Mary, Mother of God, at Pentecost you were with the Apostles, preparing for the Holy Spirit the promised Gift of your Son. Mary, My Mother, in all infirmities of body and soul, you are a sure refuge and relief. 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). Mary, My Mother, the word which best summarizes your whole career is "Mother." September 15 | Recurring Event . As breathing is not only a sign but even a cause of life, so your name, which is constantly found on the lips of your servants, both proves that they are spiritually alive, and at the same time causes and preserves their life, and gives them every help in their needs. (1) You prepared in your virginal womb a fit temple for the union of the Son of Godthe Divine Wordwith our human nature. Even when I forget you and begin to complain in my sufferings and crosses, you try to console me. 25. The name Our Lady of Mercy is very dear to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Feast Day February 27. You are "Suppliant Omnipotence" because your prayer obtains all graces from the infinite treasures of God. Mary, My Mother, I wish to offer myself as a sacrifice to God in union with Jesus and through your hands. 3. Help me to return unceasing thanks to God for His many favors, and keep me humble in possessing and using them. 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 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. He is your child and you are His Mother. Mary, Mother of God, you are the mother of the Judge: you are also the Mother of the sinners. You truly deserve to be called the Mediatrix of Grace. Mary, My Mother, I unite myself with you in the spirit in which you offered yourself as a sacrifice of love during your lifetime. GLADE PARK, Colorado (Catholic Online) - The feast dedicated to "Our Lady of the Rosary" was instituted by Pope Pius V. It was to commemorate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571. 1. 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. You became the Mother of a Son who is almighty, eternal and infinite in all perfections, equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit. Mary, Mother of God, your name is most glorious and most powerful. How earnestly you invite me to come and partake of this Bread of Life. The child in the womb of Elizabeth was sanctified and exulted for joy at the presence of Jesus. During your Son's public ministry you seldom appeared, because this was the prudent thing to do on account of your close relationship to the Redeemer. 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. Your heart beat in unison with His Heart. The Supreme God rested and worked in you. Your loving submission to the Divine Will could not dry your tears, but it quieted the agony of your mother-heart. He became Sovereign Master of the universe and Supreme Judge of the living and the dead. 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. Mary, My Mother, how kindly you provided for the needs of this newly-married couple! It is from you alone that Christ took His human nature. 2. I should learn from your conduct never to oppose the divine will, even though conformity to it may mean a severe test of my faith. Through your powerful intercession promote the propagation of the faith. Mother Mary - Our Lady of Compassion - Feast Day All Events. The repetition of the "Hail Marys" keep before my mind the importance of the Incarnation and your share in it. You also conceived His members who have been born again and are called to incorporation with Him. 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. I can never fully understand the depth of those sorrows that filled your heart as you begot us to the spiritual life, while standing by the cross on Calvary. As you are powerful to obtain and provide, you are merciful to pardon. You are our Mother, because you have begotten us to the life of grace. Mary, My Mother, your Heart is the masterpiece of the Holy Trinity. 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. I rejoice with you in the happiness which filled your heart because of such love. Help me to make good use of the graces given me by God. Mary, Mother of God, the glorious mysteries of the Holy Rosary remind me of the glory of your Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus could give meafter the gift of Himselfnothing more precious than you. At the same time your name brings before me your virtues, your merits, your beauty. A blessed feast of OUR LADY of the MIRACULOUS MEDAL to 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 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, at the very beginning of your existence, you received grace exceeding in greatness that of all the saints together, because you were destined to be the Mother of the Redeemer and the mediatrix of the world. Though you did not know the meaning of the archangel's inspired words, you serenely submitted to the will of God. Even from the days of the Apostles you were honored under this mystical title. Crowds reach the entry gate to the basilica grounds for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. 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. To the Church suffering you bring consolation, relief, deliverance, to the Church militant you offer aid, confidence, victory. I thank you for all you mean to me as my spiritual Mother. In you I behold the charm of the purest of virgins, the majesty of the noblest of mothers. Your example teaches me that Jesus will work miracles for persevering prayer that springs from confidence and humility. Responsorial Psalm Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8. The angels saw a soul which had never been touched by original sin. You were the first to offer to the Eternal Father His Divine Son as the Victim for the world's Redemption. Mary, Mother of God, you reign in splendor for all eternity with your Divine Son. God sent Gabriel, one of His glorious archangels, to deliver the most important message in the history of mankind, announcing the coming of the Savior of the world and the selection of you to be His Mother. Jesus purchased me at the cost of His own life, and you offered that life to God for me. Gazing sorrowfully on His lifeless body, you watched the soldier drive the spear into His Heart. Your soul filled with love and sorrow, you embraced your Son now pale in death, a victim for the sins of mankind. You share so entirely in His Passion that, if it had been possible, you would gladly have borne all the torments your Son bore. The Gospel speaks of you as standing beneath the cross. You are far more than an instrument of God's mercy towards us. Mary, My Mother, what joy for you never to have been, even for a single instant, in the state of enmity toward God! I come to you with confidence, knowing that through you all glory, honor and holiness given to the human race from the first Adam to the last ages has been granted, is being granted and will be granted to apostles, prophets, martyrs and all the just. Mary, My Mother, the angel said to you, "Blessed art thou among women." Mary, Mother of God, yours is a queenship of goodness. With the Father you, too, can say: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.". 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. Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day. A Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows on her feast day, September 15: O most holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and death of your divine Son, look upon me with eyes of compassion, and awaken in my heart a tender . . Following their example and striving to attain to their faith, joining in their admiration, in their intense pleading, I, a poor sinner, who am so in need of help and pity, in need of your mercy, cry out to you: Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us . How well your name gives expression to your position and your mission in lifeyour divine Motherhood In virtue of this privilege, you reflect as a spotless mirror the eternal Light of the Word, which is first poured into you and illuminates you. This was the earliest promise of a Redeemer to come, and you were to be His immaculate Mother. Sanctify them first, so that they may then more effectively sanctify others. We do not find you in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, when your divine Son was received with so much honor by the people. 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. 3. 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. Our Lady of Good Counsel, I beg you to teach me true heavenly wisdom which was the source of every good deed you performed. In the temple, you returned to Him His gift by consecrating your Child to His honor and glory. I cannot rise to the heights of your holiness because I cannot grasp the intimacy of your union with Christ when you became His Mother. 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. In this I see God's plan that in the Kingdom of Jesus all graces should go through your hands and Heart. 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. 3. How many frail hearts are strengthened by you! From your pure blood the Holy Spirit formed the pure Body of Jesus. Decorate your table with colorful flowers . She told Juan to have a church built in her honor. I will not be discouraged, but rather go with confidence to you, the throne of grace. Keep my soul in good health so that when my body fails, my soul may be prepared to meet its Maker and Judge. They observed the Law of God most diligently and spent their days in prayer and in works of mercy. Foundation of the Abbey of Dunes, Flanders, in honor of the Blessed Virgin (1128) 3. Mary, My Mother, help me to perform all my actions through youto ask through your intercession the graces I need in order to imitate you, and to go through you to Jesus. How wondrous you are in your humility. But, because you surpass all other creatures in holiness and in the closeness of your union with Jesus and. 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. 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. In 1668 the feast in honor of the Seven Dolors was set for the Sunday after September 14, the Feast of the Holy Cross. 3. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High." . You resigned yourself to the care of God, in the fullest confidence that He would guard your innocence and reputation. Only then can I really love you as you desirewhen Jesus is formed in me so that I can love you as Jesus does. Who can understand the joy you feel to be able to give happiness to the whole world? I can best thank Jesus for His dying bequest by striving daily to become like John in his love and imitation of you. Mary, Mother of God, I consecrate myself to your Immaculate Heart. Your life with Jesus was one of the purest, most fervent, most perfect emotions of love to God, whom you sheltered within yourself. Mary, Mother of God, make my interior life of union with Jesus more like your own. No one could ever love God with the love of a mother. Augustine.). Only after many years of fervent prayers did God reward them. Refuge of sinners, do not turn us away when we entreat you. No wonder the angels were lost in admiration! Mary, Mother of God, your apparition at Guadalupe teaches me that devotion to you is a source of great graces. He is for us the source of all grace, the cause of our supernatural life. Many parishes, in addition to having a special feast day Mass, also host a reception or party in honor of the day. The privilege of the Immaculate Conception was suitable to your dignity. Little by little the links between your body and soul were dissolved by the resistless force of love. 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. He who gives grace, takes your prayers for commands. At the same time you had to offer the most intense human suffering, in union with the Passion of your Son. He found joy in God, His Heavenly Father, and in the Holy Spirit, joy in all the wonderful perfections of God. Each event of the sorrowful drama of His sufferings was a sword that pierced your motherly heart. | Irondale, AL 35210 |. I admire the holiness of their lives and the nobility of their family. May my faith influence my conduct. In your humility, you looked upon yourself as His lowly handmaid. The cross is the measure of God's love for us and the sum total of our love for God. It has been reproduced many times in copies and in book illustrations. Even when I disappoint you by doing my best to shake off the cross God has placed upon my shoulders, you pray for me. . Mary, My Mother, as the Immaculate Conception, you are the Woman who appeared as the mortal enemy of the serpent. 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. 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. I feel this threefold inclination to evil. And finally when the sacrifice was completed by His death upon the cross you had your place beside Him. You consented to be the Mother of the Redeemer at the Annunciation, and thus you were willing to share in the sufferings of the Redeemer. With your heart breaking with sorrow, you had to die a spiritual death in order to become my spiritual Mother. It is but a symbol of the endless victories which you are to win over him to the last day. You heard the mob, led by the chief priests clamoring for His crucifixion. 3. How God has loved you by making you His Mother! By conforming themselves to the divine model of your Family, may they attain to eternal happiness. In so doing I simply imitate God who gave Himself and His Son to us through you. Mary, Mother of God, you are Mother of Grace, because you are begotten of you to the life of grace, and are indebted to you after Jesus, for our supernatural life. In all your deeds you showed the fruits of the Divine Wisdom which had made you the dwelling-place of God. Be a mother to me and save me. 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. You are truly His beloved Daughter, the only one in whom there was never a stain. When you became the Mother of Jesus according to the flesh, you became the Mother of men according to the spirit. 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. It is still . Whatever graces we receive, come to us through your intercession. When I address the Almighty, I am frequently fearful because of my sinfulness in the presence of His infinite majesty and holiness. How wonderful were the workings of divine power to make you a fitting dwelling for the Redeemer of the world! But you are Mother only of penitent sinners who have left their evil ways before death. You want to give me help every time I need it. 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. The Holy Spirit would work in you the greatest work of His omnipotence, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee." 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. Now you realize human misery more fully and, therefore, show your mercy and compassion and help more generously. In your humility you gladly suffered contempt with Jesus. You are the most beautiful of creatures, the one in whom there is no spot, God's masterpiece. How delightful a sight must your beautiful soul have been to heaven! You have not lost grace, as Adam lost it, but you have found it because you have desired and sought it. You are not only the Mother of the guilty but also Mother of Jesus, their Judge. Only thus could you become one with Your God in the salvation of souls.

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