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+J.M.J.+ Dedicated to Our Beloved Heavenly Mother Mary. This particular Gregorian Chant can be found in the 1962 Liber Usualis- page 276 and is our version of the Solemn Tone Salve Regina. After achieving our version of this chant, someone asked us what “harmonization" technique was used. We asked a very good friend to help us explain and he provided this info: Gregorian Chant is monophonic ("single-voiced). Harmony can only arise with a plurality of voices each singing different but complimentary notes. Gregorian Chant does not have harmony written into its various compositions as found in the liturgical texts, but you can certainly harmonize with Gregorian Chant. You can harmonize with any choral form. Harmonizing with Gregorian Chant through the use of a prolonged single note is typically referred to as a "drone". The Byzantine tradition refers to this note as an "ison". This ison can remain fixed on a single note within the Do-scale of Gregorian Chant or it can go up and down at certain points within the main melody. This is referred to as "modulating". Additionally, the choosing of a particular note for an ison is largely based on the various tones that are assigned to a certain piece of Gregorian Chant (the mode number is typically written next to the first portion of the chant's staff). Below is a handy table which shows which ison is assigned to each mode: Mode Ison Final Dominant Range Mood I Re (or do with mi/sol) Re La re-re Gravis II La (or re/do) Re Fa (or La) la-la Tristis III Mi Mi Ti mi-mi Mysticus IV La Mi La ti-ti Harmonicus V Fa and Do Fa Do fa-fa Laetus VI Fa Fa La do-do Devotus VII Sol Sol Re sol-sol Angelicus VIII Sol Sol Do re-re Perfectus Further complexity can be added in several ways. One way is to incorporate several isons/drones that harmonize both with each other and the Gregorian melody. Another way is to sing the Gregorian melody at a different musical interval (i.e. a 5th, Major 3rd, etc.). The latter is typically referred to as Organum. Organum differs from an ison in that it maintains the same tempo and melody of the Gregorian Chant whereas an ison can be sung independently (although even an ison is dependent upon the melody of the Chant in order to achieve a proper harmony). While in Quito, Ecuador, to attend the Feast of Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification, Feb. 2nd., Fr. Michael Rodríguez offered daily Traditional Latin Mass in the Conceptionist Church & Convent--home of Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification. The technical name of the Church is, "Iglesia de La Limpia Concepcion". This first monastery in Quito was established in September of 1575. The miraculous statue of Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification is taken from the cloistered upper choir three times a year and placed above the main altar of the Convent Church so that it can be venerated by the public. Fr. Rodriguez also led pilgrims daily in praying the Holy Rosary and Novena to Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification in front of the miraculous statue and gave spiritual conferences every evening on the major themes of Grace, Jesus Christ, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Blessed be Jesus Christ and His most pure Mother! More on Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification: Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification appeared to a Conceptionist nun, Venerable Mariana de Jesús Torres (1563–1635), in Quito, Ecuador, who was allowed to see what would occur in the 20th century and therefore offered her life and sufferings for the crisis within the Church. Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres was bestowed with many singular gifts from heaven and received numerous prophecies of the future, especially in the 20th century. Many are amazed at how accurate Our Lady's predictions for the 20th century have been. Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification commanded that a statue be made. In her right hand, she carries a Crosier as Abbess of the convent and Queen of Heaven and Earth. In her left arm, she carries her Divine Son so that "all will know that I am merciful and understanding. Let them come to me for I will lead them to Him." The statue was completed miraculously by the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Many people have never heard of her message, apparitions or prophecies. Yet she is a powerful complement to the Message of Our Lady of Fatima (1917) and indispensable for understanding what is taking place in our own time (20th/21st century). Learn more about Mary of Buen Suceso of the Purification on these sites: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/quito-ecuador.html http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/ https://svfonline.org/product/the-mystery-of-grace-mary-brings-us-the-life-of-christ/ Why Buen Suceso Instead Of Good Success? https://youtu.be/Lg8VVG5sODA Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. 