The Communion was your life of union with Jesus in the Eucharist after His Ascension. You rule over their minds, by making them understand better the teaching of Christ, over their hearts, by turning them to Jesus through the charm of your motherly affection, over their wills, by gently inclining them to observe all the commandments of your Son; over their bodies, by teaching men to subject their members to the law of God through the practice of temperance and chastity. Mary, My Mother, your birth was awaited as the near sign of the deliverance of the human race. As you cradled the new-born Savior and nourished and cared for Him, so at Pentecost you cradled the new-born Church, watched over its frail, delicate body and fostered and nourished it with motherly care. February 07, 2021. Unceasingly praying for sinners, you stand before your Son. By consenting to give natural life to Jesus, you consented to give us supernatural life. The angels saw a soul which had never been touched by original sin. Our Lady appeared to a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous in the year 1858, and the rest as they say is history! At one time when you wanted to speak with Jesus, your humility forbade you to enter the house where He was preaching until you were asked to do so. 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. Teach me to imitate your humility by acknowledging my nothingness and seeking the glory of God in everything. There are some who are far from their Father's house, who even refuse to turn to you. Give me a deep sorrow for my sins which have hurt God so very much. All that I am or have. The closer a soul is to God, the farther it is from sin. I consecrate to you my very being and my whole life: all that I have, all that I love, all that I am. Obtain for them that deep conviction of faith, that unwavering hope, that Jesus, Infinite Love, who died for them, will b completely ready to welcome them, to take them in His arms, press them to His Heart and once again say, "Father, forgive them . Only then can I really love you as you desirewhen Jesus is formed in me so that I can love you as Jesus does. In your humility you refused praise, giving all the praise and glory to God. How fortunate I will be, if at death I am bound with the sweet chains of love to you! We encourage you to bring a flower to offer Our Blessed Mary. Figures below show what proportion of half-day sessions were missed by pupils and how this compares to local and national averages. Copyright 2023 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! 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. 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. When His lips were tortured with gall and vinegar, a sea of bitterness was poured into your Heart. You are the Mediatrix of our peace with God and the Giver of heavenly graces. 18, 3). . Mary, Mother of God, you are the new Eve. His Heart is a loving Heart, and that love is symbolized by the flames which St. Margaret Mary saw coming forth from it. COLUMN: Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: World Day of the Sick--2/7/2021 You love us as a mother loves her children. 1. This event has passed. Since you are my Mother, I share in the love you have for your Divine Son. Since 1958 and the merging of the two saint days into one celebration (known as the Cooperative Feast), the Giglio Feast has been celebrated in July, with all activities leading up to its culmination on July 16th, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Though Joseph planned to put you away privately when he recognized that you were with child, you still were unwilling to reveal your secret to him, lest you might seem to boast of your gifts. I cannot secure my salvation without these graces, for it is the grace of God which gives me light and strength to do good deeds. Mary, Mother of God, as Mediatrix of All Graces you have entered into the highest state of power and glory in heaven in order that you may help us on our difficult journey to the heavenly City of God. This privilege separated you from all the rest of the children of Adam. You said Yes so that we might live. The Archangel Gabriel expressed this very clearly: "Hail, full of grace"there was no room left for sin; "the Lord is with thee"where God dwells, Satan can have no rights; "blessed art thou among women"you were elevated above all other women in the world. I am unworthy of that. Feast, October 7 (Novena, Sept. 28-Oct. 6). How unimportant are the infirmities of the body compared to the infirmities of the soul! 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. 2. To the Church suffering you bring consolation, relief, deliverance, to the Church militant you offer aid, confidence, victory. Help me to imitate your zeal in assisting my neighbor in his needs. You were taken to Heaven by the power of God, accompanied and upheld by the angels, raised aloft by grace, not by nature. 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. . When you lived in this valley of tears, you were ever loving and merciful toward the afflicted. Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Your Child, becoming the King of Martyrs, would make you their Queen. 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. Whoever abides in this Church will bring forth much salutary fruit; whereas they who willingly separate themselves from it must wither away spiritually. You were longing to see the Face of God and to be happy in the vision. 3. On the appointed day, at nightfall, accompanied by friends, he went in procession to your parents' house, to conduct you to his own home. 1. He is King and you are Queen of all hearts. The picture you imprinted on the cloak of the Indian at Guadalupe was the image of the Immaculate Conception. We will list that feast and give as much information as is available about that feastday. You are a Mother of Mercy to the sinner and the fallen; have pity on me! Clothe me with your own humility. 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. 