Novena Days 8 & 9: Santa Jacinta's Spirituality, Part I on her Feast Day, "Jacinta Marto: a brief life, an eternal testimony of faith"
"I love Our Lady of Our Lady so much, that I never get tired of telling them that I love them!" (St. Jactina) & Litany of Saints Francisco and Jacinta for your evening Rosary (EST)
FESTA EM PORTUGAL | FEAST IN PORTUGAL
Jacinta Marto: a brief life, an eternal testimony of faith
Original Article presented by: The Sanctuary of Fátima, and translated for pilgrims to Portugal & those interested in the Spirituality by Travessa da Senra House Press | PORTO, PORTUGAL | REPOSTED FOR EDUCATIONAL USE PURPOSES ONLY. SEE FOOTNOTES FOR THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE. Also on CATHOLICPILGRIMAGE.SUBSTACK.COM.
Pray the Rosary
Friday: The Sorrowful Mysteries1
Saturday: the Joyful Mysteries with the litany below authored by the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal (www.fatima.pt)
Litany of Saints Francisco and Jacinta
Lord, have mercy on us! Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, have mercy on us! Christ, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy on us! Lord, have mercy on us!
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, pray for us!
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us!
Virgin of the Little Shepherds, pray for us!
Saint Francisco Marto, pray for us!
Saint Jacinta Marto, pray for us!
Children called by Jesus Christ, pray for us!
Children called to contemplate God in Heaven, pray for us!
Little ones to whom the Father reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom, pray for us!
Little ones privileged of the Father, pray for us!
Perfect praise of the wonders of God, pray for us!
Perfect examples of filial abandonment, like children in the mother’s lap, pray for us!
Victims of reparation for the benefit of the Body of Christ, pray for us!
Confidants of the Angel of Peace, pray for us!
Custodians, like the Angel of the Fatherland, pray for us!
Adorers with the Angel of the Eucharist, pray for us!
Seers of the Woman dressed in the Sun, pray for us!
Seers of the Light that is God, pray for us!
Beloved children of the Virgin Mother, pray for us!
Ears attentive to the maternal solicitude of the Virgin Mary, pray for us!
Advocates of the Message of the Lady more brilliant than the Sun, pray for us!
Heralds of the word of the Mother of God, pray for us!
Prophets of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
Accomplishers of the designs of the Most High, pray for us!
Faithful trustees of the Message, pray for us!
Emissaries of the Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!
Missionaries of the requests of Mary, pray for us!
Couriers of the calls from Heaven, pray for us!
Protectors of the Vicar of Christ, pray for us!
Confessors of heroic life in the truth, pray for us!
Comforters of Jesus Christ, pray for us!
Examples of Christian charity, pray for us!
Servants of the sick and the poor, pray for us!
Repairers of the offenses of sinners, pray for us!
Friends of men before the throne of the Virgin Mary, pray for us!
Pure white lilies breathing holiness, pray for us!
Brilliant pearls in splendid beatitude, pray for us!
Seraphim of love at the feet of the Lord, pray for us!
Offerings presented to God to bear sufferings for reparation, pray for us!
Admirable examples of sharing with the poor, pray for us!
Untiring examples of sacrifice for the conversion of sinners, pray for us!
Examples of fortitude in times of adversity, pray for us!
Souls enamored of God in Jesus, pray for us!
Little Shepherds leading us to the Lamb, pray for us!
Disciples of Mary’s school, pray for us!
Questioners of mankind, pray for us!
Fruits of the tree of holiness, pray for us!
Gifts to the Universal Church, pray for us!
Divine signs for God’s People, pray for us!
Witnesses of God’s grace, pray for us!
Incentives to living one’s Baptism, pray for us!
Examples of the experience of the loving presence of God, pray for us!
Eloquent souls in the intimacy of God, pray for us!
Intercessors, before God, for sinners, pray for us!
Builders of the Civilization of Love and Peace, pray for us!
Lamps illuminating mankind, pray for us!
Friendly lights illuminating multitudes, pray for us!
Lanterns shining in men’s roads, pray for us!
Flames burning in somber and anxious hours, pray for us!
Candles lighted by God, pray for us!
Christ, hear us! Christ, hear us!
Christ, graciously hear us! Christ, graciously hear us!
Concluding prayer
God of infinite goodness,
You love the innocent and exalt the humble;
please grant, through the intercession of the Immaculate Mother of Your Son,
that, in imitation of Saints Francisco and Jacinta,
we may serve You in simplicity of heart
and thus may enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
LEARN ABOUT THE SPIRITUALITY OF SAINT JACINTA MARTO from the SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF FÁTIMA in PORTUGAL via our NEW BLOG:
BELOW ARE SOME QUOTES BY ST. JACINTA upon the 105th anniversary of the passing into eternity the youngest seer of the Fatima apparitions celebrated each year as a FEAST in Portugal on February 20th: “the Church marks the Feast of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto. A date defined in the liturgical calendar by way of the day that Jacinta Marto died — February 20, 1920 at D. Estefânia Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. She was a victim of a serious lung infection which resulted from the Spanish Flu that profoundly weakened her health.”2
"A menor contenda, das que se levantam entre as crianças, quando jogam, era bastante para a fazer ficar amuada, a um canto, a prender o burrinho, como nós dizíamos."
