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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.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 25th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 11. (continued) Finally, it is the Heart of our great Queen, our most bountiful Sister and our most amiable Mother, to whom all power is given in heaven and on earth and who holds in her hands for distribution to men all the treasures of her beloved Son, cui vult, quando vult, et quomodo vult, says St. Bernard; "to whomever she wills, whenever she wills, and however she wills." ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 24th [151]. continued] Hypocrisy is always a mortal sin when we pretend to be spiritual and holy, and try to appear as such, when we are not so at heart, caring more for the opinion of men than for the opinion of God; and it is worse still when we affect sanctity in order to further our own advancement and to acquire credit in order to reach and to work evil; or else to obtain some honour, or other temporal good. (continued) ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

Words of Our Lady "Jesus wishes to use you in order to make me known and loved. He wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. I promise salvation to those who embrace it; and these souls will be beloved of God like flowers arranged by me to adorn His throne." ~ Our Lady of Fatima

Month of The Immaculate Heart of Mary~ August 24th MOTHER MOST ADMIRABLE DUTIES OF JESUS TOWARD MARY (continued) How precious is this gift of counsel! Let us ask it of God with all humility and perseverance. ~ Very Rev. Alexis M. Lepicier, O.S.M., The Fairest Flower of Paradise (1922)

Conclusion of Light and Peace 6. Remember, moreover, the pleasant saying of Saint Philip de Neri - namely, that he had a special predilection for those books the authors of which had a name beginning with the letter S.; that is to say, the works of the saints, because he supposed them to be more illumined by heavenly wisdom. (continued) ~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795. Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis. Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.

2 of 2 Prayer for Monday (continued) All blessing and thanksgiving be to God, Who in His mercy giveth me this trust in thee. True it is, that in past time I have fallen miserably into sin; but by the merits of Jesus Christ, and by thy prayers, I hope that God has pardoned me. But this is not enough, my Mother. One thought appalls me; it is, that I may yet lose the grace of God. Danger is ever nigh; the devil sleeps not; fresh temptations assail me. Protect me, then, my Queen; help me against the assaults of my spiritual enemy. Never suffer me to sin again, or to offend Jesus thy Son. Let me not by sin lose my soul, heaven, and my God. This one grace, Mary, I ask of thee; this is my desire; this may thy prayers obtain for me. Such is my hope. Amen. Then say thrice Ave Maria to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in reparation for the blasphemies uttered against her. ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori 300 Days, once a day. Plenary, once a month. Pius VII, June 21, 1808; Pius IX, June 18, 1876. ~ The Raccolta (1910)

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Prayers of St. Alphonsus Liguori for every Day of the Week, with Ave Maria thrice Prayer for Monday Most holy Mary, Queen of Heaven, I who was once the slave of the Evil One now dedicate myself to thy service for ever; and I offer myself, to honour and to serve thee as long as I live. Accept me for thy servant, and cast me not away from thee as I deserve. In thee, O my Mother, I place all my hope. (continued)

2 of 2 PRAYER to OUR LADY, Queen of the World Thou art that only one in whom the Saviour found his rest, and with whom he has deposited all his treasures. Hence all the world, oh Mary, honors thy chaste womb, as the temple of God, where the salvation of the world had its beginning. In thee was effected the reconciliation between God and man. Thou art the enclosed garden, oh great mother of God, whose flowers have never been gathered by the sinners hand. Thou art the beautiful garden, in which God has placed all the flowers which adorn the Church, such as the violet of thy humility, the lily of thy purity, and the rose of thy charity. Who can be compared to thee, oh mother of grace and of beauty? Thou art the paradise of God. From thee hath sprung up the fountain of living water, that waters all the earth. Oh, how many favors hast thou bestowed upon the world, by meriting to be the channel of the waters of salvation! Of thee the Holy Ghost speaks when he says: Who is she that arises like the dawn, fair as the moon,bright as the sun? Thou art, then, come into the world, oh Mary, as a resplendent dawn, preceding, with the light of thy sanctity, the coming of the Sun of Justice. The day in which thou didst appear in the world may truly be called the day of salvation, the day of grace. Thou art fair as the moon; for as there is no planet more like the sun, so there is no creature more like God than thou art. The moon illuminates the night with the light which it receives from the sun, and thou dost illuminate our darkness, with the splendor of thy virtues; and thou art fairer than the moon, because in thee is found neither stain nor shade. Thou art bright as the sun, I mean as that Sun which hath created the sun; He has been chosen among all men, and thou among all women. Oh sweet, oh great, oh most lovely Mary, thy name cannot be pronounced by any one that thou dost inflame with thy love; neither can those who love thee think of thee without feeling themselves encouraged to love thee more. Oh blessed Lady, help our weakness. And who is more fit to speak to our Lord Jesus Christ than thou, who dost enjoy, so near to him, His sweet conversation? Speak, speak, oh Lady, because thy Son listens, and thou wilt obtain from Him whatever thou shalt demand. ~ St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary (1852)

1 of 2 PRAYER to OUR LADY, Queen of the World WE raise our eyes to thee, oh queen of the world. After having committed so many sins we must appear before our Judge, and who will appease him? None can do it better than thou, oh blessed Lady, who hast loved him so much, and hast been so tenderly beloved by him. Open thy heart, then, oh mother of mercy, to our sighs and prayers. We fly to thy protection; appease the anger of thy Son, and restore us to his favor. Thou dost not abhor the sinner, however loathsome he may be; thou dost not despise him, if he sends up his sighs to thee, and with contrition asks thy intercession; thou, with thy kind hand, dost deliver him from dspair; thou dost encourage him to hope, dost comfort him, and dost not leave him until thou hast reconciled him to his Judge. (continued)

2 of 2 August 24th~ Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle The Redeemer chose all the apostles at once, and formed them from the beginning into a hierarchial group with St. Peter at their head, in order to show us that the rightful priesthood instituted by Christ is that which is derived in unbroken succession from the twelve apostles chosen by Our Savior, and being in communion with the See of Peter, is also in communion with the entire Catholic episcopate. Bartholomew is said to have preached the faith over a great part of Asia and suffered martyrdom in Armenia, where he was flayed alive. His body was transferred many times, and is now believed to repose in the Church of St. Bartholomew on an island in the Tiber. ~ The New Roman Missal (1937) St. Bartholomew, pray for us.

1 of 2 August 24th~ Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle In the Gospel of St. John, Bartholomew is not mentioned among the Apostles, but it is stated that Philip and Nathanael came to Jesus, and that Jesus said of Nathanael, "the IsraeIite in whom was no guile." In the list of the apostles in the other Gospels, Nathanael is not mentioned, but after Philip is placed Bartholomew. (continued)

Let us love God because He hath first loved us. (St. John, IV.) God is Charity. ALL FOR JESUS Hymn "All for Jesus!" let us make This the key-note of our life; Let us take it as a shield, In our every care and strife. "All for Jesus!" let us say, When adversity draws nigh; "All for Jesus!" let's repeat, When temptation's winds blow high. "All for Jesus!" let us say When self-sacrifice implores; And the same when calms prevail, Or when loud the tempest roars. "All for Jesus!" let us say To the sorrow-stricken one; All for Him, Who for our sake, Bore His heavy Cross alone. “All for Jesus!" let us say When the hour of death draws nigh; "All for Jesus I have lived, All for Him I wish to die." "All for Jesus!" may these words, Sounding through the scale of years, Give sweet music to each soul, Until Heaven's port it nears. ~ Catholic School and Sodality Hymnal (1900)