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. Your birth was represented beforehand by many figures, announced by prophets, desired for many ages by the human race. Through the sacraments, prayer and good deeds, I can make my own the merit of the atonement of Jesus. Mary, My Mother, you were never without grace. He who gives grace, takes your prayers for commands. You may have remained in the Temple till the age of twelve. As Mother of God, you became a cooperator in the Redemption of mankind. You could not of yourself provide the protection and training the Child needed. It takes me back to the days of the prophet Elias when you were prefigured on Mount Carmel under the form of the little cloud from which, as it grew larger, there fell a kindly rain, a symbol of the sanctifying graces that come to us from you. Angels came to escort you. 1. Only you could love God as your Son; only you could love your Son as God. Although it is true that Jesus in glory, by means of His divine wounds, is our intercessor before the Father and all God's gifts come to us through His merits, you are the all-powerful suppliant, through whom every prayer reaches up to Him and every grace comes down. 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? You are truly my model in offering Holy Mass. 2. Love and Peace, may be spread among men. By offering your Divine Son on Calvary you brought me forth to a life of grace and thus became my spiritual Mother. God might have created a more beautiful world, perfect men. Your intimate union with your Divine Son is the reason for your power with Him. Mary, My Mother, you are Queen also because your are Co-Redemptrix. For if I have any ability, any worth or goodness, the glory is not mine, but God's. How strongly Jesus reminded me of this: "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remain on the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. You are blessed because of the fullness of grace you received; blessed, because of the greatness of the mercy to be bestowed on you; blessed, because of the Majesty of the Person who was to take flesh of you; blessed, because of the glory which would become yours. No one could have had a closer approach to God than you, for it is impossible for any creature to be closer to God's Son than His own Mother. Help me, above all, so that by my good example I may enrich and ennoble every human being whose life I touch. Because you were full of God's grace and a Virgin most pure, Gabriel could exclaim, "You have found grace with God." The power of your intercession has no such limits, for the saints teach me that our Savior can refuse nothing to His Mother. Mercy proceeds from you as from an abundant, never-failing source. He has reconciled us to God. Interestingly, in 1482, the feast was officially placed in the Roman Missal under the title of "Our Lady of Compassion," highlighting the great love our Blessed Mother displayed in suffering with her Son. God bless. In 1482 the feast was added to the Missal under the title of "Our Lady of Compassion." Pope Benedict XIII added it to the Roman Calendar in 1727 on the Friday before Palm Sunday. For He was everything to you, and all else was nothing without Him. I need virtues, especially charity and humility and purity. Petition God that their hope may never fail amid the troubles and the cares of this life. Teach me to utter your name with deep respect because, after the name of Jesus, it is most sacred and revered above all others. Mary, Mother of God, humility is the virtue you especially practised from childhood. As you are powerful to obtain and provide, you are merciful to pardon. You were beautiful when you stood as the brave Queen of Martyrs beneath the cross of your dying Son; in the supper room beneath the fiery tongues of the Divine Spirit; beautiful, above all, in the glory in which you reign with Jesus. Your soul contained all the marvels of God's grace, for which reason the Church calls you the Singular Vessel of Devotion. You express your wishes to God, those wishes which have to do with our needsneeds of body and needs of soul. 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. 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. How much more compassionate are you now since you reign happily in Heaven? You are the channel by which all the favors of Jesus descend upon us, even as it was through you and in union with you that during His mortal life He won for us whatever title we have to His gifts and graces. Only give me the grace to abandon myself completely to your motherly guidance. Mother of God, you have very great power. I know that much will be required from those to whom much is given. You are kind and loving for you have a mother's heart, full of pity for the erring. 3. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Online Saints & Angels Facts Feastday: December 12 Patron: of the Americas Author and Publisher - Catholic Online Printable Catholic Saints PDFs Shop Our Lady of Guadalupe An elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. Even from the days of the Apostles you were honored under this mystical title. The corresponding feast, however, did not . You could not accompany the Apostles while they fulfilled the duties of their ministry, but in silence and solitude, by the power of your prayers and the fervor of your charity, you were the master-missionary of them all. As you entered the house of Zachary and greeted your aged cousin, you offered kind words of comfort and congratulation. Mary, My Mother, I turn to you rather for health of soul than of body. 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. No one is saved, except through you, no one comes to life, except through you. 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. You were in the judgment-hall and heard it ring with lies. you. You were soon really to see the Face of God the created image of divine perfection, the sight of which rejoices heaven and earth, from which all beings derive life and joy; the Face whose features enraptured God from all eternity, the Face for which all ages had expectantly yearned.