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+J.M.J.+ This music video was produced for the glory of Christ the King and His Blessed Birth, and for your listening pleasure during the traditional Christmas Season which begins on December 25th and lasts until February 2nd. Sung by the Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel choir: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Order of Music: (Carols Before Mass) 1. Once in Royal David’s City (Verses 1, 2, & 5) * 0:12 2. Gaudete (Madrigal-men) * 2:29 3. What Child is This? * 5:26 4. The First Nowell (Verses 1 & 2) * 8:40 5. Gabriel’s Message * 10:40 6. Campana Sobre Campana (women, Spanish) * 13:24 7. Still, Still, Still (German) * 14:26 8. Coventry Carol (Verses 1 & 2) * 15:56 9. Gesu Bambino (women) * 17:12 10. Maria Wanders Through the Thorn (men) * 21:12 11. Carol of the Birds (women) * 21:49 12. Silent Night (John Rutter) * 24:18 (Sacred Music During Mass) 13. Processional- Veni, Veni Emmanuel (Latin) * 28:14 14. Blessing of the statue of Baby Jesus- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (German) * 29:18 15. Offertory-O Magnum Mysterium (Latin) * 30:24 Holy Communion; 16. Tollite Hostias (Latin) * 34:25 17. Adeste Fideles (Latin) * 36:37 Recessional- 18. Angels We Have Heard on High (All Verses) * 40:16 Presentation of Baby Jesus to the faithful after Mass- 19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * 42:58 20. Joy to the World * 44:49 Finale Organ Piece- 21. J.S. Bach, Preludium in C (prelude from BWV 553) * 46:28 Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Dedicated to the Mother of God and sung by the Jesus and Mary Chapel men’s schola, El Paso, Texas: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/​ Agni Parthene (Greek- Αγνή Παρθένε, English- O Virgin Pure and sometimes "O Pure Virgin”), is a non-liturgical hymn composed in Greek by St. Nectarios of Aegina in the 19th century during his tenure as director of the Rizarios Theological School of Athens. St. Nektarios liked to compose hymns in honor of the Mother of God to deepen his personal prayer and relationship with her. The tradition passed down at the monastery of St. Nektarios, in Aegina, Greece, is that the Lady Herself appeared before him and requested that he record on paper a particular hymn the angelic choirs were about to sing. This hymn was the "Agni Parthene". The original script can still be viewed on his prayer table in his bedroom at this monastery. The original melody to this hymn was composed by an Athonite hymnographer who is said to also have had a vision of the Virgin Mary prior to composing the work. The recording of this melody by the Monks of Simonopetra has contributed significantly to the popularization of the hymn. The hymn is sometimes sung in Orthodox churches at the beginning of Vespers, or after the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy during the veneration of the cross. Due to its popularity, the hymn has been translated into many languages, and the original melody has been adapted to suit the particular style of church chanting. One such variation is the Valaam Monastery chant of the Russian translation: https://youtu.be/C7vvPXz-Qes The hymn of the Pure Virgin is part of A Small Theotokarion (Athens, 1905) a book of Hymns to the Mother of God, written by St. Nektarios. (Derived from: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Agni_Parthene) English translation: O Virgin Pure Refrain: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels. Much brighter than the firmament/ and purer than the sun's light More holy than the multitude/ of all the heav'nly armies. Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! O Ever Virgin Mary/ of all the world, the Lady O bride all pure, immaculate/ O Lady Panagia O Mary bride and Queen of all/ our cause of jubilation Majestic maiden, Queen of all/ O our most holy Mother More hon'rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare more glorious than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones. Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! Rejoice, O song of Cherubim/ Rejoice, O hymn of angels Rejoice, O ode of Seraphim/ the joy of the archangels Rejoice, O peace and happiness/ the harbor of salvation O sacred chamber of the Word/ flow'r of incorruption Rejoice, delightful paradise/ of blessed life eternal Rejoice, O wood and tree of life/ the fount of immortality. Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! I supplicate you, Lady/ now do I call upon you And I beseech you, Queen of all/ I beg of you your favor Majestic maiden, spotless one/ O Lady Panagia I call upon you fervently/ O sacred, hallowed temple Assist me and deliver me/ protect me from the enemy And make me an inheritor/ of blessed life eternal. Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! (Source and translation: Holy Nativity Convent, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) http://www.serfes.org/spiritual/november1999.htm Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ In the middle of the year, on the hottest day in the Shafter desert, a glorious Traditional Latin Mass was offered by Fr. Michael Rodriguez in honor of the Most Holy Trinity. The reverent Sung Mass took place in Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mission located in the "ghost town" of Shafter, Texas. The sermon was on "The Most Blessed Trinity”. Immediately after Mass, a special prayer and blessing for Father's Day was given to all the fathers who knelt at the altar rail. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Watch it and other vids on our JMJ HF Productions YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVE6G4YvshrRBif5dz4vtA Christmastide: The Traditional Christmas Season Begins on Christmas Day & continues until Feb. 2. Forty days which goes back to the Law of Moses. The penitential Advent season (a small Lent) is a preparation for Christmas by penance, sacrifice, & mortification just as Lent is a time of preparation for Easter. In Catholic Traditions, children are told to make many acts of penance & self-abnegation, sacrifices, special devotions, & to have a crib for the Baby Jesus in which to put a piece of straw for each penitential act performed. The idea was to have a comfy bed ready for Baby Jesus by Christmas Day. During Advent, we reflect upon the death of the world. Mortification means ‘to make dead’, it's the struggle against our evil inclinations in order to subject them to the will of God & our will, by it we establish the right order of all our faculties & prepare ourselves for a higher life. The destruction of this world helps strike holy fear into our hearts & reminds that man can’t construct a heaven upon earth, but rather must die to the gluttony, lust, pride & anger so prevalent in this world. The better we observe Advent, the more joyous our Christmas will be. In the secular world, Christmas carols & decorations spring up as early as Halloween & after Thanksgiving, & those same decorations are thrown out & the carols cease the day after Christmas. Why do some celebrate Christmas before Christmas & forget the penance which our Faith & Tradition tell us we must do? Do Catholics celebrate Easter on Ash Wednesday & forget the Lenten penance? The Liturgy & Discipline of the Church tell us otherwise. We prepare for Christmas, or for Easter, by mortification. Advent is a time to perform acts of fasting & abstinence, & to be counter-cultural by preparing for Christmas. Christmas parties & feasts should be during, & not before Christmas. Christmas Eve (before the Vigil Mass) is a day of fasting & abstinence. The 1983 Code of Canon Law eliminated this fast, but traditional Catholics still keep the fast & abstinence. (Taken from: https://www.fisheaters.com/customschristmas1.html ) This, not Advent, is the true Christmas Season. As most people in secular or Protestantized countries are putting away "Christmas-y" things, & as shopping malls stop blaring "Here Comes Santa Claus," Catholics are just getting started. The cleaning & baking during penitential Advent pays off now, & the feasting & caroling begin! The entire Christmas Cycle is a crescendo of Christ's manifesting Himself as God and King to the shepherds, to the Magi, at His Baptism, to Simeon & the prophetess, Anna (Luke 2). The days from the Feast of the Nativity to the Epiphany are known as "The Twelve Days of Christmas," with Christmas itself being the first day, & Twelfthnight-5 Jan.-being the last of the twelve days. Christmastide liturgically ends on 13 Jan., the Octave of the Epiphany & the Baptism of Christ (at which time the season of Time After Epiphany begins). But Christmas doesn't end spiritually--i.e., the celebration of the events of Christ's life as a child don't end, & the great Christmas Cycle doesn't end-until Candlemas on 2 Feb. & the beginning of the Season of Septuagesima. In this way, just as from Ash Wednesday on, we commemorate Christ in the desert for forty days, & just as after Easter we celebrate for forty days until the Ascension, after Christmas we celebrate the Child Jesus for forty days-all through the season of Time After Epiphany-until Candlemas. The schema of those Christ Child celebrations looks like this: Christmas-Christ is born Feast of the Holy Innocents- Herod slaughters the baby boys in order to kill the Christ Child The Circumcision (the Octave of Christmas)-Jesus follows the Law Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus-After He is circumcised, He is named and becomes a part of the Holy Family Twelfth Night-The Twelve Days of Christmas as a Feast come to an end Feast of the Epiphany-Jesus reveals His divinity to the three Magi, & during His Baptism, & at the wedding at Cana Baptism of Our Lord/Octave of the Epiphany-Christmas liturgically ends with the Octave of the Epiphany Feast of the Holy Family-Jesus condescends to be subject to His parents Feast of the Purification (Candlemas)-40 days after giving birth, Mary goes to the Temple to be purified & to "redeem" Jesus per the Old Testament Law of the firstborn. Christmas truly ends as a Season with Candlemas & the beginning of Septuagesima. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Ave Maris Stella is Latin for, Hail Star of the Sea. It is a Vespers hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maris_Stella Sung by the Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel Choir http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Watch it and other vids here: JMJ HF Productions Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-1276094 Youtube: https://youtu.be/RvBEI1VeBgo Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ A favorite Marian composition. Sung by the Jesus and Mary Chapel choir, El Paso, Texas: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Franz Xaver Biebl (1 September 1906 -- 2 October 2001) was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles. Biebl was born in Pursruck, now part of Freudenberg, Bavaria, in 1906. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Biebl served as Choir Director at the Catholic Church of St Maria in München-Thalkirchen from 1932 until 1939, and as an assistant professor of choral music at the Mozarteum, an academy of music in Salzburg, Austria, beginning in 1939, where he taught voice and music theory. Biebl's best-known work is his Ave Maria (1964), which sets beautiful music to the lyrics of the ancient Catholic prayers; the Angelus and the Ave Maria. Although it was originally scored for male voices, after "Ave Maria" became popular the composer himself rearranged the piece for SATB and SSA choirs as well. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Jesus and Mary Chapel choir, El Paso, Texas: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ O Vos Omnes by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1540-1608). O Vos Omnes was originally sung as part of Roman Catholic Liturgies for Holy Week when used as a Responsory and now is often sung as a motet as demonstrated in this video. The text is adapted from the Latin Vulgate translation of Lamentations 1:12. It was often set, especially in the sixteenth century, as part of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday. Some of the most famous settings of the text are by Tomás Luis de Victoria (two settings for four voices: 1572 and 1585), Carlo Gesualdo (five voices: 1603; six voices: 1611), and Pablo Casals (mixed choir: 1932). (Adapted from Wikipedia) Motet Translations Tomas Luis da Victoria: "O vos omnes" Lamentations 1:12 English translation: O all ye that pass by the way, attend and see: If there be any sorrow like to my sorrow. Attend, all ye people, and see my sorrow: If there be any sorrow like to my sorrow. Latin text: O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite et videte: Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus. Attendite, universi populi, et videte dolorem meum. Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ How much do we love our Blessed Mother? Let's count the ways and here's one! Uploaded as a special request years ago, this was just a practice rendition of Franz Biebl's Ave Maria by a few of the (former) San Juan Bautista Traditional Choir members, El Paso, Texas. Franz Xaver Biebl (1 September 1906 -- 2 October 2001) was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles. Biebl was born in Pursruck, now part of Freudenberg, Bavaria, in 1906. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Biebl served as Choir Director at the Catholic Church of St Maria in München-Thalkirchen from 1932 until 1939, and as an assistant professor of choral music at the Mozarteum, an academy of music in Salzburg, Austria, beginning in 1939, where he taught voice and music theory. Biebl's best-known work is his Ave Maria (1964), which sets beautiful music to the lyrics of the ancient Catholic prayers; the Angelus and the Ave Maria. Although it was originally scored for male voices, after "Ave Maria" became popular the composer himself rearranged the piece for SATB and SSA choirs as well. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Chanted by the men’s schola at Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel (Cantors: Joshua S. and Francis C., Sunday, January 12th, 2020) http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Feast of the Holy Family in the Christmas Tide: INTROIT- Exsultet gaudio GRADUAL- Unam petii ALLELUIA- Vere tu es Rex absconditus OFFERTORY- Tulerunt Jesum parentes ejus COMMUNION- Descendit Jesus cum eis Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel Choir http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Oreste Ravanello (August 25, 1871 Born in Venice – July 2, 1938 Died in Padua), was an Italian composer and organist. Ravanello studied organ and composition at the Liceo Musicale in Venice before he was appointed organist of the San Marco Cathedral at the age of seventeen. He also taught at the (now Benedetto Marcello) Conservatory of Music in Venice and, then, became director of Instituto Musicale in Padua (now the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory of Music). He became a well-known recitalist well known for his improvisations. He was above all remembered for his compositions which are especially intended for The Church: ca. 30 Masses, Te Deums etc. but also numerous works for organ and piano. Latin text 1. Te, Joseph, celebrent agmina caelitum Te cuncti resonent christiadum chori Qui clarus meritis junctus et inclytae Casto foedere Virgini. 