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. God had exalted you above all creatures. How delightful a sight must your beautiful soul have been to heaven! Your Child, becoming the King of Martyrs, would make you their Queen. Monday, September 15, 2014. Help me to love God with my whole strengthso that I may consecrate undividedly, unreservedly and continually to His service, my life, my health and all I am and have. Never were you guilty of the least fault; never did you offer the least resistance to grace. 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. How can I ever understand the great love that bound your hearts together! Mary, My Mother, more courageous than the martyrs, you stood at the foot of the cross. Petition God that their hope may never fail amid the troubles and the cares of this life. At the Annunciation you received Jesus on earth; it was proper that He should receive you in Heaven. Mary, My Mother, I have every reason to honor you under the title of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, because you have given me the Eucharistic Christ. 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. How many are now in heaven because of the protection given them by your merciful Heart! Let me never be influenced by temporal considerationswealth, honors and pleasuresthat I may always follow the counsel of Jesus: "Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you besides" (Luke 12, 31). Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Manila Bulletin 1. Don Joslike the good Samaritansaw the lady, was filled with compassion . Because I am arrogant, it makes me rebel against God's law, the law forbidding me that abuse of liberty which insults Him. I earnestly wish to make atonement for all of them. 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. 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. Teach me to imitate your prudence and listen to your counsel in all walks of life. Mary, Mother of God, you are the hope of sinners, you are my hope! 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. May your title of Mother of Divine Providence ever give us confidence that you will never fail us, but will provide for all we need in this present life that we may attain eternal life. The Son takes pleasure in it as the Heart of His Mother, the source from which He drew the blood that ransomed us. Yours is a queenship of dominion. I beg you to take care of me for I am a poor sinful child. Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke thee in their necessities, and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God, obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance. The Gospel speaks of you as standing beneath the cross. But how careless I am about my spiritual health! He wanted the strengthening of the faith of His disciples and the manifestation of His Divinity to depend upon your prayers. Your sincere love made you hasten to be of service. A Blessed Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - Fatima It means imitating your humility, your purity, your detachment from the world, and your unselfish resignation to the will of God in every event of life. Mary, Mother of God, you are the new Eve. And yet, in the whole work of the redemption, your Son wanted to associate you with Himself. 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. What greater wonder could the world behold, than a woman become the Mother of God, and a God clothed in human flesh? Help me to share actively in Holy Mass by sharing in your spirit. You are also called the temple of the Holy Spirit because, in virtue of your Immaculate Conception and your fullness of grace, He dwells within you in a most singular manner. With your arms outstretchedthose arms in which the Eternal God delighted to rest when He became our Brotherplead our cause. 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. Dec. 12: 12 Amazing Facts of Our Lady of Guadalupe'S Tilma. Happy Feast You suffered with Jesus and experienced in your soul what He underwent in His body. I have saved my soul.". The Creator, in His goodness, became the Son of His own creature. . Thus you became in some way the source of that grace which Jesus would pour forth over all mankind. You exercise your queenly dominion over the minds, the hearts, the wills and even over the bodies of your subjects. He wished to adapt Himself to our nature by giving us life and aid through the heart of a mother, having placed in your heart some of His own love for mankind to make you the spiritual Mother of the redeemed. At the Crib, you were the first ostensorium of your Son, showing Him to the shepherds, to the Magi and to the world. But this prophecy did not disturb your peace of mind because your will was one with the will of God. The feast is like an octave for the birthday of Our Lady on September 8th. 3. After your Divine Son, you are God's most precious gift to man. 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! Bishop Robert J. McClory. All the saints suffered during their lifetime, but you are the Queen of them all as Queen of Martyrs. 2. Mary, My Mother, how shall I stand before my Judge at the day of judgment? You are our spiritual Mother in the order of grace. I cannot have Jesus for my Brother if I do not have you for my Mother. Thus you will be for me not only the Health of the Sick but also the Gate of Heaven. Your divine maternity is great also because this privilege is the reason for your other privilegesyour Immaculate Conception, miraculous virginity, fullness of grace, Assumption and the spiritual maternity of all mankind. 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. Give them zeal that by prayer and sacrifice they may cooperate in the great work of the Redemption. Why do we call Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows"? In the spirit of loving confidence we have recourse to you. The Feast of Our Lady of Mercy | Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Mary, My Mother, How perfectly you have followed the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and acted on divine wisdom! May the Rosary also be a means of obtaining all the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul. 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. 1. Your womb was so pure, so immaculate that it became the Holy of Holies, in which Jesus Christ our Lord, the Eternal High Priest, alone found entrance. I can best thank Jesus for His dying bequest by striving daily to become like John in his love and imitation of you. 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. The angel said to you, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women" (Luke 1 28). 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. The Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Feasts, Friday of Passion Week and September 15 (Novena, Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday of Lent; also September 6-14). Let not my sinfulness and human weakness stand in the way of my receiving the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul. You also conceived His members who have been born again and are called to incorporation with Him. This marked the beginning of your life of suffering together with Jesus. 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. 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. 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 . Teach me to utter your name with deep respect because, after the name of Jesus, it is most sacred and revered above all others. 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." Make me strong in the midst of the temptations and bitterness which so often trouble my soul. And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. 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. Our Lady of Sorrows Feast Day - DocsLib Jesus is the Son of God by His marvelous and eternal birth "in the bosom of His Father." Truly, you are "light-giving" because you have given us Jesus, the Light of the World. Since suffering is the measure and the very law of love, I cannot imagine the greatness of your love for us, your children. 