Saint Vincent De Paul. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 19 July.

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

Saint Vincent De Paul. 
Confessor. 
Feast Day 19 July.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Vincent de Paul.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Providence, ever watching over men with maternal solicitude, in the 17th-Century raised up Saint Vincent de Paul. He was filled with The Holy Spirit, Which had strengthened The Apostles, and he contributed abundantly to the evangelisation of The Poor and to the development of the Priestly virtues which are the glory of The Clergy (Collect).

He was born near Dax, France. When still a young Priest, he fell into the hands of Turkish pirates, who carried him to Africa. Having returned to France, he became, successively, a Parish Priest, and Grand Almoner of The Galley Slaves. Saint Francis de Sales entrusted to him later the Spiritual Direction of The Nuns of The Visitation.

Preaching especially to country people, he bound the Members of The Congregation he had Founded, under the Title of Priests of The Mission, or Lazarists, to undertake this Apostolic Work by a special Vow.

Teaching them to leave everything to follow Christ (Communion), he sent them to work in The Vineyard of God (Gospel) and to establish everywhere Seminaries in order to give good Priests to The People.

In order to help Poor People, Foundlings, Young Girls, whose virtue was exposed to danger, and others insane, invalided or sick, he Founded, in conjunction with Saint Louise de Marillac, The Congregation of The Sisters of Charity, which is now the most numerous and the most diffused throughout the World.

After a life which recalls the Apostolate of Saint Paul (Epistle), and which caused Pope Leo XIII to proclaim him The Special Patron of all Charitable Associations, Saint Vincent died in 1660, in Paris, France, at Saint Lazarus's, which was The Mother-House of his Congregation.

Let us beseech God that, following the example of Saint Vincent, whose pious merits we Venerate on this day (Collect), our hearts, like his, may be filled with Divine Charity.

Mass: Justus.

A Mass Of Thanksgiving Will Be Said For All Benefactors Of This Blog. "Introibo Ad Altáre Dei". "I Will Go In Unto The Altar Of God".

A Mass Of Thanksgiving Will Be Said For All Benefactors Of This Blog.

"Introibo Ad Altáre Dei". "I Will Go In Unto To The Altar Of God".

The opening words of The Traditional Latin Mass.

Illustration: PINTEREST

Saint Camillus De Lellis. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 18 July.

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

Saint Camillus De Lellis.
   Confessor. 
   Feast Day 18 July.

Double.

White Vestments.

Our Lady of La Paz Parish Church, Bolivia.

(Saint Camillus de Lellis, Archimedes-Flordeliz Streets, Makati City).

List of Barangays of Metro Manila. Legislative districts of Makati, Barangay La Paz, Makati City.

Photo: 24 July 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: Judgefloro.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Holy Ghost, Who has manifested Himself in all manner of ways in the Souls of The Saints, whose names have appeared in The Cycle since The Feast of Pentecost, proposes to our admiration on this day Saint Camillus, whose Charity towards his neighbour had specially Jesus in view (Communion).

Born in 1550, in The Kingdom of Naples, of the noble Family of Lellis, Saint Camillus entered The Capuchin Order, but twice he had to leave it on account of a sore on his leg. For God intended him to be The Founder of a Congregation of Regular Clerks, Consecrating themselves to the service of the sick.

He obtained from The Apostolic See approbation for his Order. Inspired by the example of Jesus, Who died for us (Epistle) and Who has declared that there is no greater proof of love than to give one's life for others (Introit, Gospel), these Religious promise to tend the sick, even those stricken with the Plague.

Saint Camillus, as well as his Institute, received from God a special Grace to help Souls to emerge victoriously from the death-struggle (Collect, Secret), wherefore the name of this Saint has been included in the Litany for The Agonising,

Saint Camillus died at Rome on 14 July 1614. Pope Leo XIII proclaimed him the Patron Saint hospitals and patients, and Pope Pius XI added "of all those who nurse them".

Mass: Majorem hac.

Commemoration: Saint Symphorosa and her Seven Sons. Martyrs.

The Dogma Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Promulgated By Blessed Pope Pius IX, In The Papal Bull "Ineffabilis Deus", On 8 December 1854.

