our lady of compassion feast day

Mary, I beg you to lead me to my Sacramental Jesus! Mary, Mother of God, how wonderful was your own interior life as you carried the Son of God in your womb and awaited His coming! Protect me from losing the Holy Spirit by sin. With your heart breaking with sorrow, you had to die a spiritual death in order to become my spiritual Mother. You bore your sorrows bravely because you received them from God's hands. May they consider it to be the greatest privilege bestowed upon them by God to dedicate their sons and daughters to His holy service. We encourage you to bring a flower to offer Our Blessed Mary. You are the Mother of the Son of God. You have commanded that your precepts. John took my place on Calvary and you became, in his person, my Mother. After the prophecy of Simeon, the Scriptures mention that "His father and mother" were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him. Hence with Holy Church I repeat, "You are all fair, Mary, and the stain of original sin is not in you. Our Lady of Sorrows: Compassion Unlimited. He wanted the strengthening of the faith of His disciples and the manifestation of His Divinity to depend upon your prayers. This was a declaration that all Christians are your spiritual children. But you are Mother only of penitent sinners who have left their evil ways before death. You are the Mediatrix of our peace with God and the Giver of heavenly graces. He already occupied Himself with the salvation of all souls, and as the hidden Ruler of the world He judged all who departed this life. Ask Him to favor me with a ray of His brightness to enlighten the darkness of sin and ignorance in which I was born. You desire more to do good to me than I can desire to receive favors from you, for your Heart is all love and mercy. And when the days of my earthly pilgrimage are over, according to God's holy will, grant that my soul may obtain the glory of heaven, through the merits of Christ and through your intercession. Prophets foretold the coming of the Savior and the manner in which the Redemption would take place. The offering of your Son was continued in each Holy Mass ever to be offered, in each Holy Communion ever to be received, in each act of adoration and prayer before the Sacred Host. The Holy Spirit gave you the heart of a bride, all burning with a love pure and ardent. Being filled with light from Heaven, you have shed brightness upon the whole world, by giving birth to the Eternal Light, Our Lord Jesus Christ, although still remaining in the glory of your virginity. 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. During my whole life you continue to take care of me until Christ be formed in me. You did not-abandon Jesus as the apostles did; you remained with Him until He expired. Without God I can do nothing. 3. Your Heart was also a suffering Heart. 3. When you later returned to your home, you were under the loving care of your mother, Saint Anne. At the Annunciation you received Jesus on earth; it was proper that He should receive you in Heaven. After the name of Jesus, neither heaven nor earth can utter a name by which my faith and love receive more abundant grace, and reassuring hope, and lasting sweetness. The holy old man Simeon took your Son in his arms. Mary, Mother of God, teach me to be truly humble. I rejoice with you in the happiness which filled your heart because of such love. You were born into the world in the humble city of Nazareth. Everything that God may send me, or permit in my life, whether favorable or unfavorable, sweet or bittereven illness, is acceptable to me, for I have resolved, after your example to conform myself to the Divine Will in all things. Mary, Mother of God, I turn to you in all my pressing needs and difficulties as to a most sure refuge. Mary, My Mother, your mediation is in reality one with that of Jesus, who had seen fit to give Himself to us only through you. Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 12:00am. Heaven and earth shall perish before you are seen to abandon the miserable who pray to you sincerely. Truly, you are "light-giving" because you have given us Jesus, the Light of the World. Not only were you full of grace, but you also bore the Author of grace. You have found uncreated grace, that is, God Himself became your Son; and with that grace you have found and obtained every created good. 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, help me to imitate your sinlessness by keeping my soul free from every willful sin by the faithful observance of God's commandments. Your heart watches over them tenderly. 2. 3. Only you could love God as your Son; only you could love your Son as God. Mary, Mother of God, though marriage and motherhood were the cherished ideals of every Jewish maiden, you vowed your virginity to God, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Simeon prophesied it when you offered the little Victim-Savior to the Heavenly Father for the first time in the temple: "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce" (Luke 2, 35). But saints and writers of the Church speak of devotion to you as a sign of perseverance in good and a happy death. O powerful answer which rejoiced Heaven and brought an immense sea of graces and blessings into the world! (1) You prepared in your virginal womb a fit temple for the union of the Son of Godthe Divine Wordwith our human nature. King Solomon described your beauty: "Thou art all fair my beloved, beautiful as the moon, brilliant as the sun.". Help me to love God with my whole soulso that all the faculties of my soul may be consecrated to Him, and that I may make use of them only to make Him known, loved and served. On Feb. 11, 2020, I was ordained a bishop and installed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Gary. The Son takes pleasure in it as the Heart of His Mother, the source from which He drew the blood that ransomed us. Your extreme hatred of sin was the measure of your supreme love of virtue. The Consecration took place on Calvary where you shared in the offering of the bloody sacrifice of the New Testament. 