All Souls Day, November 2

As we begin the month of prayer for the holy souls, we ask the intercession of all the saints and of our Blessed Mother.  In 1610 Ven. Dominic of Jesus and Mary, Prepositor General of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, was lead to this miraculous image, Mater Gratiae, and given this promise:"'All those who implore my protection, devoutly honoring this picture, will obtain their petitions, and will receive many graces. Moreover, I shall hearken in a special manner to the prayers that shall be addressed to me for the relief of the souls in purgatory'"  ~Joan Carroll Cruz Miraculous Images of Our Lady. Rockford: TAN, 1993. 

All Saints Day

Blessed be God in His Saints

18th century engraving

Queen of All Saints

November: Month of Devotion to The Holy Souls

Feast Days in November:

• November 1st. All Saints (S)
• November 2nd. All Souls: (M)
• November 3rd.  St. Hubert (M) 
• November 4 St. Charles Borromeo (M)
• November 10th. Pope St. Leo the Great (M)
• November 16th. St. Gertrude the Great (M) 
• November 16: Our Lady of Ostra Brama
• November 17th. St. Elizabeth of Hungary(M) 
• November 22rd., 2015 - Christ the King: (S) T
The Feast of Christ the King is a moveable feast. It is celebrated on the final Sunday of the liturgical year, which is the last Sunday before Advent.
• November 23rd. Saint Stanislaus Koska (M) 
• November 27th.  Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
• November 29th., 2015 First Sunday in Advent

Small Albums ~ November

• Heavenly Light
• Doves and Heaven
  Prayer Light
  The Divine Pilot
  Christ the King
  Paper Shrines 

Jesus, our Refuge

All Hallow's Eve

Carefully, in the forest,
a guardian angel
leads lost children home.
Matthew Scheistl




A sweet way to brighten this night:
Saint-o-Lanterns

Guardian Angel
Antique German postcard 
the artist was
Lindberg Heilige Schutzengel
TIKK publishing EGMS No 9505
 circa 1908

CARITAS

God is Love, and those who love dwell in God and God dwells in them.

God has commanded His angels to protect you in all your ways.
Psalm 91:11

Let your eyes be fixed on the sign of salvation.

  Bouasse Lebel 1030

Holy Guardian Angel

Holy Guardian Angel

Lord, teach me to do Thy will.

Under thy protection we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God

Let us ask our guardian angel's assistance;
we will find our cross lighter.

St. Luke the Evangelist: Feast Day, October 18

image from So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: St. Luke

St. Gerard Majella, October 16

Overview of the Life and Miracles of St. Gerard Majella

 

St. Gerard Majella, Miracle at the Well.

Bl. Gerard Majella, of the Congregation of the Redemptorists

One of his ecstasies before the image of the Most Holy Virgin.

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In Macedonia, in the House of the Cappucines, St. Gerard before an image of the Madonna, shouting: Behold how beautiful, goes into ecstasy in the presence of many priests and lords.

My good Angel does not abandon me.

St. Teresa of Jesus: Feast Day, October 15

“There is a Sun
in the interior
of the soul
from which
a brilliant light
proceeds..."

St. Teresa of Avila
from The Interior Castle p. 124












Image from So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: St. Teresa of Jesus

THE GOOD ACTIONS OF A CHILD OF MARY

form a crown most precious

FOR THE HEART OF THIS GOOD MOTHER

Bouasse Lebel 1288

World Consecrated to the Heart of Mary

October 13, 2013, 

Pope Francis consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

LINK to full text of his homily

Vigil Prayer, Oct 12, 2013

Pope Francis led a prayer vigil Saturday, October 12, stressing that the Virgin Mary leads Christians to the mercy of God who can untie “all knotted hearts.” Each one of us has “knots” in our souls, caused by sin, said Pope Francis. “These knots take away our peace and serenity...” He acknowledged that some might believe they are without hope and say 'But Father, mine can’t be untied.' “That’s a mistake. All knots in the heart, all knots in the conscience, can be untied.” If we ask Mary, “the woman of faith” for help, he continued, “she will surely say to us, ‘go forward, go to the Lord, he will understand you.’ And she takes us with the hand of a mother to the embrace of the Father, to the Father of mercy.”

Link to Our Lady Undoer of Knots

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Each Pater is a diamond, each Ave a flower 

added to the crown we offer to Mary.

Bouasse Lebel 112B

My good Angel, 

you are my guide and my tender guardian.

Boumard

The kingdom of God, my children, is eternal springtime.
Dopter

Our Lady of the Rosary: Feast Day, October 7

Mary, Mother of Grace and of Mercy, help me against the efforts of my enemies.


Small album~
The Rosary, Our Lady's Psalter

Saintin

Our Lady of Victory: Feast Day, October 7

Our Lady of the Rosary was known for several centuries by the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” in honor of her intercession in a 16th century naval victory which secured Europe against invasion by Islam. "The rosary became the spiritual weapon of the Christians as thousands joined together in prayer on the day of the Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571." The Rosary was prayed  from dawn to dusk and victory was won. In honor of her intercession, Pope Pius V named that day a feast day, Our Lady of Victory. This name was later changed to Our Lady of the Rosary, so both titles refer to the same event.
Read the story at this link
Another source for history Una Voce Carmel:

St. Bruno: Feast Day, Oct. 6

St. Bruno

18th cent. engraving

Link to story of St. Bruno

LET US LISTEN TO HIS VOICE

and he will guide us to heaven.