Having deigned to come down to you, He wished to raise you up to Himself in order that you might enter into glory. Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day. 11, 29). Bestow on me gifts from the riches of that fullness. He renders it possible to give greater expression to His own love and mercy through your Heart. Mary, My Mother, may the faithful recitation of the Rosary help me to remember God's love for me in becoming man for my salvation. The virtue of holy prudence guides man in his choice of purposes and in the best means to attain them. But you needed the redeeming Savior to obtain this exemption, and deliverance from the universal debt of being subject to original sin. Mary, My Mother, help me to perform all my actions through youto ask through your intercession the graces I need in order to imitate you, and to go through you to Jesus. Yet no selfish thought, no bitter resentment has marred your beauty. The saints tell me that it is the foundation and guard of all virtues, since without humility a soul can possess no other virtue. You alone know how to triumph over the old serpentand to crush his head under your heel. One of your greatest delights is to lavish these treasures upon your faithful children. On the appointed day, at nightfall, accompanied by friends, he went in procession to your parents' house, to conduct you to his own home. "The altar was designed by Mr. W. J. Devlin and executed by the well-known firm of Boulton of Cheltenham. Bless our prayers and labors for the conversion of the world and support them by your powerful intercession with your Son, Jesus, that His Kingdom of Truth and Life, Holiness and Grace Justice. You saw Barabbas preferred to Jesus when the Roman governor showed the Man of Sorrows to the angry mob. I cannot advance in the path of sanctity without humility, which is the heart and soul of virtue. the seven dolors devotion approved by pope pius vii in 1815 view banner image of our lady of sorrows without the frame the feast day of the seven dolors is traditionally either the friday of passion week, which is the friday before good friday, or more generally on september 15, the official date for the feast. As the body of your Divine Son was preserved from the corruption of the grave, so you, from whom He took flesh, were also free from the power of earthly decay. I believe with the Church that from the great treasury of graces that Jesus has merited for us, nothing comes to us, by the will of God. May my faith influence my conduct. August 9: OUR LADY OF THE BURNING CLOUD (ATOM BOMB) On Thursday, August 9, 1945, a blinding flash split the sky above Nagasaki. What a sight met your tear-dimmed eyes when you beheld the body of your Son, bruised and mangled and covered with open bloody wounds. Grace comes to us from Jesus and reaches us through you. How great was your trust in God! Your willingness to suffer and to bear your cross in imitation of His own resignation to the will of God, made you especially dear to Him. Mary, Mother of God, I admire Your obedience and humility in submitting to the law of purification by presenting yourself in the temple like every other Jewish Mother, forty days after the birth of Jesus. How well your name gives expression to your position and your mission in lifeyour divine Motherhood In virtue of this privilege, you reflect as a spotless mirror the eternal Light of the Word, which is first poured into you and illuminates you. In so doing I simply imitate God who gave Himself and His Son to us through you. Though worn with sorrow, you at once took your place at the foot of the cross. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Feast, February 2 (Novena, Jan. 24-Feb. 1). How unimportant are the infirmities of the body compared to the infirmities of the soul! He already occupied Himself with the salvation of all souls, and as the hidden Ruler of the world He judged all who departed this life. Mary, My Mother, your mediation is in reality one with that of Jesus, who had seen fit to give Himself to us only through you. When you heard Jesus utter these words and saw Him bow His head and die, you died a spiritual death. Mary, My Mother, through your prayers may I be blessed with a keen understanding of the ways of God. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," says the psalmist (110, 10). I look to you for the grace of final perseverance and a happy death. You are a Model easy to imitate because you sanctified yourself in the ordinary, everyday life common to most of us by fulfilling those lowly household duties of a young woman a mother and by leading a hidden, retired life both in joy and in sorrow. The God of holiness, having come upon the earth to take away the sins of the world, chose to appear among us as a sinner. You want to give me help every time I need it. At the very beginning of His public ministry, you observed the hatred and jealousy of His enemies and the false accusations which would bring about His death. But no child ever belonged to its mother