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His Holy Face

2/13/2018

Let God arise and His enemies be scattered and let those who hate Him flee before His Holy Face!

Prayer of St. Therese to the Holy Face

"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 Will—but 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.”

Mary's Visible Hands

2/8/2018

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Our appearance in public is an eschatological sign..., bringing with it... the obligation to preach the joy and peace of the Gospel, sometimes by word, sometimes in prayer, but always by example and the religious habit. ~ MSSR Constitutions

The witness of religious life, as an intimate living of the life of Christ, is a strong manifestation of the primacy of God and central place of love of God in human life. This witness is manifested first by who we are as consecrated persons, externally by what we wear and how we work, and finally by what we do - our public apostolates.

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Candlemas

2/6/2018

The Blessing of the Candles

Filled with holy joy. radiant with the mystic light, excited, like the venerable Simeon, by the impulse of the Holy Spirit - the Church goes forth to meet her Emmanuel. The Church wield imitate that wondrous Procession, which was formed in the Temple of Jerusalem the day of Mary's Purification. Let us listen to St. Bernard:

Monthly Devotion: The Passion

2/2/2018

February: The Passion of Our Lord

Virtue: Humility

Invocations for the month:

Hail, O Cross, our only hope!

We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee;because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.

Lord, I give Thee thanks for that
Thou didst die upon the Cross for my sins.

Hail, saving Victim, offered for me and
for all mankind upon the gibbet of the Cross.

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