"Daily Thought From the Following of Christ" -- from The New Marian Missal

The following thoughts are found in The New Marian Missal for Daily Mass  by Sylvester P. Juergens S.M. (Veritas Press).  This Missal is for use in the Extraordinary Form of Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass).
The quotes from this Missal are shown in red on this page.
I'll be updating this page as I have time and when there is an entry for the day. 

Season of Advent

First Sunday of Advent

In all things look to the end, and how thou wilt stand before the strict Judge, from Whom there is nothing hid; Who takes no bribes, and receives no excuses, but will judge that which is just.

https://www.emorycatholic.org/

Second Sunday of Advent

Oh, what great thanks I am bound to render unto Thee, for having vouchsafed to show me and all the faithful a right and good way to Thine everlasting kingdom!

https://theconservativetreehouse

Third Sunday of Advent

First keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to bring others to peace.

Ember Wednesday in Advent

He who knows best how to endure will possess the greater peace.  --  Such a one is conqueror of himself and lord of the world, the friend of Christ and a heir of heaven. 

Friday in Ember Week of Advent

I am miserable, and in a manner imprisoned, and weighed down with fetters, till with the light of Thy presence Thou comfortest me, givest me liberty, and showest me Thy friendly countenance.

Saturday in Ember Week of Advent

Come, oh come, for without Thee I can never have one joyful day nor hour; for Thou art my joy, and without Thee my table is empty.

Fourth Sunday of Advent

How long doth my Lord delay to come?  Let Him come to me, His poor servant, and make me joyful.  Let Him stretch forth His hand, and deliver me, wretched, from all anguish.

Christmastide

Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord 

or Christmas Eve

Christ will come to thee, and discover His consolation to thee, if thou wilt prepare for Him a fit dwelling within thee.

https://stjosaphat.files.wordpress.com

The Nativity of Our Lord 

or Christmas Day

Give admittance, therefore, to Christ, and refuse entrance to all beside.  --  When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and He is sufficient for thee. 

December 26th ~

St. Stephen, the First Martyr
("The Feast of Stephen")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdNcaO1iqsQ

In life and in death keep thyself near Jesus, and entrust thyself to His fidelity, who alone can help thee when all others fail.

asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com

December 27th ~

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Thou art my witness, O God, that no one thing can comfort me, nor anything created give me rest, but only Thou, my God, whom I desire to contemplate for eternity.

http://www.womenofgrace.com/

December 28th ~

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs

Here thou hast no abiding city; and wherever thou shalt be, thou art a stranger and a pilgrim; nor wilt thou ever have rest, except thou be interiorly united with Christ.  

http://www.episcopalnet.org/

Sunday Within the Octave of 

The Nativity of Our Lord 

See a Convenient time to attend to thyself; and reflect upon the benefits of God to thee.

December 29th ~

St. Thomas of Canterbury,

Bishop and Martyr

If thou knowest not how to meditate on high and heavenly things, rest in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His sacred wounds.

December 31st ~

St. Sylvester I,

Pope and Confessor

Make no great account of who may be for thee or against thee, but mind and take care that God be with thee in everything thou dost.

http://catholicseeking.blogspot.ca/

The Time After the Epiphany

 

Septuagesima Sunday

 

 

Sexagesima Sunday 

 

 

Quinquagesima Sunday

 

 

 Season of Lent

 

 

Ash Wednesday

 Happy is the man that can cast away all hindrance of distraction, and recollect himself in the unity of holy compunction!  Happy the man who casteth away from him whatever may stain or burden his conscience!

 https://www.pinterest.com/

 

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

There is no man in the world without some trouble or affliction, be he King or Pope.  Who, then, is best off?  Truly he that is able to suffer something for the love of God.

 

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Without charity, the outward work profiteth nothing;  but whatever is done out of charity, be it ever so little and contemptible, it is all made fruitful;  in as much as God regardeth more out of how much love a man doth a work, than how much he doth.

 

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

He that hath true and perfect charity, seeketh himself in nothing, but only desireth God to be glorified in all things.

