our lady of compassion feast day

Foundation of the Abbey of Dunes, Flanders, in honor of the Blessed Virgin (1128) 3. I give you my love by consecrating myself entirely to you, in joy and in sorrow, by complete abandonment to the divine will. Mary, Mother of God, since the United States was dedicated to your Immaculate Conception, be pleased to take our country under your special protection and grant that, guided by justice and nurtured by charity, it may serve God faithfully and be blessed with peace and prosperity. Furthermore, Jesus made the revelation of His divinity and the strengthening of the faith of His disciples the effect of your intercession. There the poor find aid; the sick and needy, remedy, the afflicted, consolation; the doubting, counsel; the distressed, help. Mary, Mother of God, the joyful mysteries of your Holy Rosary remind me of the mysteries in which the Word was made flesh and you, the inviolate Virgin and Mother, performed your maternal duties with holy joy. Shed upon me more and more the living light of that faith which made you blessed. All-powerful though He is, God could not bestow upon a creature a degree of honor higher than that conferred on you as the Mother of His Son. We praise your virginity and admire your humility; but because we are poor sinners, your mercy attracts us more and we embrace it more lovingly. Your eyes ever watch over us; your ears ever listen to our cries; your hands are ever extended over us to help us and impart heavenly gifts to us; above all, your Heart is full of tenderest care for us. How truly can the words of Holy Scripture be applied to you: "In me is all grace of the way and of the truth: in me is all hope of life and of virtue" (Ecclus 24, 25). Save me, a poor sinner who confidently invokes your intercession, through the graces merited for me on the cross by the precious Blood of your Son. In God there are no disappointments, no false promises. You thought only of the good you could do in Elizabeth's home. God is infinite good; sin, horrible evil. I realize that imitating you is the best way of imitating Jesus and of obtaining your all-powerful intercession. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," says the psalmist (110, 10). 1. Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Protect me from the snares of the world, the flesh and the devil. Infirmities of the body are nature's warning voice concerning the approach of death, which I cannot finally escape. You invite none to come to you but the lowly of spirit. Aid me through your influence with your Divine Son, to be a true child of yours and to grow daily into your likeness. 2. Your life with Jesus was one of deepest recollection, which gathered all the powers of your soul around the God-Man. 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. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.". Your fullness of grace brought you to a most intimate union with the Author of grace. All other apostles and workers for the salvation of souls depend upon you for blessing upon their missionary work. As wax melts before fire, so do the devils lose their power against those souls who remember to speak your name and devoutly invoke it. Enlightened by God, you knew that He would grant your request. Obtain for me the grace of true conversion. Mary, Queen of the Apostles, pray for the triumph of God's Kingdom upon earth. In you, and of your substance, was this day formed His adorable Body. But no child ever belonged to its mother as Jesus belonged to you. You were in the judgment-hall and heard it ring with lies. If you had no husband, the unbelieving Jews would have stoned you as a sinner. Surely the Son cannot refuse her who gave Him birth, the one who never denied Him anything. You are a Mother of Mercy to the sinner and the fallen; have pity on me! I feel this threefold inclination to evil. I have loved and followed Jesus to the end. And finally when the sacrifice was completed by His death upon the cross you had your place beside Him. 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. In order to free yourself from legal uncleanness and to give us an example of obedience to God's law, you submitted to the ceremony of the purification and made the offering demanded of the poortwo pigeons or turtledoves. 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. It was His will that you dispense mercy by helping sinners, healing the sick, relieving the distressed and comforting the sorrowful everywhere. Even in the Son of God I sometimes fear the Divine Majesty because although He became Man, He did not cease to be God. I fix my gaze on that star and wish never to turn from it. Mater Dolorosa. Through you my own goal becomes more real, more attainable, for the lessons of your life are the doors to eternal peace and happiness. Help me to become a child in your school. 1. May I always be most grateful by striving to grow in this divine life. And so it is even now in heaven. Pray for us, you who are so powerful, be all-powerful in our behalf! Inflame me with that heavenly love with which you loved your dear Son, Jesus Christ . Immaculate Virgin, you are that human being. Though Joseph planned to put you away privately when he recognized that you were with child, you still were unwilling to reveal your secret to him, lest you might seem to boast of your gifts. In you I behold the charm of the purest of virgins, the majesty of the noblest of mothers. 