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Feast of St. Matthew Apostle and Evangelist 11 y
September 21st
St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist...
"You must instruct and bring to your children the knowledge of your saints. Their example is in the light, My children. Those you have set up to idolize upon earth now are the creations of satan. You must accept and follow the example of your saints, those who have been given this honor by your holy Church. They, too, My child, did not ... read more Feast of The Exaltation of the Cross 11 y
September 14th
Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ...
"There is only one religion that can save your country and all of the countries of the world: the religion of the cross and My Son’s sacrifice upon that cross." - Our Lady of the Roses, November 25, 1978
Directives from Heaven... http://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm
D87 - Divinity of Jesus Christ PDF
D88 - Martyrdom PDF
D123 - Catholi ... read more Feast of Holy Name of Mary 11 y
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Part I
by Mark Alessio
"O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!"
----- St. Anthony of Padua +1231
Background
In 1513, a feast of "The Holy Name of Mary" was granted by Papal indult [Pope Julius II] to the diocese of Cuenta in Spain. It was assigned with proper Office on Septem ... read more Feast of the Passion of St. John the Baptist 11 y
August 29th
Spiritual Bouquet: All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. St. Matthew 28:18
The BEHEADING of SAINT JOHN the BAPTIST
(†31 A.D.)
Saint John the Baptist was called by God to be the precursor of His divine Son. In order to preserve his innocence spotless, and to improve upon the extraordinary graces which he had received in his earliest infancy, he was directed by the Holy Spirit to lead an austere and contemplative life in the wilderness. There he devoted himself to the continuous exercise of devout p ... read more Feast of St. Bartholomew apostle 11 y
St. Bartholomew
Feastday: August 24
St. Bartholomew
St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12.
All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means "son of Tolomai" and scholars believe he is the same as Nathanael mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that Jesus called him an "Israelite...incapable of deceit." The Roman Martyrology says he preached in&nb ... read more Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11 y
THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
From the earliest centuries of the Catholic Church, Christians have addressed suppliant prayers and hymns of praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the hope they have placed in the Mother of the Saviour has never been disappointed. They have looked upon Her as Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles ... read more Feast & Solemnity of The Blessed Virgin Mary. 11 y
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemnity
August 15th
Mateo Cerezo
Assumption of Mary
Oil on canvas, 237 x 169 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
’See the beauty of the daughter of Jerusalem, who ascended to heaven like the rising sun at dawn.’
-- Benedictus antiphon from Daily Office
"By contemplating Mary in heavenly glory, we understand that the earth is not the definitive homeland for us either, and that if we live with our gaze fixed on eternal goods we will one day share in this same glory and the earth ... read more Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus 11 y
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain ( Matthew 17:1-9 , Mark 9:2-8 , Luke 9:28-36 ). Jesus became radiant, spoke with Moses and Elijah , and was called "Son" by God . Peter, ... read more Feast of Our Lady of the Snows 11 y
Feastday August 5th
Devotion to Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Snows
dates back to 352 A.D.
In that year a rectangle of snow was discovered on Mount Esquiline,
one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome
According to tradition, on the night of August 4th,
a childless aristocratic Roman couple dreamed that
the Blessed Virgin Mary instructed them to go to the Esquiline Hill
in the morning where they would find a plot of land covered with snow.
Mary told them that a church consecrated to her
should be built on t ... read more Feast of Our Lady of Angels Aug 2nd 11 y
The feast of Our Lady Queen of Angels dates back to before the days of St. Francis. By the year 1045 there was a chapel in Assisi called “Our Lady of the Angels” because of the belief angels had appeared there. By the time St. Francis arrived in 1207 the church had fallen into disrepair. Jesus appeared to Francis there and asked him to repair his church. Francis thought the Lord meant the physical building which he immediately began to do. Only later did Francis realize the Lord meant that he was to repair the Church as a Community of believers. In this little ch ... read more Feast of St. Martha. 11 y
Feast of
St. Martha
St. Martha -- the Lord’s worker and servant, the sister of Saints Mary Magdalen and Lazarus (all three of whom "Jesus loved" as we see in John 11:5) -- is only mentioned in three chapters of the Bible, but her character comes through clearly.
We first meet her in Luke 10:38-42, toiling in the kitchen while her sister sat at the Lord’s feet: Now it came to pass as they went, that He entere ... read more Feast of St. Anne & Joachim: Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 11 y
Sts. Joachim and Anne
Parents of Our Lady
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J u ly 25th
St. James the Greater...
"You must instruct and bring to your children the knowledge of your saints. Their example is in the light, My children. Those you have set up to idolize upon earth now are the creations of satan. You must accept and follow the example of your saints, those who have been given this honor by your holy Church. They, too, My child, did not win their crowns without trial, rejection, and oft ... read more Feast of St. Mary Magdalene -Apostle 11 y
St. Mary Magdalen -- the Myrrh Bearer, the Penitent, ... read more Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 11 y
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OUR LADY of MOUNT CARMEL
(1251) Get your scapular now go to www.tldm.org, or buy it on ebay .
Amid the many persecutions raised against the Order of Mount Carmel, newly arrived in Europe, Saint Simon Stock, General of the Order, turned with filial confidence to the Blessed Mother of God. As he knelt in prayer on July 16, 1251, in the White Friars’ convent at Cambridge, She appeared before him and presented him with the well-known brown scapular, a loose sleeveless garment destined for th ... read more Feast of St. Thomas Apostle 11 y
Readings:
Psalm 126
Habakkuk 2:1-4
Hebrews 10:35--11:1
John 20:24-29
Preface of Apostles
PRAYER (traditional wording) Almighty and everliving God, who didst strengthen thine apostle Thomas with sure and certain faith in thy Son’s resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our faith may never be ... read more Feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus 11 y
Feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus
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