1. I give you my will by an absolute confidence in you, a confidence founded on your power and your goodness. You heard the mob, led by the chief priests clamoring for His crucifixion. 2. I share in this joy. Your holiness was not the result of the privilege of your Immaculate Conception and sanctifying grace alone, but it followed from your gift of yourself to God and your constant cooperation with His graces. Truly, you are "light-giving" because you have given us Jesus, the Light of the World. Like you let me realize my own nothingness. Each event of the sorrowful drama of His sufferings was a sword that pierced your motherly heart. Evening Prayer to Our Blessed Mother 1. I look to you for the grace of final perseverance and a happy death. Infirmities of the body, patiently endured, may become the occasion of great merit. You took your only Son to heart in all men born. But your love for God was even greater. 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. 1. On the appointed day, at nightfall, accompanied by friends, he went in procession to your parents' house, to conduct you to his own home. 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. You receive all graces through Jesus Christ, because you pray and ask for them in the Name of Jesus Christ. We obtain everything for our peace of soul in time and eternity from the Father through the Heart of Jesus and everything from Jesus through your Heart. Mary, Mother of God, in your own lifetime you showed that you are truly our Mother of Perpetual Help. Mary, Mother of God, in the Kingdom of Heaven you are continually employed in deeds of kindness and mercy, therefore you are truly the Mother of Divine Providence. Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Catholics & Cultures Your birth was represented beforehand by many figures, announced by prophets, desired for many ages by the human race. This miraculous defeat broke the back . Later in the public life of Jesus, you sought no attention. 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). More than 130 years ago, Mercy Home was first established as the Mission of Our Lady of Mercy. When the Holy Spirit descended, you received the richest outpouring of His graces. 2. Feast, August 22Octave of the Assumption (Novena, August 13-21) 1. Mary, Mother of God, the offering of Jesus was presented by your virginal hands. Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. By consenting to His birth, you made Him King. Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrates 491 years 3. Thus He clearly revealed that in His kingdom you were to be the dispenser of His riches. In consecrating your virginity to God, you had given up all hope of becoming the Mother of the Messias because you considered yourself unworthy of the highest honor of the divine maternity. Manila Archdiocese Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula will preside over the grand fiesta mass at 12 noon Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, in solemn commemoration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the principal patroness of the Philippines, Mexico, and the Americas, and the protector of the unborn. Mary, My Mother, when my heart is oppressed with guilt and fear, let me look to you. 1. Concheros dance in devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe You are a human creature, but free from even the slightest sin or guilt, and absolutely pure by reason of the singular excellence of your nature. Your birth was a miracle of the power of God because both of your parents were far advanced in years. GLADE PARK, Colorado (Catholic Online) - The feast dedicated to "Our Lady of the Rosary" was instituted by Pope Pius V. It was to commemorate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571. Feast Days of Mary January 1Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God *January 8Our Lady of Prompt SuccorFebruary 2Presentation of the LordFebruary 11Our Lady of LourdesMarch 25AnnunciationMay 13Our Lady of FatimaMay 31VisitationJune 27Our Mother of Perpetual HelpJuly 16Our Lady of Mount CarmelAugust 15Assumption *August 22Queenship of MarySeptember 8Birth of . You were trained there with other girls, under the care of holy women, and with deepest reverence you assisted at the sacred functions. But Jesus was constantly sanctifying you, His loving Mother, transforming you ever more and more into Himself by wondrous graces of knowledge of the mystery of the Incarnation, and by graces of love which united you to Him. 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? This is a great time for us to reflect on the sorrows and the sufferings that Our Blessed Mother went through. You bore your sorrows bravely because you received them from God's hands. Through prayer may grace fill my soul with the life of God and transform me into a living image of Jesus, just as you were. Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady of Good Counsel, I appeal to you for advice and guidance. Your own extraordinary grace and merit, your own wondrous privileges give to your prayer an irresistible force and power. Grant that we all may heed your warning, for only through penance and reparation can we blot out sin and the insult it afflicts on God. After Jesus, no one suffered as you did. He made His taking of the role of Mediator dependent on your consent, and it was your motherly care, shown toward Him through life, which made Him ready for the sacrifice that reconciled the world to God. You showed singular prudence during your life. Francis Possenti was born in Assisi. When you became the Mother of Jesus according to the flesh, you became the Mother of men according to the spirit. . Not only were you full of grace, but you also bore the Author of grace. Feasts of Our Lady Throughout the Year January MONTH of the HOLY NAME 1. God has willed that by your intercession we should obtain the graces Jesus has merited for us. In your motherhood you would need protection and so would the Child in His infancy. Everyday, somewhere in the world, local, regional or universal feast of Our Lady is celebrated. 3. All the sorrows of Mary (the prophecy of Simeon, the three days' loss, etc.) Jesus rewarded your confidence and resignation by working His first miracle at your request. You are called the Mother of Mercy because God has given you power to deal with every sort of misery to which mankind is subjected. You are not only the Mother of the guilty but also Mother of Jesus, their Judge. When you agreed to the proposal made to you by the Angel, you gave Jesus to us by your own free act. We beg you for a burning charity for God to imitate the works of Christ. we celebrated the feast of the Triumph of the Cross. How many souls have still to be brought under the rule of Christ the King! But we do find you standing beneath the cross on Calvary, when your Son was derided and mocked. You rule in heaven and on earth. Teach me to bear my cross patiently in imitation of Jesus and you so that in this way I may prove how much I really love you. Mary, Mother of God, as Refuge of sinners, you will never turn away those who have recourse to your compassion. You are a Mediatrix because since your Assumption, with Christ you obtain all graces for men. Each Communion is a mystery of your love for us and a grace which you obtain and bestow on us. It affords Jesus the joy of rewarding you who, with Him, suffered so much for men. You are the throne of divine mercy in whom we find solace of mercy. They observed the Law of God most diligently and spent their days in prayer and in works of mercy. Through the sacraments, prayer and good deeds, I can make my own the merit of the atonement of Jesus. At the same time you had to offer the most intense human suffering, in union with the Passion of your Son. 1. You were the instrument used by your Son. Apart from your cooperation no grace descends to earth. Since I sincerely love you, I want to follow your example; this is the greatest honor I can pay you. How generously you offered Jesus, your dearest treasure, as a Victim to the justice of His offended Father! He forms Himself in me by supernatural principles, which He implants in my mind; by supernatural intentions and meritorious actions. 3. One of your greatest delights is to lavish these treasures upon your faithful children. Note: This prayer was approved and enriched with an indulgence of five hundred days by Pope Pius X at all audience held on August 18, 1908, and was included in the official edition of approved indulgenced prayers (1950). You are the Mother of mercy and kindness not only to the just, but also to the despairing sinners so that no sooner do you see them coming to you and seeking your help, than you aid them; you welcome them and obtain their pardon from your Son. You are our Mediatrix with our Mediator. Thus my soul in sanctifying grace is always, in a spiritual manner, like your womba sanctuary of the living God! 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. Having deigned to come down to you, He wished to raise you up to Himself in order that you might enter into glory. Your sincere love made you hasten to be of service. This thought wonderfully strengthens my confidence in you, Help of Christians. 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. Feasts of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary - New Advent Mary, My Mother, I rejoice with the Blessed Trinity on your birthday because you were to take part in the Incarnation and Redemption of the world, I rejoice with all mankind because you became the Mother of our Redeemer. This love for you was the source of great joy in the hearts of the saints. 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. 3. Help me to esteem the light of my reason as a sharing in the divine wisdom, especially when I try to follow the teaching of the Gospel. What untold merit you must have laid up for eternity during the nine months that preceded your Nativity. You are all-merciful that you may obtain for me pardon and mercy. He follows up in my heart also the aim that brought Him into your wombHe wishes to be born in me, to grow, rule, and reveal Himself. To you I give my body, my heart and my soul. God inflamed no other heart, after that of the Heart of His Son, with His love so much as yours. 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. Mary, My Mother, How perfectly you have followed the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and acted on divine wisdom! 