Monday 15 January 2018
Sunday 14 January 2018
Time After Epiphany. From 14 January To Septuagesima Sunday.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Places mentioned in The Liturgy of this Season,
where Our Lord gave proofs of His Divinity,
with The Apostles, who gave testimony of this Divinity,
and whose Feasts occur in the same Season.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
where Our Lord gave proofs of His Divinity,
with The Apostles, who gave testimony of this Divinity,
and whose Feasts occur in the same Season.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.
LITURGICAL NOTE.
The Time After Epiphany begins on the day following The Octave Day of The Feast (14 January), and lasts, so far as The Temporal Cycle is concerned, until Septuagesima, and, in The Sanctoral Cycle, until The Purification (2 February).
While Christmas and The Epiphany, always falling on 25 December and 6 January, respectively, make The Christmas Cycle to a large extent fixed in character, The Easter Cycle, since it is essentially dependent on The Paschal Moon, is of necessity moveable.
Further, when Easter, which can fall between 22 March and 25 April, occurs early, The Ninth Sunday preceding it, i.e., Septuagesima, encroaches on The Time After Epiphany, which, normally including five Sundays, is in this way sometimes reduced to one or two Sundays.
Green, the emblem of hope, is the colour of Vestments for The Time After Epiphany, as also for The Time After Pentecost. It is, in fact, the ruling colour in Nature. Saint Paul says that he that plougheth should plough in hope of gathering the fruits of his labour, and in the same way in this Time After Epiphany, the field of The Church, sown with The Doctrine and The Mighty Works of Our Lord, abounds with fresh shoots giving promise of a rich harvest.
An echo of Christmastide, this Season has, for it characteristic note, a Holy Joy; that of having, in The Person of Christ, a God, "mighty in work and word". For us, also, there is the joy of sharing in His Kingdom on Earth, while confidently hoping that, at His Return, He will give us a place for all Eternity in His Kingdom in Heaven.
Saturday 13 January 2018
"Ultima In Mortis Hora". A Benedictine Chant To The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The De La Salle Hymnal: for Catholic Schools and Choirs (1913), p.92.
Illustration: HYMNARY.ORG
Yo-Yo Ma and the Monks of Saint Vincent
"Ultima in mortis hora".
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is from FR. Z's BLOG
This is something from the Benedictine Tradition. It is a Chant, to The Blessed Virgin, invoking her as a good Mother and Queen of Heaven, to help Souls to a good death and to take care of them, afterwards.
You can find it online, for example, HERE
The American Cassinese Benedictines have a version, which includes three languages. HERE
The Text seems to be cobbled up from lines taken from a Sequence, written by a Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, at the time of Blessed Pope Pius IX’s Proclamation of The Dogma of The Immaculate Conception. Hence, it is not an ancient Text, but it reflects the piety and Faith of millennia of Christian experience of Mary and of death.
Usually, the first part is sung, and it has been set for four voices, etc.
Ultima in mortis hora,
Filium pro nobis ora,
Bonam mortem impetra,
Virgo, Mater Domina.
In the last hour/moment of death,
Pray to Your Son for us,
obtain (for us) a good death,
O Virgin, Mother Lady.
We should contemplate death often and Pray for a good death.
Last night, I blessed Epiphany Water, which Rite includes The Litany of Saints, during which we Pray to be saved from a sudden and unprovided death, that is, death with the the Sacraments, the chance to make a good Confession.
Baring extraordinary Graces, I think people die as they have lived. Habits get baked into over the years. We have to develop habits of dying while we are still living, so that when we die, we die as well as possible. Death is a great Mystery, but we can ready ourselves, much as Soldiers – and we belong to The Church Militant – ready for the struggle through constant and long drills.
AND . . .
As Fr. Z often extols us to so do . . .
GO TO CONFESSION !!!
"You know not the day, nor the hour . . ."
Friday 12 January 2018
Saint Bernard Of Corleone (1605-1667). Feast Day, Today, 12 January.
This Article was generated by interest
in a Post by VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Bernard of Corleone, O.F.M. Cap., is a Catholic Saint, who was born in the Town of Corleone, in The Kingdom of Sicily, on 6 February 1605. His name was Filippo Latino, before becoming a Friar. His father was a Shoemaker, and Bernard learned this trade. After the death of his father, he became a Soldier and took up Fencing, becoming skilled in the art.
