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| Devotion to the Passion - To Jesus dead on the Cross |
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Posted by: Hildegard of Bingen - 02-15-2021, 03:38 PM - Forum: In Honor of Our Lord
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DEVOTION TO THE PASSION
To Jesus dead on the Cross.
Had He not loved me He would not have died for me!
(Taken from St. Alphonsus’ Prayer-Book – pages 451-452)
O Saviour of the world, O my Jesus, behold to what Thy love for men has at length reduced Thee! I thank Thee that Thou hast been willing, Thou, Our God, to lose Thy life that we might not lose our souls. I thank Thee for all men, but especially for myself. And who is there more than I that Has reaped the fruits of Thy death! I through Thy merits, without even so much as knowing it, was, by baptism, made a child of the Church; through Thy love my sins have been often forgiven, and I have received many special graces; through Thee I have the hope of dying in the grace of God, and of loving Thee eternally in paradise.
O my beloved Redeemer, what gratitude do I not owe Thee! Into Thy pierced hands I commend my poor soul. Make me well understand the excess of that love which made God die for me: would that I could die for Thee! But what would the death of a wicked slave weigh against the death of his Lord and God? Would that I could, at least, love Thee with my whole heart; but without Thy help, O my Jesus, I can do nothing. Oh, help me! And, through the merits of Thy death, make me die to all earthly affections, that so I may love Thee only, Who dost deserve all my love. I love Thee, O infinite Goodness. I love Thee, my chief Good. O Mary, my Mother, intercede for me. Amen.
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| Litany of the Passion |
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Posted by: Hildegard of Bingen - 02-15-2021, 03:22 PM - Forum: Litanies
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DEVOTION TO THE PASSION
Litany of the Passion
(Taken from St. Alphonsus’ Prayer-Book – pages 456-458)
Lord, Have mercy on us.
Christ, Have mercy on us.
Lord, Have mercy on us.
Christ, Hear us.
Christ, Graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Jesus prostrate in the Garden of Olives before Thy Father, and charged with the sins of the whole world, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, overwhelmed with sadness, reduced to agony, and submerged in a sea of sorrow, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, Who, rom every part of Thy body, didst sweat blood abundantly, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, betrayed by a traitor-apostle and sold at a low price, like a slave, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, giving a loving kiss to the traitor Judas, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, dragged by a rope through the streets of Jerusalem, and overwhelmed with curses, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, unjustly accused and condemned, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, overwhelmed with insults, spat upon, and buffeted, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, clothed in a robe of ignominy and treated as a madman at Herod’s court, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, Thy flesh torn with scourges, and Thy blood flowing plentifully, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, crowned with sharp thorns, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, placed on a parallel with Barabbas, who was preferred to Thee, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, given over to Thine enemies by Pilate, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, exhausted with suffering and bending beneath the burden of Thy cross, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, fastened to the cross between two malefactors, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, man of sorrows, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, obedient unto death, even unto the death of the cross, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, filled with mercy towards those who offered Thee gall and vinegar, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, praying for Thy executioners, and pleading for them with Thy Father, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, for our redemption sacrificing Thine honor and Thy life, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, expiring on the cross out of love for us, Have mercy on us.
Be merciful unto us and pardon us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us and hear us, O Lord.
From all evil, O Lord, deliver us.
From all sin, O Lord, deliver us.
From a bad death, O Lord, deliver us.
From everlasting damnation, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thine agony and bloody sweat, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy cruel scourging, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy crown of thorns, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy cross and sufferings, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy sacred thirst and dereliction, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy Five Wounds, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy death, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy resurrection, O Lord, deliver us.
At the day of judgment, O Lord, deliver us.
We sinners beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord, deliver us.
