In your humility you gladly suffered contempt with Jesus. 3.
Our Lady of Sorrows - Wikipedia Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, I see you in Bethlehem lovingly pressing to your heart your Child, your God, the future Eucharistic Christ. Everything about Mary was fashioned by . Eve listened to the voice of the serpent and brought death to the human race, you became a source of salvation to all mankind by receiving with humility the word of God brought to you by the angel Gabriel. Within your humble home in the little town of Nazareth, the Holy Spirit willed to perform a miracle that was the masterpiece of infinite powerthe Incarnation of the Son of God. Mother Teresa once laid out a simple path for everyone, leading from silence to peace. Thus in consenting to the Incarnation, you cooperated directly in the redemption of the world, for the Incarnation was the first step in the work of our salvation. How great was your trust in God! I can only faintly imagine with what tenderness the Eternal Father received you, His loving daughter the Divine Son, His chosen Mother; and the Holy Spirit, His immaculate Bride. With no tendency to evil, but with a deep yearning for the highest virtue, you glorified God more than all His other creatures. Hundreds of dancers, many in feathered headdresses and indigenous-style costume, dance vigorously for hours during the days leading up to the feast, and on the December 12 feast itself, in the vast plaza in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Collected by the web master from various calendars; if you have a Feast that I missed, please let me know, so I can include it. Your fullness of grace brought you to a most intimate union with the Author of grace. It also means unlimited confidence in your motherly intercession if I should have the misfortune of straying from Jesus by sin. Censor, IMPRIMATUR John Mark Gannon, D.D., Archbishop, Bishop of Erie. 3. In heaven all your subjects are crowned by the King of kings, and they pay homage to you.
Our Lady of Sorrows: Compassion Unlimited - Indian Catholic Matters . 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. I have been especially blessed as a Catholic, for God has given me graces which He has not given to everyone else. The cross is the measure of God's love for us and the sum total of our love for God. Therefore, with childlike confidence I appeal to your motherly Heart for help. Each time Jesus becomes present in the hands of the priest, the Life given to us by the words of consecration comes originally from. Your union with Joseph was ordained in the designs of God for the education of Jesus. Mary, Mother of God, you are more truly our Mother than any other mother by the way in which you have given us life. You shared more in this wisdom than did any other creature, because you approached nearer to the Source from which it cameJesus, the Eternal Wisdom. You are pure and sinless. Mary, Mother of God, make my interior life of union with Jesus more like your own. Feast, Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine (Aug. 28) (Triduum, Wednesday nearest the feast of St. Your soul filled with love and sorrow, you embraced your Son now pale in death, a victim for the sins of mankind. You willingly became the Mother of Jesus when you answered the message of the Archangel Gabriel with the words "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word" (Luke 36, 38). Then for His sake, be our Help! 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. I find faith in its light, hope in its help. There is nothing you want more than to give them to me, since you are even more anxious to save my soul than I am, for you know better than anyone else the price your Son has paid for it and the precious worth of each grace He so graciously offers to me through you. 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. Mary, My Mother, give me a rich share in the graces merited for me by your Son. Also, watch over all those who suffer in body or soul. Mary, My Mother, who crushed the head of the serpent, I pray for my country. You hid your miraculous virginity under the mantle of humility. Indeed, I will suffer with joy if I realize that Christ is suffering with me and in me and that He sends me the cross only to trace His image in my soul by uniting me closely with Himself. 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. King Solomon described your beauty: "Thou art all fair my beloved, beautiful as the moon, brilliant as the sun.". The Nativity and the Crucifixion were as one action. Surely the Son cannot refuse her who gave Him birth, the one who never denied Him anything. The Son takes pleasure in it as the Heart of His Mother, the source from which He drew the blood that ransomed us. Mary, Mother of God, by your offering you sacrificed your own heart. 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. Since you had your place beside Jesus when there was question of ransoming us and meriting for us all the graces necessary for our salvation, you must in like manner have your place beside Him now, when there is question of securing for us by your prayers in heaven the graces prepared for us in view of the merits of Christ. The early writers of the Church already speak of you as a second Eve, who fulfilled in the restoration of mankind a role closely corresponding to that of Eve in the ruin of our race. Give me charity like yours, which recognized in every human being a brother or sister in Jesus Christ, to be treated with respect and tenderness and to be aided according to the measure of my power. The feast is like an octave for the birthday of Our Lady on September 8th.
