“Mater misericordiae”, the Latin for “Mother of mercy”; "Mater spei", or “Mother of hope”; and “Solacium migrantium", or “Solace of migrants” are the new invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto, which is often recited at the end of the Rosary. ------------------------------------------ The Litany of Loreto takes its name from the Marian shrine of Loreto in Italy, where it is believed to have been used as far back as 1531. It was officially approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, who suppressed all other Marian litanies used publicly. The Litany of Loreto is the only approved Marian litany. However, many more Marian litanies were and are in use, but are designated for private devotion, as is evident, for example, in the so-called Officia Mariana. Through the centuries at least 7 new invocations to Mary were added. Saint Pope John Paul II added “Mother of the Church” in 1980, and “Queen of families” in 1995. Pope Francis has now added three more. (Read the whole story here)
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MARY'S FAMILY: THE TRINITY ON EARTH"
It is only natural that the Church rejoice as one contemplates the modest home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We read in the hymn from Matins on the feast of the Holy Family: ‘It is pleasing to recall the humble house of Nazareth and its slender resources. It is pleasing to tell again in song Jesus' hidden life. Jesus grows up in hidden seclusion, to be trained in Joseph's unpretentious trade. The loving mother sits beside her dear Son, the good wife by her husband, content if her loving attention can ease and comfort them in their weariness.' " 10 Let us offer to our Mother today: A loving review of her life with Jesus, as we recite the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. For more posts click here. We greatly miss the annual celebration in honour of the Madonna della Libera in our parish. Again her Feast day finds the church door closed. But it doesn't stop our affection to Mary. We call on her from our homes and watch the Fiesta from her home in Pratola Peligna in Italy. The video was recorded on May 1st, 2021. (click here to watch the video) CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK is being celebrated across Ontario beginning Sunday, May 2, 2021 (tomorrow). The theme this year is Catholic Education: Nurturing Hope. The Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association (OCSTA) will be offering a livestreamed Provincial Mass on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, presided by His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins. Catholic schools across the Province will be participating in this online Mass link. Additionally, the Diocesan Office for Evangelization and Catechesis is preparing a message that will be sent to the School Boards in our Diocese and available on our website. Publically funded Catholic Education in the Province of Ontario is a rich blessing for our young people. We celebrate and give thanks! (Bishop's Crosby Heart to Heart)
See the official prayer below ... Click the picture below and explore with Father Roger J. Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, who is the national chaplain for Catholic Voices USA. He is writing a blog for the National Catholic Register. (read the full post here)
Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor - on Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Catherine lived her entire life in prayer and was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI on October 4, 1970. She along with St. Teresa of Avila and St. Therese of Lisieux are the three women to have been bestowed with such a title. St. Catherine worked to return Pope Gregory XI to Rome, from Avignon France where the Papacy had been residing for 67 years. Her determination to see this mission through was a testament to her unwavering courage to do God’s will. Read more ... ..... She exhibited an unusually independent character as a child and an exceptionally intense prayer life. When she was seven years old she had the first of her mystical visions, in which she saw Jesus surrounded by saints and seated in glory. In the same year she vowed to consecrate her virginity to Christ. When, at the age of 16, her parents decided that she should marry, she cut off her hair to make herself less appealing, and her father, realizing that he couldn’t contend with her resolve, let her have her way. (read more here)
Fr. Livinius Esomchi Nnamani, who was ordained to the priesthood in his hospital room on Holy Thursday with special permission from Pope Francis, has died of leukemia at the age of 31.
The young priest’s funeral was held in Rome on April 26 at the parish of San Giovanni Leonardi. He had dedicated the last 23 days of his life to offering Mass from his hospital bed, a priest who knew him recalled. “His altar was the [hospital] bed, where he was able to unite his sufferings to those of Christ. He lived and renewed his Eucharist in a strong and visible way and this is a great lesson for all priests,” Fr. Davide Carbonaro told Roma Sette, a newspaper of the Diocese of Rome. “His gift was of a different priesthood, but at the same time, the same as that of every priest. His particular union with the sacrifice of Christ teaches us to celebrate with greater awareness,” he said. Fr. Livinius had been studying at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum, as a seminarian from Nigeria for the past two years while receiving medical care in Italy for his cancer. (after www.catholicnewsagency.com, the full article is here) The Vatican has announced a rosary initiative dedicating the month of May to prayer for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation said April 21 that “for the deep desire of the Holy Father, the month of May will be dedicated to a prayer marathon with the theme ‘Prayer to God went up incessantly from the whole Church.’” The council said that the world’s Catholic shrines would be involved in a special way as promoters of the rosary among Catholic individuals, families, and communities. Read more here ... |
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