Virgo Potens

2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Seven (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, to mark the Carmelites as thine especial children, didst enrich them with the singular pledge of thy most Holy Scapular, by means of which thou dost bestow such singular graces on those who devoutly wear it, and fulfilling their obligations, shew, by their imitation of thy virtues, that they are truly thy children: I beseech thee, O Lady, to obtain for me the grace to serve thee lovingly in this life, so that I may be worthy to feel the effects of this holy devotion; and I beg of thee most humbly to obtain for me the grace I particularly pray for in this Novena, through thine intercession, saying , Hail Holy Queen . . . Here the Hail Holy Queen is recited, followed by the Litany of Loreto (pinned at Virgo Potens). Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us.

1 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL (July 7 - July 15) Day Seven ~ July 13th 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)

Monthly Renewal of Consecration to Mary To be said on the 13th of every month in honor of Our Lady of Fatima I, (say your name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my baptism; I renounce Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before. In the presence of all the Heavenly court I choose thee this day for my Mother and Mistress. I deliver and consecrate to thee, as thy slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to thee the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity. Amen.

Month of the Precious Blood ~ July 13th The Mystery of the Precious Blood This is what we call the mystery of the Incarnation. It is this which makes creation so magnificent. It [creation] was not merely a beautiful thing which God made as an artificer, and which He set outside of Himself, and kept at a distance from Himself to look at, to admire, to pity, and to love. He always intended to be part of it Himself in a very wonderful way. So that there would have been Jesus and Mary, even if there had never been any sin: only Jesus would not have been crucified, and Mary would not have had any dolours. ~ 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 13th In her exalted sanctity and transcendent knowledge she realizes better than all the angels and saints the immeasurable value of every drop of this Divine Blood. As the Mother of our Saviour she is filled with more than apostolic zeal to see the Blood of her Son applied to our souls for our eternal salvation. How she must long to see the devotion to this Precious Blood spread over the entire world and reach every heart! With what love she must watch those who follow in her foot-steps in making atonement to the Blood of our Redemption. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

2 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus ~ July 13th In her exalted sanctity and transcendent knowledge she realizes better than all the angels and saints the immeasurable value of every drop of this Divine Blood. As the Mother of our Saviour she is filled with more than apostolic zeal to see the Blood of her Son applied to our souls for our eternal salvation. How she must long to see the devotion to this Precious Blood spread over the entire world and reach every heart! With what love she must watch those who follow in her foot-steps in making atonement to the Blood of our Redemption. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

Mother of Divine Grace, pray for us. 1 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 13th To console our Sorrowful Mother in her sufferings and at the same time make atonement to the Blood of her Son, we should love to meditate on the Passion, accept sufferings cheerfully to render ourselves conformable to our beloved models, and to practice deep and lively devotion to the Precious Blood. Who could better imbue us with a love of the Blood of our Redemption than she whose heart-beats stimulated the growth of this Sacred Blood, who saw it shed seven times, who saw it rudely trampled under foot by Jew and Gentile, who saw it mixed with the dirt and mud of this accursed earth, whose lips were reddened by kissing the wounds of the Crucified ? Burning with a God-like love herself, she understood with what an incomprehensible love her Divine Son shed all His Divine Blood for us sinners. (continued below)

ASPIRATION Before sleep: I beg thee, O dearest Lady, to offer up to God, the Precious Blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, for the grace to hinder one mortal sin somewhere in the world during this night. Mother of Divine Grace, pray for us. Upon awakening I beg thee, O dearest Lady, to offer up to God, the Precious Blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, for the grace to hinder one mortal sin somewhere in the world this day, during the hours of daylight. Mother of Divine Grace, pray for us.

