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The annual May Crowning of Our Lady will occur after the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday May 20, 2012.
This is followed by a procession around the abbey grounds with the statue of Our Lady and recitation of the Rosary. After the crowning, the faithful are allowed to place any flowers they may have brought at the feet of the Blessed Mother
before the procession begins.
All are most warmly encouraged to join us.
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Novena Prayer to Blessed Peter Adrian Toulorge
Norbertine Priest and Martyr
Guillotined 13 October 1793
Beatified 29 April 2012
(taken from the words of his last letter to his brother John)
O Blessed Priest and Martyr Peter Adrian, glory of the Christian clergy and the Norbertine Order, I rejoice that from the day of your martyrdom you have been a heavenly protector of those who ask for your intercession. I rejoice also that God found you worthy to suffer imprisonment and death for Our Lord Jesus Christ. I rejoice as well that Holy Church has declared you blessed on earth and raised you to the glory of the altar. Pray for me that I may turn my own gaze toward heaven and not to the passing things of this world. Pray for me that I may live an upright life and live and die in the religion of the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church. Pray for me for the particular intention I bring before you (here pause to express your intention) since I know you to be a perfect friend of those who love the God who so loved and favored you. Amen.
Blessed Peter Adrian, Martyr of Truth, pray for us! |
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Q: Why is the feast of the Translation celebrated?
A: The Church honors the relics of the Saints because the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. The relics of the Saints are honored because many benefits were bestowed by God on the faithful through them during life, and even after death - because they united themselves so closely to Him while they were on earth, and now are with Him in glory in heaven. The feast of the Translation of the relics of St. Norbert is celebrated within the Norbertine Order because it was the occasion of many conversions and a great resurgence of fervor in the Order, and that grace is still operative today for those who avail themselves of its power.
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Q: How does a person become a Saint in the Church?
A: The process of canonization is the Church's pronouncement that a person has lived the virtues to an heroic degree in life and is worthy of imitation - an example held up for all Christians of a life that successfully followed our Lord. The discipline of the Church reserves the canonization process to the Holy See, and two miracles must be attested to after the death of the person under consideration for canonization. Canonization is the statement by the Church that the person certainly enjoys the Beatific Vision (i.e. is in heaven).
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