as Jesus belonged to you. Even if I have committed all possible sins, let me never lose confidence in you, for I know I shall always find your Heart filled with mercy The Son of God has His justice, but you, the Mother, have only your mercy. He overshadowed you at the Annunciation and on Pentecost He made your heart a furnace of divine love. Mother you are and that doubly in the terms of our Catholic belief: human Mother of Jesus, supernatural Mother of every Christian. Feast, Saturday before the 3rd Sunday of November (Triduum, Wednesday the 3rd Sunday of before November). September 14, 2022 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality. How much more compassionate are you now since you reign happily in Heaven? But this prophecy did not disturb your peace of mind because your will was one with the will of God. Make me Eucharist-minded to the extent that my very life may be the Eucharistin union with you, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Your example teaches me that Jesus will work miracles for persevering prayer that springs from confidence and humility. Help me to imitate your zeal in assisting my neighbor in his needs. I shall realize that God, in His infinite wisdom will make all things work together unto my good. In your motherhood you would need protection and so would the Child in His infancy. When the hands and feet of Jesus were pierced with nails, the sound of each blow of the hammer inflicted a wound in your Heart. Your heart watches over them tenderly. To the Church suffering you bring consolation, relief, deliverance, to the Church militant you offer aid, confidence, victory. Mary, Mother of God, in honoring you as Our Lady of Guadalupe, we honor you as the Immaculate Conception. The supernatural life is the life of Jesus in us through grace. Who would not love you and endeavor to imitate you, most beautiful and immaculate Mother of God? This marked the beginning of your life of suffering together with Jesus. The beloved disciple told you what he had seen in the houses of Annas and Caiphas: how Jesus had been accused as a blasphemer for stating that He was the Son of God. In the temple, you returned to Him His gift by consecrating your Child to His honor and glory. You were not to raise up children unto Godnot ordinary offspring, but a Child, the Son of God! I firmly believe that He will hear my prayer also, if this should be the Will of God. How consoling it is to know that you have these heavenly blessings at your disposal! At the same time your name brings before me your virtues, your merits, your beauty. Though you did not pay even the smallest part of our debt, you cooperated in His work by the entire union of your will with His. You were descended from the most renowned men of that nation and counted among your ancestors patriarchs prophets, leaders of the people of God and kings of the ancient law. You are Queen of the universe, not by force, but by the power of love. You became the treasurer of God's graces, the channel through which He dispenses His gifts upon earth. The dangers facing the Church and the world are grave and evil. Mary, Mother of God, I believe that the dignity, holiness and glory of Joseph rests on the fact that he was your spouse and that he was the foster father of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Head of the Church, and you are its neck. You permit Him to draw the hearts of men toward Himself and to be the object of our love and confidence. You are ever active in procuring for each and every one of us, by fervent and ceaseless intercession all the heavenly gifts we need. In presenting your only Son you present your all. Mary, My Mother, help me to take your requests at Fatima to heart. Through your hands I offer myself with Jesus during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Though you felt joy in the birth of your first-born Son, you brought us forth in sorrow at the death of that same Son. Teach me to love Him with some of the love that glowed in your own heart so that my heart may always be His pleasing temple. When the Triune God destined and elevated you, a mortal Virgin, to the dignity of Mother of the Redeemer, the Father had to endow you with a fullness of perfection suitable for such a dignity. You would be hailed by all generations as blessed above all other women because you are the Mother of God and at the same time a spotless Virgin. I am unworthy of that. Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 2. Let me find consolation and strength in your favorite devotionthe rosary. . May they consider it to be the greatest privilege bestowed upon them by God to dedicate their sons and daughters to His holy service. 