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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Monthly devotions
« on: June 24, 2023, 09:04:30 AM »
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  • Still quite new to the faith and am unfamiliar with many of the smaller things. For example monthly devotions I had no idea until May this year. What devotions does the Church have each month of the year?

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May - Mary
    June - Sacred Heart
    July - Precious Blood
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #1 on: June 24, 2023, 09:10:04 AM »
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  • Excellent question! I try to pray a Litany related to the specific month, i.e. this month is the Litany to the Sacred Heart, next month is The Precious Blood. Get a good Traditional Catholic calendar and you will know which Litany you can pray as well as various novenas. Hope that helps!


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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #2 on: June 24, 2023, 09:28:32 AM »
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  • Excellent question! I try to pray a Litany related to the specific month, i.e. this month is the Litany to the Sacred Heart, next month is The Precious Blood. Get a good Traditional Catholic calendar and you will know which Litany you can pray as well as various novenas. Hope that helps!
    Any good recommendations for traditional Catholic calendars?

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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #3 on: June 24, 2023, 10:29:41 AM »
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  • Still quite new to the faith and am unfamiliar with many of the smaller things. For example monthly devotions I had no idea until May this year. What devotions does the Church have each month of the year?

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May - Mary
    June - Sacred Heart
    July - Precious Blood
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December
    From my memory, in addition to what is post above, January was devoted to the Holy Family, though I notice some sources devote January to the Holy Name of Jesus and February to the Holy Family.  March was devoted to St. Joseph.  May, June, and July as above.  October is the month of the Rosary and November is devoted to the souls in Purgatory.

    The Blessed Be God prayer book and missal (1925) has this list:
     January - The Holy Name of Jesus
    February - The Holy Family
    March - St. Joseph
    April - The Holy Ghost
    May - The Blessed Virgin Mary
    June - The Sacred Heart
    July - The Precious Blood
    August - The Most Pure Heart of Mary
    September - Our Lady of Sorrows
    October - The Queen of the Holy Rosary
    November - The Souls in Purgatory
    December - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #4 on: June 24, 2023, 01:40:16 PM »
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  • Any good recommendations for traditional Catholic calendars?
    I got mine from the Trad church I attend, I think I have an extra one…but…happy to send to you…catholichatboroffaithandmorals.com has novenas and other info for each month as well


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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #5 on: June 24, 2023, 03:31:53 PM »
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  • My Prayer Book, Fr. F.X. Lasance 1908 Pg 165

    MONTH        Dedication                                            Particular Virtue assigned

    January          The Holy Infancy                                  Love of Jesus
    February        Holy Trinity/Holy Family                        Humility
    March            St. Joseph                                            Mortification
    April              Holy Ghost/Passsion for Lent                Patience
    May                Blessed Virgin Mary                              Meekness/Purity/Poverty
    June              Blessed Sacrament/Sacred Heart        Obedience/Piety/Duty
    July                Precious Blood of Jesus                      Simplicity/Faith/Cheerfulness
    August          Most Pure Heart of Mary                      Sanctification/Diligence/Fidelity
    September    Holy Cross                                            Piety/Duty Prayer
    October        Holy Angels/Holy Rosary                        Confidence
    November      Holy Souls in Purgatory                          Charity/Kindness
    December      Immaculate Conception                          Conformity to the will of God



    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #6 on: June 24, 2023, 03:43:26 PM »
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  • Same book as above pg 163
     
    Sanctify the week
     
    Sunday                  Holy Trinity
    Monday                 Holy Ghost/Souls in Purgatory
    Tuesday                 Holy Angels
    Wednesday           St. Joseph
    Thursday               Blessed Sacrament
    Friday                    Passion and Sacred Heart
    Saturday                Blessed Virgin Mary
     
     In Father Lasance's book also are the Gem Stones assigned to each Month and their significance.  Then a section on the gems and their significance.
     
    Everyone wanting to practice the traditions of the Catholic church really needs Fr. Lasance' "My Prayer Book"


    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #7 on: June 24, 2023, 04:06:31 PM »
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  • Thank you for posting Miseremini.

    I had looked in my copy of My Prayer Book by Fr. Lasance, but I was looking in the index and didn’t quickly find the list there, Blessed Be God had an index listing for Devotions for Every Month.
     
    The two lists are nearly identical, except for September when Fr. Lasance has the Holy Crosss, which is appropriate as September 14 is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.  But again, September 15 is the Feast of the Seven Sorrows, and the two are very connected.
     
    Both Blessed Be God and My Prayer Book are available in reprint, but one might find a better priced used copy (original edition) on eBay (I was very fortunate to find both there).  Both have prayers, ejaculations, novenas, litanies for each month, both are excellent.  Either would be a good choice for the OP.
     
     




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    Re: Monthly devotions
    « Reply #8 on: June 24, 2023, 04:34:13 PM »
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  • Australasian Catholic Calendar, produced by Fr Eldracher of Melbourne, has the headings for each month, eg June - Month of the Sacred Heart.
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