2. Almo cum tumidam germine conjugem admirans dubio tangeris anxius, afflatu superi flaminis angelus conceptum puerum docet. 3. Tu natum Dominum stringis ad dexteras, Aegipti profugum tu sequeris plagas: amissum Solymis qaeris et invenis, miscens gaudia fletibus. 4. Post mortem reliquos sors pia consecrat, Palmanque emeritos gloria suscipit: Tu vivens, superis par, frueris Deo Mira sorte beatior. 5. Nobis Summa Trias parce precantibus: da Joseph meritis sidera scandere, ut tandem liceat nos tibi perpetim, gratum promere canticum. English translation 1. Let the hosts of heaven celebrate you, Joseph, Let all the choirs of Christendom resound you who, famous for your merits, was joined to the glorious Virgin in chaste wedlock. 2. When your betrothed became great with precious seed, amazement and doubt made you anxious. It is by the breath of the divine Spirit, an Angel tells you, that the son has been conceived. 3. You did embrace the new-born Lord, and to the furthest Egypt coasts you followed Him in exile, Lost in Jerusalem, you sought and found Him, mixing joy with tears. 4. After death most are blest by a loving destiny and, when they have won the palm, they are welcomed into glory. But you, while you lived, like the saints above, were with God, blest more than others by this wondrous lot. 5. Spare us, highest Trinity, as we pray, Grant that through Joseph's merits we may rise to heaven, So that at last we may offer perpetually our grateful songs. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Special thanks to Schola Bellarmina for the use of these Gregorian Chant Propers, Association Sacra Musica. (Used with permission.) La Schola Bellarmina - Sacra Musica http://musique-liturgique.com https://www.musique-liturgique.com/la-schola-bellarmina/ These are Propers chanted for the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the Easter Season. These Propers are in the 1962 Edition of the Liber Usualis and begin on page 970: Introit: Cogitationes Alleluia: Tollite jugum Alleluia: Venite ad me Offertory: Holocaustum Communion: Si quis sitit--- In Paschal Time, the Tract is not sung. Allelluia: Tollite jugum is used as on pg. 972, then Alleluia: Venite ad me. In Votive Masses in Paschal Time, the Offertory: Improperium, is replaced by Offertory: Holocaustum. Also, the Communion: Unus Militum, is replaced by: Si quis sitit. Watch this and other vids on our JMJ HF Productions YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVE6G4YvshrRBif5dz4vtA Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Veni Sancte Spiritus, referred to as the Golden Sequence, is a sequence in the Roman Liturgy for the Masses of Pentecost and its octave, exclusive of the following Sunday. It is usually attributed to either the thirteenth-century Pope Innocent III or to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, although it has been attributed to others as well. It is one of only four medieval Sequences which were preserved in the Roman Missal published in 1570 following the Council of Trent (1545–63). Before Trent many feasts had their own sequences. Chanted during a High Mass while on the May 2015 Paris/Chartres Pilgrimage in the Vaduz Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Florin (German: St. Florinskirche in Vaduz or Kathedrale St. Florin), a neo-Gothic Catholic Church located in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, (located between Switzerland and Austria), and the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vaduz. Originally a parish church, it has held the status of cathedral since 1997. The Gregorian Chant notation is taken from the Liber Usualis (1961) pp. 880-881. English translation: 1. Come, Thou Holy Ghost, come, And from Thy celestial home, Shed a ray of light divine. 2. Come, Thou Father of the poor, Come, Thou source of all our store, Come, within our bosoms shine. 3. Thou, of Comforters the best, Thou, the soul's delightful guest, Sweet refreshment here below. 4. In our labor rest so sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, Solace in the midst of woe. 5. O most blessed Light divine, Shine within these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill. 6. Where Thou art not, man hath naught, Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of ill. 7. Heal our wounds, our strength renew, On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. 8. Bend the stubborn heart and will, Melt the frozen, warm the chill, Guide the steps that go astray. 9. On Thy faithful who adore, And confess Thee evermore, In Thy sevenfold gifts descend. 