Feasts of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary - New Advent Filled with grief, you saw how the disciples removed the nails from the Redeemer's hands and feet, extracted the thorns from His head, and took Him down from the cross. You were in the judgment-hall and heard it ring with lies. But we, too, by our union with Jesus, and by the power of His grace, will also be united with Him in His victory over the devil. This gift of Your Heart entitles you to be called the Mother of the Holy Eucharist. HAPPY FEAST DAY! The sacrifice of the cross began at Bethlehem. The husband whom God has destined for you was a man of faith of character, of purity, "a just man." It is still . Help me to receive Holy Communion frequently, at least each week, if not daily. We ask you to procure for us, by your prayers the great grace of final perseverance so that those who are joined to honor you in the kingdom of your Son on earth may be together always in heaven. Mary, My Mother, yours is a queenship of conquest. If a single soul in the state of grace by far excels in beauty all other earthly beauty, what beauty must you possess, Virgin most pure, who surpassed in holiness all other souls in the state of grace! A woman, the tree, and death symbolize our defeat. 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. 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. The Gospel speaks of you as standing beneath the cross. You had a Heart of love from which in the course of time was to be formed the Sacred Heart of the loving Christ. Those dangers are to be found in the principles and activities of Communism, the present day Anti-Christ, which tries to penetrate every walk of life, every class of society. Mary, Mother of God, God spoke of you as the Woman who would crush the serpent's head. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Mediatrix of All Graces. From the first instant of your existence your mind was filled by the supernatural light of faith and your soul with love of God. Mary, My Mother, in your womb, the sanctuary of the living God, Jesus was occupied with the sanctification and government of the world. All-powerful though He is, God could not bestow upon a creature a degree of honor higher than that conferred on you as the Mother of His Son. 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. 1. Help me to cling tightly to Jesus and to you. You would have shown your grief as mothers do by sobs and tears. Jesus did this in union with you. You are the first apostle of your children not only because you are the most perfect of mothers, but especially because you are our spiritual Mother. Evening Prayer to Our Blessed Mother 1. Never did you yield to the least imperfection, let alone sin. Mary, Mother of God, your sorrows are not merely the sorrows of an earthly mother grieving over the death of an only child. It is through your prayers that God inspires me to receive It and grants me the grace to receive It worthily. After the prophecy of Simeon, the Scriptures mention that "His father and mother" were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him. For vain joys or small profits people sacrifice much. Obtain for me the grace to love God with my whole heartso that all the love my heart is capable of may be consecrated to Him, and all other affection subordinated to the love I owe God. You will be inspired by the overflow of love for Our Lady. Mary, Mother of God, since the United States was dedicated to your Immaculate Conception, be pleased to take our country under your special protection and grant that, guided by justice and nurtured by charity, it may serve God faithfully and be blessed with peace and prosperity. You were the only one who was exempt from the universal curse that had fallen on the whole human race. How often I do not know where to turn. The Expectation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast, December 18 (Triduum, December 15-17 or until Christmas). In every struggle l am sure to find in you both help and consolation because you are the Mediatrix between sinners and your Divine Son. Mary, My Mother, since it is the will of God that we should obtain all through you, teach me to turn to you in all my needs. I plead for these sinners and I beg you to help them to break their chains, to shake off their human respect, to hope in the mercy of your Son. And for our sake, you were ready to devote this Child to a life of suffering, persecution, and scorn, even to a shameful death on the cross. It was your exclusive privilege to be Christ's Mother according to the flesh. You heard Simeon's words as if they had been spoken to you by God Himself, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be contradicted. Mary, Mother of God, you are our spiritual Mother. Because I am arrogant, it makes me rebel against God's law, the law forbidding me that abuse of liberty which insults Him. There you stood bravely, your eyes fastened on your Divine Son. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High."
Proclaim the Good News 1. 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. I unite myself with your heart so that everything I have to do or suffer may become a pure sacrifice of love in the sight of God. You will obtain for me grace to be faithful to God during the rest of my life. But you are not the adoptive Mother of the Son of God; you are His real Mother. Blessed Mother, teach me humility. In that moment the mystery of love and mercy, promised to mankind thousands of years earlier foretold by so many prophets, desired by so many saints, was accomplished upon earth.
Mother Mary - Our Lady of Compassion If to live of the Eucharist and by the Eucharist was the very special spirit of the early Church"And they continued steadfastly in the communion of the breaking of the bread" (Acts 2, 42)it must have been the summary of your last years on earth. Mary, My Mother, you did acknowledge having received greater graces from God than had any other creature, for a humble heart always acknowledges the special favors of God that it may humble itself the more. You were born into the world in the humble city of Nazareth. Mary, My Mother, from your early years you adored the one true God in the Temple at Jerusalem. In the fulfillment of the law you gave an example of the most perfect obedience and zeal for the edification of others; for since the real nature of your motherhood was not known to your Jewish neighbors, you might have been the cause of scandal to them if you had failed to comply with the law. 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. If I have humility, God may flood my soul with grace here and exalt it eternally in heaven.
