The Sanctuary in 1906. 2. You are truly my model in offering Holy Mass. St. Brigid of Kildare Feast Day February 1st. This humility was richly rewarded. It was fitting that the God of all purity should spring from the greatest purity. The holy old man Simeon took your Son in his arms. You did not shrink from the disgrace of being recognized as the Mother of one condemned to die a shameful death. 2. On April 3rd, the Priestly Society of St. Pius X will have the joy of celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Compassion for the first time in all our houses. From your own flesh and blood you formed the body of your Son. Balaam referred to you as a star: "The star which shall arise from Jacob." Help me to overcome the enemies of my salvation and to persevere to the end in the friendship of God. People became the poor banished children of Eve. For the first time in the public life of Jesus you appeared in the exalted character of our Advocate, a character which would be yours as long as time would last. Joseph was chosen by God the Father to take His own place, in regard to His Divine Son, during the early years of that Son's life on earth. Just as in my tenderest years I learned to love God at my mother's knee, so now I desire to learn to love my Eucharistic God, as it were, at your knee, for I firmly believe that you are the shortest and surest way to the Heart of the Eucharistic Christ. It affords Jesus the joy of rewarding you who, with Him, suffered so much for men. As you led an interior life and centered all your thoughts and life upon the Word Incarnate in your womb, so help me to lead an interior, supernatural life, always guided and directed by supernatural principles, having always supernatural intentions and performing supernatural actions. Though it was out of sheer goodness that God decreed to give us His very Son in the Blessed Sacrament, I believe that your prayers had much to do with the carrying out of that plan; for you, too, must have prayed, "Give us this day our daily bread." Your soul filled with love and sorrow, you embraced your Son now pale in death, a victim for the sins of mankind. But this prophecy did not disturb your peace of mind because your will was one with the will of God. Enlighten the beginning of my efforts, direct my progress, bring my completed work to perfection. Mary, Mother of God, your greatness began at the first instant of your existence with the privilege of your Immaculate Conception. Figures below show what proportion of half-day sessions were missed by pupils and how this compares to local and national averages. 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. Then for His sake, be our Help! Apart from your cooperation no grace descends to earth. I look to you, Mother of Mercy. Our Lady of Lourdes - Feast Day - All Saints Museum Forgetting yourself completely, you were most intimately united with God. You saw His virginal flesh torn open again when the soldiers pitilessly stripped Him of His garments. Ask Him to favor me with a ray of His brightness to enlighten the darkness of sin and ignorance in which I was born. Only when I have understood your martyrdom, will I understand the greatness of the love of Jesus for you and the intensity of your love for your Son. He forms Himself in me by supernatural principles, which He implants in my mind; by supernatural intentions and meritorious actions. You took your only Son to heart in all men born. It was fitting that you, a Virgin Mother, should conceive the Man Who was also the Son of God. The Catholic Church the Gospels, the sacraments, the Mother of Divine Grace as my advocatethese are among the special blessings with which I am favored. You love me with a love that is greater than the love of my own mother; you love me with the very love with which you love Jesus, since all your children form but one body with Him. The sacrifice of the cross began at Bethlehem. (2) You took part in this offering also by the consent which you gave to the whole plan of the Redemption, and by your union of will with that of your divine Son even to the point of His sacrifice on the cross. Mary's Feast Days August - Our Lady's Rosary Makers Mary, My Mother, I rejoice with you that you are so privileged, so exalted as to become the worthy Mother of God. "Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. You formed His feet, to search after and seek us as a Good Shepherd, His hands to heal us and to be pierced for us; and His shoulders to carry the cross. You are kind and loving for you have a mother's heart, full of pity for the erring. Though you were the Mother of the Most High, you wanted to become the nurse of Elizabeth and the infant John. Mary, My Mother, who crushed the head of the serpent, I pray for my country. 1. Three swords brought anguish to you while Jesus was yet a young child, four swords pierced your soul in His Holy Passion. Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrates 491 years Robin Bradshaw , Hearst Dec. 12, 2022 Comments This is an image of a Spanish Baroque altar located inside of the Monastery of Santo. Your heart and His burned with one flame of love to the glory of the Father there at the altar. 