Catholic devotions for 24th July
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Saint of the Day/ Feast
Reading of the Martyrology
Dedication of the Month
Dedication of the Day
Rosary
Five Wounds Rosary in Latin
Seven Sorrows Rosary in English
Latin Monastic Office
Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict
Celebration of Mass
Reading from the School of Jesus Crucified
Feast of Blessed John Tavelli
Giovanni Tavelli (Tossignano, 1386 – Ferrara, July 24, 1446) was an Italian Catholic bishop, venerated as blessed by the Catholic Church. He is remembered in the history of the Jesuit Order because he wrote its constitutions, initiating the process that transformed the Jesuits from a free company of lay people into a mendicant order.
Biography
Born into a wealthy family, he studied philosophy and law, first in Tossignano, then at the University of Bologna. In 1408, he abandoned his studies to enter the Jesuit Order.
In 1426, he was appointed prior of the Order's convent in Ferrara. In 1428, he built the church of San Gerolamo, intended for his order.
On October 28, 1431, Pope Eugene IV appointed him bishop of Ferrara, even though he was not yet a priest. He initially refused, but accepted after the pontiff's insistence. He was ordained a priest and bishop on December 27 of the same year.
He visited his diocese six times, participated in the Council of Basel in 1433 and the Council of Ferrara in 1438.
He did his utmost to help the citizens of Ferrara during a flood and the plague. It was under these circumstances that he conceived the idea of building a hospital where the sick could find comfort. In 1443, he founded the first nucleus of the Sant'Anna Hospital, to which he dedicated the last years of his life and which became, with subsequent changes of location, the most important hospital in the entire province of Ferrara.
He was an advisor to high-ranking figures, including Cardinal Niccolò Albergati and Pope Eugene IV.
The side chapel of the Church of San Girolamo in Ferrara, which houses the remains of Blessed Giovanni Tavelli.
Cult
Cult began immediately after his death and was later approved by Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605). On August 19, 1729, his remains were transferred to the Church of San Girolamo, built in 1428 by Tavelli himself when he was prior of the Jesuit order, and placed under the high altar. Later, in 1947, they were placed in an urn under the altar of the Crucifix, in the first chapel on the left of the church, where they remain to this day.
On July 20, 1748, Pope Benedict XIV granted permission to celebrate Mass in his honor throughout the Archdiocese of Ferrara; the following year, he extended the concession to the territory of Tossignano.
In August 1846, shortly after his election, Pius IX, who had been bishop of Imola, allowed the relic of the metacarpal of Blessed Tavelli's right hand, kept in the bishopric of Ferrara, to be donated to the Tossignano church. Since then, it has been preserved in the archpriestal church of San Michele Arcangelo in Tossignano.
The diocesan process of canonization was concluded on July 24, 1995. On January 23, 2020, Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of the decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Blessed Tavelli.
In Ferrara, there is also a parish, in a new neighborhood, dedicated to Blessed Tavelli.
The Reading from the Martyrology
The blood of Christians is the seed of the Church
Tertullian, Apologeticum, 50
This Day, the Twenty-Fourth Day of July
The vigil of St. James, Apostle.
At Tyro, in Tuscany, on lake Bolsena, St. Christina, virgin and martyr. Believing in Christ, and breaking up her father's gold and silver idols to give them to the poor, she was cruelly scourged by his command, subjected to other most severe torments, and thrown with a heavy stone into the lake, from which she was drawn out by an angel. Then under another judge, who succeeded her father, she bore courageously still more bitter tortures. Finally, after she had been shut up by the governor Julian in a burning furnace for five days without any injury, and after being cured of the sting of serpents, she ended her martyrdom by having her tongue cut out, and being pierced with arrows.
At Rome, on the Tiburtine road, St. Vincent, martyr.
At Amiterno, in Abruzzo, the martyrdom of eighty-three holy soldiers.
At Merida, in Spain, St. Victor, a military man, who, with his two brothers, Stercatius and Antinogenes, by various torments consummated his martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian.
In Lycia, the holy matryrs Niceta and Aquilina, who were converted to Christ by the preaching of the blessed martyr Christopher, and gained the palm of martyrdom by being decapitated.
Also, the holy martyrs Meneus and Capito.
At Sens, St. Ursicinus, bishop and 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)
July is the Month of the Most Precious Blood
Litaniae Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi (Litany of the Most
Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
This Litany in honor of Jesus in His Most Precious Blood was drawn up by the Sacred
Congregation of Rites and promulgated by Pope John XXIII on February 24, 1960. The
devotion to Jesus in His most Precious Blood was first popularized by St. Gaspar del
Bufalo (1786-1837, feast Dec. 28) who founded the Missioners of the Most Precious
Blood. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who recite this litany.
