Mary's Little Office

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Final Perseverance




THE  VIRGIN  MOTHER
ACCORDING TTHEOLOGY

REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT

― 1889 ―



       Let us confide our salvation after Jesus to Mary. If she wills to save us, by her intercession with her Son, we shall be saved, and it depends on ourselves whether she wills it or not. If we sincerely desire it ourselves, if we ask it each day of our tender Mother, we may hold ourselves assured of that great gift of final perseverance. 

And when Mary shall have placed us by her side, we shall say to that great Queen: It is thou, sweet and powerful Sovereign, who by thy influence with thy Son hast saved us. Mayest thou be blest, loved, and glorified for ever!

THE VIRGIN MOTHER
ACCORDING TO THEOLOGY
REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT

ST. ANSELM'S SOCIETY, LONDON - 1889
Page 10, 11





Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Jesus and Mary




THE  VIRGIN  MOTHER
ACCORDING TTHEOLOGY

REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT
― 1889 ―



       Mary was united in the mind of God with the Person of her Divine Son, and from all eternity God thinking of the Son thought also of the Mother. God decreeing the existence and glorification of the Son, decreed equally the existence and glorification of the Mother. Now that which is so closely united in the Divine decrees ought never to be separated; I mean to say that in our homage and our love we ought to unite JESUS and MARY; when we worship JESUS CHRIST to cast a glance of tenderness to Mary; and never to pretend to honor MARY; if our worship does not carry us on the JESUS.

THE VIRGIN MOTHER
ACCORDING TO THEOLOGY - Page 10

REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT, 1889






Monday, September 26, 2016

Mother of Fair Love






O Mother of fair love!  show me thy glory and fill me with admiration to thee - the most beautiful work of thy and my Creator. Replenish me with love to thee who didst give me Jesus - the fruit of the love of God, who still givest me Jesus, and teach me to know Him, to love Him, thus to gain His mercy. Look with pleasure upon the small tokens of my love and obtain by thy intercession for me a holy spirit that I may always honor thee and pray to thee in spirit and in truth.  Amen.

The Month of Mary
19th century










Sunday, September 25, 2016

Children of Mary




THE  VIRGIN  MOTHER
ACCORDING TTHEOLOGY

REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT
― 1889 ―


       The world has been created for Jesus and for Mary through Jesus; consequently the whole world belongs to JESUS and MARY. We are the brethren of JESUS, and through Him the children of MARY.
     We cannot divest ourselves of this relationship, it is our birthright; let us give Them another right; let us be Theirs by choice and love, choosing freely JESUS CHRIST for our Sovereign Master and MARY for our loving Mother.


THE VIRGIN MOTHER
ACCORDING TO THEOLOGY - Pages 9, 10

REV. JOHN BAPTIST PETITALOT, 1889






Saturday, September 17, 2016

With Our Lady at Littlemore Farm


Our Lady of Littlemore


Hidden behind the entry door of Sheehan's Religious Goods in Boston, Our Lady's sad countenance and peeling paint first caught my eye. The salesman told me that she had stood in a nearby convent yard for the last 80 years and was indeed looking for a new home.  It was at that moment Our Lady became destined for Littlemore Farm.  It didn't take long and she was in the back seat of our Jeep Wagon beginning her trek to northwest Iowa.  With a thousand brick and summers labor a shrine was built and that was where she remained.  

Years later when we drove away from Littlemore Farm for the last time, Our Lady's Shrine stood empty. Today she stands on a chiseled limestone ledge inside the front door of our home in Scottsdale, Arizona greeting all who enter.

She remains Our Lady of Littlemore. 


With a Thousand Brick 




Life at Littlemore






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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross


St. Aloysius of Gonzaga
Catholic Art Studio, Chicago (19th century)


THE CROSS IS OUR BADGE

We Catholics have a great share in this Exaltation of the Cross. It is our special trust, our badge, our glory. Like the first Christians, it is ours to honor, to use, to be known by. Those who have fallen from the true faith have laid it aside as childish and not fit for the mature. But the Gospel was preached to the childlike, and the kingdom of Heaven reserved for them. So we will keep our childlike ways, and loyally use the sacred sign. We will make it with reverence, with confidence, with joy. And the day will come when we who are signed with the Sign of the Cross upon our foreheads will go forth to meet our Redeemer, and He will acknowledge us to be His own. By that sign we shall conquer.  

The Manual of the Holy Catholic Church, 1906 
Duggan Publishing Company, Chicago




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