This month, we honor the sorrows of our Heavenly Mother. A wonderful devotion is the Chaplet of Our Lady of Sorrows, in which one meditates on the 7 Sorrows with a specially designed chaplet. You can buy one for a good price at Direct From Lourdes (get some Lourdes water while you’re at it!). The feast is September 15th.
Our dear Mother must look upon her children right now with great sorrow. Humanity is being separated and torn apart at the most fundamental levels. The Church has lost much attendance and the House of God has been turned into something looking more like a makeshift military hospital. Let us resolve to console her this month as she grieves over the world. Who knows what will transpire in the next several months? But there is reason for concern. Prayer and prepping are going to be critical, starting immediately. As it says on our Home page, “Pray & Prep!” This has never been more important in our lifetimes than it is RIGHT NOW.
Here is a selection of some of the interesting feasts this month:
3-St. Gregory the Great, Doctor, ”The Greatest of the Great”
4-First Friday
5-First Saturday / St. Teresa of Calcutta
8-BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
12-MOST HOLY NAME OF MARY
13-St. John Chrysostom, Doctor, “The Golden-Mouthed,” “Doctor of the Eucharist” / Anniversary of Fifth Apparition at Fatima (Don’t forget our Holy Hour!)
14-Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15-OUR LADY OF SORROWS (new) / SEVEN SORROWS OF OUR LADY (trad)
16-Ember Wednesday (prayer and penance-trad meat at one meal)
17-St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor, “Prince of Apologists,” “Gentle Doctor of The Controversies” / St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor, “The Teutonic Prophetess,” “Sibyl of the Rhine”
18-Ember Friday (prayer and penance)
19-Ember Saturday (prayer and penance-trad meat at one meal) / OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE (hist)
21-St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
23-St. Pio of Pietralcina
24-OUR LADY OF RANSOM
29-Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels (new) / “Michaelmas Day” (trad)
30-St. Jerome, Doctor, “Father of Biblical Science”
This blog gives old and new feasts. The titles of the Doctors of the Church are taken from The 35 Doctors of the Church,TAN Books.