[MaryVitamin] 33 acts of adoration

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Topic: 33 Acts of Adoration

Quote:

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visionary of the Sacred Heart

"One Friday, during holy Mass, I felt a great desire to honor the sufferings of my crucified Spouse. He told me lovingly that He desired me, every Friday, to adore Him Thirty-three times upon the Cross, the throne of His mercy. I was to prostrate myself humbly at His feet, and try to remain there in the dispositions of the Blessed Virgin during His Passion."

Thoughts and Sayings of St. Margaret Mary, (Tan Books:1986), 100.

 

Meditation:

The Sisters of the Visitation of Paray-Le-Monial explain how to make this prayer.

"These thirty-three acts of adoration of our Lord on the Cross may be made anywhere on Fridays, and even while attending to one's ordinary work. They require no special attitude, formula or vocal prayer. A simple look of love and contrition coming from the depths of our hearts and sent up to our crucified Lord is sufficient to express our adoration and our gratitude to Him. It is also an appeal to the Blessed Virgin to intercede with the Heavenly Father for the conversion of sinners."

Thoughts and Sayings of St. Margaret Mary, (Tan Books:1986), 100.

 

Resolution:

How can I remember to make thirty-three acts of adoration today in honor of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart?**  If I divide the day into three parts: morning, afternoon and evening, I can try to make 11 acts during each time slot.

 

I will prepare a few phrases/thoughts for use during the day such as:

• Saint Antoninus, "while other martyrs suffered by sacrificing their own lives, the Blessed Virgin suffered by sacrificing her Son's life, a life that she loved far more than her own.
• "Whoever then was present on the Mount of Calvary," says Saint John Chrysostom, "might see two altars, on which two great sacrifices were consummated; the one in the body of Jesus, the other in the heart of Mary."
• Mary heard her Son exclaim, "I thirst," but she could not even give Him a drop of water to refresh Him in that great thirst. She could only say, as Saint Vincent Ferrer remarks, "My Son, I have only the water of tears.
• Jesus meek and humble of heart make my heart like unto thine.

 

Quotes from the Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus di Liguori

http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/7DOLORS.htm

 

Marian Vow:

Last part of the prayer of  Marian Consecration
by St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever you enter you obtain the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus".

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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**Activity for children: Children can cut 33 paper hearts. Brainstorm prayer ideas to be written on hearts. Eleven ideas are sufficient. Place hearts in a small basket in front of an image of the Sacred Heart. Encourage children to pick a heart and make a prayer.

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