"Vidi Aquam". "I Saw Water".

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"Vidi Aquam".

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Vidi aquam egredientem de templo,

a latere dextro, alleluia:

et omnes, ad quos pervenit aqua ista,

salvi facti sunt, et dicent, alleluia, alleluia.

Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus:

Quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,

et in saecula sæculorum.

Amen.

I saw water flowing from the temple,

on the right side, alleluia:

And all to whom that water came

have been saved, and they will say, alleluia.

Worship the Lord, for He is good:

for His mercy is forever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Prior to the Main Mass on Sundays, the Asperges Me is normally sung, while the Priest sprinkles Holy Water on the people.

However, during Eastertide, the Asperges Me is replaced and Holy Mother Church gives us the sublime Vidi Aquam.

Fleury Abbey, France. Abbaye De Saint-Benoît-Sur-Loire.

Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

English: Fleury Abbey, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loire, France.

Français: Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France.

Date: July 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Christophe.Finot.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Fleury Abbey (Floriacum) in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, France, Founded about 640 A.D., is one of the most celebrated Benedictine Monasteries of Western Europe, which possesses the Relics of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Its site on the banks of the River Loire has always made it easily accessible from Orléans, a centre of culture unbroken since Roman times. Today, the Abbey has over forty Monks and is headed by the Abbot, Etienne Ricaud.

Abbo of Fleury (died 1004), a Monk and Abbot of Fleury, was a Theologian of wide-ranging intellect; his "Life" was written by the Chronicler, Aimoin, also a Monk of Fleury. Andrew of Fleury (writing circa 1043) wrote Miracula sancti Benedicti. Hugh of Fleury (died after 1118) was a Monk of Fleury, known for his chronicles and other writings.

English: Coat-of-Arms of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France.

Français: fr: Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.

Italiano: it: Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire., Francia.

Blazon:

English: Blue, a Silver Cross Charged with Five Red Roses. In the Cantons,

Two Fleurs-de-Lys in Chief and Two Gold Croziers on their Points.

Français: d’azur à une croix d’argent chargée de 5 roses de gueules, cantonnée de 2 fleurs de lys en chef et de 2 crosses adossées en pointe, tous d'or.

Italiano: d'azzurro, alla croce d'argento, caricata di cinque rose di rosso, accantonata da due gigli in capo e da due pastorali addossati in punta, il tutto d'oro.

Français: mem-farita.

Source: Own work.

Artist: User:Ssire.

The Catholic Encyclopedia avers that "from the very start, the Abbey boasted of two Churches, one in honour of Saint Peter and the other in honour of The Blessed Virgin Mary." The Church of Saint Peter was demolished in the 18th-Century; the existing Church, Dedicated to The Virgin Mary, pre-existed the Founding of the Monastery.

After the ravages of The Normans, who penetrated via the River Loire and burned the Monastery buildings, which suffered a catastrophic fire in 1026, this became the great Late-11th-Century Romanesque Basilica, which occasioned the erection of a great Tower, that was intended as The West Front of the Abbey Church, which was completed in 1218.

Decorated Initial "D" from a Mediaeval Sacramentary.

Mediaeval Scribes used the size, colour, decoration, and style of script to help Readers understand a book's contents, and sometimes to mark the function of the different parts of the Text. On this Text Page, the Initial "D", the largest decorative element on the Page, emphasises the beginning of the first Prayer (The "Introit") for The Second Mass of Christmas Day. The Letter "D" is composed of geometric interlace and leaf forms executed in Gold and Silver Ink on a Reddish-Purple ground.

It is attributed to Nivardus of Milan, who worked at Fleury Abbey, France, about 1000 - 1025.

Tempera colours, Gold, Silver, and Ink on Parchment, bound between Pasteboard,

covered with Greenish-Brown Morocco Leaf:

Date: First Quarter 11th-Century.

Current location: The J. Paul Getty Museum.

Source/Photographer: xwEriz3MQaAypw at Google Cultural Institute.

