Month of August
by VP
Posted on Thursday August 01, 2024 at 01:00AM in Tradition
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Anthony of Padua NC
Devotion for the Month of August: Blessed Sacrament and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Virtue for the month of August: Diligence
What is diligence? Diligence is a virtue which enables us to serve God readily and cheerfully, to promote His honor as much as lies in our power, and faithfully to perform all our duties.
Application: Unless you perseveringly struggle with your wicked inclinations, you will never acquire the Christian Virtues; therefor fight faithfully until death, and God will give you the crown of life. (Apoc.ii.10) A Full Catechism of the Catholic Faith by Fr. Joseph Deharbe SJ 1883
Sloth is a laziness of soul, by which persons neglect to begin, or to perform, such things as are necessary for salvation; for, as one of the deadly sins, it means spiritual sloth. The more this sloth is indulged, the more burdensome it becomes. The slothful Christian has indeed faith; but is is a dead faith; because he neglects to keep it alive by good works. We are sent into the world, not to live at our ease, but to work our our salvation; and to succeed in this work, we must bot only be resolute in "declining from evil;" but diligent also in "doing good." (example of the five foolish Virgins; and also of the slothful servant.)
Diligence or spiritual fervor is a virtue by which we are zealous in laboring for the service of God, and the salvation of our soul: it makes the duties of Religion appear, not burdensome or tedious, but easy and agreeable; - it keeps the lamp of our faith burning with the oil of good works; and so causes us to be always ready, like the give wise Virgins; and, having made us rich in good works, it will entitle us, at our entrance into eternity, to hear from our Lord these consoling words: "Well done, good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
A full course of instructions for the use of Catechists, by Rev. Fr. John Perry 1852St. Peter's Chains.
by VP
Posted on Thursday August 01, 2024 at 01:00AM in Saints
"A DAY in memory and honor of St. Peter's sufferings for Christ; when to oblige the Jews, he was imprisoned by Herod, and bound in chains, as it is related in the 12th chapter of the Acts; and from which he was delivered by an angel. This festival was instituted in the year 438, when the Empress Eudoxia, wife of Theodosius the younger, having gone in pilgrimage to Jerusalem, had these chains presented to her by the Christians of that city. She afterwards sent them to Rome to her daughter Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Valentinian. Two churches were afterwards erected in memory of them, one at Constantinople, the other at Rome; and many miracles were wrought by them.
Give thanks to God for the miraculous deliverance of his apostles, for the good of His Church. Pray for the relief of all those who suffer for their faith throughout the world, as the Christians then did for St. Peter. Pray for all in captivity and prison, that God would be their comforter, preserve them from the too common dangers and contagion of those places, and teach them by his grace to sanctify all their sufferings. Pray for all, who living in habitual sin, are slaves to the devil. Their misery is of all the greatest, and demands your compassion and prayers.
They have evil spirits to keep them in their
chains: beseech God to send his angels to disengage them. Pray for
yourself, to be delivered from all oppression, spiritual and temporal.
Remember not to be discouraged at any difficulties. For what is there
that you may not hope for, when you see both guards and gates of iron yield to the command of God If you are in the sleep and bonds of sin, beseech God to awaken you, and that his light may shine upon you. Pray for the present successor of St. Peter, and for all the pastors of God's Church; that as they are Christ's vicegerents, so they may be ever mindful of the charge which they have undertaken, and perform it with a holiness becoming Him, whose ministers they are." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
#1 Acts of Adoration Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in reparation for all the offenses committed against Him by mankind
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Posted on Thursday August 01, 2024 at 01:00AM in Thursday Reparation
1. Jesus, our Lord and our God, ever adorable! Oh, that we could be present in all the churches throughout the universe, where thou art not adored as thou oughtest to be, and where thy inflamed love is not repaid with gratitude worthy of thy majesty! We fly, at least in spirit, to these holy places now profaned, and offer on thy altars there, the fervent love and adoration of thy holy Mother, in compensation for the injuries ever done thee by the Jews, by heretics, and bad Christians. Eternal praise and thanksgiving be to the Most Holy and Most Divine Sacrament.
O Queen of heaven and earth, hope of mankind, who adores thy Divine Son incessantly! We entreat thee, that, since we have the honor to be of the number of thy children, thou would interest thyself in our behalf and make satisfaction for us, and in our name, to our Eternal Judge, by rendering to Him the duties which we ourselves are incapable of performing. Amen
Source: CAPG
Novena for Priests to St. John Vianney Day 7
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Posted on Thursday August 01, 2024 at 01:00AM in Prayers
O holy Priest of Ars, your life was filled with humility. You wore an
old cassock. You ate meager meals. You realized that before the throne
of God, you were one of His creatures made to glorify God and praise Him
in all things. You said that the first virtue is humility; the second,
humility; and the third, humility. You counseled people to remain
humble, remain simple and the more one is so, the more good he will do.
Your simplicity of soul and your uncluttered way of life led you to
sanctity.
O humble St. John Vianney, when Father ___ forgets he is totally
dependent on God for everything, intercede for him with Almighty God, to
allow him to see that without His Creator nothing is possible and that
he must rely on God for everything. He is his Creator, who keeps him in
existence at every moment. Obtain for Father ___ the grace of humility.
May his life exemplify your humility and simplicity, a life uncluttered,
a life totally dependent on God.
Novena Prayer:
O holy Priest of Ars, St. John Marie Vianney, you loved God and served
Him faithfully as
His Priest. Now you see God face to face in heaven. You never despaired
but persevered in your faith
until you died. Remember now the dangers, fears and anxieties that
surround Father ___ and intercede for him in all his needs and troubles
especially console him in his most difficult moments, grant him serenity
in the midst of crisis, and protect him from evil. O St. John Vianney, I
have confidence in your intercession.
Pray for Father ___ in a special way during this novena.
