Feast of Our Sorrowful Mother or Scatter Me Here!

Sorrowful Mother Headstone, 
Rapperswil Catholic Cemetery

I put my trust forever,

O Mary, pure, in thee.

Then show thyself a mother,

And daily succour me.

And when death's hand shall touch me,

Thy pity I implore;

Oh, lead me, dearest Mother,

To God―for evermore!

Payers of an Irish Mother

Brian O'Higgins

38 Up. O'Connell Street, Dublin, 1934

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Our Sorrowful Mother's Image was taken at this headstone, Rapperswil, Switzerland, 2015

The Most Holy Name of Mary

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As much as Mary's holy name is a blessing for us, it is a dread for the evil one.  Venerable Thomas a Kempis observes that the devils fear Mary so much that, if they but hear her holy name pronounced, they fly from the person who speaks it as if from a burning fire.  For this reason, we devoutly follow the indispensable counsel of Saint Bernard: "In dangers, in straits, in perplexity, call upon Mary.  Let her name be always in your mouth and in your heart."   

The Magnificat - Meditation of The Day - September 12th, 2014

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Let's Bake a Cake for Mary

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Each year, on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, our family makes a cake to celebrate. Last year we made a Blueberry Cheesecake and this year we opted for a Lemon Blueberry Cake.   Although the type of cake varies from year to year, I usually make sure the cake itself is white, symbolizing Mary's purity, and then we add blueberries to symbolize her blue mantle.

We top the cake with a small statue of Mary and surrounded it with a circle of 10 candles, representing one decade of the rosary.  The children then take turns lighting the candles as the whole family prays a "Hail Mary" for each candle.  Afterwards we sing Happy Birthday and let the children blow out the candles!!!  My children look forward to this tradition every year!

Lemon Blueberry Cake

Adapted from the Food Network

Ingredients:

• 2 (8-inch) round white cakes (I made mine using a boxed white cake mix)
• 1/3 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract, divided
• 2 (12-ounce) cans cream cheese frosting
• Fresh blueberries (I used frozen since I had some in the freezer.)
• Fresh mint sprigs and Lemon slices, quartered (optional)

Directions:

Use a knife to slice cake layers in half horizontally. Use a pastry brush to brush each layer with lemonade concentrate; set aside.

Stir 1 teaspoon of lemon extract into each can of frosting; set aside.

To assemble cake: frost and stack the cake layers on top of each other.

Decorate the cake with blueberries.  You can then add the optional clusters of mint sprigs and quartered lemon slices for further decoration if you'd like.

Happy Birthday Dear Blessed Mother!

More Wonderful Mary Recipes
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• Mary's Birthday Party Mix
• A Blueberry "Waffle Cake" for Mary's Birthday!
• Blueberry Cheesecake for Our Lady
• A Birthday Cake for Our Lady! (Lemon Blueberry Cake)
• Happy Birthday, Dear Blessed Mother! (Cupcakes - Ave Maria)
• Birthday Cupcakes for Mary
• Mary Cakes
• Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother Mary! (Birthday Cake)
• Mystical Rosette Ombre Cake
• Strawberry Pink Lemonade Birthday Cake

 

Mary's Birthday Prayer

On that blessed Nativity all the angels descended from heaven to the house of St. Anne, to salute the child which that happy mother then gave to the world. (St. Bernadine)

Birthday Prayer to My Mother Mary

Mary, My Mother, I rejoice with the Blessed Trinity on your birthday because you were to take part in the Incarnation and Redemption of the world.  
I rejoice with all mankind because you became the Mother of our Redeemer.  
I rejoice with the whole Church because you are our life: you bore Jesus, Who is the Way and the Truth and the Life, and Who was to restore to mankind that supernatural life which had been lost.  
I have every reason to rejoice, for as the Mother of Jesus and my Mother, you are my hope of salvation. Through your prayers and the prayers of your holy parents may I learn to know and love you more and ever remain your faithful child.  This is my sure way of reaching heaven and my God.  

Bestow on Your servants, we beg of You, O Lord, the gift of heavenly grace, that we, for whom the Blessed Virgin's motherhood was the beginning of salvation, may be blessed with peace on the sacred feast day of her Nativity.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

(Prayer by Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.)

First Friday of September, 2019

During the month of May, in the year 1688, St. Margaret Mary wrote to her superior in Dijon: "During Holy Communion on a certain Friday the Lord spoke to me, His unworthy servant, the following words: 'I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without having received the sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge at that last moment.'" Dedicated To

To Obtain Mary's Patronage

We recourse to you as my Refuge Holy Mother of God.

TO OBTAIN MARY'S PATRONAGE

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Most holy and Immaculate Virgin, My Mother Mary, to thee the Mother of my God, the Queen of the world, the Advocate, the hope and the Refuge of sinners I have recourse today, I who am the most miserable of all. I render thee my humble homage O Great Queen, and I thank thee for all the graces thou hast bestowed upon me until now particularly for having delivered me from hell which I have so often deserved. I love thee O Most Amiable Sovereign and for the love I bear thee, I promise to serve thee always and to do all in my power to make others love thee also. I place in thee, after God, all my hopes. I confide my salvation to thy care. Accept me for thy servant and take me under thy protection O Mother of Mercy. And since thou art so powerful with God deliver me from all temptations or rather obtain for me the strength to triumph over them until death. Obtain for me I beseech thee a perfect love for Jesus Christ. To thee I look for grace to die a good death. O My Mother, by the love which thou bearest to God, I beseech thee to help me at all times and particularly at the decisive moment of death. Do not leave me until thou sees me save in heaven occupied in blessing thee and singing thy mercies throughout eternity. Amen.

Remember O most pious Virgin Mary, that no one ever had recourse to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy mediation without obtaining relief. Confiding then in thy goodness and mercy I cast myself at thy sacred feet and do most humbly supplicate thee, O Mother of the Eternal Word, to adopt me as thy child and take upon thyself the care of my salvation. O let it not be said my dearest Mother that I have perished where no ever found but grace and salvation. Amen. 

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.