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A Sacramentary, the most important type of Liturgical Book used in the Early-Mediaeval Church, contains the Prayers recited by the Priest at Mass. The Book lay open on the Church Altar, where the Priest Celebrated the Mass. This Ottonian Manuscript includes a full-page Crucifixion and beautiful Illuminated Initials executed in Gold and Silver Ink.

The quality of the decoration of this Manuscript, of which only a fragment survives, suggests that it may have been made for the occasion of the Consecration in 1017 of Hugh, the young son of Robert the Pious, King of France, as Robert's Co-Ruler and Successor.

Since it includes Prayers addressed to Saints Venerated at Beauvais, the Book may have been presented by King Robert to the Bishop of Beauvais, who was present at the Consecration. The writing and Illumination have been attributed to Nivardus of Milan, who worked at The Benedictine Monastery of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, at Fleury, France. In addition to the Gold and Silver Letters, the Manuscript is decorated with elaborate interlace ornament and sprays of leaves that recall Classical and 9th-Century Carolingian models.

The Nave,

Fleury Abbey, France.

Photo: 24 January 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sabinolembo.

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It was here that The Fleury Playbook was compiled, perhaps in Dedication to the new Church. The Tower of Abbot Gauzlin, resting on fifty Columns, forms a unique Porch. The Carolingian-Style Church is about three hundred feet long, its Transept is one hundred and forty feet long. The Choir of the Church contains the tomb of a French Monarch, King Philip I of France, buried there in 1108. Of the Mediaeval Abbey's buildings, only this Basilica survives in the modern Monastery.

The 17th-Century Benedictine Scholar, Jean Mabillon, accepted the Traditional Founding of Fleury Abbey by Leodebaldus, Abbot of St-Aignan (Orléans), about 640 A.D., in the existing Gallo-Roman villa of Floriacum, in the Vallis Aurea, the "Golden Valley". This was the spot selected by the Abbot of St-Aignan for his Benedictine Foundation. Rigomarus was its first Abbot.

The most famous of the Merovingian Abbots was Saint Mommolus, who effected the Translation of the Relics there of Benedict of Nursia. The Monastery underwent a Season of Reform in its Monastic life, about 930 A.D., along the lines first laid out at Cluny Abbey. The Monastery enjoyed the Patronage of The Carolingian Dynasty for generations; it was also central to the political ambitions of The Robertian House, descended from Robert I of France, several of whom had held the Title of Duke of the Franks.

English: Interior of Fleury Abbey.

Français: Abbaye Saint Benoit sur Loire intérieur.

This File: 22 January 2006.

Source: Own work.

User: Nguyenld.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Monk of Fleury, named Helgaud (died circa 1068), was Chaplain to King Robert II and wrote a brief Epitoma vitae Roberti regis. Fleury Abbey had particular significance in lending legitimacy to its Patrons. Although Royal and Ducal Patronage had material advantages, there was also a price to be paid in terms of Monastic autonomy, when the Ducal candidate conflicted with the choice of the Monastic Community.

Theodulphus, Bishop of Orléans, established at Fleury a School for Young Noblemen, recommended there by Charlemagne. By the Mid-9th-Century, its Library was one of the most comprehensive ever assembled in the West, and Scholars such as Lupus of Ferrières (+ 862 A.D.) travelled there to consult its Texts. Later, under Saint Abbo of Fleury (Abbot 988 A.D. - 1004), Head of the Reformed Abbey School, Fleury Abbey enjoyed a second Golden Age; it kept up close relations with Abbeys in England. Later, among the Non-Resident Abbots in commendam, were Cardinals Odet de Coligny and Antoine Sanguin, in the Reign of François I and Cardinal Richelieu.

Like all Benedictine Monasteries in France, the Community was scattered by The French Revolution. Nevertheless, a Benedictine presence remained continually; the Parish was held by a Monk disguised as a Secular Priest, and there were numerous attempts to restore the Monastery throughout the 19th-Century.

Choir Stalls,

Fleury Abbey, France.

