fromme, Erzherzog von Österreich München, Duke of Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg and Guelders; Count of Flanders, Artois, Count Palatine of Burgundy; Hainaut and Namur. Peter Paul Rubens, who arrived in Rome in 1601, was commissioned by Albert of Austria to paint an Altarpiece for The Chapel of Saint Helena.

Artist: Juan Pantoja de la Cruz

Source: Alte Pinakothek.

Author: Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553 - 1608).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Relics at Santa Croce were once in the ancient Saint Helena's Chapel, which is partly under Ground Level. Here, the Founder of the Church had some earth from Calvary dispersed, whence the name "in Hierusalem" of the Basilica. In the Vault, is a mosaic designed by Melozzo da Forlì (before 1485), depicting Jesus Blessing, Histories of The Cross and various Saints. The Altar has a huge statue of Saint Helena, which was obtained from an ancient statue of Juno, discovered at Ostia. Mediæval Pilgrim Guides noted that the Chapel was considered so holy, that access to the Chapel by women was forbidden.

The Apse of the Church includes frescoes telling the Legends of The True Cross, attributed to Melozzo, to Antoniazzo Romano and Marco Palmezzano. The Museum of the Basilica houses a mosaic icon from the 14th-Century. According to the Legend, Pope Gregory I had it made after a vision of Christ. Notable is the tomb of Cardinal Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones, by Jacopo Sansovino (1536).

Peter Paul Rubens, who had arrived in Rome by way of Mantua in 1601, was commissioned by Archduke Albert of Austria to paint an Altarpiece with three panels for the Chapel of Saint Helena. Two of these paintings, Saint Helena with The True Cross and The Mocking of Christ, are now in Grasse, France. The third, The Elevation of The Cross, is lost. Before his marriage, The Archduke had been made a Cardinal in this Church.

Lætáre Sunday. The Fourth Sunday In Lent. Rose Vestments.

Canterbury Cathedral.

Photo Credit: A. G. Baxter.

lllustration: SHUTTERSTOCK

Saint Rose of Lima.

Illustration: CATHOLIC ONLINE

The above Text is from The Lenten Lessons from

INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Lætare Sunday is The Fourth Sunday of Lent, in the Western Christian Liturgical Calendar.

Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of Celebration, within the austere period of Lent. This Sunday gets its name from the first few words (Incipit) of the Traditional Latin entrance (Introit) for the Mass of The Day. “Lætare Jerusalem” (“Rejoice, O Jerusalem”) is Latin from Isaiah 66:10.

This Sunday is also known as Mothering Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, Mid-Lent Sunday (in French “Mi-Carême”), and Rose Sunday (either because the Golden Rose (sent by Popes to Catholic female Sovereigns) used to be Blessed at this time, or because the use of Rose-Coloured (rather than Violet) Vestments was permitted on this day).

The Station Church at Rome for this day is Santa Croce-in-Gerusalemme, one of the seven main Basilicas; the Golden Rose, sent by Popes to Catholic female Sovereigns, used to be Blessed at this time and for this reason the day was sometimes called “Dominica de Rosa”.

Whilst the word “Rose” is appended to today’s Vestments colour, here is a brief resumé of Saint Rose of Lima (Feast Day 30 August).

Saint Rose of Lima (20 April 1586 – 24 August 1617), was a Member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, in Lima, Peru, who became known for her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the City.

A Lay Member of the Dominican Order, she was declared a Saint by The Catholic Church, being the first person born in the Americas to be Canonised as such.

As a Saint, Rose of Lima was designated as a Co-Patroness of The Philippines, along with Saint Pudentiana; both Saints were moved to Second-Class Patronage in September 1942 by Pope Pius XII, but Saint Rose remains the Primary Patroness of Peru and of the local people of Latin America.

Saint Joseph. Confessor. Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 19 March.

 

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

Saint Joseph.
   Confessor.
   Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
   Feast Day 19 March.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

Saint Joseph and The Child Jesus.

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The Church always honours Saint Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during The Christmas Solemnities. Today's Gospel is, indeed, that of 24 December. A Coptic Calendar tells us that Saint Joseph was Liturgically honoured in a special way on 20 July from the 8th-Century A.D.

At the end of the 15th-Century, his Feast was kept on 19 March and, in 1621, Pope Gregory XV extended it to the whole Church. In 1870, Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph Protector of The Universal Church.

This Saint "of The Royal Race of David" was a Just Man (Gospel). As, by his marriage with The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph has certain rights of The Blessed Fruit of The Virginal Womb of his spouse, a moral affinity exists between him and Jesus.

