Saints and the Liturgical Year

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December 31, 2012 - Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas):

Collect:
“Almighty ever-living God,
who in the Nativity of your Son
established the beginning and fulfillment of all religion,
grant, we pray, that we may be numbered
among those who belong to him,
in whom is the fullness of human salvation.
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 31 - Saint Sylvester I, Pope (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“Come, O Lord, to the help of your people,
sustained by the intercession of Pope Saint Sylvester,
so that, running the course of this present life under your guidance,
we may happily attain life without end.
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.”

“St. Sylvester (d.335) served the Church when the Arian heresy and the Donatist schism had provoked great discord. After the Peace of Constantine, he contributed to the expansion of the Faith throughout the Roman world.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Sylvester, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/stsylvester.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2012-12-31
 
With December 31, we reach the end of our current year, 2012. Thank you all who have visited this thread. Thank you, too, Amiciel and Shin, for your precious contribution which have so enriched this thread.

Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings that 2012 has brought us. Thank you, too, for all the blessings that will still come our way!

Happy New Year to all of you! May God bless us all!
 
January 1 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation):
Today is also World Day of Peace.

Collect:
“O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary
bestowed on the human race
the grace of eternal salvation,
grant, we pray,
that we may experience the intercession of her,
through whom we were found worthy
to receive the author of life,
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

"Today’s feast commemorates the important role Our Lady had in God’s work of salvation. It reminds us of the singular dignity accorded by God to Mary, as Mother of God. And, as is Mary’s role, her feast today points us to Jesus, the newborn Prince of Peace.

It is likewise a fitting occasion for renewed adoration of the newborn Prince of Peace, for listening once more to the glad tidings of the angels, and for imploring from God, through the Queen of Peace, the supreme gift of peace … (Marialis Cultus, 1974). This day, therefore, has been instituted as World Day of Peace. (quote from Saints Corner, post # 211, Our Eucharistic Journery Group.)

“This oldest feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the mystery of her being the Mother of Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. It is the principal feast of Mary, because her divine Motherhood is the reason why she received the special privileges of Immaculate Conception and Assumption into heaven. Mary is the Mother of Christ and the Mother of the Church.” (ORDO.)

For more on the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/solemnityofmary.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-01

Please join me in honoring and thanking Our Blessed Mother with a song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s
 
January 2 - Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church (Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who were pleased to give light to your Church
by the example and teaching
of the Bishops Saints Basil and Gregory,
grant, we pray,
that in humility we may learn your truth
and practice it faithfully in charity.
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. Basil (329-379) was a brilliant student born of a Christian family in Caesarea, Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey). He fought the Arian heresy vigorously. He followed the monastic way of life before being elected Archbishop of Caesarea in 370. Monks of the Eastern Rites still follow the monastic rule he wrote.

St. Gregory (329-389) was also from Cappadocia. A friend of St. Basil, he also followed the monastic way of life before being elected Archbishop of Constantinople in 381, in which capacity he fought against the Arian heresy at its height. He is called ‘The Theologian’ because of his great learning and talent for oratory." (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, see links:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-02
 
Thank you for everything! You’ve put in a lot of effort here! 😃

And you’re welcome…

Deo gratias…!

I pray you have a very good New Year, with all the blessings of God. 🙂

‘A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.’

St. Padre Pio
 
Wishing you a fruitful New Year, grateful_child, filled with the Lord’s blessings! Thank you for spearheading this thread!!!
 
grateful_child said:
January 1 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation):
Today is also World Day of Peace.

Collect:
“O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary
bestowed on the human race
the grace of eternal salvation,
grant, we pray,
that we may experience the intercession of her,
through whom we were found worthy
to receive the author of life,
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

"Today’s feast commemorates the important role Our Lady had in God’s work of salvation. It reminds us of the singular dignity accorded by God to Mary, as Mother of God. And, as is Mary’s role, her feast today points us to Jesus, the newborn Prince of Peace.

It is likewise a fitting occasion for renewed adoration of the newborn Prince of Peace, for listening once more to the glad tidings of the angels, and for imploring from God, through the Queen of Peace, the supreme gift of peace … (Marialis Cultus, 1974). This day, therefore, has been instituted as World Day of Peace. (quote from Saints Corner, post # 211, Our Eucharistic Journery Group.)

“This oldest feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the mystery of her being the Mother of Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. It is the principal feast of Mary, because her divine Motherhood is the reason why she received the special privileges of Immaculate Conception and Assumption into heaven. Mary is the Mother of Christ and the Mother of the Church.” (ORDO.)

