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. The Scriptures refer to you and Joseph as "the parents of Jesus." Joseph was a virgin for your sake, that a Virgin Son might be born of a virginal marriage. He overshadowed you at the Annunciation and on Pentecost He made your heart a furnace of divine love. We know that you are ever ready to be our help in trouble, our solace in affliction, our hope in despair. The more fully you are Queen in a soul, the more does Jesus reign there as King. Thus was fulfilled the prophesy that Christ would be born of the family of David. December 9 marks the feast day of Saint Juan Diego and December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. And I am sure there is nothing you want more than that, to see me perfectly dedicated to God even as you are. Your Immaculate Conception is a triumph over Satan the author of evil, who under your heel, suffered his first complete defeat. With a "fiat" God created light, heaven, earth, but with your "fiat" God became Man. 1. No creature in the world has been more exalted than you, because no creature in the world has ever humbled himself more. Our Lady of Fatima Prayer O Mary Immaculate, who at Fatima predicted to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta that unless men converted and thy requests were fulfilled, worse calamities would befall, show thyself a mother to us in these perilous times. Evening Prayer to Our Blessed Mother 1. We have the sublime dignity of being children of God by adoption; Jesus alone is His Son by nature. He could not make you divine by nature, but He has made you inseparable from Jesus in the salvation of souls through the grace which He has so abundantly poured out upon you because of the Divine Motherhood. You are the immaculate Virgin whom the Holy Spirit willed to make His bride and in whom He would work the tremendous miracle of the Incarnation. After the most holy and adorable Name of Jesus, there is no name more glorious and more powerful than yours. Mary, Mother of God, you are our spiritual Mother. Mary, Mother of God, the apostolic mission confided to you as Queen by your Son is to help Him to the end of time in the sanctification and the salvation of all the souls that come into the world. 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. You used most perfectly every actual grace given you by God in acts and virtue. You brought me forth spiritually to a new life of grace. 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 are the Mother of the Uncreated Wisdom, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 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. 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. At the Annunciation you received Jesus on earth; it was proper that He should receive you in Heaven. 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. At the marriage feast of Cana He worked His first miracle because you asked Him for this favor. Apparition Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate (Our Lady of Lourdes), Feast, February 11 (Novena, February 2-10). In consecrating your virginity to God, you had given up all hope of becoming the Mother of the Messias because you considered yourself unworthy of the highest honor of the divine maternity. "Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call His name Jesus. I give you my will by an absolute confidence in you, a confidence founded on your power and your goodness. 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. What greater wonder could the world behold, than a woman become the Mother of God, and a God clothed in human flesh? I cannot even imagine the heavenly beauty that adorned your innocent soul as you were being prepared by the Eternal Father to be the Mother of His Divine Son and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. In the hope that Life will triumph over death, from this moment and for ever more, we want to sing with you the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Mary, Mother of God, how pleasing to God was your humility! The saints tell me that it is the foundation and guard of all virtues, since without humility a soul can possess no other virtue. Mary, Mother of God, Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is your Gift to us. On the appointed day, at nightfall, accompanied by friends, he went in procession to your parents' house, to conduct you to his own home. You nourished Him, clothed Him, educated Him. 5, 7). I am deeply conscious that I am unable to do good. Free from all attachment to earthly things, you were most capable of being filled with Divine love. Forming with your Divine Son one spiritual body, we experience the rage of Satan until the end of time. Holiness is union with God through love. It was fitting that you, a Virgin Mother, should conceive the Man Who was also the Son of God. Like you, he was of the tribe of Juda and the family of David. He is King and you are Queen of all hearts. I ask this with special earnestness from you who are the Health of the Sick. How many sinners after losing hope have found refuge in you, and, under your protection, returned to God's grace! God destined you to be a Mother of Mercy, a Refuge of Sinners and an Advocate of the Afflicted, and you fulfill these offices perfectly. 3. Mary, My Mother, I wish to offer myself as a sacrifice to God in union with Jesus and through your hands. 