 

First Sunday in Lent

When a man of good will is troubled, tempted, or afflicted with evil thoughts, then he best understandeth what need he hath of God, and that without Him he is incapable of any good.

Monday of the First Week in Lent

Truly, when the day of judgement cometh, it will not be asked of us what we have read, but what we have done; not what fine discourses we have made, but how like religious we have lived.

This makes me think of Matthew 25:31-46.  It also leaves me shaking in my boots.

 

Tuesday of the First Week in Lent

If I knew all things that are in the world, and were not in charity, what would it profit me in the sight of God, Who will judge according to deeds? 

http://scotkinnaman.com/tag/lent/ 

The Lenten Ember Days comprise the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the week following the first Sunday in Lent.scotkinnaman.com

 

Wednesday of Ember Week in Lent

The whole hindrance and a very great one it is, that we are not free from passions and lusts, and strive not to walk in the perfect ways of the Saints.

Thursday of the First Week in Lent

Come, sayest thou to me, all you that labour and are burdened, and I will refresh you.  O sweet and loving word in the ear of a sinner, that Thou, o Lord my God, dost invite the poor and needy to the Communion of Thy most holy Body!

Friday of Ember Week in Lent

Oh, if thou didst consider what peace thou wouldst procure for thyself, and what joy for others, by well-doing, I think thou wouldst be more solicitous for thy spiritual progress.

Saturday of Ember Week in Lent

He who best knows how to endure will possess the greater peace.  Such a one is conqueror of himself and lord of the world, the friend of Christ and an heir of heaven.

Second Sunday in Lent

Happy are they who penetrate into eternal things, and endeavour to prepare themselves more and more by daily exercises for the receiving of heavenly secrets.

Monday of the Second Week in Lent

 Why dost not thou provide thee against the day of judgement, when no man can be excused or defended by another, but each one will have enough to do to answer for himself?  Now thy labour is profitable, thy tears are acceptable, thy groans are heard, thy sorrow is satisfying and purifieth the soul.

Tuesday of the Second Week in Lent

 All, therefore, is vanity, except to love God and to serve Him.  For he that loveth God with his whole heart, feareth neither death, nor punishment, nor judgement, nor hell; for perfect love giveth secure access to God.

Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent

 O Fountain of everlasting love, what shall I say of Thee?  How can I ever forget Thee, who has vouchsafed to remember me even after I was corrupted and lost?

Thursday of the Second Week in Lent

 Oh, how supremely necessary for me, O Lord, is Thy grace, to begin that which is good to go forward with, and accomplish it.  For without it I can do nothing; but I can do all things in Thee, when grace strengtheneth me.

Friday of the Second Week in Lent

 If thou standest well with God, and regardest His judgement, thou wilt more easily bear to be overcome.

 

Saturday of the Second Week in Lent

Thou knowest thy servent, and dost know that he has nothing good in himself, that Thous shouldst bestow this favour upon him.  I confess, therfore, my unworthyness; I ackowledge Thy bounty; I praise Thy goodness; and I give Thee thanks for Thine exceeding love.  

Third Sunday in Lent

It is a great honour, a great glory, to serve Thee, and to dispise all things for Thee.  For those who willingly subject themselves to Thy most holy service shall have great grace.

 

Monday of the Third Week in Lent

My son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own.  Know that the love of thyself is more hurtfull to thee than anything of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Passiontide

"Before the revision of the liturgical calendar ... Passiontide was the period of Lent that commemorates the increasing revelation of Christ's divinity (see John 8:46-59) and His movement toward Jerusalem. Holy Week was the second week of Passiontide, which began with the Fifth Sunday in Lent, which was known as Passion Sunday. (The Fifth Week of Lent was likewise known as Passion Week.) Thus Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday were (unlike today) separate celebrations."

- http://catholicism.about.com/od/Catholic-Dictionary/g/Passiontide-Definition-Of-Passiontide.htm

 

Passion Sunday

O Lord, blessed be Thy word; it is sweeter to my mouth than honey and the honeycomb.  What should I do in my great tribulation and necessities, didst thou not strengthen me with Thy holy words?

