Day: June 1, 2024

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Devotion for June – THE MONTH OF THE MOST SACRED HEART of JESUS

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1 June – Devotion for June – THE MONTH OF THE MOST SACRED HEART of JESUS

In 1899, Pope Leo XIII Consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since then, his successors have exhorted the faithful to turn to the Sacred Heart and make Acts of personal Consecration. They have also begged the faithful to offer prayers and penances to the Sacred Heart in reparation for the many sins of the world.

In his Encyclical on the Sacred Heart entitled Haurietis Aquas (“You Will Draw Waters”) Pope Pius XII notes that the genesis of the devotion to the Sacred Heart lies in the Covenant of Love from the Old Testament. He writes that “in the New Testament, the love which breathes from the Gospel, from the letters of the Apostles and the pages of the Apocalypse, all portray the Love of the Heart of Jesus.” He is linking this devotion to the Old Testament which was brought to life in Christ in the New Testament.

In the early 17th Century, Devotion to the Sacred Heart was given considerable attention in the preaching and writings of St John Eudes, known as “The Apostle of the Two Holy Hearts.”

St Francis (1567-1622) in his “Treatise on the Love of God,” lays out the foundation of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart. St Francis would greatly influence St Jane Frances de Chantal who was the Foundress of the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the very Order which St Margaret Mary Alacoque VHM. (1647-1690), the Visionary of the Sacred Heart, would later join.

Our Lord appeared to St Margaret Mary, perhaps close to forty times. The first apparition occurred in the Visitation Chapel at Paray-le-Monial on 27 December 1673. The last apparition occurred less than two years later in June 1675. She saw His heart engulfed in flames and surrounded by thorns and heard His gentle voice:

“Behold this Heart which has so loved men that It spares nothing…to prove to them It’s love.   And, in return, I receive from the greater part of men, nothing but ingratitude, by the contempt, irreverence, sacrileges and coldness with which they treat Me in this Sacrament of Love.

I thirst, I burn with a consuming desire for men’s love and I find none to quench this thirst, according to My wish, by making any return of love.”

From her cloister, St Margaret Mary promoted the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, First Friday Devotion, The Twelve Promises and the Holy Hour of Reparation.

The Sacred Heart Enthronement desires to follow in the footsteps of Saints who came before and hold true to the basic request of Jesus to St.Margaret Mary, “I will bless the home in which the Image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and honoured.”

Sweet Heart of my JESUS, Make me love Thee ever more and more! – 300 Days Indulgence Once a day, Plenary Once a month – Blessed Pope Pius IX – 26 November 1876

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Thought for the Day – 1 June – The Praises of Patience

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Thought for the Day – 1 June – Meditations with Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900)

PATIENCE
Meditations for a Month

The Praises of Patience

  1. Patience is a virtue which receives, in Holy Scripture and especially in the writings of St Paul, praise almost without end. ‘He that is patient,’ says the Wise Man, ‘is governed with much wisdom.’ (Prov 14 : 29) ‘Patience has a perfect work,‘ says St James (ch. 1 : 4). ‘Patience is necessary to you,‘ says St Paul, ‘that by doing the will of God you may receive the promise. ‘ (Hebrews 10 : 36.) Think over these passages one by one and question yourself whether you fulfil this necessary condition of eternal salvation.
  2. Our Blessed Lord has Himself a special benediction for patience. ‘In your patience,‘ He says, ‘you shall possess your souls.‘ (St Luke 2 : 19.) That is, by patience, we shall save our souls. What higher praise could our Lord bestow upon patience than this? If it is to be the instrument of salvation, it is an inestimable treasure. Instead of dreading it, we ought to court it and welcome every occasion for its exercise. Every act of patience brings us nearer to Heaven and the test of our fitness for the Kingdom of God is, have we learned to suffer with perfect patience?
  3. St John does but echo the words of his Divine Master when he says (Apoc 7 : 14) of the redeemed around the throne, ‘These are they who came out of great tribulation.’ Not that the mere passing through suffering is sufficient, for he adds ‘And have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb that is, have obtained forgiveness by uniting their sufferings with the sufferings of the Son of God.’
    Do I find in myself this description realised? Have I suffered and suffered willingly for Christ’s sake? Or do I seek to avoid all suffering and fight against it,and bear it impatiently when it comes?
Posted in QUOTES on ALMS, QUOTES on CHARITY, QUOTES on TEMPTATION, QUOTES on the DEVIL/EVIL, The WILL of GOD

Quote/s of the Day – 1 June – St Angelica de Merici

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Quote/s of the Day – 1 June – St Angelica de Merici (1474-1540)

“Reflect that in reality
you have a greater need to serve [the poor],
than they have of your service.”

“Strive to be faithful
to that which God has called you.”

“Consider that, the devil does not sleep
but seeks our ruin, in a thousand ways.”

