A high middle ages Catholic religious painting of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Her iconography. Artist unknown.

THE LITANY OF LORETO

Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. 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 Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church, Mother of Mercy, Mother of divine grace, Mother of Hope, Mother most pure, Mother most chaste, Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother most amiable, Mother admirable, Mother of good counsel, Mother of our Creator, Mother of our Saviour, Virgin most prudent, Virgin most venerable, Virgin most renowned, Virgin most powerful, Virgin most merciful, Virgin most faithful, Mirror of justice, Seat of wisdom, Cause of our joy, Spiritual vessel, Vessel of honour, Singular vessel of devotion, Mystical rose, Tower of David, Tower if ivory, House of gold, Ark of the covenant, Gate of heaven, Morning star, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Solace of Migrants, Comfort of the afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of Confessors, Queen of Virgins, Queen of all Saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into heaven, Queen of the most holy Rosary, Queen of families, Queen of peace.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, that we, your servants, may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body; and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Marian litany originally approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V. It is also known as the Litany of Loreto, after its first-known place of origin, the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, where its usage was recorded as early as 1558.

Blue Madonna by Carlo Dolci, 1670

The Most Holy Name of Mary

This Tuesday, like every September 12th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of the Most Holy Name of Mary. And while you might be tempted to think that the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary is just another feast day dedicated to Mary, its history is truly noteworthy. The roots of this feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary date back to 1683 in Vienna, Austria, a time when that city faced…

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Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang

1834-1900

Feast Day: July 9

Patronage: Drug addicts

Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang, “the Trier" was a Chinese lay Catholic, doctor and drug addict. He became addicted to opium because of a stomach ailment and suffered for 30 years with the addiction. He went to confession regularly to confess his drug use, but because of the priest’s misunderstanding of addiction he would not give Ji absolution because he believed there was no firm purpose of amendment. Although being denied the Sacraments Ji continued going to Mass and stayed steadfast in his faith for 30 years praying to die a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion (anti-foreign, Christian persecution) he and his family were martyred. He encouraged all in prison to keep the faith throughout their ordeal and sang the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary as he was about to be beheaded.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

Manuscript Monday comes to you with a nearly complete fifteenth-century Book of Hours from the Convent of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. This manuscript has two sections, the second having been added to the first within a generation of the book's manufacture. The first section of the manuscript (fols. 1-270) contains a standard Italian Dominican Book of Hours with a kalendar, Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Office of the Dead, Penitential psalms, and Short Hours of the Cross. Exceptionally, unusual, however, are the contents of section two, which opens with a rare Office of the Glorious Virgin, followed by two Marian litanies. Such litanies multiplied in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and these follow the standard pattern of calling on the Virgin by her attributes, as a mother, brides, spouse, intercessor, etc. Learn more about this manuscript at the link below:

Pierre Reymond (1513–after 1584), Plaque: The Litanies of the Blessed Virgin, Limoges, mid-16th century. Enamel on copper, parcel-gilt.

The design of the composition is based on an engraving by Thielman Kerver (act. 1497–1522), published in a book of hours (Heures de la Vierge à l’usage de Rome) in 1505. Under a dark blue background filled with stars, the Virgin Mary on this plaque painted in grisaille is dressed in white, her hands joined in prayer. She is positioned within a thin gold mandorla and surrounded by the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin, prayers consisting of a series of supplications. God is blessing her from above. Numerous symbols associated with the iconography of the Virgin are represented.

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Litany to the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

Image from The Filipino Pilgrim - Facebook. 