While in the Army, he displayed a fiery temper and was quick to challenge men to a duel. His only fault, in the words of two witnesses at his Beatification process, was that "he was quick to draw his Sword at the slightest provocation." His life was not noted for its moral content and he had quite a reputation.
Though not particularly Devout, he would defend old people and other helpless and defenseless persons against violence. He frequently made visits to a local Crucifix, and provided that a Lamp be kept burning before it. He was a Devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi.
The Monastic Life.
In 1624, when Filippo was nineteen, he became involved in a duel, which cost his opponent his arm. This incident was witnessed by many, and caused an uproar, and Filippo was nicknamed "the Finest Blade in Sicily". To escape from the man's avengers, he sought refuge with The Capuchin Franciscans.
While staying with the Friars, Bernard began to reflect on his past life and to repent of his life of anger and violence. He appealed for admission to The Capuchins as a Lay Brother, and on 13 December 1632, he entered their Novitiate. His Devotion became very severe: Seven times a day he scourged himself, drawing blood; His sleep was limited to three hours a night on a narrow board, with a block of wood under his head; He Fasted for the most part on bread and water. If other food was given to him, he would place the food in his mouth, to whet his appetite, and then take it out, without consuming it.
During his entire Religious Life, he would wear the most-worn Habits available in The Friary and slept in the most uncomfortable Cell in The House. One result of this, was that he suffered from rheumatism for much of his later life. He worked long hours during the day, and had a special concern for the sick, growing into a man known for his gentleness and compassion.
Bernard had a strong Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary, and encouraged others in this Devotion. His biographers claim that Mary appeared to him and placed Jesus, as an Infant, in his arms. It is also claimed that She gave him knowledge of the day of his death, four months in advance. He died at Palermo, Sicily, on 12 January 1667, a few weeks short of his Sixty-Second Birthday.
His Funeral Procession was extensive, due to his fame as a Holy Man. Numerous Miracles reportedly occurring at his Grave, and recorded by historians of The Church, promoted the cause of his Beatification by Pope Clement XIII in 1767, and Canonisation by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2001.
English: Saint Bernard of Corleone.
Polski: Święty Bernard Corleone.
Date: Unknown.
This File: 20 October 2008.
User: Tomasz Wachowski.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Paradise ! Paradise ! Paradise !
O, Blessed are the Disciplines,
Blissful the Night-Watches !
Blessed the Penances,
the Self-Will sacrificed !
O, the Blessing of Fasting,
and Acts of Obedience !
How great is the
Blessing of Religious Life
well lived ! "
Last words of Saint Bernard of Corleone.
The Monastic Life.
Iona Abbey,
Scotland.
Image: SHUTTERSTOCK
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Bernard of Corleone, O.F.M. Cap., is a Catholic Saint, who was born in the Town of Corleone, in The Kingdom of Sicily, on 6 February 1605. His name was Filippo Latino, before becoming a Friar. His father was a Shoemaker, and Bernard learned this trade. After the death of his father, he became a Soldier and took up Fencing, becoming skilled in the art.
While in the Army, he displayed a fiery temper and was quick to challenge men to a duel. His only fault, in the words of two witnesses at his Beatification process, was that "he was quick to draw his Sword at the slightest provocation." His life was not noted for its moral content and he had quite a reputation.
Though not particularly Devout, he would defend old people and other helpless and defenseless persons against violence. He frequently made visits to a local Crucifix, and provided that a Lamp be kept burning before it. He was a Devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi.
The Monastic Life.
Illustration: DICCON BEWES
In 1624, when Filippo was nineteen, he became involved in a duel, which cost his opponent his arm. This incident was witnessed by many, and caused an uproar, and Filippo was nicknamed "the Finest Blade in Sicily". To escape from the man's avengers, he sought refuge with The Capuchin Franciscans.
While staying with the Friars, Bernard began to reflect on his past life and to repent of his life of anger and violence. He appealed for admission to The Capuchins as a Lay Brother, and on 13 December 1632, he entered their Novitiate. His Devotion became very severe: Seven times a day he scourged himself, drawing blood; His sleep was limited to three hours a night on a narrow board, with a block of wood under his head; He Fasted for the most part on bread and water. If other food was given to him, he would place the food in his mouth, to whet his appetite, and then take it out, without consuming it.
