O most pure Virgin Mary conceived without sin, from the very first instant, you were entirely immaculate. O glorious Mary full of grace, you are the mother of my God – the Queen of Angels and of men. I humbly venerate you as the chosen mother of my Savior, Jesus Christ.
The Prince of Peace and the Lord of Lords chose you for the singular grace and honor of being His beloved mother. By the power of His Cross, He preserved you from all sin. Therefore, by His power and love, I have hope and bold confidence in your prayers for my holiness and salvation. I pray that your prayers will bring me to imitate your holiness and submission to Jesus and the Divine Will. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Now, Queen of Heaven, I beg you to beg my Savior to grant me these requests… (Mention your intentions) My holy Mother, I know that you were obedient to the will of God. In making this petition, I know that God’s will is more perfect than mine. So, grant that I may receive God’s grace with humility like you. As my final request, I ask that you pray for me to increase in faith in our risen Lord; I ask that you pray for me to increase in hope in our risen Lord; I ask that you pray for me to increase in love for the risen Jesus! Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Feast Day Dec 8th
(Nov. 29th -Dec 7th) O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus, and our Mother! Filled with the most lively confidence in your all-powerful and never-failing intercession, I, your loving and trusting child, implore you to obtain for me the favor I earnestly ask, if it is beneficial to my immortal souls and the souls for whom I pray; (mention your request). Obtain for me a deep hatred of sin and that purity of heart which will unite me to God alone, so that my every thought, word and deed may tend to His greater glory. Amen (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) Day 1 of Immaculate Conception Novena, Feast Day is December 8th, Patroness of Saint Boniface Diocese and of Saint-Malo Parish, the Diocesan Pilgrimage, since Lourdes and the Approved Apparitons of Lourdes to Sainte Bernadette Soubirous, after which our Grotto is modeled, is where Mary said: I am the Immaculate Conception, to little Bernadette.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is an important day for us to reflect on the Blessed Virgin Mary's life. Her life is the ideal example of the Christian life lived for God. So we will strive during this novena to imitate Mary, and especially her profound love of God. To begin, let's pray for all of those who suffer material poverty and go unnoticed, and un-cared for. Let's pray not only that God will provide for them, but that we may also provide for them. Let's also pray that we may not take anything for granted in our lives. Here are the prayers for today: O most pure Virgin Mary conceived without sin, from the very first instant, you were entirely immaculate. O glorious Mary full of grace, you are the mother of my God – the Queen of Angels and of men. I humbly venerate you as the chosen mother of my Savior, Jesus Christ. The Prince of Peace and the Lord of Lords chose you for the singular grace and honor of being His beloved mother. By the power of His Cross, He preserved you from all sin. Therefore, by His power and love, I have hope and bold confidence in your prayers for my holiness and salvation. I pray that your prayers will bring me to imitate your holiness and submission to Jesus and the Divine Will. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Now, Queen of Heaven, I beg you to beg my Savior to grant me these requests… (Mention your intentions) My holy Mother, I know that you were obedient to the will of God. In making this petition, I know that God’s will is more perfect than mine. So, grant that I may receive God’s grace with humility like you. As my final request, I ask that you pray for me to increase in faith in our risen Lord; I ask that you pray for me to increase in hope in our risen Lord; I ask that you pray for me to increase in love for the risen Jesus! Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. ATTENTION!
Horaire pour les Messes de Noël et Confessions de l'Avent/ Schedule for Christmas Masses and Advent Confessions: December 24 décembre 7:00pm/19h00 Messe bilingue 11:00pm/23h00 Messe en français avec concerts de chants 20 minutes avant la Messe/ Concert of songs 20 minutes before Mass December 25 décembre 10:00am Mass in English January 1 janvier 10:00am/10h00 Messe bllingue Confessions(Confessors are bilingual/ Confesseurs sont bllingues) Saint Malo(Célébration bilingue) December 13 décembre 19h00(Pendant la Messe suvie de l'Adoration eucharistique/During Mass followed by Eucharistic Adoration) Sainte Agathe December 4 décembre 19h00/7:00pm Sainte Pierre December 4 décembre 19h00/7:00pm Saint Joseph December 21 décembre 19h00/7:00pm(Pendant la Messe aussi/During Mass) Christ Our Savior Parish December 14 décembre 7:00pm/19h00 Christian sexual ethics is best advised to keep to the quite simple outline of the New Testament. For this is as unchangeable as the nature of divine love which is become flesh in Christ. This is unalterable because a “greater love” than the one shown to men in Christ is not conceivable, not in any phase of our evolving world. So long as the Christian’s heart and mind are spellbound by this humble and totally selfless love, he has in his possession the best possible compass for finding his way in the fog of sexual matters. With the image of this love before him he will not be able to maintain that the ideal of self-giving—of true self-giving, not of throwing oneself in front of people—is unrealistic in our world and impracticable. It demands a very great deal: namely, to subordinate everything to the love which does not seek its own; but it gives a great deal more: namely, the only true happiness.