3. Mary, Mother of God, you are so filled with compassion that you deserve to be called not only merciful but even mercy itself. 3. To understand your dignity as Mother of God in all its fullness, we would have to understand fully the dignity of the Son of God whose Mother you are. Mary, My Mother, the Church puts these words of the Canticle on your lips: "I love those who love me." Mary, Mother of God, you are called Mother of Mercy because of the fullness with which mercy is given to those who seek it at your hands. 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. Protect me from the snares of the world, the flesh and the devil. Mother Mary - Our Lady of Compassion It marks seven particularly sorrowful events in Mary's life, focussing on her experience of them - whereas on the actual days, the focus is on Jesus experience. Even though my past sinfulness may have made me unworthy to appear before God, I trust that you will appeal to God in my behalf as the Mother of Divine Grace. I need you desperately. 2. From the first moment of your existence the Holy Spirit made you His temple and blessed you with the fullness of His grace. How consoling to know that I have Christ, my elder Brother, "always living to make intercession for me," and you, my Mother, ever pleading for me before the throne of God. Mary, My Mother, I am the work of the wisdom of God together with all other creatures. As the seed of the serpent includes all those descendants of the first man and woman who by their sinful lives bear within them the traits of the devil, so, too, the seed of the Woman includes all who in the course of ages will take their stand with your Son, Jesus Christ, in His ceaseless conflict with the enemy of God. The attitude of the Church toward you, symbolized by the moon under your feet, is that of a suppliant who is forever entreating you to use your power in favor of your children. 3. Celebration Ideas For The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe You experienced a sea of bitterness in your life so that you might be an example to us in our sufferings and so that we might learn from your own sorrow to sympathize with others in theirs. "The Lord is with thee." The bodies of even the just are corrupted after death, and only on the last day will they be joined, each to its own glorious soul. Here I will demonstrate, I will exhibit, I will give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. 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. God has created nature and all the wondrous functions of the human body. Mary, Mother of God, I believe that it is a divinely revealed dogma that you, Immaculate Mother of God, having completed the course of your earthly life, were assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Proclaim the Good News Mary, My Mother, the angel said to you, "Blessed art thou among women." 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. The Prophet tells us that God is "wonderful in His saints" (Ps. 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). Rather, your sorrows were ordained by God from all eternity as part of the penalty to be paid for sin and were to mingle with the sufferings of your Son in that great sacrifice which was to redeem the world. They see Jesus Christ in you, the treasure-house of all their blessings. But with these joys were also mingled bitter sorrows. In the . For that reason you were conceived by your mother, Saint Anne, without even the shadow of sin. 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, Mother of God, the offering of Jesus was presented by your virginal hands. With Christ you have contributed to our redemption; hence you may be called Co-Redemptrix. You beheld His arms and feet roughly extended on the hard wood of the cross. He willed that (1) you should be present at each stage of His mortal careerrenewing, continuing, completing what you had done at the Incarnation. He is Son of man by His birth, in time, in the bosom of a woman. No creature loved Jesus more than you, and consequently, no one loves the souls redeemed by His Blood more than you. Like other men, I bear in my heart the original wound; that wound has opened other wounds which are hard to close and heal. As we have received through you the Universal Source of Grace Jesus your Son, so we still continue to receive, by your intercession, the various actual graces suited to our state and calling in Christ. Crowds reach the entry gate to the basilica grounds for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. May your name be the last sound that escapes my lips upon this earth and the first I breathe in heaven. Mary, Mother of God, you are my Model of perfect dedication to God. Through the sacraments, prayer and good deeds, I can make my own the merit of the atonement of Jesus. Shed upon me more and more the living light of that faith which made you blessed. For the small sacrifice of being devoted to you I can obtain a happy death and eternal life. At the mention of it, the angels rejoice and the devils tremble; through the invocation of your name, sinners obtain grace and pardon. It urges my senses to lower desires, because I seek sensible pleasure in its every degree. How fortunate I will be, if at death I am bound with the sweet chains of love to you! Only childlike humility entitles me to the first place in God's estimation and consequently, in heaven also. The divine maternity itself, more than any particular privilege, is a mark of God's unequalled love for you. Mary, My Mother, you were laying the foundation of that hidden life in which by the practice of the highest virtues, you were to reach that sublime degree of holiness to which you were predestined as Mother of the Son of God and Mother of all the souls for whom He was to die. Your great lover, Saint Bernard, along with many other saints and writers, reminds me: "Through you, Mary, heaven has been filled; through you hell has beheld itself robbed of an army of souls, in a word, through you eternal life was imparted to multitudes of wretched ones, who had made themselves unworthy of it." 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, your whole life was like a Mass. Responsorial Psalm Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8. Through the sorrow which you felt during your whole life, but especially when you saw Jesus led to His death and then crucified, obtain for me the grace that I may patiently bear the sufferings which God has seen fit to send me, even as you bore your sufferings. This gift of Your Heart entitles you to be called the Mother of the Holy Eucharist. Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows | Salt + Light Media Even when I disappoint you by doing my best to shake off the cross God has placed upon my shoulders, you pray for me. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Feast Day February 27. As Mother of God you surpass, in an immeasurable degree, all other creatures, angels and men. May my faith influence my conduct. With her you loved to sing the psalms and canticles of the inspired authors of your nation. Help me to love God with my whole mindso that my mind may be habitually occupied with God and that I may value His good pleasure above everything elseabove my convenience, above all earthly treasures, above all knowledge and friendship, above health and life. 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. You are my Queen, my Lady. May He who makes little ones to speak divine wisdom, direct my tongue and pour out upon my soul the grace I need ever to follow His and your example in my state of life. Then Satan could boast that he had overcome Jesus in you, His Mother. From the knowledge of the Will of God you gathered the strength that was to uphold you at the foot of the Cross on which your Son hung, dying. All the sorrows of Mary (the prophecy of Simeon, the three days' loss, etc.)