June Is The Month Dedicated To The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus. Make It Mean Something To You. Recite The Litany Of The Sacred Heart On A Daily Basis.

Catholic Holy Card 

depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Auguste Martin Collection, 

University of Dayton Libraries,

Ohio, United States of America.

Date: 1880.

Source: Turgis et Fils, Paris, France.

Author: Turgis et Fils, Paris, France.

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300 Days' Indulgence once a day.

Pope Leo XIII.

Litany Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

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The Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a formal Prayer in The Catholic Church dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

It is one of six approved Litanies for public use.[1]

In The Catholic Church, six Litanies are approved for public recitation:

The Litany of The Holy Name of Jesus;
The Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus;
The Litany of The Most Precious Blood of Jesus;
The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as The Litany of Loreto);
The Litany of Saint Joseph;
The Litany of The Saints.

In 1899, Pope Leo XIII approved the Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus for public usage [2]

The Litany is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Litaniæ de Sacratissimo Corde Iesu.

Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God, The Father of Heaven,

have mercy on us.
God, The Son, Redeemer of the World,

have mercy on us.

God, The Holy Ghost,

have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Son of The Eternal Father,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of The Virgin Mother by The Holy Ghost,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hypostatically united to The Eternal Word,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of The Most High,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in which are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in which dwelleth all the fullness of The Divinity,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in which The Father is well pleased,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of eternal hills,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and abounding in mercy,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, rich unto all that call upon Thee,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, the propitiation for our sins,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, filled with reproaches,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our sins,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, made obedient unto death,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of them that hope in Thee,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of them that die in Thee,

have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the World,

spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the World,

graciously hear us, O Lord,
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the World,

have mercy on us.

Versicle:

Jesus, meek and humble of Heart.

Response:
Make our hearts like unto Thine.

Let us Pray.

Almighty and Eternal God, consider the Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and the praises and satisfaction He offers Thee in the name of sinners; appeased by worthy homage, pardon those who implore Thy mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee, World without end.

Amen.

The following Text is from PRECES-LATINAE

In 1899, Pope Leo XIII approved this Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus for public use.

This Litany is actually a synthesis of several other Litanies dating back to the 17th-Century.

Father Croiset composed a Litany in 1691, from which seventeen Invocations were used by Venerable Anne Madeleine Remuzat, when she composed her Litany in 1718 at Marseilles.

She joined an additional ten Invocations to those of Father Croiset, for a total of twenty-seven Invocations. Six more Invocations, written by Sister Madeleine Joly, of Dijon, France, in 1686, were added by The Sacred Congregation for Rites when it was approved for public use in 1899.

This makes a total of thirty-three Invocations, one for each year of life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A Partial Indulgence is attached to this Litany.

Litaniæ de Sacratissimo Corde Iesu.

Litany of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Kyrie, eleison

Christe, eleison

Kyrie, eleison

Christe, audi nos
Christe, exaudi nos.

Pater de cælis, Deus,
miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus,
miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus,
miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, Filii Patris aeterni,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, in sinu Virginis Matris a Spiritu Sancto formatum,
miserere nobis.

Cor Iesu, Verbo Dei substantialiter unitum,
miserere nobis.

Cor Iesu, maiestatis infinitae,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, templum Dei sanctum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, tabernaculum Altissimi,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, domus Dei et porta caeli,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, fornax ardens caritatis,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, iustitiae et amoris receptaculum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, bonitate et amore plenum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, virtutum omnium abyssus,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, omni laude dignissimum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, rex et centrum omnium cordium,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiae et scientiae,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, in quo habitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, in quo Pater sibi bene complacuit,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, de cuius plenitudine omnes nos accepimus,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, desiderium collium aeternorum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, patiens et multae misericordiae,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, dives in omnes qui invocant te,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, fons vitae et sanctitatis,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, propitiatio pro peccatis nostris,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, saturatum opprobriis,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, attritum propter scelera nostra,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, usque ad mortem oboediens factum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, lancea perforatum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, fons totius consolationis,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, vita et resurrectio nostra,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, pax et reconciliatio nostra,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, victima peccatorum,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, salus in te sperantium,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, spes in te morientium,
miserere nobis.
Cor Iesu, deliciae Sanctorum omnium,
miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis,

Versicle:

Iesu, mitis et humilis Corde,

Response:
Fac cor nostrum secundum Cor tuum.

