DECEMBER 9, 2024 – ST. LEOCADIA, VIRGIN, MARTYR.

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION (in most places)

• The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Patroness of the United States of America. (Current – translated from yesterday – Holy Day of Obligation)
• St. Juan Diego (Cuauhtlatoatzin) (1548). (Current) saw Our Lady of Guadalupe
• St. Leocadia. Martyr, Patron or Patroness, Widow. Patroness of Toledo Spain. (Historical)

ST. LEOCADIA was a native of Toledo, and was apprehended by an order of Dacian, the cruel governor under Diocletian in 304. Hearing of the martyrdom of St. Eulalia, she prayed that God would not prolong her exile, but unite her speedily with, her holy friend in his glory. Her prayer was heard, and she happily expired in prison. Three famous churches in Toledo bear her name, and she is honored as principal patroness of that city. In one of those churches most of the councils of Toledo were held. Her relics were kept in that church with great respect, till, in the incursions of the Moors, they were conveyed to Oviedo, and some years afterward to the abbey of St. Guislain near Mons in Haynault. They were finally carried back to Toledo with great pomp, and placed in the great church there on the 26th of April, 1589.

REFLECTION: Were we not blinded by the world, and the enchantment of its follies. the near prospect of eternity, the uncertainty of the hour of our death, and the repeated precepts of Christ, would produce in us the same fervent dispositions which they did in the primitive Christians.

WORD OF THE DAY

DELUSION. An erroneous belief that a person thinks is true in spite of every reasonable evidence to the contrary. A delusion is a false faith; it is fixed, persistent, and is a systematic principle for all of one’s actions. More than once the Israelites were warned not to be seduced by the delusions of the false prophets (Isaiah 23:26).

Modern Catholic Dictionary, Fr. John Hardon SJ (Get the real one at Eternal Life — don’t accept an abridged or edited version of this masterpiece!)

Advent & The Great Truths

Advent: Short Meditations and The Great Truths Day 13 (Dec 9) Hope & The Dispositions necessary (Advent Meditation)

ST. ANDREW NOVENA

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, o my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (Nov. 30th) until Christmas, will obtain what is asked). This formula of the prayer bears an Imprimatur from † Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York. New York, February 6, 1897.

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