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. May this remembrance fill me with love and gratitude to you, and be the reason for my trust in your powerful protection and in your prayers in Heaven, where you plead with your Divine Son for the salvation of us all. You come nearest to the holiness of God. You commanded Him and He obeyed. The angels saw a soul which had never been touched by original sin. It was possible for God to confer it, and He did confer it! You are Queen of the universe, not by force, but by the power of love. You were one of us, and yet you stood above us! 11, 29). Mary, My Mother, the Heart of Jesus was a generous Heart, symbolized by the wound in His side from which came forth the last drops of His Heart's Blood shed for us, and by which w e can reach the treasures of that Divine Heart. The presentation of the Child Jesus in the temple was like the Offertory, for you offered to the Heavenly Father this "material" for the sacrificethe body and blood of your little Son. Mary, Mother of God, you are my Model of perfect dedication to God. He also willed that (2) everywhere the offering of Himself should be presented to the Father through your hands. The Creator, in His goodness, became the Son of His own creature. Through Joseph your descent from David would be known. During this long period of concealment in your womb, you perfected His bodily faculties for our benefit. To all of us your Immaculate Heart after that of Jesus is most loving and most merciful. By granting them these graces you have performed a work of the apostolate. On this occasion you bore your share of the penalty allotted to woman: "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.". But your love for God was even greater. After the Sacred Heart of Jesus, never was there a heart more pure and more holy. 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. Because of your dignity, you reach to the borders of the divine. You have such a desire to save sinners that you look for them in order to help them. You are far more than an instrument of God's mercy towards us. 1. Your soul contained all the marvels of God's grace, for which reason the Church calls you the Singular Vessel of Devotion. "And, therefore, the Holy One to be born shall be called the Son of God." 1. From that time forward until His Ascension into Heaven, you were the constant adorer of the Word-made-Flesh in all the mysteries of His earthly life. Your Immaculate Conception permitted you to love God from the first instant of your existence; your virginity led you to vow an undivided love to Him, your fullness of grace made you capable of loving Him with the most intense love possible. 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. 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. Feast, September 12 (Triduum, September 9-11). You became a victim and holocaust to the divine will, the Queen of Martyrs, the most perfect imitator of the Victim of Calvary. It impels my mind to self-exaltation, because I am proud. How great was your trust in God! The effects of the presence of Jesus and you are still the same. You are indeed our Mother, and a mother can never forget her children. To you then we owe the salvation which Jesus brought to us. 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. Down through the ages numberless people have recovered health of body and of spirit through your intercession! Mary, My Mother, I could go directly to God and ask Him for His grace without your help and that of the Saints, but God has not willed it so. How much I worry about my physical health! We can certainly call you "Suppliant Omnipotence.". Unlike martyrs who endured physical torments, Mary suffered torment in her soul. The closer a soul is to God, the farther it is from sin. Obtain for me from Jesus the heavenly gifts of humility, chastity and meekness, which were the fairest adornments of your immaculate soul. Your heart watches over them tenderly. Mary, Mother of God, I believe that the most sublime of your privileges is your divine maternity. Through your prayers and dignity the power and the fruits of the Passion of Jesus are applied to men No intercession, neither yours nor that of any saint, is of value except through Him, through His blessed wounds. Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found, not taken, grace, as Lucifer tried to take it. You hid your miraculous virginity under the mantle of humility. Mary, Mother of God, your divine maternity places you in a very wonderful relationship with the three divine Persons. You were concerned in both, and on each occasion you were present as Mother of the human race. Penance and reparation is the one sure way of winning God's love and blessing for a misguided and sinful world. You saw the heavy cross placed on His bent shoulders. 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. This Body, given to us at Christmas and immolated on Good Friday, was flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone. Grant that we all may heed your warning, for only through penance and reparation can we blot out sin and the insult it afflicts on God. Truly, you are "light-giving" because you have given us Jesus, the Light of the World. 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. Mary, My Mother, the word which best summarizes your whole career is "Mother." You must have willed your Son's death, because, hard as it was to make this sacrifice, it would have been quite impossible for your will to be the least separated from His. With greatest confidence in the mercy and kindness of Your Son, you left Him free to give assistance or withhold it, as He saw fit. 