2. Though you had already been assured by the angel that you were this happy Mother chosen by the Lord, you did not stop to rejoice in your exaltation. I can easily picture Saint John, the Apostle of love, saying Mass each day in his own home and daily giving you the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist. All those whose Queen you are have learnt of Jesus that they must call you Mother and ask your help. Though receiving all you obtain through Jesus Christ, because you pray and ask for it in the Name of Jesus, yet whatever graces we receive, come to us through your intercession. Mary, Mother of God, you reign in splendor for all eternity with your Divine Son. Mary, My Mother, teach me ever to seek the glory of God and to render to Him what is His divine rights. Help us that our souls may be cleansed from the stains of sin. Your eyes are the eyes of a good Mother, ever watchful to notice the need of your children, just as you looked out for the young couple at the marriage feast of Cana. This feast was suppressed with the revision of the calendar published in the Roman Missal of 1969. Through your powerful intercession promote the propagation of the faith. Led by divine inspiration to His house, you prepared yourself for your sublime dignity of Divine Motherhood in silence and solitude with God. All souls belong to you and your Son. The Sanctuary in 1906. Pray for us Christians who sigh to you in this vale of tears so that we may be comforted, enlightened, strengthened, guided, and finally saved! Let not my sinfulness and human weakness stand in the way of my receiving the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul. When God pronounced doom against the evil one, He also announced His merciful plan of saving mankind from the effects of the guilt of our first parents. Mary, My Mother, your Son Jesus came to enlighten the world with His teaching and example. Give strength and courage to those who work for the salvation of souls as apostles of our own time so that following the example of the divine Missionary, Jesus Christ, they may labor zealously for the spread of God's Kingdom. Mary, Mother of God, no stain of original sin ever defiled your pure soul. Indeed, all were awaiting your Son: the world, to gain rest and peace, the angels, to see God's plans fulfilled; the Heavenly Father Himself to behold His created Image: and all this longing was united in your heart. Your divine maternity is great also because this privilege is the reason for your other privilegesyour Immaculate Conception, miraculous virginity, fullness of grace, Assumption and the spiritual maternity of all mankind. It was an answer which had scarcely fallen from your lips, before It drew the only-begotten Son of God from the bosom of His Eternal Father, to become Man in your most pure womb! Mary, Mother of God, the instant that you gave your consent to the archangel, the Holy Spirit overshadowed you and wrought in your most chaste womb the Incarnation of the Son of God. You were borne aloft to the palace of your Beloved. 55. . 3. As Mother of God you surpass, in an immeasurable degree, all other creatures, angels and men. Feast of Our Lady of Compassion - Friday, 3 April, 2020. After the fall of our First Parents, earth which was to be paradise, was changed into a valley of tears on which the curse of God fell. Mary, Mother of God, though marriage and motherhood were the cherished ideals of every Jewish maiden, you vowed your virginity to God, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I consecrate to you my very being and my whole life: all that I have, all that I love, all that I am. You are this woman, and you are a virgin. No creature in the world has been more exalted than you, because no creature in the world has ever humbled himself more. Mary, My Mother, your divine maternity is such a sublime privilege that no creature, not even you yourself, can understand it fully. 2. December 9 marks the feast day of Saint Juan Diego and December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. You have not lost grace, as Adam lost it, but you have found it because you have desired and sought it. You love me with a Heart human like my owna Heart that can understand my sorrows and problems since you experienced all that I must bear; a Heart that can sympathize with me and befriend me in my hour of need. I can best thank Jesus for His dying bequest by striving daily to become like John in his love and imitation of you. We praise your virginity and admire your humility; but because we are poor sinners, your mercy attracts us more and we embrace it more lovingly. Make me strong in the midst of the temptations and bitterness which so often trouble my soul. The feast is like an octave for the birthday of Our Lady on September 8th. At one time when you wanted to speak with Jesus, your humility forbade you to enter the house where He was preaching until you were asked to do so. I need not see you appear, as you did to so many others. And grant that after having suffered with you and your loving Son in this life, I may be glorified with You both in His Kingdom beyond the stars. When I have pain, you are ready to comfort and strengthen me. You saw clearly the agony you would feel at the crucifixion. The last beat of His Heart was to be one with yours just as the first had been. 3. At that