Virgo Potens

1 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 10th Third Sorrow. — Does any ordinary mother ever lose her child? Never. How then came it that this Mother lost this Child as we read towards the end of the second chapter of St. Luke’s gospel? It can only have been that He himself brought it about of set purpose. By His own deliberate act He eluded the vigilance of His parents. At a given moment He veiled their eyes and departed from them. ‘When they returned, the Child Jesus remained in Jerusalem. And His parents knew it not. And thinking that He was in the company, they came a day’s journey.’ Not till the evening did the veil fall from their eyes. Then they ‘sought Him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. And not finding Him, they returned into Jerusalem seeking Him’. It was bitter humiliation, bitterer anguish. (continued)

2 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 9th From the land of Egypt God had once recalled His beloved Son, the people of Israel; to the land of Egypt these two were journeying back bearing a little Child, more precious in Himself than all the children of adoption, since He was the Only-Begotten of the Father, the Word made Flesh. But a day was to come when the Word of Osee (xi, i), ‘I called my son out of Egypt’, would receive a new meaning. Their poverty would continue, but their exile ended. Joseph was able to take the Child and His mother and return into the land of Israel. In the long journeyings between the place of her exile and her own land, one joy at least the Virgin never lost. She had her Child with her. She continued to wrap Him in swaddling clothes as in the stable. She watched over Him unceasingly. He was never away from her. ~ Charles Journet, Our Lady of Sorrows. Tr. F.J. Sheed. (1939)

1 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 9th So much mystery tested not only their courage, but their faith: not that their faith wavered under the trial: rather was it strengthened and purified. This road they were on had seen many a marvel wrought by God long ago; today they trod the road in want and weakness. (continued)

2 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 8th She had been told that her Son was to be a sign which should be contradicted, now she learns the first fruits of this in a hurried flight by night towards a land of exile of which she knew not the customs nor the language nor so much as where it might be. On Christmas night, when she had found no room in the inn, the Child at least, hidden within her, did not suffer physically. All the troubles of the outer world could not reach Him. But now, how could she spare Him the hardships of the road, the chances of the weather, the trials of hunger and thirst and weariness? In the place they had left, the threat of death still remained, since Herod sought the Child to destroy Him. Unimaginable was her dereliction in those days and nights of desert journeying. Surely God would work some miracle for the Child which was His! Incredible that the Child, a tiny frail thing that suffered and said no word, should be His. Incredible that if it were so, God should thus seem to abandon It, in the midst of enemies, to the pitifully inadequate protection of a poor man and his poor wife. ~ Charles Journet, Our Lady of Sorrows. Tr. F.J. Sheed. (1939)

1 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 8th Second Sorrow. — The prophecy was the first sword. Its accomplishment began at once. ‘Behold an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the Child and His Mother and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the Child to destroy Him. Who arose and took the Child and His mother by night and retired into Egypt’ (Matt, ii, 13-14). It was the second sorrow. The Virgin who had been given a foreshadowing of what was to be by the prophecies that had been uttered, now began to learn the same things by seeing the prophecies accomplished. (continued)

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2 of 2 ACT of REPARATION to the IMMACULATE HEART of MARY Obtain for them and for us the pardon of sko many sins. A word from thee will obtain grace and amendment for us all. Hasten, O Lady, the conversion of sinners, that they may love Jesus and cease to offend the Lord, already so much offended, and will not fall into hell. Turn thine eyes of mercy towards us, that henceforth we may love God with all our hearts while on earth and enjoy Him forever in heaven. Amen.

1 of 2 ACT of REPARATION to the IMMACULATE HEART of MARY Most holy Virgin and our Mother, we listen with grief to the complaints of thine Immaculate Heart surrounded with the thorns which ungrateful men place therein at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. Moved by the ardent desire of loving thee as our Mother and of promoting a true devotion to thine Immaculate Heart, we prostrate ourselves at thy feet to prove the sorrow we feel for the grievances that men cause thee, and to atone, by means of our prayers and sacrifices, for the offenses with which men return thy tender love. (continued)

FIRST SATURDAY of SEPTEMBER 💙 “See my daughter, how my heart is encircled by thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You, at least, try to console me, and announce that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the First Saturdays of five consecutive months, confess, receive Holy Communion, recite part of My Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on its mysteries with the intention of offering me reparation.” ~ Words of Our Lady to Sr. Marie (Lucia dos Santos) on December 10, 1925 If possible, make First Saturday devotions today, in reparation for offenses against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as requested by Our Lady herself in 1925, and confirmed by Our Lord in 1927.

2 of 2 Day 3 - September 7th  O my Jesus, Who because of Thy burning love for us willed to be crucified and to shed Thy Most Precious Blood for the redemption and salvation of our souls, look down upon us and grant the petition for which we ask (here mention your request). We trust completely in Thy Mercy. Cleanse us from sin by Thy grace, sanctify our work, give us, and all those who are dear to us, our daily bread, lighten the burden of our sufferings, bless our families, and grant to the nations, so sorely afflicted, Thy Peace, which is the only true peace, so that by obeying Thy Commandments we may come at last to the glory of Heaven. Amen.

