If there were one million families praying the Rosary ever day, the entire world would be saved.

- St Pius X, Pope

Mary, the model of humility

Genuine humility recognizes that all of our talents and virtues and gifts come from God. It allows the Lord to strip away any sense that we are the authors of our lives. It allows the Lord to empty us of self-determination so that we can live in obedience to his will and his commands. And the more we are emptied of self-love, the more we can let Jesus’ light shine through us.

The key to Mary’s openness to God was her humility, her double recognition of her lowliness and the deep love with which God looked upon her. Humility for Mary was not a matter of downcast weakness, but of a strong determination to let God work in her and through her. Mary was humble because she knew that God the Almighty wanted to do “great things” (Luke 1:49) in her, not by her own power, but by the working of his power &#0151 not by her wisdom, but according to the wisdom of his plans and purposes.

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Read more:
https://catholicexchange.com/mary-the-model-of-humility/

St. Josephine Bakhita Prayer

Loving God, through the example of St. Josephine Bakhita, teach us to trust in your divine plan, even in times of suffering. May we, like her, find peace in your will and bring hope to others. Amen.
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THE GOLDEN ARROW PRAYER ?

MAY THE MOST HOLY, MOST SACRED, MOST ADORABLE, MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNUTTERABLE NAME OF GOD BE ALWAYS PRAISED, BLESSED, LOVED, ADORED AND GLORIFIED, IN HEAVEN, ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH, BY ALL THE CREATURES OF GOD, AND BY THE SACRED HEART OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. AMEN.

After receiving this prayer, Sister Mary of St. Peter was given a vision in which she saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus delightfully wounded by this "Golden Arrow" as torrents of graces streamed from It for the conversion of sinners.

Prayer to Our Lady Of Częstochowa
(To be said each day upon rising)

HOLY MOTHER of Częstochowa
Thou art full of grace, goodness and mercy.

I consecrate to Thee all my thoughts,words and actions - my soul and body.

I beseech Thy blessings and especially prayers for my salvation.

Today, I consecrate myself to Thee, Good Mother, totally -
with body and soul
amid joy and sufferings to obtain for myself and others
Thy blessings on this earth and eternal life in Heaven.
Amen.

Monday, 26 August

Feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa also known as the Black Madonna ??

The image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, also known as the Black Madonna, was traditionally believed to have been painted by St. Luke the Evangelist on a cypress wood panel from a table used by the Holy Family in Nazareth. It was said to have been brought from Jerusalem by St. Helen and was enshrined in Constantinople for 500 years. It was given to a Greek princess married to a Ruthenian nobleman and it was housed in the royal palace at Belz in the Ukraine for the next 600 years. Art historians believe it is a Byzantine icon of the Hodigitria type dating from the 6th - 9th Century.

The image was brought to Poland in 1382 by Ladislaus of Opole who rescued the painting from Belz while escaping an attack by the Tartars who had damaged the painting with an arrow. On his way to Silesia, Ladislaus stopped to rest in the town of Częstochowa near the church on Jasna Góra (Bright Hill). He believed that it was Our Lady’s desire for her image to remain in Częstochowa so he left the image at the church and invited the Pauline monks from Hungary to be its guardians.

Read more:
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2024-08-26

Our Lady of Częstochowa, pray for us ???

Fulton Sheen Tomb

Prayer for Holiness

Breathe in me,
O Holy Spirit,
that my thoughts may all be holy.

Act in me,
O Holy Spirit,
that my work, too, may be holy.

Draw my heart,
O Holy Spirit,
that I love only what is holy.

Strengthen me,
O Holy Spirit,
to defend all that is holy.

Guard me so,
O Holy Spirit,
that I may always be holy.

Amen.
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