The Feasts of Our Lady Note: Only Universal Feasts have the Month cited with each Feast; Local Feasts, etc., are cited by date within each month, unless the particular Local Feast begins a month. He is Son of man by His birth, in time, in the bosom of a woman. You are the woman, the new Eve; the wood of the Cross is the new tree of life, the death of Jesus, the new Adam, takes away the sting of the death of Adam. Only childlike humility entitles me to the first place in God's estimation and consequently, in heaven also. I have been especially blessed as a Catholic, for God has given me graces which He has not given to everyone else. 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. Overshadowed by the power of the Holy Spirit, you were to conceive and bear the Messias, and at the same time remain a Virgin in every respect. Mary, My Mother, there is no sin in you; in you there is only God's graceHis light, His splendor, His love, His unspeakable delight. May the Rosary also be a means of obtaining all the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul. Christ is universal King because He rules all creatures by His personal union with the divinity. 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. When still a child you consecrated yourself entirely to God, the Love of chaste souls; and afterwards you would rather be deprived of the great dignity of Divine Motherhood than to lose your virginity. You are only a pure creature, who receives whatever you obtain as a pure favor from God. I feel myself consumed by original sin and its dread consequences. Mary, Mother of God, the sorrowful mysteries of your Holy Rosary remind me of the sorrows, the agony and death of the suffering Christ, the price at which the salvation of our race was accomplished. No one after Christ was humbler than you were, yet no one after Christ gave God greater glory. You were in the judgment-hall and heard it ring with lies. May my soul always find comfort in your holy name! Processions and Penitence In Malta, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, and the Philippines the Friday of Passion Weekthe Friday of Sorrows or Viernes de Dolores is celebrated with. Mary, Queen of the Apostles, pray for the triumph of God's Kingdom upon earth. They then left a small offering of silver required by the Law of Moses. Our Lady of Guadalupe - December 12 - Catholic News Agency I regard that dominion as a shining star lighting and guiding my life. Whoever abides in this Church will bring forth much salutary fruit; whereas they who willingly separate themselves from it must wither away spiritually. Altogether 24 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe. The saints tell me that it is the foundation and guard of all virtues, since without humility a soul can possess no other virtue. After Holy Communion Jesus is with me as God and Man, with His Body and Blood, soul and divinity. Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 12:00am. Not only were you full of grace, but you also bore the Author of grace. This Feast day is kept by various religious orders in the Church. 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. Mary, Mother of God, your Immaculate Heart is the Hope of the world. How earnestly you wish God's grace for us! The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Vatican News This truth was confirmed on Calvary, when at the very moment our redemption was to be completed by the death of Jesus, He said to you: "Behold thy son," then to St. John, who took our place beneath the cross: "Behold thy mother." 3. When I address the Almighty, I am frequently fearful because of my sinfulness in the presence of His infinite majesty and holiness. Even from the days of the Apostles you were honored under this mystical title. Mary, My Mother, may the faithful recitation of my Rosary show my gratitude to Jesus for having redeemed me on the cross and for having given you to me as my spiritual Mother. If I have been blessed with suffering, let me remember that this is the only way I can follow Jesus and you, for He said, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me" (Matt. Coming from the Latin words cum and patior, compassion means to suffer. It was, therefore, befitting that you, His Immaculate Mother, destined to cooperate with Him in the work of Redemption, should teach the world, by your submission to the law of purification, this great truth, that humility is the beginning of our salvation, as pride has been the root of our ruin. 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. His role in our salvation is absolutely necessary. "The Lord is with thee." He wanted the strengthening of the faith of His disciples and the manifestation of His Divinity to depend upon your prayers. 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 soul filled with love and sorrow, you embraced your Son now pale in death, a victim for the sins of mankind. May I weigh well at what price you became the Mother of the human race, so that I may remember how much you love me and how eager you are to help me and all Christians. Had the angel said you were the most wicked sinner in the world, your wonder would not have been so great, as it was at the sound of his praises. 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. Feast, Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine (Aug. 28) (Triduum, Wednesday nearest the feast of St. 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. Implore the grace of conversion for many pagans that they may come to the knowledge of the true faith and one day be united with the saints in heaven, there to love you and praise your mercy for all eternity. You died as you had lived, entirely detached from the things of the world, you died in the most perfect peace and in the certainty of eternal glory. You see me, smile on me, listen to me, stretch your arms out to me, because you hear my prayer and, like a mother, you are anxious to help your child. 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. 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). You are to be our guide toward the haven of salvation. You were the first Chalice of the Blood of Jesus for Our Lord dwelt in you during the nine months of expectation as in a kind of ciborium. As Mother of God you surpass, in an immeasurable degree, all other creatures, angels and men. With Christ you have contributed to our redemption; hence you may be called Co-Redemptrix. Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows - September 15, 2022 - Liturgical You were borne aloft to the palace of your Beloved. Though you are raised to the high dignity of Queen of Heaven, you have not forgotten man's wretched condition. You were chosen as Mother predestined before all creatures, filled with all grace, all virtue, all holiness so that the Son, infinitely pure, who in Heaven has an immortal and eternal Father, on earth has a Mother exempt from all sin. Your Heart is also the most affectionate of hearts after that of Jesus. Mary, My Mother, I realize that I have not always corresponded faithfully with these graces. Mary, My Mother, How perfectly you have followed the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and acted on divine wisdom! Mary, My Mother, teach me ever to seek the glory of God and to render to Him what is His divine rights. Mary, Mother of God, you are our true Mother because you have given us supernatural life. Mary, Mother of God, your life, like that of your Divine Son, was a daily crucifixion and martyrdom. 1. You were united with Him as closely as a Mother is united with her child, and your thoughts and desires were those of your Divine Son. 16, 26). 2. Saints May your name be the last sound that escapes my lips upon this earth and the first I breathe in heaven. 1. Here there was a sacrifice, and Jesus was the Victim. You were declared to be the spiritual "Mother of all the living." Help me to cling tightly to Jesus and to you. We will list that feast and give as much information as is available about that feastday. You are the immaculate Virgin whom the Son Himself chose to make His Mother. Continue to work wonders on our shores for our spiritual and material prosperity and keep us in peace and charity. 12, 1). Like other men, I bear in my heart the original wound; that wound has opened other wounds which are hard to close and heal. I can pray to you with full confidence because you are loved by the Father as the Mother of His Son, loved by the Son as His own Mother, loved by the Holy Spirit as His Immaculate Bride. It died that we might never die, that It might nourish us unto eternal life. You conceived Jesus as the Head of regenerated mankind, the Head of a mystical body whose members we are. Paul Haffner ( Inside the Vatican, September 2004) This feast is. Her name, feast day, location of her monastery, and attributes are those of the Celtic Goddess Brigit. The Sanctuary in 1906. Saturday of the First Week of Lent - Society of the Little Flower the seven dolors devotion approved by pope pius vii in 1815 view banner image of our lady of sorrows without the frame the feast day of the seven dolors is traditionally either the friday of passion week, which is the friday before good friday, or more generally on september 15, the official date for the feast.