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Munich: St. John Nepomuk Church - Asamkirche. thereareplaces Jan 4, 2009 Munich's Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church, was built from 1733 to 1746 by the brothers …More
Munich: St. John Nepomuk Church - Asamkirche.
thereareplaces Jan 4, 2009 Munich's Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church, was built from 1733 to 1746 by the brothers Egid Quirin Asam and Cosmas Damian Asam as their private church. Due to resistance of the citizens, the brothers were forced to make the church accessible to the public, though they had taken on all the costs of building. The Asamkirche is one of the most splendid achievements of Bavarian late Baroque architecture or rococo
. It is framed by the Asamhaus (Asam House), built in 1733, on the left and the Priest's House (built in 1771) on the right. The church is in the Sendlinger Straße only a few minutes walk from the Town Hall in the centre of the City.The ornate facade tells about the deeds of St. John of Nepomuk. The ceiling of the church is decorated by magnificent paintings and gold trim, and the high altar shows the Chair of Mercy Group, with God the Father and the crucified Christ. …More
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Saint John Damascene (c.675-749), monk, theologian, Doctor of the Church
Exposition of the orthodox faith, 1 (cf. Breviary)
A Pastor's prayer to the Good Shepherd
O Christ, my God, you stooped down to me, poor straying sheep, to take me on your shoulders (Lk 15,5) and have set me down in green pastures (Ps 23[22],2). You have quenched my thirst at the springs of true doctrine …More
Commentary of the day
Saint John Damascene (c.675-749), monk, theologian, Doctor of the Church
Exposition of the orthodox faith, 1 (cf. Breviary)

A Pastor's prayer to the Good Shepherd
O Christ, my God, you stooped down to me, poor straying sheep, to take me on your shoulders (Lk 15,5) and have set me down in green pastures (Ps 23[22],2). You have quenched my thirst at the springs of true doctrine through the mediation of your pastors, whose shepherd you were before entrusting to them your flock... And now, O Lord, you have called me... to serve your disciples, by what design of your Providence I know not; only you know.

But, Lord, lighten the heavy burden of those sins of mine that have so gravely offended you; purify my mind and heart. Lead me by the right way (Ps 23[22],3) as by a light enlightening me. Enable me to proclaim your word boldly; may your Spirit's tongue of flame (Acts 2,3) give perfect freedom to my tongue and make me constantly attentive to your presence.

Be a shepherd to me, O Lord, and together with me be the shepherd of your sheep, that my heart may not cause me to swerve either to right or to left. Let your good Spirit lead me in the right way that my actions may be carried out according to your will – even to the end.
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May 16, 2011
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Reading 1
Acts 11:1-18
The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea
heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem
the circumcised believers confronted him, saying,
‘You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.”
Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying,
“I was at …More
May 16, 2011
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter

Reading 1
Acts 11:1-18

The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea
heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem
the circumcised believers confronted him, saying,
‘You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.”
Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying,
“I was at prayer in the city of Joppa
when in a trance I had a vision,
something resembling a large sheet coming down,
lowered from the sky by its four corners, and it came to me.
Looking intently into it,
I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the earth,
the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
I also heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Slaughter and eat.’
But I said, ‘Certainly not, sir,
because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
But a second time a voice from heaven answered,
‘What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.’
This happened three times,
and then everything was drawn up again into the sky.
Just then three men appeared at the house where we were,
who had been sent to me from Caesarea.
The Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating.
These six brothers also went with me,
and we entered the man’s house.
He related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, saying,
‘Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
who will speak words to you
by which you and all your household will be saved.’
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them
as it had upon us at the beginning,
and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said,
‘John baptized with water
but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us
when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I to be able to hinder God?”
When they heard this,
they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying,
“God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too.”

Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 3a) Athirst is my soul for the living God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
As the hind longs for the running waters,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
Athirst is my soul for God, the living God.
When shall I go and behold the face of God?
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Send forth your light and your fidelity;
they shall lead me on
And bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling-place.
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Then will I go in to the altar of God,
the God of my gladness and joy;
Then will I give you thanks upon the harp,
O God, my God!
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Jn 10:11-18 Gospel
Jesus said:
“I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd,
and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.
These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,
and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.
This command I have received from my Father.”
www.usccb.org/nab/051611.shtml
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Saints for May 16
44 Martyrs of Saint Saba
Abdas
Adam of Fermo
Alexander of Jerusalem
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Hubert Fournet
Annobert of Séez
Aquilinus of Isauria
Audas of Persia
Baras of Constantinople
Brendan the Navigator
Carantac
Carantoc of Ireland
Domnolus of Le Mans
Felix of Uzalis
Fidolus of Aumont
Fort of Bordeaux
Francoveus
Forannan
Gennadius of Uzalis
Germerius of Toulouse
Hilary of PaviaMore
Saints for May 16
44 Martyrs of Saint Saba
Abdas
Adam of Fermo
Alexander of Jerusalem
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Hubert Fournet
Annobert of Séez
Aquilinus of Isauria
Audas of Persia
Baras of Constantinople
Brendan the Navigator
Carantac
Carantoc of Ireland
Domnolus of Le Mans
Felix of Uzalis
Fidolus of Aumont
Fort of Bordeaux
Francoveus

