This month, we celebrate the Mother of God’s Immaculate and most loving Heart. In June, we prayed for our hearts to be conformed to the Heart of Jesus, now we pray for the same grace regarding Our Lady. Think about how you will honor her most pure heart during the month of August.
August also brings us the first month of what might be called the “Marian Triad of the Months.” These are 3 months in a row, which Holy Church dedicates to Our Lady. September honors Our Lady of Sorrows and October, the Holy Rosary. It is an interesting theological pondering, to see how these 3 dedications might interrelate. During this Triad would be a wonderful time to engage in Marian reading and devotions, to deepen your relationship with the Queen of Heaven.
As for some notable feasts this month, we have: Saint Dominic, seer of the Holy Rosary, on the 4th and 8th (we look at both old and new feasts)…Our Lady of the Snows on the 5th…the Transfiguration of Our Lord, one of the Luminous Mysteries, on the 6th…Santa Chiara (Clare) on the 11th and 12th…the Vigil of the Assumption on the 14th and the Assumption, Holy Day of Obligation on the 15th…Saint Joachim, father of Mary, the very next day, the 16th…on the 22nd, a double Marian feast, the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin and the traditional celebration of the Immaculate Heart…we honor 2 patron saints of gardening on the same day, Saint Rose of Lima and Saint Fiacre, on the 30th…the Passion of Saint John the Baptist on the 29th.
Here is the Roman Catholic traditional calendar for the month of August: Calefactory
~ Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for Us! ~
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