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Scripture As for Mary she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19 Prayer The Angelus The Memorare Regina Coeli Marian Calendar Marian Places 2020 Fatima Mount Carmel Lourdes Knock The Mysteries of the Rosary Joyful Luminous Sorrowful Glorious DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU John 2:15 he Gospels record the many times during His public ministry when TJesus went away to pray to the Father. The Gospels also tell of the times when Jesus spoke of doing the Will of the Father. The activities are intrinsically linked. When the disciplines asked Jesus how to pray He taught them to say the Our Father (Luke 11:2-4; Matthew 6:9-13). As a twelve year old boy He spoke in the Temple of being about His Father’s business. In the Garden of Gethsemane He said to His disciples ‘sit here while I go over there and pray’ and asked them on three separate occasions to stay awake with Him. He then prayed saying the first time ‘My Father if it is possible let this cup pass from Me; yet, not what I want, but what you want’ (Matthew 26:39) and on the second and third times ‘My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done’ (Matthew 26:42). The Church teaches that prayer is an uplifting of the mind and heart to God. When introducing the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in 2005 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said that it presents Christ imitated in prayer as the model and master of our prayerful attitude to the Father. The Compendium explains about forms of prayer - blessing and adoration; petition and intercession; thanksgiving and praise - and expressions of prayer - vocal; meditation (reflection which begins in the Word of God in the Bible); contemplation (simply gazing upon God in silence and love). Our Blessed Lady is mankind’s greatest proponent of prayerfulness and dedication to the Will of God. This is seen in Mary’s unhesitating response ‘here I am Lord, let it be with me according to your word’ (Luke 1:38), on being told by the Angel Gabriel in Nazareth that she was to give birth to the Son of God. The words of the Angelus and the Hail Mary are daily reminders of Mary’s saying yes to God, Mary’s fiat. At the Wedding in Cana Mary said to the servants ‘do whatever He tells you’ (John 2:5). Mary’s words, recorded in St Luke’s Gospel, to her cousin Elizabeth, whom she visited in the hill country in Judea before the birth of John the Baptist, provide the text of the Magnificat. Our Blessed Lady has appeared many times down the years, for example in Lourdes, rue du Bac in Paris, Guadalupe, Fatima and Knock. There were recurring themes during the apparitions. Our Lady has asked for a return to God, for prayers for peace, for the Rosary to be said, for penance and on some occasions for a church to be built. LET US TRY TO FOLLOW OUR BLESSED LADY’S EXAMPLE, AND SAY YES TO GOD IN OUR LIVES St Thérèse National Office, Tel: (01) 478 9647 Email: [email protected] Colour key for dates Whitefriar Street Church, Tel: (01) 478 9654 Website: www.sttherese.com Red: Our Lord Blue: Our Lady 56 Aungier Street, Brown: Carmelite Feast Days Dublin 2, Ireland. Black: Feast Days THE HAIL MARY Hail Mary Full of grace The Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother of Our Creator, pray for us. Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God JANUARY 2020 Holydays SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The Litany FIRST FRIDAY 1234Ss Basil The Most Lord have mercy the Great and Holy Name of Jesus Gregory Nazianzen St Kuriakos Elias Lord have mercy MARY, THE HOLY Bishops and Doctors Chavara MOTHER OF GOD of the Church St Munchin, Bishop Christ have mercy 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Christ have mercy SECOND SUNDAY THE EPIPHANY St Raymond of Lord have mercy OF CHRISTMAS OF THE LORD Penyafort St Peter Thomas St Andrew Corsini Lord have mercy 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Christ hear us St Hilary Christ graciously hear us THE BAPTISM Bishop and Doctor of St Ita St Fursa St Anthony [Saturday Mass of the OF THE LORD the Church Virgin Abbot and Missionary Abbot Blessed Virgin Mary] God the Father 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 of Heaven Bl Angelo Paoli St Fabian St Francis de Sales The Conversion of Have mercy on us SECOND SUNDAY Pope and Martyr St Agnes St Vincent Bishop and Doctor of St Paul IN ORDINARY