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2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Four (continued) I hope in Thee, and I trust that Thou wilt pardon my faults and give me Thy grace, together with perseverance in it; and that at last Thou wilt bring me to the glory which Thou hast promised to those who continue in Thy love. I love Thee, above all things, for Thine infinite goodness; I give Thee thanks for all the benefits which Thou hast conferred, and still continuest to confer, upon me: I confess my great ingratitude towards Thee, and all my sins and offences against Thee; I am sorry for them, and beg that Thou wilt pardon me: it grieves me much that I have thus offended Thee, because Thou art the Infinite Being that Thou art. I repent with all my heart, because Thou art my God, infinitely good and worthy of my love: I am firmly resolved, by the help of Thy grace, to sin no more, and to avoid all occasions of offending Thee; to confess my faults, and to make satisfaction for them: I hope in Thee, O Lord, and that in Thine infinite mercy Thou wilt pardon me, so that with a pure heart I may praise Thy most holy Mother, and obtain by Her holy intercession what I ask in this Novena, if it be for Thy greater glory and the good of my soul. Amen. Prayer O Virgin of Carmel, Most Holy Mary, who didst receive with singular pleasure and love the homage of the Carmelites, who were the first to build a church to thine honour on Mount Carmel, where the faithful assembled to praise thee: I beseech thee, O Blessed Lady, to make my soul a living temple of the Majesty of God, where He may always dwell, and from which temporal affections may be ever banished; and, that I may obtain what I desire in the Novena, I beg of thee to ask it for me, most humbly saying, Hail Holy Queen . . . Here the Hail Holy Queen is recited, followed by the Litany of Loreto (posted below and pinned). Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us.

1 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL (July 7 - July 15) Day Four ~ July 10th Prayer To be said each day O my God and my Lord, prostrate before Thy Sovereign Majesty, I adore Thee will all my heart and soul. I confess to Thee, praise Thee, bless Thee, and glorify Thee. I acknowledge Thee to be my Lord and my God; I believe in Thee, and in all the mysteries of the Holy Catholic Faith, in which I desire to live and die. (continued)

Je suis Le Bon Pasteur I am The Good Shepherd Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 10th The Mystery of the Precious Blood Why are our hearts so cold? Why is our love so faithless, and our faith so unloving? We try, and still we do not love as we wish to love. We try again, and love more; and yet it is sadly short of the love we ought to have. We strive and strive, and still we only languish when we ought to burn. He longs for our love, sweet covetous lover of souls as He is. He longs for our love; and we long for nothing so much as to love Him. Surely there must be a time and a place, when both He and we shall be satisfied: but the place will be heaven, and the time nothing else than the great timeless eternity. ~ Frederick William Faber, D.D., The Precious Blood: or, The Price of Our Salvation (1860)

2 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus ~ July 10th The Blessed Curé of Ars, who was beatified only a few weeks later than Blessed Caspar del Bufalo, the great promoter of the Devotion of the Precious Blood, says, “Accustom yourselves to the following efficacious manner of prayer : Ask the Blessed Virgin to offer to the Heavenly Father her Divine Son all covered with blood and wounds for the conversion of sinners. This is a most excellent prayer. My children remember this well. I never failed to obtain any grace that I asked of God in this manner.” We read in the life of St. Dominic that, as he was once preaching on the veneration of Mary, he saw the Blessed Virgin sprinkling his hearers with the Blood of her Son. At another time, while the same saint was saying Mass, three hundred persons saw the Blessed Virgin, at the elevation of the chalice, pour out the Blood over those present and over the entire Church. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 10th Since our Divine Saviour constituted His Blessed Mother standing by the Cross the universal heiress of all the riches of His Blood, and since it is through her hands that we draw graces from the Saviour’s fountains, is it not befitting that we should offer this same Precious Blood to God through the hands of His Mother for ourselves and for others? The Precious Blood must remind Mary that she is our Mother. As she offered it up when she saw it flowing from the Cross, so she will be willing to dispense it with a liberal hand when she sees it raised on high in the holy sacrifice of the Mass. (continued below)

✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ The LITANY of the BLESSED VIRGIN Lord, have mercy on us.  Christ, have mercy on us.  Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us.  Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.  God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.  God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.  Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.  Holy Mary,  Pray for us. [This response continues for each line below.] Holy Mother of God,  Holy Virgin of virgins,  Mother of Christ,  Mother of divine grace,  Mother most pure,  Mother most chaste,  Mother inviolate,  Mother undefiled,  Mother most amiable,  Mother most admirable,  Mother of good counsel,  Mother of our Creator,  Mother of our Savior,  Virgin most prudent,  Virgin most venerable,  Virgin most renowned,  Virgin most powerful,  Virgin most merciful,  Virgin most faithful,  Mirror of justice,  Seat of wisdom,  Cause of our joy,  Spiritual vessel,  Vessel of honor,  Singular vessel of devotion,  Mystical rose,  Tower of David,  Tower of ivory,  House of gold,  Ark of the covenant,  Gate of Heaven,  Morning star,  Health of the sick,  Refuge of sinners,  Comforter of the afflicted,  Help of Christians,  Queen of angels,  Queen of patriarchs,  Queen of prophets,  Queen of apostles,  Queen of martyrs,  Queen of confessors,  Queen of virgins,  Queen of all saints,  Queen conceived without original sin,  Queen assumed into heaven,  Queen of the most holy Rosary,  Queen of peace.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.  ℣. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. ℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.  Let us Pray POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our heart’s, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.  ✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ Ind. of 7 years. - Fr. Charles Callan O.P. and Fr. John McHugh, O.P., Blessed Be God (1925)

✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ The LITANY of the BLESSED VIRGIN Lord, have mercy on us.  Christ, have mercy on us.  Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us.  Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.  God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.  God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.  Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.  Holy Mary,  Pray for us. [This response continues for each line below.] Holy Mother of God,  Holy Virgin of virgins,  Mother of Christ,  Mother of divine grace,  Mother most pure,  Mother most chaste,  Mother inviolate,  Mother undefiled,  Mother most amiable,  Mother most admirable,  Mother of good counsel,  Mother of our Creator,  Mother of our Savior,  Virgin most prudent,  Virgin most venerable,  Virgin most renowned,  Virgin most powerful,  Virgin most merciful,  Virgin most faithful,  Mirror of justice,  Seat of wisdom,  Cause of our joy,  Spiritual vessel,  Vessel of honor,  Singular vessel of devotion,  Mystical rose,  Tower of David,  Tower of ivory,  House of gold,  Ark of the covenant,  Gate of Heaven,  Morning star,  Health of the sick,  Refuge of sinners,  Comforter of the afflicted,  Help of Christians,  Queen of angels,  Queen of patriarchs,  Queen of prophets,  Queen of apostles,  Queen of martyrs,  Queen of confessors,  Queen of virgins,  Queen of all saints,  Queen conceived without original sin,  Queen assumed into heaven,  Queen of the most holy Rosary,  Queen of peace.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.  ℣. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. ℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.  Let us Pray POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our heart’s, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.  ✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧

2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Three (continued) I hope in Thee, and I trust that Thou wilt pardon my faults and give me Thy grace, together with perseverance in it; and that at last Thou wilt bring me to the glory which Thou hast promised to those who continue in Thy love. I love Thee, above all things, for Thine infinite goodness; I give Thee thanks for all the benefits which Thou hast conferred, and still continuest to confer, upon me: I confess my great ingratitude towards Thee, and all my sins and offences against Thee; I am sorry for them, and beg that Thou wilt pardon me: it grieves me much that I have thus offended Thee, because Thou art the Infinite Being that Thou art. I repent with all my heart, because Thou art my God, infinitely good and worthy of my love: I am firmly resolved, by the help of Thy grace, to sin no more, and to avoid all occasions of offending Thee; to confess my faults, and to make satisfaction for them: I hope in Thee, O Lord, and that in Thine infinite mercy Thou wilt pardon me, so that with a pure heart I may praise Thy most holy Mother, and obtain by Her holy intercession what I ask in this Novena, if it be for Thy greater glory and the good of my soul. Amen. Prayer O Virgin of Carmel, Most Holy Mary, who, on account of thy singular love for the Carmelites, didst favor them by familiarly conversing with them, and enlightening them by means of thy instruction and example: I beseech thee, O dear Lady, to obtain for me, of thy Beloved Son Jesus, light to be sensible of His goodness, grace to love Him, to know and deplore my sins, and to teach me what I ought to do in order to serve Him perfectly. Grant that my life and conversation may always be to His greater honour and glory, as well as to the edification of my neighbor; and that I may obtain what I desire in this Novena, I ask it especially through thy intercession, saying, Hail Holy Queen . . . Here the Hail Holy Queen is recited, followed by the Litany of Loreto (posted below and pinned). Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us.

