Saints and the Liturgical Year

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December 8 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity):

Collect:
“O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son,
grant, we pray,
that, as you preserved her from every stain
by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw,
so, through her intercession,
we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Pope Bl. Pius IX solemnly defined the traditional belief of the Church: the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free from all stain of Original Sin. Her Immaculate Conception is the most beautiful fruit of the work of redemption accomplished by her Son, Jesus Christ. Chosen to be the Mother of the Savior, God did not allow sin to contaminate her, which makes her a model of holiness of life for all Christians.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

This Marian Solemnity goes back to the 7th century as the “Conception of Mary by St. Anne.” In 1708, Pope Clement XI made it a solemnity for the entire Church through his Bull, Commissi Nobis.

Today’s Solemnity is the Patronal Feastday of the United States of America. In 1942, Pope Pius XII declared Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception as the Principal Patroness of the Philippines. (Ref. ORDO.)

For more on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, see links:
www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/maryc3a.htm
www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/marya2.htm
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-08

December 8, 2012 - Saturday, First Week of Lent:

Collect:
“O God, who sent your Only Begotten Son into this world
to free the human race from its ancient enslavement,
bestow on those who devoutly await him
the grace of your compassion from on high,
that we may attain the prize of true freedom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”
 
December 9, 2012 - 2nd Sunday of Advent:

Collect:
“Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in haste to meet your Son,
but may our learning of heavenly wisdom
gain us admittance to his company.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-09

December 9 - Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who by means of Saint Juan Diego showed
the love of the most holy Virgin Mary for your people,
grant, through his intercession,
that, by following the counsels our Mother gave at Guadalupe,
we may be ever constant in fulfilling your will.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan (1474-1548) and asked him to tell the Bishop of Mexico she desired a shrine to manifest her love for all people. Our Lady left a miraculous portrait of herself on his tilma, which is preserved to this day.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Juan Diego, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjuandiego.asp
 
grateful_child said:
December 8 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity):

Collect:
“O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son,
grant, we pray,
that, as you preserved her from every stain
by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw,
so, through her intercession,
we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
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*"Mary immaculate, star of the morning,
Chosen before the creation began,
Chosen to bring, for thy bridal adorning,
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.

Here, in an orbit of shadow and sadness,
Veiling thy splendor, thy course thou hast run;
Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness,
Crowned by the hand of the Savior and Son.

Sinners, we honor thy sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for thy pity we plead;
Grant us the shield of thy sovereign protection,
Measure thine aid by the depth of our need.

Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod;
Stretch out thine arms to us, living and dying,
Mary immaculate, Mother of God.*

Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary! May Our Lady and Mother obtain for each of us the graces we need for the special challenges at this time of our life.
 
grateful_child said:
December 9, 2012 - 2nd Sunday of Advent:

Collect:
“Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in haste to meet your Son,
but may our learning of heavenly wisdom
gain us admittance to his company.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-09
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Sharing these thoughts from today’s Euchalette, p. 4:

"…no reform will ever succeed unless it is ‘comprehensive’, i.e., unless it tackles all aspects of a problem, and is situated within a supportive environment.

Such a principle applies to all types of reform, including the moral and spiritual ones. These are reforms that we all need and for which each of us has to take the initiative and supervise the implementation. Advent is a golden opportunity to plan and carry out a ‘Comprehensive Spiritual Reform’ (CSR).

John the Baptist impresses on us its absolute need … Such a reform encompasses the whole of our person and our activity. It concerns our mind, our heart, our hands…

The first fundamental step in our CSR is the rediscovery of our need for God. ‘Without God, we cannot be,’ … But often, in practice - if not in theory - we may have come to behave as if God were an expendable item in our life! Advent is a time to make our own what we sing in the song: ‘Come, fill my world. Come, fill my life. Come take my hand and walk with me!’

The second step may consist in realizing that our set of values may need to be reviewed and properly prioritized. It is not a matter of renouncing earthly values and concerns, but of putting them where they belong.

Our CSR will surely entail the pulling down of the mountain ranges of our pride, our prejudices, our insensitivity to the needs of our neighbor. We have to fill the ravines of shady dealings, and selfish motives, and to straighten up the twisted paths of unworthy compromises. All these wrong attitudes and actions have to be buried once and for all under a solid layer of honesty, sincerity, and openness… As Paul suggests in today’s Second Reading, we have to ‘learn to value the things that really matter’ and let ‘love abound more and more’ (Phil 1:9-10)." (p. 4.)
 
December 10, 2012 - Monday, 2nd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“May our prayer of petition
rise before you, we pray, O Lord,
that, with purity unblemished,
we, your servants, may come, as we desire,
to celebrate the great mystery
of the Incarnation of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saint of the day, click link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-10
 
December 11, 2012 - Tuesday, 2nd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“O God, who have shown forth your salvation
to all the ends of the earth,
grant, we pray,
that we may look forward in joy
to the glorious Nativity of Christ.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

December - Saint Damasus I, Pope (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“Grant, we pray, O Lord,
that we may constantly exalt the merits of your Martyrs,
whom Pope Saint Damasus so venerated and loved.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Of Spanish descent, St. Damasus I (305 - 384) summoned the First Ecumenical Council of Constantinople to defend the Church against schismatics and heretics. He promoted the veneration of martyrs; he commissioned St. Jerome’s translation of the Bible, and he changed the liturgical language of the Western Church to Latin.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Damasus I, click links:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-11
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/D/stdamasusi.asp
 