 

Monday in Passion Week

Jesus hath now many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of His cross.  He has many that are desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation.

Tuesday in Passion Week

Why, then, art thou afraid to take up thy cross, which leadeth to the kingdom?  In the cross is salvation; in the cross is life; in the cross is protection from enemies.

Wednesday in Passion Week

Take up, therefore, thy cross and follow Jesus, and thou shalt go into life everlasting.  He is gone before thee, carrying His cross, and He died for thee upon the cross, that thou also mayst bear thy cross, and love to die on the cross.

 

Thursday in Passion Week

If thou carry the cross willingly, it will carry thee and bring thee to thy desired end, namely, to that place where there will be an end to suffering, though there will be no end.

Friday in Passion Week

Set thyself, then, like a good and faithful servant of Christ, to bear manfully the cross of thy Lord, for the love of Him who was crucified for thee.

The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Bl. V. Mary

Christ also was despised by men in the world, and in His greatest need He was, by His aquantances and His friends, forsaken amidst insults.  Christ was willing to suffer and to be despised, and darest thou complain of aught?  Christ had enemies and detractors, and wouldst thou have all to be thy friends and benefactors?

 

Saturday in Passion Week

Yet such a one, thus many ways afflicted, is not without some relief of consolation; because he is sensible of the very great profit he reaps by bearing the cross.

Holy Week

Second Sunday of Passiontide

(Palm Sunday) 

This Missal has no "Daily Thought" for Palm Sunday.

I will instead share the Antiphon for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:

Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord!  O King of Israel:  Hosanna in the highest!

Usus Antiquior

Easter Time or Paschal Time 

Easter Sunday

 

  http://olqas.org/

Christ is risen!  Alleluia!

He is risen indeed!  Alleluia!!

 

I am the Lover of purity and the Giver of all sanctity.  --  I seek a pure heart, and there is the place of My rest.  --  Make ready for Me a large upper room furnished, and I will eat the Pasch with thee, together with My disciples.

 

 

 

Easter Monday

 Ah, Lord God, when shall I be wholly united to and absorbed in Thee, and altogether unmindful of myself?  Verily, Thou art my Beloved, the choicest among thousands, in whom my soul is well pleased to dwell all the days of its life.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/562457440932982209/

 

Easter Tuesday

Thou, O Lord, who canst do all things, and always loveth the profit of the soul, increase in me a greater grace, that I may fulfill this Thy word and accomplish my salvation.

Easter Wednesday

Enlighten me, O good Jesus, with the brightness of eternal light, and draw off all darkness from the dwelling of my heart.  Restrain my many wandering thoughts, and destroy the temptations that violently assault me.

http://blog.littleflower.org/st-therese-daily-devotional/enlighten/

 

Easter Thursday

Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on those that crave Thy mercy; give peace to the needy; and grant us so to live that we may be worthy to enjoy Thy grace, and that we may attain to life everlasting.

 

Easter Friday

In Thee, therefore, O Lord God, do I place all my hope and refuge; on Thee I cast all my tribulation and anguish; for I find all to be weak and inconsistent whatever I behold out of Thee.

Saturday in Easter Week

O most sweet and most benign Jesus, how great reverence and thanksgiving, with perpetual praise, are due to Thee for the receiving of Thy sacred Body, whose dignity no man can be found able to unfold!

http://www.catholicbible101.com/theeucharist.htm

Vigil of the Ascension
(Wednesday of Rogation Days)

 What shall I render to the Lord for this grace, for charity so remarkable?  There is not anything I can present to Him more acceptable than to give up my heart entirely to God, and closely unite it to Him.

