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Our Lady Choir members enjoyed singing for the CDOM Anniversary Mass last weekend! Contact our Choir Director if you want to join the music ministry this year at [email protected]. We have many opportunities- a traditional choir and a contemporary ensemble, cantors, and musical instrument players. 🎶 🎵 ❤️⛪️

First Saturday Devotion To The Immaculate Heart of Mary

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, full of goodness, show your love towards us. Let the flame of your Heart, O Mary, descend on all people. We love you immensely. Impress true love in our hearts so that we have a continuous desire for you. O Mary, gentle and humble of heart, remember us when we are in sin. Give us, by means of your Immaculate Heart, spiritual health. Let us always see the goodness of your motherly heart and may we be converted by means of the flame of your Heart. Amen.

OLPH Men’s Club Cookout 🎉

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Join us on July 17th and July 24th to make hundreds of sandwiches for Catholic Charities of West Tennessee. Sandwiches directly benefit the Greater Memphis Community. Students who participate can earn one community service hour at each event. There is no age limit! Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring more bread, meat, or cheese. This will be a fun event for people of all ages and an amazing way to strengthen our love of serving others through Christ. See you then!

𝙎𝙔𝙈𝘽𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: 𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙇𝘼𝘿𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙋𝙀𝙏𝙐𝘼𝙇 𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙋

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Pope Pius IX, associated with a celebrated Byzantine icon. The image has become very popular among Roman Catholics in particular, a novena prayed every week.

The Elements

Greek Characters
- ΜΡ θΥ = Mother of God.
- O AP M = the Archangel Michael; to Mary's right
- O AP I O = the Archangel Gabriel; to Mary's left

Mary’s Star
- Reminds us she is the dawn announcing the coming of Jesus.
- Symbolizes the role of Mary in the mystery of Christ and the Church.
- The star indicates that she is the one who will lead us to Christ.

Mary’s Eyes
- Mary’s eyes are filled with compassion and love, are fixed on us, her children on earth.
- She is our source of constant comfort and hope.
- Her eyes draw all who look into her face toward the mystery of Redemption which she holds in her arms.

Archangel Michael
- He is holding a lance, a pole with a sponge, and a vessel of vinegar.
- These prefigure scenes from Jesus’ crucifixion.
- The Archangel’s veiled hands inculcate reverence for holy things.

Archangel Gabriel
- He is holding a cross and nails, the very instruments of the coming death that has driven the boy Jesus to His mother’s safe embrace.
- His veiled hands inculcate reverence for holy things.

Mary’s Cloak
- The colors of Mary’s cloak symbolize both her virginity (red) and motherhood (blue). These are also the colors of royalty.
- Blue is the color worn by mothers in Palestine, symbolic that Mary is both virgin and mother. Her red tunic underneath is the color worn by virgins during the time of Jesus.

Mary’s Hands & Arms

- Mary’s hands and arms hold Jesus in a manner that indicates she is presenting Him to us.
- Her right hand points directly into the heart of the Christ Child, up to the Cross the angel is holding.
- Her left hand position, along with the view of the right hand, is one of presenting the Child to those who stand before the icon as she says: “Receive the Word of God.”

The Face of Jesus

- The Christ Child looks out beyond the instruments of His passion to our future redemption.
- While Jesus’ body is that of a child, His face is more mature, symbolizing wisdom beyond His years.
Jesus’ Hands
- The joining of his hands with his mother’s signify the perfect conformity of Mary’s will with Her Son’s, and that together with Him, she participated in the work of the Redemption.

Jesus’ Clothes
- His green tunic symbolizes His humanity and creation.
- The red sash around His waist symbolizes the Blood of Christ shed for our salvation.
- The gold cloak is symbolic of the Resurrection.
- Together, the colors of the garments are a statement of the Incarnation, Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ.

Mary’s Face & Mouth
- The smallness of her mouth teaches us to be silent before the presence of God.

Jesus’ Feet & Sandals
- The dangling sandal of the baby Jesus implies that he lept to the comfort of Mother Mary in anticipation of the Passion. He went so quickly that he shed his sandal.

The Gold Background
- The gold background represents heaven and the divine light of the Resurrection shining through the garments of Jesus and Mary entering into the one praying before the image.

Sources:

(1) Icon Guide—Mary Pray for us (Retrieved on July 27, 2021);

(2) Infograph—Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Retrieved on July 27, 2021);

(3) 📷 Pinterest

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We're hosting a dinner and Q&A session about OCIA (formerly RCIA) on August 28th at 6pm in St. Therese Hall. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, please click here to register: https://forms.gle/3x32RTRdEz4pHXx77

OCIA classes begin September 4th.

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