The Church Of Our Lady of Buda, Hungary. Budavári Nagyboldogasszony-Templom.

English: The Church of Our Lady of Buda.

Hungarian: Budavári Nagyboldogasszony-templom.

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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.

The Marian Saturdays. The Devotion Of The First Five Saturdays. Plus, The Five Masses In Honour Of Our Lady, According To The Season.

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CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

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4 February 2017 was The First Saturday of February. It seems a good time to remind ourselves of this Article about The Devotion of The First Five Saturdays and Communions of Reparation Against Offences And Blasphemies to The Immaculate Heart of Mary:

“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.

“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 Mother of The Risen Lord, Who reigns for ever in Heaven and on Earth (Introit), she has helped to restore peace between our Souls and God (Alleluia). Therefore, the Liturgy proclaims her "happy and Blessed above all women, because she carried in her womb The Son of The Eternal Father" (Alleluia, Offertory, Communion).

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.

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 !!!

** CLICK HERE to download a "fillable" PDF Mass Card

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.

Flos Carmeli. Flower Of Carmel.

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unless otherwise stated.

Flos Carmeli is a Marian Catholic Hymn and Prayer. Flos Carmeli literally means "Flower of Carmel". In The Carmelite Rite, this Hymn was the Sequence for The Feast of Saint Simon Stock, and, since 1663, for The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is said to have been written by Saint Simon Stock (1165 - 1265). The Prayer is taken from the first two stanzas of the Hymn.

Illustration: Zephyrinus.

"Flos Carmeli".

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"Flos Carmeli".

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Illustration: Zephyrinus.

Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor caeli, virgo puerpera singularis.

Mater mitis sed viri nescia Carmelitis esto propitia stella maris.

Radix Iesse germinans flosculum nos ad esse tecum in saeculum patiaris.

Inter spinas quae crescis lilium serva puras mentes fragilium tutelaris.

Armatura fortis pugnantium furunt bella tende praesidium scapularis.

Per incerta prudens consilium per adversa iuge solatium largiaris.

Mater dulcis Carmeli domina, plebem tuam reple laetitia qua bearis.

Paradisi clavis et ianua, fac nos duci quo, Mater, gloria coronaris. Amen.

Alleluia.

FLOWER of Carmel, Tall vine-blossom-laden; Splendour of heaven,

Childbearing, yet maiden. None equals thee.

Mother so tender, Whom no man didst know, On Carmel's children

Thy favours bestow. Star of the Sea.

Strong stem of Jesse, Who bore one bright flower, Be ever near us

And guard us each hour, who serve thee here.

Purest of lilies, That flowers among thorns, Bring help to the true heart

That in weakness turns and trusts in thee.

Strongest of armour, We trust in thy might: Under thy mantle,

Hard press'd in the fight, we call to thee.

Our way uncertain, Surrounded by foes, Unfailing counsel

You give to those who turn to thee.

O gentle Mother, Who in Carmel reigns, Share with your servants

That gladness you gained and now enjoy.

Hail, Gate of Heaven, With Glory now Crowned, Bring us to safety

Where thy Son is found, true joy to see. Amen.

Alleluia.

Carlisle Cathedral.

The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity,

otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, England.

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The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the Seat of The Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was Founded as an Augustinian Priory and became a Cathedral in 1133.

The Great East Stained-Glass Window of Carlisle Cathedral.

The largest Stained-Glass Window in The Flowing Decorated Gothic Style in England.

Date: 22 June 2014.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0"

Author: Diliff

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Carlisle Cathedral, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest Cathedral (after Oxford Cathedral), of England's ancient Cathedrals.

Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of Mediaeval Choir Stalls, and the largest window in The Flowing Decorated Gothic Style in England.

The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity,

otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, England.

Date: 22 June 2014.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0"

Author: Diliff

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Church Of Our Lady Of The Rosary “Alle Pigne” (Chiesa Di Santa Maria Del Rosario Alle Pigne), Naples, Italy, Re-Opened By The Institute Of Christ The King Sovereign Priest.

The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”

(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.

Text and Illustrations: INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

His Eminence, Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, has entrusted to The Institute Of Christ The King Sovereign Priest The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne” (Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy. Along with The Canonical Establishment of this Apostolate, Cardinal Sepe has nominated, as Rector of the Church, Canon Louis Valadier.