10. Give them virtue’s sure reward, Give them Thy salvation, Lord, Give them joys that never end. Amen. Alleluia. Latin text: 1. Veni, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte coelitus, Lucis tuae radium. 2. Veni, pater pauperum, Veni, dator munerum: Veni, lumen cordium. 3. Consolator optime, Dulcis hospes animae, Dulce refrigerium. 4. In labore requies, In aestu temperies, In fletu solatium. 5. O lux beatissima, Reple cordis intima, Tuorum fidelium. 6. Sine tuo numine, Nihil est in homine, Nihil est innoxium. 7. Lava quod est sordidum, Riga quod est aridum, Sana quod est saucium. 8. Flecte quod est rigidum, Fove quod est frigidum, Rege quod est devium. 9. Da tuis fidelibus, In te confidentibus, Sacrum septenarium. 10. Da virtutis meritum, Da salutis exitum, Da perenne gaudium. Amen. Alleluia. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ On October 19th, 2013, we were prompted to record this as a special request by one of the newly tonsured seminarians. Immediately after receiving their tonsure (within the Solemn Pontifical Mass with Conferral of First Clerical Tonsure), the tonsured seminarians of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary chanted this prayer of thanksgiving to the Mother of God before the altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the seminary chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul, The twelve seminarians promoted to the First Clerical Tonsure were: Mr. John William Erwin Jr., F.S.S.P. Pickerington, Ohio, USA Mr. Christopher Hattrup, F.S.S.P. Cottonwood, Idaho, USA Mr. John Killackey, F.S.S.P. Wayne, New Jersey, USA Mr. Matthew Palmer, F.S.S.P. Abergavenny, South Wales, UK Mr. Andrew Curtis, F.S.S.P. Arlington, Washington, USA Mr. Ralph Oballo, F.S.S.P. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Mr. Michael Hattrup, F.S.S.P. Cottonwood, Idaho, USA Mr. Luc Poirier, F.S.S.P. Irish Town, New Brunswick, Canada Mr. Daniel Powers, F.S.S.P. Chicago, Illinois, USA Mr. Michael Burns, F.S.S.P. Maple Hill, Kansas, USA Mr. John Streff. F.S.S.P. Salem, South Dakota, USA Mr. Daniel Alloy, F.S.S.P. Omaha, Nebraska, USA Our photos of the FSSP seminary can be viewed here: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/fssp-seminary-photos.html Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Page 932 in the Liber Usualis: Introit - Dominus dixit ad me Gradual - Tecum principium Alleluia - Dominus dixit ad me Offertory - Laetentur Holy Communion - In splendoribus Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Dedicated to Our Beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is our version of "O Magnum Mysterium". In memory of Loretta Joyce Kolody+ 4-4-50, 9-5-06, Requiescat In Pace+ English translation: O Great Mystery, and Wondrous Sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Latin text: O Magnum Mysterium, et Admirabile Sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentum in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Jesum Christum. Alleluia! Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Jesus and Mary Chapel choir, El Paso, Texas: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ This hymn is a composite of two 18th-century English translations & interpretations of the 14th-century Latin hymn "Surrexit Christus hodie". The hymn tune is called "Easter Hymn", first appearing in 1708 by an unknown composer. Lyrics: Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia! Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia! Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia! Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia! Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia! (But the pain which He endured, Alleluia! Our salvation have se-cured, Alleluia! Now above the sky He's king, Alleluia! Where the angels ever sing, Alleluia! Sing we to our God above, Alleluia! Praise eternal as His love, Alleluia! Praise Him, all ye heav’nly host, Alleluia! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel Choir http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Arranged by Pierre-Louis Dietsch from the original chanson "Nous voyons que les hommes" composed by Jacob Arcadelt for female voices. The bass part in particular is entirely Dietsch's work. Various editors have changed barlines, note lengths, and word underlay to reflect what they considered correct Latin word stress. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Men's Schola of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Polyphony, Anonymous, Saint Clara Choir-book, 18th Century; A beautiful and solemn piece, "Para Dar Luz Inmortal" is dedicated to the Mighty Patron of The Church, Saint Joseph. It tells of his unique and singular role as the foster father of the Christ Child and guardian of The Holy Family. English translation to this sublime and profound composition: To give immortal light, being the husband of Mary. R: You are Joseph, the clear day in angelic purity. You are transformed into an angel by your innocent life; since your soul is united with the Author of the servant, being so beloved of God, your fortune is immense. R. You are an archangel enlightened in the mysteries of God. Since you are the keeper of The Word Incarnate, it is not much if at your side lies the sun, the Immortal Sun. R. You are a throne as your arms received the God-Child and they came together in sweet embrace with the most tender affection. Enjoy, Joseph, the ermine of this celestial flower. R. What virginal purity is said in an “Ave Maria". R. Spanish text: Para dar luz inmortal siendo esposo de María. R.: Sois José, el claro día, en pureza angélica. Ave sois Ángel trocado por vuestra inocente vida, estando vuestra alma unida al autor de lo criado siendo de Dios tan amado inmenso es vuestro caudal. R. Sois Arcángel ilustrado en los misterios de Dios siendo el deposito vos de lo Verbo encarnado no es mucho si a vuestro lado tenéis Sol, Sol inmortal . R. Sois trono pues a Dios Niño vuestros brazos recibieron y en dulce abrazo se unieron con tiernísimo cariño gozad José del armiño d’esta flor celestial. R. Pureza tan virginal dice en un Ave Maria. R. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Haec Dies (Healey Willan) Easter hymn sung on Easter Sunday, April 20th, 2014, at St. Gianna Oratory/Holy Family Catholic Church and Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, located in Tucson, Arizona. Thanks to Mr. Eric Ramos for his kind invitation. Hymn translation: "This day, the Lord has made, rejoice, and be glad in it. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good: For His Mercy is everlasting. Alleluia, alleluia." Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; http://www.gofundme.com/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Special thanks to Schola Bellarmina for the use of these Gregorian Chant Propers, Association Sacra Musica. (Used with permission.) La Schola Bellarmina - Sacra Musica http://musique-liturgique.com https://www.musique-liturgique.com/la-schola-bellarmina/ These are Propers chanted for the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from Septuagesima to Easter (outside of Eastertide.) These Propers are in the 1962 Edition of the Liber Usualis and begin on page 970: Introit: Cogitationes Gradual: Dulcis et rectos Tract: Misericors Offertory: Improperium Holy Communion: Unus militum Watch this and other vids on our JMJ HF Productions YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVE6G4YvshrRBif5dz4vtA Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the choir of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ The liturgical Season of Advent consists of 4 weeks that immediately precede the Christmas Season. Contrary to popular belief, Christmas Day is the BEGINNING of the Christmas Season and not its end. The Advent Season is considered a penitential time, and traditionally The Church encourages the faithful to practice penance as a means of spiritually preparing for the solemnity that is to come with the birth of our Infant King. The circular wreath symbolizes eternity and the eternal Kingdom of Heaven which was ushered into our midst with the birth and incarnation of our Holy Redeemer. The use of evergreen signifies the everlasting life and salvation we all work and strive to obtain with a lively faith in Christ, fidelity to His Holy Catholic Church, and cooperation with His abundant graces. The four candles represent the four weeks/Sundays that pave our anticipation of Christmas Day. Violet is the customary color used by the Church to denote penance, atonement, and a more melancholic spiritual demeanor. The third Sunday is marked with a pink or rose-colored candle to express a jovial anticipatory excitement at being halfway through the Advent Season and ever closer to the exuberance of the birth of our Savior. To find out more about the Advent Wreath click here: https://fisheaters.com/customsadvent2.html To learn more about the Advent Season click Here: https://www.fisheaters.com/customsadvent1.html Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung by the Jesus and Mary Chapel choir, El Paso, Texas: http://jesusandmarychapel.weebly.com/ Regina Coeli "Queen of Heaven” is a Latin Marian Hymn written by Melchiorre Mauro-Cottone appropriate for the Easter Season. Latin text: Regina cæli, lætare, Alleluia: Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, Alleluia, Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia. English translation: Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia. For He Whom thou didst deserve to bear, Alleluia. Hath risen, as He said, Alleluia. Pray for us to God, Alleluia. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; http://www.gofundme.com/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ Sung in the Cristo Rey Monastery Chapel, El Paso, Texas. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo —or— To help defray the cost of making these videos possible, please consider donating on our website: http://jmjhfproductions.weebly.com/ —or— Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation 3155 David Ct. Edgewood, KY 41017 Phone: (915) 541-5853 Email: info@svfonline.org Website: http://svfonline.org/ Please indicate that donations are for support of the JMJ HF videos. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation. You will receive a receipt for your donation.