3. You formed His Heart, to love us, and His Precious Blood, to shed for us and to be given to us for our drink. Our Lady of Guadalupe | Loyola Press He took to Himself our human flesh and became man in order that He might give Himself up for us to the death of the cross. Help me to strive to imitate your wonderful charity by aiding those who are in need, by sympathizing with those who are afflicted, by opening my heart and applying my hands to relieve every form of distress. In your humility you wished to serve others rather than to be served. The gift that God conferred upon you when He chose you to be the Mother of His Divine Son, and the grace that was in proportion to that gift, are beyond the understanding of men and even angels. Your sorrow would be as deep as the sea. Mary, My Mother, help me to imitate your sinlessness by keeping my soul free from every willful sin by the faithful observance of God's commandments. 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. What a divine impression Jesus left upon you, His Mother! Sanctify them first, so that they may then more effectively sanctify others. 3. I shall realize that God, in His infinite wisdom will make all things work together unto my good. Mary, My Mother, your intercession is all-powerful. How humble you were! May your name be the last sound that escapes my lips upon this earth and the first I breathe in heaven. Through love you consecrated yourself with all your powers to God as the highest form of beauty and goodness. But all graces come through you. God, having once given us Jesus Christ by you, Holy Virgin, does not change His way of blessing us with His gifts. He wanted the strengthening of the faith of His disciples and the manifestation of His Divinity to depend upon your prayers. As Mother of the Son of God, you are associated with the Father in the generation of His Son. He is your child and you are His Mother. When your cousin Saint Elizabeth greeted you as blessed among women, you answered, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior because he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaid" (Luke 1, 46). You are certainly the refuge of sinners, but you wish what your Son wishes. 3. To you we owe the life of grace, without which there is no escape from the death of sin. To you I entrust the preparation of my soul for the coming of my Savior on Christmas Day. 2. 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. I find faith in its light, hope in its help. Dec. 12: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE MASS PRAYERS AND PROPER READINGS. You could not of yourself provide the protection and training the Child needed. Here there was a sacrifice, and Jesus was the Victim. There before the tabernacle you relived in memory all the happy and sorrowful events of your life with Jesus. While no gift is bestowed on us by God except in virtue of the Passion and death of your divine Son, the Precious Blood and the sacred wounds of Jesus are presented to God by you. Mary, My Mother, you stand in the presence of your Son, interceding for sinners. You obtain graces for us even without our asking you for them. To become the Mother of God meant for you a knowledge of and a share in the Passion of Christ that would plunge you into the depths of a sea of lonely desolation. We encourage you to bring a flower to offer Our Blessed Mary. We celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15th. You are God's purest and holiest creature, the one chosen to conceive and bear the Son of God. 1. Mary, My Mother, all the saints have prayed to you for help: the prophets, the evangelists, the apostles, the martyrs, the confessors, the heroic virgins and chaste widows. God is infinite good; sin, horrible evil. I see you offering Him to the heavenly Father in the temple for our salvation. It was so when you gave your consent to the divine plan of the Redemption. How great must have been that longing! Our Lady of Guadalupe - December 12 - Catholic News Agency Prayer was the soul of your preparation, and the Apostles were inspired by your example. How many frail hearts are strengthened by you! He is Son of man by His birth, in time, in the bosom of a woman. Confidence fills my soul, for you were raised to this glory not for your own advantage only, but for that of your children also, in order to make us feel the effects of your powerful protection and intercession. This is why you were greeted by the angel in the words, "Hail, full of grace." I believe the teaching of the Church concerning the union of the human and divine natures in Christ: that Jesus Christ is God and man, perfect God and perfect man and that this divinity and humanity are united in only one person so that the actions of the divine nature or the human nature are the actions of one person, the divine Person. Teach me to understand that personal consecration to you does not mean only to place myself under your special protection, but rather to live for God in union with you by avoiding every sin and practising virtue. I give you my love by consecrating myself entirely to you, in joy and in sorrow, by complete abandonment to the divine will. It has been reproduced many times in copies and in book illustrations. Mary, Mother of God, how wonderful was your own interior life as you carried the Son of God in your womb and awaited His coming! I rejoice with you in the happiness which filled your heart because of such love. Mary, Mother of God, I believe that divine grace is absolutely necessary for the performing of any act that is meritorious for eternal life. The angels saw a soul which had never been touched by original sin. 1. 