Virgo Potens

Salvation of the world, Save us O Holy Cross. Words of Our Lord “A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” Mandatum novum do vobis : ut diligatis invicem : sicut dilexi vos, ut et vos diligatis invicem. ~ John 13:34

Virgin most sorrowful, pray for us. Virgo dolorosíssima, ora pro nobis. An indulgence of 300 days. An indulgence of 5 years, if, in honor of the B. V. M. Sorrowing, the Hail Mary is recited 7 times followed by the above invocation once (S. P. Ap., Nov. 22, 1934)30. ~ The Raccolta (1957)

OFFERING to the SACRED HEART of JESUS MY LOVING Jesus! out of the grateful love I bear Thee, and to make reparation for my unfaithfulness to grace, I give Thee my heart, and I consecrate myself wholly to Thee; and with Thy help I purpose to sin no more. Indulgence of 300 days, each time. — S. P. Ap., March 15, 1936. ~ Rev. F. X. Lasance, My Prayer Book: Happiness In Goodness (1908)

Sayings of the Saints “The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love. The greatest and most overwhelming work of God's love." ~ St. Paul of the Cross St. Paul of the Cross, pray for us.

Month of the Holy Eucharist ~ April 3rd And after Jesus Christ the most exalted of all was His holy Mother, because being superior to all in her dignity as Mother of God she yet humbled herself more than all by her profound humility. This rule, dictated by the wisdom of God, applies to all the other Saints who are exalted in their glory in Heaven in proportion to their humility on earth. ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

2 of 2 Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. 1. No sooner is the sacrifice consummated and the last drop of the precious blood shed from Our Lord's Sacred Heart, than all is changed. That lifeless body is now treated with the utmost respect and veneration. See how gently and carefully Joseph and Nicodemus wind linen bands around the limbs and lower it to the ground, reverently adoring that body which had only a few hours before been a laughing-stock and object of contempt. Henceforth no more ignominy, no more contempt, no more ill-usage, but the love and adoration of saints and angels to all eternity. 2. Our Lady receives the body of her Son. What were her thoughts as she gazes into the five wounds, and sees how from head to foot it is covered with gaping wounds and bruises, battered out of all shape by the cruelty of man? O Mother of Sorrows, great as an ocean is thy sorrow! What can be thy hatred of sin when thou seest what it has wrought in the divine beauty of thy spotlessSon! What a mixture of agonized compassion and mournful sorrow, and hope and consolation, and gratitude and triumphant joy, fills thy sacred soul while thou lookest on the dead body of thy Son! 3.The day on which Jesus died is indeed well calledGood Friday. It is the day when Jesus consummated His victory over sin and death. While we mourn over His sufferings and our sins which caused them, we must also rejoice exceedingly at the thought of Satan conquered and heaven opened, and millions of sinners cleansed from sin in His most precious Blood ~ Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., The Devout Year (1893)

LENT April 3rd, 2026 ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross Read St. Mark xv. 38-46 And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the son of God. And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph, and Salome: Who also when he was in Galilee followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem. And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,). Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. (continued)

April 3rd, 2026 FIRST FRIDAY of APRIL ❤️ 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. Because today is Good Friday, Holy Communion may not be available to many attending pre-1955 Good Friday services. In that case, my suggestion would be to make a fervent Spiritual Communion today, and offer your next Holy Communion to Our Lord to make reparation to for past and present offenses against His Most Sacred Heart.

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Je suis doux et humble. JE DONNE L’EXAMPLE afin que vous fassiez comme je vous ai fait. (JEAN XIII.15.) I am gentle and humble. I SET THE EXAMPLE so that you may do as I have done to you. (JOHN XIII, 15) Most sweet Jesus, increase my faith, hope and charity, and give me a humble and contrite heart. Indulgence: 100 days, once a day. ~ Our Lady Book, 1924. Compiled by Rev. F. X. Lasance.

