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2 of 2 PRAYER TO THE NINE CHOIRS OF HOLY ANGELS after having besought you benignantly to accept the inviolable resolution we now take to have a special devotion to you for the remainder of our days, and to promote its establishment and increase by every means in our power wherever we can, we implore the aid of all your glorious bands, for the advancement of the reign of the Adorable Jesus and the amiable Mary over all heathens, heretics, schismatics, over all persons who live in true submission to the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Church, and particularly over the Sovereign Pontiff, who is its one visible head on earth, and over all other prelates; so that, all people professing the same faith, cleaving to the purity of its maxims, and leading a life conformable to its rules, the sacred interests of God Only may live and reign in all hearts throughout all ages. This is the grace for which we ask, O mighty princes of the heavenly host, from the Father of Mercies, through your powerful intercession; this is the consolation which we beseech the God of all consolation to grant us; that His Name may be sanctified, His Kingdom come, His Will be done on earth as it is in heaven; that the empire of sin and of the devils may be destroyed; that the Gospel may be preached to all nations, and received throughout all the earth; that the Holy Name of God may be honoured and glorified; that all spirits may bless the Lord, adore Him, love Him, and live in perfect and entire submission to His Divine Will. Come, then, O ye Angels and Archangels, hasten to establish the dominion of God in kingdoms and provinces, in towns and country-places, and in all who dwell therein; ye sacred Principalities, rule all hearts, possess them, that you may subject them to the empire of Jesus and Mary; ye admirable Powers, confound the devils, who oppose themselves thereto, defeat the designs of hell, and the malice of all sorcerers and magicians, and other enemies of God; ye divine Virtues, lead souls to walk in the solid paths of Divine love; ye glorious Dominations, make known to men, to this end, the will of God concerning them; ye amiable Thrones, establish in their inmost hearts that peace which our Lord bequeathed to us; ye Cherubim, princes of heavenly science, communicate its excellent light to our earth; and ye Seraphim, princes of pure love, cause men to live only by its flames, that God Only may be the true Sovereign and the absolute Master of all we are, and all we do. Amen. Amen. Amen. God Only, God Only, God Only. ~ as found in Devotion to the Nine Choirs of Holy Angels (Henri-Marie Boudon, 1869)

1 of 2 PRAYER TO THE NINE CHOIRS OF HOLY ANGELS Blessed spirits of the heavenly court, invincible champions of the cause of God, after having adored, praised, blessed, and given thanks to the God of all goodness, for the incomparable graces with which He has enriched you; after having made a sincere protestation with our whole heart, that we take all possible interest therein, rejoicing because of the joy and ineffable glory which you possess; (continued)

PRAYER to ST. ANNE Glorious St. Anne, who is filled with compassion for those who invoke thee, and with love for those who suffer, heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at thy feet and humbly beg of thee to take the present affair which I recommend to thee, under thy special protection. [Name your request.] Vouchsafe to commend it to thy daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face and with thee and Mary and all the Saints, praising and blessing Him for all eternity. Amen. Good St. Anne, mother of her who is our Life, our Sweetness and our Hope, pray to her for us, and obtain our request. (3 times) ~ The New Key of Heaven, 1955

August 26th ~ The Feast of St. Zephyrinus, Pope , Martyr St. Zephyrinus, a Pope of the third Century, after a lengthy reign in the course of which he earned the title of martyr by his suffering, died a holy death. He is said to have forbidden the use of wooden chalices in the celebration of the Mass and to have prescribed that all the faithful should receive Communion on Easter Day. He defended the Church against heresies and especially of those Who denied the Trinity. ~ The New Roman Missal (1937) St. Zephyrinus, pray for us.

Act of Faith O my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. Amen. ~ Baltimore Catechism, 1884

St. Zephyrinus defended the dogma of the Unity of God and the Trinity of Persons. He suffered martyrdom in 217. ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ August 26th ~ Feast of ST. ZEPHYRINUS, Pope, Martyr O ETERNAL Shepherd, do Thou look favorably upon Thy flock, which we beseech Thee to guard and keep forevermore through the blessed Zephyrinus, Thy Martyr and Supreme Pontiff, whom Thou didst choose to be the chief shepherd of the whole church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. Collect, August 26, St. Zephyrinus, Pope ~ The New Roman Missal (1937) ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ St. Zephyrinus, pray for us.