1 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL (July 7 - July 15) Day Three ~ July 9th Prayer To be said each day O my God and my Lord, prostrate before Thy Sovereign Majesty, I adore Thee will all my heart and soul. I confess to Thee, praise Thee, bless Thee, and glorify Thee. I acknowledge Thee to be my Lord and my God; I believe in Thee, and in all the mysteries of the Holy Catholic Faith, in which I desire to live and die. (continued)

Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 9th The Mystery of the Precious Blood What depths there are in Jesus, and how wonderfully He lights them up with the splendours of His eternal love! Do we not feel every day more and more strongly, that we must be more for Jesus than we are, that of all growing things divine love is the most growing, that all idea of a limit to our love of Jesus, or of moderation in our service of Him, is a folly as well as a disloyalty? He was the brightness of innumerable lives and the sweetness of innumerable sorrows, when He was but the expectation of longing Israel. What must He be now, when He has come, when He has lived, and shed His Blood, and died, and risen, and ascended, and then come back again in all the unutterable endearments of the Blessed Sacrament? ~ Frederick William Faber, D.D., The Precious Blood: or, The Price of Our Salvation (1860)

Mother of Our Saviour, pray for us. Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 9th The Precious Blood is the fountain of the plenitude of all graces in Mary, but it is also the source of her power to help us. By her union with the Incarnate Word and by offering the Precious Blood in the temple and beneath the Cross in union with her Divine Son, she became the Mother of the Saviour and the Mother of those that wish to be saved in His Sacred Blood, the Blood which Mary nourished with her own substance and the fruits of which she thereby acquired a certain right to dispense. Such beautiful titles of the Blessed Virgin as Mother of our Saviour, Mother of divine grace, Mother of mercy, Virgin most powerful, Cause of our joy, Help of Christians, Queen conceived without original sin, are then founded primarily in the Blood of Christ. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

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✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ The LITANY of the BLESSED VIRGIN Lord, have mercy on us.  Christ, have mercy on us.  Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us.  Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.  God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.  God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.  Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.  Holy Mary,  Pray for us. [This response continues for each line below.] Holy Mother of God,  Holy Virgin of virgins,  Mother of Christ,  Mother of divine grace,  Mother most pure,  Mother most chaste,  Mother inviolate,  Mother undefiled,  Mother most amiable,  Mother most admirable,  Mother of good counsel,  Mother of our Creator,  Mother of our Savior,  Virgin most prudent,  Virgin most venerable,  Virgin most renowned,  Virgin most powerful,  Virgin most merciful,  Virgin most faithful,  Mirror of justice,  Seat of wisdom,  Cause of our joy,  Spiritual vessel,  Vessel of honor,  Singular vessel of devotion,  Mystical rose,  Tower of David,  Tower of ivory,  House of gold,  Ark of the covenant,  Gate of Heaven,  Morning star,  Health of the sick,  Refuge of sinners,  Comforter of the afflicted,  Help of Christians,  Queen of angels,  Queen of patriarchs,  Queen of prophets,  Queen of apostles,  Queen of martyrs,  Queen of confessors,  Queen of virgins,  Queen of all saints,  Queen conceived without original sin,  Queen assumed into heaven,  Queen of the most holy Rosary,  Queen of peace.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord.  Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.  ℣. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. ℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.  Let us Pray POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our heart’s, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.  ✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ Ind. of 7 years. - Fr. Charles Callan O.P. and Fr. John McHugh, O.P., Blessed Be God (1925)

