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Catholic devotions for 30 August

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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 Saint Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima is the patron of Peru, South America, and the Philippines. Her name was Isabel de Flores. She was born in Lima, Peru on April 20, 1586. Her father was a Puerto Rican, who had come to Peru in 1548 with the Spanish conquistadors. She received the name Rose when a housemaid, gazing upon her when she was still an infant, remarked: “She’s as lovely as a rose.” Her mother decided that Rose would be her daughter’s name, and later she was given that name at the time of confirmation. As a young girl growing up, Rose was given to austerities: fasting and mortification. Because her parents denied her permission to enter a convent, and because she preferred not to marry, she endured much misunderstanding from her parents and friends. She continued, however, to remain at home, but she lived a secluded life. To do her share in supporting the family, she did needlework and sold the flowers she cultivated. When she was twenty years of age, she joined the Third Order of St. Dominic and converted a little hut in the backyard into a hermitage, where she often went to pray. She also transformed a room in her parents’ house into a sort of infirmary, where she cared for destitute children and elderly people. She died on August 24, 1617, at the age of thirty-one, and she was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671. St. Rose of Lima is the first saint from the Americas. The Mass prayer on her feast day recalls her austerity of life and the fervor of her love of God.

Source

Semen est sanguis Christianorum
The blood of Christians is the seed of the Church 
Tertullian, Apologeticum, 50

The Reading from the Martyrology

This Day, the  Thirtieth of August

The feast of St. Rose of St. Mary, virgin, whose birthday is the 26th of this month.

At Rome, on the Ostian road, the martyrdom of the blessed priest Felix, under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After being racked he was sentenced to death, and as they led him to execution, he met a man who spontaneously declared himself a Christian, and was forthwith beheaded with him. The Christians not knowing his name, called him Adauctus, because he was added to St. Felix and shared his crown.

Also, at Rome, St. Gaudentia, virgin and martyr, with three others.

In the same city, St. Pammachius, a priest distinguished for learning and holiness.

At Colonia Suffetulana, in Africa, sixty blessed martyrs, who were murdered by the furious Gentiles.

At Adrumetum, also in Africa, the Saints Boniface and Thecla, who were the parents of twelve blessed sons, martyrs.

At Thessalonica, St. Fantinus, confessor, who suffered much from the Saracens, and was driven from his monastery, in which he had lived in great abstinence. After having brought many to the way of salvation, he rested at last at an advanced age.

In the diocese of Meaux, St. Fiacre, confessor.

At Trevi, St. Peter, confessor, who was distinguished for many virtues and miracles. He is honored in that place, whence he departed for Heaven.

At Bologna, St. Bononius, abbot.

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)


August is the Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary



Composed by Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman, shortly after his reception into the One, True Fold of the Redeemer

Saturday is the Day dedicated to The Blessed Virgin and her Immaculate Heart.

Saturdays are, traditionally, the days Catholics go to Confession in preparation for receiving the Eucharist on Sundays (some Catholics might make a habit of going to Confession on Saturdays; other might go before Mass on Sunday, and, of course, as always, whenever needed). Also on Saturdays, many Catholics make what is called the "First Saturdays Devotion" which entails going to Mass and receiving Communion on the first Saturday of the month for 5 consecutive months in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. See Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.




The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed on Saturday

"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





The Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict for August 30

LXXII. DE ZELO BONO QUOD DEBENT MONACHI HABERE

1 Sicut est zelus amaritudinis malus qui separat a Deo et ducit ad infernum, 
2 ita est zelus bonus qui separat a vitia, et ducit ad Deum  et ad vitam aeternam. 
3 Hunc ergo zelum ferventissimo amore exerceant monachi,
4 id est  ut honore se invicem praeveniant.
5 Infirmitates suas sive corporum sive morum patientissime tolerent; 
6 obedientiam sibi certatim impendant; 
7 nullus quod sibi utile judicat sequatur, sed quod magis alio;  
[cf.Arist.Rhet 2.4. ; Catech.1994;  1Cor 10.24, 33; 13.5; Phil 2.4; Rom 12.10
8 caritatem fraternitatis casto impendant;
9 amore Deum timeant;
10 abbatem suum sincera et humili caritate diligant; 
11 Christo omnino nihil praeponant,
12 qui nos pariter ad vitam aeternam perducat.  Amen.

 CHAPTER 72. THE GOOD ZEAL THAT MONKS OUGHT TO HAVE

1 Just as there is an evil zeal of bitterness which separates from God
and leads to hell, 
2 so there is a good zeal *[Ambr.Ps.118.18.10] which separates from vices and leads to God  and to life everlasting. 
3 This zeal then, should be practiced by monks with the most fervent love.  
4 That is:  they should outdo one another in showing honor. (Rom 12:10)
5 Let them most patiently endure one another’s infirmities, whether of body or of character.
6 Let them compete in showing obedience to one another. 
7 None should follow what he judges useful for himself, but rather what is better for another: 
8 They should practice fraternal charity with a pure love;
9 to God offering loving reverence,*[Cypr]
10 loving their abbot with sincere and humble affection,
11 preferring nothing whatever to Christ,*[Cypr; V.Ant.]
12 and may he bring us all together to life everlasting.  Amen.

Today's Celebration of the Mass



Also today



Saint Margaret Clitherow, Pearl of York

and also 
Blessed Bronislava of Poland




Jesus dies on 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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