Author: DWLP

Feast of the Immaculate Heart – 6/17

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary In the Kingdom of the Divine Will

Book of Heaven; Volume 34 – April 21, 1936

“Blessed daughter of my Volition, you have reason, the waves of my Volition inundate you, drown you and your little capacity remains lost and needs your Jesus in order to better explain that which you see, but don’t know how to say.  Now know my daughter, our love is such and so much for one who wants to live and lives in our Divine Volition that we want to make them participant with all our works, for as much as (a) creature it is possible, also giving her the merit of our divine works.  As the creature enters in our Will, He calls in act his Divine work as if in that instant the same (was) operating, and uniting her in his act, he makes her see the prodigies of his work, and receives and confirms her in the good, making her feel the new life of his act; you have seen the conception of the Sovereign Queen, and how you being in my Will, you have found yourself conceived in Her Maternal Heart, you see the great difference for who lives in my Volition, the prodigies of the Immaculate Conception were unheard of.  My Will that animated this conception, which no one can escape from, called present all creatures, so that they might remain conceived in her virgin Heart, and might receive her maternity, her help, her defense, they might find the refuge, the support in this Celestial Mother.

The Prodigies of the Divine Will in the Blessed Virgin Mary

 

Novena to Immaculate Heart of Mary – June 8 – 16

Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Most Holy Divine Will

June 8 – June 16, 2023

 

Day 1 – June 16

V19 – 6.20.26 – “…if I came in Redemption, I came to realize My Ideal and My Primary Purpose – that is, the Kingdom of My Will in souls.  This is so True, that in order to come, I formed My First Kingdom of the Supreme Volition in the Heart of My Immaculate Mama – outside of My Kingdom I would never have come upon earth.” 

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 2 – June 17

V21 – 4.8.27 – “All the prophets symbolized the Grace, the Communications, the Intimacies with God which, more than they did, the Children of My Divine Fiat would possess. 

See, all these were but symbols – images of them; what shall happen when the lives of these symbols shall come out?  After all these came the Celestial Lady, the Sovereign Empress, the Immaculate, the Spotless – My Mother.  She was not symbol or image, but the reality – the True Life, the First Privileged Daughter of My Will; and in the Queen of Heaven I looked at the generation of the Children of My Kingdom.  She was the First Incomparable Creature, Who Possessed, intact, the Life of the Supreme Volition, and therefore She deserved to Conceive the Eternal Word, and to Mature within Her Maternal Heart the generation of the Children of the Eternal Fiat.” 

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 3 – June 18

V24 – 8.15.28 – “My daughter, the Glory of the Mama of Heaven is Insuperable.  No one else in the Celestial Regions Possesses Seas of Graces, of Light, Seas of Beauty and of Sanctity, Seas of Power, of Science and of Love; and what is more, She Possesses these Seas within the Endless Sea of Her Creator.  The other inhabitants of the Blessed Fatherland possess, at most, some, little rivulets, some, little drops, some, little fountains.  She is the only One, because She alone Lived Life in the Divine Fiat.  Never did the human volition take place in Her – Her Life was all of Divine Will; and by Virtue of It, She Centralized all creatures within Herself, Conceiving them in Her Maternal Heart, and Bilocating Her Son Jesus as many times, to give Him to each creature whom She had Conceived within Her Virginal Heart.

This is why Her Maternity is extended to all, and all can boast and say:  ‘The Mother of Jesus is my Mother, and this Mother so Sweet, Lovable, Loving, gives Her Beloved Son to each one of us as Pledge of Her Maternal Love.’ 