TIME St Sebastian, Martyr Virgin and Martyr Deacon and Martyr the Church Apostle God the Son 26 27 28 29 30St Aidan 31 Bishop Redeemer of the world St Thomas Aquinas Bls Margaret Ball Have mercy on us THIRD SUNDAY St Angela Merici Priest and Doctor of and Francis Taylor St John Bosco IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin the Church Bl Archangela Girlani Martyrs Priest God the Holy Spirit The Mysteries of the Rosary of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Have mercy on us The Joyful Mysteries The Mysteries of Light The Sorrowful Mysteries The Glorious Mysteries Holy Trinity, One God Monday and Saturday Thursday Tuesday and Friday Sunday and Wednesday Have mercy on us… The Annunciation The Baptism of the Lord The Agony in the Garden The Resurrection The Visitation The Wedding at Cana The Scourging at the Pillar The Ascension The Birth of Our Lord The Spread of the Kingdom The Crowning with Thorns The Descent of the Holy Spirit The Presentation The Transfiguration The Carrying of the Cross The Assumption The Finding of the Child Jesus The Institution of the Eucharist The Crucifixion The Crowning of Our Blessed Lady www.sttherese.com Say the Rosary everyday for Peace in the World PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, health of the sick, refuge of sinners, comfort of the afflicted – you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings; Look on me with love and pity. You appeared at the Grotto of Lourdes and made it a holy sanctuary of prayer and healing graces. Many sufferers have already been healed in soul and body. I come therefore with complete confidence to implore your intercession. O Most Loving Mother obtain for me the graces I ask for. In thanksgiving I will endeavour always to imitate your virtues that I may one day rejoice with you in the Glory of Heaven. Amen. O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee. Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Our Lady of Lourdes FEBRUARY 2020 Holydays SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 St Brigid …Holy Mary Abbess, Secondary Patron of Ireland Pray for us FIRST FRIDAY St Jerome 2 345678Emiliani St Josephine Bakhita Holy Mother of God St Blaise Ss Paul Miki Virgin THE PRESENTATION Bishop and Martyr St Agatha and Companions St Mel [Saturday Mass of the Pray for us OF THE LORD St Ansgar, Bishop Virgin and Martyr Martyrs Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary] 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Holy Virgin of virgins Pray for us Our Lady of Lourdes St Valentine FIFTH SUNDAY St Scholastica St Gobnait Ss Cyril and Methodius [Saturday Mass of the IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin Virgin Patrons of Europe Blessed Virgin Mary] Mother of Christ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pray for us St Fintan, Abbot St Peter Damian SIXTH SUNDAY Seven Holy Founders Ss Francisco and Bishop and Doctor The Chair of St Peter IN ORDINARY TIME of the Servite Order Jacinta Marto of the Church Apostle Mother of Divine Grace 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Pray for us… SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Holy Face ASH WEDNESDAY The Mysteries of the Rosary of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary The Joyful Mysteries The Mysteries of Light The Sorrowful Mysteries The Glorious Mysteries Monday and Saturday Thursday Tuesday and Friday Sunday and Wednesday The Annunciation The Baptism of the Lord The Agony in the Garden The Resurrection The Visitation The Wedding at Cana The Scourging at the Pillar The Ascension The Birth of Our Lord The Spread of the Kingdom The Crowning with Thorns The Descent of the Holy Spirit The Presentation The Transfiguration The Carrying of the Cross The Assumption The Finding of the Child Jesus The Institution of the Eucharist The Crucifixion The Crowning of Our Blessed Lady www.sttherese.com Say the Rosary everyday for Peace in the World THE ANGELUS The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary and she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… Behold the handmaid of the Lord Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary… And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us Hail Mary… Pray for us O Holy Mother of God that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray our forth we beseech Thee O Lord Thy Grace Pinto 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.