Bernard had a strong Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary, and encouraged others in this Devotion. His biographers claim that Mary appeared to him and placed Jesus, as an Infant, in his arms. It is also claimed that She gave him knowledge of the day of his death, four months in advance. He died at Palermo, Sicily, on 12 January 1667, a few weeks short of his Sixty-Second Birthday.
His Funeral Procession was extensive, due to his fame as a Holy Man. Numerous Miracles reportedly occurring at his Grave, and recorded by historians of The Church, promoted the cause of his Beatification by Pope Clement XIII in 1767, and Canonisation by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2001.
The Church Of Our Lady of Buda, Hungary. Budavári Nagyboldogasszony-Templom.
English: The Church of Our Lady of Buda.
Hungarian: Budavári Nagyboldogasszony-templom.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Matthias Church (Hungarian: Mátyás-templom) is a Roman Catholic Church located in Budapest, Hungary, in front of The Fisherman's Bastion, at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to Church Tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque Style in 1015, although no archaeological remains exist.
The current building was constructed in the florid Late-Gothic Style, in the second- half of the 14th-Century, and was extensively restored in the Late-19th-Century. It was the second-largest Church of Mediaeval Buda and the seventh-largest Church of The Mediaeval Hungarian Kingdom.
Thursday 11 January 2018
The Marian Saturdays. The Devotion Of The First Five Saturdays. Plus, The Five Masses In Honour Of Our Lady, According To The Season.
This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE
Illustration: CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE
“I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the Graces necessary for Salvation, all those who, on The First Saturday of five consecutive months, shall Confess, receive Holy Communion, recite Five Decades of The Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while Meditating on The Mysteries of The Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”
It may come as some surprise that this Devotion of The First Five Saturdays, requested by Heaven, through Sister Lucia of Fatima in 1925 at her Convent in Pontevedra, Spain, was not new; in fact, it is an ancient custom in The Church.
It fits precisely into the long Tradition of Catholic piety that, having devoted Fridays to the remembrance of The Passion of Jesus Christ and to honouring His Sacred Heart, found it very natural to devote Saturdays to His Most Holy Mother.
It is sometimes asked why Our Lady asked for Communions of Reparation on Five First Saturdays, instead of some other number. On 29 May 1930, Our Blessed Lord explained to Sister. Lucia, in another apparition to her, that it was because of five kinds of offenses and blasphemies against The Immaculate Heart of Mary, namely: Blasphemies against her Immaculate Conception, against her Perpetual Virginity, against The Divine and Spiritual Maternity of Mary, Blasphemies involving the rejection and dishonouring of her images, and the neglect of implanting in the hearts of children a knowledge and love of this Immaculate Mother.
It is sometimes asked why Our Lady asked for Communions of Reparation on Five First Saturdays, instead of some other number. On 29 May 1930, Our Blessed Lord explained to Sister. Lucia, in another apparition to her, that it was because of five kinds of offenses and blasphemies against The Immaculate Heart of Mary, namely: Blasphemies against her Immaculate Conception, against her Perpetual Virginity, against The Divine and Spiritual Maternity of Mary, Blasphemies involving the rejection and dishonouring of her images, and the neglect of implanting in the hearts of children a knowledge and love of this Immaculate Mother.
“My Soul waits for The Lord more than watchmen for the morning” (Psalm 130:6).
It is also an age-old Tradition that Jesus appeared to Mary on the Saturday, the day after His death, whilst the World lay in hushed waiting for The Resurrection. The great Theologians of the 12th- and 13th-Centuries, Saints. Bernard, Thomas, and Bonaventure, explained The Dedication of Saturdays to Mary by pointing to the time of Christ’s Rest in The Grave. Everyone else had abandoned Christ; only Mary continued to believe, demonstrating her deep Faith by never doubting for a moment her Son’s Promise of Resurrection. This was her day !
THE FIVE MASSES IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY,
ACCORDING TO THE SEASON.
The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
The use of Consecrating the Saturday to Our Lady developed, not only in private, but also in Liturgical Devotion, during the 8th-Century - 12th-Century. The reason for this choice, however, remains unknown.
There are Five Masses in Honour of Our Lady, according to The Season.