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 4 – June 19

V26 – 9.8.29 – “This Celestial Baby Girl, by keeping Our Divine Will intact within Her soul, without ever doing Her own, reacquired all the Rights of Adam Innocent before Her Creator, and the Sovereignty over all Creation.  Therefore, all felt themselves being Reborn in Her, and We saw in this Holy Virgin, in Her little Heart, all the seeds of the human generations.  So, through Her, humanity reacquired the Rights lost, and this is why Her Birth was the most Beautiful, the most Glorious Birth.  From Her very Birth, She Enclosed within Her Maternal little Heart, as though in-between Two Wings, all generations, as Children Reborn in Her Virginal Heart, so as to Warm them, keep them Sheltered, and Raise them and Nourish them with the Blood of Her Maternal Heart.  This is the reason why this Tender Celestial Mother Loves creatures so much – because all are Reborn in Her, and She feels the Life of Her Children within Her Heart.  What can Our Divine Will not do wherever It Reigns and has Its Life?  It Encloses everything and everyone, and makes one the Provider of Good to all.  So, all feel, under Her Blue Mantle, the Maternal Wing of their Celestial Mother, and they find in Her Maternal Heart their little place in which to take cover.”

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 5 – June 20

V33 – 2.4.34 – “Now, the Celestial Queen Enraptured Us with Her Beauty, and Our Love ran and ran; with Her Love She Wounded Us, and Our Love, Overflowing, hid within Her; and looking at all creatures through Her Beauty and Her Love, Our Love Poured Itself out, and We Loved all creatures with Love Hidden in this Celestial Queen.  So, We Loved all in Her; seen through Her Beauty, they no longer seemed ugly to Us; Our Love was no longer restricted within Us, but Diffused in the Heart of a Creature so Holy.  And by Our Communicating to Her Our Divine Paternity and Loving everyone in Her, She acquired the Divine Maternity, to be able to Love all as Her Children, Generated by Her Celestial Father.  As She felt that We Loved all creatures in Her, so She felt that Our Love Formed the New Generation of all mankind within Her Maternal Heart.” 

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 6 – June 21

V33 – 2.4.34 – After this, I continued to think about the Divine Will.  The thought that my Celestial Mama Possessed in Her Maternal Heart the Hidden Love with which my Creator Loved me Filled me with Joy, thinking that I was looked upon by God from within my Dear Celestial Mother, through Her Sanctity and Her Enrapturing Beauty.  Oh! how Happy I felt, and all Trust, for I no longer was to be Loved and Gazed upon by myself, but Loved and Gazed upon together with my Mama.  Oh! She – to make me Loved more by my Jesus – shall Cover me with Her Virtues, She shall Clothe me with Her Beauty, and shall hide my miseries and my weaknesses.

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 7 – June 22

“…the Sovereign Lady, in Heaven, still Possesses Our Hidden Love toward each creature; even more, feeling Her Creator loving all creatures from within Her Maternal Heart is Her greatest Contentment; and She, Acting as True Mother, how many times She Hides them inside Her Love, to make them Loved; inside Her Sorrows, for them to be forgiven; inside Her Prayers, to obtain for them the Greatest Graces.  Oh! She is the Coverer Who Knows how to Cover and Excuse Her children before the Throne of Our Majesty.  Therefore, let yourself be Covered by your Celestial Mama, Who shall take care of the needs of Her daughter.”

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 8 – June 23

V34 – 12.8.35 – “…by Possessing Our Will as Life, the Sovereign Queen, had always something to give Us, always something to say; She kept Us always occupied, and We had always something to Give, and always Our Loving Secrets to Communicate to Her, So Much So, that We do nothing without Her:  We deal with Her First, then We Deposit that Good in Her Maternal Heart, and from Her Heart it descends into the Fortunate one who must receive that Good.  Therefore, there is no Grace that Descends upon earth, there is no Sanctity that is Formed, there is no sinner that is converted, there is no Love that Departs from Our Throne, which is not Deposited in Her Heart of Mother First; and She forms the Maturation of that Good, She fecundates it with Her Love, She enriches it with Her Graces and, if needed, with the Virtue of Her Sorrows; and then She Deposits it in the one who must receive it, in such a way that the creature who receives it feels the Divine Paternity and the Maternity of her Celestial Mother.  We can do it without Her, but We don’t want to.  Who would have the Heart to put Her aside?  Our Love, Our Infinite Wisdom, Our very Fiat impose Themselves on Us and don’t let Us do anything that would not Descend through Her.”

