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Second Week – Day 25 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nos. 213-225 Wonderful Effects of this Devotion 213. My dear friend, be sure that if you remain faithful to the interior and exterior practices of this devotion which I will point out, the following effects will be produced in your soul: 1. Knowledge of our unworthiness: By…
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Second Week – Day 24 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, No. 152-164 This devotion is a smooth, short, perfect and sure way of attaining union with our Lord, in which Christian perfection consists. (a) This devotion is a smooth way. It is the path which Jesus Christ opened up in coming to us and in which there…
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Second Week – Day 23 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nos. 120-121 Nature of perfect devotion to the Blessed Virgin or perfect consecration to Jesus Christ 120. As all perfection consists in our being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus it naturally follows that the most perfect of all devotions is that which conforms, unites, and consecrates…
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Second Week – Day 22 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nos. 106-110 Marks of authentic devotion to our Lady 106. First, true devotion to our Lady is interior, that is, it comes from within the mind and the heart and follows from the esteem in which we hold her, the high regard we have for her greatness,…
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Second Week – Day 21 of 33
From Secret of Mary: Nos. 23-24 True Devotion to Our Blessed Lady If we would go up to God, and be united with Him, we must use the same means He used to come down to us to be made Man and to impart His graces to us. This means is a true devotion to…
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Second Week – Day 20 of 33
Theme for the Week: Knowledge of the Blessed Virgin Acts of love, pious affection for the Blessed Virgin, imitation of her virtues, especially her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, her continual mental prayer, her mortification in all things, her surpassing purity, her ardent charity, her heroic patience, her angelic sweetness, and her…
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First Week – Day 19 of 33
Luke 18:15-30 [Jesus and the Children] And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them. But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Amen, I say to you:…
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First Week – Day 18 of 33
Luke 17:1-10 [On Leading Others Astray] And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come. It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these…
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First Week – Day 17 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, No. 228 Of Judgment, and the Punishment of Sinners In all things look to the end; and how thou wilt stand before that strict Judge (Heb. 10:31) to whom nothing is hid, who is not appeased with gifts, nor admitteth excuses, but will judge according to right.…
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First Week – Day 16 of 33
From True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, No. 228 Preparatory Exercises During the first week they should offer up all their prayers and acts of devotion to acquire knowledge of themselves and sorrow for their sins. Let them perform all their actions in a spirit of humility. With this end in view they may,…
Knights Prayer
Our Lady, Queen of the Knights, bless all the activities of our Order. Keep us true to our pledge, to extend the kingship of thy Divine Son on earth. Through Thine intercession, win for us the grace, ever to exemplify in our public and private lives, the virtues that should characterize those especially dedicated to the service of the heavenly court. Make us always aware that as your Knights, we are constantly observed, our faith judged, and our Order appreciated. Accept, O Mary, this renewed pledge of fealty and devotion, of Thy Servants, the Knights of the Precious Blood.