+J.M.J.+ All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallow's Day), and All Souls' Day (Oct.31st, Nov.1st, Nov.2nd) are referred to as Allhallowtide and are a time of honoring the Saints and praying for all departed souls. The term "hallow" means "holy". It is recited in The Lord's Prayer, "Our Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name" (Mt 6:9). All Hallows' Eve http://www.fisheaters.com/customstimeafterpentecost12aa.html Indulgences for the Holy Souls In Purgatory: The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory and is a privileged time to pray for them. The Church commemorates all her faithful children who have departed from this life but have not yet attained the joys of Heaven. St. Paul warns us that we must not be ignorant concerning the dead, nor sorrowful, "even as others who have no hope…the Lord Himself shall come down from heaven…and the Dead who are in Christ shall rise." The Church has always taught us to pray for those who have gone into eternity. Even in the Old Testament prayers and alms were offered for the souls of the dead by those who thought "well and religiously concerning the resurrection." It was believed that "they who had fallen asleep with godliness had great grace laid up for them" and that "it is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." We know that a defiled soul cannot enter into heaven. God, Lord of mercies, grant to the souls of your servants and handmaids, the place of refreshment, the bliss of eternal rest, and the splendor of your light. Amen From Nov.1st through Nov.8th, if we visit a cemetery in a spirit of piety and devotion, and pray, even just mentally, for the dead, we may gain a plenary indulgence for one holy soul on each day of the Octave (on the usual conditions). This special indulgence is only applicable to the dead. We can pray any of the Raccolta prayers #582-600 to accomplish this end, and especially the Dies irae sequence (Raccolta #587). Using a Traditional Missal, one can pray a number of the prayers from the Nov. 2nd Mass or Requiem Mass. In the Catholic Bible (Douay Rheims), it is ideal to pray Psalm 129 De Profundis. Also, on November 2nd we can gain a plenary indulgence for the Holy Souls by visiting a Church and piously praying for the dead, (One Our Father and Creed suffice), and fulfilling all the usual conditions for a plenary indulgence. The usual conditions for a plenary indulgence are: 1) Pray for the Pope (usually one Our Father one Hail Mary) 2) Worthily receive Holy Communion the day of the indulgence 3) Make a Sacramental Confession within a week (before or after) 4) Be free from all attachment to sin, even venial sin. A sincere and devout act of the will to this end suffices. *If we fail in the usual conditions, there is still merit in our good pious act, but usually only amounts to a partial indulgence. It should be noted that according to Traditional Church Discipline and Practice, fasting and partial abstinence are OBLIGATORY on the Vigil of Pentecost and ALL SAINTS DAY. To read more about what the Catholic Church traditionally teaches on Fasting and Abstinence, visit this website: http://www.fisheaters.com/fasting.html NOVEMBER - DEVOTION TO THE HOLY SOULS From Fr. Schouppe's book entitled Purgatory: "There is in Purgatory, as in Hell, a double pain - the pain of loss and the pain of sense. The pain of loss consists in being deprived from a time of the sight of God... It is a moral thirst which torments our soul. The pain of sense, of sensible suffering, is the same as that which we experience in our flesh." (p.32) "Speaking in general, the Doctors [of the Church] agree in saying that the pains are most excruciating. The same fire, says St. Gregory, torments the damned and purifies the elect. 'Almost all theologians', says St. Robert Bellarmine, 'teach that the reprobate and the souls in Purgatory suffer the action of the same fire.' It must be held as certain, writes the same Bellarmine, that there is no proportion between the sufferings of this life and those of Purgatory. St. Augustine declares precisely the same... They will be saved no doubt, after the trial of fire, but that trial will be terrible, that torment will be more intolerable than all the most excruciating sufferings in this world. Behold what St. Augustine says, and what St. Gregory, Venerable Bede, St. Anselm, and Bernard have said after him. St. Thomas Aquinas goes even further; he maintains that the least pain of Purgatory surpasses all the sufferings of this life, whatsoever they may be." (p.33-4) Let us, therefore, offer fervent prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Monthly Tridentine Masses are offered for all our benefactors who are also remembered in our daily prayers. Deo grátias! /Thank you! Please visit our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/bpq7mo