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Day 9 – June 24

V34 – 4.21.36 – “See the great difference:  for one who Lives in My Will the Prodigies of the Immaculate Conception were unheard-of; My Will – which Animated this Conception and from which no one can escape – called all creatures to be present, that they might remain Conceived within Her Virginal Heart, and receive Her Maternity, Her Help, Her Defense, and find Refuge and the Support of this Celestial Mother.  Now, one who Lives in Our Will finds herself in this Act of Conceiving; she is the daughter who, spontaneously, of her own human will, seeks Her Mama and takes her place, Enclosing herself in Her Maternal Heart, to let the Celestial Queen be her Mama.  This creature shall take part in the Riches of the Sovereign Lady, in Her Merits, in Her Love; she shall feel within herself Her Nobility, Her Sanctity, because she Knows to Whom she belongs, and God shall let her participate in the Infinite Goods and Exuberant Love He had in the Conception of this Holy Creature. 

Prayer:  Holy Mama…I want to tell You many things; I want to enclose my pains, my fears, my weaknesses, and all my being in Your Maternal Heart, as the place of my Refuge – I want to Consecrate my will to You. O Please! My Mama, accept it; make of it a Triumph of Grace, and a Field upon which the Divine Will may extend Its Kingdom!

Feast Day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

V36 – 12.28.38 – I could always feel my mind as if it was hidden under her Maternal Wings, which never left me alone; each one of my thoughts was kept by my Loving Mother, Who gave me all her Maternal Attentions.  Her Maternity was placed in each one of My Breaths and Heartbeats; and if My Mreath and Heartbeats felt smothered by My Love and Suffering, She would Run with Her Maternity to free Me from My Suffocating Love and put Balm on My Pierced Heart.  If She Looked, Spoke, Worked and Walked – She Ran, as a Mother, to receive in Her Maternal Love My Glances, Words, Works and Steps, Investing them with Her Love and Hiding them in Her Heart.  She would also make Her Maternal Love Flow in the food She prepared for Me, so that while eating it, I could feel Her Loving Maternity.  How much more could I tell you of the expression of Her Maternity in My Sufferings?  There was not a Pain, not a Drop of the Blood I shed that was not felt by My Mother.  But after doing these things as My Mother, She would then take all My Pains and My Blood, and Hide them inside Her Maternal Heart to Love Them and continue Her Maternity. 

“…I shall give My own Place in Her Maternal Heart to those who Live in My Will.  She shall Raise them for Me, Guiding their steps and Hiding them in Her Maternity and Sanctity.  Her Maternal Love and her Sanctity shall be Impressed in all their acts; they shall be Her True Children, being like Me in everything.  Oh!  how I would Love everyone to Know that if they want to Live in My Will, they have a Queen and a Powerful Mother Who shall Compensate for all they lack.  She shall Raise them on Her Maternal Lap, being with them in everything they do, Molding their acts as Her own; to the extent that they shall be Known as the Children Grown, Kept and Educated by the Loving Maternity of My Mama.  These shall be the ones who shall Make Her Happy, the ones who shall be Her Glory and Honor.” 

Little Sacrifice: – Today, to Honor Me, you shall give Me your will, your pains, your tears, your anxieties, your doubts and fears, into My Maternal Hands, so that, as your Mama, I may keep them in Deposit within My Maternal Heart, as pledges of My child. And I shall Give you the Precious Pledge of the Divine Will.

“Know that I shall go all over the world; I shall go to each individual, to all families, to religious communities, to every nation, to all peoples, and if needed, I shall go about for entire centuries until, as Queen, I have Formed My People, and as Mother, My Children, who would Know the Divine Will and let It Reign everywhere. …and with Gold Characters I shall write their names in My Maternal Heart.” – Maternal Appeal of the Queen of Heaven – Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will

FIAT!!!

NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE DIVINE WILL – Started 5/19

Feast of Pentecost

Link to The Novena to The Holy Spirit

Prayer for PENTECOST SUNDAY

Abba Father,
In the Name of Jesus,
in the Unity, Power and Love of the Holy Spirit,
Under the Mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
with All the Angels and Saints,
through the Intercession of the Little Daughter of the Divine Will,
Luisa Piccarreta,
One with Luisa, on behalf of all mankind,
Take this humble appeal, that of fusing in the Order of Grace
in everything the Sanctifier has Done and Shall Do for those who are to be sanctified.
May the Spouse and Temple of the Holy Spirit, Mary Most Holy
Make the Holy Spirit Descend into all souls through little Luisa, the Reflection of the Holy Spirit,
to burn away all that is of human will,
and by His Refreshing Breath Rule and Confirm all souls in the Divine Will,
so that the Holy Spirit may Receive the Requital of Love
in each Baptism, Restoring innocence;
in each Confirmation, rendering souls invincible;
in each Sacrament of Penance, where Jesus’ Blood Gives Back lost Grace;
in all the Tabernacles and each Sacramental Host, which form, grow and develop
the Life of God in all, where each can say ‘I am another Christ’;
in each Ordination, constituting man to a supreme height, repeater of Jesus’ Life,
administer of the Sacraments, revealer of God’s Secrets, of the Gospel,
of the Most Sacred Science, peacemaker between Heaven and earth,
and bearer of Jesus to souls, placing all other Sacraments in safety;
in each Sacrament of Marriage, sacred bond and symbol of the Sacrosanct Trinity;
and in each Sacrament of Extreme Unction, the final clothing of the soul.
We pray that the Divine Will Reign in all souls with Absolute Dominion,
and may all be Accomplished and Completed
in Your Most Holy Divine Will.

WE BELIEVE, WE RECEIVE!

Fiat! Amen!

 

St. Louis De Montfort on The Role Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saint’s of the Last Days – Feast 4/28

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort included a chapter on Mary’s role in the last days which stressed the necessity of appealing to Her intercession in order to combat the forces of Satan.

He believes that the latter days will be marked by steadily increasing periods of persecution of Christians that will not end until the time of the Antichrist and explains Genesis 3:15 in light of these persecutions:

51. It is chiefly in reference to these last wicked persecutions of the devil, daily increasing until the advent of the reign of anti-Christ, that we should understand that first and well-known prophecy and curse of God uttered against the serpent in the garden of paradise. It is opportune to explain it here for the glory of the Blessed Virgin, the salvation of her children and the confusion of the devil. “I will place enmities between you and the woman, between your race and her race; she will crush your head and you will lie in wait for her heel” (Gen. 3:15).

52. God has established only one enmity – but it is an irreconcilable one – which will last and even go on increasing to the end of time. That enmity is between Mary, his worthy Mother, and the devil, between the children and the servants of the Blessed Virgin and the children and followers of Lucifer.

Thus the most fearful enemy that God has set up against the devil is Mary, his holy Mother. From the time of the earthly paradise, although she existed then only in his mind, he gave her such a hatred for his accursed enemy, such ingenuity in exposing the wickedness of the ancient serpent and such power to defeat, overthrow and crush this proud rebel, that Satan fears her not only more than angels and men but in a certain sense more than God himself. This does not mean that the anger, hatred and power of God are not infinitely greater than the Blessed Virgin’s, since her attributes are limited. It simply means that Satan, being so proud, suffers infinitely more in being vanquished and punished by a lowly and humble servant of God, for her humility humiliates him more than the power of God. Moreover, God has given Mary such great power over the evil spirits that, as they have often been forced unwillingly to admit through the lips of possessed persons, they fear one of her pleadings for a soul more than the prayers of all the saints, and one of her threats more than all their other torments.

He explains that in the days leading to the Antichrist, a powerful group will emerge from among the clergy which, through their devotion to Mary, will be granted special powers to fight Satan:

56. But what will they be like, these servants, these slaves, these children of Mary?
They will be ministers of the Lord who, like a flaming fire, will enkindle everywhere the fires of divine love. They will become, in Mary’s powerful hands, like sharp arrows, with which she will transfix her enemies.

58. They will be true apostles of the latter times to whom the Lord of Hosts will give eloquence and strength to work wonders and carry off glorious spoils from his enemies. They will sleep without gold or silver and, more important still, without concern in the midst of other priests, ecclesiastics and clerics. Yet they will have the silver wings of the dove enabling them to go wherever the Holy Spirit calls them, filled as they are with the resolve to seek the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Wherever they preach, they will leave behind them nothing but the gold of love, which is the fulfillment of the whole law.

