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Saint Maximus
[Historical]
WHITE/II Class
The
Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the young Sister Catherine Laboure
while she was at prayer with the Sisters in a chapel in Paris. Our Lady
appeared in an oval frame, standing on a globe of the world. She was
dressed in a white robe with a blue cloak edged with silver, having as
it were diamonds in Her hands from which fell streams of golden rays
upon the earth. A voice was heard saying: "These rays are the graces
that Mary obtains for men." Then golden words formed around the oval: "O
Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee!"
The oval picture then turned around, and on the reverse side the Sister
saw the letter M, with a cross above it, having a crosspiece at its
base, and below the letter the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the former
surrounded by a crown of thorns, and the latter pierced with a sword.
Then the voice said: "A medal must be struck on this pattern; the
persons who shall carry it with indulgences attached to it, and shall
offer the above prayer, shall enjoy a very special protection from the
Mother of God."
The medal was struck and spread all over the world,
and immediately the most wonderful conversions and cures attested to its
miraculous efficacy. Devout Catholics everywhere attest to its
wonder-working power!
INTROIT Ex 13:9
It shall be a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thine eyes, and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth.
Ps. 104. O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon His name; tell forth His deeds among the nations.
Glory be . . .
GLORIA
COLLECT
O
Lord Jesus Christ, who wast pleased that the most Blessed Virgin Mary
Thy Mother, immaculate from her first conception, should shine
resplendent with miracles beyond number; grant, that, ever imploring her
patronage, we may attain the joys of everlasting life; Who livest and
reignest . . .
LESSON Apoc. 12:1-16
And
a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And being
with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in pain to be delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on
his heads seven diadems. And his tail drew the third part of the stars
of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the
woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered,
he might devour her son. And she brought forth a man child, who was to
rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and
to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a
place prepared by God, that there they should feed her, a thousand two
hundred sixty days. And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and
his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his
angels. And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more
in heaven. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is
called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was
cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. And I
heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation and strength and the
kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of
our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and
night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
the testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death. Therefore,
rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth and to
the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath,
knowing that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he
was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the
man child. And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle,
that she might fly into the desert, unto her
place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth,
after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to
be carried away by the river. And the earth helped the woman: and the
earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast
out of his mouth.
GRADUAL Ps. 104
Remember
the marvelous works which He hath done; His wonders, and the judgment
of His mouth. He placed in them the words of His signs, and of His
wonders in the land.
Alleluia, alleluia. Ps. 18
His going forth is from the end of heaven; nor is there any that can hide from His heat. Alleluia.
GOSPEL John 2:1-11
At
that time there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of
Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the
marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: "They have no wine." And Jesus saith to her: "Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come." His mother saith to the waiters: "Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." Now
there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of
the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures
apiece. Jesus saith to them: "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: "Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast." And they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine and knew
not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water: the
chief steward calleth the bridegroom, And saith to him: "Every man at
first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that
which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now." This
beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested his
glory. And his disciples believed in him.
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON John 19
Jesus said to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own.
SECRET
Moved by the petition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in answer to whose prayers Jesus Christ Thy Son
worked His first miracle, enable us, Lord God, to minister the
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of this Thy Son with pure hearts, and
thus be counted worthy of Thy eternal banquet. Through the same our Lord
. . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Eccl. 36
Renew
Thy signs, and work new miracles; glorify Thine hand and Thy right arm;
hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare Thy
wondrous works.
POSTCOMMUNION
O
Lord God almighty, who givest us all things through the Immaculate
Mother of Thy Son, enable us by the aid of this mighty Mother to escape
the dangers of this time and come to life everlasting. Through the same .
. .
SAINT
MAXIMUS, abbot of Lerins, in succession to St. Honoratus, was
remarkable not only for the spirit of recollection, fervor, and piety
familiar to him from very childhood, but still more for the gentleness
and kindliness with which he governed the monastery which at that time
contained many religious, and was famous for the learning and piety of
its brethren. Exhibiting in his own person an example of the most
sterling virtues, his exhortations could not fail to prove
all-persuasive; loving all his religious, whom it was his delight to
consider as one family, he established amongst them that sweet concord,
union, and holy emulation for well-doing which render the exercise of
authority needless, and makes submission a pleasure. The clergy and
people of Frejus, moved by such a shining example, elected Maximus for
their bishop, but he took to flight; subsequently, he was compelled,
however, to accept the see of Riez, where he practised virtue in all
gentleness, and died in 460, regretted as the best of fathers.