That, by Thy Passion, Thou wouldst make known to us the enormity of sin, the cause of Thy suffering,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, by the remembrance of Thy sorrows and sufferings, we may be enabled patiently to bear all trials, adversities, and sickness, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That in all our afflictions, sadness, and tribulations we may look to Thee to obtain patience,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, without murmuring, we may receive from Thy hands humiliations, scorn, outrage, and persecution,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, following Thy example, we may patiently bear with false accusations and unjust judgments,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, Thou wouldst vouchsafe to make us share in the fruits of Thy cross, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, by the virtue of Thy cross, we may triumph over the devil, the world, and the flesh,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That we may be purified from all sin in Thy blood, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That we may daily take up our cross and follow Thee, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That we may frequently and lovingly think on Thy Passion, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, calling to mind that Thou didst die for love of us, we may love Thee with our whole heart, and live for Thee alone, We beseech Thee to hear us.
That at the hour of our death Thou wilt vouchsafe to strengthen us by Thy cross and death,
We beseech Thee to hear us.
That, by Thy cross, Thou wilt vouchsafe to bring us to eternal glory, We beseech Thee to hear us.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Christ, hear us; Christ, graciously hear us.
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and praise Thee:
R . Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Let us Pray
Lord Jesus, Who, having come down from heaven and from the bosom of Thy Father, didst shed Thy precious Blood for the remission of our sins, we humbly beg of Thee that at the day of judgment we may be placed on Thy right hand and may merit hearing from Thy lips these words: “Come, ye blessed of my Father.” Amen.
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| Quinquagesima Week [Monday-Tuesday] |
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Posted by: Stone - 02-15-2021, 09:38 AM - Forum: Lent
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MONDAY OF QUINQUAGESIMA WEEK
The life of a faithful Christian, like that of the patriarch Abraham, is neither more nor less than a courageous journeying onwards to the place destined by him by his Creator. He must put aside everything that could impede his progress, nor must he look back. This is, undoubtedly, hard doctrine; but if we reflect, for a moment, on the dangers which surround fallen man during his earthly pilgrimage, and on what our own sad experience has taught us, we shall not think it hard or strange, that our Saviour has made the renouncing and denying of ourselves an essential condition of our salvation. But, independently of this, is it not far better to put our life under God’s guidance, than to keep it in our own? Are we so wise or so strong, as to be able to guide ourselves? We may resist as we please, but God is our sovereign Lord and Master; and by giving us free-will, whereby we may either resist His will or follow it, He has not abdicated His own infinite rights to His creatures’ obedience. Our refusal to obey would not make Him less our Master.
Had Abraham, after receiving the divine call, chosen to remain in Chaldea, and refused to break up the home which God had bade him leave, God would then have selected some other man to be the patriarch of His chosen people, and father of that very family, which was to have the Messias as one of its children. This substitution of one for another in the order of grace is frequently forced upon divine justice; but what a terrible punishment it is for him that caused the substitution! When a soul refused salvation, heaven does not therefore lose one of its elect: God, finding that He is despised by the one He called, offers the grace to another, until His call His followed.
The Christian life consists in this untiring, unreserved obedience to God. The first effect of this spirit of submission is, that it takes the soul from the region of sin and death, wherein she was wasting away her existence; it takes her from the dark Chaldea, and places her in the promised land of light. Lest she should faint on her way along the narrow path, and fall a victim to the dangers which never leave her because they are within herself, God asks her for sacrifices, and these brace her. Here, again, we have Abraham for our model. God loves him, and promises him the richest of blessings; He gives him a son, as pledge of the promise; and then, shortly after, tests the holy patriarch’s devotedness, by commanding him to slay with his own hand this dear child, on whom he has been told to build his hopes!
Man’s path on earth is sacrifice. We cannot go out from evil except by the way of self-resistance, nor keep our footing on good ground but by constant combating. Let us imitate Abraham: fix our eyes steadfastly on the eternal hills, and consider this world as a mere passing dwelling, a tent, put up for a few days. Our Jesus has said to us: “I came not to send peace, but the sword; for I came to separate.” Separation, then, and trial are sure to be sent us; but we are equally sure that they are for our good, since they are sent us by Him who so loved us that He became one of ourselves. But this same Jesus has also said: “Where thy treasure is, there too is thy heart.” Christians! can our treasure be in this wretched world? No, it must be in that fair land above. There, then, must we be, in desire and affection.
These are the thoughts the Church would have us meditate upon during these days, which immediately precede the forty of Lent. They will help to purify our hearts and make them long to be with their God. The noise of the world’s sins and scandals reaches our ears: let us pray that the kingdom of God may come to us and to those poor sinners; for God’s infinite mercy can change them, if He will, into children of Abraham. Not a day passes but He so changes many a sinner. He has, perhaps, shown that miracle of His mercy to us, and those words of the apostle may be applied to us: “You, who some time were afar off, are now made nigh (to God) by the Blood of Christ.”
Let us pray for ourselves and for all sinners, in these beautiful words of the Mozarabic breviary.
Prayer
Dum te, omnipotens Deus, nostræ delinquentiæ reddunt adversum, tua inspiratione, quæsumus, nostra te invocatio propitium et confessio faciat esse placatum: ut, te miserante, nec tribulatio secularis nostram mentem dejiciat, nec persuasio nociva possideat, nec infidelitas tenebrosa concludat; sed vultus tui super nos signato lumine fulgeamus, semperque in eodem splendore stabilitate veræ fidei gradiamur. Amen.
We beseech thee, O almighty God! that whereas our sins have angered thee against us, our prayers and praise, which thou inspirest, may propitiate and please thee: that thus, by thy mercy, the vexations of this world may not cast down our soul, nor hurtful delusion possess her, nor the darkness of unbelief surround her; but may we gleam with the light of thy countenance, wherewith thou hast signed us, and ever, by firmness in the true faith, walk in the brightness of the same. Amen.
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| LItany of St. Philomena composed by St. John Mary Vianney |
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Posted by: Hildegard of Bingen - 02-14-2021, 04:24 PM - Forum: Litanies
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Litany of St. Philomena
(Composed by St. John Mary Vianney)
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Queen of Virgins,
St. Philomena,
St. Philomena, filled with the most abundant graces from your very birth,
St. Philomena, faithful imitator of Mary,
St. Philomena, model of Virgins,
St. Philomena, temple of the most perfect humility,
St. Philomena, inflamed with zeal for the Glory of God,
St. Philomena, victim of the love of Jesus,
St. Philomena, example of strength and perseverance,
St. Philomena, invincible champion of chastity,
St. Philomena, mirror of the most heroic virtues,
St. Philomena, firm and intrepid in the face of torments,
St. Philomena, scourged like your Divine Spouse,
St. Philomena, pierced by a shower of arrows,
St. Philomena, consoled by the Mother of God, when in chains,
St. Philomena, cured miraculously in prison,
St. Philomena, comforted by angels in your torments,
St. Philomena, who preferred torments and death to the splendors of a throne,
St. Philomena, who converted the witnesses of your martyrdom,
St. Philomena, who wore out the fury of your executioners,
St. Philomena, protectress of the innocent,
St. Philomena, patron of youth,
St. Philomena, refuge of the unfortunate,
St. Philomena, health of the sick and the weak,
St. Philomena, new light of the church militant,
St. Philomena, who confounds the impiety of the world,
St. Philomena, who stimulates the faith and courage of the faithful,
St. Philomena, whose name is glorified in Heaven and feared in Hell,
St. Philomena, made illustrious by the most striking miracles,
St. Philomena, all powerful with God,
St. Philomena, who reigns in glory.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V.) Pray of us, Great St. Philomena,
R.) That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
We implore Thee, O Lord, by the intercession of Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, who was ever most pleasing to Thy eyes by reason of her eminent purity and the practice of all the virtues, pardon us our sins and grant us all the graces we need (and name any special grace you may require). Amen.
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| Archbishop Lefebvre: 1972 Sermon on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
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Posted by: Elizabeth - 02-14-2021, 03:43 PM - Forum: Sermons and Conferences
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Sermon of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre for the Feast of The Immaculate Conception
Econe, Switzerland Decmber 8, 1972
In the name of the Father...
My dear friends, my dear brethren,
As the whole liturgy of today shows us, God, in His wisdom, had long ago prepared for us the most Blessed Virgin Mary. It was not just at the moment of Her birth on earth that God decreed to exempt Her from all sin, and to make Her the Immaculate Conception but already in eternity, which preceded the creation of the world.
