Preces pro Republica et pro Praeside Reipublicae

In the Ordo for the Archdiocese of Vilnius for the year 1924 (that time Vilnius was part of Poland) I have found an interesting prayer assigned by the Archbishop for the Republic of Poland. The prayer should be sing after all solemn Sunday masses and on the  May 3rd (Polish national feast).

SOURCE 

I know about customs of praying for:

• ·         for the emperor (my great-grandmother told me that in my region after the Sunday Mass people prayed for the Emperor of Austria-Hungary many years ago). The prayer is still to be found in the Missale Romanum
• ·         the good weather in the Switzerland and Germany.
• ·         for the Queen in England
• ·         for the King in Belgium

 but for the Republic and the president it is new for me.
 

Is this practice alive in any of your churches, to pray for the Republic and the president after Sunday mass?

Post Missam sollemnem diebus Dominicis necnon d. 3 Maji in omnibus Ecclesiis parochialibus, filial. et regul. cantandae.

V. Salvam fac Rempublicam nostram, Domine.

R. Deus meus, sperantem in Te

V. Mitte ei, Domine, auxilium de sancto.

R. Et de Sion tuere eam.

V. Nihil proficiet inimicus in ea.

R. Et filius iniquitatis non nocebit ei.

V. Fiat pax in virtute Tua.

R. Et abundantia in turribus Tius.

V. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.

R. Et clamor meus ad Te veniat.

V. Dominus vobiscum.

R. Et cum spiritu tuo.

OREMUS.

Defende, quaesumus, Domine, beata Maria, semper Virgine, Regina Poloniae et Sanctis nostris Patronis intercedentibus, istam ab omni adversitate Rempublicam; et toto corde Tibi prostratam, ab hostium propitius tuere clementer insidiis. 

Praetende, Domine, quaesumus, famulo Tuo STANISLAO Praesidi Reipublicae dexteram caelestis auxilii: ut Te toto corde perquirat, et, quae digne postulat, assequi mereatur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

R. Amen.

V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper nobiscum.

R. Amen.

Non nobis Domine, sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam

 Excerpt from the movie Henry V

Let men be men in the Church. The Christian must be courageous, masculine and determined.
Not feminine, gentle and sentimental.
We are here on Earth to fight in the battle. Not to do pilgrimage.

Ecclesia militans non Ecclesia peregrinans

Convents of Krakow: Camaldolese

Monk in the cript 

source www.kupczyk.com.pl

Monks bring meals to their erems 

source www.kupczyk.com.pl

More interesting photos to be found here:

Gallery

Kraków from the Sky with Gregorian Chant

Very nice view of Krakow and the church of St Michael the Archangel and St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, Skałka. In the background you may hear the antiphon in honor of Stanislaus "O Beate Stanislae praesul plebis Cracoviae"

O Beate Stanislae praesul plebis Cracoviae, Cuius signa victoriae late patent Poloniae. Nam dono Christi gratiae pestes curantur variae. Tua, martyr, egregie, festa colentes hodie regi commenda gloriae. Alleluia.

O Blessed Stanislaus, leader of the people of Krakow, whose sign of victory is visible far and wide in Poland. For various plagues are cured by the gift of Christ's grace. Oh excellent martyr, commend us to the King of Glory, us keeping your feast today. Alleluia.

Movie about Pius X 1952

Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952) (eng. The Secret Conclave)

Excellent movie for the Octave of Easte about the life of saint Pope Pius X.
Unfortunately only in Italian.

 "The film traces the Pope's early life as a village priest, then follows him directly to the Vatican. The Papal installation, seldom seen before on film, is recreated on location at the Sistine Chapel, with several genuine cardinals in attendance. Dramatic conflict occurs when the Pope-to-be nearly refuses the honor, feeling himself unworthy. Also adding bite to the proceedings are the WW I scenes, detailing Pius X's efforts to put an end to the carnage. Secret Conclave ends with Pius X's death during Mass, a scene handled as tastefully as the rest of the film. "

www.allmovie.com

Eastern Mass from 1941 narrated by Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen

Traditional Latin Mass filmed on Easter Sunday in 1941 at Our Lady of Sorrows church in Chicago. The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass in full detail with narration by then Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen.

Non est hic, sed resurrexit

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens
usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen,
quod est super omne nomen. 

