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Miseremini · « **Reply #135 on:** October 01, 2024, 12:38:14 PM »

October - Month of the Holy Rosary

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Daily rosaries are particularly encouraged throughout October. For our October devotions, let us recite the Litany of the Blessed Virgin daily and recite the Prayer to St. Joseph as requested by Pope Leo XIII.

Miseremini · « **Reply #136 on:** October 02, 2024, 01:37:36 PM »

God's love for us was not satisfied with giving us His Son, Jesus, for our Redeemer, and Mary for our Advocate; He has been pleased to give us also His Angels to be our guardians: "He hath given His Angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways." (Ps. 90:2). These holy spirits and princes of heaven are always present with us, and assist us in all our actions. And on this account, out of regard to our guardian Angels, we ought carefully to refrain from every action which can displease them.

Have Nothing To Do With That Just Man

CONSIDERATION.

Most interpreters believe that the uneasiness of Pilate's wife was caused by an inspiration of grace, and that it obtained her salvation. The Greeks even honor her as a saint, under the name of Claudia Procula. Be this as it may, the warning thus sent to Pilate was an extraordinary grace vouchsafed to him at the critical moment, when he was hesitating between doing a great act of justice, which would have won his salvation, and an atrocious crime, which brought fearful misery on him both in this world and the next; for we know that he fell into disgrace and was banished, and finally destroyed himself.

APPLICATION.

How many times and in how many ways have our guardian angels and our directors warned us and tried to strengthen us, when our passions had obtained such a mastery over us that our judgement was darkened, and we were hesitating between good and evil! All these warnings were extraordinary graces. How have we corresponded with them? How have we profited by them?

Taken and adapted from Practical Meditations, available here>>

Sermon: The World of the Angels

Throughout the liturgical year, we find several feasts dedicated to angels. Through these feasts, Holy Mother Church invites us to contemplate the world of the angels and their role in assisting us on the path to salvation.

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Miseremini · « **Reply #137 on:** October 03, 2024, 10:48:10 AM »

Mary Frances Martin was born at Alencon of parents most pious and endowed with a comfortable amount of the goods of this world. At the age of fifteen she entered the Carmel of Lisieux, living there in holiness and humility. Her whole ambition was to love God perfectly and to conquer souls for Jesus. She died in the odor of sanctity, promising to "spend her heaven in doing good upon earth" (1873-1897). His Holiness Pope Pius XI declared her Blessed on April 29, 1923, and canonized her on March 17, 1925.

Miseremini · « **Reply #138 on:** October 04, 2024, 02:13:43 PM »

The Seraphic Patriarch of Assisi was a man especially raised up by God in the Middle Ages with the mission to reconvert the world to Christ. Francis was born in a stable, and heralded into the world by angelic song; he commenced his work with twelve followers, whom he sent two by two to preach the Gospel. He espoused most high Poverty and received in his own body the marks of the Sacred Passion on Mount Alvernia. Francis's message of charity, peace, and justice was heard by men and women of every grace of society, and thousands in consequence desired to leave all and follow Francis in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Therefore he found the Order of Friars Minor, the Second Order of the Poor Clares, and the Tertiaries or Third Order, which bear his name. Sta. Francis died about sunset on Saturday, October 3, 1226.

Miseremini · « **Reply #139 on:** October 07, 2024, 12:49:39 PM »

The Angelical Salutation is often repeated in the Rosary, because, as it contains a form of praise for the Incarnation, it best suits a devotion instituted to honor the principal parts of that great mystery. Though it be addressed to the Mother of God, with an invocation of her intercession, it is chiefly a praise and thanksgiving to the Son, for the divine mercy in each part of that wonderful mystery. The Holy Ghost is the principal author of this holy prayer, which the archangel Gabriel, the ambassador of the Blessed Trinity in the most wonderful of all mysteries, began; Saint Elizabeth, another organ of the Holy Ghost, continued, and the Church finished. The first and second part consist of the sacred praises which were bestowed on the Blessed Virgin by the archangel Gabriel, and by Saint Elizabeth inspired by the Holy Ghost. The last part was added by the church, and contains a petition of her intercession, styling her Mother of God, with the general council of Ephesus against the blasphemies of Nestorius.

Sermon: The Necessity of the Rosary

Throughout history, Our Lady, through apparitions, has encouraged the faithful to pray the Rosary. Why? Because she is our mother and she knows that through this prayer, we may have the strength to persevere and save our souls in Christ.

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Miseremini · « **Reply #140 on:** October 08, 2024, 11:48:13 AM »

ST. BRIDGET was born of the Swedish royal family, in 1304. In obedience to her father, she was married to Prince Ulpho of Sweden, and became the mother of eight children, one of whom, Catherine, is honored as a Saint. After some years she and her husband separated by mutual consent. He entered the Cistercian Order, and Bridget founded the Order of St. Savior, in the Abbey of Wastein, in Sweden. In 1344 she became a widow, and thenceforth received a series of the most sublime revelations, all of which she scrupulously submitted to the judgment of her confessor. By the command of Our Lord, Bridget went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and amidst the very scenes of the Passion was further instructed in the sacred mysteries. She died in 1373.

