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Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. 1 of 2 An ACT of CONSECRATION O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thine immaculate heart. (continued)

Conclusion of Light and Peace 4. Recall what has been already said, that Saint Francis de Sales counsels you to select your spiritual guide from among ten thousand, and to allow yourself subsequently to be entirely directed by him as though he were an angel come down from heaven to conduct you there. ~ 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 Mother Mary, at Thine Altar Hymn So we take thee for our Mother, And we claim our right to be, By the gift of our dear Brother, Loving children unto thee ; And our humble consecration Thou wilt surely not despise, From thy high and lofty station Close to Jesus in the skies. Mother Mary, to thy keeping We ourselves to thee confide, Toiling, resting, waking, sleeping, To be ever at thy side. Cares that vex us, joys that please us Life and death we trust to thee : Thou wilt make them all for Jesus, And for all eternity. Fr. Frederick W. Faber ~ Hymns and Songs for Catholic Children (1870)

MOTHER MARY, AT THINE ALTAR Hymn MOTHER Mary, at thine altar We thy loving children kneel ; With a faith that cannot falter, To thy goodness we appeal. We are seeking for a mother O'er the earth so waste and wide ; And from off the Cross our Brother Points to Mary by His side. Thou wilt love us, thou wilt guide us With a mother's fondest care ; And our Father, God above us, Bids us fly for refuge there. Life's temptations are before us, We must mingle in the strife ; If thy fondness watch not o'er us, All unsafe will be our life. (continued)

SS. MATER BONI CONSILLI ORA PRO NOBIS JESUM FILIUM TUUM Most Holy Mother of Good Counsel, pray for us to Jesus, thy Son. Month of The Immaculate Heart of Mary~ August 22nd MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL GIFT OF COUNSEL IN MARY "Counsel and equity are mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine." (PROV. viii, 14.) GOD, who desires the salvation of man, and who, of His infinite goodness, furnishes him with the means necessary for the attainment of his last end, has supplied us, amid the perplexities of life, with a sure means of solving our doubts, by imparting to us the gift of counsel. ~ Very Rev. Alexis M. Lepicier, O.S.M., The Fairest Flower of Paradise (1922)

2 of 2 August 22nd ~ Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sts. Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian, Martyrs St. Timothy ot Antioch was martyred at Rome in the Fourth Century. He was buried in a special grave in the gardens of Theona, not far from the cemetery of St. Paul. This was a recognition of the fact that he bore the same name as the great disciple of St. Paul. St. Hippolytus (not the rival of Pope Callixtus) was a martyr of Porto. His history is wrapped in obscurity. St. Symphorian is a celebrated martyr of Autun, beheaded under the reign of Aurelian about 180. When he was being led to martyrdom his pious mother called to him: "My son, my son, look up to heaven and behold Him Who reigns there. You are not being led to death, but to a better life." ~ The New Roman Missal (1937) Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Sts. Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, pray for us.

August 22nd ~ FEAST of the IMMACULATE HEART of MARY Devotion to Mary's Heart always flourished in the Church, but its first official approval did not come till the beginning of the 19th century when Pius VI approved, for certain religious organizations, a Feast for the Most Pure Heart of Mary. The devotion was approved for the universal Church when Pius XII dedicated all mankind to the Heart of Mary in December, 1942, following this by the institution of the new Feast of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (continued)

ASPIRATION Placez dans mon cœur ô Marie quelque unes des fleurs qui ornent le votre. Place in my heart, O Mary, some of the flowers that adorn thine.

2 of 2 ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ August 22nd ~ Feast of the IMMACULATE HEART of MARY Traditional (1944 - 1969) ALMIGHTY and eternal God, Who didst prepare in the Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary a worthy dwelling place for the Holy Spirit; mercifully grant, that we, who devoutly celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Heart, may be able to live according to Thy Heart. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen Collect, August 22, Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950) ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧

1 of 2 ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ Our Lady of Fatima is said to have asked for the Consecration of the world to her Immaculate Heart in order to obtain world peace and the conversion of Russia. To it must be added devout prayers, true repentance and penance for the sins of men. In 1942, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In 1945, the sovereign Pontiff established this new Feast to promote devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and extend it to the Universal Church.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 22nd TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 10. Pay some special honor daily to the royal Heart of the sovereign Lady of the universe. This may be done through an act of devotion or a prayer offered for that intention, in imitation of Blessed Herman of the Order of St. Dominic, who each day used to recite an Ave Maria in greeting to the most amiable Heart of Mary. Even though, following the example of this holy religious, you were to say only one Ave Maria each day in honour of the admirable Heart of the Mother of God, you would be doing something highly pleasing to her and most advantageous to your own soul, since the great Suarez, that wonder of learning and piety, said that he would rather lose all his knowledge than lose the merits of a single Ave Maria. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

August 22nd ~ Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Traditional (1944 - 1969) 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 21st [150]. continued] It can be a mortal sin when we boast of some sin which we have committed; when we praise ourselves, despising others; or else when we praise and exalt ourselves through an excess of pride which abounds in the heart. The Angelical Doctor notes that this is an ordinary and not an infrequent case, and that the habit is easily formed. [2a 2æ, qu. lxii, art. 1. See also 2a 2æ, qu. cx, art. 2; qu. cxii, art. 1; et qu. cxxxii, art. 5 ad 1; et qu. clxii, art. 4 ad 2] ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

Sayings of the Saints “To possess a grain of true humility is to possess a treasure and money that can buy heaven and the heart of God. ~ St. Jane Frances de Chantal St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us.

Quoi de plus doux que de remettre, tout son cœur entre les mains de la Bienheareuse Vierge Márie. What could be sweeter than to place one’s whole heart into the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ P. Besson

Month of The Immaculate Heart of Mary~ August 21st MOTHER MOST ADMIRABLE DUTIES OF JESUS TOWARD MARY (continued) PRAYER O Mary, Mother truly admirable, to whose voice God Himself was made obedient! O glorious Queen of heaven and earth, exercise thy sway over my heart, and ordain that my thoughts and feelings, alas! too often alien from thine own, may become perfectly conformed to the law of thy Divine Son. Amen. ~ Very Rev. Alexis M. Lepicier, O.S.M., The Fairest Flower of Paradise (1922)

Conclusion of Light and Peace 3. It would then be better for you individually, without lessening your respect and esteem for books of devotion and for preachers animated by the spirit of God, to confine yourself as far as practice is concerned to the advice of your director and to the teachings of the saints as presented in this little volume. ~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795. Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis. Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.

Offering of the Heart of Jesus to the Blessed Virgin Mary While St. Gertrude was once bemoaning her lack of service and devotion to our blessed Lady, she felt moved by the Holy Ghost to offer her heart the Heart of Jesus; which, she adds, our Lady received with exceeding joy, finding therein a delight greater far than all our service and devotion, so that no prayer, however fervent and recollected, could so gladden her maternal heart. St. Mechtilde also received a similar revelation. I praise and greet thee, O Virgin surpassing sweet, in that intimate union wherewith thou art united to God above all creatures. And in amends for all the negligences I have committed in thy service, I offer thee, O tender Mother, the most glorious and adorable Heart of Jesus Christ, with all that faithful and filial love he showed thee in such perfection on earth, and will for ever show thee in heaven. Amen. ~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)