Days 6 & 7: St. Jacinta and St. Francisco Marto - LEARN "A TREZE DE MAIO" in PORTUGUESE w/ today's reflections
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SCHEDULE
10h00 – ROSÁRIO. Aos sábados, domingos e dias santos
11h00 – MISSA
12h00 – ROSÁRIO. De segunda a sexta-feira
12h30 – MISSA
14h00 – HORA DE REPARAÇÃO ao Imaculado Coração de Maria. Aos sábados e domingos
18h30 – ROSÁRIO
21h30 – ROSÁRIO
"Feast of the Holy Little Shepherds will be celebrated in a special way at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima"
TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE with some revisions
The Liturgical feast for the Little Shepherd Saints takes place tomorrow, February 20. The preparation began last Tuesday, with a novena [in Portuguese].
The Shrine of Fatima prepared a program to celebrate the feast of the Holy Shepherds, celebrated in a special way February 20 — the day that Saint Jacinta Marto passed away.
On the 19th of February, this evening, the vigil of the liturgical feast celebrated in Portugal, and after the Rosary recitation at 9:30 pm, in the Chapel of the Apparitions, the pilgrims present will follow in procession to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, where the two youngest non-martyr saints of the Catholic Church rest, for a prayer vigil that includes a moment of veneration of the relics of Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta Marto.
FEBRUARY 20th PROGRAMME IN FÁTIMA (TOMORROW)
If you are in Portugal, or watching the Live Stream, the program on the 20th of February begins with the recitation of the Rosary in the Chapel of the Apparitions at 10:00 am (Rain or shine). This prayer is followed by a procession with the icons of the two Saints to the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, where the Holy Mass of the Liturgical Feast will be celebrated.
In this Basilica, starting at 2:00 p.m., a meeting is scheduled with the students of the 2nd cycle of the schools of Fatima, who will be offered a catechesis on the life of the holy Little Shepherds, followed by the recitation of the Rosary.
At this meeting, which will be guided by the Holy Year and consecration as its theme, a Jubilee prayer of consecration adapted to children will be prayed.
VISIT: https://fatima.pt/en for more information
The Fifth Meditation by: St. Francis de Sales
On sin
Preparation
The Fifth Meditation
On death
Preparation
1. Place yourself in the presence of God.
2. Beseech him to inspire you with his grace. 3. Imagine yourself to be extremely sick, lying on your bed, and without any hope of recovery.
Considerations
1. Consider the uncertainty of the day of your death. O my soul, thou must one day out of this body; but when shall that day be? Shall it be in winter or in summer? In city or in country? By day or by night? Shall it be suddenly, or on notice give thee? By sickness or by accident? Shalt thou have leisure to make thy confession? Shalt thou have the assistance of thy ghostly Father? Alas! of all this we know nothing at all: only certain it is, that we shall die, and that always sooner than we imagine.
2. Consider that when the world shall end in regard of you; for it will last no longer to you, it will turn upside down before your eyes: for then the pleasures and the vanities, the worldly joys and fond affections of our life will seem to us shadows and airy clouds. Ah wretch! for what toys and trifles have I offended God? You shall then see that for a mere nothing you have forsaken him. On the contrary, devotion and good works will then seem to you sweet and delightful. O why did I not follow this lovely and pleasant path? Then sins which before seemed very little will appear as big as mountains, and your devotion very small.
3. Consider the long and languishing farewells your soul will then give this world: she will then take her leave of riches, vanities, and all idle company; of pleasures, pastimes, friends and neighbors; of kindred, children, husband and wife; in short, of every creature; and finally of her own body, which she will leave pale, hideous, and loathsome.
4. Consider with what hurrying they will carry away this body, to cover it under the earth: which done, the world will think no more of you, than you have thought on others; God’s peace be with him, they will say, and that’s all. O death, how void art thou of regard or pity!
5. Consider how the soul, being departed from the body, takes her way to the right hand, or to the left. Alas! whither shall yours go? what way shall it take? No other than that which it began here in this world.
Affections and Resolutions
1. Pray to God, and cast yourself into his arms. Alas! O my Lord, receive me into thy protection at that dreadful day: make that hour happy and favorable to me; and rather let all the other days of my life be sad and sorrowful.
