Day 2, Rosary Novena with St. Jacinta and St. Francisco
Join on St. Valentine's Day this special novena in anticipation of the Feb. 20th celebration in Portugal. Also, watch Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton's episode on the Sacrament of Matrimony.
Watch our Valentine’s Day Meditation here:
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Pray today the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary with the Meu Deus from the first post. Here is the lesson from our earlier “beta” lesson archive to learn the Rosary in Portuguese:
REFLECTION
The Second Meditation by: St. Francis de Sales
On the end for which we were created
Preparation
1. Place yourself in the presence of God. 2. Beseech him to inspire you.
Considerations
1. God has not placed you in this world for any need that he has of you, who are altogether unprofitable to him, but only to exercise his goodness in you, by giving you his grace and glory. And to this end he hath enriched you with an understanding to know him; with a memory to be mindful of him; with a will to love him; an imagination to represent to yourself his benefits; eyes to behold his wondrous works; a tongue to praise him; and so of the other faculties.
2. Being created and put into the world for this intent, all actions contrary to it are to be avoided and rejected; and whatever conduceth not to this end ought to be contemned as vain and superfluous.
3. Consider the wretchedness of worldlings, who never think of this, but live as though they believed themselves created for no other end than to build houses, plant trees, heap up riches, and such like fooleries.
Affections and Resolutions
1. Confound yourself, reproaching your soul with her misery, which has hitherto been so great, as that she hath seldom or never considered this.
Alas! shall you say, how did I employ my thoughts, O God, when I placed them not upon thee? What did I remember when I forgot thee? What did I love when I loved not thee? Alas! I ought to have fed upon truth, and I have gutted myself with vanity; I have served the world, which was created but to serve me.
2. Detest your past life. I renounce you, O vain thoughts and unprofitable fancies: I abjure you, O frivolous and hateful remembrances: O unfaithful and disloyal friendships, lewd and wretched slaveries, ungrateful contentments, and irksome pleasures, I abhor you.
3. Return to God. And then, O my God, my Savior, thou shalt be from henceforth the sole object of my thoughts; I will no more apply my mind to objects that may be displeasing to thee. My memory shall entertain itself all the days of my life with the greatness of thy clemency so mercifully exercised on me: thou shalt be the delight of my heart, and the sweetness of my affections.
4. Ah! such and such, trash and trifles to which I applied myself, such and such unprofitable employments, in which I have foolishly squandered away my days, such and such affections which have captivated my heart, shall henceforth be a horror to my thoughts, and to this end I will use such and such good remedies.
Conclusion
1. Thank God who made you for so excellent an end. Thou hast created me, O Lord, for thyself, and for the everlasting enjoyment of thy incomprehensible glory: O when shall I be worthy of it? When shall I praise thee and bless thee as I ought? 2. Offer. I offer to thee, O my dear creator, all these affections and resolutions, with all my heart and soul. 3.
Pray. I beseech thee, O God, to accept my desires and purposes, and give thy holy benediction to my soul, to the end that it may accomplish them, through the merits of thy blessed Son’s blood shed for me upon the cross, etc. Pater. Ave. Credo. Make your little nosegay of devotion, as aforesaid.
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PRAY THE ROSARY
Use our basic Rosary Toolkit above to help children learn the basic form of the Rosary as we approach Februaryr 17.
You can also see our post on the SEVEN SORROWS of OUR LADY below:
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