"Like the Vision of God in heaven, it is ever diversified, yet always the same, always as an old and familiar joy, yet ever surprising and refreshing the spirit as being, in truth, perpetually new.
"He is beautiful always, beautiful everywhere, in the disfigurement of the Passion as well as in the splendor of the Resurrection, amid the horrors of the Scourging as well as amid the indescribable attractions of Bethlehem."But above all things our Blessed Lord is beautiful in His Mother. If we love Him we must love her. We must know her in order to know Him." 1
-Fr. Frederick William Faber
"Perhaps she is more like a magnifying glass that intensifies our love of her Son and makes our prayers more bright and burning. His is the sun, she is the moon. On dark nights we are grateful for the moon; when we see it shining we know there must be a sun. So in this dark night of the world when people turn their backs on Him who is the Light of the world, we look to Mary to guide our feet while we await the sunrise." 2
-Fulton J. Sheen
The AngelusTo be said morning, noon, and night
to put us in mind that God the Son became man
for our salvation.
to put us in mind that God the Son became man
for our salvation.
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord!
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. And the Word was mde flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. 3
In Latin:
V. Angelus Domini, nuntiavit Mariae;
R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Ecce ancilla Domini.
R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Et Verbum caro factum est.
R. Et habitavit in nobis.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
Oremus. Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
Obedient, humble, sacrificial, incredibly loving.
What other words describe our Blessed Mother?
What traits do you share in common with her?
Think about what her obedience meant for all of mankind,
and how the saints have imitated Jesus and Mary.
In what ways does our own obedience impact other people?
What other words describe our Blessed Mother?
What traits do you share in common with her?
Think about what her obedience meant for all of mankind,
and how the saints have imitated Jesus and Mary.
In what ways does our own obedience impact other people?
To Jesus, through Mary.
Mary, Queen of all Saints, pray for us.
How well do you know her?
God is at work in you!
Sources:
1. Fr. Frederick William Faber, The Foot of the Cross: The Sorrows of Mary (Rockford: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. , 1978), p. 11.
2. Fulton J. Sheen, In the Fullness of Time (Liguori, MO: Liguori/Triumph, 1999), p. 124.
3. Latin-English Booklet Missal For Praying the Traditional Mass (Glenview, IL: Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei, 2007), p. 66.