2. Despise the world. Since then I know not the hour in which I must leave thee, O wretched world, I will no more set my heart upon thee. O my dear friends and relations, pardon me if I love you no more but with a holy friendship, which may last eternally: for why should I unite myself to you, so as to be forced to break and dissolve that knot?
3. I will then prepare myself against that hour, and take all possible care to end this journey happily. I will secure the state of my conscience to the uttermost of my ability, and take present order for the amendment of such and such defects.
Conclusion
Give thanks to God for these resolutions which he has given you. Offer them to his divine majesty. Be instant with him to give you a happy death, by the merits of that of his dearly beloved Son. Implore the assistance of the Blessed Virgin, and of the glorified saints. Pater. Ave. Credo. Make a posy of myrrh.
The Sixth Meditation
On judgment
Preparation
1. Place yourself in the presence of God.
2. Beseech him to inspire you with his grace.
Considerations
1. After the time that God hath prescribed for the continuance of the world; after many signs and dreadful presages, which will cause men to pine away through fear and anguish; a fire raging like a torrent shall burn and reduce to ashes everything that is upon the face of the Earth; nothing which we see upon it shall be spared.
2. After these flames and thunderbolts, all men shall arise from their graves (excepting such as are already risen) and at the voice of the angel they shall all appear in the valley of Josaphat. But alas! with what difference! for the one sort shall arise in glorified and resplendent bodies; and others in bodies most hideous and horrid.
3. Consider the majesty with which the sovereign judge will appear, environed with all his angels and saints: before him shall be borne his
cross, shining much brighter than the sun; an ensign of mercy to the good, and of justice to the wicked.
4. This sovereign judge, by his dreadful command, which shall be suddenly obeyed, will separate the good from the bad, placing the one at his right hand, and the other at his left. O everlasting separation! after which these two companies shall never meet.
5. This separation being made, and the books of conscience opened, all men shall see clearly the malice of the wicked, and their contempt against God; and on the other side the penance of the good, and the effects of God’s grace which they have received, and nothing shall lie hid. O God, what a confusion will this be to the one, and what a consolation to the other!
6. Consider the last sentence pronounced against the wicked: Go ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Ponder well those weighty words. Go, saith he; a word of eternal banishment against those miserable wretches, excluding them eternally from his glorious presence. He calls them cursed: O my soul, how dreadful a curse! A general curse, including all manner of woes; an irrevocable curse, comprehending all times and eternity. He adds, into everlasting
fire: behold, O my heart, this vast eternity: O eternal eternity of pains, how dreadful art thou!
7. Consider the contrary sentence of the good. Come, saith the judge; O sweet word of salvation, by which God draws us to himself and receives us into the bosom of his goodness! Blessed of my Father; O dear blessing, which comprehends all happiness! Possess the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world: O good God, what excess of bounty! For this kingdom shall never have an end.
Affections and Resolutions
1. Tremble, O my soul, at the remembrance of these things. O my God, who shall secure me in that day when the pillars of Heaven shall tremble for fear?
2. Detest your sins, which only can condemn you in that dreadful day.
3. Ah! wretched heart of mine, resolve to amend. O Lord, I will judge myself now, that I may not be judged then. I will examine my conscience, and condemn myself, I will accuse and chastise myself, that the eternal judge may not condemn me in that dreadful day. I will therefore confess my sins, accept of all necessary advice, etc.
Conclusion
Thank God who has given you means to provide for that day, and time to do penance. Offer him your heart to perform it. Pray him to give you grace duly to accomplish it. Pater. Ave. Credo, etc. Make your spiritual nosegay for all the day.
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PRAY THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY
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END THE ROSARY with the ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY: SHORT
LEADER 2: “Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary”
LEADER 2 / ALL: My Queen and my Mother,
I give myself entirely to you;
and to show my devotion,
I consecrate to you this day
my eyes,
my ears,
my mouth,
my heart,
my soul,
my whole being without reserve.
Wherefore, good Mother, as I am yours,
keep me, and guard me, as your own property and possession. Your own devoted child. Amen.
LEADER 1 (ADULT): + In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
LONG FORM CONSECRATION
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