Virgo Potens

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Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 14th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 3. One of the most useful and important ways of honoring the most worthy Heart of the Queen of virtues is to strive to imitate and to implant in your heart a lively image of her holiness, meekness and forbearance, humility, purity, devotion, wisdom and prudence, patience, obedience vigilance, faithfulness, love and all its other virtues. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 14th These principal feelings are: i. Horror and abomination for every kind of sin. ii. Hatred and scorn for this corrupt world and everything pertaining to it. iii. The lowest possible esteem, and even of scorn and hatred, toward self. iv. Profound esteem, respect and love for all the things of God and His Church. v. Veneration and love for the Cross, that is, for privations, humiliations, mortifications and sufferings, which are one of the richest treasures that a Christian soul can possess in this world, according to the oracle from Heaven: "My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations," so that you may say with St. Paul: "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

1 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 13th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 2. In order that our Saviour may perfectly possess each heart, listen to these holy words and practise them: Hoc sentite in corde vestro, quod et in Corde Mariae, "Keep in thy heart the feelings which are in the Heart of Mary, the Mother of Jesus." (continued)

Words of Our Lady "Pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary to obtain peace in the world . . . for she alone can save it." ~ Our Lady of Fatima (July 13th, 1917)

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 13th I. If you wish to afford extreme happiness to the virginal Heart of Our Lady, so zealous for the salvation of your soul, bear and do what our Lord tells you in these words: "My son, give me thy heart;" and "Be converted to me with all your heart.” To that end make a firm and true resolution to fulfil your solemn promise to God in baptism; to make a complete renunciation of Satan, of the works of Satan which are synonymous with sin, and of the pomps of Satan which are synonymous with the world; and to follow our Lord in His teaching, example and virtues. And in order to be converted to God not only in heart but with all your heart, cultivate an ardent desire (and ask Him for the grace to fulfil it), to transform all the passions of your heart and turn them toward His Divine Majesty, placing them at the service of His glory. For example, the passion of love should be directed towards loving only God and one's neighbor in God and for God; the passion of hate, towards hating only sin and all that leads to sin; the passion of fear, towards fearing nothing in the world except offending God; the passion of sadness, to the end of letting nothing sadden us except the sins we have committed against God; the passion of joy, towards seeking all our joy in the love and service of God, and in doing His most holy will everywhere and in all things; and so on with the other passions. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

1 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 13th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION ALL that has been said in. the foregoing pages demonstrates.that the devotion to the most holy Heart of the Blessed Virgin is most firm and well-established, and that we are obliged by a countless number of reasons to render special honor and veneration to this Heart. Therefore we must now seek proper and suitable methods of doing so. Here are twelve principal recommendations: (continued)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 12th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 12. Finally consider all the attributes and perfections of the incomparable Heart of the Mother of Fair Love, and you must realize that there are just that number of reasons compelling us to praise, honor and love this most praiseworthy and lovable Heart. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

THANKSGIVING for the GRACES BESTOWED on the BLESSED VIRGIN When St. Gertrude had recited this short prayer, she saw in vision the Mother of divine grace arise and beseech the Blessed Trinity to grant her as large a measure of grace as the heart of man can receive in this life. Then the most glorious Trinity turned towards the saint, and filled her soul with unutterable grace and benediction. Blessed be the ineffable, ever adorable omnipotence of God the Father; and blessed the wondrous and manifold wisdom of God the Son; and blessed the amazing and most tender goodness of the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete; for that ever-glorious Trinity hath deigned to decree from eternity, to create in time, and to bestow on us as our most effectual help and succor, the Virgin so full of all grace, in order that He might communicate to her His own divine and super-abounding beatitude. Amen. ~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 11th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 11. Not only is the Heart of the Mother of Our Saviour the prototype and model of our own hearts, but her Heart, after the adorable Heart of Jesus, is also Sovereign Ruler of all the hearts that have been created to love God, since she is Queen of the universe. For that reason all hearts should look upon and imitate the Heart of Mary as their model, but in addition they are obliged to render it all the homage that they owe to it as to their Sovereign. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 10th Therefore it is most useful, good and beneficial to exhort Christians to practise devotion to the most august Heart of the Queen of Heaven. The sovereign devotion is to imitate what we honor, says St. Augustine; so who can fail to perceive that, in encouraging the faithful in devotion to the most amiable Heart of the Mother of God, we are also exhorting them to imitate the most eminent virtues that adorn it, to engrave its likeness on their own hearts and to render themselves worthy children of such a Mother? ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

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)

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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)

DEVOUT EXERCISES The faithful who devoutly recite prayers in honor of the most pure Heart of Mary, at any season of the year, with the intention of persevering in the same for nine consecutive days may gain: An indulgence of 5 years, once on any day of the novena; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions at the end of the novena (Pius IX, Audience Jan. 3, 1849; S. C. of Bishops and Religious, Jan. 28, 1850; S.C. Ind., Nov. 26, 1876; S.P. Ap., April 29, 1933). ~ 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)

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)

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)

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)

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