Zephyrinus commends to all Readers the Article in UMBLEPIE
on The Dogma of The Immaculate Conception, and the promulgation of "Ineffabilis Deus".

The Immaculate Conception.

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Date: 1628.

English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum photographed during the exhibition

« Rubens et son Temps » (Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.

Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps » au musée duLouvre-Lens.

Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps " (Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit)

im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.

Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de

" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Blessed Pope Pius IX.

Source: Originally from hu.wikipedia; description page is/was here.

Author: Original uploader was User:Czinitz at hu.wikipedia

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Alexius. Confessor. Feast Day 17 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Alexius.

   Confessor.

   Feast Day 17 July.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Alexius.

Polski: św. Aleksy, Człowiek Boży (XVII w.).

Date: 17th-Century.

Source: http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Images/ii134&393.htm

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Alexius was born at Rome, towards 350 A.D., of a wealthy family; his father being the Senator Euphemian. Guided by The Holy Ghost, he renounced his patrimony and piously visited, as a Pilgrim, the Sanctuaries of the East. He died in the 5th-Century A.D., under the Pontificate of Pope Innocent I.

His body was buried in the Church which bears his name on Mount Aventine, Rome. He is honoured there with Saint Boniface (Feast Day 14 May), to whom the Church had originally been dedicated.

Mass: Os justi.

English: The Minor Basilica of Saint Alexius, 

Rome, Italy.

Italiano: Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio all'Aventino.

Photo: 1 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Σπάρτακος.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Saint Alexius, or Alexis of Rome, or Alexis of Edessa, was an Eastern Saint, whose Veneration was later transplanted to Rome. The relocation of the cult, to Rome, was facilitated by the belief that the Saint was a native of Rome and had died there.

This Roman connection stemmed from an earlier Syriac legend, which recounted that, during the Episcopate of Bishop Rabbula (412 A.D. - 435 A.D.), a "Man of God", who lived in Edessa, Mesopotamia as a beggar, and who shared the alms he received with other poor people, was found to be a native of Rome after his death.

The Greek version of his legend made Alexius the only son of Euphemianus, a wealthy Christian Roman of the Senatorial class. Alexius fled his arranged marriage to follow his Holy Vocation. Disguised as a beggar, he lived near Edessa, in Syria, accepting alms even from his own household slaves, who had been sent to look for him, but did not recognise him, until a miraculous vision of The Blessed Virgin Mary singled him out as a "Man of God."

English: Chapel of Saint Alexius, 

the Minor Basilica of Saint Boniface and Saint Alexius, Rome.

Italiano: Chiesa dei santi Bonifacio e Alessio all'Aventino:

cappella di sant'Alessio nel sottoscala.

Photo: 9 January 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Fleeing the resultant notoriety, he returned to Rome, so changed that his parents did not recognise him, but, as good Christians, took him in and sheltered him for seventeen years, which he spent in a dark cubby-hole beneath the stairs, praying and teaching Catechism to children.

After his death, his family found writings on his body, which told them whom he was and how he had lived his life of Penance from the day of his wedding, for the love of God.

Saint Alexius' cult developed in Syria and spread throughout the Eastern Roman Empire by the 9th-Century. Only from the end of the 10th-Century did his name begin to appear in any Liturgical Books in the West.

English: Minor Basilica of Saint Alexius and Saint Boniface, 

Rome, Italy.

Italiano: Santi Alessio e Bonifacio,

Rome. Italia.

Photo: 11 July 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Panarjedde (FlagUploader).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Since before the 8th-Century, there was, on the Aventine, in Rome, a Church that was dedicated to Saint Boniface. In 972 A.D., Pope Benedict VII transferred this almost-abandoned Church to the exiled Greek Metropolitan, Sergius of Damascus. The latter erected, beside the Church, a Monastery for Greek and Latin Monks, soon made famous for the austere life of its inmates. To the name of Saint Boniface, was now added that of Saint Alexius, as Titular Saint of the Church and Monastery, now known as Santi Bonifacio e Alessio.

