All the tsars were crowned and patriarchs installed in the presence of this image, up until the revolution. we celebrated the feast of the Triumph of the Cross. I look to you, Mother of Mercy. I am in need of forgiveness of sin, of strength in temptation. Since I sincerely love you, I want to follow your example; this is the greatest honor I can pay you. 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. Feast, October 16 (Triduum, October 13-15). Jesus could give meafter the gift of Himselfnothing more precious than you. There you stood bravely, your eyes fastened on your Divine Son. Your example teaches me that Jesus will work miracles for persevering prayer that springs from confidence and humility. It commemorates the profound union of heart that existed between the Mother of the Redeemer and the Savior, through which she experienced many interior sorrows as a consequence of His Mission, but particularly during His Passion and Death. R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord! Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Sorrows Lawain McNeil Sep 15, 2022 Lady of Sorrows from a triptych by the Master of the Stauffenberg Altarpiece, Alsace, c. 1455. He preserved you from original sin and the sway of the devil; He filled you with grace. R. (1b) Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord! I am the vine, you are the branches" (John 15, 4). You were the instrument used by your Son. With your own eyes you saw Him brought first to Pilate, then to Herod and then again to Pilate. May I be found worthy of your frequent visits with Jesus to my heart in this life and of the invitation to come and live with You both for all eternity in heaven. God has created nature and all the wondrous functions of the human body. The virtue of holy prudence guides man in his choice of purposes and in the best means to attain them. 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. Never were you guilty of the least fault; never did you offer the least resistance to grace. Before you were crowned Queen of Heaven you became the Mother of Sorrows. Mary, My Mother, through your divine maternity you procure for the three divine Persons a new and singular glory. I also believe that grace is a free gift of God, and I have no claim to it except as a member of His holy Church, which is the mystical body of Christ. Such a stain would have reflected upon your Son, who is Holiness itself. You were the first to offer to the Eternal Father His Divine Son as the Victim for the world's Redemption. Mary, Mother of God, God spoke of you as the Woman who would crush the serpent's head. It was in your arms that he found the Savior, to remind me that he who desires to find Jesus, will not find Him otherwise than through you. All rights reserved. Mary, My Mother, the word which best summarizes your whole career is "Mother." He can and does suspend the laws of nature for those who have faith in His goodness and entreat Him in fervent prayer. Figures below show what proportion of half-day sessions were missed by pupils and how this compares to local and national averages. Because you were to be the Mother of God, original sin, which like all Eve's daughters you should have contracted, could not touch you. Mary, Mother of God, since you are the Mother of Jesus Christ, you are the Mother of Grace as well. Sanctifying grace likened you to God as it did no other pure creature. The Father crowned you by making you a sharer in His power, the Son by making you partaker of His wisdom; the Holy Spirit, by making you partaker of His love. Mary, My Mother, your first presentation to God, made by the hands of your parents, was an offering most acceptable in His sight. You are the Queen of your Son's kingdom. 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. Shrine Pilgrimage. After the most holy and adorable Name of Jesus, there is no name more glorious and more powerful than yours. Jesus rewarded your confidence and resignation by working His first miracle at your request. Prophets foretold the coming of the Savior and the manner in which the Redemption would take place. Mary, My Mother, yours is a queenship of conquest. Through your prayers may they and their children honor God by a virtuous life so as to be worthy of a heavenly reward. 2. 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. For the first time after four thousand years God in His Wisdom and power and love, created again a human being in that state in which He had created our first parents. God, having once given us Jesus Christ by you, Holy Virgin, does not change His way of blessing us with His gifts. As Mother, it is your mission to preserve your children from sin and to make them live the supernatural life. If I put my trust in you, I shall be saved. We recommend to you our hopes and our fears. We take a look at the story behind the indigenous peasant who came across the Patron of the Americas, and how he fought for her message to be heard. Following their example and striving to attain to their faith, joining in their admiration, in their intense pleading, I, a poor sinner, who am so in need of help and pity, in need of your mercy, cry out to you: Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us . The last beat of His Heart was to be one with yours just as the first had been. Joseph, so humble, so pure, so loving respected your consecration to God, and he was willing to live with you a life of spotless virginity. As formerly the shepherds and the magi found Jesus close to you, so now may all sinners, unbelievers and pagans find Jesus through you, His Mother. The early Christians, all lovers of the Eucharist, who visited you frequently during your hidden life of adoration, must have taken away with them the spirit of your Eucharistic devotion. Obtain for me the grace of true conversion. 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. Feast, August 22Octave of the Assumption (Novena, August 13-21) 1. 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. You are indeed all-powerful in Heaven, but your omnipotence is not one of authority and command, but of intercession. Mary, My Mother, your little life held a mystery immeasurably deeper than that of any other human life, since no mind could measure the distance that lay between the chosen Maiden who was not only the servant of the Lord but also His true Mother, and the rest of mankind who were His servants and no more. For if I have any ability, any worth or goodness, the glory is not mine, but God's. If unfortunately I should lose this life by sin, you can bring me back to supernatural life. They apply these words of Scripture to you: "He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord" (Prov. When you learned from the angel that your cousin Elizabeth was with child and needed your help, you set out to care for her. I am your merciful mother, the merciful mother of all of you who live united in . 