1st Feast of Our Lady of Silence is August 1 - Aleteia 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. 5, 7). Saints Stories for All Ages Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day December 12 Printer Friendly On December 9, 1531, a 57-year-old Aztec, Juan Diego, saw the Blessed Mother on a hill in Mexico City. Mary, My Mother, I rejoice with you in the joyful expectation of your little Son. For from the moment when Jesus told you to see Him, in John, you saw Jesus in all Christians. After the Ascension you found the past under another form; the consecrated Bread the Apostle John placed on your lips was Jesus, who was formed from your own flesh and with whom your body was again united. Mary, Mother of God, God had a purpose in wanting you and Joseph to become man and wife. He promised that my prayers would be heard when He said, "Ask, and it shall be given you" (Matt. In 1668, the feast in honor of the Seven Sorrows (Dolors) was set for the Sunday after September 14, the feast of the exaltation of the Cross. You expressed this to Saint Bernadette at Lourdes when you said, "I am the Immaculate Conception.". As part of the Traditional Missal, the Feast of Consolation occurs on the Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, which falls on August 28th. Mary, Mother of God, as Refuge of sinners, you will never turn away those who have recourse to your compassion. This apostolic mission is a consequence of your office as Mother, as Co-Redemptrix and as Dispenser of all graces. Mary, Mother of God, you are Our Lady of Good Counsel because of the divine wisdom and prudence which you received from the Holy Spirit. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE DAY CELEBRATION Sunday, December 11 from 1 to 3 PM Celebrate the Patroness of our Community & the Americas with live Mariachi Music, Food, Drinks, Games, Procession, and Blessing In honor of Our Lady. Here I will demonstrate, I will exhibit, I will give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. Never were you guilty of the least fault; never did you offer the least resistance to grace. Take my cold heart; put it into your own and inflame it with a fire of love like your own. You were trained there with other girls, under the care of holy women, and with deepest reverence you assisted at the sacred functions. As in Heaven the Divine Word is like the Father, so on earth the Son, according to the flesh, is like you His Mother. Mary, My Mother, I wish to recall this triumph and to share in your greatness and glory. I am in need of forgiveness of sin, of strength in temptation. I need an advocate with God, and therefore I turn to you, the Mother of God. Bishop Robert J. McClory. And finally when the sacrifice was completed by His death upon the cross you had your place beside Him. I have every reason to rejoice, for as the Mother of Jesus and my Mother you are my hope of salvation. 1. Only childlike humility entitles me to the first place in God's estimation and consequently, in heaven also. Mary, Mother of God, you are the mother of the Judge: you are also the Mother of the sinners. But you merited the title Co-Redemptrix above all by your union with Christ in His redemptive sacrifice. Because you were full of God's grace and a Virgin most pure, Gabriel could exclaim, "You have found grace with God." You love Jesus because you are His Mother, and you love me because you are my Mother. The three Divine Persons declared you Queen of heaven and earth and assigned to you a place at the right hand of Jesus. 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. Your prayers are those of a Mother and, therefore, have a certain maternal authority with Jesus Christ so that you obtain the grace of pardon even for those who, though guilty of grievous crimes, commend themselves to you. 2. You are truly our immaculate Mother for it is to you, after Jesus, that we are indebted for the supernatural life of grace and the hope of eternal life. The divine maternity itself, more than any particular privilege, is a mark of God's unequalled love for you. It was fitting that you, a Virgin Mother, should conceive the Man Who was also the Son of God. After Jesus, no one suffered as you did. You became the treasurer of God's graces, the channel through which He dispenses His gifts upon earth. Three swords brought anguish to you while Jesus was yet a young child, four swords pierced your soul in His Holy Passion. During His lifetime Jesus cured sickness and disease and even raised the dead to life, because people asked Him to do so in prayer. Our Lady of Treves, Italy (746). Infirmities of the body, patiently endured, may become the occasion of great merit.
Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Sorrows How much more precious you were than any chalice of richest gold. 1. Bless the people of the Americas, citizens of those lands to which uncounted thousands have come to seek refuge and livelihood. 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. I entrust to you all my anxieties and needs so that through the merits of your sorrows I may bear the trials and sufferings of life with the same love and resignation to God's Will with which you bore yours. 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. Through your prayers be always my powerful helper. Fill their hearts with the virtues of joyous zeal for God and for souls and a warm love for divine learning. You are a Mediatrix because since your Assumption, with Christ you obtain all graces for men. Your Immaculate Conception, purchased by the Precious Blood of the Son of God Himself and freely bestowed upon you as the highest gift of God, is the most wonderful work of sanctification that the world has ever seen.