{"id":2652,"date":"2009-03-07T10:23:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T10:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/03\/the-antichrist-the-mother-of-t\/"},"modified":"2016-02-17T19:21:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T18:21:59","slug":"the-antichrist-the-mother-of-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/03\/the-antichrist-the-mother-of-t\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother of the Lamb and a Holy Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFirst Saturday of the Month<\/strong>
\nToday is the First Saturday of March, an opportunity to draw near to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pray to the Mother of the Lamb, the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking her to crush the head of the ancient serpent and to turn the eyes of all peoples to the Pierced Side of her Son.<\/p>\n

\"foto_rutolo.jpg\"<\/a>Don Dolindo<\/strong>
\nAmong the little known figures of holiness of the last century is the Neapolitan priest, Don Dolindo Ruotolo<\/a> (1882-1970). Don Dolindo — his unusual name means Sorrow<\/em> — suffered cruel persecutions, calumny, and rejection, even from ecclesiastical authorities. Like his contemporary, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Don Dolindo endured his trials with confident abandonment to the Father and in union with the Passion of Christ. He referred to himself as the Madonna’s little old man<\/em>; the rosary was at every moment in his hands.<\/p>\n

A lover of the Sacred Liturgy, Don Dolindo promoted Gregorian Chant. He was an ardent preacher; he also wrote extensively: commentaries on Sacred Scripture in the spirit of the Fathers of the Church, elevations for priests, meditations, and prayers. Here is my own translation of one of his prayers to the Blessed Virgin. How timely it is!<\/p>\n

Come thou, O Mary, reign in the world!
\nLet new impulses of filial devotion to thee come from the Chair of Peter.
\nthat thy most radiant light may dispel errors.
\nIn thee didst the fallen world find salvation
\nand the apostate world cannot find it apart from thee,
\nfor thou art the Queen of grace and of mercy.
\nFrightening is our condition;
\nfalse prophets have deceived us
\nand iniquity has lied to itself.
\nThose who promised tranquility have gone by,
\npassing like cyclones of destruction,
\nand those who promised peace,
\nlike whirlwinds in a storm.
\nFallen are the idols raised high on the limits of our eternal aspirations;
\nthey have burned us in the impure flames of their filthy holocausts.
\nThe leaders of the new stupidities have been unmasked,
\nthey have been scattered.
\nO Mary, O sweetest Queen, O Virgin Mother of God, save us!
\nThe universe calleth upon Thee, O Mother of tender mercy,
\nand asketh for Thy help.
\nCome then, and rescue Thy servants, O Blessed One!
\nCome, and for the new mercy that Thou outpourest upon the world,
\nbe endless glory to the Father,
\nequal glory to the Son,
\nand sovereign glory to God the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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