tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68296774999193882302024-03-29T00:47:34.123-04:00Il RegnoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3458125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-68545920803145200262024-03-29T00:46:00.002-04:002024-03-29T00:46:42.932-04:00Celebrating Giovedì Santo (Holy Thursday) at the Shrine Church of the Holy Innocents in ManhattanAfter Mass, the altar was stripped to remind us how Our Lord was insulted and stripped of his garments when he fell into the hands of the JewsSolemn Mass of the Lord's Supper and Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight at the Shrine Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City.After Mass, the Eucharist is processed to the Altar of Repose,which symbolizes the sepulcher or tomb of Our LordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-51725481207425855322024-03-29T00:02:00.001-04:002024-03-29T00:02:00.120-04:00Venerdì Santo (Good Friday)Ecce Homo"Father forgive them for they know not what they do."On behalf of everyone at Il Regno, I want to wish all of our readers a blessed Good Friday. In commemoration, I’m posting a Good Friday Prayer. The accompanying photo of Ecce Homo ("Behold the man") by Antonello da Messina (Sicilian, c. 1425–1479) was taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Good Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-74633725495710385832024-03-29T00:01:00.002-04:002024-03-29T00:01:00.134-04:00Feast of San Bertoldo di CalabriaSan Bertoldo di Calabria, ora pro nobisMarch 29th is the feast of St. Berthold of Calabria, 12th-century French crusader, mystic, hermit, ascetic, founder and first prior general of the Carmelite Order. While defending Antioch from the Saracens, he had a vision of angels carrying his fallen brethren to heaven. After the siege, he established a small hermit colony in Palestine and built a chapel Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-77275388421953751752024-03-29T00:00:00.006-04:002024-03-29T00:00:00.394-04:00Easter Tuesday at St. Mary of Mt. Virgin in New Brunswick, New JerseyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-90695588775783741802024-03-28T00:04:00.001-04:002024-03-28T00:04:00.147-04:00HM Charles of BourbonCarlo di Borbone, Re di Napolie di Sicilia (1716-1788)Reprinted from Western Exile @westernexileBorn the heir to thrones lost in war, when he became a man he set forth, for duty to his father, lineage and country, to reclaim the kingdoms of his ancestors in Italy, venturing well beyond comfort to do so. Finding and forging his courage across victorious battlefields of the Peninsula, he Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-29102047760202573932024-03-28T00:02:00.001-04:002024-03-28T00:02:00.145-04:00Giovedì Santo (Holy Thursday)Holy Thursday is the memorial of Christ’s Last Supper, when He established the Sacrament of Holy Communion and the institution of the priesthood. In celebration, I'm posting a prayer for Holy Thursday. The accompanying photos of sepolcri (lavureddi in Sicilian), potted wheat sprouts divested of their color, were taken in a friend’s basement. Traditionally in Southern Italy, people would grow Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-27227931030799693672024-03-28T00:01:00.015-04:002024-03-28T00:01:00.149-04:00Remembering Princess Cristina Pia of the Two Sicilies24 December 1869 – 28 March 1870In memory of Princess Maria Cristina Pia Anna Isabella Natalia Elisa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, daughter of SG King Francesco II and Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies, we pray for the happy repose of her soul.Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-30060506895351898332024-03-28T00:01:00.013-04:002024-03-28T00:01:00.150-04:00Feast of San Giovanni da Capestrano
San Giovanni da Capestrano, ora pro nobis
March 28th is the Feast of San Giovanni da Capestrano, Franciscan friar and priest. Patron Saint of military chaplains and jurists, he is also the protector of Capestrano, a commune in the Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo), where he was born in 1386.
San Giovanni is revered as the "soldier saint" for his role in the valiant defense of Belgrade Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-66907142404336275042024-03-28T00:00:00.002-04:002024-03-28T00:00:00.150-04:00Charla-coloquio «¿Qué es un círculo tradicionalista?» el 31 de marzoCírculo Tradicionalista San Rafael ArcángelCon la presencia del antiguo Jefe Nacional de las Juventudes Tradicionalistas, Víctor Javier Ibáñez, a las seis de la tarde (D.m.) del Domingo de Resurrección. Los interesados pueden llamar al número de teléfono 655 865 257.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-76701190877889344402024-03-27T00:02:00.001-04:002024-03-27T00:02:00.126-04:00Feast of the Madonna dei Bagni
Madonna dei Bagni, ora pro nobis
Holy, or spy, Wednesday is the Feast of the Madonna dei Bagni, one of the so-called "Seven Sisters of Campania,” an appellation given to the region's major Marian devotions under different titles. Patroness of Scafati, Salerno, she gets the title Our Lady of the Baths from a fountain and spring renowned for their healing properties, especially for skin Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-58753750226052805182024-03-27T00:01:00.016-04:002024-03-27T09:41:56.610-04:00Remembering Charles III, Duke of Parma14 January 1823 – 27 March 1854In memory of Carlo III di Borbone, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, we pray for the happy repose of his soul. While out for a stroll on Sunday 26 March 1854, the Duke was mortally wounded by an assassin’s blade and died at 5:30 PM the following evening on 27 March.Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-37119791586015711572024-03-27T00:00:00.001-04:002024-03-27T00:00:00.390-04:00Easter Sunday at Our Lady of Peace Church in Brooklyn, New YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-44181850958946892432024-03-26T00:03:00.001-04:002024-03-26T00:03:00.141-04:00Celebrating Palm Sunday and Monthly Lecture by Dr. John C. RaoThe High Altar and shrine to the MadonnaAddolorata at Our Lady of Peace ChurchPalm Sunday, we celebrated Traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Blessing and distributing the palm before the church procession, Mass was sung by Fr. Christopher Cullen.I bought a copy of The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro by FernandoPessoa and Wlliam Blake at the Huntington by Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-78596829417098958622024-03-26T00:02:00.001-04:002024-03-26T00:02:00.130-04:00Ponderable Quote from Iamdudum Cernimus (1861)Bl. Pope Pius IX, ora pro nobisAllocution of the Supreme Pontiff Pope Pius IXFor a long time, we have seen, Venerable Brothers, what a miserable conflict civil society is agitated by, especially in these unhappy times of ours, due to the war raging between truth and error, virtue and vice, light and darkness. In fact, some on the one hand support some maxims of, as they call it, modern Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-80655839904882284182024-03-26T00:01:00.001-04:002024-03-26T00:01:00.149-04:00Photo of the Week: Terracotta Hydria Depicting the Abduction of Persephone by HadesTerracotta hydria (water jar) depicting the abduction of Persephoneby Hades. Greek, Apulian, red figure, ca. 340-330 B.C. Found atCanosa, Puglia before 1878. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYCPhoto by New York ScugnizzoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-38995533925718625752024-03-26T00:00:00.003-04:002024-03-26T00:00:00.130-04:00Lingue, patrimonio culturale e mass media: il caso del NapoletanoIn NapoliUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-84460538747936156022024-03-25T00:05:00.015-04:002024-03-25T16:10:13.626-04:00Next Enrollment Window to Help Convert Your Loved Oneswww.margaretofcortona.orgUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-54009521687351820892024-03-25T00:03:00.001-04:002024-03-25T00:03:00.124-04:00Feast of the Madonna di Picciano
Madonna di Picciano, ora pro nobis
March 25th is the Feast of the Madonna di Picciano and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, protectress of the Santuario della Madonna overlooking the nearby hamlet of Picciano in Matera. Once guarded by the Knights Templar and later the Knights of Malta, the ancient sanctuary continues to draw pilgrims attracted to the miraculous image of the BlessedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-79446175691477588562024-03-25T00:02:00.006-04:002024-03-25T00:02:00.139-04:00Novena to Santa Fara (Burgundofara)Santa Fara, Ora pro nobisPray Novena to Santa Fara for nine consecutive days, March 25th to April 2nd, in preparation for the Feast on April 3rd. Evviva Santa Fara!Glorious Saint St. Fara, beloved Patron, you served God in humility and confidence on earth. Now you enjoy His beatific vision in heaven. You persevered till death and gained the crown of eternal life. Remember now the dangers, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-30677595472803635792024-03-25T00:01:00.005-04:002024-03-25T00:01:00.124-04:00Infant Jesus of Prague ChapletO Infant Jesus, Whose truth enlightens thedarkness of our heart, have mercy on usOn the 25th of every month, devotees of the Divine Infancy should pray the Chaplet of the Infant Jesus of Prague, which includes three Our Fathers and twelve Hail Marys in celebration of the Holy Family and the first twelve years of Our Lord’s childhood. The Chaplet was composed by Venerable Sister Marguerite ParigotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-8399366621664156612024-03-25T00:00:00.002-04:002024-03-25T00:00:00.178-04:00Sacred Triduum Anno Domini 2024 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Shrine in East Harlem, New YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-90729184627583712272024-03-24T00:03:00.003-04:002024-03-24T06:48:14.859-04:00Feast of the Pupazze
Photos of the Pupazze courtesy of Made in South Italy Today
Every year on Palm Sunday (Domenica delle Palme) in Bova Superiore, a scenic commune in the Province of Reggio Calabria, the locals celebrate the Messiah’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem with a unique ritual known as the Feast of the Pupazze.On Palm Sunday, as the name suggests, it is traditional for devotees to weave palm Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-79980547192436618772024-03-24T00:02:00.004-04:002024-03-24T00:02:00.120-04:00Feast of San Gabriele ArcangeloSan Gabriele Arcangelo, ora pro nobisMarch 24th is the Feast of San Gabriele Arcangelo, the exalted messenger of God. He is the patron saint of postmen, diplomats, messengers and telecommunication workers. In celebration, I’m posting a Prayer to Archangel Gabriel. The accompanying photo of The Annunciation by Luca Giordano was taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-54297610520106298652024-03-24T00:01:00.002-04:002024-03-24T00:01:00.125-04:00Feast of Sant’Aldemaro da Capua
The Abbey of Monte Cassino
March 24th is the Feast Day of Sant’Aldemaro il Saggio (St. Aldemar the Wise), Abbot and miracle worker. Born in Capua, as a young boy he was sent to the Abbey of Monte Cassino, where he became a Benedictine monk. Renowned for his wisdom and holiness, he was appointed rector of the Monastery of San Lorenzo di Capua, which was founded by the Lombard Princess Aloara (dUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829677499919388230.post-56116051832366063892024-03-24T00:00:00.001-04:002024-03-24T00:00:00.237-04:00Solemn Candlelight Good Friday Procession in Brooklyn, New YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com