Posted on 09/12/2005 8:13:03 AM PDT by Salvation
The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional Memorial
September 12th
Helen Hull Hitchcock
Collect: From the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading (1st Option): Galatians 4:4-7
When the time had fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.
First Reading (2nd Option): Ephesians 1:3-6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Gospel Reading:Luke 1:39-47
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
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From: 1 Timothy 2:1-8
God Desires the Salvation of All
That is a fantastic link. Thank you.
From: Luke 7:1-10
The Centurion's Faith
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27:3. Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts. Ne trahas me cum impiis et cum operantibus iniquitatem qui loquuntur pacem cum amicis suis et est malum in corde eorum
27:4. Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward. Da eis secundum opus suum et secundum malum adinventionum suarum iuxta opus manuum suarum da eis redde retributionem suam illis.
27:5. Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up. Quoniam non intellegunt opera Domini et opus manuum eius destrues eos et non aedificabis.
27:6. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.Benedictus Dominus qui audivit vocem deprecationis meae
Strong language indeed! Perhaps too strong for the USCCB.
**Strong language indeed! Perhaps too strong for the USCCB.**
It's starting to appear that way! Thanks for the additions. I think they add a lot of thought to the thread!
Good example of veneration.
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Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister,Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
(Jn 19:25)
And your heart too a sword shall pierce
(Lk 3:35)
At the cross her station keeping
Stood the mournful Mother weeping
Close to Jesus to the last
Through her heart, his sorrow sharing
All his bitter anguish sharing
Now at length the sword has passed
Oh, how sad and sore distressed
Was that Mother highly blessed
of the sole begotten One!
Christ above in torment hangs
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying, glorious Son
Is there one who would not weep
'Whelmed in miseries so deep
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
Can the human heart refrain
From partaking in her pain
In that mother's pain untold?
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled
She beheld her tender Child
All with bloody scourges rent
For the sins of His own nation
Saw Him hang in desolation
Till His spirit forth He sent
O sweet Mother! fount of love
Touch my spirit from above
Make my heart with yours accord
Make me feel as you have felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ, my Lord
Holy Mother, pierce me through
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Saviour crucified
Let me share with you His pain,
Who for all our sins was slain,
Who for me in torments died.
Let me mingle tears with you
Mourning Him Who mourned for me
All the days that I may live
By the Cross with you to stay
There with you to weep and pray
Is all I ask of you to give
Virgin of all virgins blest!
Listen to my fond request
Let me share your grief divine
Let me, to my latest breath
In my body bear the death
Of that dying Son of yours
Wounded with His every wound,
Steep my soul till it has swooned
In His very blood away
Be to me, O Virgin, nigh
Lest in flames I burn and die
In His awful judgment day
Christ, when You shall call me hence
Be Your Mother my defence
Be Your Cross my victory
While my body here decays,
May my soul Your goodness praise
Safe in heaven eternally.
Faith-sharing bump.
We can all be grateful for the devotion and sacrifice of Mary, Mother of Jesus.
Thank you!
1 Tim 2:1-8 / Lk 7:1-10 In many parts of mainstream America, there are few epithets more lethal than "lawyer" or "politician." Say either one of those words in a crowded room and you can count on a hostile reaction from bystanders, and probably some horrific stories to justify their feelings. "Did I tell you about the time ..." and so on. Without arguing either way about lawyers or politicians, you don't have to listen long to hear similar words of disgust or derision about just about every other person or profession you could name. From Mount Olympus we speak with omniscience, certitude, and condescension about far too much, and in doing so we become part of the problem instead of part of the solution. Any time we pretend to put ourselves outside the circle of human frailty, we both delude ourselves and deprive others of the compassion they need. And that leaves all of us in a heap of trouble. In today's epistle, St Paul urges us to pray for those in authority. Jesus would have broadened it still further: "Pray for everybody, but don't just stop with praying from a distance. Come up close and do what you can to encourage your neighbors, and cause them to take heart, and grow into their best selves." Even the best of us throw too many rocks at our fellow human beings. And that shrinks all of us. Why not instead offer our neighbors an understanding heart, which can see and hear their inner goodness and can name the good foundations that are already there, upon which even better things can be built. Why not be like God: Be a builder! |
Monday September 12, 2005 Most Holy Name of Mary
Reading (1 Timothy 2:1-8) Gospel (St. Luke 7:1-10)
In the first reading today, Saint Paul tells Timothy that there is only one mediator between God and men, and that is the man Jesus Christ. The reason why Jesus is the sole mediator between God and us is because He alone is both God and man. He is fully God and He is fully man, consequently, He has one foot in each camp, if you want to think of it that way. The mediator is the go-between, the one who can operate between the two extremes, and that is exactly who He is.
That, however, does not mean that no one else is able to mediate. All other mediation is dependent upon that of Christ, but when we look at the Gospel reading, we see what really needs to be our own attitude. That is, the centurion says, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you, therefore I sent others. We see, then, that as we speak the same words as the centurion right before we receive Communion Lord, I am not worthy we really need to ponder this. Are we really worthy of ourselves to come before Our Lord?
This is precisely what the feast we celebrate today is all about: the Holy Name of our Blessed Lady. This is a feast that had been suppressed back in 1970 with the liturgical reforms and has now been put back in, thanks be to God, so that we can celebrate and honor Our Blessed Lady in this way. The name speaks of the person and who the person is. At the same time, there is power in this holy name. The names of Jesus and Mary are the two names the demons cannot tolerate, and they are the two names with more power than anything else in this world. If we will call upon the name of Our Lady and ask her intercession for us with her Son then we can be guaranteed that our Mother is going to be praying for us.
What a blessing is the fact that not only do we have Our Lord mediating for us with His heavenly Father, but that we have Our Blessed Lady interceding for us with her Son. What that means is that we are not going before the Lord ourselves. Recognizing ourselves to be unworthy, we will ask someone else to present our prayer before the Lord. That person is Our Lady. The wonderful thing is she is also our Mother. Her heart is open to us, but she is the mother of the King, and so her heart, of course, is open to Him. What a perfect person to be the one to bring all of our petitions to the Lord. It means that our prayers, as imperfect as they are, do not go directly to the Lord but rather they go to Our Lady, who then purifies our prayers, adds her own perfect prayer to ours, and then presents that to her Son. And so what is presented to Our Lord is a prayer which is perfect, a prayer which is far greater than anything we would ever be able to do. Even if we started praying right now and prayed until the day we die, it is still going to be less than one prayer from Our Blessed Lady. When she adds her prayer to ours, it augments it and perfects it. It is this mediation, this intercession that Our Lady does for us just as we do for one another when we pray for one another, except far more efficacious, far more perfect than what any of us or even all of us combined would be able to do for one another.
As we see these truths laid out before us about the reality that there is only one Mediator, there is only One Who is fully God and fully man but we also have ourselves (who share in the divine nature and therefore can mediate) and we have Our Lady who is the Mother of God and who is the Mother of each and every one of us. She also has that little position where she too can intercede and mediate for us. So as we celebrate this wonderful feast for the first time in nearly 40 years, what a glorious thing to consider what it means and the power of her holy name to bring us victory, and to pray to her and ask her intercession especially in this time when all hell has been released upon the earth so that the demons are causing more havoc than ever before. Now we have this feast established once again where the power of Our Blessed Ladys name will help us to crush the vile head of Satan in all the temptations that he levels against us as she intercedes for us before the throne of her Divine Son to obtain for us the grace that we need to fight against sin and ultimately to be saved from Satans temptation so we can live with God forever.
* This text was transcribed from the audio recording with minimal editing.
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