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Prayer to Defeat the Work of Satan
O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son
and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I beg You to destroy the Power of your greatest
enemy--the evil spirits.
Cast them into the deepest recesses of hell and chain
them there forever! Take possession of your Kingdom
which You have created and which is rightfully yours.
Heavenly Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You with every
beat of my heart and with every breath I take. Amen
Imprimatur, March 1973, Richard H. Ackerman, Bishop
of Covington
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April 13th - SS. Carpus, Papylus and Agathonice, Martyrs
d. 170 OR 250
IN the reign either of Marcus Aurelius or of Decius, a bishop, Carpus, from Gurdos in Lydia, and Papylus, a deacon from Thyateira, were together brought before the Roman governor at Pergamos in Asia Minor. Carpus, when he was asked his name, replied, “My first and noblest name is that of Christian: but if you want to know my worldly name, it is Carpus”. The proconsul invited him to offer sacrifice. “I am a Christian”, replied the prisoner. “I worship Christ, the Son of God, who came in these latter times to save us and who has delivered us from the snares of the Devil. I do not sacrifice to idols like these.” The governor ordered him to obey the emperor’s commands without more ado. “The gods that have not made heaven and earth shall perish”, protested Carpus, quoting from the prophet Jeremias, and he declared that the living do not sacrifice to the dead. “Do you think the gods are dead?” asked the magistrate. “They were never even living men that they should die”, retorted the martyr, when he was cut short and delivered to the torturers to be strung up and flayed.
The governor then cross-examined Papylus, who said he was a citizen of Thyateira. “Have you any children?” “Yes, many.” A bystander explained that this was a Christian mode of speech and that he meant that he had children according to the faith. “I have children according to God in every city and province”, insisted the deacon. “Will you sacrifice or will you not?” asked the proconsul impatiently; and Papylus made reply, “I have served God from my youth and have never sacrificed to idols. I am a Christian and that is the only answer you will get from me--there is nothing greater or nobler that I could say.” He also was hung up and tortured. When it became evident that nothing could shake their fortitude, they were condemned to be burnt at the stake. Papylus was the first to pass to his reward. As Carpus was fastened to the stake there came over his face an expression of such great joy that a bystander asked him what he was smiling at he replied, “I saw the glory of God and was glad”. ”.[ * Another version attributes these words to Papylus.] When the flames were leaping up, he cried aloud with his dying breath, “Blessed art thou Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, because thou hast deigned to give to me, a sinner, this part with thee.”
Then the governor had the God-fearing Agathonice brought before him, and she too refused to sacrifice to the gods. The bystanders urged her to spare herself and remember her children; but she answered, “My children have God, and He will look after them”. The proconsul threatened her with a death like the others, but Agathonice remained unmoved. So she too was taken to the place of execution, and when her clothing was removed the crowd marvelled at her beauty. As the fire was kindled, Agathonice exclaimed, “Help me, Lord Jesus Christ, since I must hear this for thee”. And as she prayed thus a third time her spirit departed.
These simple martyr-acts rank as belonging to almost the highest class of those which are preserved to us. One has, however, to add “almost”, for, as the texts published by Pio Franchi de’ Cavalieri in Studie Testi, no. 33 (1920) clearly show, all the existing recensions have undergone some process of retrenchment or amplification. Of the antiquity of the cult, the mention by Eusebius Hist. Eccles., iv, 15) and in the Syriac “Breviarium” (where the martyrs are spoken of as forming part of the older tradition) supplies adequate proof. We do not know for certain whether they belong to the time of Marcus Aurelius or of Decius. See upon the whole question the discussion by Delehaye in Les Passions des Martyrs et les genres littéraires, pp. 138-142, and the comments of Pio Franchi mentioned above. Cf. Harnack in Texte und Untersuchungen, vol. iii, n. 4; but the newly recovered Latin text rules out his hypothesis of a Montanist origin. This text, together with the two best Greek texts, is printed in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lviii (1940), pp. 142-176, introduced by Fr. Delehaye.
Saint Quote:
"We have never so much cause for consolation, as when we find ourselves
oppressed by sufferings and trials; for these make us like Christ our Lord, and
this resemblance is the true mark of our predestination"
--St. Vincent de Paul
No one has understood this great truth so well as St. Andrew the Apostle. At
first sight of the cross on which he was to be crucified, he was filled with
joy, and broke forth into this exclamation: "O cross so much desired, so much
loved, and so much sought by me! behold how I come to thee full of security and
joy! Do thou separate me from men, and restore me to my Master, so that by thy
means He may receive me, who by thy means redeemed me."
(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints". April - Patience)
Bible Quote:
And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here,
and watch. (Mark 11:34)
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An Act of Consecration for your family, to the Holy Family:
O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, who having come to enlighten the world
with Thy teaching and example, didst will to pass the greater part of Thy
life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of
Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all
Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and
consecrates itself to Thee this day. Do Thou defend us, guard us and
establish amongst us Thy holy fear, true peace and concord in Christian
love: in order that by conforming ourselves to the divine pattern of Thy
family we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal
happiness.
Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by thy kindly intercession
make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain
for us His graces and blessings.
O Saint Joseph, most holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy
prayers in all our spiritual and temporal necessities; that so we may be
enabled to praise our divine Saviour Jesus, together with Mary and thee,
for all eternity.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be. (thrice)
Imprimatur: Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, May 30,
1951.
