May 8 is the local feast of Our Lady of Pompeii, a day which St. Bartolo Longo chose specifically to connect it to St. Michael the Archangel.
Amuch-celebrated feast in Italy has been given global attention ever since Pope Leo XIV was elected on the same day and mentioned it during his opening address to the world, when he said:
Today is the day of the Supplicatio [Plea] to Our Lady of Pompeii.
Our blessed mother Mary always wants to walk with us, be close to us, she always wants to help us with her intercession and her love. So let us pray together for this mission, and for all of the Church, and for peace in the world.
We ask for this special grace from Mary, our Mother.
The day itself, May 8, is the anniversary of laying the foundation stone of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary that St. Bartolo Longo established in Pompeii in 1876.
St. Bartolo did not randomly choose May 8, but did so deliberately, as he explains in his book, History of the Sanctuary of Pompeii.
St. Michael, protector of the Virgin Mary
He explains how he came to know about the story of the Apparition of St. Michael in Gargano, Italy, and believed St. Michael was connected to the place where he wanted to build a shrine to Our Lady:
When on my first coming to Valle di Pompei, I learned this beautiful story of the apparition of St. Michael on Mount [Gargano], from the Rev. Gennaro Federico, I soon devined that the greatest Prince of Heaven had some divine purpose to fulfill in this Valley. But at that time I was in ignorance of the purpose. Only it seemed evident to me that St. Michael was the natural protector of this spot, that he had honored with his apparition and with the signs of his patronage.
St. Bartolo continues with his reasoning, believing that St. Michael had a special role in protecting the Blessed Mother during her earthly life:
St. Michael the Archangel, — added I, addressing the worthy Prelate — was the Guardian Angel of the Blessed Virgin during her life on earth, St. Michael is the Patron of all the Temples of the living God, and St Michael shall be the Guardian and Protector of the Temple of Pompeii.
With all of this in mind, St. Bartolo proposed May 8 as the day when the cornerstone would be laid for his shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii.
Prior to Vatican II, May 8 was celebrated universally as the feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel at Gargano. While it was eventually removed from the General Calendar, it is still celebrated locally in Italy and by those who follow the old calendar.
St. Bartolo further explains how, "we have always, on that 8th day of May, called with faith upon the first Angel of Heaven to celebrate together with us the glories of our common Queen."
Following St. Bartolo's example, we can ask for special protection from St. Michael, as we honor the Blessed Mother.
https://www.santuario.it/
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THE MOST HOLY ROSARY IN ENGLISH - as we Maltese generally recite it in the Maltese Language. (The translation from our language may vary)
The Prayer of the Most Holy Rosary - pg 1 of 2
The Prayer of the Most Holy Rosary, The updated Litany - pg 2 of 2
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8 ta' Mejju, 2o2o, fi żmien il-pandemija tal-corona virus.
Quddiesa, Supplika lill-Madonna ta' Pompej u Rużarju mill-Knisja ta' M'Xlokk - 8 ta' Mejju 2020, 11:30am
QARI TAL-QUDDIESA :
Salm 44 (45), 11-12.14-15.16-17
R/. (11a): Isma’, binti, ħares u agħti widen
Isma’, binti, ħares u agħti widen,
insa ’l ġensek u ’l dar missierek.
Jitgħaxxaq is-sultan bi ġmielek;
u int, għax hu sidek, agħtih qima. R/.
Kollha ġmiel bint is-sultan bil-ġawhar,
minsuġ bid-deheb ilbiesha.
Għand is-sultan jeħduha bix-xbejbiet warajha,
it-tfajliet li jingħatawlha bi sħabha. R/.
Jittieħdu b’għajjat ta’ ferħ u hena;
jidħlu fil-palazz tas-sultan.
Flok missirijietek jilħqu wliedek;
inti tqegħedhom kapijiet fuq l-art kollha. R/.
Akklamazzjoni qabel l-Evanġelju
Lq 2,19
Hallelujah. R/. Hallelujah
Ħienja l-Verġni Mqaddsa Marija li kienet tgħozz f'qalbha l-Kelma ta' Alla u taħseb fuqha bejnha u bejn ruħha
R/. Hallelujah
Marija baqgħet tgħożż f'qalbha dawn il-ħwejjeġ kollha u taħseb fuqhom bejnha u bejn ruħha.
Lq 2, 15b-19
F'dak iż-żmien, 15b ir-ragħajja bdew jgħidu lil xulxin: “Ejjew immorru Betlehem ħa naraw x’ġara kif għarrafna l-Mulej.” 16Marru mela jgħaġġlu, u sabu lil Marija u ’l Ġużeppi, bit-tarbija mimduda f’maxtura. 17Kif raw dan, bdew jgħarrfu b’kulma kien intqal lilhom dwar dik it-tarbija, 18u kull min semagħhom baqa’ mistagħġeb b’dak li qalulhom ir-rgħajja. 19Marija, min-naħa tagħha, baqgħet tgħożż f’qalbha dawn il-ħwejjeġ kollha u taħseb fuqhom bejnha u bejn ruħha.
R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
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Alla hu s-salvazzjoni tiegħi;
jiena nittama u ma nibżax,
għax il-qawwa u l-għana tiegħi hu l-Mulej;
hu s-salvazzjoni tiegħi.
Kollkom ferħana, timlew l-ilma mill-għejun tas-salvazzjoni. R/.
Għannu lill-Mulej, sejħu lil ismu,
għarrfu lill-ġnus l-għemejjel tiegħu,
xandru li ismu huwa fil-għoli. R/.
Għannu lill-Mulej għax għamel ħwejjeġ kbar;
ħa jkun dan magħruf min-nies kollha tal-art.
