Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Tuesday In Passion Week.



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

Tuesday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Cyriacus.

Indulgence of 10 years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.

The Church today unites the memory of a Martyr with that of The Passion of Jesus in making the Station in the Church of the Holy Deacon Cyriacus, martyred under Diocletian at the gates of Rome.

This Church, one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D., having been destroyed, the body of the Holy Martyr was translated to beneath The High Altar of Saint Mary in Via Lata, which became the place of assembly for this day.

The Epistle and Gospel tell us of the approaching Passion of The Messiah and of the rejection of Israel, who is replaced by the Gentiles in The Church.


“Daniel, who has destroyed Bel and slain the Dragon” (Epistle) is Jesus Who denounces the crimes and sins of the World (Gospel). The Babylonians sought to destroy the Prophet by throwing him as food to the hungry Lions. The Jews also “sought to kill Jesus” and for this dark design “their hour is always at hand”.

But, like Daniel, full of fortitude, He awaits the Lord (Introit), and God, “Who does not abandon those who love and seek Him” (Epistle, Offertory), “delivers Him from unjust men and from all the ills that threaten Him” (Gradual, Communion).

“Those who had wished to destroy Daniel were themselves thrown to the Lions and devoured instantly” (Epistle). In the same way, the deicide nation suffered the penalty of its crime. Forty years later, a million Jews taken in Jerusalem were exterminated by the Roman Legions, after five long months of famine.

Fearing the chastisement of Divine Justice, let us persevere in the expiatory practice of Fasting in order that we may be made worthy of the eternal reward accorded to the Just (Collect).

Preface: Of The Holy Cross.

Tuesday In Passion Week. The Lenten Station Is At Saint Cyriacus. (The Basilica Of Santa Maria-In-Via-Lata).



Peterborough Cathedral.
© Chel @ Sweetbriar Dreams
www.sweetbriardreams.blogspot.co.uk



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

Tuesday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Cyriacus.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.



English: Basilica of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Italiano: Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: December 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Church, today, unites the memory of a Martyr with that of The Passion of Jesus, in making The Lenten Station in The Church of The Holy Deacon, Cyriacus, Martyred, under Emperor Diocletian, at The Gates of Rome.

This Church, one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D., having been destroyed by fire, the body of The Holy Martyr was Translated to beneath The High Altar of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata, which became The Place of Assembly for this day.

The Epistle and Gospel tell us of the approaching Passion of The Messiah and of The Rejection of Israel, who are replaced by The Gentiles in The Church.

“Daniel, who has destroyed Bel and slain the Dragon” (Epistle), is Jesus, Who denounces the crimes and sins of the World (Gospel). The Babylonians sought to destroy the Prophet, by throwing him as food to the hungry lions. The Jews, also, “sought to kill Jesus” and, for this dark design, “their hour is always at hand”.


Basilica of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: 26 March 2014.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)



But, like Daniel, full of fortitude, He awaits The Lord (Introit), and God, “Who does not abandon those who love and seek Him” (Epistle, Offertory), “delivers Him from unjust men and from all the ills that threaten Him” (Gradual, Communion).

“Those who had wished to destroy Daniel were themselves thrown to the lions and devoured instantly” (Epistle). In the same way, the Deicide Nation suffered the penalty of its crime. Forty years later, Jerusalem was taken, by The Roman Legions, after five long months of famine.

Fearing the chastisements of Divine Justice, let us persevere in the expiatory practice of Fasting, in order that we may be made worthy of The Eternal Reward accorded to The Just (Collect).

Mass: Exspécta Dóminum.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.


English: Engraving of Saint Cyriacus
(Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata).
Italiano: Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Engraver: Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782).
Author: Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782).
(Wikimedia Commons)


English: Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Italiano: Sancta Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: 20 June 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata is a Church on the Via del Corso (the ancient Via Lata), in Rome. It stands diagonally across from the Church of San Marcello-al-Corso.

It is claimed that Saint Paul spent two years here, in the Crypt under the Church, whilst under House Arrest awaiting his trial.


English: The Church of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Italiano: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via LataRoma.
Facciata di Pietro da Cortona
Photo: 17 October 2005.
Source: Flickr https://www.flickr.com/
Author: Anthony Majanlahti.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The first Christian place of worship here was a 5th-Century A.D. Oratory, in the Roman building beneath the present Church. This was constructed within the remains of a large Roman warehouse, some 250 metres long, which has also been excavated.

