Catholic devotions for 5th 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
Reading from the School of Jesus Crucified
Feast of Our Lady of the Snows
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 5th Day of August
In Rome, on Mount Esquiline, the dedication of the church of St. Mary of the Snows.
Also at Rome, during the persecution of Diocletian, the martyrdom of twenty-three holy martyrs, who were beheaded on the Salarian road, and buried at the foot of Cucumer hill.
In Augsburg, the birthday of St. Afra, martyr. After being converted from Paganism by the instructions of bishop St. Narcissus, and being baptized with all her household, she was delivered to the flames for the confession of Christ.
There are Ascoli, in the Marches, St. Petersburg. Emygdius, bishop and martyr, who was consecrated bishop by Pope St. Marcellus, and sent thither to preach the Gospel. He received the crown of martyrdom for the confession of Christ, under the emperor Diocletian.
There’s Antioch, St. Louis, and more. Eusignius, a soldier, who at the age of one hundred and ten years, because he reproached Julian the Apostate for forsaking the faith of Constantine the Great, under whom he had served, and for having degenerated from his ancestors' piety, was decapitated by his command.
Also, the holy martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian, and Sobel, Egyptians.
At Chalons, France, St. Petersburg. Memmius, a Roman citizen, who, being consecrated bishop of that city by St. Peter, brought to the truth of the Gospel the people committed to his care.
In the Autumn, blessed Cassian, bishop.
At Teano, St. Louis, Missouri. Paris, bishop.
In England, St. Oswald, king, whose life is related by Venerable Bede.
On the same day, St. Nonna, mother of blessed Gregory Nazianzen.
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
Tuesday is the Day dedicated to the Holy Angels
Prayers for Every Day of the Week.
The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed on Tuesday
"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 August 5
LIII DE HOSPITIBUS SUSCIPIENDIS
16 Coquina abbatis et hospitum super se sit, ut, incertis horis supervenientes hospites, qui numquam desunt monasterio, non inquietentur fratres.
17 In qua coquina ad annum ingrediantur duo fratres qui ipsud officium bene impleant.
18 Quibus, ut indigent, solacia administrentur, ut absque murmuratione serviant, et iterum, quando occupationem minorem habent, exeant ubi eis imperatur in opera.
19 Et non solum ipsis, sed et in omnibus officiis monasterii ista sit consideratio,
20 ut quando indigent solacia accommodentur eis, et iterum quando vacant oboediant imperatis.
21 Item et cellam hospitum habeat assignatam frater cuius animam timor Dei possidet; 22 ubi sint lecti strati sufficienter. Et domus Dei a sapientibus et sapienter administretur.
23 Hospitibus autem cui non praecipitur ullatenus societur neque colloquatur;
24 sed si obviaverit aut viderit, salutatis humiliter, ut diximus, et petita benedictione pertranseat, dicens sibi non licere colloqui cum hospite.
CHAPTER 53: THE RECEPTION OF GUESTS
16 The kitchen for the abbot and guests is to be set apart by itself so that guests who arrive at uncertain hours (and who are never lacking in a monastery) may not disturb the brothers.
17 In this kitchen each year two brothers are to be placed who can fulfill this duty properly.
18 These, if they require it, are to be offered help so that they may serve without murmuring; and when, on the other hand, they are occupied with less, they are to go out wherever they are commanded to work.
19 And not only to them, but in all the duties of the monastery this same consideration is to be shown: 20 that is, when help is required it is given to them; and again, when they are free they obey what they are commanded to do.
21 And the guest-house is to be assigned to a brother whose soul is possessed by the fear of God:
22 sufficient beds should be provided there. And the house of God is to be wisely administered by the wise.
23 Guests, however, are not to be associated with or conversed with for any reason by one not assigned to it:
24 instead, if he happens to meet or see them, he is to humbly greet them as we have said; and as he asks their blessing he is to continue on, saying that he is not permitted to converse with a guest.
Today's Celebration of the Mass
Also today
Saint Oswald
Jesus is betrayed with a Kiss by Judas
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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