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/06/01/quote-s-of-the-day-1-june-st-angelica-de-merici/

St Angelica de Merici (1474-1540) Virgin

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One Minute Reflection – 1 June – ‘ … Who will dare … to dispute it? …’

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One Minute Reflection – 1 June – “The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” – Within the Octave of Corpus Christi – St Angelica de Merici (1474-1540) Virgin – 1 Corinthians 23-29; John 6:56-59 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“For My flesh is food indeed and My Blood is drink indeed.”- John 6:56

REFLECTION – “Take and eat; this is My Body… Take and drink; this is My Blood.” (Mt 26:26.) Since then, Christ Himself clearly described the Bread to us in the words “This is My Body” who will dare henceforward, to dispute it? And since He has emphatically said, “This is My Blood” who will waver?… So let us partake with the fullest confidence that it is the Body and Blood of Christ. For His Body has been bestowed on you in the form of bread and His Blood in the form of wine, so that by partaking of Christ’s Body and Blood, you may share with Him, the same Body and Blood… This is how, in the blessed Peter’s words: “we become partakers of the divine nature” (2 Pt 1:4).

Christ once said in conversation with the Jews: “Unless you eat My Flesh and drink My Blood, you have no life in you” They were scandalised because they did not interpret His words spiritually… Even in the Old Testament, there were “Loaves of the Presence” but since they belonged to the old dispensation, they have come to fulfilment. But in the New Testament, the Bread is of Heaven and the Chalice brings salvation, (Jn 6:41; Ps 115:4) and they sanctify the soul and the body; for, as the bread relates to the body, so the word harmonises with the soul…

The Blessed David will inform you of the meaning of the Eucharist when he says: “Thou hast laid a table before me against those who oppress me” (Ps 22:5)… The only thing he can mean is that sacramental, spiritual table which God has made ready for us against the evil spirit… “And the chalice which inebriates me, how godly it is” (Ps 22), here he mentions the chalice which Jesus took in His Hand and giving thanks said: “This is the Blood which is poured out for many, for the remission of sins” (Mt 26:28)… David was speaking of this long ago when he sang: “Bread strengthens the heart of man, that he may make his face glad with oil” (Ps 103:15). So strengthen your heart by partaking of that spiritual bread and gladden the face of your soul.” – Catechesis to the Newly Baptised of the Church in Jerusalem (4th Century) No 4.

PRAYER – O God, Who willed that through blessed Angela a new family of holy Virgins should flower in Thy Church, grant us through her intercession, to lead angelic lives, so that, foregoing all worldly pleasures, we may be found worthy to enjoy eternal appiness.Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).

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Our Morning Offering – 1 June – O Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

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Our Morning Offering – 1 June – “The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” – Within the Octave oif Corpus Christi

O Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
By The League of the Sacred Heart
1929 (Ireland)

O Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
overflowing with gentleness,
tenderness and charity,
I bury in the abyss of Thy Mercy,
all my iniquities and all my negligence.
I offer Thee
my labours and my sufferings,
my sorrows and my miseries,
I recommend to Thee
my life and my death.
Solace my doubts Sweet Jesus,
calm my fears
and grant, that day-by-day,
I may become more united to Thy Sacred Heart,
learning Thy love and Thy holiness.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 1 June – Saint Crescentinus (Died 303) Martyr, Soldier.

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Saint of the Day – 1 June – Saint Crescentinus (Died 303) Martyr, Soldier. Died by being beheaded on 1 June 303 at Saldo, Italy. His
Relics translated to Urbino, Italy in 1068 by Blessed Mainard of Urbino. Patronages – against headache (In Urbino the Saint’s Relics are used to touch the sufferer’s head, accompanied by prayers for the cure of the pain), of Città-di-Castello, Italy, Urbino, Italy. Also known as – Crescentian, Crescentino, Crescenziano, Crescentianus.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Città-di-Castello, in Umbria, Italy, St Crescentian, a Roman Soldier, crowned with Martyrdom under the Emperior Diocletian.”

The annual procession on 1 June in Urbino

There are no documents, nor tombstones, nor epigraphs, prior to the 7th Century which remember our Saint. According to a ‘passio’ considered by scholars to be fictitious and fabulous, dating to the 7th Century, Crescentinus, was a Roman Soldier who fled to the countryside, killed a dragon which had been terrorising the district.

After this feat of courage, Crescentinus was captured by the his pursuers and was then killed by them on 1 June during the persecution of Diocletian and buried in the place called ‘Gaddi’ or ‘Saddi’.

A Church was built on the spot in which the Bishop of the City lived, St Floridus and the Priest St Amanzius, who were also buried in the Church.

Crescentinus Relics were donated to Mainard, Bishop of Urbino or it is also thought that they were stolen. The body of the Martyr Crescentinus was found on 18 December 1360 and, as in other cases, he was considered as the Bishop of Città-di-Castello.