Oremus;

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, respice in Cor dilectissimi Filii tui, et in laudes et satisfactiones, quas in nomine peccatorum tibi persolvit; iisque misericordiam tuam petentibus, et veniam concede placatus, in nomine eiusdem Filii tui Iesu Christi, Qui tecum vivit et regnat in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

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Saint Boniface. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 5 June.

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

Saint Boniface.
   Bishop and Martyr.
   Feast Day 5 June.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Boniface,

by Cornelis Bloemaert, circa 1630.

Date: 26 April 2013.

Source: Het Utrechts Archief

Author: Cornelis Bloemaert (1603-1684).

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Saint Boniface was born in England at the end of the 7th-Century A.D. He is one of the great glories of The Order of Saint Benedict. Pope Gregory II sent him to Germany, where, with a chosen band of Monks, he announced The Good News, as Jesus Risen had commanded His Apostles to do, to the people of Hesse, Saxony, and Thuringia (Collect).

Made a Legate of The Apostolic See, by Pope Gregory II, he called together several Synods, among which was the famous Council of Leptines, in the Diocese of Cambrai. Appointed Archbishop of Mainz, by Pope Zachary, he, by his order, anointed Pepin, King of The Franks.

After the death of Saint Willibrord, the Church of Utrecht, in Frisia, was committed to his care. The Frisians massacred him at Dokkum, with thirty of his Monks, in June 755 A.D. His body was buried in the celebrated Abbey of Fulda, which he had Founded.

Mass: Exsultábo.

English: The Imperial Abbey (Prince-Bishopric) of Fulda,

Hesse, Germany. Now, Fulda Cathedral.

Deutsch: Reichskloster (Fürstbistum) Fulda.

Aufnahme des de:Fuldaer Dom

Español: Catedral de Fulda.

Français: Cathédrale de Fulda

Photo: 6 April 2004 (original upload date).

Source: Originally from de.wikipedia; 

description page is/was here

Author: Author and original uploader was ThomasSD at de.wikipedia

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English: Coat-of-Arms of The Bishops of Fulda.

Deutsch: Wappen des Bistums bzw. des ehemaligen

Fürstbistums und Hochstiftes Fulda.

Date: 29 December 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: David Liuzzo

(Wikimedia Commons)

Statue of Saint Boniface,

by Werner Henschel, (1830), 

at Fulda, Hesse, Germany.

Photo: 30 July 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Frank Schulenburg

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The Monastery of Fulda was a Benedictine Abbey, in Fulda, 

in the present-day German State of Hesse. It was Founded in 744 A.D. by Saint Sturm, a Disciple of Saint Boniface. Through the 8th- and 9th-Centuries A.D., the Fulda Monastery became a prominent centre of learning and culture in Germany, and a site of religious significance and Pilgrimage following the burial of Saint Boniface. The growth in population around Fulda would result in its elevation to a Diocese in the 18th -Century.

English: Boniface chops down a Cult Tree in Hessen, Germany. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1781.

Deutsch: Bonifacius haut in Hessen einen 

Opferbaum m Radierung von Bernhard Rode 1781.

Date: artwork: 1781; file: 2009.01.17.

Source: Eigene Fotografie (own photography).

Author: Artwork: Bernhard Rode (1725–1797). 

File: James Steakley

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Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifatius) (675 A.D. – 5 June 754 A.D.), born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth, in the Kingdom of Wessex in Anglo-Saxon England, was a leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the 8th-Century A.D.

He established the first organised Christianity in many parts of Germany. He is the Patron Saint of Germany, the first Archbishop of Mainz and the “Apostle of the Germans”. He was killed in Frisia in 754 A.D., along with fifty-two others. His remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus, which became a site of Pilgrimage.

Facts about Boniface’s life and death, as well as his work, became widely known, since there is a wealth of material available — a number of “Vitae”, especially the near-contemporary “Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldi”, and legal documents, possibly some Sermons, and, above all, his correspondence.

According to the “Vitae”, Boniface felled the Donar Oak, Latinised by Willibald, the “Apostle of the Frisians”, as “Jupiter’s Oak”, near the present-day Town of Fritzlar, in northern Hesse. According to his early biographer, Willibald, Boniface started to chop the Oak down, when suddenly a great wind, as if by a Miracle, blew the ancient Oak over.