1. Having loved your sinful children so much as to sacrifice for them your only Son in His Passion, you loved them to the end by giving them the Holy Eucharist. Teach me to love Him with some of the love that glowed in your own heart so that my heart may always be His pleasing temple. As the heart of a mother triumphs over the just anger of a father in an earthly family so your Heart will triumph by averting the force of God's justice upon this sinful world. Altogether 24 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe. Turin Our Lady of Consolation, Turin This icon was presented to the city of Turin. You love them still, in spite of their sins, and you follow them with your motherly gaze and your prayers. Your part in distributing God's grace is a result of the part you played in obtaining it. You are a Mediatrix because since your Assumption, with Christ you obtain all graces for men. You are certainly the refuge of sinners, but you wish what your Son wishes. An event every year that begins at 12:00 am on day 15 of September, repeating indefinitely Immaculate Mother, you are the hope of a sinful race. You would be hailed by all generations as blessed above all other women because you are the Mother of God and at the same time a spotless Virgin. I am deeply conscious that I am unable to do good. On the day of Pentecost the Apostles' worldly views about the Kingdom of God on earth were banished by the Spirit of God, and holiness replaced their imperfections, but no-taint of the slightest sin had to be removed from your virginal soul. Mary, My Mother, your divine maternity is such a sublime privilege that no creature, not even you yourself, can understand it fully. Mary, My Mother, your power as Mother of Divine Providence is indeed as great as your compassion and willingness to help. I admire the holiness of their lives and the nobility of their family. I want to be devoted to you by giving myself entirely to you and through you to God. She heard the voices of Archangel Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret - they are on the banner over her left shoulder! His mother named him after the great St. Francis of Assisi. Like you, he was of the tribe of Juda and the family of David. Pray to Him for us, your children, that in our exile we may resemble you, His most devoted follower, and at last may glorify Him in union with you forever. 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. Wicked lust, the source and occasion of sin, flowing directly from original Sill and inclining to evil, drags me along in spite of myselfalthough always voluntarilyto personal sins, sins that I know only too well are my own. Mary's Feast Days August - Our Lady's Rosary Makers At your prayer Jesus changed the water into wine in Cana. Prophets foretold the coming of the Savior and the manner in which the Redemption would take place. It impels my mind to self-exaltation, because I am proud. 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. 8, 35). "And, therefore, the Holy One to be born shall be called the Son of God." Help me to receive Holy Communion frequently, at least each week, if not daily. 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. This apostolic mission is a consequence of your office as Mother, as Co-Redemptrix and as Dispenser of all graces. Feasts of Our Lady Throughout the Year January MONTH of the HOLY NAME 1. Latest news Portuguese bishops announce steps to end sexual abuse in the Church Have pity on the sinners of the world. To bring us forth, you gave much more than our earthly mothers gave. Jesus gave me your own dear self, His dearest possession, whom He loved so much that He, in a sense, exhausted His power to exalt you above all other creatures. Pray for us Christians who sigh to you in this vale of tears so that we may be comforted, enlightened, strengthened, guided, and finally saved! Down through the ages numberless people have recovered health of body and of spirit through your intercession! Help me to love Jesus with all my heart and to show my love for Him by loving you whom He has loved so dearly. I trust that through you I shall obtain the help I need to keep the commandments, avoid sin, receive the Sacraments frequently, pray much and save my soul. Mary, Mother of God, I believe that divine grace is absolutely necessary for the performing of any act that is meritorious for eternal life. Be pleased to lead mankind securely to certain victory over Communism through the triumph of your Immaculate Heart as you promised at Fatima: "In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph and an era of peace will be conceded to humanity.". Proclaim the Good News You shared more in this wisdom than did any other creature, because you approached nearer to the Source from which it cameJesus, the Eternal Wisdom. Your soul was most beautiful, lovable and immaculate, rich in graces and virtues. Through Joseph your descent from David would be known. Though a creature, you gave birth to the Creator. God has made you Queen and Protectress of the Church. Not only the Mother of Mexico, but of all the Americas. Mary, Mother of God, your name means "full of light" and "light-giving." Your Immaculate Conception is a triumph over Satan the author of evil, who under your heel, suffered his first complete defeat. When the Triune God destined and elevated you, a mortal Virgin, to the dignity of Mother of the Redeemer, the Father had to endow you with a fullness of perfection suitable for such a dignity. This miraculous defeat broke the back . You appeared as the Woman of the Apocalypse, clothed with the sun, standing on the moon. You are Queen of the universe, not by force, but by the power of love. In His infancy Jesus depended upon your loving care, and in death when He was abandoned by all, even by His Father, He still had your heart. This feast will take place this year under very special circumstances for us all. Eve was the mother of the dead, for all of us, her children, were doomed to enter this world under sentence of death, the slaves and children of Satan. You saw the cross raised and heard the mob, not yet satisfied with their bloody work, continue to torment their dying Victim. At Nazareth, you knew that by saying Yes or No to Gabriel, you would be giving us life or leaving us in spiritual death. To the Holy Spirit you offer the possibility of giving a new existence to the Son and of making this Son live in the hearts of the faithful through the power of His grace.

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