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Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 23rd TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 11. In all your affairs, necessities, perplexities and afflictions, have rescourse to the most benign Heart of Mary, regarding it as your refuge in every need, and as a refuge, fortress and safeguard which God has given you as a shelter in the midst of all the miseries engulfing man in this valley of tears, this place of exile and banishment. Yes, the most bountiful and gentle Heart of Mary is truly solarium exiIii nostri, "The solace and comfort of our exile." Whoever has recourse to it with respect and confidence will feel the marvellous effects of its incomparable goodness. There glows in the maternal Heart of our most charitable Mother more love than in all the hearts of the fathers and mothers of all time past, present and yet to come. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

August 22nd ~ Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Traditional (1944 - 1969) 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 22nd TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 10. Pay some special honor daily to the royal Heart of the sovereign Lady of the universe. This may be done through an act of devotion or a prayer offered for that intention, in imitation of Blessed Herman of the Order of St. Dominic, who each day used to recite an Ave Maria in greeting to the most amiable Heart of Mary. Even though, following the example of this holy religious, you were to say only one Ave Maria each day in honour of the admirable Heart of the Mother of God, you would be doing something highly pleasing to her and most advantageous to your own soul, since the great Suarez, that wonder of learning and piety, said that he would rather lose all his knowledge than lose the merits of a single Ave Maria. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Quoi de plus doux que de remettre, tout son cœur entre les mains de la Bienheareuse Vierge Márie. What could be sweeter than to place one’s whole heart into the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ P. Besson

2 of 2 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 21st To this end strive earnestly, at least at the beginning of your principal activities, to renounce yourself entirely and to give yourself to Jesus so that you may become united with His divine Heart, which is one and the same with the Heart of His Holy Mother; thus may you enter into its love, charity, humility and holiness, so that you may do all things in the holy dispositions which have always filled it. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 21st TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 9. Our Saviour has given us His divine Heart, together with the holy Heart of His Blessed Mother, not only to be our rule, but also to be our very Heart, so that as members of Jesus and children of Mary we may share but one heart with our adorable Head and our incomparable Mother. This privilege should help us to perform all our actions with the Heart of Jesus and Mary, that is, in union with the holy intentions and dispositions that motivated Jesus and Mary in all their actions. (continued)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 20th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 8. Remember what has been said above: that Our Saviour has given us His own divine Heart, along with the most holy Heart of His Blessed Mother, to be the model and rule of our lives. Make a careful study of this divine rule, therefore, in order to follow and keep it faithfully. ~ 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 19th from Part 7, Chapter III The Holy Spirit has also inspired many saints to show forth by word and example a most special devotion to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is true that every saint belongs to the court of the Queen of all Saints; nevertheless there are certain ones who stand out as being very closely associated with the royal Heart of Mary, their sovereign Lady. First, of course, is St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, incomparably dear to her holy Heart. Even her parents, St. Anne and St. Joachim, cannot dispute the first place of St. Joseph in her heart, having conceded it during their lifetime, when they entrusted the Virgin Mary to his care. Then comes St. John the Baptist, truly the eldest son of Mary in the life of grace. St. Gabriel the Archangel had the inestimable privilege of being the Guardian Angel of the immaculate Mother of God. And what can we say of St. John, the disciple most dear to the heart of Our Lord, to whom Our Saviour entrusted the life and heart of His Beloved Mother from the cross? St. Luke the Evangelist also belongs to the Heart of Mary because he was chosen by her to reveal the sublime secret to mankind, that “she kept all those words in her heart.” There are many saints who have consecrated themselves under the special designation of spouse of the Queen of Angels. Among these I name as examples St. Edmund of Canterbury, St. Robert, St. Stephen, St. Alberic, Founder of the Cistercian Order, St. Bernard, St. Dominic and his disciple Blessed Alanus, Blessed Herman the Premonstratensian, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Bernardine of Siena, and so many others whose names are inscribed in the Book of Life. St. Mecthilde and St. Gertrude, noted daughters of St. Benedict, in the revelation of their surpassing devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, have shown most clearly the beauties and mysteries of devotion to the loving Heart of the Mother of Our Lord and Saviour. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 19th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 7. Cultivate particular devotion to all the saints who enjoyed some special relationship with the most lovable Heart of the Mother of God, for example, those mentioned in Part Seven, Chapter Three. (continued)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 18th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 6. The greatest joy that we can afford the admirable Heart of Mary, all aflame with love for the souls which cost the Precious Blood of her Son, is to work zealously and devotedly for their salvation. If the hearts of the angels and saints in heaven rejoice for each conversion of a sinner on earth, the Queen of Angels and saints derives infinitely more joy from it than that of all the denizens of heaven combined because her heart possesses more love and charity. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 17th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 5. Assist the poor, widows, orphans and strangers, protect the helpless, console the afflicted, visit the sick and imprisoned, and perform other similar works of mercy. All these acts are most highly pleasing to the most merciful Heart of the Mother of Grace. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~ August 16th TWELVE METHODS OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION (continued) 4. Offer your heart frequently to the Queen of all hearts consecrated to Jesus, and implore her to take full and complete possession of your heart so that Mary may give it entirely to her Son, fill it with supernatural sentiments to adorn it with virtues, and mould it according to the Heart of the Divine Son and His Blessed Mother. ~ Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God (1680)

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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)