Day 3 – February 4 – Feast of Saint Andrew Corsini
Prayers-
"You are all fair, O Mary, and there is in you no stain of original
sin." O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to
thee. O brilliant star of sanctity, as on that lovely day, upon a rough rock in
Lourdes you spoke to the child Bernadette and a fountain broke from the plain
earth and miracles happened and the great shrine of Lourdes began, so now I
beseech you to hear our fervent prayer and do, we beseech you, grant us the
petition we now so earnestly seek. (make your request) O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in your
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
Blessed be the holy and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Ave Maria…
To thee, therefore, most Blessed Virgin, in the presence of
the nine choirs of Angels and all the Saints, I now give it. Do thou, in my
name, consecrate it to Jesus; and out of the filial confidence which I hereby
make profession of, I am certain that now and always thou wilt do all thou
canst to bring it to pass that my heart may ever wholly belong to Jesus, and
may imitate perfectly the example of the Saints, and in particular that of
Saint Joseph, thy most pure Spouse. Amen. (Bl. Vincent Pallotti)
O God, Who dost continually raise up in thy Church new
ensamples of godly living, grant unto thy people so to follow in the steps of
thy blessed Bishop and Confessor Andrew, that at the last they may together
with him attain unto thine eternal reward.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Reading –
Taken from the Readings in the Divine Office for the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke (1:26-28)
“In that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a
city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And so on.”
Homily by St German, Patriarch of Constantinople
On the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Hail, Mary, full of grace, holier than the Saints, higher
than the heavens, more glorious than the Cherubim, more honourable than the
Seraphim, and the most worshipful thing that the hands of God have made. Hail,
O dove, bearing in thy beak the olive-branch of peace that telleth us of
salvation from the spiritual flood (Gen. 8:10), O dove, blessed omen of a safe
harbour, whose wings are of silver, and thy feathers of gold, shining in the
bright beams of the Most Holy and Light-giving Spirit. (Ps. 67:14) Hail, thou
living garden of Eden, planted towards the East by the right hand of the Most
Merciful and Mighty God, wherein do grow to His glory rich lilies and unfading
roses, for the healing of them that have drunk in death from the blighting and
pestilential breezes of the bitter West, Gen. ii. 8, 9; Eden, wherein hath
sprung that Tree of life, Whereof if any man eat he shall live for ever. (Gen.
2:9; 3:22; John 6:52) Hail, stately Palace of the King, most holy, stainless,
purest, House of the Most High God, adorned with His Royal splendour, open to
all, filled with Kingly dainties; Palace wherein is that spiritual bridal
chamber, not made with hands, nor hung with divers colours, in the which the
Eternal Word, when He would raise up fallen man, wedded flesh unto Himself,
that He might reconcile unto the Father them who had cast themselves away.
Hail, O rich and shady Mountain of God, whereon pastured the
True Lamb, Who hath taken away our sins and infirmities (Hab. 3:3; Isa. 53:4;
John 1:29), mountain, whereout hath been cut without hands that Stone which
hath smitten the altars of the idols, and become the head-stone of the corner,
marvellous in our eyes. (Dan. 2:34; Ps. 117:22, 23) Hail, thou holy Throne of
God, thou divinest store-house, thou temple of glory, thou bright crown, thou
chosen treasure, thou mercy-seat for the whole world, thou heaven declaring the
glory of God. (Ps. 18:2) Hail, thou vessel of pure gold, made to hold the manna
that came down from heaven, the sweet food of our souls, even Christ. (Ex.
16:33; Heb. 9;4; John 6:49-51). Hail, O purest Virgin, most praiseworthy and
most worshipful, hallowed treasury for the wants of all creatures; thou art the
untitled earth, the unploughed field; thou art the vine full of flowers, the
well overflowing with waters, Maiden and Mother; thou art the Mother that knew
not a man, the hidden treasure of guilelessness, and the clear, bright star of
holiness; by thy most acceptable prayers, strong from thy motherly mouth,
obtain for all estates of men in the Church that they may continually tend unto
Him Who is the Lord, and God, and Maker of thee, and of them, and of all, but
of thee the Son also, conceived without man's intervention; obtain this, O
Mother, pilot them to the harbour of peace.
Be it thine to clothe God's priests with
righteousness, and to make them shout aloud for joy (Ps. 131:9, 16) in approved
and stainless, and upright and glorious faith. thine be it to guide in peace
the sceptres of orthodox princes, even of princes who put their trust in thee
to be the crown of their Majesty, and the Royal Robe of their greatness, and
the firm foundation of their dominion, more than in purple, or fine gold, or
pearls, or precious stones; thine be it to put under their feet the unfaithful
nations, nations that blaspheme thee, and the God That was born of thee; thine
be it to keep in meek obedience the people that are under them, according to
the commandment of God. Behold, this is thine own city, which hath thee for her
towers and her foundations, crown her with victory, gird the house of God with
strength, keep undefiled the loveliness of His tabernacles, as for them that
praise thy name, be thou their deliverer from strife and bitterness of spirit.
Free thou the prisoner, protect the wanderer, and if there be any that hath no
refuge, be thou to him a consolation. Stretch forth thine hand and help the
whole earth so shall we year by year keep this and all thy feasts, and at last
be found with thee in Christ Jesus, Who is Lord of all, and verily our God. To
Him, with the Holy Father, Who is the Fountain of Life, and the coeternal
Spirit, Three Persons and One Substance, even as there is one Kingdom, be glory
and strength, now and for ever. Amen.
Prayers for each day.
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