A Salutation To The Immaculate Heart
O
Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Mother
of God and Our Mother:
Queen
of Heaven and Earth,
Mediatrix
of every grace!
Thou
through whom dost shine the whole splendor
and
magnificence of the Trinity!
O
Fount of Light!
O
Light of all lights!
O
shining Brightness of the Eternal Light!
O
spotless Mirror of the Divine Majesty!
O
Window upon the Divine Nature!
O
Portal opening unto Eternity!
O
blessed Gate of Heaven!
O
Doorway thru which has shone the Light of men!
O
Door of the Most High King!
O
Horizon out of which is arisen the Sun of Justice!
O
Promontory above the Ocean of Divinity!
O
Watchtower before the blazing Majesty of God!
O
Star of the Sea!
O
Star of Heaven, who alone has crushed all the Stars
fallen
from Heaven!
O
Morning Star, who has merited to usurp the name of the first fallen Star!
Thou
who dost now gaze upon the wondrous abundance of the Divine Vision,
as
the One closer to the Face of God than all creatures!
Rejoice
O Thou, who has borne the Clarity of the Eternal Light!
Rejoice,
O glorious and mystical City of God!
Rejoice,
O Thou, who art more glorious than the Sun,
more
beautiful than the Moon,
who
dost shine more golden than the dawn,
more
brightly than the stars.
Rejoice
O Mother of the Lamb, the Light of the City of
God,
who has made Thee shine forever with His own incomparable Light!
Rejoice,
O Immaculate Virgin,
who
dost hold the Light of God in the palms of Thy hands,
who
dost behold the Child Jesus,
the
Eternal Light,
in
wondrous glory for all eternity!
Rejoice
O Most Blessed Virgin,
for
it is through Thee that all the Angels of Heaven
and
all the Choirs of the Elect
art
enlightened and filled with the Incomparable Radiance!
O
Immaculate Mother,
lead
us to Heaven,
inflame
us with the Divine Love,
let
shine upon us that same light of glory
which
Thou dost behold forever!
Let
us see What Thou dost see and gaze upon Him in Trinity,
that
we may share the fullness of Thy Heart’s joy forever!
Let
it be!
Let
it be!
Amen.
TRUE DEVOTION TO OUR LADY
By St. Louis-Marie de Montfort
When Mary has taken root in a soul she produces in it
wonders of grace which only she can produce; for she alone is the fruitful
virgin who never had and never will have her equal in purity and fruitfulness.
Together with the Holy Spirit Mary produced the greatest thing that ever was or
ever will be: a God-man. She will consequently produce the marvels, which will
be seen in the latter times. The formation and the education of the great
saints who will come at the end of the world are reserved to her, for only this
singular and wondrous virgin can produce in union with the Holy Spirit singular
and wondrous things.
When the Holy Spirit, her spouse, finds Mary in a
soul, he hastens there and enters fully into it. He gives himself generously to
that soul according to the place it has given to his spouse. One of the main
reasons why the Holy Spirit does not work striking wonders in souls is that he
fails to find in them a sufficiently close union with his faithful and
inseparable spouse. I say “inseparable spouse”, for from the moment the
substantial love of the Father and the Son espoused Mary to form Jesus, the
head of the elect, and Jesus in the elect, he has never disowned her, for she
has always been faithful and fruitful.
Total Consecration to Jesus
through Mary
Day 6 of 33
Imitation of Christ, by Thomas
รก Kempis: Book 1, Chapter 18
On the examples of the Holy
Fathers.
Look upon the lively examples of the holy Fathers in
whom shone real perfection and the religious life, and you will see how little
it is, and almost nothing that we do. Alas, what is our life when we compare it
with theirs? Saints and friends of Christ, they served our Lord in hunger and
in thirst, in cold, in nakedness, in labor and in weariness, in watching, in
fasting, prayers and holy meditations, and in frequent persecutions and
reproaches. Oh, how many grievous tribulations did the Apostles suffer and the
Martyrs and Confessors and Virgins, and all the rest who resolved to follow the
steps of Christ! For they hated their lives in this world, that they might keep
them in life everlasting. Oh what a strict and self-renouncing life the holy
Fathers of the desert led! What long and grievous temptations did they bear!
How often were they harassed by the enemy, what frequent and fervent prayers
did they offer up to God, what rigorous abstinence did they practice!
What a valiant contest waged they to subdue their
imperfections! What purity and straightforwardness of purpose kept they towards
God! By day they labored, and much of the night they spent in prayer; though
while they labored, they were far from leaving off mental prayer. They spent
all their time profitably. Every hour seemed short to spend with God; and even
their necessary bodily refreshment was forgotten in the great sweetness of
contemplation. They renounced all riches, dignities, honors and kindred; they
hardly took what was necessary for life. It grieved them to serve the body even
in its necessity. Accordingly, they were poor in earthly things, but very rich
in grace and virtues.
Veni Creator
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls
take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts which
Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee we cry, O heavenly gift of God
Most High, O fount of life and fire of love, and sweet anointing from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known; Thou, finger of
God’s hand we own; Thou, promise of the Father, Thou Who dost the tongue with
power imbue.
Kindle our sense from above, and make our hearts overflow
with love; with patience firm and virtue high the weakness of our flesh supply.
Far from us drive the foe we dread, and grant us Thy
peace instead; so shall we not, with Thee for guide, turn from the path of life
aside.
Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow the Father and the Son
to know; and Thee, through endless times confessed, of both the eternal Spirit
blest.
Now to the Father and the Son, Who rose from death, be
glory given, with Thou, O Holy Comforter, henceforth by all in earth and
heaven. Amen.
Ave Maris Stella
Hail, O Star of the ocean, God’s own Mother blest,
ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav’nly rest.
Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace
confirm within us, changing Eve’s name.
Break the sinners’ fetters, make our blindness day,
Chase all evils from us, for all blessings pray.
Show thyself a Mother, may the Word divine
born for us thine Infant hear our prayers through
thine.
Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, free from
guilt preserve us meek and undefiled.
Keep our life all spotless, make our way secure till
we find in Jesus, joy for evermore.
Praise to God the Father, honor to the Son, in the
Holy Spirit, be the glory one. Amen.
Magnificat
My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His
handmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Because He that is mighty hath done great things to me; and holy is His name.
And His mercy is from generation to generations, to them that fear Him. He hath
showed might in His arm; He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their
heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat; and hath exalted the
humble. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent
empty away. He hath received Israel His servant, being mindful of His mercy. As
He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
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