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. Our Lady of Consolation, Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine (Aug. 28) Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8 The Most Holy Name of Mary, Sept. 12 Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 15 Our Lady of Mercy (Our Lady of Ransom), Sept. 24 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Oct. 7 Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oct. 11 The icon is now displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, and the Russian calendar commemorates the feast of Our Lady of Vladimir on May 21. How God rewarded your humble and deep faith! 3. He is all mineand all because you gave your consent to become His Mother. Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows - September 15, 2022 - Liturgical 1. Saint Elizabeth received the Holy Spirit through your intervention, in order to teach us that we must make use of you as our Mediatrix with your Divine Son, if we wish to obtain the Holy Spirit. The Church has always taught that God has entrusted to your hands all heavenly treasures, and many of the saints assure me that you give to your clients as much of these treasures as you wish and when you wish to do so. Take my cold heart; put it into your own and inflame it with a fire of love like your own. Intense love for the Infinite God withdrew your soul from this earthly life, and caused you death. But in you they saw a soul whose sanctity surpassed that of angels and of men, a soul which would glorify God more perfectly than any other creature ever had glorified Him, or ever would glorify Him. In all humility you attributed this holiness to God alone, working wondrously within you. Though it is impossible for me to form any idea of the thoughts that flooded your mind and heart, I beg you to give me at least a spark of that fervor of divine love that burned in your soul. King Solomon described your beauty: "Thou art all fair my beloved, beautiful as the moon, brilliant as the sun.". Mary, Mother of God, how beautifully you expressed your gratitude and humility! He found joy in God, His Heavenly Father, and in the Holy Spirit, joy in all the wonderful perfections of God. She heard the voices of Archangel Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret - they are on the banner over her left shoulder! COLUMN: Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: World Day of the Sick--2/7/2021. Jesus caused the wonderful effects of grace in the soul of John the Baptist, but at the sound of your voice his sanctification was effected, and both he and his mother Elizabeth were filled with the Holy Spirit. 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. 500 days. Jesus purchased me at the cost of His own life, and you offered that life to God for me. You receive all graces through Jesus Christ, because you pray and ask for them in the Name of Jesus Christ. The Heart of Jesus was a pure Heart, symbolized by the light that St. Margaret Mary saw streaming round it. Mary, My Mother, what a truly marvelous privilege is mine! This is but a reminder that you are equally interested in providing for all your children in all their needs of soul and body. Our Lady of Compassion - Roman Catholic Parish of Willesden Green Your Heart is also a generous Heart, full of love, abounding in mercy. 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. No one ever carried out the teaching of your Son with greater exactness than you; hence His words refer to you perfectly: "Everyone therefore who hears these my words and acts upon them, shall be likened to a wise man who built his house on rock" (Matt. You knew that thousands even of His faithful followers throughout the world would turn from Him and would make His coming the occasion of their eternal ruin. 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. This feast day was approved by the Holy See in 1933 and is celebrated every October 25. 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. And now as Mother of God and Mother of men, and as Queen of Heaven and Earth, you serve as a bond between God and men. The Son takes pleasure in it as the Heart of His Mother, the source from which He drew the blood that ransomed us. This intimacy with God was the soul of your soulyour very life. 2. By consenting to His birth, you made Him King. Jesus proclaimed your motherhood from the cross by entrusting you to John and John to you when He said, "Woman behold thy sonSon, behold thy Mother.". There is no sinner so spoiled and so mired in vice that you would deny him aid. 2. It is through you that I am able to eat the Bread of Heaven even every day. 2. But all heaven rejoiced at your birth, because you were destined one day to bring the Savior into the world; you were to become God's Mother and the Queen of heaven and earth. What untold merit you must have laid up for eternity during the nine months that preceded your Nativity. Feast, September 12 (Triduum, September 9-11). God said to the serpent: "Because thou hast done this, I will place enmities between thee and the Woman, between thy seed and her Seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel" (Gen. 3.14). You knew nothing but God and His love you wished for nothing but Him and His holy will; you sought nothing but His greater honor. You called yourself the