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"So strong is tradition that later generations will dream of what they have never seen." - G.K. Chesterton
โIf I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.โ
~ Saint Patrick
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine.
ะงะธัะฐัั ะฟะพะปะฝะพัััั…
"Jesus honored Mary before all ages. No one comes to Him if he too will not honor her. This is the lot of angels and of men."
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe
โI plead with you never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.โ
- Pope John Paul II
Dรณmine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo et sanรกbitur รกnima mea.
Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
"O Jesus, who, in Thy cruel Passion didst become the 'reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows,' I worship Thy divine Face. Once it shone with the beauty and sweetness of the Divinity; but now, for my sake, it is become as 'the face of a leper.' Yet, in that disfigured Countenance, I recognize Thy infinite love, and I am consumed with the desire of making Thee loved by all mankind. The tears that flowed so abundantly from Thy Eyes are to me as precious pearls that I delight to gather, that with their worth I may ransom the souls of poor sinners. O Jesus, whose Face is the sole beauty that ravishes my heart, I may not see here below the sweetness of Thy glance, nor feel the ineffable tenderness of Thy kiss, I bow to Thy Willโbut I pray Thee to imprint in me Thy divine likeness, and I implore Thee so to inflame me with Thy love, that it may quickly consume me, and that I may soon reach the vision of Thy glorious Face in heaven. Amen.โ
~ Saint Thรฉrรจse of Lisieux to the Holy Face of Our Lord Jesus Christ
"Satan, being proud, suffers infinitely more from being beaten and punished by Mary, a little and humble handmaid of God."
~ Saint Louis de Montfort
โAs, borne up by Godโs might, we set our hand to the work of withstanding this great evilโ this falling away from and forsaking God, we proclaim that in bearing the pontifical office this is our purpose, โto restore all things in Christ, so that Christ may be all in all.โโ
~ Pope Saint Pius X
Dรณmine Jesu Christe, qui Marรญae et Joseph sรบbditus domรฉsticam vitam ineffabรญlibus virtรบtibus consecrasti: fac nos, utriusque auxilio, Familiae sanctae tuae exemplis รญnstrui; et consรณortium cรณnsequi sempiternum: Qui vivis et regnas.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, being subject to Mary and Joseph, didst sanctify home life with unspeakable virtues: grant, that, by the aid of both, we may be taught by the example of Thy Holy Family, and attain to eternal fellowship with it: Who lives and reigns, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
Ecce advรฉnit Dominรกtor Dรณminus, et regnum in manu ejus et potรฉstas et impรฉrium.
Behold the Lord the Ruler is come: and the Kingdom is in His Hand, and power, and dominion.
~ Psalm 71:2
โEach time we say, โJesus,โ we give God infinite joy and glory, for we offer Him all the infinite merits of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ.ย Saint Paul tells us, that Jesus merited the Name Jesus by His Passion and Death.ย The Holy Name of Jesus is, first of all, an all-powerful prayer.ย Our Lord Himself solemnly promises, that whatever we ask the Father in His Name, we shall receive.ย God never fails to keep His word. Each time we say โJesus,โ it is an act of perfect love, for, we offer to God, the infinite love of Jesus.โ
~ Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Veni, creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.
Qui diceris Paraclitus,
altissimi donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas
et spiritalis unctio.
Tu septiformis munere,
digitus paternae dexterae
tu rite promissum Patris
sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis,
virtute firmans perpeti.
Hostem repellas longius
pacemque dones protinus;
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.
Per te sciamus da Patrem
noscamus atque Filium,
te utriusque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.
Deo Patri sit gloria,
et Filio qui a mortuis
Surrexit, ac Paraclito,
in saeculorum saecula.
Amen.
โGod, to Whom angels submit themselves and Who principalities and powers obey, was subject to Mary;ย and not only to Mary but Joseph also for Maryโs sake. God obeyed a human creature;ย this is humility without precedent.ย A human creature commands God; it is sublime beyond measure.โ
~ Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ถ๐!
Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all.
~ Pope Saint Leo the Great
For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
~ Isaiah 9:6
โCharity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.โ
~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
โMemento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.โ
โRemember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.โ
โIn a society which is barely conscious of the ills which assail it, which conceals its miseries and injustices beneath a prosperous, glittering, and trouble-free exterior, the Immaculate Virgin, whom sin has never touched, manifests herself to an innocent child. With a motherโs compassion she looks upon this world redeemed by her Sonโs blood, where sin accomplishes so much ruin daily, and three times makes her urgent appeal: โPenance, penance, penance!โ She even appeals for outward expressions: โGo kiss the earth in penance for sinners.โ And to this gesture must be added a prayer: โPray to God for sinners.โ
ะงะธัะฐัั ะฟะพะปะฝะพัััั…
"There are two things the devil is deadly afraid of: frequent communions and frequent visit to Blessed Sacrament."
~ Saint John Bosco
โYou may stain your sword with my blood but you will never profane my body that I have consecrated to Christ.โ
~ Saint Agnesย
โNothing is more dangerous for beginners in the spiritual life, than to wish to play the master and to guide and convert others.โ
~Saint Philip Neri
O Sacrament Most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving,
Be every moment Thine!
โIf we were to lose Mary, the world would wholly decay. Virtue would disappear, especially holy purity and virginity, connubial love and fidelity. The mystical river through which Godโs graces flow to us would dry up. The brightest star would disappear from heaven, and darkness would take its place.โ
~ Pope Saint Pius X
โFor by gold, the power of a king is signified, by frankincense the honour of God, by myrrh the burial of the body and accordingly they offer Him, gold as King, frankincense as God, myrrh as Man.โ
~ Saint John Chrysostom
Jesus, my Lord! Behold at length the time, when I resolve to turn away from crime.
Oh pardon me Jesus! Thy mercy I implore; I will never more offend Thee.
Since my poor soul Thy Precious Blood hath cost, suffer me not forever to be lost.
Kneeling in tears, behold me at Thy feet; like Magdalene, forgiveness I enterst.
โWhere is the road which leads us to Jesus Christ? It is before our eyes: it is the Church. It is our duty to recall to everyone, great and small, the absolute necessity we are under to have recourse to this Church in order to work out our eternal salvation.โ
~ Pope Saint Pius X
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you. Amen.
ะงะธัะฐัั ะฟะพะปะฝะพัััั…
The 2 Births of Christ
"There are two births of Christ, one unto the world in Bethlehem; the other in the soul, when it is spiritually reborn. Men think of the former much more than the later, and celebrate it every year; but the spiritual Bethlehem is equally momentousโฆ. It was the second birth that Saint Paul insisted on when he wrote from prison to his beloved people, the Ephesians, asking that Christ may dwell in their hearts by faith and that they be rooted and grounded in love. This is the second Bethlehem, or the personal relationship of the individual heart to the Lord Christ."
~Venerable Fulton Sheen
IMPERIVM
Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis et vidimus gloriam eius gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre plenum gratiae et veritatis.
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
~ John 1:14
โChrist is born, glorify Him! Christ from heaven, go out to meet Him! Christ on earth, be exalted! Sing to the Lord all the whole earth; and that I may join both in one word, let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, for Him who is of heaven and then of earth. Christ in the flesh, rejoice with trembling and with joy; with trembling because of your sins, with joy because of your hope.โ
~ Saint Gregory Nazianzen