The epistle today recalls this fact, applying to the Most Holy Virgin the words of the eternal Wisdom; already the Holy Virgin was in the mind of God "iam concepta eram - I was already conceived" - yes, conceived in the mind of God, and thus already in the divine plan God was thinking of the Virgin Mary. Already He wished to fill Her with all His graces, and to give Her this extraordinary privilege of the Immaculate Conception, exempting Her from all sin: "Tota pulchra es, Maria, et macula originalis non est in te - Thou art all fair, O Mary, and there is no stain of original sin in Thee."
So already in eternity, before the creation of the world, God was thinking of this admirable creature, the first of His creatures after our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. All during the course of history which preceded the birth of the Blessed Virgin, during the whole history of humanity, God was thinking of the Blessed Virgin. We see it during the entire history of the Old Testament - already, immediately after the sin of Adam and Eve, God said to Adam and Eve, "I will place an enmity between thee and the woman..She shall crush thy head." So already the Virgin Mary had been foreseen by the Spirit of God and her preparation, the preparation for her Immaculate Conception, was becoming more and more precise the whole time.
The image of the Blessed Virgin Mary can also be found in the holy women of the Old Testament. Think of the account of Sarah, the wife of Tobias, on whose behalf an angel bound up the demon and cast him far into the desert. She is an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, "before whom the devil must flee, and whom the devil fears." The Virgin Mary was not under the empire of Satan for an instant, a single instant.
The story of Judith also illustrates the role of the most Holy Virgin Mary. She delivered the people of Israel from the hands of Holofernes. In cutting off the head of Holofernes Judith saved Israel, and in like manner the Blessed Virgin, by cutting off the head of the devil in a certain sense, saved the people of God.
Thus during the whole course of history God wished that we be reminded of the most Holy Virgin; the Blessed Virgin Mary was always present to God and in the plan of God and thus from her birth the Blessed Virgin Mary was exempt from all sin. At the moment of Her birth she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and yet again even more so - if such be possible - at the moment when the Angel Gabriel came to announce that She would be the Mother of the Savior. Behold what the Angel said to the Blessed Virgin: "Thou art full of grace, overflowing with grace, and the Holy Ghost shall descend upon Thee and overshadow Thee."
How could the Holy Ghost be present with the devil in the soul of the most Holy Virgin? There could be no stain in the soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary; already God had decided that. And from the beginning of the Blessed Virgin's existence, we see that, in fact, the Blessed Virgin is wholly filled with the Holy Ghost. She is shown to us as a contemplative, and living in the presence of God, speaking little, reflecting on all the words which Our Lord said. At times she deemed it right to discreetly intervene, as at the marriage feast of Cana, and this was to teach us Her whole gospel: "Do whatever He shall tell you." This is the gospel of our Holy Virgin Mary.
Again, She was present at Calvary as the Mother of the Eternal Priest, at the offering of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for She also was crucified with Our Lord. If St. Paul could say, "Confixus sure cruci - I am nailed to the Cross with Christ," how much more could the Blessed Virgin Mary say it!
Again, She was also present at the moment of Pentecost, when the Apostles received the Holy Ghost - She who was already filled with the Holy Ghost, She did not need to receive Him again but through Her mediation, the Apostles received Him.
Finally the Blessed Virgin Mary went up to heaven, not only in Her soul but also in Her body, and thus was this extraordinary life of Hers completed; a life unique in the history of humanity, but foreseen by God from all eternity.
The influence of the Blessed Virgin Mary has not ceased. Even now in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary continues to be the Mother of the Mystical Body of Our Lord, the Mother of the Church, the Mother of our souls. She shows it, She proves it, She proves it in every one of us, but She also proves it in Her apparitions. Is it not admirable to think that after the Sovereign Pontiff Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception as a revealed truth, that the Blessed Virgin Mary was Immaculate from Her Conception - already four years later on March 21, 1858, the Blessed Virgin herself said to little Bernadette, the little shepherdess, "I am the Immaculate Conception."