servant of Him who for thirty years would be subject to you. You exercise your queenly dominion over the minds, the hearts, the wills and even over the bodies of your subjects. Mary, My Mother, you showed your humility by striving to conceal from others the gifts you received from God. He has reconciled us to God. What a beautiful example for parents to imitate! This is a great time for us to reflect on the sorrows and the sufferings that Our Blessed Mother went through. In heaven all your subjects are crowned by the King of kings, and they pay homage to you. The feast is like an octave for the birthday of Our Lady on September 8th. The words of Simeon were then fulfilled. In our Franciscan tradition we return time and time again to the San Damiano cross - the Byzantine cross that draws its inspiration from John's . Heaven and earth shall perish before you are seen to abandon the miserable who pray to you sincerely. You brought forth Jesus, your First-born, without pain; but in giving birth to your second-born, what agony did you not have to endure? Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. St. Joan of Arc Feast Day May 30. - Our Lady of Compassion | Facebook You are a Mediatrix in union with Christ from whom your mediation draws all its power. You were charged with dispensing the supernatural life to men because this was fitting. 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. God enriched your soul with such a love above all other creatures that in you alone He found His fullest delights. Jesus is the only Mediator of justice, and by His merits He obtains for us all graces and salvation but you are the Mediatrix of grace. You are "Suppliant Omnipotence" because your prayer obtains all graces from the infinite treasures of God. You learned to read the sacred books by yourself and tried to penetrate their hidden meaning. 2. En life's dark hours you always remembered that you were God's handmaid, and you always wanted everything to be done according to His holy Will. You are Queen of the universe, not by force, but by the power of love. You saw in the cross an altar, in your Son a Priest, and in His Blood the price of our Redemption. Your blessedness was due to your unexcelled sanctity. Excerpted from Our Lady of Sorrows by Fr. Through your prayers and the prayers of your holy parents may I learn to know and love you more and ever remain your faithful child. How many afflicted hearts are consoled in you! The Son, the Eternal Wisdom of God, in choosing you for His Mother, bestowed on you a certain fullness of grace, so that as you gave Christ His human nature, Christ, in a certain sense, raised you as close to God as a mere creature can come. 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. After your Divine Son, you are God's most precious gift to man. How often do we see you restoring health to the sick who have recourse to you with childlike confidence? Jesus gave me your own dear self, His dearest possession, whom He loved so much that He, in a sense, exhausted His power to exalt you above all other creatures. You spoke in behalf of our human nature and by your consent you sealed forever the union between our human nature and the Son of God. Because of sanctifying grace infused into your soul, you were from the first moment of your existence most intimately united with God and endowed with the most precious gifts of heaven. If you had no husband, the unbelieving Jews would have stoned you as a sinner. Truly then, you are entitled to be called our Mediatrix. There were two great altars on Calvary; one in the Body of Jesus, the other in your heart; for on that mount, at the same time that your Son sacrificed His body by death, you sacrificed your soul by compassion. Mother Teresa once laid out a simple path for everyone, leading from silence to peace. Mary, Mother of God, your sorrows are not merely the sorrows of an earthly mother grieving over the death of an only child. Let me never separate my sufferings from the sufferings of Your divine Son. As Co-Redemptrix, you must finish your work by applying the grace of redemption to each individual soul, for only then the redemption is achieved. Through your powerful intercession promote the propagation of the faith. With greatest confidence in the mercy and kindness of Your Son, you left Him free to give assistance or withhold it, as He saw fit. You are the holiest of God's creatures because you are the Mother of God. Grace comes to us from Jesus and reaches us through you. How consistent with the infinite tenderness of God that His Christ, the Immortal Child, should be conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the body of a young virgin and that a virgin should bear a Child to redeem the world. Mary, My Mother, teach me ever to seek the glory of God and to render to Him what is His divine rights. But that my devotion may be pleasing to you, help me to maintain my soul and body in the spotlessness of your purity, help me to try as best I can to walk in your footsteps, humbly seeking to be like you. Mary, Mother of God, you are the mother of the Judge: you are also the Mother of the sinners. Mary, My Mother, pray that the love of God above all things and detachment from the world and its false pleasures, may also make my