Today is the feast of the Holy Rosary of Our Blessed Lady...

Which is the later re-presentation or re-framing of course of the feast of Our Lady Victorious and Giver of Victories: memories are so short! 

Festum beátæ Maríæ Vírginis a Rosário; itémque sanctæ Maríæ de Victória commemorátio, quam sanctus Pius Quintus, Póntifex Máximus, ob insígnem victóriam a Christiánis bello naváli, eiúsdem sanctíssimæ Dei Genitrícis auxílio, hac ipsa die de Turcis reportátam, quotánnis fíeri instítuit.

A cloudy morning, partly cloudy, partly foggy, and then a few hours of sunlight in the later afteroon; this is the ordinary progress of the day here and in this season. A certain coven of mages, unknown to me, was prophesying yesterday 'very warm weather this weekend', which will have made them at least for a couple of days congenial to those who require Sun and heat for their recreations. 

Lovely Dawn, long bands of pink and mauve horizontally stretched along the horizon, the horizon at tree-top level anyway, in spite of my earlier nonsense about cloudiness although there is still some of that, and fogginess, although there is still some of that settling in places, indeed, at the moment, great masses of it, for an hour or so: I have to go out for a walk because I've become too cold sitting here reading; 50 degrees F. 

Heinrich Isaac's setting of Gaudeamus omnes doesn't use the text for the feast of the Holy Rosary but for Our Lady's Assumption. The tenor sings, Virgo prudentissima, quo progrederis quasi aurora valde rutilans, filia Syon, tota formosa et suavis es, pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol: Wisest and most prudent Virgin, who come forth bright shining as the Dawn, thou Daughter of Sion, all beautiful and sweetest, lovely as the Moon, elect as the Sun. 

Of course, since at Saint-Eugène Sunday saw the celebration of the 'external solemnity' of the feast, I'm not sure what this morning will bring. Since it is the First Friday of the month, my guess is that the Mass will be Cogitationes cordis eius, of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord (since Masses earlier in the day will have been of the feast), with commemorations of the feast and of Pope Saint Mark. But nagging at the back of my mind is the vague memory that they schedule First Friday Masses earlier in the day that the 1000 I'm looking forward to; perhaps that is First Saturday ones... in any case, 1000 it is, looking at the YouTube page. 

M. Durodié is celebrating the Mass Gaudeamus omnes with the commemoration of Pope Saint Mark. And Dr Ratovondrahety is at the organ.

Introitus. Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes sub honóre beátæ Maríæ Vírginis: de cujus sollemnitáte gaudent Angeli et colláudant Fílium Dei. Ps. 44, 2. Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego ópera mea Regi. V. Glória Patri. 

Collecta. Deus, cujus Unigénitus per vitam, mortem et resurrectiónem suam nobis salútis ætérnæ prǽmia comparávit: concéde, quǽsumus; ut, hæc mystéria sacratíssimo beátæ Maríæ Vírginis Rosário recoléntes, et imitémur, quod cóntinent, et quod promíttunt, assequámur. Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum.

Léctio libri Sapiéntiæ. Prov. 8, 22-24 et 32-35. Dóminus possédit me in inítio viárum suárum, ántequam quidquam fáceret a princípio. Ab ætérno ordináta sum et ex antíquis, ántequam terra fíeret. Nondum erant abýssi, et ego jam concépta eram. Nunc ergo, fílii, audíte me: Beáti, qui custódiunt vias meas. Audíte disciplínam, et estóte sapiéntes, et nolíte abjícere eam. Beátus  homo, qui audit me et qui vígilat ad fores meas cotídie. et obsérvat ad postes óstii mei. Qui me invénerit, invéniet vitam et háuriet salútem a Dómino. 

Graduale. Ps. 44,5,11 et 12. Propter veritátem et mansuetúdinem et justítiam, et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua. V. Audi, fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: quia concupívit Rex spéciem tuam. 

Allelúja, allelúja. V. Sollémnitas gloriósæ Vírginis Maríæ ex sémine Abrahæ, ortæ de tribu Juda, clara ex stirpe David. Allelúja. 

+ Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam. Luc. 1, 26-38. In illo témpore: Missus est Angelus Gábriel a Deo in civitátem Galilǽæ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Joseph, de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María. Et ingréssus Angelus ad eam, dixit: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus. Quæ cum audísset, turbáta est in sermóne ejus: et cogitábat, qualis esset ista salutátio. Et ait Angelus ei: Ne tímeas, María, invenísti enim grátiam apud Deum: ecce, concípies in útero et páries fílium, et vocábis nomen ejus Jesum. Hic erit magnus, et Fílius Altíssimi vocábitur, et dabit illi Dóminus Deus sedem David, patris ejus: et regnábit in domo Jacob in ætérnum, et regni ejus non erit finis. Dixit autem María ad Angelum: Quómodo fiet istud, quóniam virum non cognósco? Et respóndens Angelus, dixit ei: Spíritus Sanctus supervéniet in te, et virtus Altíssimi obumbrábit tibi. Ideóque et quod nascétur ex te Sanctum, vocábitur Fílius Dei. Et ecce, Elisabeth, cognáta tua, et ipsa concépit fílium in senectúte sua: et hic mensis sextus est illi, quæ vocátur stérilis: quia non erit impossíbile apud Deum omne verbum. Dixit autem María: Ecce ancílla Dómini, fiat mihi secúndum verbum tuum. 