Saint Boniface Altar,

Fulda Cathedral, Germany.

Photo: 21 October 2006 (original upload date).

Source:Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons.

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here

Author: AJW at Dutch Wikipedia

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When the god (“Jupiter”) did not strike him down, the people were amazed and converted to Christianity. He built a Chapel, Dedicated to Saint Peter, from its wood at the site — the Chapel was the beginning of the Monastery in Fritzlar.

Through his efforts to re-organise and regulate the Church of The Franks, he helped shape Western Christianity, and many of the Dioceses, that he proposed, remain today. After his Martyrdom, he was quickly hailed as a Saint, in Fulda, and other areas in Germany and England.

His cult is still notably strong today. Boniface is celebrated (and criticised) as a Missionary; he is regarded as a Unifier of Europe, and he is seen (mainly by Catholics) as a Germanic national figure.

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Florence Cathedral. Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Flower. Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore.

English: Florence Cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower.

Italian: Cattedrale di Firenze.

Photo: 9 December 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Assianir

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unless stated otherwise.

Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower), is the Cathedral of Florence, Italy (Italian: Duomo di Firenze). It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic Style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the Dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.[1]

The exterior of the Basilica is faced with polychrome Marble Panels in various shades of Green and Pink, bordered by White, and has an elaborate 19th-Century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.

The Cathedral complex, in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistry and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major tourist attraction of Tuscany.

English: Florence Cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower.

Italian: Cattedrale di Firenze.

Photo: 27 August 2013.

Source: [1]

Author: Bruce Stokes on Flickr

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The Basilica is one of Italy's largest Churches, and, until the development of new structural materials in the modern era, the Dome was the largest in the World. It remains the largest Brick Dome ever constructed. It is the fifth tallest Dome in the World.

The Cathedral is The Mother Church of The Archdiocese of Florence, whose Archbishop is Giuseppe Betori.

Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of Florence’s second Cathedral, Dedicated to Saint Reparata;[2] the first was the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, the first building of which was Consecrated as a Church in 393 A.D., by Saint Ambrose of Milan.[3]

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The ancient structure was crumbling with age, according to the 14th-Century Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani,[4] and was no longer large enough to serve the growing population of the City.[4] Other major Tuscan Cities had undertaken ambitious reconstructions of their Cathedrals during the Late-Mediæval period, such as Pisa and particularly Siena, where the enormous proposed extensions were never completed.

The City Council approved the design of Arnolfo di Cambio for the new Church in 1294.[5] Di Cambio was also Architect of the Church of Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio.[6][7] He designed three wide Naves ending under the Octagonal Dome, with the middle Nave covering the area of Santa Reparata.

The first stone was laid on 9 September 1296, by Cardinal Valeriana, the first Papal Legate ever sent to Florence. The building of this vast project was to last 140 years; Arnolfo’s plan for the Eastern End, although maintained in concept, was greatly expanded in size.

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After Arnolfo died in 1302, work on the Cathedral slowed for almost 50 years. When the Relics of Saint Zenobius were discovered in 1330 in Santa Reparata, the project gained a new impetus. In 1331, the Arte della Lana, the Guild of Wool Merchants, took over patronage for the construction of the Cathedral and in 1334 appointed Giotto to oversee the work.

Assisted by Andrea Pisano, Giotto continued di Cambio’s design. His major accomplishment was the building of the Campanile. When Giotto died on 8 January 1337, Andrea Pisano continued the building until work was halted due to The Black Death in 1348.

In 1349, work resumed on the Cathedral under a series of Architects, starting with Francesco Talenti, who finished the Campanile and enlarged the overall project to include the Apse and the Side Chapels. In 1359, Talenti was succeeded by Giovanni di Lapo Ghini (1360–1369) who divided the Centre Nave in four square bays. Other architects were Alberto Arnoldi, Giovanni d'Ambrogio, Neri di Fioravanti and Andrea Orcagna. By 1375, the old Church of Santa Reparata was pulled down. The Nave was finished by 1380, and only the Dome remained incomplete until 1418.

Florence Cathedral and the Baptistry of Saint John.

Photo: 12 May 2022.