2. I desire to place under your protection all my efforts in my striving for holiness and all the works of my daily life. The glory of the great things that had been done in you, you attributed to God's mercy and power and love. 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. 3. Mary, Mother of God, because of your influence in obtaining helpful remedies against spiritual and bodily maladies, the Church calls you the "Health of the Sick." At the mention of it, the angels rejoice and the devils tremble; through the invocation of your name, sinners obtain grace and pardon. In His infancy Jesus depended upon your loving care, and in death when He was abandoned by all, even by His Father, He still had your heart. It was a life of concealment, and yet Jesus is infinite, the light of the angels and of the whole world. You are the loving daughter of the Father, because, before all creatures, you were predestined to be His daughter at the same moment that He decreed the Incarnation of His Son. I believe that all graces, all heavenly blessings descend from Jesusas from the Headby means of youas the neckto the body of the Church. 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. In that instant the Word of God became forever united to humanity; the human soul of Jesus Christ, produced from nothing, began to enjoy God and to know all things past, present, and to come. He was pleased to help others for your sake. The divine light, received from Him, led you deeper into the mystery of the Redemption and its effects in the past and in the future. I am the vine, you are the branches" (John 15, 4). The Holy Spirit dwells in you as in a temple. Mary, Mother of God, you are the mother of the Judge: you are also the Mother of the sinners. Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 2. The presentation of the Child Jesus in the temple was like the Offertory, for you offered to the Heavenly Father this "material" for the sacrificethe body and blood of your little Son. Many parishes, in addition to having a special feast day Mass, also host a reception or party in honor of the day. Mary, Mother of God, you are our spiritual Mother. Mary, Mother of God, in honoring you as Our Lady of Guadalupe, we honor you as the Immaculate Conception. 1. Do not forsake me sweet Mother of Sorrows, because you are my spiritual Mother. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Virgin most pure because you are the Immaculate Conception. Thus you will be for me not only the Health of the Sick but also the Gate of Heaven. Latest news Portuguese bishops announce steps to end sexual abuse in the Church I have been especially blessed as a Catholic, for God has given me graces which He has not given to everyone else. Let me fear such sickness of soul as avarice, lust, luxury, ambition, hatred, angerbecause, unless these are cured, they may bring about the eternal death of my soul. The Supreme God rested and worked in you. 11th February: Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick After your example, I desire to be known to God and unknown to men, to possess God and to be forgotten by creatures. If at any time you had been without Divine grace even for the shortest moment, there would not have come between you and the serpent that everlasting enmity spoken of by God. The Heart of Jesus was a pure Heart, symbolized by the light that St. Margaret Mary saw streaming round it. I consecrate to you my very being and my whole life: all that I have, all that I love, all that I am. 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. I can never fully understand the depth of those sorrows that filled your heart as you begot us to the spiritual life, while standing by the cross on Calvary. Therefore, no one could ever love me more, after Christ, than you do. Your power and motherly care not only embrace spiritual miseries but also extend to the ills of the body. 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. You are far more than an instrument of God's mercy towards us. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Mother of Perpetual Help because of the graces you have at your disposal. Mary, My Mother, you were never without grace. As in Heaven the Divine Word is like the Father, so on earth the Son, according to the flesh, is like you His Mother. Feast, February 2 (Novena, Jan. 24-Feb. 1). Mary, Mother of God, sincere devotion to you is a sign of perseverance in doing good till death. Joachim was of the royal house of David, and Anne of the priestly family of Aaron. Satan is more humiliated at seeing himself under the heel of the lowliest of creatures than at feeling himself crushed by God's almighty arm. So, as daughter of Adam you submitted to the sentence passed in the garden of Eden. Crowds reach the entry gate to the basilica grounds for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. God bless. All that I am or have. Protect, guard, and keep them in holy fear, in peace, and in harmony of Christian charity. Though you did not know the meaning of the archangel's inspired words, you serenely submitted to the will of God. With her you loved to sing the psalms and canticles of the inspired authors of your nation. For that reason you were conceived by your mother, Saint Anne, without even the shadow of sin. But by the greater light you possessed for recognizing the infinite greatness and goodness of God, you recognized also your own littleness, and, therefore, you humbled yourself more than all others: you ever had before your eyes the