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Show 248: The Litany of Loretto, the Salve Regina and Processions · The Uncensored Catholic

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Speaker 1: A Hey, y'all, welcome to this week's show. We're going
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to cover several topics this week several brief entries. We'll
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start with the couple Questions and answers to the priest
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from the Classic Core Radio Replies. The person asks, could
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a priest be in mortal sin yet give the true
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body of Christ? And a answer A priest commits a
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grave set of sacrifice. Priest commits a grave sin of
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sacrilege if he celebrates the Mass whilst he himself is
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in a state of mortal sin, But that would not
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render the consecration invalid. The words of consecration have their
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effect quite apart from the state of the celebrant soul.
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He consecrates in virtue of his priesthood, not in virtue
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of his being a state of grace or of sin,
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if it is his loss if he be not in
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God's grace. But the communicant suffers no loss in receiving
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communion from his hands. It is the priesthood of Christ
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in him that consecrates, and that is not less efficacious
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because as a priest sense personally, and the person asks,
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at what age can children receive Holy communion? And they
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answer any baptized child could receive holy communion with Prophet.
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The early Christians frequently gave communion even to infants. However,
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the Church, for wise reasons requires in her present discipline
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that children should have attained sufficient reason to be able,
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after due instruction, to know that the blessed Sacrament differs
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from ordinary food, and that by receiving it, they are
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receiving Christ. Person asks has a child of seven sufficient reason?
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They say, as a rule, yes, the law of the
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Church to receive Holy communits communion. The law of the
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Church to receive Holy communion once a year obliges all
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Catholics who have come to the use of reason, and
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this law begins to oblige from about the age of seven.
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The average child of seven certainly has enough sense to
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realize that the reception of the Holy youth Christ is
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a religious act. It can know who our Lord is
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and the fact that He is present in the blessed sacrament.
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Such a child is quite capable of approaching with sincere
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faith and devotion. And they're asked, you have often spoken
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of priests. Do you regard their ordination a sacrament? And
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they say, Among the seven sacraments is that of holy orders.
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It is its institution by Christ is a visible right,
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and the fact that it gives graces are all clearly
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shown in scripture. Thus, Paul says that Christ gave apostles, evangelists, pastors, etc.
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For the work of the ministry. Ordaining by imposition of
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hands is often mentioned, and Timothy was told not to
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neglect the grace of God which is in thee by
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the imposition of hands Verse Timothy four fourteen. Rightly ordained
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priests alone have the right to teach the Gospel authoritatively
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and carry on its sacred ministry. And the person says,
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did not Saint Peter say that all Christians are a
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holy priesthood? And they say yes, and in a certain
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sense is true. Baptism implies a certain consecration to God
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and the obligation to offer the sacrifice of praise by
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a sincere life of prayer and of good works. He
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points out that as the Jews were a chosen race,
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so the baptized were chosen race today. But the Jews
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had an addition, especially chosen men consecrate as priests among themselves. Thus,
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whilst christ whilst Christians are a chosen race now offering
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the sacrifice of praise and of a pure life to God.
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Certain men must be chosen from among them to offer
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special sacrifices of Christ's body and blood and to forgive sins.
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In this sense, not all Christians are priests. All right, Now,
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let's see what Father Sparago has to say. We're going
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to start with the Litany of Loretto, and that's actually
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going to finish up our section on prayers. Then we'll
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get into processions, all kinds of other interesting things. So
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the Litany of Loretto and the Salve Regina. The Litany
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of Loretto is a form of prayer in which the
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most glorious titles are given to the Mother of God,
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and her intercession is unceasingly implored. Litany of Loretto takes
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its origin and its name from the place of a
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pilgrimage in Italy, Loretto, where the Holy House of Nazareth
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now stands. In this litany, first of all, God is
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called upon for mercy, as in the Currie Leison of
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the mass it is. This is followed by invocation of
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the most Holy Trinity. Then the Blessed Mother of God
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is invoked and her intercessions besought. These invocations may be
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divided into six groups. The first three invocations expressed her
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special prerogatives, her sanctity, her divine maternity, her immaculate virginity. Two,
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then her perfections as a mother are enumerated Mother of Christ. Three.
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She is next extolled in virtue of her virginity, virgin,
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most prudent, et cetera. Four. Her glories are then depicted
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under a number of figures and types mirror of justice,
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et cetera. Five. Mary is next shown in her relation
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to the Church militant, help of the sick, et cetera.