Forannan
Gennadius of Uzalis
Germerius of Toulouse
Hilary of Pavia
Honorius of Amiens
John Nepomucene
Maxima of Fréjus
Michael Wozniak
Peregrine of Terni
Peregrinus of Auxerre
Petronilla of Aubeterre
Pontia of Aubeterre
Possidius of Calama
Primael of Quimper
Simon Stock
Ubaldus Baldassini
Victorian of Isauria
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Saint John Nepomuk
The patron of Silence and Floods
Born: c1354 Nepomuk in Bohemia (the Czech Republic)
Memorial Day / Feast Day: May 16th
Date of Death: Saint John Nepomuk died in A.D. 1393
Cause of Death: Martyred by drowning
Who or what is Saint John Nepomuk the patron saint of?
Saint John Nepomuk is the patron of Silence and Floods. Meanings, definition and origins - a patron is considered to …
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Saint John Nepomuk

The patron of Silence and Floods
Born: c1354 Nepomuk in Bohemia (the Czech Republic)
Memorial Day / Feast Day: May 16th
Date of Death: Saint John Nepomuk died in A.D. 1393
Cause of Death: Martyred by drowning
Who or what is Saint John Nepomuk the patron saint of?
Saint John Nepomuk is the patron of Silence and Floods. Meanings, definition and origins - a patron is considered to be a defender of a specific group of people or of a nation. There is a patron for virtually every cause, profession or special interest. Prayers are considered more likely to be answered by asking a patron for intercession on their behalf.
The Story and History of Saint John Nepomuk
The story and history of Saint John Nepomuk. He was born c1354 in the small town of Nepomuk in Bohemia (the Czech Republic) to a wealthy Christian family. He was sent to study Theology and Canon Law at the Universities of Prague and Padua. He was well connected with the wealthy nobility and in In 1393 he was made the vicar-general which brought him into close contact with royalty. The ruling monarch was the Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (aka Wenceslas) who was also the King of Bohemia (February 26, 1361 – August 16, 1419). Saint John Nepomuk became the confessor of the the fourth wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. The name of the Empress was Elizabeth of Pomerania (1347–1393). Rather than reveal the confession of the Empress, at the command of the Emperor Charles IV, he allowed himself to be cast into the river Moldau from the bridge at Prague and died by drowning on March 20, 1393.
Death of Saint John Nepomuk
There are two categories of saints: martyrs and confessors. A Christian martyr is regarded as one who is put to death for his Christian faith or convictions. Confessors are people who died natural deaths. Date of Death: Saint John Nepomuk died in A.D. 1393. Cause of Death: Martyred by drowning.
Why is Saint John Nepomuk the patron of Silence and Floods?
Why is Saint John Nepomuk is the patron of Silence and Floods? Because rather than reveal the confession of the Empress at the command of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV he allowed himself to be cast into the river Moldau from the bridge at Prague
How Saint John Nepomuk is represented in Christian Art
It is helpful to be able to recognise Saint John Nepomuk in paintings, stained glass windows, illuminated manuscripts, architecture and other forms of Christian art. The artistic representations reflect the life or death of saints, or an aspect of life with which the person is most closely associated. Saint John Nepomuk is represented in Christian Art with a padlock on his mouth, in token of silence.

Feast Day of Saint John Nepomuk
The Feast Day of Saint John Nepomuk is May 16th. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.
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The Asamkirche (officially the St-Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche) in Munich is an 18th-century Baroque and Rococo church built by the Asam brothers. The opulent interior leaves no surface undecorated. www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/munich-asamkirche History In 1729-30, sculptor and stuccoist Egid Qurin Asam bought two properties here, which he converted into a family home for himself. Soon after, he …More
The Asamkirche (officially the St-Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche) in Munich is an 18th-century Baroque and Rococo church built by the Asam brothers. The opulent interior leaves no surface undecorated. www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/munich-asamkirche History In 1729-30, sculptor and stuccoist Egid Qurin Asam bought two properties here, which he converted into a family home for himself. Soon after, he acquired a plot of land next to his house, where in 1733 he began to built a church dedicated to the newly canonized St. John Nepomuk, a 14th-century Bohemian monk who drowned in the Danube. E.Q.'s brother Cosmas Damian Asam contributed the presbytery. The church was completed in 1746. What to See The Asamkirche is a long and narrow chapel occupying a slim space between two houses. Its facade features a large statue of St. Johann Nepomuk over the door, carved with scenes from his life, as well as portrait medallions of Pope Benedict XIII and Bishop Johann Theodor of Freising. Adjoining the left side of the chapel is the house of E.Q. Asam (1733), connected by a corridor. The artist could see the high altar from one of his bedrooms. On the right is the rectory designed by E.Q. Asam and completed after his death in 1771. The tall wooden doors lead into an oval-shaped entrance hall containing Rococo confessionals decorated with symbolic figures. One confessional has winged skulls, one wrapped in a gilded snake representing sinfulness and another in a gilded laurel wreath to represent saintliness. A gilded Death also makes an appearance. The chapel's dimly lit interior, consisting of a single narrow nave, leaves no surface undecorated. Multiple frescoes are surrounded by rich red stucco by the Asam brothers and gilded woodwork. The high altar features twisted columns and a wax effigy of St. John Nepomuk in a glass sarcophagus, topped with a tabernacle by Roman Anton Boos. There is also a sculpture group of the Holy Trinity and medallions of the Asam brothers. A niche to the left of the altar contains a Virgin Mary by E.Q. Asam. Quick Facts Site Information Names: Asamkirche; St. Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany Faith: Christianity Denomination: Catholic Dedication: St. John Nepomuk Categories: Private Chapels; Churches Architecture: Rococo, Baroque Date: 1733-46 Patron(s): Egid Qurin and Cosmas Damian Asam Visitor Information Address: Sendlingerstrasse 62, Munich, Germany Coordinates: 48.135138° N, 11.569644° E (view on Google Maps) Lodging: View hotels near this location Phone: 089/23-68-79-89 Public transport: U-Bahn: Sendlinger Tor Opening hours: Daily 9am-5pm Cost: Free