December 12, 2012 - Wednesday, 2nd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“Almighty God, who command us
to prepare the way for Christ the Lord,
grant in yur kindness, we pray,
that no infirmity may weary us
as we long for the comforting presence
of our heavenly physician.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe, (Feast in the Dioceses of the United States):

Collect:
“O God, Father of mercies,
who placed your people under the singular protection
of your Son’s most holy Mother,
grant that all who invoke the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe,
may seek with ever more lively faith
the progress of peoples in the ways of justice and of peace.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“The image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the tilma of St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (Decemer 9) is kept, miraculously preserved, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, in Mexico City. It is an object of great devotion.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

“Today’s memorial recalls the apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tepeyac from 9 - 12 Dec. 1531 to the native convert, Juan Diego; known to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope (or de Guadalupe in Spanish), meaning ‘she will crush the serpent of stone’; declared Patroness of the Americas and the Philippines by Pope Pius XI in 1935.” (ORDO.)

For more on Our Lady of Guadalupe, click links:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-12
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/O/ourladyofguadalupe.asp
 
December 13 - St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial):

Collect:
“May the glorious intercession
of the Virgin and Martyr Saint Lucy
give us new heart, we pray, O Lord,
so that we may celebrate her heavenly birthday
in this present age
and so behold things eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. Lucy (d. 304) died in Syracuse, Sicily, under the persecution of Diocletian. She has been venerated by the Church from antiquity, and her name is mentioned in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Lucy, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/L/stlucy.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-13

December 13, 2012 - Thursday, 2nd Week of Lent:

Collect:
“Stir up our hearts, O Lord,
to make ready the paths
of your Only Begotten Son,
that through his coming,
we may be found worthy to serve you
with minds made pure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”
 
December 14 - St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who gave the Priest Saint John
an outstanding dedication to perfect self-denial
and love of the Cross,
grant that, by imitating him closely at all times,
we may come to contemplate eternally your glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Born in a town near Avila, Spain, the Carmelite St. John (1542-1591) was persuaded by St. Teresa of Avila to join her in reforming the Carmelites, and as a result he suffered many tribulations, including imprisonment. During his incarceration he wrote Dark Night of the Soul, a profound work of mysticism. He is a Doctor of the Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John of the Cross, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjohnofthecross.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-14

December 14, 2012 - Friday, 2nd Week of Lent:

Collect:
“Grant that your people, we pray, almighty God,
may be ever watchful
for the coming of your Only Begotten Son,
that, as the author of our salvation himself has taught us,
we may hasten, alert and with lighted lamps.
to meet him when he comes.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”
 
‘Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?’

St. John of the Cross

‘The Father spoke one Word, which was His Son, and this Word He speaks always in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul.’

St. John of the Cross
 
December 15, 2012 - Saturday, 2nd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“May the splendor of your glory dawn in our hearts,
we pray, Almighty God,
that all shadows of the night may be scattered
and we may be shown to be children of light
by the advent of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For reflections on Christmas, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-15
 
Shin said:
‘Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?’

St. John of the Cross

‘The Father spoke one Word, which was His Son, and this Word He speaks always in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul.’

St. John of the Cross
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Oh, the value of interior silence for growth in the spiritual life! Blessed are those who have received this grace and nurtured it. May we be among them!
 
December 16, 2012 - 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday):

Collect:
“O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity,
enable us, we pray,
to attain the joys of so great a salvation
and to celebrate them always
with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, you Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-16

"The Third Sunday of Advent is also known as Gaudete Sunday. The name is derived from the first word of the Latin Entrance Antiphon of the Mass, i.e., Gaudete, or rejoice!

Gaudete Sunday serves as a breaker during Advent (similar to Laetare Sunday in Lent). Halfway through an otherwise penitential season, it calls the faithful to rejoice because the Lord is now near.

More on Gaudete Sunday:
www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm
www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/domgaudete.htm "
(From Advent Thoughts, Our Eucharistic Journey, post # 46.)
 
‘Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.’

St. Bernadette Soubirous
 
Excerpt from the ORDO on the Liturgical Meaning of December 17 - 24:

“FROM DECEMBER 17 on, liturgical texts of Advent are more directly concerned with the immediate preparation for the Christmas feast. The mystery of God’s love, the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God (Eph 3:9), is the foreground. God realized it in the Lord’s ancestors and proximately in the infancy of John the Baptist and in the persons of Our Lady and St. Joseph.”
 
December 17, 2012 - Monday, 3rd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“O God, Creator and Redeemer of human nature,
who willed that your Word should take flesh
in an ever-virgin womb,
look with favor on our prayers,
that your Only Begotten Son,
having taken to himself our humanity,
may be pleased to grant us a share in his divinity.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-17
 
December 18, 2012 - Tuesday, 3rd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who are weighed down from of old
by slavery beneath the yoke of sin,
may be set free by the newness
of the long-awaited Nativity
of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-18
 
December 19, 2012 - Wednesday, 3rd Week of Advent:

Collect:
“O God, who through the child-bearing of the holy Virgin
graciously revealed the radiance of your glory to the world,
grant, we pray,
that we may venerate with integrity of faith
the mystery of so wondrous an Incarnation
and always celebrate it with due reverence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-19
 
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