Remember that Bernadette was incapable of understanding, she could not understand what these words meant, and she left the grotto on her way to her pastor's house repeating these words which she did not understand, to make sure she would not forget them. The history of the life of Bernadette tells us that it was at that moment that the parish priest of Lourdes, Pere Pomian, was truly convinced by the apparitions at Lourdes. He realized that the poor little shepherdess was incapable of inventing this herself, and that the dogma had been proclaimed four years before by the Sovereign Pontiff. Thus it was confirmed by the Blessed Virgin herself that She was the Immaculate Conception.
What lesson, then, must we draw from this history of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Immaculate Conception? For all of us who have been baptized, we who in a certain sense have received more than others because of the offices we may occupy in Holy Church - all of us: If the Blessed Virgin Mary was Immaculate in Her Conception it is because She was to be the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, because she had to carry within herself Our Lord, the Son of God, because She was charged with giving Him to the world, because She was to live in proximity with Him, to be His Mother.
We Christians, who receive Holy Communion, do we not receive the same Jesus Christ, the same Body, which was conceived by the Blessed Virgin Mary? We receive Him in us, in our bodies
, in our souls. If it was decreed that the Blessed Virgin Mary was to be immaculate in her conception, so that she might receive the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ, His soul, His divinity, must we not also be pure? Not that we can be immaculate in our conception, but may our souls be immaculate, by our prayers, by our dispositions, by our efforts, by the grace of God . . . to win this privilege that the Blessed Virgin had by the gift of Our Lord Jesus Christ, may we by our prayers and by the grace of God obtain the grace of having immaculate souls to receive Our Lord Jesus Christ.
We must! We must live without sin, we must struggle against anything that might tarnish our souls, so that it can be said of our souls: "Tota pub chra est, et macula non est in te -Thou art all fair, and there is no stain in thee." Let there be no stain in our souls so that we may worthily receive Our Lord Jesus Christ.
And if that is true for Christians, true for the faithful, true for every person, every soul receiving Our Lord Jesus Christ, how much more, dear brethren, is it true of you - you who are destined in a singular way to consecrate yourselves to God, to offer yourselves to God, and particularly those who offer themselves to God in the priesthood, who, in this world, call down Our Lord Jesus Christ upon the altar and, like the Blessed Virgin, touch Him with their hands, and give Him to others; how much more must your souls be immaculate!
With what joy, therefore, do we receive today the oblations of those who desire to offer their lives, offer their souls, for the service of God, the service of the altar. Let us ask in a special way of the Blessed Virgin to transmit, in a certain degree, this privilege she had, the graces which are necessary to keep our souls immaculate.
She is the creature that was created, designed by God to destroy sin. Thus there is no creature more free of sin than the Blessed Virgin Mary. She has crushed the head of the serpent. Therefore with the Blessed Virgin there is no compromise, no compromise with sin, no compromise with error; she is completely true, completely holy. She cannot bear error, or sin, or vice. Let us then ask the Blessed Virgin that we ourselves have this horror of sin, this horror of vice - but love for sinners, because it was for sinners that she was created, to save sinners. May we have this immense desire, this flame which must consume us, the desire to save souls from sin, to snatch them from the clutches of the devil, the clutches of the world, and the scandals of it.
Therefore let us all ask today that our Society be a sign, a sign of truth, a sign of holiness, a sign of flight from sin, and all the scandals of the world, and a sign of the presence of the Virgin Mary. We will truly be children of the Church, children of Mary, on this condition. But if, unhappily, we also become like the people who are drawn by the world and who want compromises with things of the world, with error - then we will no longer be worthy children of Mary, worthy children of Our Lord.
That is what we ask, for all those who are present at this Holy Mass, for all those who are present here, and particularly for those who, in a moment, will pronounce their oblation and their engagements in the Society.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
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| Season of Lent |
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Posted by: Stone - 02-14-2021, 02:37 PM - Forum: Lent
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SHORT INSTRUCTION ON LENT
Taken from Fr. Leonard Goffine's Explanations of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, Holydays, and Festivals throughout the Ecclesiastical Year 36th edition, 1880
Who instituted Lent?
ACCORDING to the Fathers of the Church, Justin and Irenaeus, the fast before Easter was instituted and sanctified by Christ Himself; according to the saints Leo and Jerome, the holy apostles ordained it after the example given by Jesus.
