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8/16/12

Lubiąż - Abbey Church

Main nave

Remaining’s of the main altar

Interior in 1930's

Lubiąż - Saint James Church

Saint James the Greater

This church was a former parish church for the surrounding villages, despite it is located approximately 100 meters from the abbey church. Now it is a preserved ruin.

Lubiąż Interior

Abbot's Refectory - one of the restored rooms

Prince's Hall

Cloister

One of the many, many rooms

Cardinal Sapieha's Vestments

Hat and greca. Cardinal hat, mozzetta, surplice.

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Here you may see cardinal Adam Sapieha in Jerusalem in greca and ordinary hat

8/12/12

Liturgical Shoes and Stockings of Cardinal Sapieha

During a solemn liturgy, each bishop wears few additional vestments comparing with an ordinary priest.
Two of them are shoes and stockings (Buskins) in the liturgical color of the day.

The prayer recited by a bishop, while he puts on the buskins, explains symbolism of these vestments:

Calcea, Domine, pedes meos in praeparationem evangelii pacis, et protege me in velamento alarum tuarum.

Shod my feet, Lord, unto the preparation of the gospel of peace, and protect me under the cover of thy wings. (Ephesians 6, 15 and Psalm 60, 5).

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8/11/12

Catholic World Blog

Thanks for inspirations, John!

http://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/

Of the several forms which devotion to St. Philomena has taken, perhaps the one that is best known and most used is that of her Cord. The holy Cure of Ars himself blessed and distributed a great many. The cord is white and red, and may be made either of linen, woolen, or cotton threads, so interwoven as to give an almost equal preponderance to both colors; it has two knots at one end. The white color represents virginity; the red, martyrdom.

The cord has been approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and is enriched with indulgences. It is usually worn under the outer garment as a girdle. No ceremony is required in conferring it, but it should be blessed. When replacing a worn Cord with a new one, this too, should be blessed. Wearers of the Cord ought to have the intention of honoring St. Philomena to the best of their ability in order to merit protection against evils of soul and body, and to obtain through her prayers perfect chastity and the spirit of faith. It is also recommended that the following prayer be said daily:

Saint Philomena, virgin and Martyr, pray for us that through thy powerful intercession we may obtain that purity of mind and heart which leads to the perfect love of God. Amen.

The Cord of Saint Philomena has been the instrument of innumerable favors. It is used by the sick, and is a protection against accidents and evils of ever kind. Those suffering from temporal trials, or spiritual temptations, have found it a wonderful help. It is especially recommended that children be given the Cord, for it is a marvelous protection in the many mishaps which threaten them.

But the Cord is worn especially as a safeguard of the virtue of chastity. St. Philomena is regarded as a powerful protectress of this virtue because, if the reputed facts of her life are true, her own virginal purity was so outstanding. Hence her clients believe God has given her a special power of assisting those who are tempted against this virtue.

Plenary Indulgences of The Cord of Saint Philomena

1. On the day on which the cord is worn for the first time.
2. On May 25th, anniversary of opening of Saint Philomena's tomb - catacombs of Saint Priscilla.
3. On August 11, her proper feast.
4. On December 15, the anniversary of the approbation of the cord by the holy see.
5. At the moment of death, under the ordinary conditions.

With the exception of the last, it is necessary for gaining the above indulgences to go to confession, receive Holy Communion, make a visit to some church and there pray for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff.

From the Roman Ritual

Benedictio Cinguli in Honorem S. Philumenae Virg. et Mart.

(Approbata a S.R.C. die 20 Dec. 1883)

Sacerdos, superpelliceo et stolla rubea indutus, dicit:

Adjutorium in Nomine Domini
Qui fecit caelum et terram
Dominus vobiscum
Et cum spiritu tuo
Oremus

Domine Jesu Christe, benedic + , quaesumus, hoc cingulum, et praesta: ut , qui (quae) illud gestaverit, Sanctae Philumenae Virginis et martiris protectione munitus (a) , ab omnibus periculis defendi, atque animae et corporis sanitatem percipere mereatur: qui vivis et regnas Deus in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Et aspergatur aqua benedicta

8/9/12

Catholic Priests after Hours

Catholic Kids after Hours

Catholic Nuns after Hours

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Catholic Cardinals after Hours

Polish Fan Club of Archbishop Sheen

There are fans of VSoG archbishop Funton J. Sheen also in Poland. Go to the FaceBook website and 'Like it' to support it.

http://www.facebook.com/arcybiskupfultonjsheen

8/7/12

Rite of Bridge Blessing

Blessing of the new bridge on Vistula river by bishop Karol Radoński in 1937

1931 Bridge on the Warta river

Blessing of Pilsudzki bridge in Krakow by archbishop Adam Sapieha in 1933

Our Mother Holy Church provides us with blessings for all kind of human activities and things that we use in our daily life.

Are bridges in your town blessed? If a new one being built, it would be a good idea that the local catholic community ask to bless the bridge ‘that everyone who pass over it may ever find in God a safeguard amidst the joys and sorrows of this fickle world’.

Moreover, during the blessing the priest is asking the almighty God to appoint an Angel ‘to watch over, protect, and support this bridge and all who pass over it’.

Rite from the Roman Ritual.

BENEDICTIO PONTIS

V . Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini.

R . Qui fecit caelum et terram.

V . Dominus vobiscum.

R. Et cum spiritu tuo.

Oremus.

Adesto, Domine, supplicationibus nostris: et pontem istum, et omnes qui per eum transibunt,bene + dicere dignare; ut inter prospera hujus mundi et adversa tuo semper protegantur auxilio.Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

R. Amen.

Oremus. OratioExaudi nos, Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, ?terne Deus: et mittere digneris sanctumAngelum tuum de c?lis, qui custodiat, visitet, et defendat pontem istum, et omnes qui per eumtransibunt. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

R . Amen.

Et aspergatur aqua benedicta.

BLESSING OF A BRIDGE

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: May He also be with you.

Let us pray.

Lord, heed our prayers, and be pleased to bless + this bridge and all who pass over it, that they may ever find in you a safeguard amidst the joys and sorrows of this fickle world; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
Let us pray. Hear us, holy Lord and Father, almighty everlasting God, and in your goodness send your holy angel from heaven to watch over, protect, and support this bridge and all who pass over it; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

It is sprinkled with holy water.

Source of photos NAC

8/6/12

Transfiguration: Special Blessing of Grapes

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has posted on his blog an interesting text on the blessing of grapes on the feast of Transfiguration, which we celebrate today. Read it HERE

Source of photo: The Hermeneutic of Continuity

8/5/12

Pastor Bonus

Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton John Sheen (1895-1979) - Da per matrem me venire
Servant of God, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981) - Soli Deo

Different countries, different political situations, same zeal for the salvation of souls.

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Liturgy in Poland in 1946

Above movie is from the anniversary of the coronation of the miraculous image of Holy Family in Kalisz in May 19, 1946. The celebrations were presided by cardinal August Hlond, primate of Poland.