Photo: 22 October 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Manfred Heyde.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Finally, in 1944, the Community (which had been resident at Pierre-qui-Vire) was restored to the Abbey, which was rebuilt as a Member of The Subiaco Congregation. The Monastery is remembered each day at Evensong, in Winchester Cathedral, England, with an additional Prayer at The Conclusion of The Responses (The Fleury Prayer).

Fleury Abbey is reputed to contain the Relics of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the Father of Western Monasticism, a claim disputed by the Monks of Monte Cassino. Mommolus, the second Abbot of Fleury, is said to have effected their Transfer when that Abbey fell into decay after the ravages of The Lombards in the 7th-Century A.D. Benedict's Relics, and the Miracula S. Benedicti developed over three Centuries by five Monks of Fleury, including Andreas of Fleury (circa 1043), attracted Pilgrims, bringing wealth and fame. The Monks of Monte Cassino impugned the claims of Fleury Abbey, but without ever showing any Relics to make good their contention that they possess the body of the Founder.

A Mass For The Feast Of Saint Mark. The Church Of Our Lady Of Esperanza, New York City. Saturday, 25 April 2015, 1200 hrs.

ABORTION.

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"First they came for the Socialists,

and I did not speak out

- because I was not a Socialist,"
said Joanna Millan,
as she quoted a poem by
Pastor Martin Niemöller.

"Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
and I did not speak out
- because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out
- because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me
- and there was no one left to speak for me."

Lenten Station At The Basilica Of San Pancrazio (Saint Pancras). Octave Of Easter, Or Low Sunday, Or Quasimodo Sunday, Or Dominica In Albis.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Italic Text, Illustrations and Captions, are taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Low Sunday, or Octave of Easter.
Station at Saint Pancras's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Privileged of The First-Class.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Bring hither thy hand and put it into My Side, and be not Faithless, but believing.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

English: Basilica of Saint Pancras,
Rome, Italy.

Italiano: Chiesa di San Pancrazio, a Roma,
nel quartiere Gianicolense.

Photo: June 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Croberto68.

(Wikimedia Commons)

This Sunday is called Quasimodo Sunday, from the first words of the Introit, or Dominica in Albis (post Albas Depositas), from the fact that, on this day, the newly-Baptised had laid aside their White Vestments, or Pascha Clausum, because it finishes The Easter Octave, or, again, Low Sunday, perhaps in contrast to The Great Feast of the week before.

To teach those, who, in Baptism, have just been born to The Life of God, the generosity with which they ought to bear testimony to Christ, The Church leads them to the Basilica of The Martyr, Saint Pancras, who, when only twelve years old, offered to Christ the Testimony of his blood.

The entrance avenue to the
Basilica of Saint Pancras,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Christians must stand firm, resting on their Faith in Christ, The Risen Son of God. Saint John tells us that this is The Faith that overcomes the world, for it enables us to resist all efforts to make us fall  (Epistle). Thus, it is important that it should have a firm foundation, which The Church gives us in today's Mass.

Saint John says, in the Epistle, that this Faith is founded upon The Witness of The Father, Who, at Our Lord's Baptism (with water), proclaimed Him His Son; of The Son, Who, on The Cross (by His Blood), showed Himself as The Son of God; and of The Holy Ghost, descending on The Apostles on The Day of Pentecost, according to Our Lord's promise, confirmed what Christ had said about His Resurrection and His Divinity; Dogmas which The Church, guided by The Holy Ghost, never ceases to proclaim.

Interior of the Basilica of Saint Pancras,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Our Faith rests, also, on The Testimony of Angels, who announced Our Lord's Rising from The Dead (Offertory), but it is based, chiefly, on His appearances to His Apostles. Further, the Gospel shows us how Christ, appearing twice in The Cenacle, overcame the unbelief of Saint Thomas, praising those who, not having seen, should yet believe.

Let us believe in Jesus, Risen from The Dead, and, in the presence of The Blessed Sacrament, let us repeat Saint Thomas's cry of Faith and humility: "My Lord and my God."

Interior of the Basilica of Saint Pancras,
Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Luc.

