Day 42, GLORIOUS MYSTERIES, Thursday June 11

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

Let us now consider how our Saviour went forth from heaven to meet His Mother. On first meeting her, and to console her, He said: “Arise, make haste, My love, My dove, My beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past and gone."* Come, My own dear Mother, My pure and beautiful dove, leave that valley of tears, in which, for My love, thou hast suffered so much : " Come from Libanus, My Spouse, come from Libanus, come : thou shalt be crowned." Come in soul and body, to enjoy the recompense of thy holy life. If thy sufferings have been great on earth, far greater is the glory which I have pre pared for thee in heaven. Enter then that kingdom, and take thy seat near Me; come to receive that crown, which I will bestow upon thee, as Queen of the universe. ~ St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Second Discourse on the Assumption, Glories of Mary 

Day 41, SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, Wednesday June 10

Novena 5, Day 5, THANKSGIVING

On the Burial of Jesus ~ Fr. Frederick Faber

What can we know of the uttermost territories of possible sorrow? Only as a mysterious place where the Mother of God has been, and where she was when she knelt to make her last adoration of the Body in the tomb. We call it the seventh dolor, and we can call it nothing else.  But her seventh dolor is beyond our intelligence, both in kind and in degree, and therefore was her greatest in another sense. The circumstances which formed the material of the sorrow were without parallel on earth. They have happened only once, and the unassisted science of the wisest Angel would never have dreamed that such things could have happened at all in the bosom of God’s creation, rife as it is with unexpected wonders. Mary’s heart also was an instrument unparalleled on earth, now that the Sacred Heart was cold and motionless in the tomb. … Even when it lived and beat, its union with the Divine Person took it out of the parallel. Mary’s state at the close of this vast system of dolor, through which she had revolved, was also quite without parallel, both in respect of holiness, of powers of suffering, and of the miraculous holding together of her shattered life. Thus everything about this dolor is without parallel.

We can but shadow forth in our spirits some nameless immensity of grief, and say it was the seventh which our Mother bore.

.Faber, Fr. Frederick William (2015-02-14). The Foot of the Cross with Mary: or The Sorrows of Mary KIC. Kindle Edition.

Day 39, GLORIOUS MYSTERIES, Monday June 8

Novena 5, Day 3, THANKSGIVING

St. Louis de Montfort, St. Peter's Basilica

All for Jesus! All through Mary!

19. If we examine closely the rest of our Blessed Lord's life, we shall see that it was His will to begin His miracles by Mary. He sanctified St. John in the womb of his mother, St. Elizabeth, but it was by Mary's word. No sooner had she spoken than John was sanctified; and this was His first miracle of grace. At the marriage of Cana He changed the water into wine, but it was at Mary's humble prayer; and this was His first miracle of nature. He began and continued His miracles by Mary, and He will continue them to the end of ages by Mary.

St. Louis de Montfort, (2015-05-18). True Devotion to Mary:With Preparation for Total Consecration (Kindle Locations 476-480). KIC. KindleEdition.)

Day 36, GLORIOUS MYSTERIES, Friday June 5

Novena 4, Day 9, THANKSGIVING

Assumption and Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

 “If the mind of man,' says Saint Bernard, ' can never comprehend the immense glory prepared in heaven by God, for those who on earth have loved Him, as the Apostle tells us, who can ever comprehend the glory He has prepared for His beloved Mother, who, more than all men, loved Him on earth; nay, even from the very first moment of her creation, loved Him more than all men and angels united?' Rightly, then, does the Church sing, that Mary having loved God more than all the angels, ' the Mother of God has been exalted above them all in the heavenly kingdom.'  ~  St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Glories of Mary

Day 35, SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, Feast of Corpus Christi,Thursday June 4

Novena 4, Day 8, THANKSGIVING

……Now the closer we want to draw to God and the more we want to practice virtue, the more struggles we must expect. Consequently, we ought to store up more strength so as not to be overcome. Well, the Eucharist alone will supply you with the needed strength for all these struggles of the Christian life. ~ St. Peter Julian Eymard

Day 34, JOYFUL MYSTERIES, Wednesday June 3

Novena 4, Day 7, THANKSGIVING

Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart

Pope Leo XIII

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thy altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but, to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy Most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known Thee; many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart.

Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof; call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.

Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism; refuse not to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy toward the children of that race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life.

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and Honor forever. Amen.

Day 32, SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, June 1, MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Novena 4, Day 5, THANKSGIVING

Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High.
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven.
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity, have mercy on us!

from Haurietis Aquas (On Devotion To The Sacred Heart) ~ Pope Pius XII

122. It is likewise Our most fervent desire that all who profess themselves Christians and are seriously engaged in the effort to establish the kingdom of Christ on earth will consider the practice of devotion to the Heart of Jesus as the source and symbol of unity, salvation and peace. Let no one think, however, that by such a practice anything is taken from the other forms of piety with which Christian people, under the guidance of the Church, have honored the divine Redeemer. Quite the opposite. Fervent devotional practice towards the Heart of Jesus will beyond all doubt foster and advance devotion to the Holy Cross in particular, and love for the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. We can even assert -- as the revelations made by Jesus Christ to St. Gertrude and to St. Margaret Mary clearly show -- that no one really ever has a proper understanding of Christ crucified to whom the inner mysteries of His Heart have not been made known. Nor will it be easy to understand the strength of the love which moved Christ to give Himself to us as our spiritual food save by fostering in a special way the devotion to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, the purpose of which is -- to use the words of Our predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII -- "to call to mind the act of supreme love whereby our Redeemer, pouring forth all the treasures of His Heart in order to remain with us till the end of time, instituted the adorable Sacrament of the Eucharist."[122] For "not the least part of the revelation of that Heart is the Eucharist, which He gave to us out of the great charity of His own Heart."[123]

123. Finally, moved by an earnest desire to set strong bulwarks against the wicked designs of those who hate God and the Church and, at the same time, to lead men back again, in their private and public life, to a love of God and their neighbor, We do not hesitate to declare that devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the most effective school of the love of God; the love of God, We say, which must be the foundation on which to build the kingdom of God in the hearts of individuals, families, and nations, as that same predecessor of pious memory wisely reminds us: "The reign of Jesus Christ takes its strength and form from divine love: to love with holiness and order is its foundation and its perfection. From it these must flow: to perform duties without blame; to take away nothing of another's right; to guide the lower human affairs by heavenly principles; to give the love of God precedence over all other creatures."[124]

124. In order that favors in greater abundance may flow on all Christians, nay, on the whole human race, from the devotion to the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, let the faithful see to it that to this devotion the Immaculate Heart of the Mother of God is closely joined. For, by God's Will, in carrying out the work of human Redemption the Blessed Virgin Mary was inseparably linked with Christ in such a manner that our salvation sprang from the love and the sufferings of Jesus Christ to which the love and sorrows of His Mother were intimately united. It is, then, entirely fitting that the Christian people -- who received the divine life from Christ through Mary -- after they have paid their debt of honor to the Sacred Heart of Jesus should also offer to the most loving Heart of their heavenly Mother the corresponding acts of piety affection, gratitude and expiation. Entirely in keeping with this most sweet and wise disposition of divine Providence is the memorable act of consecration by which We Ourselves solemnly dedicated Holy Church and the whole world to the spotless Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[125]