3. You were concerned in both, and on each occasion you were present as Mother of the human race. Here I will demonstrate, I will exhibit, I will give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. 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 . You formed His whole Self, to die for us as a sacrificial Lamb. To you then we owe the salvation which Jesus brought to us. By granting them these graces you have performed a work of the apostolate. Just as the patriarchs in Limbo had beheld your birth as the breaking of that dawn which announced to them their near deliverance, so, too, your Assumption, together with the Ascension of Jesus, became for mortal man a sure pledge of resurrection and immortality. Though you did not know the meaning of the archangel's inspired words, you serenely submitted to the will of God. You are the most beautiful of creatures, the one in whom there is no spot, God's masterpiece. Jesus gave you to me to be my Mother that you may enable me at my death to say as He did with a sense of humble gratitude to God for His graces: "It is finished""I have done the work God placed me upon this earth to do. I did it not once or twice but numberless times. Our Lady of Consolation, Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine (Aug. 28) Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8 The Most Holy Name of Mary, Sept. 12 Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 15 Our Lady of Mercy (Our Lady of Ransom), Sept. 24 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Oct. 7 Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oct. 11 Jesus is the new Adam and you are the new Eve. Your part in distributing God's grace is a result of the part you played in obtaining it. Excerpted from Our Lady of Sorrows by Fr. How many are now in heaven because of the protection given them by your merciful Heart! The first characteristic of humility of heart is a humble opinion of oneself. God enriched your soul with such a love above all other creatures that in you alone He found His fullest delights. No one ever belonged to Jesus as completely as you, for you are His Mother. You conceived Jesus as the Head of regenerated mankind, the Head of a mystical body whose members we are. Although He might have wrought our salvation alone, without inviting you to share in His work, He did not choose to do so. 1. By consenting to His birth, you made Him King. The virtue of holy prudence guides man in his choice of purposes and in the best means to attain them. I beg you to pray for me that by the light of the Holy Spirit and your direction, I may see my duty, and by God's grace and your help I may fulfill it. She humbly exclaimed, "How have I deserved this happiness that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" At the mention of it, the angels rejoice and the devils tremble; through the invocation of your name, sinners obtain grace and pardon. You were charged with dispensing the supernatural life to men because this was fitting. 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. Help me to imitate your zeal in assisting my neighbor in his needs. I will not be discouraged, but rather go with confidence to you, the throne of grace. 1. Never before did angel greet man with the word "Hail, full of grace." It was the great vital act that completed the work of God in the world. Elizabeth proclaimed that you were the Mother of Christ and declared you blessed among women because you were the most holy dwelling of the Eternal God. 1. Keep me humble that I may be able to receive your counsel. Gazing sorrowfully on His lifeless body, you watched the soldier drive the spear into His Heart. He paid the debt that original sin might not be incurred. In so doing I simply imitate God who gave Himself and His Son to us through you. What grief filled your heart as you gazed upon your Son with His flesh torn, His head encircled with long, sharp thorns, His whole body covered with blooda mock-King with a reed in His hand and cast-off cloak over His bleeding shoulders. Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 2. When the Holy Spirit descended, you received the richest outpouring of His graces. I realize that imitating you is the best way of imitating Jesus and of obtaining your all-powerful intercession. 3. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Mother of Perpetual Help because of the graces you have at your disposal. 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. Like you, let me learn divine wisdom and see God in all things, so that I may rise from the creature to the great Creator. Your own extraordinary grace and merit, your own wondrous privileges give to your prayer an irresistible force and power. Help me to imitate your fullness of grace by receiving Holy Communion frequently, where I shall obtain the sanctifying grace that will make my soul holy and pleasing to God, more like your own, and where I shall obtain the actual graces I need to practise virtue and to walk in your footsteps. As formerly the shepherds and the magi found Jesus close to you, so now may all sinners, unbelievers and pagans find Jesus through you, His Mother. Thus you became in some way the source of that grace which Jesus would pour forth over all mankind. We do not find you in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, when your divine Son was received with so much honor by the people. Mary, My Mother, you are Queen also because your are Co-Redemptrix. 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. By His almighty power He would form the body of the Savior of the world, and the Divine Son would unite it to Himself forever. After your Divine Son, you are God's most precious gift to man. May the infirmities of my soul be my chief concern. In that moment the mystery of love and mercy, promised to mankind thousands of years earlier foretold by so many prophets, desired by so many saints, was accomplished upon earth. Since you are my Mother, I share in the love you have for your Divine Son. Mother Teresa once laid out a simple path for everyone, leading from silence to peace.
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