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. From the moment you said, "Be it done to me according to thy word," the Father in heaven made Jesus and you, as it were, a redemptive pair; you, of course, have always been dependent on Him. Like you, let me learn divine wisdom and see God in all things, so that I may rise from the creature to the great Creator. You died of no infirmity. On Calvary our redemption was accomplished, by His death, Jesus merited for us the grace to live His life. She holds a lamp for the fires of Imbolc, is known. Obtain for me the grace of true conversion. This doctrine was received in the early Church and handed down by the Fathers who praised you with extraordinary titles and most important writings. 3. The last beat of His Heart was to be one with yours just as the first had been. The Church has always taught that God has entrusted to your hands all heavenly treasures, and many of the saints assure me that you give to your clients as much of these treasures as you wish and when you wish to do so. The degree of childlike humility I have attained in life will be the degree of my greatness in heaven. How shall I answer for the wasted days and years which God has given me to serve Him alone? Help us that our souls may be cleansed from the stains of sin. Let us thank the Most Blessed Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for giving us the best mother in the world, so beautiful, pure and spotless in body and soul, who loves each one of us with so great maternal concern and compassion. 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. Don Luis de VelascoII, when he was Viceroy of New Spain, had as his confessor a Dominican, Fray Cristobal de Ortega, who also acted as his financial adviser. You suffered in your soul what Jesus suffered in His body, and in union with Him you offered yourself as a victim for our sins. Crowds reach the entry gate to the basilica grounds for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The Holy Spirit, who in virtue of your Son's merits lived in you, made you a living image of Jesus. 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. 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. Teach me to imitate your humility by acknowledging my nothingness and seeking the glory of God in everything. You lovingly served her till you saw her happily delivered of the child of promise with which God had blessed her. Mary, My Mother, may the example of your sinlessness urge us to that innocence and purity of life which flees from and abhors even the slightest stain of sin. It was indeed a divine life that Jesus led in Your womb, a life most active, and yet one of unbroken calm. By conforming themselves to the divine model of your Family, may they attain to eternal happiness. Mary, Mother of God, you are our Mediatrix. Make me a fervent apostle of the Eucharist. 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. You found the cross very heavy during the three years of His public life, for then He had to leave your side that He might be "about His Father's business,"the sanctification and salvation of souls. Note: This prayer was approved and enriched with an indulgence of five hundred days by Pope Pius X at all audience held on August 18, 1908, and was included in the official edition of approved indulgenced prayers (1950). You love them still, in spite of their sins, and you follow them with your motherly gaze and your prayers. Help them to become worthy of this blessing through their own prayers and good example. 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. Mary, My Mother, through your prayers may I be blessed with a keen understanding of the ways of God. I am the vine, you are the branches" (John 15, 4). Jesus rewarded your confidence and resignation by working His first miracle at your request. He found joy in God, His Heavenly Father, and in the Holy Spirit, joy in all the wonderful perfections of God. This gift of Your Heart entitles you to be called the Mother of the Holy Eucharist. By Christmas of that year, an adobe structure was built atop Tepeyac Hill in honor of our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and it was dedicated on December 26, 1531, the feast of St. Stephen the Martyr. After your example, I desire to be known to God and unknown to men, to possess God and to be forgotten by creatures. There were two great altars on Calvary; one in the Body of Jesus, the other in your heart; for on that mount, at the same time that your Son sacrificed His body by death, you sacrificed your soul by compassion. He was with you not only by His essence, His presence, and His power, as He is with all His creatures. Teach me to understand that personal consecration to you does not mean only to place myself under your special protection, but rather to live for God in union with you by avoiding every sin and practising virtue. 16, 26). 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. 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. As mentioned in previous posts, this is an ongoing display of our Holy Card Collection. Teach me to seek all things through your prayers, for your intercession is most powerful and Jesus can refuse you nothing. 18, 3). Mary, Mother of God, your name means "full of light" and "light-giving."

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