Located in Piazza Cavour, in downtown Naples, about a ten minute walk from the Cathedral, Our Lady of The Rosary Church “alle Pigne” had suffered damage in the 1980 earthquake. Despite restoration work in the 1990s, it had not been reopened. Dating from the 17th-Century, the Church is the artistic masterpiece of Arcangelo Guglielmelli.

The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary, Venerated above The High Altar.

The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”

(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.

At the invitation of Cardinal Sepe, The Institute Clergy and local Faithful worked to prepare the Church for the Solemn Ceremony of re-opening on Friday evening, 6 October 2017. To represent the Cardinal at the Ceremony, the Most Reverend Lucio Lemmo, Auxiliary Bishop, presided. The Prior General of The Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach, was present, along with The Institute’s resident Clergy in Naples, Canon Louis Valadier, Canon Guillaume Fenoll, Canon Florian Braun, and Seminarian Abbe Andrea De Pas​cale. The Archbishop’s Delegate for the Union of Catholic Works attended, as well as several Civil and Military authorities, such as The Commandant of The Carabinieri of the City’s Stella neighborhood.

The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary on the exterior façade of the Church was Solemnly Crowned. Bishop Lemmo Blessed the restored wooden statue of Our Lady of The Rosary, Venerated above The High Altar. Solemn High Mass was Celebrated by Monsignor Wach.

Exterior of the Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”

(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.

The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary on the exterior

façade of the Church was Solemnly Crowned.

The evening’s events included a performance by the Giubileo Choir, which sang popular songs of Neapolitan Tradition, festive fireworks, and a buffet reception.

The Apostolate Web-Site is HERE

Mass is Celebrated, daily, at 7:00 p.m.

The High Altar.

The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”

(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.

Mass For The Sunday Within The Octave Of The Epiphany.

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

Mass For The Sunday Within The Octave Of The Epiphany.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

[In 2018, this Mass is Celebrated on Monday, 8 January. due to
The Feast of The Holy Family taking precedence on Sunday, 7 January.]

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Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

From twelve-years-old, a Jew was bound each year to keep The Three Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. In The Liturgy for Christmastide, the whole of Our Lord's childhood is put before us and today we see Him in the Temple, where, for the first time, He shows the Jews that God is His "Father" (Gospel).

"It was by no accident," says Saint Ambrose, "that this Child, Who, even according to the flesh, was full of Wisdom and Grace of God, forgetting His human parents, should wish to be found after three days in the Temple.

"By this, He intimated that, three days after The Triumph of His Passion, He, Who was believed to be dead, should rise again and so offer Himself as the object of our Faith, seated on a Heavenly Throne in Heavenly Glory. The truth is that, in His case, there is a two-fold birth; the one by which He is begotten by The Father, the other by which He is born of a Mother.

"The first is wholly Divine; by the second, He humbles Himself to take our nature" (Third Nocturn). This "Man sitting upon a High Throne, Whom a multitude of Angels Adore, singing together" (Introit) is, therefore, that Divine Child, Who is shown to us in today's Gospel.

"Sitting in the midst of the doctors, who "were astonished at his wisdom and answers", Moreover, since, "as God hath delivered to everyone the measure of Faith" (Epistle), Christian Souls form but "one body in Christ" (Epistle), they ought to be penetrated with the wisdom of Him who, far from "conforming Himself to the maxims of this World," reforms "and rules human life according to The Will of God" (Epistle).

"Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business ?" said the young boy, Jesus. This wholly supernatural wisdom, whose guiding principles exceed, without destroying, those of the natural order, is beyond our unaided powers. While seeking to curb our flesh by the mortification which such wisdom enjoins, sacrificing, at times, even the most lawful affection, in pursuance of a Divine Call which draws children from their parents' side, the plans of Almighty God must needs remain for us hidden Mysteries to be accepted without being completely understood.

"They understood not the word that He spoke unto them" (Gospel). Following Mary, who "kept all these words in her heart" (Gospel), let us meditate on the sublimity of Jesus' words and actions in the Temple. Like this Child, Whose whole life at Nazareth is summed up in the one word "subjection" (Gospel), let us grow in wisdom so that always we may "perceive what we ought to do," and in strength "to fulfil the same" (Collect).

Mass: In excélso.

Second Collect: Of The Epiphany (if during The Octave).

Creed: If during The Octave.

Preface: Of The Epiphany (if during The Octave).

Communicantes: If during The Octave.