O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son
and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I beg You to destroy the Power of your greatest
enemy--the evil spirits.
Cast them into the deepest recesses of hell and chain
them there forever! Take possession of your Kingdom
which You have created and which is rightfully yours.
Heavenly Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You with every
beat of my heart and with every breath I take. Amen
Imprimatur, March 1973, Richard H. Ackerman, Bishop
of Covington
<><><><><>
April 13th - SS. Carpus, Papylus and Agathonice, Martyrs
d. 170 OR 250
IN the reign either of Marcus Aurelius or of Decius, a bishop, Carpus, from Gurdos in Lydia, and Papylus, a deacon from Thyateira, were together brought before the Roman governor at Pergamos in Asia Minor. Carpus, when he was asked his name, replied, “My first and noblest name is that of Christian: but if you want to know my worldly name, it is Carpus”. The proconsul invited him to offer sacrifice. “I am a Christian”, replied the prisoner. “I worship Christ, the Son of God, who came in these latter times to save us and who has delivered us from the snares of the Devil. I do not sacrifice to idols like these.” The governor ordered him to obey the emperor’s commands without more ado. “The gods that have not made heaven and earth shall perish”, protested Carpus, quoting from the prophet Jeremias, and he declared that the living do not sacrifice to the dead. “Do you think the gods are dead?” asked the magistrate. “They were never even living men that they should die”, retorted the martyr, when he was cut short and delivered to the torturers to be strung up and flayed.
The governor then cross-examined Papylus, who said he was a citizen of Thyateira. “Have you any children?” “Yes, many.” A bystander explained that this was a Christian mode of speech and that he meant that he had children according to the faith. “I have children according to God in every city and province”, insisted the deacon. “Will you sacrifice or will you not?” asked the proconsul impatiently; and Papylus made reply, “I have served God from my youth and have never sacrificed to idols. I am a Christian and that is the only answer you will get from me--there is nothing greater or nobler that I could say.” He also was hung up and tortured. When it became evident that nothing could shake their fortitude, they were condemned to be burnt at the stake. Papylus was the first to pass to his reward. As Carpus was fastened to the stake there came over his face an expression of such great joy that a bystander asked him what he was smiling at he replied, “I saw the glory of God and was glad”. ”.[ * Another version attributes these words to Papylus.] When the flames were leaping up, he cried aloud with his dying breath, “Blessed art thou Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, because thou hast deigned to give to me, a sinner, this part with thee.”
Then the governor had the God-fearing Agathonice brought before him, and she too refused to sacrifice to the gods. The bystanders urged her to spare herself and remember her children; but she answered, “My children have God, and He will look after them”. The proconsul threatened her with a death like the others, but Agathonice remained unmoved. So she too was taken to the place of execution, and when her clothing was removed the crowd marvelled at her beauty. As the fire was kindled, Agathonice exclaimed, “Help me, Lord Jesus Christ, since I must hear this for thee”. And as she prayed thus a third time her spirit departed.
These simple martyr-acts rank as belonging to almost the highest class of those which are preserved to us. One has, however, to add “almost”, for, as the texts published by Pio Franchi de’ Cavalieri in Studie Testi, no. 33 (1920) clearly show, all the existing recensions have undergone some process of retrenchment or amplification. Of the antiquity of the cult, the mention by Eusebius Hist. Eccles., iv, 15) and in the Syriac “Breviarium” (where the martyrs are spoken of as forming part of the older tradition) supplies adequate proof. We do not know for certain whether they belong to the time of Marcus Aurelius or of Decius. See upon the whole question the discussion by Delehaye in Les Passions des Martyrs et les genres littéraires, pp. 138-142, and the comments of Pio Franchi mentioned above. Cf. Harnack in Texte und Untersuchungen, vol. iii, n. 4; but the newly recovered Latin text rules out his hypothesis of a Montanist origin. This text, together with the two best Greek texts, is printed in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lviii (1940), pp. 142-176, introduced by Fr. Delehaye.
Saint Quote:
"We have never so much cause for consolation, as when we find ourselves
oppressed by sufferings and trials; for these make us like Christ our Lord, and
this resemblance is the true mark of our predestination"
--St. Vincent de Paul
No one has understood this great truth so well as St. Andrew the Apostle. At
first sight of the cross on which he was to be crucified, he was filled with
joy, and broke forth into this exclamation: "O cross so much desired, so much
loved, and so much sought by me! behold how I come to thee full of security and
joy! Do thou separate me from men, and restore me to my Master, so that by thy
means He may receive me, who by thy means redeemed me."
(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints". April - Patience)
Bible Quote:
And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here,
and watch. (Mark 11:34)
<><><><>
An Act of Consecration for your family, to the Holy Family:
O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, who having come to enlighten the world
with Thy teaching and example, didst will to pass the greater part of Thy
life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of
Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all
Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and
consecrates itself to Thee this day. Do Thou defend us, guard us and
establish amongst us Thy holy fear, true peace and concord in Christian
love: in order that by conforming ourselves to the divine pattern of Thy
family we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal
happiness.
Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by thy kindly intercession
make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain
for us His graces and blessings.
O Saint Joseph, most holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy
prayers in all our spiritual and temporal necessities; that so we may be
enabled to praise our divine Saviour Jesus, together with Mary and thee,
for all eternity.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be. (thrice)
Imprimatur: Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, May 30,
1951.
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