They are said as The Mass of The Day on Saturdays when there are no Feasts or Greater Ferias, and can also be said as Votive Masses on other occasions.
Mass: Roráte, caeli.
Second Collect of The Feria of Advent.
Third Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
God has sent us a Saviour (Epistle) and The Votive Mass of The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Proper to The Season of Christmastide, reminds us that it is by Mary that we have had the happiness of receiving The Author of Life (Collect).
The Gospel pictures her beside The Child in The Manger, and The Church declares her "Blessed, because she has borne in her womb The Son of The Eternal Father" (Communion), and truly worthy of all praise, because of her was born Christ Our Lord (Offertory).
The Collect and the Alleluia, in setting forth the Virginity of Mary, make manifest to us, as in all the Liturgy of Christmas, that Jesus has God for Father and that The Virgin, therefore, is, herself, The Mother of God.
Mass: Vultum tuum.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
At this Season, Consecrated to the great work of our Redemption, The Mass of The Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of Our Saviour.
She was pre-destined from All Eternity for the role of Co-Redemptress (Epistle), for, as Eve was the intermediary chosen by The Angel of Darkness to bring about The Fall of Adam, so, also, is Mary the intermediary to whom The Angel Gabriel (Tract) delivered The Message of Salvation from Heaven. She is also Blessed since she heard The Word of God and obeyed it (Gospel).
Mass: Salve, sancta parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Festivitáte.
Mary is also The Queen of The Church Founded by The Risen Christ. "Her power is established in Jerusalem and her abode is in the fulness of The Saints" (Epistle).
At The Foot of The Cross, Jesus said to Saint John, who personified all Christians: "Behold thy Mother" (Gospel), and Mary "always and everywhere protects our Souls through her patronage (Postcommunion).
Mass: Salve, sancta parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Veneratione.
Mass: Salve, sancta parens.
Second Collect of The Holy Ghost.
Third Collect against The Persecutors of The Church or For The Pope.
Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Et te in Festivitáte.
Wednesday 10 January 2018
86 Priests Saying Weekly Or Monthly Traditional Latin Masses For The Souls In Purgatory. Fathers, Let's Get This To 100 !!!
Text and Illustration: RORATE CAELI
This is our monthly reminder to please enroll Souls of The Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society. Over the last thirty days, we've added one new wonderful Priest dedicated to bringing relief to loved ones enrolled by our readers. We now stand at eighty-six Priests saying weekly or monthly Traditional Latin Masses for the Souls in Purgatory.
Come on Fathers, let's get this to 100 !!!
to give to the loved ones of the Souls you enroll.
It's free for anyone to use. **
Priests: The Souls still need more of you saying Mass for them. Please E-Mail Rorate Caeli at athanasiuscatholic@yahoo.com to offer your Services. There's nothing special involved -- all you need to do is offer a weekly or monthly Traditional Latin Mass with the Intention: "For the Souls enrolled in The Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society." And we will always keep you completely anonymous unless you request otherwise.
How to enroll Souls: Please E-Mail me at athanasiuscatholic@yahoo.com and submit as follows: "Name, State, Country." If you want to enroll entire families, simply write in the E-Mail: "The Jones family, Ohio, USA". Individual names are preferred. Be greedy -- send in as many as you wish and forward this Posting to friends as well.
Please consider forwarding this Purgatorial Society to your family and friends, announcing from the Pulpit during Holy Mass or listing in your Church Bulletin. We need to spread the word and relieve more suffering Souls.
Please Pray for the enrolled Souls and the eighty-six Holy Priests saying Traditional Masses for The Purgatorial Society:
"For all the Souls enrolled in The Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their Souls and the Souls of all The Faithful departed rest in peace. Amen."
Then ...
Almighty and ever living God,
we ask Thy blessing upon the Priests
who offer Masses for The Purgatorial Society.
Give them a greater awareness of the Grace
that Thou dost pour out through the Sacraments,
and by their devout Celebration of The Sacred Mysteries,
increase in them a love for Thee.
Give strength to Thy Priests, O Shepherd of the flock;
when they are in doubt, give them the assurance of Faith,
and in Thy goodness confirm them as heralds of Thy Truth
to all who seek to follow in Thy path.
We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal Priest,
Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity with The Holy Ghost,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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