2 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 7th Beneath Simeon’s words she discovers depths that the old man himself knows nothing of. This prophecy overwhelms her utterly — or rather, fills her to the brim with its bitterness. All her being is wounded with it, all its beauty lost in the grief it promises. Silently she utters her own grief from the depth of her heart: ‘Call me not Beautiful, but Bitter, for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.’ Yet she was not utterly beaten down. From the very depth of her bitterness the first ray of an ineffable dawn shines out. From now she has the certitude that she is divinely associated in the suffering of her Son. She has the assurance that to soften the cruel edge of the Son’s Passion there will be the tender Compassion of the Mother. Sustained by this sublime hope, she abides in expectation of the sword which shall pierce her heart in the very act of piercing His. Already Simeon’s word has made bloody entry like a sword. The Seven Dolours have begun — those Seven Dolours which are to be like seven dagger thrusts: and indeed the Flemish Primitives, borne on by an inspiration more pious and moving than artistically successful, were to depict them as seven swords meeting in her breast. ~ Charles Journet, Our Lady of Sorrows. Tr. F.J. Sheed. (1939)

1 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 7th ‘And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His Mother: Behold this Child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a sword shall pierce . . .’ Here is the first of the seven sorrows, pregnant with all the others of whose coming it gives obscure announcement. It fills the Virgin’s heart with pain beyond speaking. She has just been told explicitly that her Son is to be ‘a sign which shall be contradicted . . . that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed’. He will meet hostility. He is come to save His own, but His own will to destroy Him. (continued)

2 of 2 FIRST FRIDAY of SEPTEMBER ❤️ ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ ACT of CONSECRATION of B. Margaret Mary ❤️ I, N.N., give and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ my person and my life, my actions, penances, and sufferings, not wishing to make use of any part of my being for the future except in honouring, loving, and glorifying that Sacred Heart. It is my irrevocable will to be entirely His, and to do everything for His love, renouncing with my whole heart whatever might displease Him. I take Thee then, O most Sacred Heart, as the sole object, of my love, as the protector of my life, as the pledge of my salvation, as the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, as the repairer of all the defects of my life, and as my secure refuge in the hour of death. Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God the Father, and remove far from me the thunderbolts of His just wrath. O Heart ot love, I place my whole confidence in Thee. While I fear all things from my malice and frailty, I hope all things from thy goodness. Consume then in me whatever can displease or be opposed to Thee, and may Thy pure love be so deeply impressed upon my heart that it may be impossible that I should ever be separated from Thee, or forget Thee. I implore Thee, by all Thy goodness, that my name may be written in Thee, for in Thee I wish to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in very bondage to Thee. Amen. i. 300 Days, once a day. ii. Plenary, once a month. Leo XIII, January 13, 1898 Pius X, May 30, 1908. (The Raccolta, 1910) ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧

1 of 2 FIRST FRIDAY of SEPTEMBER ❤️ O Sacred Heart of Jesus, animated with a desire to repair the outrages unceasingly offered to Thee, we prostrate before Thy throne of mercy, and in the name of all mankind, pledge our love and fidelity to Thee! If possible, receive Holy Communion today and make reparation to Our Lord and Saviour for past and present offenses against His Most Sacred Heart.

2 of 2 The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary 1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. 2. I will establish peace in their homes. 3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions. 4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death. 5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings. 6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy. 7. Tepid souls shall become fervent. 8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection. 9. I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be exposed and honored. 10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts. 11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced. 12. I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment. ~ The Saint Joseph Daily Missal, 1950.

1 of 2 The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary FAITHFUL Catholics consecrate to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the spirit of reparation, the First Friday of each month. Jesus Himself made these twelve promises to St. Margaret Mary in favor of those who practice and promote this devotion. (continued)

2 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 6th She herself sang of the mighty things done to her by the Almighty. All these things are in the first chapter of St. Luke’s gospel. Then came the birth of the Child at Bethlehem and the message the shepherds heard by night: ‘For this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.’ Mary kept all these words. She pondered them in her heart (Luke ii, 19). All of them shed their own light upon the mystery that God had accomplished in her. Thus Mary knew all. When the time of the purification was accomplished, Mary and Joseph went up to the temple with the Child. Simeon was there, a just man, waiting for the consolation of Israel and with the assurance from the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. And he took the Child into his arms and blessed God saying: ‘My eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: a light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel’ (Luke ii, 32). The Gospel comments: ‘And His father and mother were wondering at those things, which were spoken concerning Him.’ Their astonishment here was not sorrow, it was simply wonder, surprise. They alone knew what the Child was, and behold Simeon cries aloud their secret and proclaims salvation not only for Israel but for the Nations. The hour of sorrow was not yet come for Mary. ~ Charles Journet, Our Lady of Sorrows. Tr. F.J. Sheed. (1939)

1 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 6th I THE THREE SORROWS THAT BELONG TO OUR LORD’S CHILDHOOD BECAUSE natural love is profaned in the world, it is necessary that the purest, tenderest and holiest of natural loves should be offered up in sacrifice, in reparation. The Virgin Mary must be separated from her Child. Her hardest suffering must be to see Him withdrawing Himself from her affection. First Sorrow. — Mary knew from the word of the Angel that the Holy Ghost should come upon her, that the power of the Most High should overshadow her, and that the Child to be born of her should be holy and should be called the Son of God. Later she heard the voice of Elizabeth proclaiming her blessed among women and saluting her as Mother of her Lord. (continued)

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2 of 2 Month of the The Seven Dolors of Mary / The Sorrowful Mother ~ September 5th Twice in the year the Church weeps for the Seven Dolours of Our Lady — on the Friday after Passion Sunday, and on the day after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 15th. The memory of each of these seven griefs is recalled in the responsories at Matins on this latter feast day. The first three belong to Our Lord’s childhood. The last four to His Passion and Death. Between these extremes, other trials came upon Our Lady. We need not say that ‘She had constantly before her eyes, the Passion of Jesus’. St. Therese of Lisieux thinks that it was not so. But it remains that even in moments of happiness she kept that gravity which ever springs in the deepest souls from the remembrance of great sorrows past and the assurance of great sorrows to come. ~ Charles Journet, Our Lady of Sorrows. Tr. F.J. Sheed. (1939)