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. 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 Spirit, Illuminator of Souls have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God have mercy on us. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, pray for us. Chaste Heart of Joseph, sanctified in the womb, Chaste Heart of Joseph, graced with holy reasoning, Chaste Heart of Joseph, graced with charity, Chaste Heart of Joseph, son of David, Chaste Heart of Joseph, who knew much anxiety and sorrow, Chaste Heart of Joseph, who communed with angels in dreams, Chaste Heart of Joseph, protector of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chaste Heart of Joseph, guardian of Christ, Chaste Heart of Joseph, companion of joyful hearts, Chaste Heart of Joseph, help of husbands and fathers, Chaste Heart of Joseph, health of the sick, Chaste Heart of Joseph, father to orphans, Chaste Heart of Joseph, united to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Chaste Heart of Joseph, beloved servant of God, Chaste Heart of Joseph, heart of workers, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most obedient to God’s Will, Chaste Heart of Joseph, filled with holy love, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most innocent, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most faithful, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most hopeful, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most joyful, Chaste Heart of Joseph, most humble, Chaste Heart of Joseph, help of Christians, Chaste Heart of Joseph, refuge of sinners, Chaste Heart of Joseph, terror of demons, Chaste Heart of Joseph, defender against lies and heresies, Chaste Heart of Joseph, friend of the angels, Chaste Heart of Joseph, consoler of the dying, Heart of St. Joseph, Prince of Patriarchs, Heart of St. Joseph, Prince of Confessors, Heart of St. Joseph, Prince of All Saints, Heart of St. Joseph, Prince of the Church, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us O Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Pray for us, O Most Chaste Heart of Joseph, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. O God, who by Your power and love did fashion and form the Heart of St. Joseph to be in likeness to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, grant, we beg You, that what of ourselves we cannot possibly obtain may, through the Most Chaste Heart of Joseph, be granted to us by Thee who livest and reignest, God forever and ever. + Amen.

Litany of Our Lady of Sorrows V. Lord, have mercy on us. R. Christ, have mercy on us. V. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. R. 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 Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us. Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us. Mother of the Crucified, pray for us. Mother most sorrowful, pray for us. Mother most tearful, pray for us. Motherafflicted, pray for us. Mother forsaken, pray for us. Mother bereft of thy Son, pray for us. Mother pierced with the sword, pray for us. Mother consumed with grief, pray for us. Mother filled with anguish, pray for us. Mirror of patience, pray for us. Rock of constancy, pray for us. Joy of the afflicted, pray for us. Ark of the desolate, pray for us. Refuge of the abandoned, pray for us. Shield of the oppressed, pray for us. Conqueror of the incredulous, pray for us. Solace of the wretched, pray for us. Medicine of the sick, pray for us. Help of the faint, pray for us. Strength of the weak, pray for us. Haven of the shipwrecked, pray for us. Calmer of tempests, pray for us. Companion of the sorrowful, pray for us. Treasure of the Faithful, pray for us. Theme of Prophets, pray for us. Staff of the Apostles, pray for us. Queen of Martyrs, pray for us. Light of Confessors, pray for us. Pearl of Virgins, pray for us. Comfort of Widows, pray for us. Joy of all Saints, pray for us. Pray for us, most Sorrowful Virgin, That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. Hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. Have mercy upon us. Let us pray. Imprint, O Lord, thy wounds upon our hearts, that we may read therein sorrow and love; sorrow to endure all suffering for thee; love to despise all love but thine; who lives and reigns, world without end, Amen. O God, in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of grief pierced through the most sweet soul of Thy glorious Blessed Virgin Mother Mary: grant that we, who celebrate the memory of her Sorrows, may obtain the happy effect of Thy Passion, Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.

NOVENA In Preparation for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary – DAY SEVEN, 30 January

NOVENA In Preparation for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Candlemas Novena – DAY SIEVEN DAY SEVEN Virgin most meek,on hearing the prophecy of Simeonforetelling thy woes,thou didst promptly bowto the good pleasure of Go.Enable us too,to bear all troubleswith patience and resignationto His Divine Will.Amen Hail Mary ….. Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary – The…

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I think this is a late middle ages Catholic religious painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Her iconography. I don't know who the artist is.

Evening Prayer

God of love, I offer you this evening hour. My heart is restless until it rests in you, oh source of all consciousness; enlighten my mind as I meditate upon you. 