moment God began to have an Adorer who was infinite, and the world a Mediator who was all-powerful. September 15 | Recurring Event . This country and every country in North and South America, is born "under God," and under the mantle of Holy Mary, every nation and every person under her . There is no sinner so spoiled and so mired in vice that you would deny him aid. Mary, Mother of God, your life, like that of your Divine Son, was a daily crucifixion and martyrdom. Like you, he was of the tribe of Juda and the family of David. How I long to repeat It unceasingly so as to spread its fame, to carry that fame to every shore, to imprint it on every mind. You are above not only patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, and all the saints but even all angels. In 2017/18, the most recent full school year, 4.8% of half-day . 2. After the birth of your Divine Son, this grace grew in splendor within you as it daily united you more closely with your God. Mary, My Mother, help me to realize that the closer my union with you, the more intimate is my union with your Son. Help us to heed your message of Fatima so that by penance and prayer, especially the Rosary, we may appease the just anger of God and obtain His forgiveness and blessing. Your redemption was the very masterpiece of Christ's redeeming wisdom. The feast was placed in the Roman Missal under the title of Our Lady of Compassion in 1482, highlighting the love of Blessed Mother in suffering with her Son, Jesus. Since Jesus has given you charge of the dispensing of His graces, I know that you are most eager to use this power to help me. Mary, Mother of God, God had a purpose in wanting you and Joseph to become man and wife. I may address myself to the saints for favors of various kinds, but my prayer must always pass through your hands if it is to reach the throne of grace and draw down the divine blessing. You visited the house of Zachary to serve your cousin Elizabeth for three months. You hid your miraculous virginity under the mantle of humility. May your title of Mother of Divine Providence ever give us confidence that you will never fail us, but will provide for all we need in this present life that we may attain eternal life. Queen of the Holy Rosary, in times past, when the enemies of the Church sought to break its unity, you came to the aid of your suffering children. Teach me to desire ardently all that is pleasing to God, to seek after it prudently, to accept it truthfully and to do it perfectly, for the praise and glory of God. Feast, September 15 (Novena, September 6-14) (See the Feast of Seven Sorrows, Friday of Passion Week), Feast, September 24 (Triduum, September 21-23). Help me to love God with my whole soulso that all the faculties of my soul may be consecrated to Him, and that I may make use of them only to make Him known, loved and served. The Nativity and the Crucifixion were as one action. Your Heart is also a generous Heart, full of love, abounding in mercy. You did not shrink from the disgrace of being recognized as the Mother of one condemned to die a shameful death. Amen. Censor, IMPRIMATUR John Mark Gannon, D.D., Archbishop, Bishop of Erie. "Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call His name Jesus. Mary, Queen of the Apostles, pray for the triumph of God's Kingdom upon earth. During my whole life you continue to take care of me until Christ be formed in me. Who could tell the great joy which filled their hearts when they held you in their arms? Mary, My Mother, may the faithful recitation of my Rosary show my gratitude to Jesus for having redeemed me on the cross and for having given you to me as my spiritual Mother. You died as you had lived, entirely detached from the things of the world, you died in the most perfect peace and in the certainty of eternal glory. You are the model of all virtues. Jesus is the new Adam and you are the new Eve. At the Annunciation you received Jesus on earth; it was proper that He should receive you in Heaven. Though you prophesied that all generations would call you blessed, you attributed all holiness to God. The angels saw a soul which had never been touched by original sin. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Mother of Perpetual Help because of the graces you have at your disposal. Faith tells me that the fall of man was the effect of the malice and envy of the devil, who sought in this way to be revenged upon the Creator for having cast him out of paradise in punishment for his rebellion. You express your wishes to God, those wishes which have to do with our needsneeds of body and needs of soul. Dear St. Joseph, all the saints and angels, and especially you, my guardian angel and my chosen patron, watch over me. Make me a fervent apostle of the Eucharist. I have saved my soul.". You are truly my model in offering Holy Mass. Thus an angel appeared to Joseph and said, "Do not be afraid, Joseph, son of David, to take to thee Mary thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. May my soul always find