Offertorium. Eccli. 24, 25; 39, 17. In me grátia omnis viæ et veritátis, in me omnis spes vitæ et virtútis: ego quasi rosa plantáta super rivos aquárum fructificávi. 

Secreta. Fac nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, his munéribus offeréndis conveniénter aptári: et per sacratíssimi Rosárii mystéria sic vitam, passiónem et glóriam Unigéniti tui recólere; ut ejus digni promissiónibus efficiámur: Qui tecum. 

Communio. Eccli. 39, 19. Floréte, flores, quasi lílium, et date odórem, et frondéte in grátiam, collaudáte cánticum, et benedícite Dóminum in opéribus suis. 

Postcommunio. Sacratíssimæ Genetrícis tuæ, cujus Rosárium celebrámus, quǽsumus, Dómine, précibus adjuvémur: ut et mysteriórum, quæ cólimus, virtus percipiátur; et sacramentórum, quæ súmpsimus, obtineátur efféctus: Qui vivis. 

The Moon is a splendid orange (there must be a word for 'darker orange'; where are my 141 Crayola crayons, I wonder-- however many are in that largest container) and melon in a clear sky ahead of Sunday's plenitude. Burnt orange, umber... those are the only two color names beyond orange that I can drag up.

One can buy a box of 152 crayons but it includes an entire range of crayons 'with glitter', an abomination, and I suspect that they have reformed and updated their selection of colors: there certainly was no Asparagus or Banana Mania or Wild Blue Yonder when I was a child, tsk, and indeed I vaguely remember that there was a parental outcry about this nasty innovation, years ago (they have managed to infantilize even children). I wonder if I can buy a greater range of colors in pencil; indeed, Faber-Castell advertises 120 colors in their largest set of pencils but I doubt I want to spend $170 to explore my interest in the shades of color of the Moon.  

A football game is taking place at Sheldon High School, northeast toward the nearby shopping plaza where 'my local' supermarket is. Sheldon is a 'Lane County powerhouse', I believe I've read in the newspaper.  

Found this list of colors, the 100 in the top of the line Caran d'Ache box. I believe I'm in love: Burnt Ochre, Primrose, Grey Bismuth, Bleu de Nîmes. I don't dare to look at the number of colors in oils available although I reckon one blends them together one's self.

White, Silver Grey, Steel Grey, Black, Olive Yellow, Green Ochre, Orange, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Brown Ochre, Olive Brown, Apricot, Cassel Earth, Permanent Red, Russet, Burnt Sienna, Scarlet, Burnt Ochre, Ultramarine Pink, Violet Grey, Light Aubergine, Manganese Violet, Violet, Violet Brown, Prussian Blue, Light Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue, Turquoise Blue, Malachite Green, Light Malachite Green, Cobalt Green, Ice Blue, Beryl Blue, Grass Green, Moss Green, Lemon Yellow, Primrose, Purplish Red, Sepia, Spring Green, Slate Grey, Payne's Grey 30%, Payne's Grey 60%, Payne's Grey, Raw Umber, Anthraquinoid Pink, Perylene Brown, Crimson Alizarin Hue, Crimson Aubergine, Ultramarine Violet, Middle Cobalt Blue Hue, Light Cobalt Blue, Genuine Cobalt Blue, Dark English Green, Olive Brown 10%, Olive Brown 50%, Dark Sap Green, Grey Blue, Buff Titanium, French Grey 10%, French Grey 30%, French Grey, Bismuth Yellow, Golden Bismuth Yellow, Naples Ochre, Brown Ochre 10%, Brown Ochre 50%, Raw Umber 10%, Raw Umber 50%, Cornelian, Burnt Sienna 10%, Burnt Sienna 50%, Burnt Ochre 10%, Burnt Ochre 50%, Sepia 10%, Sepia 50%, Terracotta, Raw Russet, Herculanum Red, Hibiscus Pink, Quinacridone Purple, Bleu de Nimes, Ultramarine, Chromium Oxide Green, Medium Cadmium Yellow Hue, Indian Yellow, Dark Cadmium Orange Hue, Butternut, Carmine Lake, Anthraquinone Carmine, Pink White, Violet Pink, Dark Indigo, Indanthrone Blue, Chrysocolla Blue, Middle Verdigris, Dark Phthalocyanine Green, Warm Earth 5%, Warm Earth 40%, Warm Earth 70%.

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