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Catholic devotions for the 20th October

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Five Wounds Rosary in Latin
Seven Sorrows Rosary in English
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Reading from the School of Jesus Crucified

Feast of Saint John Cantius

John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Poland, to Anna and Stanisław Kanty. He attended the Kraków Academy at which he attained bachelor, and licentiate. In 1418 he became a Doctor of Philosophy. Upon graduation he spent the next three years conducting philosophy classes at the university, while preparing for the priesthood.

Upon his ordination, he became rector at the school of the Canons Regular of the Most Holy Sepulcher in Miechow. While there, he was offered a professorship of Sacra Scriptura (Holy Scripture) back at his alma mater, the Kraków Academy, which would later be named the Jagiellonian University. He attained a doctorate in theology and eventually became director of the theology department. He held the professorship until his death in 1473. Cantius spent many hours copying manuscripts of the Holy Scriptures, theological tracts, and other scholarly works.

In physics, he helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, which anticipated the work of Galileo and Newton.

During his time in Kraków, Cantius became well known in the city for his generosity and compassion toward the poor, especially needy students at the university. He subsisted on what was strictly necessary to sustain his life, giving alms regularly to the poor. He made one pilgrimage to Jerusalem and four pilgrimages on foot to Rome.

Michael Miechowita, the medieval Polish historian and Cantius's first biographer, described Cantius's extreme humility and charity; he took as his motto:

Conturbare cave: non est placare suave,
Infamare cave; nam revocare grave.
(Beware disturbing: it's not sweetly pleasing,
Beware speaking ill: for taking back words is burdensome.)

He died while living in retirement at his alma mater on 24 December 1473, aged 83. His remains were interred in the Collegiate Church of St Anne, where his tomb became and remains a popular pilgrimage site.[2] He is the Patron of the Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec (since 1992), and of the students.

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The Reading from the Martyrology

This Day, the Twentieth Day of October

In Poland, St. John Cantius, priest and confessor. Being glorious for virtues and miracles, he was inscribed among the saints by the Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XIII.

At Avia, near Aquila, in Abruzzo, the birthday of blessed Maximus, deacon and martyr, who, through the desire of suffering, presented himself to the persecutors that sought him. After answering with great constancy, he was racked and tortured, then beaten with rods, and finally he died by being precipitated from an elevated place.

At Agen, in France, St. Caprasius, martyr. As he was hiding himself in a cavern to avoid the violence of the persecution, the report of the blessed virgin Faith's courage in suffering for Christ animated him to endure torments, and he prayed to God that, if he were deemed worthy of the glory of martyrdom, clear water might flow from the rock of his cavern. God having granted his prayer, he went with confidence to the scene of combat, and after a valiant struggle, merited the palm of martyrdom under Maximian.

At Antioch, St. Artemius, imperial officer. Although he had filled high stations in the army under Constantine the Great, Julian the Apostate, whom he had reprehended for his cruelty towards Christians, ordered him to be beaten with rods, subjected to other torments, and finally beheaded.

P2V:  At Constantinople, St. Andrew of Crete, monk. On account of his veneration of holy images during the reign of Constantine Copronymus, he was repeatedly scourged. Finally, after one foot had been cut off, he expired.

At Cologne, the martyrdom of the holy virgins Martha and Saula, with many others.

At Minden, the birthday of St. Felician, bishop and martyr.

At Paris, the holy martyrs, George, deacon, and Aurelius.

In Portugal, St. Irene, virgin and martyr.

In the diocese of Rheims, St. Sindulphus, confessor.

And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.


Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)

Response: Thanks be to God.

(The Notation P2V preceding a name indicates that the Saint or Martyr was added after 1900 and prior to 1962 and the scandalous purging of Saints by Pope Paul VI following the Second Vatican Council)


Devotion to the Rosary for 20th October

"And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand, and bowing the knee before Him, they mocked Him saying : — Hail, King of the Jews." Matt. 27/29.

THE CROWNING WITH THORNS

What a picture this scene related by St. Matthew places before us as we recite this third decade of the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary ! He Who is really our King, is thrust upon a jagged pedestal, crowned with a wreath of thorns, furnished with a reed as a sceptre, and subjected to the scorn and mockery and ribaldry of a group of soldiers who w^ere crude and rough and pitiless ! Keeping that picture before our minds, let us reflect for a moment on the sorrow and affliction that settled upon the heart of Mary as she realized the tortures to wdiich her Divine Son was being abased! With a supreme act of self-surrender to the holy w^ill of God she steels herself to acquiescence with the sublime submission of Her Divine Son in His obedience to the will of His heavenly Father.

HYMN

''Behold how Jews and soldiers weave
For Christ a thorny crown.
And bending on one knee in jest.
Before His face bow down!
My Jesus, for each piercing thorn,
For every jest and smart.
We still will make fresh acts of love
To soothe Thy Sacred Heart."

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Friday is the Day dedicated to Christ's Passion and His Sacred Heart

Fridays are penitential days and Catholics are to keep in mind Christ's suffering and to sacrifice something for the sake of penance and discipline. The traditional way to do this is to abstain from meat. On this day also, many Catholics make what is known as the "First Fridays Devotion" in honor of the Sacred Heart. This entails going to Mass and receiving Communion in reparation to the Sacred Heart on the first Friday of the month for nine consecutive months. Another Friday practice is to kneel and pray five Paters and five Aves, especially at 3:00pm, the hour Christ died on the Cross.

THE CLOCK OF THE PASSION- LONG

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Six o’clock in the evening on Maundy Thursday
After having taken leave of His holy mother,
Jesus celebrates His Last Supper with His disciples.
Admire the excess of His charity, and at the remembrance of it,
thank our Lord Jesus Christ for His sufferings and merits, of which He granted us a
share at this time; say to Him with love and devotion:
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst desire to suffer
the dolours of Thy Sacred Passion. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to
this adorable mystery. I beseech Thee, by Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe
to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Seven o’clock in the evening on Maundy Thursday
Jesus washes the feet of His disciples, and institutes the Sacrament of His love.
Admire the humility with which Jesus washed the feet of his disciples,
and his love, which induces Him to give Himself to us to be our food.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst institute the
divine Sacrament of the Altar. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this
adorable mystery; I implore Thee, O Jesus, by Thy divine merits, to vouchsafe to
remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Eight o’clock in the evening on Maundy Thursday
Jesus makes His last discourse after the Supper,
and then goes to the Garden of Olives.
Adore the Sacred Heart of Jesus, all inflamed with the love of men,
and giving to His disciples the food of His holy doctrine.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou gavest Thy last
instructions, which only breathed the most tender charity, and which were followed
by the admirable example of the Sacrifice of Thyself. I unite all my actions and all
my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits,
O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me
pardon and mercy.

Nine o’clock in the evening on Maundy Thursday
Jesus prays with His face on the ground: “O my Father,” says He,
“if it be possible, let this Chalice pass from Me;
nevertheless, not My will but Thine be done”.
Admire the perfect submission of Jesus.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst accept with so
much love the Chalice of Thy Passion. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings
to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to
vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and
mercy.

Ten o’clock at night on Maundy Thursday
Jesus begins His agony, and sweats blood and water.
Adore the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the source of eternal life.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe for
our sakes to be seized with fear and filled with anguish. I unite all my actions and
all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine
merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant
me pardon and mercy.

Eleven o’clock at night on Maundy Thursday
Jesus is strengthened by an angel.
Adore the divine Saviour as the truth that enlightens the world,
and the life that animates it.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe, for
the sake of our weakness, to accept the consolations of an angel. I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I implore Thee, through Thy
divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me
pardon and mercy.

Midnight on Good Friday
Jesus is betrayed by the kiss of Judas, and is bound with chains.
Adore the divine Saviour in His slavery of love.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to be
bound, in order to draw us to Thee by the sweet chains of Thy love. I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy
divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and
to grant me pardon and mercy.

One o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is led to Annas.
Adore Jesus as the Teacher of truth, reduced by His love to the greatest abasement.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to be
delivered up to the fury of wicked men; oh, grant that I may humble myself for the
love of Thee. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery;
I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me
at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Two o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is accused before Caiphas, where He receives a blow on His face,
and answers meekly to him that struck Him.
Admire the ineffable gentleness of Jesus.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to suffer
this insult, in order to teach us to be meek and humble of heart. I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy
divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and
to grant me pardon and mercy.