Image from:   http://www.thomryng.com/

 The Ascension of Our Lord

(Ascension Thursday)

For divine charity overcometh all, and enlargeth all the powers of the soul.  If thou art truly wise thou wilt rejoice in Me alone, thou wilt hope in me alone;  for none is good but God alone, Who is to be praised above all and blessed in all.

http://crucetectum.blogspot.ca/2011/06/ascension-of-our-lord.html

Pentecost or Whitsunday

 Give me, instead of all worldy consolation, the most sweet unction of Thy Spirit;  and instead of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Thy Name.

http://www.catholicculture.org/

Pentecost Monday

Blessed is he that understandeth what it is to love Jesus, and to despise himself for the sake of Jesus.  We must leave what is beloved for the sake of the Beloved; for Jesus will be loved alone above all things.

The Time after Pentecost

 

Trinity Sunday
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
(First Sunday after Pentecost) 

http://ucatholic.com/tag/solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity/

 

"The judgements of the Lord are true, justified in themselves."  My judgements are to be feared, not to be discussed, because they are incomprehensible to human understanding.

https://jmusings.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/1111/

 Second Sunday After Pentecost

http://www.epiphanyanglican.ca/#!pentecost-2013/cl86

For if this Most Holy Sacrament were celebrated in one place only, and consecrated by only one priest in the world, with how great a desire, thinkest thou, would men be affected toward that place, and to such a priest of God, that they might see the divine mysteries celebrated?

 Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Grant, O Lord, my salvation, that by the frequenting of this Thy mystery the affection of my devotion may increase.

20th Sunday After Pentecost

Lord, what Thou sayist it true.  Greater is Thy care for me than all the care I can take of myself.  For at too great a hazard doth he stand who casteth not his whole care on Thee.

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Thoughts from
"The Proper of the Saints"
 (Saint feast days)

November 29
St. Saturninus,

Martyr

Thou must be willing, for the love of God, to suffer all things  --  namely, labours and sorrows, temptations, vexations, anxieties, necessities, infirmities, injuries, detractions, reprehensions, humiliations, confusions, corrections, and contempts.  I will reward thee most abundantly; I will be with thee in all thy tribulations.

http://romansacristan.blogspot.ca/

March 19
St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
Confessor

They that follow Thee, by the contempt of worldly things and the mortification of the flesh, are found to be wise indeed; for they are translated from vanity to truth, from the flesh to the spirit.

April 23
St. George, 
Martyr

If thou wilt have Me to come to thee and remain with thee, purge out the old leaven, and make clean the habitation of thy heart.  Shut out the whole world and all the tumult of vices; sit as a sparrow solitary on the housetop, and think of thine excesses in the bitterness of thy soul.

Get thee to (frequent) Confession and Mass!!
Before receiving the Sacrament of Confession we must retire to a quiet place and examine our consciences.

Also from this Missal:

Whoever you are, Christian reader, that designs to approach the Sacrament of Penance, remember that you are going to undertake a work on which the good performance of which, more than any other duty, your eternal welfare depends.

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April 25
St. Mark, The Evangelist

He that walketh before Me in truth shall be secured from evil incursions, and the Truth shall deliver him from seducers, and from the detractions of the wicked.

The Epistle for the feast of St. Mark has a beautiful description of the evangelists.  It is from Ezechiel 1, 10-14:

  [10] And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four. [11] And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies: [12] And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went. [13] And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire. [14] And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.

"And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.  ...their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, ... And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning."
They followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, they were burning with a holy fire, and they and their message ran and covered the earth, and the message is still traveling.

April 26

St.s Cletus and Marcellinus,

Popes, Martyrs

In Thee, therefore, O Lord God, do I place all my hope and refuge:  on Thee I cast all my tribulation and anguish:  for I find all to be weak and inconstant whatever I behold out of Thee. 

April 27

St. Peter Canisius

Confessor, Doctor of the Church

(Due to his preaching and writings he came to be known as 'the Hammer of Protestantism'.)   

Behold, I come to Thee, O Lord, that, by Thy gift, it may be well with me, and that I may be delighted in Thy holy Banquet which Thou, O God, hast prepared in sweetness for the poor.  Behold in Thee is all that I can or ought to desire;  Thou art my salvation and redemption, my hope and my strength, my honour and my glory.

http://adeaconswife.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/canisius2.jpg

April 28

St. Paul of the Cross

Many follow Jesus to the breaking of the bread, but few to the drinking of the chalice of His Passion.  Many reverence His miracles, but few follow the ignominy of His cross.

 http://www.marygildersleeve.com/

April 29

St. Peter of Verona, 
Martyr

Blessed is that simplicity that leaveth the difficult paths of questionings, and goeth on the plain and sure path of God's commandments.  It is faith and an upright life that are required of the; not the loftiness of intellect, nor the diving deep into the mysteries of God.