59. Lastly, we know they will be true disciples of Jesus Christ, imitating his poverty, his humility, his contempt of the world and his love. They will point out the narrow way to God in pure truth according to the holy Gospel, and not according to the maxims of the world. Their hearts will not be troubled, nor will they show favour to anyone; they will not spare or heed or fear any man, however powerful he may be. They will have the two-edged sword of the word of God in their mouths and the blood-stained standard of the Cross on their shoulders. They will carry the crucifix in their right hand and the rosary in their left, and the holy names of Jesus and Mary on their heart. The simplicity and self-sacrifice of Jesus will be reflected in their whole behaviour.

He also tells us:

47. “….towards the end of the world, ….Almighty God and His holy Mother are to raise up saints who will surpass in holiness most other saints as much as the cedars of Lebanon tower above little shrubs.”

48. “These great souls filled with grace and zeal will be chosen to oppose the enemies of God who are raging on all sides. They will be exceptionally devoted to the Blessed Virgin. Illumined by her light, strengthened by her spirit, supported by her arms, sheltered under her protection, they will fight with one hand and build with the other. With one hand they will give battle, overthrowing and crushing heretics and their heresies, schismatics and their schisms, idolaters and their idolatries, sinners and their wickedness. With the other hand they will build the temple of the true Solomon and the mystical city of God, namely, the Blessed Virgin… “

57. “They will be like thunderclouds flying through the air at the slightest breath of the Holy Spirit. Attached to nothing, surprised at nothing, they will shower down the rain of God’s word and of eternal life. They will thunder against sin; they will storm against the world; they will strike down the devil and his followers and for life and for death, they will pierce through and through with the two-edged sword of God’s word all those against whom they are sent by Almighty God.”

49. “Mary scarcely appeared in the first coming of Christ… But in the second coming of Jesus Christ, Mary must be known and openly revealed by the Holy Spirit so that Jesus may be known, loved and served through her.”

Luisa’s Transit into Heaven – 3/4

From the Book of Heaven – V26 – Apr. 7, 1929 – “Look and listen, My daughter Luisa: in the beginning, when Adam and Eve were Created, Eden was given to them as their Dwelling, in which they were Happy and Holy. This Garden (where Luisa lived in the orphanage founded by St. Annibale in Corato)is a simile of that Eden, though it is not as Beautiful and Flowery. Now, Know that I have permitted your coming to this house, that is surrounded by a garden, for you to be the New Eve; not Eve the tempter, who deserved to be put out of Happy Eden, but Eve the Reformer and the Restorer, who will call again the Kingdom of My Divine Will upon earth.
“Ah! Yes, you Luisa will be the Seed, the Cement on the woodworm that the human will has; you Luisa will be the Beginning of a New Happy Era, and this is why I Centralize in you Luisa the Joy, the Goods, the Happiness of the Beginning of Creation, and I Love to Repeat the Conversations, the Lessons, the Instructions that I would have given if man had not withdrawn from Our Divine Will. Therefore, be Attentive, and let your Flight in It be Continuous.”

V12 – Jan. 7, 1921 – “My daughter Luisa, do you see how much I Love you? I Wanted to Fill All your heart with the Milk of Grace and of Love; so, everything you will say and do, will be nothing other than the Outpouring of the Grace with which I Filled you. You will do nothing – you will just place your volition at the Mercy of My Will, and I will do Everything. You will be nothing but the Sound of My Voice, the Bearer of My Will, the Destroyer of the Virtues in a human manner, and the Restorer of the Virtues in a Divine Manner, which are Founded on an Eternal, Immense, Infinite Point.”

Acts 3:19-21 – Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. That when the Times of Refreshment shall come from the Presence of the Lord, and He shall send Him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ, Whom Heaven indeed Must receive, until the times of the Restitution of all things, which God hath Spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

V2 – Oct. 7, 1899 – “My beloved Luisa, for now it is not necessary to make you understand the purpose of your state for yourself and for the peoples, but I will show it to you when you come to Heaven, and on the Day of Judgment I will show it to all nations.”