For more on the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/solemnityofmary.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-01

Please join me in honoring and thanking Our Blessed Mother with a song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s
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Sharing with you some excerpts from the book, More Mother Than Queen, by Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, o.c.d., on the spiritual motherhood of Mary. Fr. Marie-Eugene writes:

“Our Lord lives on in the Church, but the building of the Mystical Body is more especially attributed to the Holy Spirit. Wherever the Holy Spirit acts, the Virgin Mary acts also. And whatever is attributed to the Holy Spirit must also be attributed to the Virgin Mary … Her mission is as vast as that of the Holy Spirit. She is the creature whom He has chosen and associated as His Spouse. Mary exercises a true motherhood: all light and all grace come to us through her…” (pp.19-20).

“…St. Peter Damian said that the Blessed Virgin holds in her hands all the divine riches. Before him, St. Jerome and other Fathers of the Church endeavored to show that all the graces of vocation and of perseverance come to us through Mary. The Virgin Mary who was entrusted to St. John … is not just a symbol but an absolute reality: Mary given to humanity … Wherever Our Lord is Savior, she is associated with Him and, like Him, she continues her work.” (p.20).

(Please read on to next post for continuation.
 
(On the Spiritual Motherhood of Mary, continued)

“Mary powerfully exercises this great mission for the members of the whole Church. She still commands as she did at Cana: ‘Do whatever He tells you.’ … God will save the souls who will have recourse to her …” (p.21.)

“This queenly power is at the service of her mission as mediator that she exercises with a total maternal love: tota Mater. From the very beginning, God has seen her as Mother, and all the graces she received from Him were in view of her motherhood. This is the unique privilege of her mission. Her sanctity was given to her for this mission, and all her beauty comes from her having accomplished God’s will, that is, to be Mother.” (p.21.)

“We must therefore remember that the Virgin Mary is all Mother, tota Mater, entirely enveloped in this grace. All her privileges merge into the unique privilege of her spiritual motherhood … indeed how very much superior she is to us … But her greatness is not the essential aspect in her. We must remember that she is our Mother, and that she belongs entirely to each one of us. She may not have known us in advance as Our Lord has known us; but she knows us now; she knows our sentiments and our thoughts. Her knowledge and her power of vision penetrate the depths of our being.” (pp.22-23.)

“Mary’s solicitude extends to all the details of life. She follows maternally the progress of our soul. We may find our sanctification slow, but she knows that we are not strong enough to receive God’s light and love, and that God will give us time. Let us therefore surrender ourselves completely to her; let us ask her to intercede for us in everything. We must go to Mary in order to find the Word. May our prayer, our leisure, our work - all that we do - be offered to her. May God grant that His Mother make her home in us. Let us ask for the grace to give her our constant and total filial trust. If we entrust to her our spiritual life, its growth will be faster and smoother.” (p.23.)

For more thoughts on Mary’s spiritual motherhood, please refer to Venerable Fr. Marie-Eugene’s book, More Mother than Queen. (Fr. Marie-Eugene was declared by the Vatican as having lived a life of ‘heroic virtue’ last December 19, 2011. He is now given the title of ‘* Venerable’.)*

O most loving Jesus, I am all Thine, and all I have is Thine, through Mary, Thy most holy Mother. Amen.
(St. Louis Marie de Montfort’s short formula of Consecration to Jesus through Mary.)
 
January 3, 2013 - Thursday, Christmas Season:

Collect:
“O God, who by the Nativity of your Only Begotten Son
wondrously began for your people the work of redemption,
grant, we pray, to your servants such firmness of faith,
that by his guidance they may attain
the glorious prize you have promised.
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

January 3 - The Most Holy Name of Jesus (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who founded the salvation of the human race
on the Incarnation of your Word,
give your peoples the mercy they implore,
so that all may know there is no other name to be invoked
but the Name of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

"From apostolic times, the Church has professed, 'at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil 2:10-11). Through the efforts of St. Bernardine of Siena, devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus was promoted through the inscription of its monogram (IHS) and the addition of the name of Jesus to the Hail Mary. Pope Sixtus V granted an indulgence for piously uttering the phrase 'Praised be Jesus Christ!" (Enchiridion Indulgentiarum).((Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on the Most Holy Name of Jesus, see links:
catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0604.html
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-03
 
January 4, 2013 - Friday, Christmas Season:

Collect:
“Cast your kindly light upon your faithful, Lord, we pray,
and with the splendor of your glory
set their hearts ever aflame,
that they may never cease to acknowledge their Savior
and may truly hold fast to him.
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

January 4 - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious (Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States):

Collect:
“O God, who crowned with the gift of true faith
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s burning zeal to find you,
grant by her intercession and example
that we may always seek you with diligent love
and find you in daily service with sincere faith.
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.”