majesty of God against your nothingness as His creature. From your own flesh and blood you formed the body of your Son. 3. The divine maternity explains everything in you; without this maternity nothing in you can be explained. Teach me the real kind of ambition, that is, greatness in God's eyes. Our Lady of Vladimir - Roman Catholic Saints 2. You are kind and loving for you have a mother's heart, full of pity for the erring. Not for this reason alone did He love you. Neither your long absence from home, nor the inconvenience of a difficult and dangerous journey to the mountain country kept you from making this mission of love. Her name, feast day, location of her monastery, and attributes are those of the Celtic Goddess Brigit. If you had part in the work of the Redemption, then you also had part in all those graces which were prepared for us in view of the merits of Jesus for our salutation. 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. Feast Days of Mary | Marians of the Immaculate Conception Mary, Mother of God, I believe that the most sublime of your privileges is your divine maternity. Then, through your compassion be pleased to send down to us, your poor servants, a rich abundance of your graces and blessing. 1. Yet these three have become for us a principle of life. ", Feast, November 21 (Novena, November 12-20). It was indeed a divine life that Jesus led in Your womb, a life most active, and yet one of unbroken calm. Since you have had such an intimate share in my redemption, I entrust my soul to your loving care. Your soul filled with love and sorrow, you embraced your Son now pale in death, a victim for the sins of mankind. By His almighty power He would form the body of the Savior of the world, and the Divine Son would unite it to Himself forever. 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. From you was derived the Precious Blood which was shed upon the cross for our salvation and the adorable Body which, after having been made the price of our Redemption, has become the food of our souls in the Holy Eucharist. You commanded Him and He obeyed. Mary, Mother of God, how great was the honor given to you at the Annunciation! No one ever belonged to Jesus as completely as you, for you are His Mother. Eve was unbelieving and disobedient; you were believing and obedient. 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. It is to you, after God, that we are indebted for our spiritual life, the life of the children of God. Since suffering is the measure and the very law of love, I cannot imagine the greatness of your love for us, your children. Mary, Mother of God, your apparition at Guadalupe teaches me that devotion to you is a source of great graces. 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, if it is true that in the task of redemption you cooperated with Him in everything, in His joys and sorrows, in His winning our salvation then it is also true that you do the same in the dispensing of all the graces, material and spiritual, necessary for our salvation. 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. August 9: OUR LADY OF THE BURNING CLOUD (ATOM BOMB) On Thursday, August 9, 1945, a blinding flash split the sky above Nagasaki. 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. Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found, not taken, grace, as Lucifer tried to take it. And I did this, not under the sudden influence of passion, but deliberately with full knowledge of the act, of its horrible malice in the sight of God and of the terrible consequences in which it involved me. 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. Help me to perform all my actions in youto be entirely dependent upon you, taking your point of view, doing all things as you did them for God's honor and glory. I consecrate myself entirely to your Immaculate Heart. Even when I disappoint you by doing my best to shake off the cross God has placed upon my shoulders, you pray for me. Such gifts assure us the everlasting indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, together with the Father and the Son, and that endless life which is its blessed fruit. A blessed feast of OUR LADY of the MIRACULOUS MEDAL to you. I want to turn to you in all my pressing needs and difficulties as to a most sure refuge, imploring the help of your protection, choosing you as my advocate, whole-heartedly entrusting my cause to you who are the Consoler of the Afflicted. Great must have been the childlike reverence and respect with which you watched over your every action and which preserved you from ever displeasing the Divine Wisdom. Augustine.). No one is saved, except through you, no one comes to life, except through you. This Feast day is kept by various religious orders in the Church. The Holy Spirit, who in virtue of your Son's merits lived in you, made you a living image of Jesus. You have entered into the highest state of power and glory in Heaven in order that you may help us in our journey through so many dangers to the kingdom of Heaven. You are ever active in procuring for each and every one of us, by fervent and ceaseless intercession all the heavenly gifts we need. You are to be our guide toward the haven of salvation. Help me to perform all my actions with youto look upon you as a model and helper. 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.
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