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And finally in her relation to the Church triumphant Queen
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of Angels, et cetera. At the conclusion of the litany,
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confiding in the meditation of our Confiding in the mediation
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of our advocate, we appealed to her Divine soign, beseeching
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him to spare, to hear, to have mercy upon us.
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Several of the invocations have been added by the Holy
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See in the course of centuries, for instance, help of
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Christians after the proclamation of the Dogma of the Emmaculate Conception,
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and recently, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary on the
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introduction of the customer reciting the Rosary in public during
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the month of October. An indulgence of three hundred days
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may be gained for each recital of this litany. The
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Salve Regina, or hell Holy Queen, as it is called,
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was composed in ten oh nine by Blessed Hermann, and
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in eleven forty six the illustrious Saint Bernard added to
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the sweet words of clement Opius of Sweet Virgin Mary.
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Principal devotional exercises, there are ordinary and extraordinary practices of devotion.
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The former take place at regular appointed times, the latter
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only on special occasions. Sip of water here. The regular
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services held in the parish church on Sundays and Holy Days,
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both in the forenoon and in the afternoon, as well
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as weekday services, belong to the ordinary practices of devotion.
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On Sundays and Festivals. In all parish churches, one mass
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or several masses, according to the size of the parish
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and the number of priests, are said one after another
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at one of which a short sermon is generally preached
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in the afternoon or evening, either of the Rosary and
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and a litany or said the Litany of the Saints.
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The Litany of the Holy Name, the Litany of Loretto,
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and the Litany of the Sacred Heart are approved by
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the Holy See for the public services of the Church,
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no other being allowed without permission of the Bishop or
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Vespers are sung with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on weekdays,
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and almost every parish church a parochial Mass is said daily,
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with afternoon or evening services consisting generally of the Rosary
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or of some other devotion, and benediction on one or
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more days a week. Processions, pilgrimages, the Way of the Cross,
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expositions of the Blessed Sacrament, and missions belong to the
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extraordinary practices of devotion. Christian burial services come under the
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class of processions, and the Way of the Cross is
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in fact nothing more or less in visiting the scenes
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of our Lord's passion at Jerusalem without leaving our own country.
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Processions processions are solemn are asylemn religious ceremony during which
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prayers are recited in common by those who take part
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in them. Processions. We are customary under the old dispensation.
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We read of the Ark of the Covenant being carried
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around about the city of Jericho, of the art being
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brought in solemn procession to Mount Zion by King David,
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and thence transferred to the Temple by King Solomon, or
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the temple built by Salomon. I should say our Lord
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also made a solemn entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
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The ceremonial observed in our Christian procession is intended to
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portray the truth that we have not here a lasting city,
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but we seek one to come Hebrews thirteen fourteen. The
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procession issues proceeds in Hens the name procession from the Church,
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and returns thither to show that we must enter the
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Church on earth if we would reach the Church in heaven.
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The cross is carried first, because in this life we
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can never be wholly free from crosses and sufferings if
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we follow the maximums of our Lord. The banners are
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to remind us that we are warriors, because here below
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we have constantly to contend against the malignant foe and
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our own evil proclivities. Those who walk in the procession
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go two and two to signify the twofold precept of charity,
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especially that of charity to our neighbor. The children take
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the lead because their greater innocence renders them more pleasing
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to God. The adults follow first the men, with the
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priests in their midst and following the women. Processions, if possible,
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are held in open air. The prayers are recited. The
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prayers recited very according to the object of the procession.
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On rogation days, the Litany of the Saints is sung
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by writes. The men ought to walk bear headed, but
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not so the clergy and persons in official dress. This
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has showed the respect due to authorities, but its ecclesiastical
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and civil. In the procession of Corpus Christie, all heads
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are uncovered by reason of the presence of the blessed sacrament.