Miseremini · « **Reply #141 on:** October 11, 2024, 12:21:54 PM »

The Grace of the Divine Maternity

“The humanity of Christ, from the fact that it is united to the Godhead; and created happiness from the fact that it is the fruition of God; and the Blessed Virgin from the fact that she is the mother of God; have all a certain infinite dignity from the infinite good, which is God. And on this account there cannot be anything better than these; just as there cannot be anything better than God.” (Summa Theologiæ, I, q.25,a.6,ad.4)
It this by these strong words that St. Thomas Aquinas gives us an appreciation of the grandeur of the grace of the divine maternity. In this article from the Summa Theologiæ, he asks the question: Can God do something better than what He does? And he answers: yes, because God’s power is infinite.
But he makes an exception for three elements of creation: the humanity of Jesus Christ, the beatific vision of the saints in heaven, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Miseremini · « **Reply #142 on:** October 15, 2024, 11:31:31 AM »

The Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things; whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. Raise your thoughts, look up to Heaven, do not torment yourself about anything, let nothing trouble you.
Follow Jesus Christ with all your heart and whatever happens, let nothing frighten you. Do you see the glory of the world? It is a vain glory; there is nothing stable about it, it all passes.
Aspire to what is heavenly, it lasts forever; faithful and rich in promises, God does not change. Love Him as He deserves, He is immense Goodness; but there is no true love without patience.
Let confidence and a lively Faith uphold the soul; he who believes and hopes obtains all things. Even if he is attacked by all of hell, he who possesses God will foil its attacks. Even if he is abandoned and suffers crosses and misfortunes, if God is his treasure, he will want for nothing.
Away with you, then, worldly goods; away with you, vain happiness; even if you lose all, God alone suffices.
Amen.

Miseremini · « **Reply #143 on:** October 16, 2024, 01:10:27 PM »

St. Hedwig, duchess of Poland, of royal stock and the maternal aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, retired into a Cistercian convent after the death of her husband. She died in 1243.

Miseremini · « **Reply #144 on:** October 18, 2024, 11:06:03 AM »

St. Luke was very probably born of pagan parents at Antioch. Converted, he became the missionary companion of St. Paul, who called him "the most dear physician" and "his fellow laborer." After the death of his teacher, according to reliable authority, he preached the Gospel in Achaia, where he died at a ripe old age. He wrote a Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.

Miseremini · « **Reply #145 on:** October 23, 2024, 11:23:34 AM »

Anthony Mary Claret founded the Missionary Sons of the Heart of Mary, the Teaching Sisters of Mary Immaculate, and other communities of nuns. For many years he labored in Catalonia, for six years in Cuba as Archbishop of Santiago, and finally in Madrid. He died in exile in France in 1870.

Miseremini · « **Reply #146 on:** October 24, 2024, 10:57:45 AM »

Benedict XV extended to the Universal Church the feast of the holy Archangel St. Raphael, who is known to us from the inspired words of the Book of Tobias as the angelical physician of soul and body.

Miseremini · « **Reply #147 on:** October 27, 2024, 09:38:30 AM »

Feast of Christ the King

We firmly hope, however, that the feast of the Kingship of Christ, which in future will be yearly observed, may hasten the return of society to our loving Savior. It would be the duty of Catholics to do all they can to bring about this happy result. Many of these, however, have neither the station in society nor the authority which should belong to those who bear the torch of truth.
This state of things may perhaps be attributed to a certain slowness and timidity in good people, who are reluctant to engage in conflict or oppose but a weak resistance; thus the enemies of the Church become bolder in their attacks. But if the faithful were generally to understand that it behooves them ever to fight courageously under the banner of Christ their King, then, fired with apostolic zeal, they would strive to win over to their Lord those hearts that are bitter and estranged from him, and would valiantly defend his rights.

Excerpt from the encyclical Quas Primas of Pope Pius XI, published on December 11, 1925.

Miseremini · « **Reply #148 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:11:26 PM »

Feast of All Souls

CONSIDERATION.

These souls are exceedingly pleasing to God, being united to Him by a higher degree of sanctifying grace than those of the greatest living saints whose salvation is yet uncertain, whilst theirs is assured. The Beatific Vision is theirs already; and God would permit them to enjoy it at once, absolving them from all debts contracted by sin, were it not for His eternal decree, by virtue of which the time of their expiation can be shortened by prayer alone. He Himself asks our prayers in the name of the love He bears to these exiled souls. Can we refuse Him?

APPLICATION.

It is clear that Almighty God has in a certain sense placed the fate of the holy souls in our hands, and that if we show ourselves unmindful of them we neglect God Himself. Surely none of us would run the risk of incurring such a reproach. Let us on this solemn day renew our fervor on behalf of these suffering souls. We have many means of helping them - so many partial and plenary indulgences to be gained so easily. Do you make use of them? Do not hesitate, for in doing so you lose nothing and gain greatly.

Taken and adapted from Practical Meditations, available here>

Miseremini · « **Reply #149 on:** November 04, 2024, 01:17:30 PM »

St. Charles, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, was one of the greatest and holiest prelates of the years when the great Council of Trent was being completed and its enactments put into execution. He reformed the clergy and renewed the spirit of the monasteries in his diocese. He died in 1584.

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