This translates as: "The smallest contention which might arise between children when they play, would be enough to make them sulk in a corner, like restraining the donkey, as they say."
"Tinha, no entanto, já então, um coração muito bem inclinado, e o bom Deus tinha-a dotado dum carácter doce e meigo que a tornava, ao mesmo tempo, amável e atraente."
This citation translates as: "She had, however, even then, a deep-seated heart, and the good Lord had bestowed upon her a character sweet and gentle that at the same time make her both lovable and attractive."
"Coitadinho de Nosso Senhor! Eu não hei de fazer nunca nenhum pecado. Não quero que Nosso Senhor sofra mais."
This translates as: "Poor Our Lord! I will never commit any sin. I don't want Our Lord to suffer any more."
"Então eu vou para o meu pátio, com o Francisco."
Translates as: "And so, I will go to my patio, with Francisco."
“E os sacrifícios como os havemos de fazer?” (Santa Jacinta)
The above translates as: “And of sacrifices how should we [go about] making them?”
"Então, depois de muitos, muitos anos, o inferno ainda não acaba?" (Sta. Jancinta)
"So after many, many years, hell still doesn't end?" (St. Jancinta)
"Se eles te matarem, diz-lhes que eu e mais o Francisco somos como tu e que também queremos morrer."
"If they kill you, [Lúcia], tell them that Francisco and I are like you and that we also want to die."
"Quem me dera ver o Santo Padre! Vem cá tanta gente e o Santo Padre nunca cá vem."
TRANSLATION: "I wish I could see the Holy Father! So many people come here and the Holy Father never comes."
"Eu, agora, já não bailo mais." | ON SACRIFICE
"I, now, shall not dance anymore."
"Eu ofereço por todas, porque gosto muito de todas." | ALL INTENTIONS
"I offer them all, because I really like them all."
“Jacinta fell ill in the fall of 1918 with Spanish flu. As a result of the illness, in the summer of the following year she was hospitalized at the Vila Nova de Ourém Hospital. The following year, due to the worsening of a lung infection, she was admitted to the D. Estefânia Hospital, in Lisbon, on February 2, 1920, where she died, aged just 9, on the 20th day of that same month.
Although brief, Jacinta Marto's life was marked by a profound dedication to the requests that Our Lady left in the apparitions of 1917. With a sensitive temperament, but with courage and unshakable faith, Jacinta would be canonized with her brother, Francisco Marto, on May 13, 2017, 100 years after the first apparition, by Pope Francis. Today, he is an example of faith for the entire Church.”
ORIGINAL SOURCE TEXT: TRANSLATED FOR EDUCATIONAL USE PURPOSES ONLY AND TO TEACH THE SPIRITUALITY OF ST. JACINTA on HER FEAST DAY also shared with ST. FRANCISCO. PRAY THE ROSARY EVERY DAY.
SEE: https://www.fatima.pt/pt/news/jacinta-marto-uma-vida-breve-um-testemunho-de-fe-eterno
READ THE MEMOIR OF ST. LUCIA IN PORTUGUESE HERE:
https://www.fatima.pt/files/upload/fontes/F002_Memorias1.pdf
LINK TO OUR POST ON ST. LUCIA FOR THE MEMOIR IN ENGLISH
TEN MEDITATIONS CONTINUED w/ ST. FRANCIS DE SALES:
One might continue the rest of the meditations for this novena beyond February 22 by St. Francis de Sales by downloading the above file.
Thank you for participating in this novena in memory of St. Jacinta and St. Francisco which might continue until tomorrow, or beyond, remembering also that tomorrow is “Our Lady’s Saturday”.
We invite you to learn this popular song sung in Portugal and in Fátima, “Senhora um dia descestes”:
LEARN THE LYRICS to this CANTICLE & BELOVED MARIAN HYMN:
1. Senhora, um dia descestes / À terra que em vós confia:
Descestes à Serra d’ Aire, / Em plena Cova da Iria.
Salve, Rainha! Salve, Rainha!
Rogai por nós, ó Maria! (2x)
2. Nas mãos trazíeis o terço, / Que pende da vossa imagem:
Na fronte uma estrela de ouro, / Nos lábios doce mensagem.
3. Falando a três pastorinhos / De cima duma azinheira
Pregastes a penitência / Aos povos da terra inteira.
4. Pedistes que nos uníssemos / Em oração e concórdia,
Com pena dos pecadores, / Ó Mãe de misericórdia.
5. Olhai, ó Virgem, do Céu / O mundo que pede luz.
Bendita sejais, Senhora! / Bendito seja Jesus!
FOOTNOTES
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Joyful Mysteries
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