Blessed Mary's first
action after God had
come to dwell in her was one of self-denying charity. She undertook a
troublesome journey in order to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Thus she proclaimed charity to be the virtue which
above all Christ brought
with Him from Heaven. God made Mary's visit the occasion of a wonderful
miracle. On her entrance into St. Elizabeth's dwelling, St. John Baptist was cleanssd
from sin in his mother's womb. Mary was the channel of this exceptional
privilege~ of the cleansing away of sin in the case of the unborn child. As
then, so now: Mary is the channel of all graces, and above all, of the
restoration of the sinner to friendship with God. Mary's' charity is not less
present now than at the time of the Visitation. Nay, she is far more eager now
than then to promote the happiness and console the sorrows of those who fly to
her for succor. Ember Friday in Advent was the original date for this feast.
The celebration by the Greeks on July 2nd of the placing of the robe of the
Blessed Virgin in the Basilica of Blachernae (A.D. 469) became in the Latin
church the commemoration of the visit of Mary to the home of Zachary and Elizabeth. It was
kept by the Franciscans as early as 1263; the Council of Basel (1431) made it a
holy day of obligation. In honor of this mystery, St. Francis de Sales instituted the order of the nuns of the
Visitation. The original design of this kindly saint was that the nuns should
imitate the Blessed Virgin in her charitable assistance in the house of her
cousin, who, though well advanced in years, was miraculously about to become a
mother. Providence, however, thought fit to alter the plan while still in the
hands of the designer, so that the latter was accustomed jestingly to say that
he had made something which he had never intended to make, whereas he could not
make that which he would in reality have wished to have made.
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VISITATION OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Double/Second Class/White Vestments
EPISTLE: Canticle
2: 8-14
Lesson from the Book of Wisdom. Behold He cometh, leaping
upon the mountains, skipping over the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a
young hart. Behold He standeth behind our wall; looking through the windows,
looking through the lattices. Behold, my beloved speaketh to me, Arise, make
haste, My love, my dove, my beautiful one; and come. For winter is now past,
the rain is over and gone, The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of
pruning Is come, the voice of the turtle is heard in our land: the fig-tree
hath put forth her green figs, the vines in flower yield their sweet smell.
Arise my love, my beautiful one; and come. My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hollow places of the wall, show Me thy face, let thy voice sound in My
ear; for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
GOSPEL: Luke
1: 39-47
At that time, Mary rising up, went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda. And she entered into the house of Zachary, and
saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation
of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Ghost: and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, as soon as the voice of thy
salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And
blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished
that were spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the
Lord; and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Magnificat
The criminal act of tampering with the calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church by the scions of the counterfeit church of conciliarism is one of the great felonies of all time.
The harmony and rhythm of the inherent order found in the calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church is laden with deep theological meaning and full of material for spiritual reflection and meditation. Such is the case with the feast that is celebrated today in the calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, Saint Elizabeth, in the hill country of Judah.
The calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church places feasts at times of the year for very specific reasons. Today's feast, the Visitation, a mystery we meditate upon every day if we pray all fifteen decades of Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary daily, is celebrated eight days after the birth of Saint John the Baptist, that is, on the day of the circumcision of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's cousin and precursor.
This is the day that Our Lady left the hill country of Judah to return to Nazareth for the final six months of her own pregnancy. Thus, the liturgical Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the end of her period of visiting Saint Elizabeth, a period that had begun on April 2, which was eight days after Our Lady had been told the news of Saint Elizabeth's pregnancy by Saint Gabriel the Archangel at the Annunciation. Thus, the actual day of the Visitation was April 2. The period of Our Lady's visit lasted three months, meaning that the first trimester of her carrying the preborn Jesus was spent away from home helping her cousin prepare to deliver her own Divine Son's precursor. The placement of this liturgical feast in the calendar of the Protestant and Masonic Novus Ordo service on May 31, therefore, makes no sense whatsoever (other than randomly selecting a Marian feast to close the Marian month of May).
God does nothing by accident or happenstance. Our Lady was visited by Saint Gabriel the Archangel on March 25, giving her perfect fiat to the will of the Father so as to enflesh the Son by the power of the Third Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, God the Holy Ghost. She set off immediately for the hill country of Judah, a journey that took her eight days to complete. Upon arriving for her three month period of assisting Saint Elizabeth and Saint Zacharias, Our Lady heard Saint Elizabeth was inspired by the Holy Ghost to complete the first part of the Ave Maria had been begun by Saint Gabriel the Archangel eight days before. Saint Gabriel said, Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. .Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women. Saint Elizabeth said: Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. "Blessed art thou amongst women." How can any Protestant say that the Angelic salutation given by Saint Gabriel to Our Lady and continued by Saint Elizabeth is unworthy of being on the lips of everyone who truly believes in the Sacred Divinity of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity made Man, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? The exaltation of Our Lady as being the Mother of God and thus the Blessed Mother of us all is present in Saint Luke's Gospel for all who have the honesty and the humility to see it and to recognize in Our Lady the very means by which our salvation was made possible.
Saint Elizabeth went on: "And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me. For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy." (Lk. 1:43-44)
The Church teaches us that it was at the moment Saint John the Baptist leapt for joy in his mother's womb that he was freed of Original Sin. The moment of Saint John's preborn ecstasy thus teaches us about the inviolability of all innocent human life. The preborn Saint John heard the voice of Our Lady, who was carrying within her the preborn Jesus, the One Whose precursor Saint John was meant to be. This should serve as a fundamental lesson to all Catholics everywhere about the inviolability of the fruit of mother's wombs.
The Church Fathers thought of Genesis 3:15 as a miniature Gospel. The Fathers taught that Jesus was the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 as He is the only human born without a human father. Christ is the new Adam and The Blessed Virgin is the new Eve. There are multiple references to this prophecy in the Old Testament. Saint Elizabeth was the first person to prophecy this in the New Testament at the Visitation, to which Mary responded: "henceforth all generations shall call me blessed"
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July month of The Precious Blood of Our Lord
LITANY OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
LORD, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O LORD!.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O LORD!.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V/. Thou hast redeemed us, O LORD, in Thy Blood.
R/. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.
Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, Who didst appoint Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and hast willed to be appeased by His Blood; grant unto us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the price of our redemption, and by its power be so defended against the evils of this life, that we may enjoy the fruit thereof forevermore in Heaven. Through the same Our LORD Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
LORD, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O LORD!.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O LORD!.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V/. Thou hast redeemed us, O LORD, in Thy Blood.
R/. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.
Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, Who didst appoint Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and hast willed to be appeased by His Blood; grant unto us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the price of our redemption, and by its power be so defended against the evils of this life, that we may enjoy the fruit thereof forevermore in Heaven. Through the same Our LORD Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
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