2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Two (continued) I hope in Thee, and I trust that Thou wilt pardon my faults and give me Thy grace, together with perseverance in it; and that at last Thou wilt bring me to the glory which Thou hast promised to those who continue in Thy love. I love Thee, above all things, for Thine infinite goodness; I give Thee thanks for all the benefits which Thou hast conferred, and still continuest to confer, upon me: I confess my great ingratitude towards Thee, and all my sins and offences against Thee; I am sorry for them, and beg that Thou wilt pardon me: it grieves me much that I have thus offended Thee, because Thou art the Infinite Being that Thou art. I repent with all my heart, because Thou art my God, infinitely good and worthy of my love: I am firmly resolved, by the help of Thy grace, to sin no more, and to avoid all occasions of offending Thee; to confess my faults, and to make satisfaction for them: I hope in Thee, O Lord, and that in Thine infinite mercy Thou wilt pardon me, so that with a pure heart I may praise Thy most holy Mother, and obtain by Her holy intercession what I ask in this Novena, if it be for Thy greater glory and the good of my soul. Amen. Prayer O Virgin of Carmel, Most Holy Mary, who wast prefigured by the cloud which the great prophet Elias saw rising from the sea, and which with its rain rendered the whole earth fruitful, signifying thy most pure fecundity by which thou gavest to the world thy dear Son Jesus for the salvation of all our souls: I beg of thee, O Lady, to obtain for me from His Divine Majesty a copious supply of grace, so that my soul may bring forth abundant fruits of virtue and good works, and having served thee perfectly on earth, I may be worthy to enjoy thee eternally in Heaven; and that I may obtain what I particularly pray for in this Novena, I humbly beg this grace of thee, saying, Hail Holy Queen . . . Here the Hail Holy Queen is recited, followed by the Litany of Loreto (posted below and pinned). Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us.

1 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL (July 7 - July 15) Day Two ~ July 8th Prayer To be said each day O my God and my Lord, prostrate before Thy Sovereign Majesty, I adore Thee will all my heart and soul. I confess to Thee, praise Thee, bless Thee, and glorify Thee. I acknowledge Thee to be my Lord and my God; I believe in Thee, and in all the mysteries of the Holy Catholic Faith, in which I desire to live and die. (continued)

2 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 8th The Mystery of the Precious Blood Our anxiety now is, that all this may remain. We fear another change, especially a change back again. We can think calmly of no change except from little love to much love, and from much love to more love. The right of Jesus to our love, to our best love, to all our love, is becoming plainer and plainer to us. His exceeding loveliness is growing more and more attractive, because it is revealing itself to us every day like a new revelation. ~ Frederick William Faber, D.D., The Precious Blood: or, The Price of Our Salvation (1860)

1 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 8th The Mystery of the Precious Blood But we claim no share in any foolish happiness of sin. We are on God's side. We belong to Jesus. Sin is our great enemy, as well as our great evil. We desire to break with it altogether. We are ashamed of our past subjection to it. We are uneasy under our present imperfect separation from it. Our uppermost thought, no! not merely our uppermost thought, our only thought is our salvation. We care for no science, but the science of redeeming grace. The cross of Christ is our single wisdom. Once we wished for many things, and aimed at many things. But we are changed now. Our lives are amazingly simplified, simplified by the fear of sin and by the love of God. (continued below)

2 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus ~ July 8th In her relation to us, her maternity partakes also of the nature of a sacrament, in as much as she gave birth to the Author of the sacraments. These are called channels of grace, and in a similar sense Mary is to us a canal of all graces. But why should it be wrong in the eyes of our dissenting brethren, to obtain graces and favors through Mary if it is not wrong to receive through Mary the author of all grace? It is true, Jesus Christ is the only Mediator of merit, but there is yet a mediation of intercession and thus we call Mary our mediatrix as the dispensatrix of all graces. Let us go to our Redeemer with childlike confidence, let us also bear in mind that we are approaching not simply God, but the God-Man, Who loves His Mother and whom He has been pleased to make the Mother of divine grace.—Dilgskron, C. SS. R. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 8th What is dignity? We increase in dignity and lay claim to greater honor from others in proportion as we approach the Deity. Now there can be no closer proximity between two living beings than there exists between the person giving and the person receiving that life. By her maternity as Mother of Christ, Mary obtained the nearest proximity to God imaginable. Hence her divine maternity procures for her a dignity beyond all comparison. (continued below)

The Broad and Narrow Way Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 7th The Mystery of the Precious Blood But there are some who do not feel that sin is such a horror or captivity. They say it lays no weight upon their hearts. They say their lives are full of sunshine and that time flows with them, as the merry rivulet runs in summer, with a soothing brawl over its coloured stones, and its waters glancing in the sun. . . Yet even if the sinner could go through life with the gay indifference to which he pretends, he is not to be envied. It is only a sleep, a lethargy, or a madness, one or other of these according to his natural disposition. For there must be an awakening at last; and when and where will it be? What if the sinner’s awakening should be from the first touch of the fire that burns beyond the grave? ~ Frederick William Faber, D.D., The Precious Blood: or, The Price of Our Salvation (1860)