1. I need not see you appear, as you did to so many others. You are God's purest and holiest creature, the one chosen to conceive and bear the Son of God. It was your exclusive privilege to be Christ's Mother according to the flesh. What merits did not your perfect immolation gain! 1. Mary, My Mother, you were to complete the offering of your Son, which you had begun on the day of His presentation in the temple. And when Jesus instituted this Holy Sacrament, He surely thought especially of you. Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 2. Feast, Saturday before the 3rd Sunday of November (Triduum, Wednesday the 3rd Sunday of before November). You know all our needsneeds of body and needs of soulinfinitely better than a mother. They beheld the dwelling place prepared for the Son of God. Mary, My Mother, I am happy to be your child. How earnestly you invite me to come and partake of this Bread of Life. . You share so entirely in His Passion that, if it had been possible, you would gladly have borne all the torments your Son bore. You were declared to be the spiritual "Mother of all the living." You received from the Adorable Trinity the crown and sceptre, which made you Queen of all the angels and saints and the all-powerful Mediatrix between God and men. You became a victim and holocaust to the divine will, the Queen of Martyrs, the most perfect imitator of the Victim of Calvary. You brought Him into the world that He might be King, according to the words of the archangel: "And of His kingdom there shall be no end." He is the Master of His creation. Jesus invites me to do so, for He said, "Take my yoke upon youMy yoke is easy and My burden light" (Matt. Though the designs of God were unknown to you, you, nevertheless, detached your heart from the world in order to give all your love to God. All those whose Queen you are have learnt of Jesus that they must call you Mother and ask your help. 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. As your prayer brought about His birth as the Sun of Justice, so also your request decided His rise and shining in His public life. The Divine Son gave you a mother's heart, in which, as in a sanctuary, He wished to dwell. 1. Protect me from the snares of the world, the flesh and the devil. 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. No one has found or received such grace as you. Prayer was the soul of your preparation, and the Apostles were inspired by your example. You are this woman, and you are a virgin. The name Our Lady of Mercy is very dear to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. 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! Mary, My Mother, your birth was awaited as the near sign of the deliverance of the human race. You had a share in that work; it was part of your life-work. Through your all powerful prayers, obtain for me not only God's forgiveness, but also the grace to amend my life and to save my soul. 1. You did not have to wait until the end of time for the resurrection of your body. She heard the voices of Archangel Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret - they are on the banner over her left shoulder! Help me to imitate your fullness of grace by receiving Holy Communion frequently, where I shall obtain the sanctifying grace that will make my soul holy and pleasing to God, more like your own, and where I shall obtain the actual graces I need to practise virtue and to walk in your footsteps. You lovingly served her till you saw her happily delivered of the child of promise with which God had blessed her. God freed His future messenger from original sin and enriched him with grace. 2. I need virtues, especially charity and humility and purity. A blessed feast of OUR LADY of the MIRACULOUS MEDAL to you. By granting them these graces you have performed a work of the apostolate. But you are a creature so holy and so perfect that you are superior to all other creatures. I breathe the name of one who is virgin and mother, Mother of God and Mother of men, my Mother. Jesus, your First-born, was brought forth in joy at Bethlehem, but His brethren, your spiritual children, were brought forth in anguish of spirit at the foot of the cross. What untold merit you must have laid up for eternity during the nine months that preceded your Nativity. 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. Mary, My Mother, the beloved disciple, St. John, tells us that "a great sign appeared in heaven: "a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Apoc. 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. This is truly your spirit, as you expressed it at the Visitation: "Behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed: because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name" (Luke 1, 48). But your love for God was even greater. May each pain and disappointment of my life become a perfect act of love of God because I offer all to God through your immaculate hands. The victim had to belong to the person who offered it. You obtained that grace for me. Place your gentle motherly hands on those wounds of my soul and grant that through the grace of the Sacraments and prayer they may be healed. Mary, My Mother, how kindly you provided for the needs of this newly-married couple! Help us that our souls may be cleansed from the stains of sin. I want to love you with all my heart that I may in some way merit that you love me in return. A Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows on her feast day, September 15: O most holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and death of your divine Son, look upon me with eyes of compassion, and awaken in my heart a tender . Jesus had delivered Himself in His Passion to the will of His Father, and before His sacrifice for sinners could be perfect, He had to be forsaken by that Father. Your protection never ceases, your intercession brings hope and life. 2. Only then can I really love you as you desirewhen Jesus is formed in me so that I can love you as Jesus does. I am happy at the thought that you, a human creature, have escaped completely from the clutches of Satan, that born of a race universally tainted, you are more pure and more brilliant than the most sublime of the angels; and that you are my Mother. Preserve their faith, assailed at every hour by the forces opposed to Christ. I believe that all graces and heavenly favors flow to the Mystical Body