Homily #080701 ( 06min) Play – On the vigil of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, we lost two Knights of Lepanto – Thom Girard and his son Marc in a tragic drowning. Please keep them and their family in your prayers.

The Most Precious Blood of Jesus not only paid the price of our redemption but reminds us of God’s love for each of us. Let us respond to God’s love with a love willing to shed our blood for Christ. Ave Maria! +++

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July is the month dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ

Litany to the Most Precious Blood:

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word or God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.

Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns,
save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross,
save us.
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation,
save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness,
save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls,
save us.
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy,
save us.
Blood of Christ, VICTOR over demons,
save us.
Blood of Christ, COURAGE of Martyrs,
save us.
Blood of Christ, STRENGTH of Confessors,
save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins,
save us.
Blood of Christ, HELP of those in peril,
save us.
Blood of Christ, RELIEF of the burdened,
save us.
Blood of Christ, SOLACE in sorrow,
save us.
Blood of Christ, HOPE of the penitent,
save us.
Blood of Christ, CONSOLATION of the dying,
save us.
Blood of Christ, PEACE and tenderness of hearts,
save us.

Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life,
save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory,
save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor,
save us.

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.
R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.

Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world and willed to be appeased by his blood. Grant, we beg of Thee, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

This Litany in honor of Jesus in His Most Precious Blood was drawn up by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and promulgated by Pope John XXIII on February 24, 1960. The devotion to Jesus in His most Precious Blood was first popularized by Saint Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837, feast Dec. 28) who founded the Missioners of the Most Precious Blood. A partial Indulgence is granted to the faithful who recite this litany.

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Fr Alan gives the homily on Jul 02 (votive Mass) on the mystery of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He discusses the liturgical and historical context of the feast (no longer observed in the universal calendar for the Ordinary Form of the Mass) and its spiritual relevance for our moral life.

Historical note: The current feast [on the Extraordinary Form calendar], with origins in the 16th century, was extended to the universal Church in 1849. Blessed Pope Pius IX had been forced to flee from Rome to Gaeta in 1848 due to violence in the city from nationalist forces, and on Saturday, June 30th, 1849, the day that Rome was liberated by French troops, he declared that the Feast of the Precious Blood should be celebrated by all of Christendom. In August of the same year, he placed the feast on the first Sunday of July, and this was later adjusted to be the 1st of July by Pope St. Pius X (https://fssp.com/happy-feast-of-the-most-precious-blood-of-jesus/).

Ave Maria!

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