Source: Own work.

Author: RThiele

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On 19 August 1418,[8] the Arte della Lana announced an architectural design competition for erecting Neri's Dome. The two main competitors were two Master Goldsmiths, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, the latter of whom was supported by Cosimo de Medici. Ghiberti had been the winner of a competition for a pair of Bronze Doors for The Baptistry in 1401 and lifelong competition between the two remained sharp. Brunelleschi won and received the commission.[9]

Ghiberti, appointed co-adjutor, drew a salary equal to Brunelleschi’s and, though neither was awarded the announced prize of 200 Florins, was promised equal credit, although he spent most of his time on other projects. When Brunelleschi became ill, or feigned illness, the project was briefly in the hands of Ghiberti. But Ghiberti soon had to admit that the whole project was beyond him. In 1423, Brunelleschi was back in charge and took over sole responsibility.[10]

Work on the Dome began in 1420 and finished in 1436. The Cathedral was Consecrated by Pope Eugene IV on 25 March 1436, (the first day of the year according to the Florentine Calendar). It was the first Octagonal Dome in history to be built without a temporary wooden supporting frame. It was one of the most impressive projects of The Renaissance. During the Consecration in 1436, Guillaume Dufay’s Motet “Nuper rosarum flores” was performed.

A Fiberglass replica of Michaelangelo’s David statue. This was the location original planned for the statue.

Photo: 11 November 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: sailko

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The decoration of the Exterior of the Cathedral, begun in the 14th-Century, was not completed until 1887, when the polychrome Marble façade was completed with the design of Emilio De Fabris. The floor of the Church was relaid in Marble Tiles in the 16th-Century.

The Exterior Walls are faced in alternate vertical and horizontal bands of polychrome Marble from Carrara (White), Prato (Green), Siena (Red), Lavenza, and a few other places. These Marble bands had to repeat the already existing bands on the Walls of the earlier adjacent Baptistry, the Battistero di San Giovanni, and Giotto's Bell Tower.

There are two Side Doors: The Door of The Canonici (South Side) and The Door of The Mandorla (North Side); with sculptures by Nanni di Banco, Donatello, and Jacopo della Quercia. The six Side Windows, notable for their delicate Tracery and Ornaments, are separated by Pilasters. Only the four Windows closest to The Transept admit light; the other two are merely ornamental. The Clerestory Windows are round, a common feature in Italian Gothic.

English: The façade of Santa Maria del Fiore, 

Florence Cathedral.

Français: La façade de Santa Maria del Fiore,

la Cathédrale de Florence.

Photo: 2 June 2022.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jebulon

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The Overseers of The Office of Works of Florence Cathedral, the Arte della Lana, had plans to commission a series of twelve large Old Testament sculptures for the Buttresses of the Cathedral.[12]

Donatello, then in his early twenties, was commissioned to carve a statue of David in 1408, to top one of the Buttresses of Florence Cathedral, though it was never placed there.

Nanni di Banco was commissioned to carve a Marble statue of Isaiah, at the same scale, in the same year. One of the statues was lifted into place in 1409, but was found to be too small to be easily visible from the ground and was taken down; both statues then languished in the workshop for several years.[13][14][15]

English: “The Last Judgement”

in the Dome of Florence Cathedral.

Italiano: Giudizio Universale-dettaglio centrale-Giorgio Vasari-Federico Zuccari-Cupola-Santa Maria del Fiore (Firenze).

Artists: Vasari and Zuccari.

Photo: 17 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo Villa

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1410, Donatello made the first of the statues, a figure of Joshua, in Terracotta. In 1409-1411, Donatello made a statue of Saint John the Evangelist, which, until 1588, was in a niche of the old Cathedral façade.

Between 1415 and 1426, Donatello created five statues for the Campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, also known as the Duomo. These works are: The Beardless Prophet; Bearded Prophet (both from 1415); the Sacrifice of Isaac (1421); Habbakuk (1423–25); and Jeremiah (1423–26); which follow the classical models for orators and are characterised by strong portrait details.

A figure of Hercules, also in Terracotta, was commissioned from the Florentine sculptor Agostino di Duccio in 1463 and was made perhaps under Donatello’s direction.[16]

A statue of David, by Michelangelo, was completed 1501-1504, although it could not be placed on the Buttress because of its six-ton weight. In 2010, a Fibre Glass replica of David was placed for one day on Florence Cathedral.

