Virgo Potens

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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)

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)

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)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 4th TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 4. Picture yourself the means employed by the Mother of mercy to cooperate with her Beloved Son our Saviour in the great work of the Redemption of the world, that is, her prayers, fasts, mortifications, tears, sufferings, and her most poignant sacrifice of her dear Son at the foot of the cross, her Heart utterly consumed with love and charity, and you must realize that all these facts are just so many additional obligations on our part to revere and love her most worthy Heart. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Aimable Cœur de ma Mère, vous êtes le Ciel que je veux habiter à jamais. Loving Heart of my Mother you are the Heaven in which I wish to dwell forever. Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 3rd TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 3. Count also all the thoughts, feelings and affections which filled her motherly Heart with regard to our salvation, and you will count so many obligations on our part to love and honor Mary. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

2 of 2 ❀•°❀°•❀•°❀°•❀ •°❀°•❀ THE FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS MARY’S GREAT PROMISE AT FATIMA (continued) This devotion and the wonderful promises connected with it were revealed by the Blessed Virgin with these words recorded by Lucy, one of the three children to whom the Blessed Virgin appeared at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917: I promise to help at the hour of death, with the graces needed for salvation, whoever on the First Saturday of five consecutive months shall: 1. Confess and receive Holy Communion. 2. Recite five decades of the Rosary. 3. And keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me. NOTE: Confession during the week, preceding the first Friday, will suffice for the first Saturday, or conversely when Saturday is the first day of the month. The Rosary May be recited at any convenient time of the day, and the fifteen minute meditation may be made at any time during the day on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. A sermon for the occasion may be substituted for the meditation. ~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950) ❀•°❀°•❀•°❀°•❀ •°❀°•❀

August 2nd, 2025 FIRST SATURDAY of AUGUST 💙 1 of 2 ❀•°❀°•❀•°❀°•❀ •°❀°•❀ THE FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS MARY’S GREAT PROMISE AT FATIMA THE observance of the First Saturday in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is intended to console her Immaculate Heart, and to make reparation for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of men. (continued)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 2nd TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY (continued) 2. Who could possibly describe the ardent flames of love in the incomparable Heart of the Mother of God toward her Beloved Son Jesus? Count, if you can, all her thoughts, all her words, all her actions, labors, anxieties and vigilance in feeding, clothing, protecting and rearing our divine Saviour, and you will count so many reasons obliging us to love and praise her most amiable Heart. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

PRAYER O Mary, bless this house, where thy name is ever held in benediction. All glory to Mary ever Immaculate, ever Virgin, blessed among women, the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Queen of Paradise. (Reparation for blasphemy against Our Lady.) Indulgence: 300 days, each time. ~ Our Lady Book, 1924. Compiled by Rev. F. X. Lasance.

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 1st TWELVE REASONS FOR HONORING THE HEART OF MARY THE truths contained in the eight preceding parts oblige us to honor the Admirable Heart of the Mother of God, but there are additional reasons compelling us to do so, among which the twelve principal motives are these: 1. We ought to honor and love the things that God loves and honors, and through which He is loved and glorified. Now, after the most adorable Heart of Jesus, there is no heart in heaven or on earth which has so loved and honored God, or has rendered Him so much glory and love, as the most worthy Heart of Mary, the Mother of the Saviour. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

✧✿───✧✧✿✧✧───✿✧ For the Month of August, spiritual readings at both Virgo Potens and One, Holy Catholic will be drawn from different sections of ~ The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God St. John Eudes (1601-1680) This was the first book written on devotion to the Sacred Hearts and was finished one month before the saint’s death in 1680. The writings of St. John Eudes formed a foundation for subsequent devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For many years the devotional works of St. John Eudes were practically unknown. Although some of his works were popular during his lifetime, many others were only preserved as manuscripts and were lost during the French Revolution. In the 1800’s, the spiritual sons of St. John Eudes united in a tribute of filial piety to bring out a complete edition of the works of their spiritual father, seeking them in public and private libraries throughout the world. About twenty volumes were found and they were edited in 1905; in 1935, a second French edition was published, consisting of nine volumes, of which The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God is one. This edition, in English was published in 1948. ✧✿───✧✧✿✧✧───✿✧

August 1st, 2025 FIRST FRIDAY of AUGUST ❤️ 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 Jesus Christ for past and present offenses against His Most Sacred Heart.

Introit. Apoc. 5, 9. 10. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, with Thy Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us for our God a kingdom. (P.T. Alleluia, alleluia.). Ps. 88,2. The mercies of the Lord I will sing forevermore: I will show forth Thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. ℣. Glory be. Introit, July 1, The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ ~ The Saint Joseph Daily Missal, 1950

2 of 2 The Precious Blood in Heaven 2. The special glory of the Precious Blood appears to be ever present in the minds of the redeemed in heaven, and to form the subject of their songs of praise. "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor and glory and power." "Thou wast slain and hast redeemed God in Thy blood." "We have washed our robe and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." If this is to be the continual song of heaven, we must try and anticipate it on earth by cultivating a devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus. 3. The Precious Blood will also receive the unceasing homage of the blessed in heaven on account of its having won for them all their graces. It purchased for them the glory that they now enjoy. In the overflowing of their hearts they will recognize it as the fount of all those delights that will inebriate their souls. Through it they drink of the waters of life, through it they gaze in ecstasy on the glory of Jesus, through it theyare absorbed in the beatific vision. O my Lord! it is to Thy Precious Blood that I owe. everything in this life, and shall owe my eternal happiness in the life to come. Oh, fill me with unspeakable gratitude to Thee now and forever! ~ Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., The Devout Year (1893) Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!

Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus ~ July 31st ✧✿✿✧❁❁✧✿✿✧ 31st Day ~ The Precious Blood in Heaven 1. In heaven the Precious Blood of Jesus will not only share the glory of His sacred humanity, but it will be the source of its divine beauty, for the glory of Jesus will then consist in having bought us with a great price, and that price was none other than His Precious Blood. It will be a continual source of joy and thanksgiving to us, and will ever remind us of our ransom from sin and hell, and of the unspeakable blessings we shall then enjoy. Grant, O Lord, that I may share that joy ! (continued)

2 of 2 The Precious Blood in Holy Communion 2. Yet Christ Our Lord invites us to do so. In His inexplicable love for us, He desires us, asks us, to receive His Precious Blood in holy Communion. Instead of saying, as he did to Mary, Touch Me not; He says, Drink, O My friends, and be inebriated, O My dearly beloved. Admire His divine condescension, and beware of presuming on His patience and His love. 3. How are we to account for Jesus’ willingness, nay, anxiety to be thus received by sinful men? It is because in thus communicating Himself to us, He makes us more like to what He Himself is, and what He desires us to be. The Precious Blood imparts to our souls all heavenly gifts and graces if we receive it as we ought. O Jesus, grant that I may receive Thee frequently, fervently, with a complete oblation of my whole self! ~ Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., The Devout Year (1893)