The Church’s Upper Level was added in the 9th-Century A.D., and murals added to the Lower Level between the 7th- and 9th-Centuries A.D., (these have been detached for conservation reasons). The Cosmatesque pavement from this phase survives.

The Church’s 13th-Century icon of The Virgin Advocate, is said to have performed many Miracles. The Arcus Novus (an Arch erected by Emperor Diocletian in 303 A.D. - 304 A.D.), which stood on this site, was destroyed by rebuilding of the Church in the Late-15th-Century. Antonio Tebaldeo, poet and friend of Raphæl, was buried at the end of the North Aisle in 1537, though his tomb was designed in 1776.


“The Virgin Advocate”,
Church of Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Photo: Google Images and cryptavialata.it



The Church was renovated in 1639 by Cosimo Fanzago, but the façade, with its Corinthian Columns imposing vertical emphasis, was completed (1658-1660) by a design from Pietro da Cortona. He appears to evoke a Triumphal Arch in the façade.

The High Altar’s “Madonna Advocata” (1636) is one of the few paintings in Churches attributed to Bernini (perhaps by Santi Ghetti).

The Ciborium in the Apse is made from alabaster and lapis lazuli. The first excavations of the site also occurred at this date, as commemorated by a Relief in the Crypt by Cosimo Fancelli. The families of Joseph and Lucien Bonaparte were buried here in the 18th-Century.


English: The Nave,
Santa Maria-in-Via-Lata.
Deutsch: Innenraum der Kirche.
Photo: 6 February 2011.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The first Altarpiece is a Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1685), by Giacinto Brandi, while the second Altarpiece is of Saints Giuseppe, Nicola, and Biagio, by Giuseppe Ghezzi. In the Chapel, to the Left of the Apse, is a Madonna with Child and Saints Cyriac and Catherine, by Giovanni Odazzi.

The second Altar, on the Left, has a Saint Paul Baptising Sabine and Children, by Pier Leone Ghezzi, while the first Altarpiece is a Virgin and Saints, by Pietro de Pietri.

“ Perkins, Perkins, Perkins. You Are Not Listening. Take It Back !!! ”



1929 Chrysler Race Car.
Illustration: HEMMINGS

Perkins (Chauffeur) seems to be intent on
getting a faster motor car. He has previously been told
there is nothing wrong with the current Charabanc (see, below, taking Zephyrinus to Sunday Mass).


Perkins (Chauffeur) taking Zephyrinus
to Sunday Mass in the current Charabanc.
Illustration: PINTEREST

Saint Joseph. Confessor. Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 19 March.




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

Saint Joseph.
   Confessor.
   Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
   Feast Day 19 March.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.



Saint Joseph and The Child Jesus.
Illustration: PINTEREST

The Church always honours Saint Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during The Christmas Solemnities. Today's Gospel is, indeed, that of 24 December. A Coptic Calendar tells us that Saint Joseph was Liturgically honoured in a special way on 20 July from the 8th-Century A.D.

At the end of the 15th-Century, his Feast was kept on 19 March and, in 1621, Pope Gregory XV extended it to the whole Church. In 1870, Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph Protector of The Universal Church.

This Saint "of The Royal Race of David" was a Just Man (Gospel). As, by his marriage with The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph has certain rights of The Blessed Fruit of The Virginal Womb of his spouse, a moral affinity exists between him and Jesus.


He exercised over The Child-God a certain paternal authority, which the Preface of Saint Joseph delicately alludes to as that of a Foster-Father. Without having begotten Jesus, Saint Joseph, by the bounds which unite him to Mary, is legally and morally The Father of The Son of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

It follows that we must honour, by a special homage, this dignity, or supernatural excellence, of Saint Joseph. “In The Family of Nazareth”, says Cornelius á Lapide (a Flemish Jesuit and Exegete (1567-1637), “were the three greatest and most excellent persons in the World. Wherefore, to Christ is due The Divine Worship, to The Virgin A Higher Worship than to Saints, and to Saint Joseph The Full Worship due to Saints”.

God revealed to Saint Joseph The Mystery of The Incarnation (Ibid.) and “chose him among all” (Epistle) to commit to his care The Incarnate Word and The Virginity of Mary.

The Hymn at Lauds says that: “Christ and The Virgin were with him at his last hour and watched by him, their faces gleaming with sweet serenity”. Saint Joseph went to Heaven for ever to enjoy The Beatific Vision of The Word, Whose humanity he had so long and so closely contemplated on Earth.


This Saint is, therefore, justly considered the patron and model of interior and contemplative Souls. And, in the Heavenly Home, Saint Joseph has a powerful influence of The Heart of The Son of his Most Blessed Spouse (Collect).

Let us imitate, at this Holy Season, the purity, the humility, the spirit of Prayer and Meditation, of Saint Joseph at Nazareth.

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

Mass: Justus ut palma.
Commemoration: Of The Feria, in Lent.
Credo.
Preface: Of Saint Joseph.
Last Gospel: Of The Feria, in Lent.


If 19 March happens to fall in Holy Week, The Feast of Saint Joseph is Transferred to The Tuesday after Low Sunday. An Alleluia is then added to every Antiphon, Verse, or Responsorial.


The following Text refers to 2017, but is a most interesting point in Liturgy, and is from ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

In the pre-Vatican II Pope Saint Pius X Divine Office “Divino Afflatu”, with yesterday (in 2017) being the Third Sunday of Lent, Saint Joseph's Feast Day was Transferred to today, 20 March 2017.

The reason being is that Saint Joseph’s Feast Day is a Double of The First Class and this does not take precedence over a Sunday in Lent.

However, in The Rubrics of 1568 (Trent), and, thus, prior to “Divino Afflatu”, The Feast Day is just a Double (and not a Double of The First-Class), so Saint Joseph can be Commemorated in the Third Sunday of Lent Mass and Office.

Votive Masses. All Of Which Can Be Requested Of Your Parish Priest (Pastor). Including A Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence (Such As Coronavirus).



Pope Saint Zephyrinus.
(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).
Date: 24 March 2006 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia;
Original uploader was Amberrock at en.wikipedia;
transferred to Commons by
Author: Not Known.
(Wikimedia Commons)


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

Votive Masses, which may be said on certain Feast Days of Semi-Double or Simple Rite, and on certain Ferias, have been instituted to meet the wishes of The Faithful and satisfy Private Devotion.

The ordinary Votive Masses, as also the ordinary Masses for The Dead, may not be said on Greater Ferias, except on those of Advent.

Examples of Votive Masses, which can be requested
of the Parish Priest, or Pastor, by The Faithful, include:

Votive Mass of Jesus Christ The High Priest;

Votive Mass of The Holy Trinity;

Votive Mass of The Holy Angels;

Votive Mass of Saint Joseph;


Votive Mass of Saints Peter and Paul;

Votive Mass of all The Holy Apostles;

Votive Mass of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass to obtain The Grace of The Holy Ghost;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Sacrament;


Votive Mass of The Holy Cross;

Votive Mass of The Passion;

Votive Mass of The Blessed Virgin Mary;

Votive Mass for Papal Election;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Pope;


Votive Mass for the Consecration of a Bishop;

Votive Mass on the Anniversary of a Bishop;

Votive Mass of Ordination;

Votive Mass for The Sick;

Votive Mass for a dying Person;


Votive Mass for the Propagation of The Faith;

Votive Mass against The Heathen;

Votive Mass for the Removal of Schism;

Votive Mass in Time of War;

Votive Mass for Peace;


Votive Mass in Time of Pestilence;

Votive Mass of Thanksgiving;

Votive Mass for the Forgiveness of Sins;

Votive Mass for Pilgrims and Travellers;

Votive Mass for Any Necessity;


Votive Mass for a Happy Death;

Votive Mass of The Sacred Heart;

Votive Mass of The Holy Name;

Votive Mass of The Precious Blood;

Votive Mass of Christ The King;


Votive Mass of The Holy Family;

Votive Mass of The Immaculate Conception;

Votive Mass of The Seven Sorrows;

Votive Mass of All Saints;

Votive Mass of Any Canonised Saint
(even if not mentioned in The Universal Calendar).

Monday 18 March 2024

“Missa Papæ Marcelli”. Composer: Palestrina. Sung By: The Tallis Scholars. Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.

 


“Missa Papæ Marcelli”.
Composer: Palestrina.
Sung by: The Tallis Scholars.
Director of Music: Peter Phillips.
Available on YouTube

Veiling Of The High Altar During Passiontide. Church Of Saint Anne, Berlin, New Hampshire, United States of America.



The Veiling of The High Altar during Passiontide.
Church of Saint Anne, 
 Berlin, New Hampshire,
United States of America.

Monday In Passion Week. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Chrysogonus.



Peterborough Cathedral.
© Chel @ Sweetbriar Dreams
www.sweetbriardreams.blogspot.co.uk


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

Monday in Passion Week.

Station at Saint Chrysogonus.

Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.

Violet Vestments.


Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus,
Trastevere, Rome.
Photo: September 3006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Lenten Station is at Saint Chrysogonus-in-the-Trastevere. Under the High Altar of this Church, one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D., rests the body of this Holy Martyr, a victim of the Diocletian Persecution. His name is mentioned in the Canon of the Mass.

Among the previous Cardinal Priests, from 1853 until 1878, was Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, who was subsequently elected Pope Leo XIII.

To encourage the Public Penitents, and ourselves, likewise to persevere in the austerities of Lent, The Church reminds us, in the Epistle, of the pardon granted to the Ninivites, who, moved by the voice of Jonas, Fasted and covered themselves with Ashes for forty days.


Pope Leo XIII was a previous Cardinal-Priest of the Basilica of San Crisogono. Photogram of the 1896 film, “Sua Santitá Papa Leone XIII”, the first time a Pope appeared in a movie. This image was copied from wikipedia:de
The original description was: Papst_Leo_XIII. um ca. 1898.
Public Domain. Library of Congress
This File: March 2006.
User: Crux.
(Wikimedia Commons)


With regard to the Catechumens, how sweet must have been their hope on hearing, in the Gospel, the promises of The Divine Master. Faith is about to draw from their Souls streams of living waters, springing from The Holy Spirit, Who will enter their Souls when they are Baptised.

The Jews, on the contrary, far from listening to Him, of whom Jonas was a figure, sought to lay hands on Jesus, Whom they are shortly to put to death. Jesus, in predicting it to them, announced to them His Triumph and their reprobation: “Yet a little while, and I go to My Father, and thither you cannot come.”

Let us ask “God to sanctify our Fasts and mercifully grant us the pardon of our sins” (Collect), so that “we may always enjoy health of Soul and body” (Prayer over the people).

Mass: Miserére mihi.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.


Basilica of San Crisogono, Rome.
Photo: December 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

San Crisogono is a Basilica Church in Rome (rione Trastevere) Dedicated to the Martyr, Saint Chrysogonus.

The Church was one of the Tituli, the first Parish Churches of Rome. It was most probably built in the 4th-Century A.D. under Pope Sylvester I (314 A.D. – 335 A.D.), rebuilt in the 12th-Century by John of Crema, and, again, by Giovanni Battista Soria, funded by Scipione Borghese, in the Early-17th-Century.

The area beneath the Sacristy was investigated by
Fr. L. Manfredini and Fr. C. Piccolini in 1907. They found remains of the first Church (see, below).


Photo: July 2011.
User: Adam sk
At Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Church is served by the Trinitarians. Among the previous Cardinal-Priests was Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (Cardinal-Priest from 1853–1878), who was subsequently Elected Pope Leo XIII.

Art and Architecture.

The Bell Tower dates from the 12th-Century. The interior of the Church was rebuilt in the 1620s, on the site of a 12th-Century Church. The twenty-two granite Columns, in the Nave, are recycled antique Columns. The floor is Cosmatesque, but most of it is hidden by the Pews. The High Altar is from 1127, with a Baldacchino from the Early-17th-Century by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.


English: The Baroque Coffered-Ceiling
with a centre painting by Guercino.
Italiano: San Crisogono. Soffitto a lacunari
con stemmi del cardinale Scipione Borghese.
Photo: March 2007.
User: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)


The painting, in the middle of the Baroque Coffered-Ceiling, is by Guercino, and depicts the Glory of Saint Chrysogonus. It is likely a Copy, in which case the original was taken to London, but it might also be vice versa.

On the Left Side of the Nave, is the Shrine of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi. She was buried here in the Habit of a Tertiary of the Trinitarians. Some of her belongings are in the adjacent Monastery, where they are kept as Relics.

The Monument at the Left of the Entrance, Dedicated to Cardinal Giovanno Jacopo Millo, was completed by Carlo Marchionni and Pietro Bracci. Along the Right of the Nave are the fresco remains, including a Santa Francesca Romana and a Crucifixion, attributed to Paolo Guidotti and Transferred from the Church of Saints Barbara and Catherine. The Nave also contains a painting of Three Archangels, by Giovanni da San Giovanni.


