Our Morning Offering – 1 September – “Month of the Seven Sorrows of Mary” – Tuesday of the Twenty Second week in Ordinary Time
As we enter the Month of our Sorrowful Mother, let us unite ourselves to her and offer her our meagre consolation.
O Sorrowful Virgin, Give Me thy Sorrows! By St Bonaventure (1217-1274) Seraphic Doctor
O sorrowful Virgin, unite me at least to the humiliations and wounds of thy Son, so that both He and thee, may find comfort, in having someone sharing thy sufferings. Oh, how happy I would be if I could do this! For is there perhaps anything greater, sweeter, or more advantageous for a person? Why dost thou not grant me what I ask? If I have offended thee, be just and pierce my heart. If I have been faithful to thee, leave me not without a reward: give me thy sorrows! Amen
Saint of the Day – 1 September – Saint Lupus of Sens (Died 623) Bishop of Sens, Priest, Monk at Lérins – where he undertook whatever was required, doing the lowliest duties with great love, Confessor and Missionary – born near Orleans, Gaul (in modern France) and died in 623 in Brienon-sur-Armançon, Yonne, France of natural causes. He was renowned for his love of music and his generosity to the poor. Patronages – against epilepsy, of epileptics. He is also known as St Loup de Sens, Loup de Naud, Leu, Lowe, Lupo.
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Lupus was the son of Betton, Count of Tonnerre, “Blessed Betto,” a member of the royal house of the Kingdom of Burgundy. Early in his childhood he displayed a great love of Christ and His Church. His two saintly maternal uncles, Saint Austremius, Bishop of Orleans and Saint Aunarius, Bishop of Auxerre, both arranged his education and eventual Ordination.
St Lupus was so greatly loved and his holiness so highly esteemed that in 609, when the Bishop of Sens died, the King, at the request of the people, appointed the saintly Lupus to replace him. Tradition leaves us this wonderful miracle of St Lupus – whilst celebrating Mass, during the Consecration, a jewel descended from heaven into the elevated chalice.
When Lupus hesitated to acknowledge Clotaire II as the rightful ruler of Burgundy and insisted that the will of God exceeds the will of rulers, Clotaire used the excuse of slander about Lupo and a woman to exile him to Ansenne, a predominently pagan area. Lupus evangelised the people of the area, converting many, including the region’s governor. When Lupus’ replacement in Burgundy, the politically ambitious Monk Monegisil, was killed during a riot, the people demanded the return of their rightful Bishop. Clotaire recalled Lupus and punished those who had spoken against him. He returned triumphantly to Sens, stopping in Paris for the Council of 614.
He was buried in the Monastery of Sainte-Colombe-lès-Sens, which he had founded in Sens.
In 853 his relics were transferred to the new Church dedicated to him. His cult was of special renown during the Middle Ages.
Among the many Churches and Monasteries dedicated to him in France are Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles in Paris (1235), Saint-Loup of Naud (Provins), and Saint-Loup of Esserent, near Senlis.
Our Lady of Montevergine: Also known as – • Madonna di Montevergine • Madonna Bruna • Mamma Schiavona One of the so-called Black Madonnas, image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, normally holding the Christ Child, who have been “inculturated”, that is, made the little Jewish girl Mary look more like the people in the area of the artist, or which are actually black in color. This one serves as part of the altar piece of the Sanctuary on Montevergine. This site is the goal of thousands of pilgrims each year. More on Our Lady of Montevergine here: https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/01/1-september-the-memorial-of-our-lady-of-montevergine/
Bl Giustino of Paris Bl Giovanna Soderini St Jane Soderini St Joshua the Patriarch Bl Juliana of Collalto St Laetus of Dax St Lupus of Sens (Died 623) Bishop St Lythan St Nivard of Rheims St Priscus St Regulus St Sixtus of Rheims St Terentian St Verena St Victorious St Vincent of Xaintes — Exiles of Campania Twelve Holy Brothers: Martyrs of the South – A group of Martyrs who died c 303 at various places in southern Italy. In 760 their relics were brought together and enshrined in Benevento, Italy as a group. • Saint Arontius of Potenza • Saint Donatus of Sentianum • Saint Felix of Sentianum • Saint Felix of Venosa • Saint Fortunatus of Potenza • Saint Honoratus of Potenza • Saint Januarius of Venosa • Saint Repositus of Velleianum • Saint Sabinian of Potenza • Saint Sator of Velleianum • Saint Septiminus of Venosa • Saint Vitalis of Velleianum One tradition describes Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum and Saint Thecla of Hadrumetum as their parents.
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War: Martyred Hospitallers of Saint John of God – (12 beati) • Blessed Alejandro Cobos Celada • Blessed Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals • Blessed Amparo Carbonell Muñoz • Blessed Antonio Villanueva Igual • Blessed Carmen Moreno Benítez • Blessed Crescencio Lasheras Aizcorbe • Blessed Enrique López y López • Blessed Francesc Trullen Gilisbarts • Blessed Guillermo Rubio Alonso • Blessed Isidro Gil Arano • Blessed Joaquim Pallerola Feu • Blessed Joaquín Ruiz Cascales • Blessed José Franco Gómez • Blessed José Prats Sanjuán • Blessed Josep Samsó y Elias • Blessed Manuel Mateo Calvo • Blessed Mariano Niño Pérez • Blessed Maximiano Fierro Pérez • Blessed Miquel Roca Huguet • Blessed Nicolás Aramendía García • Blessed Pedro Rivera • Blessed Pio Ruiz De La Torre
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