"Born in New York, St. Elizabeth (1774-1821) married and bore five children. After her husband’s death, she converted to Catholicism and founded the first religious society in the United States of America, the Sisters of Charity, a community of teaching sisters that founded Catholic schools, especially to educate underprivileged children. She laid the foundation of the American parochial school system and was the first person born in the United Sates of America to be canonized. (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-04
 
January 5, 2013 - Saturday, Christmas Season:

Collect:
“Almighty ever-living God,
who were pleased to shine forth with new light
through the coming of your Only Begotten Son,
grant, we pray,
that, just as he was pleased to share our bodily form
through the childbearing of the Virgin Mary,
we, too, may one day merit
to become companions in his kingdom of grace.
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

January 5 - Saint John Neumann, Bishop (Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States):

Collect:
“O God, who called the Bishop Saint John Neumann,
renowned for his charity and pastoral service,
to shepherd your people in America,
grant by his intercession
that as we foster the Christian education of youth
and are strengthened by the witness of brotherly love,
we may constantly increase the family of your Church.
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.”

“Born in Bohemia, St. John (1811-1860) felt a desire to help in the missions in the United States of America, and he was ordained in New York in 1836. Entering the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, he established parishes and parish schools. In 1852 he was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia and prescribed the Forty Hours devotion.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John Neumann, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-05
 
January 6, 2013 - Sunday - The Epiphany of the Lord (Solemnity):

Collect:
“May the splendor of your majesty, O Lord, we pray,
shed its light upon our hearts,
that we may pass through the shadows of this world
and reach the brightness of our eternal home.
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=2013-01-06
 
January 7, 2013 - Monday, of Christmas Time:

Collect:
“O God, whose eternal Word adorns the face of the heavens
yet accepted from the Virgin Mary the frailty of our flesh,
grant, we pray,
that he who appeared among us as the splendor of truth
may go forth in the fullness of power
for the redemptionof the world.
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

January 7 - Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Raymond
with the virtue of outstanding mercy and compassion
for sinners and for captives,
grant us, through his intercession,
that, released from slavery to sin,
we may carry out in freedom of spirit
what is pleasing to you.
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.”

“Born in Barcelona, St. Raymond (1175-1275) was the third superior general of the Dominican Order. He is famous for his efforts to abolish slavery. He wrote five books of Decretals, which constitute a valuable contribution to the development of canon law. The Summa de Casibus Penitentiae, which is about the correct and fruitful administration of the Sacrament of Penance, is the most notable of his works.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Raymond of Penyafort, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-07
 
grateful_child said:
January 6, 2013 - Sunday - The Epiphany of the Lord (Solemnity):

Collect:
“May the splendor of your majesty, O Lord, we pray,
shed its light upon our hearts,
that we may pass through the shadows of this world
and reach the brightness of our eternal home.
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=2013-01-06
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An excerpt from today’s Euchalette:

"Epiphany is the manifestation / revelation of Jesus as the King / Savior not only of the Jews, but of all human beings. Today’s feast reminds us that God loves all nations and cultures of the earth, and that He communicates with us in many, often unforeseen ways - through internal inspirations, through external events, through people, and through His Word … Many times these factors are combined in an interplay that becomes clear only in hindsight. The challenge is for us to ‘decipher’ God’s message and respond to it with **faith, persevering generosity ** and courage, just as the Magi did.

…let us include in our intention all the peoples of the world and all those who are working hard to bring about harmony and cooperation among all human beings." (p. 1.)
 
January 8, 2013 - Tuesday of Christmas Time after Epiphany:

Collect:
“O God, whose Only Begotten Son
has appeared in our very flesh,
grant, we pray, that we may be inwardly transformed
through him whom we recognize as outwardly like ourselves.
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=2013-01-08
 
January 9, 2013 - Wednesday of Christmas Time after Epiphany:

Collect:
“O God, who bestow light on all the nations,
grant your peoples the gladness of lasting peace
and pour into our hearts that brilliant light
by which you purified the minds of our fathers in faith.
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=2013-01-09
 
January 10, 2013 - Thursday of Christmas Time after Epiphany:

Collect:
“O God, who through your Son
raised up your eternal light for all nations,
grant that your people may come to acknowledge
the full splendor of their Redeemer,
that, bathed ever more in his radiance,
they may reach everlasting 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

For saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-10
 
January 11, 2013 - Friday of Christmas Time after Epiphany:

Collect:
“Grant, we ask, almighty God,
that the Nativity of the Savior of the world,
made known by the guidance of a star,
may be revealed ever more fully to our minds.
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

For saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-11
 
January 12, 2013 - Saturday of Christmas Time after Epiphany:

Collect:
“Almighty ever-living God,
who through your Only Begotten Son
have made us a new creation for yourself,
grant, we pray,
that by your grace we may be found in the likeness of him,
in whom our nature is united to you.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”
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Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-01-12
 
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