2 of 2 Mary immaculate star of the morning Hymn Frail is our nature, and strict our probation, Watchful the foe that would lure us to wrong· Succour our souls in the hour of temptation, Mary immaculate, tender and strong. See how the wiles of the serpent assail us, See how we waver and flinch in the fight ; Let thine immaculate merit avail us, Make of our weakness a proof of thy might. Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying, Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod ; Stretch out thine arms to us living and dying, Mary immaculate, Mother of God. ~ F. W. Weatherell The Westminster Hymnal (1939)

1 of 2 Mary immaculate star of the morning Hymn MARY immaculate, star of the morning, Chosen before the creation began, Chosen to bring, for thy bridal adorning, Woe to the serpent and rescue to man. Here, in an orbit of shadow and sadness Veiling thy splendour, thy course thou hast run ; Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness, Crowned by the hand of thy Saviour and Son. Sinners, we worship thy sinless perfection ; Fallen and weak, for thy pity we plead ; Grant us the shield of thy sovereign protection, Measure thine aid by the depth of our need. (continued)

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 26th The first is celebrated in the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and in several other places on February 8th, and in a number of other communities and churches on the first day of June.* The second is the feast of the most ardent longing of the virginal Heart for the birth of our Saviour, which is called the feast of the Expectation, and is observed on December 18th. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680) *The Feast of the Holy Heart of Mary was celebrated by The Congregation of Jesus and Mary and the Order of Our Lady of Charity, both founded by St. John Eudes, on February 8th. In the Universal Church, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was celebrated on August 22nd from 1944 until 1969. It is celebrated the day after the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the current calendar, but still observed on the Traditional calendar on August 22nd, the last day of the Octave of the Assumption of Our Lady. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 26th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 12. The twelfth means of honoring the admirable Heart of the Mother of Our Saviour is to celebrate its feast, or rather its feasts, with particularly marked devotion. I say "feasts" for there are several feasts of the most august Heart of our Heavenly Queen. (continued)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 25th [151. continued] In this way also we sin gravely by hypocrisy when we show ourselves scrupulous about works of supererogation or in certain minute observances, not fearing at the same time to transgress against the essential duties of religion and our own state of life, “having left the weightier things of the law,” like those Scribes and Pharisees whom Christ reproved, saying that they “strain a gnat and swallow a camel.” [Matt. xxiii, 24] (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

PRAYER to MARY O MOTHER of God, increase my faith. ~ St. Alphonsus' Prayer Book (1888)

ANTIPHONS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY From Trinity Sunday to the Last Sunday after Pentecost Salve Regina MOTHER of mercy, hail, O gentle Queen ! Our life, our sweetness, and our hope, all hail ! Children of Eve, To thee we cry from our sad banishment ; To thee we send our sighs, Weeping and mourning in this tearful vale. Come, then, our Advocate ; Oh, turn on us those pitying eyes of thine : And, our long exile past, Shew us at last Jesus, of thy pure womb the fruit divine. O Virgin Mary, mother blest ! O sweetest, gentlest, holiest ! ~ A Collection of Hymns in Use at the Oratory of St Philip Neri at Birmingham (1850)

Conclusion of Light and Peace 6. (continued) Now, in observing these instructions you will have for guide and director not the poor sinner who has compiled them for the glory of God and the good of souls, but Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas, Saint Philip de Neri and especially Saint Francis de Sales, in whom the Church recognizes and admires such exalted sanctity, profound wisdom, and rare experience in the direction of souls. These are the three eminent qualities requisite to constitute a great doctor in the Catholic Church, and to form the safest and the most enlightened guide for those who wish to be his disciples. ~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795. Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis. Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary~ August 25th MOTHER MOST ADMIRABLE DUTIES OF JESUS TOWARD MARY (continued) Next to Jesus, Mary is that privileged creature which possessed in a superlative degree the gift of counsel. ~ Very Rev. Alexis M. Lepicier, O.S.M., The Fairest Flower of Paradise (1922)

2 of 2 August 25th~ Feast of St. Louis, King, Confessor He died of plague under the walls of Tunis, to which city he was about to lay siege on August 25, 1270. Christian Rome dedicated a celebrated church to him, not far from the Stadium Domitiani. The custom of genuflecting at the words in the Credo, et homo factus est, and of making profound reverence at the passage in the Gospels recording the death of Jesus was introduced by this pious king in his own chapel; tney are now part of the ordinary ceremonial. ~ The New Roman Missal (1937) St. Louis, pray for us.

1 of 2 August 25th~ Feast of St. Louis, King, Confessor To-day we commemorate a king who was a faithful disciple of Christ Crucified, and whose life bears witness to the truth that virtue is not always rewarded in this world. Louis was inspired by his zeal for the Faith to attempt the reconquest of the Holy Places titled by the blood of the Redeemer, but instead of triumph and victory, he only met with defeat and captivity, and when he was at last ransomed by his people, he brought back to Paris as a symbolic trophy of his campaigns the crown of thorns once worn by Our Savior. (continued)

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Born in 1215, Louis IX became King of France at 15 years of age. Educated as a Christian king by his saintly mother, St. Louis undertook two Crusades to the Holy Land. He died at Tunis in 1270. ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ August 25th ~ Feast of ST. LOUIS, King, Confessor O God, Who didst translate Blessed Louis, Thy Confessor, from an earthly throne to the glory of Thy heavenly kingdom, grant, we beseech Thee, through his merits and intercession, that we may have companionship with the King of kings, Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. Collect, August 25, St. Louis, King, Confessor ~ The Saint Joseph Daily Missal (1950) ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ St. Louis, pray for us.