But the most favourable hypothesis indicates that the Relics of the Roman Soldier Martyr Crescentinus, were buried on the Via Ostiense and were sent to Città -di-Castello in an unspecified period and placed under the Altar of the Basilica.

Subsequently, as has often happened, St Crescentinud was considered a local Martyr. In 1500, he was included on 1 June in the Roman Martyrology, taking into account the ancient cult which the holy Martyr enjoyed in the area.

The Relics of St Crescentinus at Urbino
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The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, First Saturday, Within the Octave of Corpus Christi, Madonna delle Grazie / Our Lady of Grace, Italy (1630), St Angelica de Merici and the Saints for 1 June

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1 June – Devotion for June – THE MONTH OF THE MOST SACRED HEART of JESUS

First Saturday

Within the Octave of Corpus Christi

Madonna delle Grazie / Our Lady of Grace, Leini, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (1630) – 1 June:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/01/madonna-delle-grazie-our-lady-of-grace-leini-torino-piedmont-italy-1630-and-memorials-of-the-saints-1-june/

St Angelica de Merici (1474-1540) Virgin, Founder the Company of St Ursula, later called the Ursulines, whose Nuns established places of prayer and learning throughout Europe and, later, worldwide, most notably in North America. Third Order Franciscan, Mystic, Apostle of the poor, sick and needy, Teacher, Penitent and Ascetic. She was Beatified on 30 April 1768 by Pope Clement XIII and Canonised on 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII.
(Her Feast day was moved in 1969 to 27 January.)
About this “Mover and Shaker” Female Saint:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/01/27/saint-of-the-day-27-january-st-angela-merici-1474-1540/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-saint-angela-de-merici-1474-1540/

St Agapetus of Ruthenia
Bl Alfonso Navarrete Benito
Bl Arnald Arench
Bl Arnold of Geertruidenberg
St Atto of Oca
St Candida of Whitchurch
St Caprasius of Lérins (Died 430) Hermit
St Clarus of Aquitaine
St Claudius of Vienne
Bl Conrad of Hesse
St Conrad of Trier Bishop, Martyr
St Crescentinus (Died 303) Martyr, Soldier
St Cronan of Lismore
St Damian of Scotland
St Dionysius of Ruthenia
St Donatus of Lucania
St Felinus of Perugia
Bl Ferdinand Ayala
St Firmus
St Fortunatus of Spoleto
Bl Gaius Xeymon
St Gaudentius of Ossero
St Giuse Túc
St Gratian of Perugia
Bl Herculanus of Piegare
St Iñigo of Oña
St Ischryrion and Companions
Bl James of Strepar
Bl John Pelingotto
Bl John Storey
St Juventius
Bl Leo Tanaka
St Melosa
St Pamphilus of Alexandria

St Peter of Pisa (744–799) Deacon, Hermit, Poet, Linguist, Grammartician.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-st-peter-of-pisa-744-799-deacon-hermi/

St Porphyrius of Alexandria
St Proculus of Bologna
St Proculus the Soldier
St Ronan
St Secundus of Amelia
St Seleucus of Alexandria
St Simeon of Syracuse
St Telga of Denbighshire
St Thecla of Antioch

Blessed Teobaldo Roggeri (c1100-1150) Layman Shoemaker, Porter, Apostle of the poor and needy, Penitent, Pilgrim. The Roman Martyrology states of him today: “In Alba in Piedmont, Blessed Teobaldo, who, driven by love for poverty, gave all his possessions to a widow and became a porter out of a spirit of humility, to carry the burdens of others on himself.”
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-blessed-teobaldo-roggeri-c-1100-1150/

St Thespesius of Cappadocia
St Wistan of Evesham
St Zosimus of Antioch

Martyrs of Alexandria – 5 Saints: A group five of imperial Roman soldiers assigned to guard a group of Egyptian Christians who were imprisoned for their faith in the persecutions of Decius. During their trial, they encouraged the prisoners not to apostatize. This exposed them as Christians, were promptly arrested and executed. Martyrs. Their names are – Ammon, Ingen, Ptolomy, Theophilis and Zeno. They were beheaded in 249 at Alexandria, Egypt.

Martyrs of Caesarea – 3 Saints: Three Christians Martyred together in the persecutions of Galerius. We know little more about them than the name – Paul, Valens and Valerius. They diedf in 309 at Caesarea, Palestine.

Martyrs of Lycopolis – 6 Saints: Five foot soldiers and their commander who were Martyred for their faith by order of the imperial Roman prefect Arriano during the persecutions of Decius. In Lycopolis, Egypt.

Martyrs of Rome – 6 Saints: A group of spiritual students of Saint Justin Martyr who died with him and about whom we know nothing else but their names – Carito, Caritone, Evelpisto, Ierace, Liberiano and Peone. In Rome, Italy.