Three o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Whilst Jesus is insulted in the prison,
He is also denied by St. Peter for the third time
Admire the profound sorrow of Jesus on seeing Himself forsaken by all His
disciples, and beholding the cowardice of St. Peter, and the malice with which the
Jews bandage His eyes, and strike Him and turn Him into ridicule.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe by
one look of compassion to touch the heart of Thy disciple; oh, do Thou pierce mine
with love and sorrow for my sins. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to
this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to
vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and
mercy.

Four o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus, summoned before the great council, is declared worthy of death.
Admire the modesty and the patience of our divine Saviour.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose by Thy
silence to suffer the opprobrium of passing for a blasphemer and for a criminal
worthy of death. I adore Thee, O Eternal Word, and I unite all my actions and all
my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits,
O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and
mercy.

Five o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is led before Pilate, in whose presence He is accused.
Salute Him, and adore Him as your Master, your Saviour, and your King.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe, for
the love of us, to suffer this fresh outrage. I unite all my actions and all my
sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O
Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Six o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus, in the presence of Herod, is clothed in a white robe, and treated as a fool.
Adore the Son of God, in Whom His divine power is thus veiled.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to be
loaded with insults: oh, let my consolation be to be despised for Thy sake. I unite
all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee,
through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of
my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Seven o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is conducted back to Pilate, and Barabbas is preferred before Him.
Adore the Heart of Jesus, inexhaustible treasure of every good,
open to all, and too little known by men.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to suffer
this insulting preference; oh, detach my heart from all created things. I unite all
my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech Thee, through
Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death,
and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Eight o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is cruelly scourged at the pillar; His Blood flows on every side.
Admire the immense love to which the Wounds of our Saviour bear witness.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to be
torn by scourges and to shed Thy Precious Blood in order to blot out my sins. I
unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech
Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the
hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Nine o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is crowned with thorns, and afterwards insulted by the soldiers.
Adore the divine King of your heart in this cruel state in which He suffers for you.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe to
suffer this painful crowning for our sakes; oh, pierce my heart with sorrow and
regret for having offended Thee. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this
adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to
remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Ten o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Pilate condemns Jesus to death, and abandons Him to the creulty of the Jews.
Adore the Holy of Holies, treated as a criminal and led to Calvary with the cross on
His shoulders.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe, for
the love of us, to be condemned to death and delivered up to Thy cruel enemies.
Thou didst then walk, laden with a heavy cross, in order to help me to carry mine
with patience. I thank Thee for it. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to
this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to
vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and
mercy.

Eleven o’clock in the morning on Good Friday
Jesus is stripped of His garments and is fastened to the Cross.
Adore this divine Lamb, immolated as a Victim on the Altar of the Cross.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst choose to be
stripped of Thy garments and sacrificed as a lamb that is slain, to be offered in
holocaust; oh, give me a heart capable of returning this great love! I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through
Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant
me pardon and mercy.

Noon on Good Friday
Jesus prays for His executioners, and promises paradise to the good thief.
Adore the divine Shepherd, Who gives up His life for His sheep.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe to
give Thyself up as a Victim of expiation for us; oh, may Thy Cross soften Thy
judgement, and comfort my soul at the hour of my death! I unite all my actions
and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I implore Thee, through Thy
divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me
pardon and mercy.

One o’clock in the afternoon on Good Friday
Jesus offers His soul up to His divine Father, and He recommends His holy mother
to his beloved disciple, whom He also recommends to His holy mother.
Admire the entire resignation of our most holy Redeemer upon the Cross. Render
unto Him eternal thanksgiving for the love which induced Him to entrust us, in the
person of St. John the Apostle, to the care of His divine mother.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst ordain that Mary
should become our mother. Oh, grant that the love of Thee and of her may inflame
my heart! I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I
beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at
the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.

Two o’clock in the afternoon on Good Friday
Jesus cries out, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”. Then He
exclaims, “I thirst”; and having taken the vinegar, He says, “It is consummated”.
Admire the unalterable patience of the Son of God, and sympathise with this
burning thirst which He feels for our salvation.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe to
give to give us such touching examples of resignation and of zeal for the salvation
of souls, and for the accomplishment of the will of Thy Heavenly Father. I unite
all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee,
through Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and
to grant me pardon and mercy.

Three o’clock in the afternoon on Good Friday
Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, bends down His Sacred Head, and expires.
Admire the last sigh of God your Saviour, and the Sacrifice that He makes of
Himself on the Cross for our salvation.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou didst vouchsafe to die
for us in order to consummate the great work of our redemption. I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through
Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant
me pardon and mercy.

Four o’clock in the afternoon on Good Friday
A soldier pierces the Sacred Side of Jesus with a lance,
after which Joseph and Nicodemus take down His holy Body from the Cross
and place It in the arms of His afflicted mother.
Adore this Sacred Wound, from which flowed forth blood and water.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou wert pleased, through
Thy wound, to open to us Thy Sacred Heart, the source of salvation and grace. Oh,
let Thy divine unction flow upon us through the hands of Mary, to whom Thou
didst leave us as her adopted children! I unite all my actions and all my sufferings
to this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through Thy divine merits, O Jesus,
to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and
mercy.

Five o’clock in the afternoon on Good Friday
Jesus is placed in the holy sepulchre.
Adore Jesus Christ, Who remains in our tabernacles, as it were enclosed in a holy
sepulchre.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which Thou wert pleased to resign
Thyself into the hands of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus to be buried; which
foreshadowed so well the generosity with which Thou dost abandon Thyself into
the hands of the priests in order that Thou mayest Thy own Self provide the better
for my wants. O my Jesus, grant me a share in the compassion of Thy holy
mother; arm me with the courage of Thy two disciples against all human respect;
but, above all, give me the ardent love of Mary Magdalene, in order that I may
seek Thee until I have found Thee risen again to die no more. I unite all my
actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech Thee, through
Thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death,
and to grant me pardon and mercy


The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed on Friday

"I would like to remind you that the Rosary is a biblical prayer, all filled with the Holy Scriptures." It is a prayer from the heart, in which the repetition of the Ave Maria directs the thought and affection towards Christ, and thus is made a confident prayer to Him and our Mother. It is a prayer that helps to meditate on the Word of God and assimilate the Eucharistic Communion, on the model of Mary who kept in her heart everything Jesus did and said and even His Presence. "
Benedict XVI

The Rosary in Latin



The Rosary in English - using video from the Holy Land


Chaplet of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ in Latin 

Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady in English


The Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict for October 19

XVI  QUALITER DIVINA OPERA PER DIEM AGANTUR
1 Ut ait propheta, septies in die laudem dixi tibi. 
2 Qui septenarius sacratus numerus a nobis sic implebitur, si matutino, primae, tertiae, sextae, nonae, vesperae completoriique tempore nostrae servitutis officia persolvamus, 
3 quia de his diurnis horis dixit: Septies in die laudem dixi tibi. 
4 Nam de nocturnis vigiliis idem ipse propheta ait: Media nocte surgebam ad confitendum tibi. 
5 Ergo his temporibus referamus laudes Creatori nostro super iudicia iustitiae suae, id est matutinis, prima, tertia, sexta, nona, vespera, completorios, et nocte surgamus ad confitendum ei.

CHAPTER 16, HOW THE WORK OF GOD IS TO BE CELEBRATED DURING THE DAY
1 As the Prophet says: Seven times a day have I spoken your praise (Ps.119:164). 
2 We will fulfill this sacred number of seven if at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline we render the obligations of our office.  #
3 For it was of these hours of the day that he said, Seven times a day have I spoken praise to you (Ps 119:164).. 
4 And concerning the nocturnal Vigil the same prophet said, At midnight I arose to give thanks to you (Ps 119:62).  
5 Therefore, at these times, we should offer praise to our creator for his just judgments: that is, at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline; and at night let us arise to give him praise (Ps 119:164,62).

Today's Celebration of the Mass









Jesus XPI Passio sit semper in cordibus nostris
May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts





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