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(Mat 1:20-21) But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.
MANILLA BULLETIN: Catholics mark Virgin Mary's Nativity
Catholic churches, Marian shrines and congregations, and schools named in honor of the Holy Mother will hold masses, novenas, special devotions, living rosaries, and processions in observance of the birth of Mary, the greatest of all Christian saints and the mother of the Christian faith.
The Liturgy of the Hours, one of the highest expressions of liturgical worship, which involves the recitation of morning, midday, and evening prayers, will be held in many churches. Marian devotees will recite the Holy Rosary, including the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Many religious congregations, such as the Sons of the Holy Mary Immaculate, will profess their religious vows today to signify their total love, devotion, and commitment to the Virgin Mary.
The Church calendar observes only two birth anniversaries of saints, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and St. John the Baptist, the precursor of Christ, on June 24.
"The Church, in commemorating the feast of the birth of the Blessed Mother, celebrates the dawning of the day of redemption, the moment when she, who was to be the mother of our Savior, was born. In celebrating the nativity of Mary, Christians anticipate the Incarnation and birth of her Divine Son and give honor to the mother of our Lord," Church officials said.
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Joye in the risinge of our orient starr,
That shall bringe forth the Sunne that lent her light;
Joy in the peace that shall conclude our warr,
And soone rebate the edge of Satan's spight;
Load-starr of all engolfd in worldly waves,
The card and compasse that from shipwracke saves.
The patriark and prophettes were the floures
Which Tyme by course of ages did distill,
And culld into this little cloude the shoures
Whose gracious droppes the world with joy shall fill;
Whose moysture suppleth every soule with grace,
And bringeth life to Adam's dyinge race.
For God, on Earth, she is the royall throne,
The chosen cloth to make His mortall weede;
The quarry to cutt out our Corner-stone,
Soyle full of fruite, yet free from mortall seede;
For heavenly floure she is the Jesse rodd
The childe of man, the parent of God.
Robert Southwell (1560-1595)
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 22- "On the many forms of vainglory"
17. It is not he who disparages himself who shows humility (for who will not put up with himself?), but he who maintains the same love for the very man who reproaches him.Prayer request? Send an email to: PrayerRequest3@aol.com
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