V4 – May 18, 1900 – “Be cheered, do not fear, try to fill your interior with Me, and to stuff it with all virtues, to the point of overflowing outside; and when you come to make this overflow, then will I take you to Heaven, and all your Privations will end.”

V22 – June 20, 1927 – “So, when you come to the Celestial Fatherland, Luisa, your Love will not depart from the earth, but will continue to Love in each creature. Therefore, even from Now, My Divine Fiat makes you Extend your Love to the past, to the present and to the future, to give you the Right that your Love may Extend Everywhere and to All Times, and it may Never cease to Love. Here is the Great Difference between One Who Lives in My Will and one who lives outside of It.”

THE LAST WORDS OF LUISA PICCARRETA,

HER SPIRITUAL TESTIMONY

“Now I die with Greater Contentment, because the Divine Will has Consoled me more than usual

with Its Presence in these last few moments of my life.

Now I see a Long, Beautiful and Spacious Road, all Illuminated by an Infinite number of Resplendent Suns –

Oh, yes, I recognize them! They are all my Acts done in the Divine Will!

This is the Road that I Must Now take; it is the Road that the Divine Will has Prepared for me.

It’s the Road of my Victory: it’s the Way of my Glory,

which will Unite me with the Immense Happiness of the Divine Will.

“It’s my Road; it’s the Road that I have Prepared for you.

It’s the Road that I will keep Reserved for all the souls who will ever want to Live in the Divine Will.”

SAINT SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN (543 A.D.)

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SAINT SCHOLASTICA

Virgin

St. Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict’s direction, Scholastica founded a community of nuns near the great Benedictine monastery Monte Cassino. We are told that Scholastica “could be sated or wearied with the words of grace which flowed from St. Benedict’s lips.” Inspired by Benedict’s teaching, his sister devoted her whole life to seeking and serving God. St. Scholastica died in the peace of Christ in the year 547. Tradition holds that at her death her soul ascended to heaven in the form of a dove.

Introit
Ps 44:8

You love justice and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Ps 44:2

My heart overflows with a goodly theme; as I sing my ode to the King.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
You love justice and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 

Mass of a VIRGIN, except

COLLECT

O God, you brought the soul of the blessed virgin Scholastica to heaven in the form of a dove in order to bring to our notice her life of innocence. Through the prayers and merits of Your saint may we live such a life that we too may attain everlasting happiness. Through Our Lord . . .

Lesson
Lesson from the second letter of St Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
2 Cor. 10:17-18; 11:1-2
Brethren: He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord. For he is not approved who commends himself, but he whom the Lord commends. Would to God that you could bear with a little of my foolishness! Nay, do bear with me! For I am jealous for you with a divine jealousy. For I betrothed you to one spouse, that I might present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

Gradual
Ps 44:11-12
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear; for the King shall desire your beauty.
Ps 44:13; 44:10.
V.  All the rich among the people seek Your favor; the daughters of kings come to meet You.
Ps 44:15-16.
V.  Behind her the virgins of her train are brought to the King; they are borne in to You.
V.  They are brought with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the King.

GOSPEL
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 25:1-3
At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: Then will the kingdom of heaven be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride. Five of them were foolish and five wise. But the five foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, while the wise did take oil in their vessels with the lamps. Then as the bridegroom was long in coming, they all became drowsy and slept. And at midnight a cry arose, ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming, go forth to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ The wise answered, saying, ‘Lest there may not be enough for us and for you, go rather to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.’ Now while they were gone to buy it, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Finally there came also the other virgins, who said, ‘Sir, sir, open the door for us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Amen I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.  

SECRET

May this sacrifice of Thy dedicated people be accepted by Thee, O Lord, in honor of Thy Saints: to whose merits we attribute the help afforded us in tribulation. Through our Lord . . .

POST COMMUNION

Thou hast filled Thy household, O Lord, with holy gifts: do Thou cherish us always, through the intercession of her whose festival we are keeping. Through our Lord . . .