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MEMORIAL OF ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA
September 06, 2023 | Patron Saint of World Youth Day, the Missionaries of Charity, and co-patron of the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

Prayer for the Intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta:

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, you allowed the thirsting love of Jesus on the Cross to become a living flame within you, and so became the light of His love to all. Obtain from the Heart of Jesus (here make your request). Teach me to allow Jesus to pe*****te and possess my whole being so completely that my life, too, may radiate His light and love to others.

AMEN.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cause of Our Joy, pray for us.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.

August 16 | Saint of the Day

➕ SAINT ROCH

Also known as
Roc, Rocco, Roche, Rochus, Rock, Rocke, Rollock, Rollox, Roque, Seemirookie

Profile
French noble who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast. Orphaned at age 20, he gave his fortune to the poor, and became a mendicant pilgrim; may have been a Franciscan tertiary. While on pilgrimage Roch encountered an area afflicted with plague. He stayed to minister to the sick, and affected several miraculous cures, usually by making the sign of the cross over them, but contracted the plague himself. He walked into a forest to die, but was befriended by a dog. The dog fed him with food stolen from his master's table, and Roch eventually recovered.

When Roch returned to Montpellier, France, he was arrested for being a spy. He languished in jail for five years, never mentioning his noble connections, cared for by an angel until his death.

Born
1295 at Montpelier, France

Died
• 1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France of natural causes
• relics in Venice, Italy in the church of San Rocco; in Rome, Italy; and in Arles, France

Patronage
• against cholera
• against diseased cattle
• against epidemics
• against knee problems
• against plague
• against skin diseases and rashes
• bachelors
• dogs
• falsely accused people
• invalids
• relief from pestilence
• surgeons
• tile makers
• Tagbilaran, Philippines, diocese of
• Constantinople
• 24 other assorted cities around the world

Representation
• angel
• bread
• dog
• pilgrim with staff, often displaying a plague sore on his leg
• pilgrim with a dog
• pilgrim with a dog licking the plague spot
• pilgrim with a dog carrying a loaf of bread in its mouth

Saint Roch, Pray for us!

Source | Laudate

August 15 | Saint of the Day

🌹THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
🔸 Solemnity

’Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death.’ The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians…’

Today the Church honors the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of our Blessed Mother’s principal feasts and a holy day of obligation. Jesus took up and received His Mother in the totality of her being, a joyous union of God-bearer and Son. The earliest accounts of this mystery are from the 5th or 6th century. In the thirteenth century, Albert the Great, St. Aquinas, and St. Bonaventure endorsed the teaching, which was then a pious belief. In 1950 Pope Pius XII issued the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus declaring “. . . for the glory of Almighty God, who poured his special affection upon the Virgin Mary for the honor of his Son . . . we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” Our Mother’s Assumption is honored as the fourth Glorious Mystery in the Holy Rosary.

Source | divineoffice.org

Queen Assumed into Heaven, Pray for Us!