Pope St Damasus consulted St Jerome on some points of Scripture, and he urged the Saint to revise the Latin version of the New Testament according to the best sources. From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume VI, here is St Jerome's preface, addressed to Pope St Damasus.
[ read the rest of this post ] September 30, St Jerome, Priest, Confessor and Doctor of the Church, with some imagesToday the Church commemorates St Jerome. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this saint.
[ read the rest of this post ] St Jerome, from The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, with some imagesToday being the day on which we remember St Jerome, from the Medieval Sourcebook at Paul Halsall's site, here followeth the Life of Jerome, and first of his name, from Caxton's edition of Jacobus de Voragine's The Golden Legend, reformatted for readability.
[ read the rest of this post ] September 29, the Dedication of the Basilica of St Michael the Archangel, or Michaelmas [with some images]Today the Church commemorates the archangel Michael. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this feast.
[ read the rest of this post ] Warning: FSSP seminarian's Juventutem photo gallery problem: what I had to do before viewing the images full sizeThere's an email circulating from a Rob Martin, identified as an FSSP seminarian, where he points to a Juventutem photo gallery on filehigh.com. When I first went to the particular gallery, and clicked on one of the thumbnails, another Firefox browser window opened, attempting a connection to a bare IP address of 70.86.58.61. In other words, the new browser window didn't try a connection to a named domain (such as google.com, fssp.com, inillotempore.com, etc.).
I don't know what's at 70.86.58.61, but my browser froze, and I had to kill it. Because I have the session saver extension, my session (all open windows and tabs) got restored on restarting Firefox, but I had to edit my /etc/hosts file here on my Linux desktop by adding a new line127.0.0.1 70.86.58.61
There's a space between 127.0.0.1 and 70.86.58.61.
On my laptop, which runs Microsoft Windows XP Professional, I added the same line to \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (after first changing the hosts file properties by removing its read-only attribute).
Once that line was added to the two hosts files, I can view images at the seminarian's filehigh.com gallery without messing with my Firefox session.
This is with Firefox version 1.0.7. I have not tried to view the full size images in any other browser, so your mileage may vary.
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Insults and confidence: two personalities and the old MissalI'm not sure what title to put to this post. I thought of 'a new generation', 'turning the other cheek', 'laughing at your detractors', but haven't thought of one which encapsulates what I want to say and which also teases readers into looking at the entire post.
A few days ago, this comment appeared on a blog I read:The ideologically driven, reactionary cult of obsolete liturgies is doing nothing to make the current liturgy more beautiful and spiritual. It has given the Latin Mass a bad name.
I see very little fidelity to Scripture and to seeking the will of the Lord in matters of worship in this fetischism of a vanished past.
The comment is here.
Today, I read Perpetua's proposed article for AD2000 on the Juventutem blog.
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Some interesting images from Canada's National ArchivesI see very little fidelity to Scripture and to seeking the will of the Lord in matters of worship in this fetischism of a vanished past.
A little while ago, the ResourceShelf posted a link to Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory. The ResourceShelf post was Canada--Imagery--Databases, New Database, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory. From the description on ResourceShelf:The photographic collections at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) contain more than 22 million images. Representing the history of photography from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day, these photographic collections are an invaluable resource for the visual history of Canada and Canadians. Featuring photographs from various public and private collections, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory presents a searchable database of digitized photographic images from 1843 to the mid-20th century.
I poked around a little using the search page, and found the public domain images below the break.
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Traditional Latin Mass at St Mary Major, Rome, this Wednesday, Spetember 28Don Juan, at the Juventutem blog, in the post Rome, Holy Mass in the traditional rite reports:Basilica of St Mary Major, Wednesday 28 September, 4.30 pm, in the 'Crocifisso' Chapel.
This will be followed by a Holy Rosary in the Borghese Chapel of the Salus populi romani.
The Mass is offered for the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, all priests and religious, seminarians, and for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life.
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Excerpts from Dom Guéranger's Liturgical Year; mp3s of Introit and OffertoryThis will be followed by a Holy Rosary in the Borghese Chapel of the Salus populi romani.
The Mass is offered for the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, all priests and religious, seminarians, and for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life.
Apologies for the delay. The kids visited Raleigh today and that was more important than this blog.
It looks as if the catholichaven.org site is down (maybe the sale went through?). So from my ScrapBook grab of the catholichaven.org site, here is part of Dom Guéranger's commentary.
Today's Introit, and Offertory in mp3 format, chanted, can be downloaded or listened to at Dominica XIV. post Pentecosten.
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Blog for Una Voce America Northeastern Regional Conference 2005The conference is scheduled for Friday, November 18, through Sunday, November 20, 2005, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. There's a blog with information at Una Voce America Northeastern Regional Conference 2005. Being a Blogger site, it has an Atom feed, here.
[ read the rest of this post ] Medieval bridge emerges as reservoir level outside Madrid dropsCronaca's Sunken Bridge point to this Reuters photo.
Slideshow of Profession of vows as a Slave of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Quicktime .mov format]The Saint Benedict Center in Still River, Massachusetts, U.S.A., has a slideshow of Sister Brigid Mary's profession of vows here (link is directly to the .mov file).
From the SBC Slideshows page:On September 8th, Sister Brigid Mary was professed as a Slave of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Dressed in Bridal attire, and crowned with roses, Sister publicly pronounced her vows at the Offertory of the 10 o'clock High Mass. After signing her vows on the altar, and receiving the habit, sister left the chapel…and returned dressed as a true Slave of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The beautiful ceremony was followed by a reception that was held under the big tent behind the school building.
September 22, St Thomas of Villanova, Bishop and Confessor [with engravings and an image]Today the Church commemorates St Thomas of Villanova. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this saint, known for his countless acts of charity, court preacher to the Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain), archbishop of Valencia and the first archbishop residing in the diocese in over a century, and some engravings and images. Though he lived during the Council of Trent, he never attended its sessions.
[ read the rest of this post ] September 21, St Matthew, Apostle and EvangelistToday the Church commemorates St Matthew. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this saint.
[ read the rest of this post ] St Matthew, from The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of GenoaToday being the day on which we remember St Matthew, from the Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham University, Here beginneth the Life of S. Matthew, and, first of the interpretation of his name from Caxton's edition of Jacobus de Voragine's The Golden Legend.
Matthew was named by twain names, that was Matthew and Levy. Matthew is expounded a hasty gift, or a giver of counsel, or it is said Matthew of magnus, and theos, that is God, as it were a great God. Or of manus, that is a hand, and theos, that is God, as it were the hand of God. He was a gift of hastiness by hasty conversion, a giver of counsel by wholesome predication, great to God by perfection of life, and the hand of God by writing of the gospel of God. Levy is interpreted assumyt, or applied, or put to, or set. He was assumpt and taken away from gathering of tolls, he was applied to the number of the apostles, he was put to the company of the evangelists, and set to the catalogue of martyrs. [ read the rest of this post ]
September 20, St Eustace and Companions, MartyrsToday St Eustace and his companions, second century Roman martyrs. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for these saints, and some images of the church in Rome dedicated to Sant Eustachio. Originally, St Eustace was commemorated just before All Saints Day, but in the 8th century, the feast was moved to September 20. (See the entry for St Eustace in The Golden Legend.)
[ read the rest of this post ] Those clever medieval ancestors of ours, masters of disguiseThe Times (the one in London, though that's really redundant), in the 'Court & Social' section on September 19, 2005, shows us once again that the advance of knowledge is often proving that 'everything you know is wrong'. Medieval ancestors measured up to our height standards.
[ read the rest of this post ] Malachi 3:3. Why study Malachi?In "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.", AlbertusMinimus posts an interesting little story about smiths who 'sit refining and cleansing the silver'. (Douay-Rheims version, which implies a continuous or lasting action, or one which extends over time, while the version the post quotes is more one time.)
Now, Malachi was written when the blemished sacrifices of the priests dishonored God, before the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. The book is also the source of St Paul saying in Romans 9:13 'Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.' (cf Malachi 1:2-3)
I'd like to know how it came to be that the Bible group decided to study Malachi.
Well, that settles that. Next question.Fr Robert J. Levis, one of EWN's online experts, on Latin Novus Ordo, Question from gem on 9/8/2005:Dear Gem, The NOvus [sic] Ordo Mass was a complete fabrication or product of its creators, a point of contention within the Church since it has few if any roots in the Tridentine Mass. ...
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'Attendons et voyons !' ['Let us wait and see!']: DICI interview with Mgr FellayDICI, the press agency of the Society of St Pius X, has an interview with Bp Bernard Fellay, discussing the audience with Pope Benedict XVI. The interview is only available in French at this time, so if when you visit DICI's site, the content is displayed in English, you will first need to click on the French version button first, then go to Entretien exclusif avec Mgr Bernard Fellay. Google will translate the page if you do not read French: translation from French to English here.
An interesting quote is below the break.
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September 19, St Januarius, Bishop, and Companions, MartyrsToday St Januarius and his companions are commemorated by the Church. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this Saint, the Patron Saint of Naples, and who has been celebrated for 78 years in New York City's Little Italy.
[ read the rest of this post ] Cats and dogs living togetherGod help us.
He's no longer Paul Lew, he's Br Lawrence, O.P., having been solemnly vested with the habit of St Dominic on Friday, September 16. He's at Blackfriars, Cambridge.
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September 18, St Joseph of Cupertino, ConfessorToday St Joseph of Cupertino is commemorated by the Church. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for this Saint. The fourth centenary of his birth was in 2003. God called him to 'higher' things, and because he was so difficult to teach, he is a patron of students.
[ read the rest of this post ] The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, MatinsFrom breviary.net, here are Lessons vii, viii and ix from the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, with a homily by St Peter Chrysologus.
[ read the rest of this post ] Amateur uses Google Earth to discover ruins of a Roman villaFrom the Nature article Enthusiast uses Google to reveal Roman ruins:Luca Mori was studying maps of the region around his town of Sorbolo, near Parma [in Italy] ... His eye was caught by unusual 'rectangular shadows' nearby. Curious, he analysed the image further, and concluded that the lines must represent a buried structure of human origin. Eventually, he traced out what looked like the inner courtyards of a villa.
Mori, who describes the finding on his blog, Quellí Della Bassa, contacted archaeologists, including experts at the National Archaeological Museum of Parma. They confirmed the find. At first it was thought to be a Bronze Age village, but an inspection of the site turned up ceramic pieces that indicated it was a Roman villa.'
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St John Vianney’s Pastoral PlanMori, who describes the finding on his blog, Quellí Della Bassa, contacted archaeologists, including experts at the National Archaeological Museum of Parma. They confirmed the find. At first it was thought to be a Bronze Age village, but an inspection of the site turned up ceramic pieces that indicated it was a Roman villa.'
Fr Kenneth Baker's Homiletic & Pastoral Review has an excellent article in the August/September 2005 issue, St John Vianney’s Pastoral Plan, by the Rev John Cihak.The new generation of American priests is not discovering St. John Vianney because it simply has nostalgia for what is old, rather because it has a hunger for what perdures.
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September 15, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin MaryToday is the feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.- at the prophecy of Simeon;
- at the flight into Egypt;
- having lost the Holy Child at Jerusalem;
- meeting Jesus on his way to Calvary;
- standing at the foot of the Cross;
- Jesus being taken from the Cross;
- at the burial of Christ.
From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for the The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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September 14, the Exaltation of the Holy CrossToday is the feast of the Eaxltation of the Holy Cross. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for the this feast.
[ read the rest of this post ] And yet another set of Juventutem photosJuan Tomas's gallery is here. Unfortunately, AFAICT, the site doesn't have a slideshow feature.
Via Traddy Pics at Dappled Photos.
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Australian Juventutem pilgrims photosTomorrow is the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, so I was looking for images appropriate for the post to come. I found some photos from akendrick451 at community.webshots.com, specifically the Lewisham (Maternal Heart of Mary), South Australia, Mass and party back in 2003. Another photographer, willssisters is a 'favorite' of akendrick451, and looking at their albums, I noticed Juventutem 2005, including one showing a vaiety in headgear, below the break (click on [more]). Is number 28 the 'Frat Pack'?
[ read the rest of this post ] Next, Newman in a beret with bongosAndrew at The Shrine of the Holy Whapping points out A little bit aboot me, where we see St Thomas Aquinas in shades.
BTW, did you know St Columba's boat was named the Minnow?
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The Great Commission, © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C., usque ad consummationem saeculiWhy the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops presents a target rich environment: a podcaster can't use the New American Bible translation of the Daily Readings.
In other news, Experts say Catholics still don't read Bible regularly.
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Windsor Latin Mass's Music for each SundayMatthew Meloche is the organist at the Tridentine Mass in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and he blogs at The Dusty Choir Loft. He also maintains a page where he provides information on each week's Mass music pieces, and the updated page now shows the period the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost to the Feast of Christ the King (the one at the end of October, not at the end of the liturgical year). He's also Choir Director at Most Precious Blood Church in Windsor, which uses Paul VI's Mass.
[ read the rest of this post ] The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, MatinsFrom breviary.net, here are Lessons vii, viii and ix from the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, with a homily by St. John Chrysostom.
[ read the rest of this post ] The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Excerpts from Dom Guéranger's Liturgical Year; mp3s of Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and CommunionFrom catholichaven.org, here is part of Dom Guéranger's commentary. The rest is at the the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.
Today's Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and Communion in mp3 format, chanted, can be downloaded or listened to at Dominica XVII. post Pentecosten.
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More Juventutem pictures... are available on flickr.
September 10, St Nicholas of Tolentino, ConfessorToday is the feast of St Nicholas of Tolentino. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for the feast of this Saint.
[ read the rest of this post ] Foundling wheel returning to Santo Spiritu Hospital, RomeHilary Clarke of London's Daily Telegraph reports, in
Saving babies the medieval way, that Italy is to restore the medieval "foundling wheel" to let desperate mothers abandon newborn babies anonymously and curb the number of infants left to die in bins. ... The wheel, half inside the hospital and half outside, allows a mother to leave a baby without being seen. Staff can then turn the wheel and collect the newborn child.
See my previous posts Holy Ghost Hospital, Rome and July 18, St Camillus de Lellis, Confessor [where the Red Cross originated] for some discussion of this and an image.
September 8, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryToday is the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From breviary.net, here are Lessons iv v and vi for today, from a Sermon by St. Augustine the Bishop, .Sermo 18 de Sanctis. qui est 2 de Annunt. Dominica
[ read the rest of this post ] Catholic bubble gum music, a/k/a synth-popeThe Village People started it with their smash hit 'R.C.I.A.', or was it the hidden references to the catacombs, the English recusancy and those silent Irish Masses in Lene Lovich's cover of Tommy James' 'I think we're alone now'?
Victor Lams is 'a [guy] with a synthesizer' who creates Quirky Catholic Music. Do folks look at you strangely when you mention the Flying House of Loreto? That's nothing compared to when you play the song. He's also got P.U.R.G.A.T.O.R.Y.
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Biblioteca Ambrosiana catalog onlineThe Biblioteca Ambrosiana, begun by Milan's Federico Cardinal Borromeo (more information at the Consistory of December 22, 1670 (I) entry for him, on The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church site), is one of the great libraries of the world. It contains the cartoon for The School of Athens by Raphael, handwritten texts of St Thomas Aquinas, da Vinci manuscripts, and tens of thousands of other works.
The Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame has a searchable catalog here of its photographic copies of those contained in the F Inferior grouping. The Institute has photographic copies of the Ambrosiana's 12,000 drawings.
Here is a helpful guide to searching the Institute's collection, including very lengthy subject and artist listings.
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Maps of Bible sitesJonathan Hipkiss (main page here at Hipkiss' Scanned Old Maps) has maps from three 19th century books. The Bible maps are here.
... with the "Yakety Sax" theme playingGuy Haraldsson's imaginesa scene, a la Benny Hill, with the "Yakety Sax" theme playing, where an Evil Trad Benny Hill is running around a church replacing all the felt banners with bas reliefs, and the Novus Ordo pastor is chasing him around. The Altar Girls, college seniors in skimpy cassocks, bound about in circles not knowing what to do.
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Another Juventutem accountThis one is by Kodi, an American from the Pacific Northwest, and it's at Welt Jugend Tag: Chapter 1.
Local news: Bp Gossman's Retirement Mass October 29Chad links, in Be Still My Heart, to Peace & Justice at Holy Redeemer (the one on the OBX, not the other one). Holy Redeemer's announcement:Bishop Gossman’s Retirement Mass/Reception will be held at Holy Family
in Elizabeth City on October 29, 2005, 10:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Update below.
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The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matinsin Elizabeth City on October 29, 2005, 10:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