April 30
St. Catherine of Siena,
Virgin

An evil conscience is always fearful and unquiet; sweetly shalt thou rest if thy heart upbraid thee not.  Never rejoice except when thou hast done well.  The wicked never have true joy, nor feel interior peace:  for "there is no peace to the wicked" saith the Lord. 

 Image from http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/

May 1

St. Joseph the Worker,

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Confessor

They that follow thee, by the contempt of worldly things and the mortification of the flesh, are found to be wise indeed; for they are translated from vanity to truth, from the flesh to the spirit. 

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May 6

St. John before the Latin Gate 

The more the flesh is brought down by affliction, the more the is the spirit strengthened by interior grace.

Our natural inclination is to flee from any discomfort of any kind, especially anything painful in any way.

But that is not the way to sainthood.  We need to accept all that comes our way  --  the summer's heat, the winter's cold, the loss of a loved one, illness, unemployment, and so on  --  just as the Virgin Mary did when she accepted the fact that God wanted her to be the mother of His only begotten son in spite of the way it would change her life. 

Accept the good and the bad as it all either comes from God or God allows it to come our way for the good of our immortal souls.

May 14

St. Boniface,

Martyr

Thou art not more holy for being praised, nor the worse for being blamed.  What thou art, that thou art;  nor canst thou said to be greater than God seeth the to be.

May 15
St. John Baptiste De La Salle
Confessor

The enemy, knowing the very great fruit and remedy contained in the Holy Communion, striveth by every method and occasion, as far as he is able, to withdraw and hinder faithful and devout persons from it.

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May 16
St. Ubald,
Bishop, Confessor

   Blessed is that simplicity that leaveth the difficult paths of questionings, and goeth on the plain and sure path of God's commandments. Many have lost devotion, wilst they would search into lofty matters.

May 27

St. Bede the Venerable,

Confessor, Doctor of the Church

 The lover flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth; he is free and cannot be restrained.  He giveth all for all, and hath all in all; because he resteth in one sovereign Good above all, from whom all good floweth and procedeth.

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August 14

The Vigil of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

But if thou give thyself to fervor thou shalt find great peace ; and thou shalt feel thy labour light, through the grace of God, and for the love of virtue.  The fervent and diligent man is ready for all things.  It is harder labour to withstand our vices and passions than to toil at bodily labours.

http://www.piercedhearts.org

August 15

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

In heaven I will give thee glory for the contumely thou hast suffered; a garment of praise for thy sorrow:  and for having been seated here in the lowest place, the throne of My kingdom forever.

October 8

The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary

 Son, commit thy cause to Me always: I will dispose of it well in due season.  Await My appointment, and thence thou shalt experience success therefrom.

October 9

St. John Leonardi,

Confessor

If thou hast a good conscience, thou wouldst not much fear death.  If thou art not prepared today, how wilt thou be tomorrow?  Tomorrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou if thou shalt have tomorrow?

November 23

St. Clement,

Confessor, Doctor of the Church

"St. Clement I was a companion and disciple of St.s Peter and Paul, and the third successor of St. Peter.  He was exiled by the emperor Trajen and cast into the sea.  A.D. 100."

Thou art my witness, oh God, that no one thing can comfort me, nor anything created give me rest, but only Thou, my God, Whom I desire to contemplate for eternity.

November 24
St. John of the Cross,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
"St. John of the Cross was the fellow worker of St. Teresa in the reforming of the order of Mount Carmel, and wrote valuable treatises on mystical theology.  He died in A.D. 1591."

For they who now love to hear and follow the word of the cross shall not then fear the sentence of eternal condemnation.

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