10th MAY: PRAYER TO ST ST DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI (1840-1889), SERVANT OF GOD, SERVANT OF HUMANITY
-thread- 1. God, our Father, we give thanks for Damien,our brother. Following Jesus, Your Son, he went to the lepers of Molokai, he became one of them even onto death; #StDamienOfMolokai
2. he showed them that You love them; he gave them back the pride of being human, and the hope of a future.
Therefore, we ask You; may we be resurrected by Your Spirit to walk in the footsteps of Damien, to be animated by the same faith.
3. Open our eyes, open our hearts, that we might go to all those abandoned, ignored, forgotten. Obtain that through us they may discover who You are. Raise up men and women ready to follow the road he has walked.
4. This is the prayer that we address to You, Father full of tenderness and love, You, our God, always and for all eternity. Amen.
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AT THE HOUR OF DEATH THE MASSES YOU HAVE HEARD WILL BE YOUR GREATEST CONSOLATION
-thread- 1. At the hour of death the Masses you have heard will be your greatest consolation. Every Mass will go with you to judgment and plead for pardon.
2. can diminish the temporal punishment due to your sins, more or less according to your fervour.
Assisting devoutly at Mass you render to the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord the greatest homage. You afford to the souls in Purgatory the greatest possible relief.
You are preserved
3. from many dangers and misfortunes which would otherwise have befallen you.
You shorten your Purgatory by every Mass.
Every Mass wins you a higher degree of sanctifying grace here, and glory in heaven hereafter.
You are blessed in your temporal goods and affairs.
8th MAY: ST ACHATIUS, MARTYR - ONE OF THE #14HOLYHELPERS
-thread- 1. Achatius [Acacius], a Christian, was from Cappadocia and as a youth joined the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, attaining the rank of captain. He was thrown #StAcacius#FourteenHolyHelpers
2. into prison, then placed on the rack, bound to a post and scourged, because he refused to offer sacrifice to the idols. Achatius suffered death for Christ on May 8, 311.
LESSON:
Achatius manfully and without fear confessed the Faith amid persecutions and sufferings.
3. We, too, are often placed in circumstances where the profession of our Faith and the practice of the virtues inculcated by it cause us trials. But so deplorable are the effects of sensuality, avarice, and ambition, and such is the laxity and spiritual callousness of many
8th MAY: THE FEAST OF THE APPARITION OF ST MICHAEL
-thread- 1. The history of the feast of the Apparition of St Michael is very remarkable. In the year 495, a wealthy man had a large herd of cattle grazing on Monte Gargano in Italy. #ApparitionOfStMichael#StMichael#Angels
2. One day a steer went astray from the herd and did not return with the rest of the cattle at the usual time. The owner went in search of the steer and finally found him on the summit of the mountain, lying at the entrance of a cave. The animal refused to leave the spot.
3. At length the owner, exasperated by its stubbornness, took up his bow and sent an arrow towards it. However, the arrow whirled about in the air and, coming directly towards the archer, wounded him.
2. appeared in the sky above holy Golgotha extending as far as the holy Mount ofOlives. It was not revealed to one or two people alone, but it appeared unmistakably to everyone in the city. It was not as if one might conclude that one had suffered a momentary optical illusion;
3. it was visible to the human eye above the earth for several hours. The flashes it emitted outshone the rays of the sun, which would have outshone and obscured it themselves if it had not presented the watchers with a more powerful illumination than the sun.
ST DOMINIC SAVIO, PATRON SAINT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
ST DOMINIC SAVIO – MEMORIAL: MAY 6
-thread- 1. Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in San Giovanni di Riva. At the First Holy Communion at the age of six he described his life programme: “I will... #StDominicSavio
2. confess frequently and receive communion as often as the confessor will allow me. I want to sanctify the holy days. My friends are to be Jesus and Mary. Better death than sin.”
“BETTER DEATH THAN SIN”
At the age of twelve, Dominic
3. was admitted to the oratory in Turin by Don Bosco. Dominic asked him to help him “become holy”. He was mild, cheerful and showed great enthusiasm for fulfilling his duties as a student and for helping the school mates in every way. He taught them catechism,
~thread~ 1. Born, perhaps in Hungary, in 1045, Margaret took refuge in the court of Malcolm III of Scotland after the Battle of Hastings. She married him in 1070.
2. She lived with great piety, spending her time in prayer and fasting, caring for the poor. She used her position to reform the abuse of the time, and had synods held to this end. The Church of the Holy Trinity at Dunfermline was founded at her benefaction.
PRAYER:
God our Father,
you gave Saint Margaret of Scotland
a special love for the poor.
Let her example and prayers
help us to become a living sign of your goodness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns..