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1 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 10th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 10. The Admirable Heart of Mary is the perfect image of the most divine Heart of Jesus. It is the pattern and model for our own hearts; and all our happiness, perfection and glory consists in striving to transform them into so many living images of the sacred Heart of Mary, just as her holy Heart is a consummate likeness of the adorable Heart of Jesus. (continued)

Morning Prayer ASPIRATION Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine. Indulgence of 300 days, once a day. — Pius IX, Jan. 25, 1868.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 9th [147. continued] He is ambitious who, without a single thought for the glory of God, or of serving his neighbour, desires or seeks some worldly or ecclesiastical office, simply with a view to his own temporal welfare and for the advancement of his family, or wishes to gain the honour of some high office or bishopric, “from the love of power,” as St. Augustine says, “and from pride of place.” [Lib. xix, De Civ. Dei., cap. xiv] (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

Le coeur de Marie nous aime comme elle aima Jésus. Aimons-la comme Jésus l’aimait. The Heart of Mary loves us as she loved Jesus. Let us love her as Jesus loved her. Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 9th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 9. Is it not we miserable sinners who pierced this most innocent Heart of Mary, at the time of the Passion of the Saviour, with countless thousands of shafts of sorrow by our innumerable sins? How greatly are we obliged, then, to render all the honor within our power in order to make some reparation for the most bitter anguish that we caused her loving Heart to suffer. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 8th He is ambitious who desires to be esteemed, honoured and revered more than his position merits, and as if he were of higher rank than he is, to be honoured as an eloquent preacher or as a clever writer, or in any profession to which he may belong, although in reality he can only be classed amongst the indifferent and mediocre. (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

Hail full of grace ! The Lord is with thee ! DEVOUT EXERCISES The faithful who offer prayers or other acts of piety in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on any day in the month of August, may gain: An indulgence of 5 years, once. Those who persevere in such a devout exercise daily throughout the month of August, may gain: A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions. (S.C. Holy Off., March 13, 1913; S.P. Ap., June 2, 1935). ~ The Raccolta (1957)

Marie conservait toutes ces choses en son cœur. Mary treasured all these things in her heart. Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 8th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 8. If we are indebted to the holy Evangelists for having left us the written records of the life of our Redeemer and the mysteries of our Redemption, how much more do we owe to our most holy Mother for having preserved for us this precious treasure in her maternal Heart? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 7th [147. continued] Moreover, as this honour has been ordained by God as a means to render us capable of helping our neighbour, it is certain that all such honour must be used by us in fulfillment of this end. Two things therefore are needful to enable us to flee from ambition. The first is that we should not appropriate merit of the honour, and the second is that we should confess that this same honour is due wholly to God, and is only dear to us in so far as it can serve our neighbour. If therefore we are wanting in one of these two things, we commit the sin of ambition. He is ambitious therefore who seeks to have some office or position, whether in the world or in the Church, when he has not the requisite virtue and knowledge to maintain it, and who schemes and plots to be put before others who are more worthy than he. (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 7th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 7. According to the aspirations of St. Paul the hearts of the faithful become the abodes and dwellings of Jesus Christ, and Christ Himself assures us that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit reside in the hearts of all who love God, so who can doubt that the Most Blessed Trinity dwells perpetually in a most admirable and ineffable manner in the virginal Heart of her who is the Daughter of the Father, the Mother of the Son and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mary who alone loves God more than all other creatures combined? This being the case, with what devotion should we not honor her immaculate Heart? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

August 7, 2026 FIRST FRIDAY of AUGUST ❤️ INVOCATION Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give myself to thee through Mary. An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, for the daily repetition of this invocation for a month. (S.P. Ap., June 19, 1920; March 1, 1923 and April 23, 1936). ~ The Raccolta (1957) If possible, receive Holy Communion today and make reparation to Our Lord for past and present offenses against His love.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 6th 147. Ambition is a vice which makes us seek our own honour with inordinate avidity. [St. Thomas, 2a 2æ, qu. cxxxi, art. 2] Now, as this honour is a mark of respect and esteem, given to meritorious virtue, and to him who is of superior degree, and as it is certain that we have no merit of ourselves, because everything we receive comes from God, it is not to ourselves, but to God alone that such honour is wholly due. (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