2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Six (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, to defend thy beloved children the Carmelites, when their Holy Institute was on the point of being abolished, manifesting thereby thy singular love towards them, didst desire the Supreme Pontiff, Honorius III, to receive them, and to confirm their Institute, shewing him that this was thy will and that of thy divine Son, by the sudden death with which He punished two persons who particularly opposed it: I beseech thee, O Lady, to defend me from all my enemies, both of soul and body, so that I may serve God in peace; and obtain for me what I ask in this Novena, through thy intercession, I beg this grace devoutly saying, Hail Holy Queen . . . Here the Hail Holy Queen is recited, followed by the Litany of Loreto (pinned at Virgo Potens).

1 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL (July 7 - July 15) Day Six ~ July 12th 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 12th The Mystery of the Precious Blood [T]here is a sense in which creation was eternal. It was eternally in the mind of God. It was one of His eternal ideas, always before Him; so that He never existed without this idea of creation in His all-wise mind and in His all-powerful intention. Moreover it was always part of His intention that the Creator should become as it were part of His own creation, and that an Uncreated Person should really and truly assume a created nature and be born of a created mother. ~ 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 12th We honor the Immaculate Conception and the Precious Blood of Jesus by entertaining always a lively horror for sin, by constantly striving after purity of heart, and by carrying out a wholesome suggestion of Father Faber. “If every night before we go to sleep, ” he says, “we begged our dear Lady to offer up to God the Precious Blood of her Divine Son for grace to hinder one mortal sin somewhere in the world, during that night, and then renewed the same offering in the morning for the hours of daylight, surely such an offering, and by such hands, could not fail to win the grace desired, and thus each one of us might possibly hinder numbers of mortal sins every year.” ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

Our Lady of Grace, pray for us. 1 of 2 Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 12th There are two feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in particular, by which we can honor also the Blood of her Son. The feast of the Immaculate Conception, the fountain-head of the Precious Blood, the pledge of our salvation; and the feast of the Seven Dolors of our Lady; since by her sorrow as Mother of God, she became co-Redemptress of the world, in the sense that she suffered for us in union with her Divine Son. (continued below)

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For some reason, the formatting for The Litany of the Blessed Virgin

2 of 2 NOVENA to OUR LADY of Mt. CARMEL Day Five (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, to shew thy great love towards the Carmelites, didst honour them with the sweet name of thy sons and brethren, thus teaching them confidently to look to thee, as their Mother, for remedy, consolation, and help in all their afflictions, and exhorting them to imitate thy virtues: I beseech thee, most dear Lady, to be my Mother, so that I may imitate thy virtues, worthily enjoy the title of thy child, and that my name may be inscribed in the book of predestination with those of the Sons of God and Brothers of Jesus Christ; and I beg of thee most humbly to obtain for me what I ask in this Novena, by thine 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 Five ~ July 11th 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 11th The Mystery of the Precious Blood Salvation is through the Precious Blood. We will take that for our study of Jesus this time. When love is humble, it prays with David to be washed more and more from its iniquity. But there is no washing away of iniquity, except in the Precious Blood of our most dear Redeemer. When love is bold, it prays to be set on fire with the flames which Jesus came to kindle. But it is only the Precious Blood which makes our heart beat hotly with the love of Him. ~ Frederick William Faber

Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus~ July 11th Oh, what a powerful prayer, what a merciful and irresistible pleading, when the Mother of God offers by her immaculate hands, the redemptive Blood of Calvary, the Eucharistic Blood of the Mass, in our behalf and at our request for the conversion of sinners, for the propagation of faith, for the sick and dying, and for the souls in Purgatory ! “And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own” (John XIX, 27). Every hour of the day we can offer the chalices consecrated at the Masses celebrated at that time some where in the world to the Heavenly Father through the hands of the Mother of Mercy, that with the Blood of the Redemption she might succor the suffering souls in Purgatory. When we retire at night for rest, we can ask our guardian angel to continue these oblations. ~ Rev. M. F. Walz, C. PP. S., Why Is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood (1914).

✧❁❁✧✿💙✿✧❁❁✧ 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)