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August 1, 2006 Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of Church Psalm: Tuesday 32 Reading 1Jer 14:17-22 Let my eyes stream with tearsday and night, without rest,Over the great destruction which overwhelmsthe virgin daughter of my people,over her incurable wound.If I walk out into the field,look! those slain by the sword;If I enter the city,look! those consumed by hunger.Even the prophet and the priestforage in a land they know not. Have you cast Judah off completely?Is Zion loathsome to you?Why have you struck us a blowthat cannot be healed?We wait for peace, to no avail;for a time of...

ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, OF THE DOLOURS OF MARY, Taken from "The Glories of Mary" Discourse IX Of The Dolours Of MaryIntroductionMary was the Queen of Martyrs, for her martyrdom was longer and greater than that of all the Martyrs.Who can ever have a heart so hard that it will not melt on hearing the most lamentable event which once occurred in the world? There was a noble and holy Mother Who had an only Son. This Son was the most amiable that can be imagined—innocent, virtuous, beautiful, Who loved His Mother most tenderly; so much so that He had...