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Marie conservait toutes ces choses en son cœur. Mary treasured all these things in her heart. Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 8th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 8. If we are indebted to the holy Evangelists for having left us the written records of the life of our Redeemer and the mysteries of our Redemption, how much more do we owe to our most holy Mother for having preserved for us this precious treasure in her maternal Heart? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

L’Amour de Marie. Les bénédictions du divin Enfant Jésus sont pour ceux qui aiment sa Mère. P. Faber ~. ~. ~. ~. ~. The Love of Mary. The blessings of the divine Child Jesus are for those who love His Mother. ~ Fr. Faber Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 6th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 6. Holy Church never ceases to sing daily, in addressing the only Son of Mary, "Blessed is the womb that bore Thee, and the paps that gave Thee suck," because we can never sufficiently praise and revere the consecrated womb in which she bore the Son of the eternal Father, nor the blessed breasts at which she nursed Him. What honor and praises should be given to her most worthy Heart? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

INVOCATION O Heart most pure of the Blessed Virgin Mary, obtain for me from Jesus a pure and humble heart. An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence once a month on the usual conditions for the daily repetition of this invocation. (S.P. Ap., Jan. 13, 1922) ~ The Raccolta (1943)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 5th [146. continued] All this is beyond our own strength, and to think that we can do these things without the special help of God, and without being willing to ask this help of God, is a sin of presumption–—a grave sin of that pride by which we believe that we possess a virtue when we have it not: “O wicked presumption,” says Holy Writ, “whence camest thou?” [Ecclus. xxxvii, 3] And Saint Gregory, explaining what that sin was which Job called “great iniquity,” [Job cxxxi, 28] affirmed that it was presumption, which is an insult to the author of all grace, “by which a man takes all the credit of a good work to himself.” [Lib. xxii, Mor., cap. x] ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 5th Blosius reports that in his time it was the universal custom in the Church that, whenever the holy name of Mary was pronounced, everyone knelt, and all the faithful prayed, sighed and wept with most extraordinary devotion and fervor. This devotion is not dead, because the feast of the Holy Name of Mary is celebrated in a number of churches, especially in the Order of the Redemption of Captives, where the office of her holy name is recited on all Saturdays not assigned to an office of nine lessons. If the venerable name of Mary be worthy of such great veneration, what honor should we not render to her Admirable Heart? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Süsses Herz Maria sei meine Rettung! Sweet Heart of Mary be my salvation! 1 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 5th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 5. The holy name of Mary has always been so highly honored in the Church, that, according to Surius, St. Gerard, Bishop of Pannonia, ordered the people of his diocese to prostrate themselves on the ground at the mention of her holy name. (continued)

MATER PULCHRÆ DILECTIONIS Mother of Fair Love Virtue of the Month August — HUMILITY PRAYER to MARY MY Queen, I can never be really thy child unless I am humble; but dost thou not see that my sins, after having rendered me ungrateful to my Lord, have also made me proud? O my Mother, do thou supply a remedy. By the merit of thy humility, obtain that I may be truly humble and thus become thy child. Amen. ~ St. Alphonsus' Prayer Book (1888)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 4th [146. continued] Presumption is a vice by which we esteem ourselves able to achieve things beyond our strength, forgetful of the necessity of Divine help. The sinner is guilty of presumption when he believes that he can be converted to God whenever he likes and chooses, as if conversion were the work of his own free-will alone, and living ill yet trusts to make a good death; when he sins and goes on sinning, relying upon obtaining ultimate forgiveness; when he believes that he can of himself, and without the help of grace, both withstand temptation, avoid sin and observe the commandments of God, or else that he can make some supernatural act of faith, hope, charity or contrition, or perform some meritorious act towards his eternal welfare and save himself by persevering in well-doing. (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).