12th Sunday after Pentecost

What have I in heaven? and besides Thee, what do I deisre upon earth? Thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion forever. - Ps. lxxii. 25,26.

Quid enim mihi est in caelo? et a Te quid volui super terram? Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in aeternum

Today's the 12th Sunday after Pentecost :)

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I would like to blog more about the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart :)

Links:

1) From the SSPXAsia.com website's Audio Conferences and Sermon page, the MP3 file: Opening your homes to the Sacred Heart: 100th anniversary of the ceremony of Enthronement: August 24, 2007 (History and Explanation of the Devotion) by Father D. Couture - at a conference given in KL, Malaysia (given sometime in July) on the importance of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in commemoration of centenary of the devotion founded in the August of 1907 by Father Mateo Crawley Boevey ss.cc. (you can listen to this via the SnapShot function of this website - hover over the link and press play) :)

2) From Joyce of the Catholic Upstart, with more links to traditional catholic websites on the Enthronement and the ceremony of the Enthronement itself.

3) My blogpost on my own family's Enthronement to the Sacred Heart and Act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 9th Dec 2006 :) Deo gratias et Mariae :)

4) More on Garcia Moreno

5) Catholic Encyclopedia on Gabriel Garcia Moreno

6) Catholic Encyclopedia on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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A short introduction to the picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as above :)

Reading this book: Garcia Moreno, the Avenger and Martyr of Christian Justice, one of the greatest Catholic statesmen of Modern times too, will help you to understand the painting and the history behind the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ever since Paray-le-monial at the end of the 1600s.

Dios no muere!: God does not die! - Garcia Moreno

History:

This painting was commissioned by the zealous Ecuadorean Catholic statesman, President Gabriel Garcia Moreno, (1821-1875) and was used during Ecuador’s consecration to the Sacred Heart in 1873. After the president was assassinated, people opposed to the Church twice tried to destroy the painting that was placed in the House of Parliament. For safe keeping, it was given to a Chilean priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts ( SS.CC.)

Years later, in Valparaiso, Chile, Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, ss.cc., unexpectedly came upon the painting; many people believe that the discovery helped inspire Fr. Mateo to begin his crusade for the Social Reign of the Sacred Heart. The original is now enshrined in Quito, Ecuador. This is a facsimile of the original oil-painting. (12x16 framed copies available).

Symbolism:

The scepter and the globe convey Christ’s kingship: “Behold the Lord, the Ruler is come; and a Kingdom is in his hand and power and dominion.”(Introit of Epiphany). His heart, as shown to St. Margaret Mary in her apparition, with the symbols of love (the flames and the cross), and the symbols of sorrow (the wound and the crown of thorns), tell us that Christ desires to rule over families and societies through love.

Our Lord is drawing the world to His Sacred Heart – “burning furnace of charity” – in order for the world to share in the graces of salvation.

The majestic yet tender expression of the Savior, his eyes filled with sadness and mercy, appeals to families:

To recognize and love this kingship of Our Lord, who in the mercy of his heart wishes to befriend the home through a life of intimacy and confidence.

To repair in the family itself, the social injuries committed against the authority and love of this divine heart, whose rights are everywhere denied.

To make the home in which the Sacred Heart is enthroned, a sanctuary of powerful family prayer and a center of apostolate-outreach to spread the Reign of the King of Love, “the way, the truth, and the life.”

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More on this in the upcoming days and weeks :)

Jesus, Mary, I love Thee; Save Souls!

Jesu mitis et humilis corde, Fac cor nostrum secundum Cor tuum. (ter)

St. Juliana Falconieri

Today's the Feast day of St. Juliana Falconieri, I read about this dear saint, in my 1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal:

The noble daughter of the illustrious family of Falconieri founded at Florence the Order of the Mantellati, attached to the Order of the Servites. (My little addition: this is a great great order! :) See this post, to see a Father of the Order of the Servites saying Mass on Easter Sunday in 1941. The Mass is Infinite! Beautiful!) She received Viaticum miraculously at the moment of her death in 1340. (What a beautiful death!)

Collect of Today's mass:
O God, Who didst vouchsafe wondrously to solace blessed Juliana, Thy Virgin, in her last sufferings with the precious Body of Thy Son: grant, we beseech Thee, that, by her intercession and merits, we too in our mortal agony may be refreshed and strengthened by the same Sacrament, and so be brought to our heavenly country. Through the same our Lord.

p/s: today's day 2 of Lab. I just bought my copy of Garcia Moreno on Sat and am now slowly poring through the book which now I can only do at night because I spend the whole day in the lab, but from what I've read so far, whooohooo, its a good good good book. :) Here's the review from the "Product Overview" from Angelus Press,

GARCIA MORENO
Can governments publicly profess the Catholic faith in modern times? Catholic governments were formerly commonplace during the Middle Ages when Christendom extended throughout Europe. But now such a possibility is scorned as being out of date and impractical. Instead the Freemasonic axiom of separation of Church and State has become universally accepted, despite the fact that this notion has been repeatedly condemned by the Catholic Church. In this book, the reader will see that it is possible to vanquish the Revolution and wrest nations from its mortal embrace: Garcia Moreno, held the Revolution at his feet, for fifteen years. What is needed today is a Christian Hercules, a Garcia Moreno, enbued with the armor of Christ, that is, the social truths of which the Church alone is the keeper. The true, the only Liberator is Jesus Christ, because He is the truth, and the truth alone can deliver the nations. Veritas liberabit vos. The Truth shall make you free. Alone among all the heads of state, in the wake of the French revolution and the collapse of societies it brought about, Garcia Moreno restored Christian government in Ecuador and merited the glorious name of Regenerator of the Fatherland; alone, despite calumniators and assassins, he gave the world a unique example of unshakable fortitude in the accomplishment of duty; alone, surrounded by tyrants who fought over the nations only to empty their purses, their minds and their hearts, he heaped immense and imperishable benefits upon his nation in the material, intellectual, moral and religious orders; alone, finally, a heroic martyr for Catholic civilization, he gave his blood for the noble cause he had defended. Thus he stands before us as the great political man of the 19th century, the type, so rarely seen, of the savior of nations. This is THE definitive biography of Garcia Moreno written by French priest Fr. Augustine Berthe in 1877 and translated into English by Lady Elizabeth Herbert of Lea in 1889 (a fascinating person in her own right: wife of the British Minister of War and Anglican convert to Catholicism). Softcover, 401 pp, 66 photos and drawings and a new preface by Fr. Paul Kimball.

Historia (realllllyyyy is) Magistra Vitae!

And here's another beautiful prayer by St. Ephrem:

O Queen of the universe and most bountiful sovereign! thou art the great advocate of sinners, the sure port of those who have suffered shipwreck, the resource of the world, the ransom of captives, the solace of the weak, the consolation of the afflicted, the refuge and salvation of every creature. O full of grace! enlighten my understanding, and loosen my tongue, that I may recount thy praises, and sing to thee the angelical salutation, which thou so justly deservest. Hail, thou who art the peace, the joy, the consolation of the whole world! Hail, paradise of delight, the assured asylum of all who are in danger, the source of grace, the mediatrix between God and man!

Ejaculatory Prayer: Refuge of sinners, take pity on me.

(As taken from the book, The Holy Eucharist by St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri)

Deo gratias et Mariae, for giving the world St. Alphonsus, for everything! :)

Jesus, Mary, I love Thee; Save Souls!

Jesu mitis et humilis corde, Fac cor nostrum secundum Cor tuum. (ter)