Christ became obedient for us unto death,
even to the death, death on the cross.
Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name
which is above all names. 

Passio Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Secundum Ioannem

Good Friday

Saint Jadwiga's Cross, Wawel Cathedral, Krakow

Miserere Mei, Deus

 

Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for "Have mercy on me, O God" by Italian composer Father Gregorio Allegri. This piece for was composed for exclusive use in the Sistine Chapel as part of the Tenebrae office on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday of Holy Week.

Psalm 50

Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.
Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu principali confirma me.
Docebo iniquos vias tuas: et impii ad te convertentur.
Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae: et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam.
Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique: holocaustis non delectaberis.
Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.
Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem.
Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes, et holocausta: tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.

De Benedictione Oleum

De Benedictione Oleum Cathecumenorum et Infirmorum et confictione Chrismae.

De Reconciliatione Poenitentium on Maundy Thursday

Still today the Pontificale Romanum contains ceremonies of the reconciliation of the public penitents on Holy Thursday. 

You can download it and study what the Holy Mother Church wants tell you with this ceremony.

 

DOWNLOAD HERE p. 229

30 Silver Coins. What is your price?

Kiss of Judas - Giotta

For 30 Silver Coins one could buy a piece of ground. 

Quite a large sum of money. (Matthew 27:7)

Rembrandt's Judas Returning the Thirty Silver Pieces, 1629.

Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Lucam

On Spy Wednesday our Holy Mother Church gives us to hear the Passion of Our Lord according to St. Luke. 

Here you can hear something modern, but how moving. Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus ChristAccording to St. Luke by Polish composer Krzysztof  Penderecki from 1960s.

Download of Full Gregorian Chant Office for the Holy Week and Octave of Easter

Officium Majoris Hebdomadae et Octavae Paschae

Contains all Masses and Liturgies of the Holy Week and  Octave of Easter, together with Tenebrae with gregorian chant notions.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Cantus Passionis - PDF for Download

Maybe some of you are preparing the chant of the Lord's Passion for the Holy Week. Here you may find the PDF versions that might be useful.

Cantus Passionis Domini Nostri Jesu Chisti Secundum Matthaeum, Marcum, Lucam et Joannem

Chronita    DOWNLOAD HERE
Christus     DOWNLOAD HERE
Synagoga   DOWNLOAD HERE

More very interesting music sources to be found on:

www.musicasacra.com 

Holy Tuesday - Passio Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Secundum Marcum

Agony of Our Lord in each Holy Mass

Photo taken from http://muniatintrantes.blogspot.com/

'And forasmuch as, in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the mass, that same Christ is contained and immolated in an unbloody manner, who once offered Himself in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross (...)'

The Council of Trent

DOCTRINE ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS



Palm Sunday Ceremonies Explanation

HERE you may find the explanation of the Palm Sunday taken from "The Liturgical Year" by Dom Prosper Guéranger.

 

 From the pre-1955 rite:

Petimus, Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus: ut hanc creaturam olivae, quam ex ligni materia prodire jussisti, quamque columba rediens ad arcam, proprio pertulit ore: benedicere et sanctificare digneris: ut quicumque ex ea receperint, accipiant sibi protectionem animae et corporis, fiatque, Domine, nostrae salutis remedium, tuae gratiae sacramentum. Per Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.

We beseech thee, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, that thou wouldst be pleased to bless and sanctify this creature of the olive tree, which thou madest to shoot out of the substance of the wood, and which the dove, returning to the ark, brought in its bill; that whoever receiveth it, may find protection of soul and body, and that it may prove, O Lord, a saving remedy, and a sacred sign of thy grace. Through, &c.

R. Amen.

Palm Sunday with bl. John XXIII

Papal Palm Sunday 1967

Collect of the Coronation Mass

After the Gloria in excelsis and the Pax vobis, the pope said the Collect for the day and then secretly a prayer for himself:

Deus omnium fidelium pastor et rector, me famulum tuum, quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice: da mihi, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere; ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi credito, perveniam sempiternam. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all Thy faithful people, mercifully look upon me, Thy servant, whom Thou hast chosen as the chief Shepherd to reside over Thy Church; grant me, we beseech Thee, so to edify, both by word and example, those over whom I hath charge, that I may attain unto everlasting life, together with the flock committed unto me. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.