English: Cosmatesque floor.
Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus.
Italiano: Basilica di san Crisogono
in Trastevere: pavimento cosmatesco.
Photo: December 2006.
User: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Nave has a “Trinity and Angels” by Giacinto Gimignani, while the Altar has a “Guardian Angel” by Ludovico Gimignani. The Presbytery and Ciborium are surrounded by four alabaster Columns; a Work by Soria. The Apse has frescoes of the Life of Saint Crisogono (16th-Century) and, below, Madonna and Child with Saints Crisogonus and James, by the 12th-Century School of Pietro Cavallini. The Presbytery Vault is frescoed with a depiction of Our Lady, by Giuseppe Cesari.

Excavations.

Remains from the first Church, possibly from the Reign of Emperor Constantine I, and earlier Roman houses, can be seen in the lower parts, reached by a staircase in the Sacristy. The ruins are confusing, but you can easily find the Apse of the old Church, and you can see the remains of the Martyr’s Shrine in the middle of the Apse wall.

On either side of the Apse, are rooms known as “Pastophoria”, Service rooms of a type uncommon in The West. but normal in Eastern Churches. The one on the Right-Hand Side is thought to have been used as a “Diaconium”, with functions resembling those of the Sacristy in later Churches. The other would probably have been a “Protesis”, where Holy Relics were kept.


Mosaic of Virgin and Child, with Saint Chrysogonus (Left) and Saint James the Greater (Right). Church of San Crisogono.
Photo: July 2011.
User: Adam sk
(Wikimedia Commons)



A number of Basins were found during the excavations, including one cut into the South Wall. As the plan is so atypical of Early-Roman Churches, some believe that the structure originally had a different function, and the presence of the Basins could mean that it was a “Fullonica”, a Laundry and Dye-House. The area was a commercial district at the time, so this is quite likely.

Others think that the Basin in the South Wall was made for Baptism by immersion. As there were other Basins, too, it seems more likely that it was originally intended for a different use, but it may well have been used as a Baptismal Font, after the building had been Consecrated as a Church.

Liturgy.

The paintings are from the 8th-Century A.D. to the 11th-Century, and include Pope Sylvester capturing the dragon, Saint Pantaleon healing the blind man, Saint Benedict healing the leper and the rescue of Saint Placid. Several Sarcophagi have been preserved, some beautifully decorated. Below the first Church, are remains of Late-Republican houses.

The Feast Day of Saint Chrysogonus, 24 November, is also the Dedication Day of the Church in Rome.

Pilgrims and other Faithful, who attend Mass in this Church on this day, receive a Plenary Indulgence.


Saint Peter’s Italian Church,
Clerkenwell, London.
This London Church is modelled on
the Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus, Rome.


Saint Peter’s Italian Catholic Church,
Camberwell, London.
Italian Church Choir.
Sung Latin Mass.
1100 hrs, Sundays.
Available on YouTube at

The following three paragraphs are taken from the Web-Site of Saint Peter’s Italian Catholic Church, Camberwell, London, at SAINT PETER'S ITALIAN CHURCH

Saint Peter’s Italian Church, in Clerkenwell, London, has been described as “one of the most beautiful Churches in London”.

Opened in 1863, it was, at the time, the only Church in Britain designed in the Roman Basilican Style. The Irish Architect, John Miller Bryson, worked from Plans drawn by Francesco Gualandi of Bologna, modelled on the Basilica of San Crisogno, in Rome.

It has a tranquil feel and one could spend hours there, soaking up the Prayerful atmosphere and admiring the stunning Painted Ceilings and Artwork.



The following Paragraphs are taken from THE DAILY CONSTITUTIONAL

Saint Peter’s Italian Church, London, is modelled on the Basilica of San Crisogono in Rome, Saint Peter’s Italian Church was consecrated as “The Church of All Nations” in 1863. This moniker is reflected in not only the Italian Congregation (2000-strong by the 1850s), but in its Irish architect, John Miller-Bryson, as well as the addition of Polish-speaking Priests back in the 1870s.

The Church in London was Founded by Saint Vincent Pallotti, the Roman Catholic Priest remembered in one of the Church’s icons.


“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE




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