Kyrie, eleison Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, audi nos Christe, audi nos.
Christe, exaudi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, miserere nobis.
Sanguis Christi, Unigeniti Patris aeterni, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Verbi Dei incarnati, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Novi et Aeterni Testamenti, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in agonia decurrens in terram, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in flagellatione profluens, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in coronatione spinarum emanans, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in Cruce effusus, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pretium nostrae salutis, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, sine quo non fit remissio, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in Eucharistia potus et lavacrum animarum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, flumen misericordiae, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, victor daemonum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, fortitudo martyrum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, virtus confessorum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, germinans virgines, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, robur periclitantium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, levamen laborantium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in fletu solatium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, spes poenitentium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, solamen morientium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pax et dulcedo cordium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pignus vitae aeternae, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, animas liberans de lacu Purgatorii, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, omni gloria et honore dignissimus, salva nos.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis, Domine.
V. redimisti nos, Domine, in sanguine tuo.
R. Et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum.
Oremus;
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui unigenitum Filium tuum mundi Redemptorem
constituisti, ac eius sanguine placari voluisti: concede, quaesumus, salutis nostrae
pretium ita venerari, atque a praesentis vitae malis eius virtute defendi in terris, ut
fructu perpetuo laetemur in caelis. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word or God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.
R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.
Let us pray;
Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer
of the world and willed to be appeased by his blood. Grant, we beg of Thee, that we
may worthily adore this price of our salvation and through its power be safeguarded
from the evils of the present life so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thursday is the Day dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament
The Pope at Corpus Christi
And at the wonderful Abbey of Heiligenkreuz
The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed on Thursday
"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. " Pope Benedict XVI
The Rosary in Latin
Chaplet of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ in Latin
Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady in English
Latin Monastic Office for today from Le Barroux in France Texts also provided
The Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict for July 24
XLIV DE HIS QUI EXCOMMUNICANTUR, QUOMODO SATISFACIANT
1 Qui pro gravibus culpis ab oratorio et a mensa excommunicantur, hora qua opus Dei in oratorio percelebratur, ante fores oratorii prostratus iaceat nihil dicens,
2 nisi tantum posito in terra capite, stratus pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus;
3 et hoc tamdiu faciat usque dum abbas iudicaverit satisfactum esse.
4 Qui dum iussus ab abbate venerit, volvat se ipsius abbatis deinde omnium vestigiis ut orent pro ipso,
5 et tunc, si iusserit abbas, recipiatur in choro vel in ordine quo abbas decreverit;
6 ita sane ut psalmum aut lectionem vel aliud quid non praesumat in oratorio imponere nisi iterum abbas iubeat;
7 et omnibus horis, dum percompletur opus Dei, proiciat se in terra in loco quo stat,
8 et sic satisfaciat usque dum ei iubeat iterum abbas ut quiescat iam ab hac satisfactione.
9 Qui vero pro levibus culpis excommunicantur tantum a mensa, in oratorio satisfaciant usque ad iussionem abbatis;
10 hoc perficiant usque dum benedicat et dicat: “Sufficit!”
CHAPTER 44: THOSE WHO ARE EXCOMMUNICATED: HOW THEY ARE TO MAKE SATISFACTION
1 He who for more serious faults has been excommunicated from both the oratory and the table is, at the end of the hour for the celebration of the Work of God, to cast himself prostrate before the entrance to the oratory, saying nothing:
2 without asking anything, he is to lie face down, prone on the ground at the feet of all as they leave the oratory;
3 and he is to do this until the abbot judges that satisfaction has been made.
4 When he then receives the abbot’s order, he is to prostrate himself first at abbot’s feet, then at the feet of all so that they may pray for him.
5 And then, if the abbot so orders, he may be received back into choir, but in the rank the abbot assigns:
6 and he should not presume to lead a psalm, a reading or anything else in the oratory unless the abbot again commands it:
7 additionally, at every hour that the Work of God is completed he is to prostrate himself on the ground in the place where he stands;
8 and he thus makes satisfaction until the abbot again commands him to cease from this satisfaction.
9 Those who for lesser faults are excommunicated only from the table are to make satisfaction in the oratory until the abbot gives the order:
10 they do this until he gives his blessing and says: “It is enough.”
Today's Celebration of the Mass
Also Feast of Saint Kinga of Poland
Jesus is nailed to the Cross
Jesus XPI Passio sit semper in cordibus nostris
May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts
"The Cross is our trophy against the demons, our sword against sin, and the sword Christ used to pierce the serpent. The Cross is the Father's will, the glory of the Only-Begotten, the joy of the Spirit, the pride of the angels, the guarantee of the Church." -St. John Chrysostom
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