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The Church holds processions either for the purpose of setting
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before us more forcibly certain events in the life of Christ,
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certain doctrines of the faith, or in order to obtain
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speedy help from God. On these occasions and opportunity has
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afforded us of testifying in a public matter our faith
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and our loyalty to the Church. The object of the
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Church proposes in setting before men. The object the Church
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proposes in setting before us more vividly certain events in
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our Lord's life or certain doctrines of the faith, is
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to confirm our beliefs. Processions are a means of obtaining
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more speedy assistance from on high, because God inclines his
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ear more readily to petitions offered in common and experience
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proves that processions are most efficacious modes of supplication. The
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processions on Candlemass Day and on Palm Sunday are in
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remembrance of events our Lord's life. Those on Holy Saturday
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on the feasts of Corpus Christie are illustrative of the
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Doctor of the faith. The procession of Saint Mark and
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of the Rogation Days are for the purpose of entreating
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the Divine help. The following processions form part of the
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ritual of the church everywhere. The procession on the Feast
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Day of Purification. At this lighted tapers are carried around
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the church because on that day the Age Simeon declared
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the child Jesus to be a light to the revelation
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of the gentiles Luke two thirty two. The wax tapers
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are emblematic of Christ, the light of the world. The
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wax betokens his manhood. The flame is Godhead, and the
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light shines forth from the taper. So the divinity of
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Christ shines forth from the sacred from his sacred human
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by his teaching and his miracles. And as the taper
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is consumed while illuminating all around, so the human nature
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of Our Lord was sacrificed for the sake of enlightening mankind.
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Christ is in very truth the light of the world,
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since by his teaching he dispels darkness of ignorance and error.
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The procession of Palm Sunday, when blessed palms are carried
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around the church in memory of the day our lord
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triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The palm branches borne by the
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Jews were symbols of victory, the victory that Christ was
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to gain by his death over the devil, the prince
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of this world. Our procession is significant of the Christian's
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triumphal entry into Heaven. The priest knocks three times at
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the door of the church with the processional cross. Then
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it is open to show that only through trials and
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tribulations can we enter the gates of Heaven and be
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admitted into the realms of bliss. The procession on Holy Saturday,
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when the blessed Sacrament is solemnly taken from the place
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where it was deposited and born by the priests, attended
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by the clergy back to the high altar. This procession
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is of our future resurrection. The ceremony ought by rights
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to take place at daybreak on Easter Day, but his
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view could then be present. It is anticipate on the
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eve of the feast, the procession of the Feast of
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Corpus Christie, when the blessed Sacrament is carried to one
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or more altars of repose to testify publicly or faith
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in the presence of our Lord in the adorable sacrament
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of the Altar. The Festival of Corpus Christie the Body
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of Christ is on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday, consequently
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in the second week after Pentecost, because soon after the
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sin of the Holy ghosts, the apostles began to display
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holy communion to the faithful. This festival was instituted some
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six centuries ago. It was first celebrated in Belgium by
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the order of the Bishop of Liege in consequence of
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the revelation made to a nun Blessed Juliana in twelve fifty,
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and shortly after Pope Urban the Fourth decreed that it
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should be kept throughout the whole Church. In this procession.
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The sacred Heart is carried in a monstrance before beneath
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the academy beneath a canopy, flowers are strown, strewn, flowers are
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strewn on the way, and censors swung. The altars of
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repose are beautifully decorated with lights and flowers in honor
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of the Blessed Sacrament. In some places four altars are erected,
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and appause is made at each, and one of the
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accounts of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament is given
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by the four Evangelists is read. The four altars signify
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the four quarters of the world. After the reading of
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the Gospel, a prayer is added for protection against lightning
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and tempest and for a good harvest. This solemn ceremony,
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which is generally terminated by the Tedaeum and the Church,
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cannot fail to impress every beholder and lead the non
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Catholic to inquire what it is towards Such profound reverence
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and veneration is displayed the procession on Saint Mark's Day,
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when in Catholic countries the priest goes out to bless
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the fields and praise God grant the fruits of the earth.
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In due season. Saint Mark is commemorated on the twenty
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fifth of April. The procession on this day its origin
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of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, about the year six
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hundred six hundred, at the time when plague raged in Rome.
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Saint Gregory ordered that the procession beheld for the purpose
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of employing the mercy of God, and immediately after the
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pestilence was stayed the procession on the three Rogation Days,
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the object of which is to ask of God the
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blessing of an abundant harvest. The Rogation Days are three
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days preceding the ascension of Our Lord. These processions were
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first instituted by Saint Mamritus Mameritus not familiar with that one,
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bishop of Vienna and France, about the year four to seventy,
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at a season when a failure of crops and damage
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occasion by earthquakes had brought about great scarcity and destitution.
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In addition to the processions above name, there are local
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processions held yearly in honor of the patron saint of
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the place or some shrine in the vicinity. Sometimes processions
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are ordered by the Pope or the bishop of the diocese,
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as for instance, on an occasion of jubilee or the
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he's in a great calamity. When the bishop visits a church,
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the clergy go in procession to meet and receive him.
