A Step Towards Unity: Pope and Patriarch recite the Creed Together

I forgot to note that this video came via Byzantine Ramblings. Apologies!

Padre Pio Offering the Mass

Just a little Youtube video:

Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

This is a bit late in the day but for us this is a feast: that of the Holy Name of Jesus. A partial indulgence is attached to certain Litanies and this is one of them.

V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.
V. God the Father of Heaven
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Holy Spirit,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Holy Trinity, one God,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Jesus, Son of the living God, R. Have mercy on us.
Jesus, splendor of the Father, [etc.]
Jesus, brightness of eternal light.
Jesus, King of glory.
Jesus, sun of justice.
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary.
Jesus, most amiable.
Jesus, most admirable.
Jesus, the mighty God.
Jesus, Father of the world to come.
Jesus, angel of great counsel.
Jesus, most powerful.
Jesus, most patient.
Jesus, most obedient.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart.
Jesus, lover of chastity.
Jesus, lover of us.
Jesus, God of peace.
Jesus, author of life.
Jesus, example of virtues.
Jesus, zealous lover of souls.
Jesus, our God.
Jesus, our refuge.
Jesus, father of the poor.
Jesus, treasure of the faithful.
Jesus, good Shepherd.
Jesus, true light.
Jesus, eternal wisdom.
Jesus, infinite goodness.
Jesus, our way and our life.
Jesus, joy of Angels.
Jesus, King of the Patriarchs.
Jesus, Master of the Apostles.
Jesus, teacher of the Evangelists.
Jesus, strength of Martyrs.
Jesus, light of Confessors.
Jesus, purity of Virgins.
Jesus, crown of Saints.

V. Be merciful, R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Be merciful, R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.

V. From all evil, R. deliver us, O Jesus.
From all sin, deliver us, O Jesus.
From Your wrath, [etc.]
From the snares of the devil.
From the spirit of fornication.
From everlasting death.
From the neglect of Your inspirations.
By the mystery of Your holy Incarnation.
By Your Nativity.
By Your Infancy.
By Your most divine Life.
By Your labors.
By Your agony and passion.
By Your cross and dereliction.
By Your sufferings.
By Your death and burial.
By Your Resurrection.
By Your Ascension.
By Your institution of the most Holy Eucharist.
By Your joys.
By Your glory.

V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. have mercy on us, O Jesus.

V. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.

Let us pray.

O Lord Jesus Christ, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek, and you shall find, knock, and it shall be opened to you." Grant, we beg of You, to us who ask it, the gift of Your most divine love, that we may ever love You with our whole heart, in word and deed, and never cease praising You.

Give us, O Lord, as much a lasting fear as a lasting love of Your Holy Name, for You, who live and are King for ever and ever, never fail to govern those whom You have solidly established in Your love. R. Amen.

All over Italy (OK the few parts I've seen) there are reminders of the work of St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444) Franciscan reformer and preacher. He succeeded St. Vincent Ferrer OP as a preacher and evangelist of renown. He popularised devotion to the Holy Name in particular and sought to bring conversion, reconciliation and healing to Italy. The reminders one can see are the monograms of "IHS" surrounded by rays which he had designed and propagated. Nearly six hundred years later they are still there. Not bad for one man. Perhaps we need another Bernardine to help us recover our respect for that Name which is so often profaned especially by Christians.

In the Eastern Churches the feat is of the SYNAXIS OF THE OECUMENICAL TEACHERS OF THE CHURCH AND SAINTED-HIERARCHS: BASIL THE GREAT, GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (1084). Also remembered: PRIESTMARTYR HYPPOLITUS AND WITH HIM THE MARTYRS CENSORINUS, SABINUS, CHRYSIA THE VIRGIN AND 20 OTHER MARTYRS (III). SAINT HYPPOLITUS, BISHOP OF OSTIA. MONK ZINON, FAST-KEEPER OF PECHERSK LAVRA, IN FARTHER CAVES (XIV). MONK ZENON (XENO), TEACHER OF SAINTED BASIL THE GREAT (V). MARTYR THEOPHILOS THE NEW (+ 784). NOBLEBORN PETER, TSAR OF BULGARIA (+ 967).
MARTYR THEODORE (+ 1784). In the Western calendar it is simply the feast of Basil of Ceasarea and Gregory of Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church. I am reading (Fr.) John McGuckin's Saint Gregory of Nazianzus: An Intellectual Biography which is full of detail about these complex and gifted men without whom the faith would have had a much more difficult time. They led the Christianization of the Romano-Hellenic world and helped lay the foundations for the civilization of the West as we know it. McGuckin's aim is to reclaim Gregory's place in that achievement. Well worth the read.
The lesson I draw from their lives is to use one's particular gifts for the Kingdom in so far as one can, to strive to overcome one's faults and failings and in the meantime trust that the Lord will use you to do His will. Once we are trying to remain in the Lord's will, to remain faithful then He will reveal His faithfulness to us in His own good time.

I have also come across this at Creative Minority Report.
Its from Fr. Barron at Word on Fire.
Its well worth listening to.

A TE DEUM

I found this Te Deum at Argent by the Tiber and I thought it worth adding here. Enjoy.

Beannachtai, a Mhuire! Beannachtai!

I found the following in Scots Gaelic rather than Irish but there's not that much in the difference here:

EARNA MHOIRE [47]
Failt, a Mhoire ! failt, a Mhoire !
Righinn nan gras, Mathair na trocair;
Failt, a Mhoire, air mhodh gun choimeas,
Geil ar slainte, fath ar solais.

Riut tha sinne, dh' oidhch's a latha,
Sliochd seachranach Adhamh is Eubha,
Togail ar guth's ag achan,
An gul's an gal's an deura.

Tabhair duinn, a Fhreimh an aigh,
O 's tu copan nan grasa fial,
Creid Eoin, is Pheaid, is Phail,
Le sgeith Airil an aird nan nial.

Deoin dhuinn, a gheug dhonn,
Aros ann am Fonn na sith,
Tamh o ghabhadh's o anradh thom,
Fo sgath toraidh do bhronn, Ios.

In english:

HAIL, MARY
Hail, Mary! hail, Mary !
Queen of grace, Mother of mercy;
Hail, Mary, in manner surpassing,
Fount of our health, source of our joy.

To thee we, night and day,
Erring children of Adam and Eve,
Lift our voice in supplication,
In groans and grief and tears.

Bestow upon us, thou Root of gladness,
Since thou art the cup of generous graces,
The faith of John, and Peter, and Paul,
With the wings of Ariel on the heights of the clouds.

Vouchsafe to us, thou golden branch,
A mansion in the Realm of peace,
Rest from the perils and stress of waves,
Beneath the shade of the fruit of thy womb, Jesu.

All Praise to the Mother of God, the Gate of Heaven through whom Salvation has entered the world and we are given every grace and blessing. Beannachtai la Feile Mhuire!