{"id":2363,"date":"2006-10-13T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T22:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/14-october-mass-of-the-blessed\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T10:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:17:27","slug":"14-october-mass-of-the-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/14-october-mass-of-the-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"14 October, Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"olhelp.jpg\"The Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith, is celebrated in Spain and in other places on October 12th. It seemed fitting to celebrate on the Saturday nearest her feast the Mass given for that title in the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Honoured as the Pillar of Faith for having sustained the Apostle Saint James in a moment of weariness and discouragement at Saragossa in Spain, the Blessed Virgin Mary is also the Destroyer of All Heresies and the Succour of Christians in distress.<\/p>\n

In this particular image of the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca<\/a><\/em> the Blessed Virgin is shown brandishing a club to save a small boy from the clutches of the devil. The boy, filled with a surplus of energy, had driven his mother around the bend. In a moment of classic Mediterranean exasperation, the little one’s mother had exclaimed, “Oh, let the devil take you!” To her horror, the devil showed up, set on doing just that. The poor mother cried out to the Madonna to save her little boy. Clobbering the devil over the head and driving him away, the Blessed Virgin welcomed the child under her mantle and then released him to his mother, saying, “Fear not, my children, for I shall never abandon you.”<\/p>\n

The Blessed Virgin offers a pillar of stability in our inconstancy and, when necessary, she comes to our rescue, brandishing a club against the powers of darkness.<\/p>\n

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nYou, O Virgin Mary, are like the pillar of light
\nthat by day and by night went before the people in the desert
\nto show them the way of life (cf. Wis 18:3; Ex 13:21\u201322).
\nOr:
\nGlorious Mother of Christ,
\nyou conceived your Son in faith
\nand believed that after suffering for us
\nHe would rise again.
\nYou, O loving one, are the guardian of our faith.<\/p>\n

COLLECT
\nAlmighty and eternal God,
\nwho gave the Blessed Virgin Mary,
\nthe glorious Mother of your Son,
\nas a pillar of strength to all who call upon her,
\ngrant that, by her intercession,
\nwe may be strong in faith,
\nsteadfast in hope,
\nand constant in charity.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nGod, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

COLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nLord Jesus Christ,
\nby whose gift the Blessed Virgin Mary, your mother,
\nhas become our mother,
\nready at all times to succour and defend us,
\ngrant, we beseech you,
\nthat we who earnestly implore her protection,
\nmay be counted worthy of reaping through all eternity
\nthe fruit of your redeeming work.
\nWho live and reign forever and ever.<\/p>\n

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nThat the Church in every place
\nmay proclaim the splendour of the truth,
\ntrusting in the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
\nPillar of Faith and Destroyer of Heresies,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

That Catholics seeking election to public office
\nmay have the courage
\nto hold fast to the Gospel of Life,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

That Christians suffering persecution
\nfor the sake of Christ and of the Gospel
\nmay be comforted by the Blessed Virgin Mary
\nand sustained by her intercession,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

That in moments of temptation and doubt
\nwe may fly to the Mother of God and,
\nin her presence, find courage and strength,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON
\nGR
\nHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee:
\nblessed art thou among women
\nand blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Lk 1:28, 42).<\/p>\n

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nLord, Holy Father,
\nwho have brightened our minds with the light of faith,
\ngrant that, through the intercession
\nof the loving Mother of the Redeemer,
\nthe gifts that we offer you
\nand the prayers we pour out
\nmay render us constant in faith
\nand quick in charity.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

PREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nfor the countless wonders of love and of grace
\nthat you have mercifully worked in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
\nYou preserved her unstained from the contagion of original sin
\nand untouched by the corruption of the tomb.
\nRemaining inviolate in her virginity,
\nshe became the beauteous bridal chamber
\nfrom which Christ came forth
\nas the light of the nations and the Bridegroom of the Church.
\nShe is the glorious shoot
\nwhose shining gives hope to the faithful;
\nshe is their pillar of faith.
\nAnd so, with the Virtues of the heavens,
\nwe celebrate you ceaselessly on earth,
\nforever proclaiming your majesty:<\/p>\n

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nHenceforth all generations shall call me blessed,
\nbecause He that is mighty
\nhas done great things for me (Lk 1:48\u201349).<\/p>\n

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nO God who in many ways are present to your Church,
\nwe give you thanks for the sacraments we have received
\nand humbly implore
\nthat, sustained by the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
\nwe may follow the precepts of the faith on earth,
\nand at length be found worthy
\nof contemplating your glory in heaven.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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