{"id":2570,"date":"2007-02-03T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2007-02-03T08:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/saturday-morning-walk-in-my-neighbourhood\/"},"modified":"2007-02-03T08:28:32","modified_gmt":"2007-02-03T08:28:32","slug":"saturday-morning-walk-in-my-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/saturday-morning-walk-in-my-neighbourhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Morning Walk and Some Liturgical Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out the front doors of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme<\/em> and down the street, through the Chinese business section and the park, to Santa Maria Maggiore<\/a><\/em>. Walked to the right of Santa Maria Maggiore<\/em> until I came to the end of the street facing the Church of Santa Susanna<\/a><\/em>. Immediately turned left to the Cistercian Church of San Bernardo alle Terme<\/a><\/em>. Visited Santa Susanna and then crossed the street to the Carmelite Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria<\/a><\/em>. Bernini’s famous Saint Teresa in Ecstasy<\/em> is over the first side altar on the left. On the way back stopped for a moment in the Redemptorist Church of Sant’Alfonso<\/a><\/em>.
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\nThis fresco of Saint Bernard adorns the facade of San Bernardo alle Terme<\/em>. Click to enlarge it. Note that Saint Bernard is carrying the image of the Holy Face suspended from the Cross and the red cloak of derison worn by Our Lord when He was crowned with thorns. The Title on the Cross is very prominent. A major fragment of the Title is preserved and venerated at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme<\/em>. The other insignia of the Passion of Christ surround Saint Bernard.
\nThe feast of the Invention (Finding) of the Title of the Most Holy Cross is celebrated at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme<\/em> on 19 January with a proper Mass and Office. The liturgy of the feast is, from beginning to end, a contemplation of Jesus, the Crucified King. How interesting that this feast of the Passion of Christ should occur within the period of Christmastide, at least as it is popularly observed in Rome! This particular feast is one of several celebrated at Santa Croce<\/em> in honour of the mysteries of the Sacred Passion.
\nIn preparation for the feast of 19 January I did some research in our Sessorian Library and found a manuscript containing the proper antiphons of the Office. I also found a 19th century printed edition of the Office of the Finding of the Title of the Most Holy Cross. The feast was originally kept on the last Sunday of January. It is described as being for the Benedictine\u2013Cistercian<\/strong> monks attached to the Sacred Sessorian Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
\nWhile much of the Office is borrowed from that of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14th, there are elements proper to the commemoration of the Title.
\nThe Capitulum<\/em><\/strong> at Vespers is taken from Colossians 2:13\u201314:
\nAnd you, when you were dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh; he hath quickened together with him, forgiving you all offences: Blotting out the handwriting of the decree<\/strong> that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he hath taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross<\/strong>.<\/em>
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\nThe Short Responsory<\/strong> is:
\nThy Title of Thy Cross * we adore, O Lord.
\nV. And we remember Thy glorious Passion.
\nR. We adore, O Lord.
\nV. Glory be to the Father.
\nThe Title of Thy Cross * we adore, O Lord.<\/em>
\nThe Magnificat I Antiphon<\/strong>:
\nThe chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate,
\n“Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’
\nbut, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews (Jn 19:21).<\/em><\/p>\n


\nThe Collect<\/strong>:
\nO Lord Jesus Christ, our King,
\nWho willed to adorn this Sacred Basilica
\nwith the Title of Thy Most Holy Cross,
\ngrant to us Thy servants, we beseech Thee,
\nthat we may so celebrate the memory of this Thy Passion,
\nas to attain to the blessed fruits of that same Passion.
\nWho livest and reignest.<\/em>
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\nInside the Church of San Bernardo alle Terme <\/em>is this magnificent painting of Saint Bernard being embraced by the Crucified Jesus.
\nThe Invitatory Antiphon<\/strong>:
\nJesus of Nazareth, our Crucified King:
\nCome, let us adore.<\/em>
\nThe Benedictus Antiphon<\/strong>:
\nMany of the Jews read this Title,
\nfor the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,
\nand it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek (Jn 19:20).<\/em>
\nThe Magnificat II Antiphon<\/strong>:
\nPilate also wrote a Title and put it on the cross;
\nit read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” (Jn 19:19).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out the front doors of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and down the street, through the Chinese business section and the park, to Santa Maria Maggiore. Walked to the right of Santa Maria Maggiore until I came to the end of the street facing the Church of Santa Susanna. Immediately turned left to the Cistercian Church <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Fs","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4556,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions\/4556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}