Why has the Church instituted this fast forty days before Easter?
To imitate Christ who fasted forty days; to participate in His merits and sufferings; to subject, our flesh by voluntary mortification to the spirit, and to mortify our evil desires as did St. Paul; (Col. i. 24.) to enable us to lead a pure life, and thus prepare for the holy festival of Easter, and the reception of the divine Lamb, Jesus: and, finally, to render God satisfaction for our sins, and do penance, as Pope Gregory says, for the sins of one whole year by one short fast, lasting only the tenth part of a year.
Was the fast of Lent observed in early times as in the present?
Yes, but more strictly; for the people of the early ages not only abstained from meat, but also from all that which is connected with it, such as eggs, butter, cheese, etc., even from wine and fish, although this was not the general command of the Church; they fasted all day, and only ate in the evening after vespers, in remembrance of which, vespers are now said before dinner-time, because the Church, as a kind mother, now permits the supper to be changed into a dinner, and also allows something to be taken in the evening, that the body may not be too much weakened, and become unfit for labor.
How much does this ancient custom put to shame the Christians of to-day who think the fast in our times too severe! "But," asks St. Ambrose, "what sort of Christians are they? Christ, who never sinned fasted for our sins, and we will .not fast for our own great and numerous offences?"
How should the holy season of Lent be spent?
As according to the teaching of St. Leo, the main thing in fasting is not that the body be deprived of food, but that the mind at the same time be withdrawn from wickedness, we should endeavor during Lent, not only to be temperate in eating and drinking, but especially to lead a modest life, sanctifying the days by persevering prayer and devoutly attending church.
PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF LENT
Almighty God! I unite myself at the beginning of this holy season of penance with the Church militant, endeavoring to make these days of real sorrow for my sins and crucifixion of the sensual man. O Lord Jesus! in union with Thy fasting and passion, I offer Thee my fasting in obedience to the Church, for Thy honor, and in thanksgiving for the many favors I have received, in satisfaction for my sins and the sins of others, and that I may receive the grace to avoid such and such a sin, N. N. and to practice such and such a virtue, N. N.
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| The Stations of the Cross by St. John Mary Vianney |
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Posted by: Hildegard of Bingen - 02-14-2021, 01:46 PM - Forum: In Honor of Our Lord
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THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Written by St. John Mary Vianney
Taken from the book “Le Saint Cure d’Ars et le Sacrement de Penitence”
(The Saint Cure of Ars and the Sacrament of Penance)
By Mgr. H. Convert
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I STATION: JESUS CHRIST IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
V. We adore Thee, O Jesus, and we praise Thee.
A. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Jesus Christ. My child, I went through Judea and Galilee for three years; I comforted the afflicted, healed the sick, preached the Gospel; I did well to everyone. And now the enraged Jews beg Pilate to condemn Me to death. Pilate obeys and delivers Me to the executioners.
The faithful. The Jews are ungrateful and wicked!
Jesus Christ. They are indeed. But do you know, my child, why I allow them to ask for My death? Because you have sinned. If I wanted to, I could break My bonds and become free again. I'd rather die to deliver you from hell.
The faithful. O Jesus, Thou art infinite goodness! It is I who has offended Thee, and it is Thee who suffered to merit my forgiveness! Grant me the grace to hate my sins with all my heart and to weep them all my life.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Eternal rest give unto them. O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
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| SSPX-MC YouTube Channel has both BitChute and Rumble Channels too! |
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Posted by: Stone - 02-14-2021, 10:14 AM - Forum: The Catacombs: News
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Dear friends,
The wonderful people behind the YouTube channel 'SSPX Marian Corp' have created a BitChute Channel as well. It can be found here: SSPX-Marian Corps, Sorrowful Heart of Mary
As with YouTube, you can create an account and subscribe to be notified of newly published videos as they are available.
Please offer a little prayer for these good souls in thanksgiving for all the hard work they do for us so that we are able to hear the excellent sermons of Frs. Hewko and Ruiz, Archbishop Lefebvre, and all the Catechisms, Conferences, etc. that they make available for us all!
*Update [September 26, 2021]: See last post for Rumble link.
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