—HANS URS VON BALTHASAR from Elucidations To degrade Jesus to the level of a ‘prophet’ or of a ‘wisdom-teacher’ is to contradict the basic statement of the gospel, and you can do this only either by cheating yourself or by portraying the authors of the Gospels, and perhaps even their chief character, as frauds.
—HANS URS VON BALTHASAR from Elucidations The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin . . . If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.
—Pope Pius XI Personal reflection on the Rosary And then proclaiming Christ means not only preparing human virtues, becoming a man so that we might be the God-man with him. It means proclaiming joy, being an evangelist.
—JOSEPH RATZINGER from Teaching and Learning the Love of God: Being a Priest Today The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual
—VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN Personal reflection on the Rosary If you wish to convert anyone to the fullness of the knowledge of Our Lord and of His Mystical Body, then teach him the Rosary. One of two things will happen. Either he will stop saying the Rosary — or he will get the gift of faith.
—VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN Personal reflection on the Rosary I am convinced from a pretty big experience that perfection, that is, sanctity, is only to be won by repeated failures. If you rise again after a fall, sorry for the pain given to our Lord, humbled by it since you see better your real weakness, and determined to make another start, far more is gained than if you had gone on without a stumble.
—FR. WILLIE DOYLE, S.J. featured in To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle Only 1 out of 10 in the Roman Empire was literate. 9 out of 10 were illiterate and couldn’t read! To build the Church upon a book would’ve been a stupid idea if that was all that there was. We’re already now into the fourth and fifth century and nobody had this book to even read. Where did they hear it? In the Mass. Think about this: if you were in these first generations and you didn’t have this book, think about how you would listen to the readings at Mass differently than you do today! Those were words of gold for you because you couldn't read them for yourself. You would listen and you would memorize what you were hearing because you might never hear those words again in your life.
— STEVE RAY You must have great patience with yourself and not expect to get into a region of perfect peace where there would be no trials or worries or fighting against self—even the saints did not enjoy that calm.
—FR. WILLIE DOYLE, S.J. featured in To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle We are to become the three great offices of the Old Testament–prophet, priest and king. When we become Christians and we are Baptized and confirmed, all of us become in God's eyes prophets, priests, and kings. Not the priesthood of the Pope or the Church, but we have a special priesthood of all believers, we are kings in God's eyes, and we are anointed at our Confirmation prophet, priest, and king.
—STEVE RAY Love is not a diffuse, impersonal force but, rather, a ‘personalizing’ force. The love that is the Holy Spirit makes you who you are. And when you become an instrument of the Spirit and allow him to work in you, you in turn help others to become real persons. The Spirit unites, but without erasing differences. On the contrary, he brings out the differences and makes them evident. I become more who I am, and you become more who you are, which enables us to have deep, personal relationships.
—FR. WILFRID STINISSEN, O.C.D. from The Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love Many speak about spiritual warfare and our traditional Christian values and Catholic Tradition being under attack...well...here goes nothin':
https://www.romancatholicman.com/full-video-of-fr-ripperge…/ Fr Chad is the Exorcist Priest who founded, with others this only off campus Vatican approved school of formation for Healing and Deliverance. (Institute of Pope Leo the 13th, in Libertyville, Illinois) He studied under Fr Gabriel Amorth, now recently deceased(his successor isFr Francesco Bamonte), Chief Exorcist of Rome who put together a program of formation in the Vatican for learning the ropes of Exorcism: https://popeleo13institute.org/ On which nights are we giving rides???for Operation Red Nose out of Saint-Malo???
Behold! Here it is: November 30th, December 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 14th, 21st, 22nd and December 31st 9:00pm-3:00am 9 nights! Come join the team! Willing to volunteer from 8:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. on a ride night?
Some positions include: 🎅Teams of three as safe drivers (2) or navigator(1) 🎅dispatcher 🎅trainer, food/deliverer Our ride nights are November 30, December 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, and, 31. Our headquarters are at the St. Malo Parish. If you and some friends want |
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