Aqbeż bil-ferħ, għanni, int li tgħammar f’Sijon,
għax kbir hu f’nofsok il-Qaddis ta’ Israel. R/.
Akklamazzjoni għall-Evanġelju
Lq 1: 45
R/. Hallelujah
Hienja int, Verġni Marija, u jistħoqlok kull tifħir
għax minnek tnissel Kristu, Alla tagħna, ix-Xemx tal-ġustizzja
R/. Hallelujah
L-EVANĠELJU
Jn 19:25-27 - His mother, standing close to Jesus crucified - X’weġgħa ġarrbet u x’kefrija meta ratu fit-tbatija l-Omm lil Binha Alla.
Evanġelju
X’weġgħa ġarrbet u x’kefrija meta ratu fit-tbatija l-Omm lil Binha Alla. Ġw 19, 25-27 Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann
[Ġw:19:25] Kien hemm wieqfa ħdejn is-salib ta' Ġesù ommu, oħt ommu, Marija ta' Kleofa, u Marija ta' Magdala. [Ġw:19:26] Mela kif Ġesù lemaħ lil ommu u lid-dixxiplu li kien iħobb wieqaf ħdejha, qal lil ommu: "Mara, hawn hu ibnek". [Ġw:19:27] Imbagħad qal lid-dixxiplu: "Hemm hi ommok". U minn dak il-ħin id-dixxiplu ħadha għandu. Il-Kelma tal-Mulej R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolo_Longo
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Bartolo Longo, NEW FULL FILM, biography, power of the Rosary, Mary's Dowry Productions
Dun Gerard Buhagiar celebrating Holy Mass together with other Maltese/Gozitan priests at Our Lady of Pompeii Sancturay - 13th October 2013
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Supplica alla Madonna di Pompei
IS-SUPPLIKA LIL-MADONNA TA' POMPEI - FESTA B'DEVOZJONI LEJN IR-RUŻARJU
-Tingħad kull sena
--- f’nofsinhar tat-8 ta’ Mejju, Festa Devozjonali lill-Madonna tar-Rużarju f'Pompei ;
--- fl-ewwel Ħadd t'Ottubru - JEW - fil-festa tal-Madonna tar-Rużarju, 7 t'Ottubru.
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REGINA COELI - (if the feast falls during Eastertide)
ANGELUS
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from:
Catholic Exchange:
by Diane Moczar
"With the help of Mary, as both Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Christian saints and heroes of the sixteenth century had begun that liberation."
He did, however, send his half-brother, Don Juan of Austria, a young man in his twenties, as well as dozens of ships. Once in Italy, Don Juan was joined by volunteers from all the Mediterranean countries and set about assembling a fleet in 1571. He managed to get about 208 ships (some eighty fewer than in the Turkish fleet), mainly contributed by the Papal States, Spain, and Venice, with a few from other Italian states. The allied states came to be known as the Holy League.
On the flagship of the Genoese admiral, Giovanni Andrea Doria, was a curious picture that Philip II of Spain had sent him.
The great battle
In Rome, Pope Pius had been meeting with his treasurer. Suddenly he rose, went to the window, and stood gazing intently at the sky. Then, turning, he said, “This is not a moment for business; make haste to thank God, because our fleet this moment has won a victory over the Turks.” The day was October 7, 1571, and what the pope apparently saw in vision — for the news could not possibly have reached him by natural means — was what has since been called the greatest sea battle since the Battle of Actium (between the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, on the one side, and Octavian on the other) in 31 BC.Naval historians have analyzed it extensively, describing the maneuvering of the two fleets and the various tactics and weaponry used, and several websites provide maps and pictures as well as details. I will not go into the technical questions here, but a few points should be mentioned.
The Turkish fleet was anchored in the Gulf of Corinth as the allied fleet approached. It probably outnumbered the Christian fleet, but the number of combatants seems to have been about equal; perhaps 30,000 on each side. The Christians had the considerable advantage of possessing six galleasses; these were larger than galleys and had side-mounted cannon — as opposed to the front-mounted cannons of the galleys. This allowed them to inflict great damage on any ship that came broadside to them.
An unforeseen development was the rising up, from the depths of the Turkish galleys, of several thousand Christian slaves who had been forced to row the ships. Chesterton describes the “Thronging of the thousands up that labor under sea, White for bliss and blind for sun and stunned for liberty. Vivat Hispania! Domino Gloria! Don John of Austria has set his people free.”
Cervantes on his galley sets the sword back in the sheath
(Don John of Austria rides homeward with a wreath.)
And he sees across a weary land a straggling road in Spain,
Up which a lean and foolish knight for ever rides in vain,
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade.
(But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)When the news reached Europe, there was general relief, rejoicing, and thanksgiving. As for Pope Pius, he gave credit where it was due, declaring October 7 the Feast of Our Lady of Victory; it was later changed to the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary — a name it still bears.
A story without an end
The overwhelming significance of this great battle, the climax of the long Christian resistance to Muslim conquest, was that it ended any major Turkish attacks on the Mediterranean. The decimated Ottoman fleet would be partially rebuilt, and one or two islands and African coastal areas would later fall to Turkish attack, but never again would the Mediterranean be in such serious peril from the Turks as it had been before October 7, 1571. Spain would not be reinvaded by the Moors, and the rest of the southern shores of Christendom would be safe. One of the two main pathways to conquering Europe for Allah had been cut off for good.True, the Ottoman armies were still intact, and in the following century would mount one last campaign against Vienna. It would be their downfall. From the successful defense of Vienna, Christian armies would go on to roll back Turkish conquests from Hungary and much of the Balkans, although a few areas would not be liberated until the earlier twentieth century. With the help of Mary, as both Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Christian saints and heroes of the sixteenth century had begun that liberation.
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