of Christ as from the Head, but you are the channel, through which, by God's will, all graces come to humanity. I believe that all graces, all heavenly blessings descend from Jesusas from the Headby means of youas the neckto the body of the Church. The first characteristic of humility of heart is a humble opinion of oneself. You have such a desire to save sinners that you look for them in order to help them. For that reason you were conceived by your mother, Saint Anne, without even the shadow of sin. On the calendar, the feast day is after that of the Exaltation of the Cross. I want to take devotion to you seriously. You could also hold your own celebration of Our Lady by inviting friends and family to your home for a traditional Mexican meal. You heard the mob, led by the chief priests clamoring for His crucifixion. He works in my soul by His grace. We do not attribute to you the power of producing supernatural grace, even though you are the Mother of God, for this power belongs to God alone. The Apostles, who had abandoned their Master informed you of your Son's betrayal by Judas and of His brutal capture after His agony. You were the only one who was exempt from the universal curse that had fallen on the whole human race. It was fitting that you, a Virgin Mother, should conceive the Man Who was also the Son of God. May your name be the last sound that escapes my lips upon this earth and the first I breathe in heaven. 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. 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. From your own flesh and blood you formed the body of your Son. Your fear arose entirely from your humility, which was disturbed at the sound of praises so far exceeding your own lowly estimate of yourself. Your Heart was also a suffering Heart. Your heart watches over them tenderly. Although He might have wrought our salvation alone, without inviting you to share in His work, He did not choose to do so. Only thus could you become one with Your God in the salvation of souls. Thanks to you, the grace and the sanctifying gifts of the Holy Spirit are scattered abroad over the Church and its members. When Jesus said, "Woman, behold thy sonBehold thy Mother," He gave you to me to be my Mother for all Christians form one body with Christ, and Saint John represented them all beneath the cross. I promise to devote myself wholeheartedly to the spreading of devotion to your Immaculate Heart so that the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart may come and He may reign with you in my heart and in the hearts of all men. Francis Possenti was born in Assisi. Isaias called you a Virgin; "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and His name shall be Emmanuel." Make me a fervent apostle of the Eucharist. Feast, September 12 (Triduum, September 9-11). "And, therefore, the Holy One to be born shall be called the Son of God." As I gaze upon youthe ideal of perfection and sanctity, may a similar longing for God and complete dedication of myself to Him awaken in my soul. 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. The words of the prophet are applied to you: "O all you that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be sorrow like unto my sorrow.". I cannot for a moment suspect, all good and all powerful as you are, that you are unwilling to implore for me the graces which I need so much and above all. 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 angel said to you, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women" (Luke 1 28). 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. Having deigned to come down to you, He wished to raise you up to Himself in order that you might enter into glory. As breathing is not only a sign but even a cause of life, so your name, which is constantly found on the lips of your servants, both proves that they are spiritually alive, and at the same time causes and preserves their life, and gives them every help in their needs. But when I say "Mary," in an instant you are there before me and I feel in my heart a stirring of joy and comfort. The prayers of the saints avail only in a limited way. OUR LADY OF SORROWS Feast day- September 15, 2022. You called yourself the servant of Him who for thirty years would be subject to you. He ordered most perfectly His whole creation, for He is the true fountain and highest source of light and wisdom. You are the Mediatrix of our peace with God and the Giver of heavenly graces. At the marriage feast of Cana you asked your Son to perform a miracle for the distressed bride and groom. You saw His virginal flesh torn open again when the soldiers pitilessly stripped Him of His garments. Therefore, no one could ever love me more, after Christ, than you do. 2. You were charged with dispensing the supernatural life to men because this was fitting. What a divine impression Jesus left upon you, His Mother! Mary, My Mother, I wish to recall this triumph and to share in your greatness and glory. Who can describe the anguish of your generous soul when with your Divine Babe in your arms you were willing to sign His death warrant with your own hands? Mary, My Mother, your Son Jesus came to enlighten the world with His teaching and example. Teach me to answer such love with childlike confidence. You were never under the power of the serpent, whose head you crushed in giving a Redeemer to the world. I give you my heart by the gift of a tender and childlike love, because you are my Mother and you love me more than my own mother could ever think of loving me. In your humility you wished to serve others rather than to be served. To you then we owe the salvation which Jesus brought to us. As the surest refuge for a child is the heart of its mother, so your Immaculate Heart is my refuge. The words of Simeon were then fulfilled. 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. Since with Christ you had helped to merit all graces, it is fitting that you also should help to distribute all graces with Him. He is all mineand all because you gave your consent to become His Mother. Our Lady of Compassion Our Lady of Compassion (Nuestra Senora de la Piedad) The convent of Our Lady of La Piedad dates back to the year 1595. I fix my gaze on that star and wish never to turn from it. I believe, according to the inspired teaching of St. Paul, that there is but one Mediator between God and manyour Son Jesus. All that God could give, He bestowed on you. May your holy marriage be an inspiration to Christian husbands and wives so that they may always live in sincere love and peace and be obedient to the commandments of God.
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