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| Marian Feasts, Devotions, Novenas | |
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| Deleted User | Saturday, 20. June 2009, 13:19 Post #61 |
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Devotion to the immaculate Heart of Mary is primarily based upon the Sacred Scriptures. In the New Testament, there are two references to the Heart of Mary in the Gospel according to St. Luke: .."Mary treasured all these things and reflected on them in her heart. " (Lk 2: 19) and " His mother meanwhile kept all these things in her heart. " (Lk 2:51) In the Old Testament, the heart is seen as the symbol of the depths of the human soul, the center of its choices and commitments. For all mankind, it is a symbol of love. In the Book of Deuteronomy we are told, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength." (Dt. 6:5) When Our Lord Jesus Christ was asked by the scribes which was the first commandment, he answered them by quoting this verse to them. (see Mk. 12:29-31)It was the Heart of Mary which expressed her "yes" to God. .This was her response to the message sent through the angel at the Annunciation. By her loving consent, Mary first conceived Christ in her heart and then in her womb. Our Lord Jesus, Himself: when reminded by a woman in the crowd how blessed was the womb which gave birth to Him, responds, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it." (Lk. 11:28) Pope John Paul II , in his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis, wrote "the mystery of Redemption was formed under the heart of the Virgin of Nazareth when she pronounced her 'fiat.'" (R.H. #22) Historically, devotion to the Heart of Mary can be traced to the twelfth century with such writers as St. Anselm (d. 1109) and St. Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153) who is considered as one of the most influential writers in Marian devotion. St. Bernardine of Siena ( 1380- 1444) has been called the Doctor of the Heart of Mary due to his writings on Mary's heart. He wrote, "from her heart, as from a furnace of Divine Love, the Blessed Virgin spoke the words of the most ardent love." St. John Eudes (1601 -1680) helped by his writings to begin a renewal in this devotion. Both Pope Leo XIII and Pope St. Pius X called him, "the father, Doctor, and Apostle of the liturgical cult of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary." Even two decades before the first liturgical celebrations in honour of the Heart of Jesus, St. John Eudes and his followers observed February 8th as the feast of the Heart of Mary as early as 1643. Pope Pius VII (d. 1823) extended its celebration to any diocese or congregation requesting it. Devotion to Mary's Heart has a greater flowering following the manifestation of the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830 and the Appearances of' Our Lady in Fatima. From May 13 to October 13, 1917, our Blessed Mother Mary appeared to three children, Jacinta and Francisco Marto and their cousin Lucia DosSantos in Fatima, Portugal. On July 13 she told them: "to save poor sinners, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart." The entire Fatima message is one of prayer, penance and making sacrifices and reparation to God for the many offenses against Him. In 1942, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Fatima, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. That same year, he assigned the feast day to August 22, the octave of the Assumption. On May 4, 1944, he extended the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the Universal Church. With the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council in 1969, the feast was given a more suitable place on the day following the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. That is the Saturday after the second Sunday after Pentecost. The opening prayer for the liturgical celebration helps us focus on the important message of this feast day. "God prepared the heart of Mary as a fitting home to the Holy Spirit. May we, His chosen people, become temples of His glory. We ask Mary to help us- her spiritual children, so dear to her heart, to stay ever united in friendship with her Son and never separate ourselves by sin."udayton.edu |
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| Deleted User | Saturday, 27. June 2009, 12:55 Post #62 |
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Behold at thy feet, O Mother of Perpetual Succour! A wretched sinner who has recourse to thee and confides in thee. O Mother of Mercy! Have pity on me. I hear thee called by all, the refuge and hope of sinners: be, then, my refuge and my hope. Assist me for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth thy hand to a miserable fallen creature who recommends himself to thee, and who devotes himself to thy service for ever. I bless and thank Almighty God, Who in mercy has given me this confidence in thee which I hold to be a pledge of my eternal salvation. It is true that in the past I have miserably fallen into sin, because I had not recourse to thee. I know that with thy help I shall conquer. I know, too, that thou wilt assist me, if I recommend myself to thee; but I fear that in time of danger, I may neglect to call on thee, and thus lose my soul. This grace, then, I ask of thee, and this I beg, with all the fervour of my soul, that, in all the attacks of hell, I may ever have recourse to thee. O Mary! Help me. O Mother of Perpetual Succour! Never suffer me to lose my God. |
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| Deleted User | Thursday, 16. July 2009, 23:59 Post #63 |
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Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel composed by Saint Simon Stock O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that you are our Mother! Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us! This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386 under the title "Commemoratio B. Marif Virg. duplex" to celebrate the victory of their order over its enemies on obtaining the approbation of its name and constitution from Honorius III on 30 Jan., 1226 (see Colvenerius, "Kal. Mar.", 30 Jan. "Summa Aurea", III, 737). The feast was assigned to 16 July, because on that date in 1251, according to Carmelite traditions, the scapular was given by the Blessed Virgin to St. Simon Stock; it was first approved by Sixtus V in 1587. After Cardinal Bellarmine had examined the Carmelite traditions in 1609, it was declared the patronal feast of the order, and is now celebrated in the Carmelite calendar as a major double of the first class with a vigil and a privileged octave (like the octave of Epiphany, admitting only a double of the first class) under the title "Commemoratio solemnis B.V.M. de Monte Carmelo". By a privilege given by Clement X in 1672, some Carmelite monasteries keep the feast on the Sunday after 16 July, or on some other Sunday in July. In the seventeenth century the feast was adopted by several dioceses in the south of Italy, although its celebration, outside of Carmelite churches, was prohibited in 1628 by a decree contra abusus. On 21 Nov., 1674, however, it was first granted by Clement X to Spain and its colonies, in 1675 to Austria, in 1679 to Portugal and its colonies, and in 1725 to the Papal States of the Church, on 24 Sept., 1726, it was extended to the entire Latin Church by Benedict XIII. The lessons contain the legend of the scapular; the promise of the Sabbatine privilege was inserted into the lessons by Paul V about 1614. The Greeks of southern Italy and the Catholic Chaldeans have adopted this feast of the "Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary". The object of the feast is the special predilection of Mary for those who profess themselves her servants by wearing her scapular. |
