Saturday Memorial BVM

MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARYChapter V of the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, issued by the Holy See in December 2001, describes the Church's traditional dedication of Saturday to the Virgin Mary. "Saturdays stand out among those days dedicated to the Virgin Mary. These are designated as memorials of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (218). The chapter also describes the importance of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in Catholic devotional life, including the Liturgy, and includes reflections on popular devotions to Mary, her feast days, and the Rosary. See the complete document on Vatican web site (www.vatican.va) Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy.

Saturday, October 23, Thirtieth Week of Ord. Time
Blessed Virgin Mary   

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From: Nivard ...
To: donald ...
Sent: Fri, 22 October, 2010 17:14:42
Subject: BVM In Sabbato  

Mass, in today’s First Reading, from St Paul, we have the remarkable sentence:    

   “Living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body's growth, and builds itself up in love.”

   These words apply, above all, to our Mother Mary. Her special role is to make us more and more like her Son, Jesus. She helps each of us to fulfil our role, our vocation, in the mystical body of her divine Son.

Collect.   

   Lord God, give to your people the joy of continual health in mind and body. With the prayers of the Virgin Mary to help us, guide us through the sorrows of this life to eternal happiness in the life to come.

   Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen