The Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jeaus
DESCRIPTION
The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost. In addition to the liturgical celebration, many devotional exercises are connected with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Of all devotions, devotion to the Sacred Heart was, and remains, one of the most widespread and popular in the Church. Continue reading
| Veni, Sancte Spiritus, known as the Golden Sequence, is the sequence for the Mass for Pentecost. It is commonly regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of sacred Latin poetry ever written. Its beauty and depth have been praised by many. The hymn has been attributed to three different authors, King Robert II the Pious of France (970-1031), Pope Innocent III (1161-1216), and Stephen Langton (d 1228), Archbishop of Canterbury, of which the last is most likely the author. |
| VENI, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium. |
COME, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, which sweetly flow in silent streams from Thy bright throne above. |
| Veni, pater pauperum, veni, dator munerum veni, lumen cordium. |
O come, Thou Father of the poor; O come, Thou source of all our store, come, fill our hearts with love. |
| Consolator optime, dulcis hospes animae, dulce refrigerium. |
O Thou, of comforters the best, O Thou, the soul’s delightful guest, the pilgrim’s sweet relief. |
| In labore requies, in aestu temperies in fletu solatium. |
Rest art Thou in our toil, most sweet refreshment in the noonday heat; and solace in our grief. |
| O lux beatissima, reple cordis intima tuorum fidelium. |
O blessed Light of life Thou art; fill with Thy light the inmost heart of those who hope in Thee. |
| Sine tuo numine, nihil est in homine, nihil est innoxium. |
Without Thy Godhead nothing can, have any price or worth in man, nothing can harmless be. |
| Lava quod est sordidum, riga quod est aridum, sana quod est saucium. |
Lord, wash our sinful stains away, refresh from heaven our barren clay, our wounds and bruises heal. |
| Flecte quod est rigidum, fove quod est frigidum, rege quod est devium. |
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts of snow, our wandering feet recall. |
| Da tuis fidelibus, in te confidentibus, sacrum septenarium. |
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord, whose only hope is Thy sure word, the sevenfold gifts of grace. |
| Da virtutis meritum, da salutis exitum, da perenne gaudium, Amen, Alleluia. |
Grant us in life Thy grace that we, in peace may die and ever be, in joy before Thy face. Amen. Alleluia. |
MARY, SPOUSE OF THE HOLY GHOST
Author of ‘Praying the Mass.
‘You know well the intimate and wonderful relations existing between Mary and the Holy Spirit, so that she is justly called His Spouse.-Pope Leo XIII.
‘Behold the Handmaid of the Lord.
LET us never cease to thank the Holy Ghost for Mary. The expression of thanks that He will appreciate best is that we follow Mary’s example, model ourselves upon her, and live our lives through her inspiration and intercession. Continue reading
INSTRUCTION ON THE THE FESTIVAL OF PENTECOST
The Church’s Year
Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine
INSTRUCTION ON THE FESTIVAL OF PENTECOST
What festival is this?
It is the day on which the Holy Ghost descended in the form of fiery tongues, upon the apostles and disciples, who with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, were assembled in prayer in a house at Jerusalem. (Acts II.)
Why is this day called Pentecost?
The word “Pentecost” is taken from the Greek, and signifies fifty. As St. Jerome explains it, this was the last of the fifty days, commencing with Easter, which the early Christians celebrated as days of rejoicing at the resurrection of the Lord. Continue reading
Whit Sunday, The Day of Pentecost
The Liturgical Year
Dom Prosper Gueranger
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them the fire of thy love.
The great day, which consummates the work that God had undertaken for the human race, has, at last, shone upon the world. The days of Pentecost, as St. Luke says, are accomplished (Acts. ii. 1). We have had seven weeks since the Pasch; and now comes the day that opens the mysterious number of Fifty. This day is the Sunday, already made holy by the Creation of the Light, and by the Resurrection of Jesus; it is about to receive its final consecration, and bring us the fullness of God (Eph. iii. 19). Continue reading