soul the temple of the living God. This was your spiritual Motherhood. Immaculate Virgin, you are that human being. You are, indeed, the ladder by which Christians may ascend to heaven; you are their greatest hope, and the whole ground of their hope. Let my consecration of myself to God be made under your patronage and assisted by your intercession and in union with your merits. . How often am I confused in the problems of life. Mary, Mother of God, may the perfect gift of yourself to God through love in your presentation in the temple be an inspiration to me. To you I entrust my soul for which Jesus died and I beg you to help me to save it. Mary, My Mother, to conceal the miraculous conception and birth of His Divine Son, the Eternal Father inspired Joseph to marry you before the annunciation by the archangel Gabriel. We recommend to you our hopes and our fears. The Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dec. 18The Espousals of the Virgin Mary, Jan. 23Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feb. 2Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate (Our Lady of Lourdes), Feb. 11The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 15Our Lady of Good Counsel, April 26Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, Saturday after AscensionOur Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, May 13Mary, Help of Christians, May 24Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces, May 31The Queenship of Mary, May 31Mary, Virgin Mother of Grace, June 9Our Lady of Perpetual Help, June 27Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, July 2Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary, July 17Our Lady of the Snows, Aug. 5Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners, Aug. 13The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 15The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Aug. 22Our Lady, Health of the Sick, Saturday before the last Sunday in Aug.Our Lady of Consolation, Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine (Aug. 28)Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8The Most Holy Name of Mary, Sept. 12Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 15Our Lady of Mercy (Our Lady of Ransom), Sept. 24Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Oct. 7Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oct. 11Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oct. 16Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nov. 21Mary, Mother of Divine Providence, Saturday before 3rd Sunday of Nov. Feast, December 8 (Novena, Nov. 29-Dec. 7). Since with Christ you had helped to merit all graces, it is fitting that you also should help to distribute all graces with Him. Help me to perform all my actions with youto look upon you as a model and helper. you. It died that we might never die, that It might nourish us unto eternal life. If Jesus is Our Lord, so you are Our Lady. The Divine Son gave you a mother's heart, in which, as in a sanctuary, He wished to dwell. Your slightest wish carries with it a powerful appeal. In union with you may my heart yield itself up to childlike confidence in Jesus so that the graces of His Nativity may be brought to my soul in abundance, and He may be born anew within my heart. Mary, My Mother, you were not obliged by the Law of Moses to present and ransom your firstborn Son. Alone of all the children of Adam, you were gifted with the fullness of sanctifying grace which made you the object of a very special love on the part of God. You thought only of the good you could do in Elizabeth's home. How wonderful were the workings of divine power to make you a fitting dwelling for the Redeemer of the world! You concealed even from your beloved spouse, Saint Joseph, the important fact that you were the chosen Mother of God, and you awaited God's good pleasure to reveal the great mystery to him. Mary, My Mother, as Dispenser of all graces, you make the world share in the infinite merits of the redemption. I believe that all graces, all heavenly blessings descend from Jesusas from the Headby means of youas the neckto the body of the Church. It was fitting that you receive into your holy womb the One who contained all graces. Mary, My Mother, the word which best summarizes your whole career is "Mother." When His head was crowned with thorns, another crown of thorns encircled your Heart. You were the first to offer to the Eternal Father His Divine Son as the Victim for the world's Redemption. Feast, August 22Octave of the Assumption (Novena, August 13-21) 1. Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2021 - Archbishop Gomez You have given us Christ that He may make us live of His life. How can I ever imagine the emotions of longing and most eager expectation of the Birth of the Divine Child! But as Joseph had been united to you by the ties of marriage, he approached nearer than anyone else to your eminent dignity. Though deprived of the joy of His actual presence, you were more intimately united with Him than ever through your sacrificial love, since your will was one with His. 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. Our Lady of Guadalupe - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
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