Month of the Holy Eucharist ~ April 2nd God has exalted Jesus Christ in glory above all, because He was the humblest of all: being the true Son of God He yet elected to become the most abject of all men. ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

2 of 2 Maundy Thursday — Jesus' Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist 1. Each time that holy Mass is said, the sacrifice of our blessed Lord upon the cross is represented in the sacrifice that takes place upon the altar. Thus, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, on the divine decree, continues to be slain mystically, and will continue as long as the world shall last. With such a sight before our eyes, how can we ever forget Him? how can we ever lose heart or despond with this abiding proof of His tender love be fore our eyes? 2. In the blood and water that flowed from Our Lord's side when pierced by the centurion's spear were represented the sacraments of the Church, the blood of Christ that extricates us in holy Communion, the water that cleanses our souls in baptism and penance. His Sacred Heart that was open then is open still; the rich stream of graces still continues; it has flowed even unto me. What countless graces I have received from the love that has been poured upon me from the Sacred Heart of Jesus! 3. The Sacred Host that we receive in holy Communion reminds us in many things of the dead body of Jesus as it hung upon the cross, all the glory hidden—no life to all appearance there; in the power of all to treat it as they choose; reduced to the lowest humiliation. Yet it is our God and our Lord, the object of the adoring love of angels and of men, He Whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, Who condescends to be our Guest and the food of our souls. Meditate on the unspeakable love of Jesus sacrificed for us! ~ Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., The Devout Year (1893)

LENT April 1st, 2026 ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ Maundy Thursday — Jesus' Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist Read St. John xix. 34-37 But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also may believe. For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced. (continued)

Month of the Holy Eucharist ~ April 1st 60. As Paradise is only for the humble, therefore in Paradise everyone will have more or less glory according to his degree of humility. ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

2 of 2 Wednesday after the Sixth Sunday in Lent — The Death of Jesus 1. After Our Lord has hung in agony for three hours upon the cross, at last the time approaches when His deliverance is at hand. He has endured every possible form of suffering, bodily and mental. His body has been subjected to a physical torture far worse than the accumulated sufferings of the martyrs; His sacred soul has been rent asunder with an anguish and desolation more awful than any save the eternal anguish of hell. He has sacrificed His honor,His reputation; He has been esteemed a fool and a madman. Now there is only one sacrifice more that He can make to His Eternal Father for man—the sacrifice of His life. He is determined to give up all for us, to be obedient even to death. 2. What was it that caused the death of Our Lord? Not the executioners, not the Jews, not the agony of the cross; they were but instruments. It was sin. Sin had in it a malice sufficient even to rob of life God, Our Lord and King. What a strange mystery sin is! And how strange that we do not hate it more when we see its power to destroy! 3. The death of jesus was no transient occurrence. He still mystically dies for us each day and each hour. When we receive holy Communion, we "show the death of the Lord till He come" and, therefore, His sacred Passion and Death should be the chief subject of our thoughts whenever we approach the holy Table, and especially on the eve of the solemn day when He instituted the sacrament of His love ~ Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., The Devout Year (1893)

LENT April 1st, 2026 ✧❁❁✧✿✿✧❁❁✧ Wednesday after the Sixth Sunday in Lent — The Death of Jesus Read St. Luke xxiii. 45-48 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And Jesus crying out with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost. Now the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man. And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight, and saw the things that were done, returned striking their breasts. (continued)

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2 of 2 Month of St. Joseph ~ March 31st Therefore it follows that if God has made me His instrument to sow good seed in the souls of others, that they may bring forth fruit unto everlasting life, which is the most wonderful work that proceeds from His mercy and omnipotence, I must in consequence count myself in truth amongst the vilest and most contemptible things of this world. “And the base things of the world and the things that are contemptible and things that are not.” This is an article of faith. If a soul were to be lost through my bad example or advice, I should certainly be the author and cause of its destruction, but if a soul should be saved either by my word or deed I cannot attribute the glory to myself, because the salvation of that soul will have been wholly the work of God: “Salvation is of the Lord.” [Ps. iii, 9] The gifts of knowledge, wisdom and eloquence and even of working miracles, are graces that are called gratis datæ and are sometimes even given to the wicked. Sanctifying grace alone which is given to him who lives in humility and charity is that which renders the soul precious in the eyes of God; but no one is sure of possessing it. ~ Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo (1660-1753), Humility of Heart. Tr. Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1903).

1 of 2 Month of St. Joseph ~ March 31st 59. Whenever it happens that we do good to the souls of others, either by instruction or good advice, or by our discourses and good example, it is then more than at any other time that we should consider ourselves bound to be humble for this reason, which is founded on faith and truth: God chooses things most vile, most weak, most base and most worthy of contempt in this world for the fulfilment of His great purposes, and this is a truth revealed by the Holy Ghost through the mouth of St. Paul: “But the foolish things of the world, and the weak things of the world, and the base things of the world, and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen.” [1 Cor. i, 27, 28] (continued)