He exercised over The Child-God a certain paternal authority, which The Preface of Saint Joseph delicately alludes to as that of a Foster-Father. Without having begotten Jesus, Saint Joseph, by the bounds which unite him to Mary, is legally and morally The Father of The Son of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

It follows that we must honour, by a special homage, this dignity, or supernatural excellence, of Saint Joseph. “In The Family of Nazareth”, says Cornelius á Lapide (a Flemish Jesuit and Exegete (1567-1637), “were the three greatest and most excellent persons in the World. Wherefore, to Christ is due The Divine Worship, to The Virgin A Higher Worship than to Saints, and to Saint Joseph The Full Worship due to Saints”.

God revealed to Saint Joseph The Mystery of The Incarnation (Ibid.) and "chose him among all" (Epistle) to commit to his care The Incarnate Word and The Virginity of Mary.

The Hymn at Lauds says that: "Christ and The Virgin were with him at his last hour and watched by him, their faces gleaming with sweet serenity". Saint Joseph went to Heaven for ever to enjoy The Beatific Vision of The Word, whose humanity he had so long and so closely contemplated on Earth.

This Saint is, therefore, justly considered the patron and model of interior and contemplative Souls. And, in the Heavenly Home, Saint Joseph has a powerful influence of The Heart of The Son of his Most Blessed Spouse (Collect).

Let us imitate, at this Holy Season, the purity, the humility, the spirit of Prayer and Meditation, of Saint Joseph at Nazareth.

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

Mass: Justus ut palma.
Commemoration: Of The Feria, in Lent.
Credo.
Preface: Of Saint Joseph.
Last Gospel: Of The Feria, in Lent.

If 19 March happens to fall in Holy Week, The Feast of Saint Joseph is Transferred to The Tuesday after Low Sunday. An Alleluia is then added to every Antiphon, Verse, or Responsorial.

The following Text refers to 2017, but is a most interesting point in Liturgy, and is from ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

In the pre-Vatican II Pope Saint Pius X Divine Office “Divino Afflatu”, with yesterday (in 2017) being the Third Sunday of Lent, Saint Joseph's Feast Day was Transferred to today, 20 March 2017.

The reason being is that Saint Joseph's Feast Day is a Double of The First Class and this does not take precedence over a Sunday in Lent.

However, in The Rubrics of 1568 (Trent), and, thus, prior to “Divino Afflatu”, The Feast Day is just a Double (and not a Double of The First-Class), so Saint Joseph can be Commemorated in the Third Sunday of Lent Mass and Office.

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

Pope Saint Zephyrinus.

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

Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia;

Original uploader was Amberrock at en.wikipedia;

transferred to Commons by

User:Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper.

Author: Not Known.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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

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).

The Way Of The Cross. The Perfect Undertaking For Lent.

“O, Beloved Wood”.

“O, Blessed Nails”. 

“O, Sweet Burden”.

Illustration: PINTEREST

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Indulgences: One Plenary Indulgence each time; another Plenary Indulgence if Holy Communion is received on the same day, or ten times within the month following that exercise.

If it remained unfinished, Ten Years and Ten Quarantines for each Station visited.

(20 October 1931).

Conditions:

1. To visit each Station, unless it is impossible owing to the crowd.

[Pictures of the fourteen several Mysteries are very useful, but are not indispensable. Wooden Crosses, indicating the fourteen Stations of The Cross, are sufficient and are absolutely required.]

2. To meditate, as best one can, on The Passion of The Saviour.

No vocal Prayers are required. The Popes recommend the recitation of a Pater, an Ave, and an Act of Contrition, at each Station (April 1731).

When The Way of The Cross is made in public, a Verse of “The Stabat Mater” may be sung between each Station.

The Sixth Station.

The Face Of Jesus Is Wiped By Veronica.

Versicle: We adore Thee, O, Christ, and we bless Thee.

Response: Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Priest.

As Jesus proceeds on the way, covered with the sweat of death, a woman, moved with compassion, makes her way through the crowd, and wipes His face with a handkerchief.

As a reward of her piety, the impression of His sacred countenance is miraculously imprinted upon the handkerchief.

Prayer.

O, Jesus. May the contemplation of Thy sufferings move us with the deepest compassion, make us to hate our sins, and kindle in our hearts more fervent love to Thee.

May Thy image be graven on our minds, until we are transformed into Thy likeness.

An Act of Contrition.

O, God, we love Thee with our whole hearts, and above all things, and are heartily sorry that we have offended Thee.

May we never offend Thee any more. O, may we love Thee without ceasing, and make it our delight to do in all things Thy Most Holy Will.

Our Father . . .

Hail Mary . . .

Glory Be To The Father . . .

Have mercy on us, O, Lord. Have mercy on us.

Versicle: May the Souls of the Faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Response: Amen.

This Act of Contrition is to be repeated after each Station.

While passing from one Station to another, a Verse of the “Stabat Mater” is sung or said.

Versicle:

Quis non posset contristári,

Christi Matrem contemplári,

Doléntem cum Fílio ?

Response:

Sancta Mater, istud agas,

Crucifíxi fige plagas,

Cordi meo válide.

Proceed to The Seventh Station.