comfort in your holy name! Jesus rewarded your confidence and resignation by working His first miracle at your request. How much I worry about my physical health! Through your prayers, may Jesus make me live of His life through sanctifying and actual grace. Turin Our Lady of Consolation, Turin This icon was presented to the city of Turin. We encourage you to bring a flower to offer Our Blessed Mary. His Holiness St. John Paul II visited her Sanctuary four times: on his first apostolic trip outside Rome as Pope in 1979, and. But that my devotion may be acceptable and my homage pleasing, let me endeavor to maintain within my soul, as much as possible the spotlessness of your purity and try to walk in your footsteps humbly and gently. Your heart was visited with seven swords of sorrow before you became the Comforter of the Afflicted and the Cause of our Joy. As the devil goes about seeking whom he may devour, you go about seeking whom you may save. You bore unspeakable sufferings and offered the life of Him who was dearer to you than your own life. Holy Cards will continue to be added as our collections align with Feast Days of the Saints in our collection. The glory of the great things that had been done in you, you attributed to God's mercy and power and love. Wicked lust, the source and occasion of sin, flowing directly from original Sill and inclining to evil, drags me along in spite of myselfalthough always voluntarilyto personal sins, sins that I know only too well are my own. Help me to receive Holy Communion frequently, at least each week, if not daily. 5, 7). The first feast of Our Lady of Silence will be celebrated on Sunday, August 1, in Avezzano, in the. Help me to be generous with God by turning to good account the graces that He ever bestows on me, and by rising promptly when I fall, with renewed confidence in His mercy. The first characteristic of humility of heart is a humble opinion of oneself. Crowds reach the entry gate to the basilica grounds for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. In your six apparitions at Fatima you made repeated demands for penance and reparation. Pray for more lay apostles, who in every walk of life will defend the rights of God, proclaim His Truth and preach His holy Will by word and example. As Christ was pleased to be comforted by an angel, so was it necessary that you should be encouraged by one. Virgin of virgins, remember me in my needs, and show yourself my Mother. Mary, Mother of God, your divine maternity places you in a very wonderful relationship with the three divine Persons. The victim had to belong to the person who offered it. In all of the mysteries of Jesus, in every part of His life, the Father always thought of you two together; together you labored to save men. The title "Our Lady of Sorrows" focuses on Mary's intense suffering during the passion and death of Christ. During this long period of concealment in your womb, you perfected His bodily faculties for our benefit. You formed His Body in order that it might be given us in death and in the Blessed Sacrament. 67, 36). Your Heart is pure and spotless because sanctified beyond all other hearts by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, making it worthy to be the dwelling-place of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus ascended to Heaven by His own power as Lord and Creator, accompanied by angels who paid Him homage. You were dressed in your finest clothes and surrounded by your friends as you joined the procession by the light of lamps and the sound of music. Provide for our needs of soul and of body. Through your prayers may they and their children honor God by a virtuous life so as to be worthy of a heavenly reward. Yet more powerfully still than even your exalted merits does the Precious Blood render God merciful to the sinner, for all comes to us through the Passion and death of Christ, your Son. Give me the same virtues in my state of lifea will inflamed with the desire that God's Will be done and a mind steeped in the knowledge of what that Will is. Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found, not taken, grace, as Lucifer tried to take it. How often has mortal sin, destroying in me the beautiful image of the Blessed Trinity, brought death to my soul, delivered me to God's wrath and condemned me to everlasting hell-fire! How courageously you united the oblation of your own suffering and grief with the offering of Jesus, thus proving yourself worthy not only to share but also to be one with Him in the redemption of souls. This doctrine was received in the early Church and handed down by the Fathers who praised you with extraordinary titles and most important writings. You died of no infirmity. I earnestly want to be filled with the dispositions in which you expected the coming of the Savior and thus prepare myself for His coming into my soul by faith and divine charity, as well as for His coming at the hour of my death and judgment.
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