The rest of the Article on this most beautiful Cathedral in Florence can be read HERE

Today Is Trinity Sunday. The Marian Anthem “Salve Regina” Returns. As Does The Antiphon “Asperges Me” At The Start Of Mass.

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“Salve Regina”.

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“Asperges Me”.

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“Asperges Me” is a Latin Antiphon said or sung at the Roman Catholic Main Mass on Sundays 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, “The Miserere”.

Asperges 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.

The Holy Ghost And The Meaning Of Divinely-Given Peace. A Short Talk On The Holy Ghost. By: Reverend Fr. Timothy Finigan. A Hermeneutic Of Continuity Production.

The Holy Ghost And The Meaning Of Divinely-Given Peace.

A Short Talk on The Holy Ghost. 

An astounding moment in The Temple and The Gift of The Holy Ghost – Who is a Person and not a Force. What Peace really means in The Mass. The Refreshing Peace, and “Refrigerium”.

Our presence at The Mass is essential.

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Cloisonne enamel on gold.

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Film Noir. Bête Noire. Art Noir.

Illustration:

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (R.I.P.). Reigned 1952 - 2022.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Photo: 20 March 2015.

Source: defenceimagery.mod.uk

Author:

Original: Joel Rouse/Ministry of Defence

Derivative: nagualdesign

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The promise made by Queen Elizabeth II 

on her 21st birthday in 1947.

Trinity Sunday.

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

Trinity Sunday.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

The Most Holy Trinity

supported by The Thrones.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

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In the second part of the year, the six months from Trinity to Advent, The Holy Ghost, Whose Reign begins at Pentecost, comes to repeat to us what Our Lord, Himself, has taught us in the first part, the six months from Advent to Trinity Sunday.

The fundamental Truth, on which everything in The Christian Religion rests, is The Dogma of The Holy Trinity, from Whom all comes (Epistle), and to Whom, all Baptised in His Name must return (Gospel). In the course of The Cycle, having called to our minds, in order, God The Father, Author of Creation, God The Son, Author of Redemption, and God The Holy Ghost, Author of our Sanctification, The Church, today, before all else, recapitulates The Great Mystery by which we acknowledge and adore The Unity of Nature and Trinity of Persons in Almighty God (Collect).

"As soon as we have Celebrated The Coming of The Holy Ghost," says Abbot Rupert, in the 12th-Century, "we hail in song The Feast of The Holy Trinity, the following Sunday, a place in The Calendar well chosen, for immediately after The Descent of The Holy Ghost, Preaching and Conversion began, and Faith through Baptism and Confession, in the Name of The Father and of The Son and of The Holy Ghost."

The Dogma of The Holy Trinity is affirmed, in The Liturgy, on every hand. It is in The Name of The Father and of The Son and of The Holy Ghost that we begin and end The Mass and The Divine Office, and that we confer The Sacraments. All The Psalms end with the Gloria, the Hymns with The Doxology, and the Prayers by a Conclusion, in honour of The Three Divine Persons. Twice during The Mass, we are reminded that it is to The Holy Trinity that The Mass is being offered.

The Dogma of The Trinity is expressed in the very fabric of our Churches. Our fathers delighted to find a symbol of it in the admirably-proportioned height, breadth, and length of these buildings, in their primary and secondary divisions; the Sanctuary, the Choir and the Nave; the Ground-Floor, the Triforium and the Clerestory; the three Entrances, three Doors, three Bays, three Gables, and, often, three Towers.

On every hand, even to the smallest detail of decoration, the number three, repeated frequently, denotes a well-conceived Plan and a profound Faith in The Blessed Trinity.

The same thought is expressed in Christian iconography, in various ways. Up to the 12th-Century, God The Father is represented by a hand, emerging from the clouds, in Blessing, and often surrounded by a Nimbus [Editor: Halo] containing a Cross. By this hand, is symbolised Divine Omnipotence. In 13th- and 14th-Century work, one sees The Face and, then, The Figure of The Father. From the 15th-Century, The Father is represented as an old man in the garb of a Pontiff.