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| Deleted User | Saturday, 15. August 2009, 12:37 Post #64 |
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. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August) is deeply imbedded in popular piety. In many places the feast is synonymous with the person of Our Lady, and is simply referred to as "Our Lady's Day" or as the "Immacolada" in Spain and Latin America. In the Germanic countries, the custom of blessing herbs is associated with 15 August. This custom, received into the Rituale Romanum(200), represents a clear example of the genuine evangelization of pre-Christian rites and beliefs: one must turn to God, through whose word "the earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with their seed inside in their several kinds"(Gen 1, 12) in order to obtain what was formerly obtained by magic rites; to stem the damages deriving from poisonous herbs, and benefit from the efficacy of curative herbs. This ancient use came to be associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, in part because of the biblical images applied to her such as vine, lavender, cypress and lily, partly from seeing her in terms of a sweet smelling flower because of her virtue, and most of all because of Isaiah 11, 1, and his reference to the "shoot springing from the side of Jesse", which would bear the blessed fruit of Jesus. DIRECTORY ON POPULAR PIETY AND THE LITURGY |
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| Derekap | Saturday, 15. August 2009, 20:15 Post #65 |
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Both the Catholic and Apostolic (ie Orthodox) Armenian churches bless and distribute grapes on this feast. |
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| karenjane | Tuesday, 8. September 2009, 09:39 Post #66 |
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Today the 8th of September is the feast day of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary blessed mother of Jesus Christ. Queen of Heaven we pray today and always for peace in this world. karenjane |
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| Derekap | Tuesday, 8. September 2009, 15:06 Post #67 |
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| Mrs.Pogle | Sunday, 8. November 2009, 22:47 Post #68 |
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It is exactly one year ago today since I enrolled in the Militia Immaculata. Today I renewed my vows in a private consecration. Is any one else enrolled in the Crusade? |
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| JRJ | Sunday, 8. November 2009, 23:29 Post #69 |
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I am and my anniversary is on the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, 7 October. (Hmmm, I am noticing my connections to Franciscans! St. Maximilian Kolbe has been on my "team" since I was received into full communion, and then there is the influence of Mother Angelica, Fr. Benedict Groeschel and now I am listening to a series on St. Francis of Assisi by Fr. Andrew Apostoli. I would never have imagined being drawn to Franciscan spirituality before, but have very recently decided I must seriously discern whether God is calling me to a deeper look into St. Francis.) |
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| SeanJ | Monday, 9. November 2009, 16:37 Post #70 |
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I followed your link Mrs. P, and found that the HQ of the crusade is on Redclyffe Road. That makes it a small but beautiful church (designed by Pugin I think) which now belongs to the Franciscans. But when I was a teenager, it was my parish church. We had to cross Barton bridge to get to Mass and we were usually held up so that the bridge could swing and allow a ship through. SeanJ |
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| SeanJ | Monday, 9. November 2009, 16:43 Post #71 |
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I followed your link Mrs. P, and found that the HQ of the crusade is on Redclyffe Road. That makes it a small but beautiful church (designed by Pugin I think) which now belongs to the Franciscans. But when I was a teenager, it was my parish church. We had to cross Barton bridge to get to Mass and we were usually held up so that the bridge could swing and allow a ship through. See this photo of the bridge. SeanJ |
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| Deleted User | Monday, 9. November 2009, 17:46 Post #72 |
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The church is listed as Grade 1 and is considered to be the chief work of the architect Edward Welby Pugin. It is a remarkably complete example of Victorian Catholic Church architecture in the Gothic style. Pevsner called it ‘Pugin’s masterwork’. Franciscan Mass Association wow,Sean, you were very lucky to have this as your parish church I am not a member of the crusade, but I do get the magazine The Crusader and enrol people in the Franciscan Mass Association (which reminds me that it's time I renewed the enrolment for all forum members) My dad was a "crusader" and I've often thought of joining so maybe now I'll actually do something about it. KatyA |
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| SeanJ | Monday, 9. November 2009, 18:09 Post #73 |
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After the Franciscans took it over, my mother used to go there one morning a week and stuff newsletters or magazines into evelopes. SeanJ |
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| Poesy | Saturday, 21. November 2009, 08:15 Post #74 |
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Today is the Feast of the presentation of Our Lady in the Temple.
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| Poesy | Saturday, 21. November 2009, 08:16 Post #75 |
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Today is the Feast of the presentation of Our Lady in the Temple. ![]() Book of Sirach 24,9-12. And have stood in all the earth: and in every people, And in every nation I have had the chief rule: And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11,27-28. And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it. Edited by Poesy, Saturday, 21. November 2009, 08:25.
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Devotion to the immaculate Heart of Mary is primarily based upon the Sacred Scriptures. In the New Testament, there are two references to the Heart of Mary in the Gospel according to St. Luke: .."Mary treasured all these things and reflected on them in her heart. " (Lk 2: 19) and " His mother meanwhile kept all these things in her heart. " (Lk 2:51) In the Old Testament, the heart is seen as the symbol of the depths of the human soul, the center of its choices and commitments. For all mankind, it is a symbol of love. In the Book of Deuteronomy we are told, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength." (Dt. 6:5) When Our Lord Jesus Christ was asked by the scribes which was the first commandment, he answered them by quoting this verse to them. (see Mk. 12:29-31)


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