Prayer of Supplication Beneath your compassion we take refuge, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our petitions in our time of trouble, but rescue us from all dangers, O glorious and blessed virgin.

Wheel of the Year Prayer

link to wheel of the year prayers

Litany: Regina Iustitiae, Oh Queen of Justice, instruct us. Regina Potentissima, Oh Queen Most Powerful, protect us. Regina Tenebrarum, Oh Queen of Darkness, bring us into your mystery. Regina Pacis, Oh Queen of Peace, comfort us. Regina Stellarum, oh Queen of the Stars, illuminate our paths. Regina Mortuorum, Oh Queen of the Dead, support us underfoot. Regina Caeli, Oh Queen of Heaven, we glorify you and praise your holy name.

Prayer to Jesus:  (prayer of St Francis) Lord Jesus, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Closing

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us as we forgive others. Lead us not into separation but deliver us into love.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Child, and to the Holy Mother. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.

Happy Feast Day Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang 1834-1900 Feast Day: July 9 Patronage: Drug addicts

Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang, “the Trier" was a Chinese lay Catholic, doctor and drug addict. He became addicted to opium because of a stomach ailment and suffered for 30 years with the addiction. He went to confession regularly to confess his drug use, but because of the priest’s misunderstanding of addiction he would not give Ji absolution because he believed there was no firm purpose of amendment. Although being denied the Sacraments Ji continued going to Mass and stayed steadfast in his faith for 30 years praying to die a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion (anti-foreign, Christian persecution) he and his family were martyred. He encouraged all in prison to keep the faith throughout their ordeal and sang the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary as he was about to be beheaded. {website}

THE DESCRIPTION OF OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY Feast Day: October 7

In the words of Pope Francis: "The Rosary is a prayer that always accompanies me; it is also the prayer of the ordinary people and the saints... it is a prayer from my heart."

As well as Bl. Bartolo Longo: "Awaken your confidence in the Most Blessed Virgin of the Rosary. Venerable Holy Mother, in You I rest all my troubles, all my trust and all my hope!"

And there is the description for this one - for the Holy Rosary is a matter of love.

The feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was established in 1571 by Pope St. Pius V, to commemorate the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto. The victory of the Christian fleet over the Ottoman Fleet was attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose help invoked through prayed the Holy Rosary.

According to a venerable tradition, this beautiful prayer was revealed to the founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), St. Dominic de Guzmán, by the Blessed Mother. The 150 Hail Marys (now 200) corresponded to the number of Psalms, which the illiterate people of that time could not understand. The first part of the Hail Mary was taken from the Holy Gospel of Luke; the second part is from the tradition of the Church.

The 20 mysteries, divided into Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous, reflected the principal events of the life of Jesus and Mary. Pope Paul VI said that a rosary without meditation on these mysteries is like a dead person without life.

The litany, taken from the Sanctuary of Loreto in Italy, were added to the rosary in 1592. The Fátima Prayer, which we repeat after every decade, was dictated by the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three visionaries of Fátima in 1917.

Those who consider it monotonous to repeat the same prayer so many times should be reminded that lovers are never tired of repeating the same few words over and over.

These four images here is the vintage and antique image of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is owned from a family which spanned from generations.

©2022 photo by yours truly.

CONTINUING BY KILLING OF HELPLESS & INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN AND OLD PEOPOLE UNDER THE EYES OF IMPOTENT SO-CALLED WORLD LEADERS, GOD FORBID, AMEN.

October 14-15, 1953, Qibya. Ariel Sharon commands attack on Qibya, 42 homes destroyed, 60 civilians killed Holy Week 1954, Haifa. Israelis desecrate  Christian cemeteries in Haifa July 14, 1954, Egypt. Israeli Army intelligence, Modin, firebombs civilian post office in Egypt After 50 years, President Katsav presents three surviving members with certificates of appreciation for the false flag operation.