Up to the 12th-Century, God The Son was at first represented by a Cross, by a Lamb, or, again, by a gracious youth, in the same way that Apollo was represented in the pagan world. From the 11th- to the 16th-Century, Christ appears bearded and in the prime of life. From the 13th-Century, He is seen carrying The Cross and often He is depicted as The Lamb.

The Holy Ghost was, at first, represented under the form of a dove, whose outspread wings often touched the mouths of both Father and Son to show that He proceeds from both. For the same reason, from the 11th-Century He is depicted as a little child. In the 13th-Century, He is a youth, in the 15th-Century, He is a man of ripe age, like The Father and The Son, but with a dove above His head, or in His hand, to distinguish Him from the other Two Persons.

Since the 16th-Century, the dove and the fiery tongues are the only representations of The Holy Ghost. Quite recently, it was expressly forbidden to represent Him under a human form. Since 1628, was also forbidden the monstrous picture of three faces on one body.

As a symbol of The Trinity, the triangle has been borrowed from geometry, depicting by its form The Divine Unity in which are inscribed three angles, expressing The Three Persons in God. Trefoil plants, as Shamrock and Clover, serve to represent this Great Mystery, as also do three circles interwoven, with the word "Unity" inscribed in the central space belonging to all three.

A Miniature of the 16th-Century represents The Father and Son as like each other, with the same Nimbus, the same Triple Crown, the hair worn in the same way and a single cloak drawing them close together. Further, they are united by the same Book of Divine Wisdom as well as by The Holy Ghost, Who joins one to the other by the ends of His wings. But The Father is older than The Son, and the beard of the one is pointed, while that of the other is round.

The Father wears a Robe, without a Girdle, and carries the globe of the Earth in His hand, while The Son, as a Priest, wears an Alb, with Cincture and Stole.

The Feast of The Holy Trinity owes its origin to the fact that the Ordinations of The Ember Saturday, which took place in the evening, were prolonged to the next day, which was Sunday, and which had no Proper Liturgy.

As this day is Consecrated throughout the year to The Most Holy Trinity, The Votive Mass, composed in the 7th-Century A.D., to Celebrate this Mystery, was said on The First Sunday after Pentecost; and, since it occupied a fixed place in The Liturgical Calendar, this Mass was considered as establishing this Sunday as a special Feast of The Blessed Trinity.

Stephen, Bishop of Liége, who was born about 850 A.D., composed, in the 10th-Century, its Office, which was revised later on by The Franciscans.

The Feast was, in 1334, extended to The Universal Church by Pope John XXII and made a Double of The First-Class by Pope Saint Pius X.

That we may ever be armed against all adversity, let us, today, with The Liturgy, make our Solemn Profession of Faith in The Holy and Eternal Trinity and His indivisible Unity.

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

Mass: Benedícta sit sancta.
Commemoration: The First Sunday After Pentecost.

Creed.
Preface: Of The Holy Trinity.
Last Gospel: The Gospel of The Sunday After Pentecost.

Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563-1608). Confessor. Feast Day 4 June.

Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563-1608).

Date of Illustration: 1894.

Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints.

Author: Unknown.

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

Saint Francis Caracciolo.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 4 June.

Double.

White Vestments.

Francis, of the noble family of Caracciolo, in The Abruzzi, Southern Italy, determined, during a severe illness, to devote himself to the Service of God, so as to be ready when The Master should come to take him away (Gospel).

A Letter, delivered to him by mistake, apprised him of a Project of two pious men to Found a new Religious Institute. In this, he saw a providential sign and he became one of the Founders of The Order of Minor Clerks Regular.

At his Profession, he took the name of Francis, on account of his Devotion to Saint Francis of Assisi. To the love of Penance, he added a great zeal for Prayer (Collect). Burning with love for The Blessed Sacrament, his heart melted like wax when he was in the presence of The Tabernacle (Introit), for there he felt the overflowing sweetness prepared by God for those who fear Him (Communion).

He died at the age of forty-four, in 1608, on The Vigil of Corpus Christi, and, "although his life was short, he completed a long course, for a spotless life is equivalent to protracted years" (Epistle).

Following Saint Francis Caracciolo's example, let us Pray and reduce our bodies to subjection (Collect), so that, burning like him with the fire of Charity, we may worthily kneel at The Communion Table (Secret).

Mass: Factum est.