It is evidently Sergius and his Monks who brought to Rome the Veneration of Saint Alexius. The Eastern Saint, according to his legend a native of Rome, was soon very popular with the folk of that City, and this Church, being associated with the legend, was considered to be built on the site of the home that Alexius returned to from Edessa.

Saint Alexius is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, under 17 July, in the following terms: "At Rome, in a Church on the Aventine Hill, a man of God is celebrated under the name of Alexius, who, as reported by tradition, abandoned his wealthy home, for the sake of becoming poor, and to beg for alms unrecognised."

English: Minor Basilica of Saint Boniface and Saint Alexius,

Rome, Italy.

Italiano: Roma - Chiesa dei Ss. Bonifacio e Alessio.

Photo: October 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: MarkusMark.

(Wikimedia Commons)

While the Roman Catholic Church continues to recognise Saint Alexius as a Saint, his Feast Day was removed from The General Roman Calendar in 1969. The reason given was the legendary character of the written life of the Saint. The Catholic Encyclopedia article, regarding Saint Alexius, remarked: "Perhaps the only basis for the story is the fact that a certain pious ascetic, at Edessa, lived the life of a beggar and was later Venerated as a Saint."

The Tridentine Calendar gave his Feast Day the Rank of "Simple", but, by 1862, it had become a "Semi-Double" and, in Rome itself, a "Double". It was reduced again to the Rank of "Simple", in 1955, and, in 1960, became a "Commemoration".

English: A 1674 theatre programme for Saint Alexis the Man of God,

presented in Kiev and dedicated to Tsar Alexis of Russia.

Русский: Театральная программка спектакля "Алексей, человек Божий",

поставленного в Киеве в 1674 году в посвящение царю Алексею Михайловичу.

Source: Scanned from И. Л. Бусева-Давыдова. Культура и искусство

в эпоху перемен. - М., Индрик, 2008, ISBN 978-5-85759-439-1 p.109.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to the Rules in the present-day Roman Missal, The Saint may now be Celebrated everywhere on his Feast Day, with a "Memorial", unless in some locality an obligatory Celebration is assigned to that day.

The Eastern Orthodox Church Venerate Saint Alexius on 17 March. Five Byzantine Emperors, four Emperors of Trebizond, and numerous other Eastern European and Russian personalities, have borne his name; see Alexius.

Some Good News: His Hermeneuticalness Is Back In The Saddle Again.

Text and Illustrations: FR. Z's BLOG

Sometimes I post “good news” Posts. We all need good news for a change, right ?

One piece of good news gets special notice today.

My good friend Fr. Tim Finigan, PP of Margate, is Posting more often again at his exceptional Blog: The Hermeneutic of Continuity.

Editor: Fr. Finigan's Blog can be found at THE HERMENEUTIC OF CONTINUITY

Thus, His Hermeneuticalness is back in the saddle again after a bit of a hiatus.

His Posts lately have been great. Today he Posted one on how to get something out of even a less than good Sunday Mass Sermon.

Each week I post asking you to Comment on a good point from the Sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of Obligation. Fr. Finigan gives helpful pointers on listening to Sermons. A taste… HERE

[…]

You may well be right: priests are not always great communicators, [Only Christ is the Perfect Communicator. Cf. Communio et progressio 11] but did you know that a sermon is a sacramental? That is to say that a sermon signifies spiritual effects which may be obtained through the intercession of the Church. By sacramentals, we are disposed to receive the grace of the sacraments. 

[…] 

It might be one sentence or phrase, it could be a commonplace truth of doctrine, morals or devotional teaching that we really need to hear again and act upon. It might even be a passing thought that seems a distraction from what the priest is saying. One way or another, if we are ready to receive the grace of God, He will give it, often in ways that might surprise us. 

[…]

A Sermon is a Sacramental.

So, Fr. Finigan will help you listen to the Sermon better. But he has also just helped a lot of Priests out there better to prepare their Sermons.

FATHERS ! Sermons are Sacramentals. Do you want to treat them the same way now ?

Thanks, Fr. Finigan.

BTW… if there were EVER a time when we need a hermeneutic of continuity… it’s NOW.

Ossie's Adventure: Grabbed By A Sea-Gull And Dropped Through A Roof !!!

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