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3065838,00.html#n October 29, 1956, terrorist atrocity in Kafr Qasim, 47 cold-blooded murders November 13, 1966, village of Sammu attacked, 18 dead, 100 wounded In a false flag to blame Egypt, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, even machine-gunning drowning US sailors June 8, 1967, USS Liberty attacked 34 sailors dead, 170 wounded -- not civilians, but non-participants. Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is More on Jewish false flag attacks here. June 5, 1967, “In danger of being attacked” Israel launches war, 759 Israelis and 15,000 Arabs dead Netanyahu’s False Narrative of Self-Defense Marjorie Cohn - CounterPunch

Historical Myth Justifies Israel’s Golan Heights Occupation Institute for Historical Review

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v18/v18n5p36_Golan.html For decades Israel has cited vital security concerns to justify its seizure of the Golan Heights. Israelis have claimed that from 1948 to June 1967, Syrian military forces repeatedly used the Heights to shell Jewish settlements and installations below. These artillery bombardments, in the widely accepted Israeli and American view, justified Israel’s conquest of the Heights in 1967, and its occupation ever since. Actually, Israel’s seizure and occupation of this territory is based on a historical lie. 

This was frankly acknowledged by IDF General and Israeli cabinet minister Moshe Dayan in an interview given in 1976, but which was not made public until April 1997. On March 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran ... He reiterated the claim that Israel acted in the 1967 Six-Day War “to defend itself.” ... Israel relies on that narrative to continue occupying those Palestinian lands ... But declassified high-level documents from Britain, France, Russia and the United States reveal that Egypt, Syria, and Jordan were not going to attack Israel and Israel knew it. In fact, they did not attack Israel. Instead, Israel mounted the first attack in order to decimate the Egyptian army and take the West Bank. December 28, 1968, Beirut. Operation Gift, Israeli commandos attack Beirut International Airport, destroyed 12 passenger planes and a cargo aircraft 1969, Israeli bombing of school Bahdr al Baker, 75 children dead, 100 wounded March 1, 1970, Israel invades Lebanon, civilian death toll unknown Sept 8, 1972, Israeli bombing of Syrian and Lebanese civilians, “hundreds dead.” 1974, Israeli terrorists attack civilian aircraft; desecrate Christian shrines including Church of the Holy Sepulcher, stealing the diamond crown of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary March 31, 1975, Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons by Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 5/24/2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-weapons Declassified: Israeli Government Offered to Sell Nuclear Weapons to South Africa

http://mauricepinay.blogspot.com/2010/05/declassified-israeli-government-offered.html Zionist nuclear hypocrites are seeking sanctions and war against Iran, a nation that complies with the nuclear regulation. 1975-1980, numerous Mossad assassinations of Palestinian scientists, journalists, and others 1978, Operation Litani, Israeli invasion of Lebanon, approximately 2,000 Lebanese civilians killed, approximately 250,000 displaced June 1982, Israel invades Lebanon again on the pretext of an Israeli false flag claim that Yasser Arafat attempted assassination of Israeli UK Ambassador Shlomo Argov, Robert Fisk called the invasion resulting in the death of 18,000 Palestinians “one of the most shocking war crimes of the 20th century.”

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2013/05/lebanons-victory-day-of-national.html August 1982, 20,000 civilians dead from Israeli bombing of Beirut on the orders of Ariel Sharon September 1982, massacres of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, 800 women, children, and elderly killed, victims were axed, shot, and raped, many bodies were found mutilated http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2013/05/lebanons-victory-day-of-national.html Some of the 800 innocents killed by the Israelis at Sabra & Shatila, September 16-18, 1982

I have realized that my attraction to death and the melancholy even seeps into my religious life.

By far, my favorite part of any service is the last part of the Litany of Supplication/Completion:

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That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.

Grant this, O Lord.

A Christian ending to our life, painless, blameless, peaceful; and a good defense before the dread Judgement Seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord.

Grant this, O Lord.

Calling to remembrance our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God.

Amen.

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It is sung at a lower pitch and in the minor key, which makes it very spine chilling to hear in-person.