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Processions are also formed at funerals. Prayer is the soul
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of processions. He who does not go to join in
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the supplication had better remain at home. All right, we
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will wrap it up there. Today we covered a lot
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of topics, even though it was a brief show. Yeah,
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I think it's a good stopping place before we get
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into the next topic. Y'all. I hope you had a
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wonderful Easter, and don't forget to pray your divine mercy
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chaplet and if possible, go to a confession and receive
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the Eucharist on Sunday, receive that indulgence. It's a very
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important and it's an incredibly important prayer. As I always say,
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I don't care if you're a set of acantness or
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what right. You don't even have to believe the popes.
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The pope. The Church is still the institution that declares saints.
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And I know some people were like, well, you know,
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after Vatican too, I don't believe that this saint was
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really a saint, because I don't trust the church anymore. Yeah,
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you need to get over that, Saint Falstine Kuawska. It
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was incredible saint and she was given an incredibly important
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message from Jesus for us. And whatever your feelings are
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about current church leadership, I don't really much care. That's
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kind of between you and God and you and your
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priest and your bishop and all that. But the saints
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are the saints, and the diary of Saint Faustina is
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really incredible. You do you need to get a newer copy.
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You know, there were a few copies that were printed
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that had errors, confusing errors, like in the first couple
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of years, I guess after she was beatified. But a
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newer copy is that all cleared up and it makes
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a lot more sense once it was. And I mean,
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I love the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I pray the Divine
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Mercy every single day and the promises associated with it
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are just incredible. You know, you need to do Divine
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Mercy chaplet every day at three if you possibly can.
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You need to do analot. Actually, there's people who have
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become saints by doing that. I mean, really that that
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devotion has led to sainthood. So if you need more confirmation,
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look at the Holy Lives led by people who practiced
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the prayer of the Divine Mercy at three o'clock and
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of course prayer Rosary every day and if you possibly can,
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at six am, noon, and six pm, pray the Angelus.
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The exorcists tell us that that is just devastating to demons.
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It pushed keeps away all demonic influence and it's a
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really good practice. After you pray the Divine Mercy is
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to stations of the Cross. If you can do that,
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it'll really deepen your devotion. And you know something we
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do a lot during Lent. I began last year and
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I'm going to redouble my efforts this year to do
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it every day at three And if you happen to
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be awake at three in the morning, you know you
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can do the same thing. I knew someone who's grandmother
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prayer prayed Divine Mercy at three am and three pm
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every single day and is actually being considered for beatification.
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So very very powerful prayer. And of course one of
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the promises goes with it is if you pray it
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by the for someone with someone who's dying, they get
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immense benefit and forgiveness of sins and really a very
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good thing to do. And if you have anyone that
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needs conversion in your life, praying the Divine Mercy chaplet
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and the Rosary and you know, praying that for those
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intentions of the conversion of that person. Very very powerful prayers,
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very very powerful prayers. And we need to think about
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it more than just the week after Easter. There's actually
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a newslayer you can get. I don't have it right
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in front of me, but if you go to the
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Divine Mercy I guess it's Shrine of Divine Mercy, or
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it could be the site just to dedicated to Saint Faustina,
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you can sign up for daily little excerpts from her
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diary and encouragements to pray Divine Mercy Chaplet. You know,
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that's that's too important for me to just gloss over.
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Let's see here, I've already read it for the day
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and deleted it. So I am in my email as
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we speak, and I am clicking on my trash icon
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and where is it? H got to be here somewhere.
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I'm sure this is just fascinating listening right now. Wait
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let me just type in a search divine Mercy. There
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we go. You know what, I am not finding it.
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I absure it's here somewhere, and I am just like
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blind to it because I'm looking for it so hard.
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What I will do is in the show notes, I
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will put that website. Yeah, I'll put that website so
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you can you can sign up for it, because yeah,
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that needs to be done. And prayers to the Sacred
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the Holy Face of Jesus absolutely very important. And let's yeah,
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I'm amazed. I can't seem to see it. Weird. Maybe
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I'm in the wrong email account. I bet, I bet
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that's it. I'm in the wrong email account, because otherwise
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this doesn't make any sense at all. Yeah, that's what
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it is. Okay, So as to finish the podcast, I
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will log into my other email account and I will
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get you that website and I'll put it in the
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show notes. Y'all have a going and I will talk
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to you next week. M