(Wikimedia Commons)

By our steadfast Faith, and our blameless conduct, let us bear witness to Our Lord Jesus Christ, before an indifferent world.

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


The Church of San Pancrazio (English: S. Pancras; Latin: S. Pancratii) is a Roman Catholic ancient Basilica and Titular Church, founded by Pope Symmachus in the 6th-Century, in Rome, Italy. It stands in Via S. Pancrazio, Westward beyond the Porta San Pancrazio that opens in a stretch of the Aurelian Wall on the Janiculum.

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Pancratii is Antonio Cañizares Llovera. Among the previous Titulars are Pope Paul IV (15 January - 24 September 1537) and Pope Clement VIII (18 December 1585 - 30 January 1592).

The Basilica of Saint Pancras was built by Pope Symmachus (498 A.D. - 514 A.D.), on the place where the body of the young Martyr, Saint Pancras of Rome, or Pancratius, had been buried. In the 17th-Century, it was given to The Discalced Carmelites, who completely remodelled it. The Church underwent further rebuilding in the 19th-Century, but it retains its plain brick facade of the Late-15th-Century, with The Arms of Pope Innocent VIII. Below the Church, there are huge Catacombs, the Catacombe di S. Pancrazio or di Ottavilla. The entrance is next to the small Museo di S. Pancrazio, with fragments of sculpture and pagan and Early-Christian inscriptions.

THIS CONCLUDES THE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE LENTEN STATIONS IN ROME.

ZEPHYRINUS HOPES THEY HAVE BEEN OF VALUE TO READERS, ON THEIR LENTEN JOURNEY, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO TRAVELLING THAT SAME JOURNEY WITH YOU NEXT YEAR.

GOD WILLING (DEO VOLENTE).

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Lenten Station At The Papal Arch-Basilica Of Saint John Lateran. Easter Saturday.

Roman Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

Italic Text, Illustrations and Captions, are taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Easter Saturday.
Station at Saint John Lateran.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

Latin: Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris
et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistae
et Evangelistae in Laterano Omnium urbis
et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.

English: Basilica of Saint John Lateran,
Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, Italy.

Español: Basílica de San Juan de Letrán,
catedral del Obispo de Roma, Italia.

Italiano: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma.

Polski: Bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie (znana jako
Bazylika Laterańska), katedra biskupa Rzymu, Włochy.

Português: Basílica de São João de Latrão,
catedral do Bispo de Roma, Itália.

Photo: September 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at.

(Wikimedia Commons)

On coming out of The Baptismal Font, The Neophytes were given a White Garment (a White Veil is now placed over the newly-Baptised during The Baptismal Ceremonies) as a symbol of the effects of Baptism on their Souls: "All you who have been Baptised have put on Christ" (Communion). They continued to wear it until the day known as "sabbatum in albis depositis" ("The Saturday on which White Vestments are laid aside"), because, on that day, at Saint John Lateran, their Baptismal Robes were taken from them.

The Church, seeing "those New-Born Babes" (Epistle) gathered around her, asks them, by the mouth of Saint Peter, her Head, ever to drink The Spiritual and Pure Milk of The True Doctrine.

And in that Basilica, dedicated to The Holy Redeemer, she reminds them that their Souls are The Living Stones  of a Spiritual House, of which Christ is The Corner-Stone. The Gospel also shows us The Prince of The Apostles, who, even before Saint John, realised The Resurrection of Christ, of which he is to be Witness to The Whole Church.

English: The Lateran Palace (on the Left)
besides the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt den Lateranspalast
und das Seitenportal der Lateransbasilika 

von der Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano aus.

Italiano: Facciata laterale della
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Roma), 

con a sinistra il Palazzo Laterano.

Photo: September 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Maus-Trauden.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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Mon Dieu, Que Demandez-Vous De Moi ? My God, What Do You Ask Of Me ?

My God, what do You ask of me ?

Mon Dieu, que demandez-Vous de Moi ?

The Sweetness of The Lamb.

La Douceur de l'Agneau.

Image: HOLY CARD HEAVEN