August 4th - St. Molua, Abbot of Clonfert, Ireland,
- From: "Traudel" <hildegard8@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:25:15 -0500
August 4th - St. Molua, Abbot of Clonfert, Ireland,
(who founded 120 monasteries and wrote a very ascetic rule)
(also known as Lua, Da Lua, Luanus, Lugid, Lughaidh)
Born in Limerick; died August 4, 622. Saint Molua was educated at Bangor
under
Saint Comgall and was known as a monk, hermit and builder. As Bernard of
Clairvaux assures us, Molua founded over 100 monasteries in Ireland,
including
that of Killaloe (County Clare) and Cluain-Fearta Molua, on the borders of
Ossory and Queen's County in Leinster. Saint Molua prescribes a most austere
monastic rule that was long observed in Ireland. It enjoined the strictest
silence and recollection, and forbade women from approaching the church of
the
monks. Despite his strict observance of the monastic discipline, he was a
man of
great tenderness to both man and beast. His principal disciple was Saint
Flannan, who succeeded him in the governance of Killaloe. Molua's oratory on
Friars' Island, a few hundred yards from the cathedral, was re-erected
before
the area was submerged by the Shannon hydro-electric works in 1929
(Benedictines, Encyclopaedia, Farmer, Husenbeth).
St Molua's Well
St Molua is one of the patron saints of Ardagh, there is a well dedicated to
him
in his honour. It has been said that in older times people used to wash
their
clothes at this well. A woman washed clothes in the well and it dried up for
three years. The parish priest of Ardagh brought the water back there again.
White thorn trees grow longside the well, the water remained fresh there for
many years. It has been said that years ago that St. Patrick when passing
through Ardagh had put a curse on the well, and who ever would drink from
the
well would die. St. Molua changed the curse and to this day people visit the
well on his feast day on the 4th of August.
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Troparion of St Lugid Tone 4
Renowned for thy virtuous life/
and thy zeal as a founder of monasteries,/
pray O Father Lugid, that God will raise up monastics in our day/
to instruct and guide the faithful in their struggles/
that many souls may be saved.
Saint Quote:
Why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume
our
silence without some hurt done to our conscience? ... Devout conversation on
spiritual things helpeth not a little to spiritual progress, most of all
where
those of kindred mind and spirit find their ground of fellowship in God.
-Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ
Bible Quote:
I have appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit
should remain. (John 15:16)
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Prayers Honoring the 7 Times Jesus Spilled His Precious Blood for Us, as
Revealed by Our Lady
to St. Bridget, and Approved by Pope Clement XII
Our Lord made these promises to anyone who recited/prayed these
Prayers for 12 entire years**:
1. The soul who prays them will suffer no Purgatory.
2. The soul who prays them will be accepted among the Martyrs as though
he had spilled his blood for his faith.
3. The soul who prays them can choose three others whom Jesus will then
keep in a state of grace sufficient to become holy.
4. No one in the four successive generations of the soul who prays them
will be lost.
5. The soul who prays them will be made conscious of his death one month
in advance.
** If the soul praying these prayers dies before the entire 12 years of
prayers have been completed, the Lord will accept them as having been
prayed in their entirety, because the intention of the soul was to complete
them as directed.
If a day or a few days are missed due to a valid reason, they can be made up
for later, at the soul's earliest opportunity.
The 12 Year Prayers:
O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord's Prayer seven times in unity with the
love
with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips
into
Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much
honor
and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May
these
pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the
Precious Blood that You spilled from them.
First Prayer: The Circumcision
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You the first wounds, the first pains, and the first Bloodshed as
atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of youth, as protection against
the
first mortal sin, especially among my relatives.
Second Prayer: The Suffering on the Mount of Olives
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You the terrifying suffering of Jesus' Heart on the Mount of Olives
and
every drop of His Bloody Sweat as atonement for my and all of humanity's
sins of
the heart, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of Divine
and
brotherly Love.
Third Prayer: The Flogging
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You the many thousands of Wounds, the gruesome Pains, and the
Precious
Blood of the Flogging as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the
Flesh, as protection against such sins and the preservation of innocence,
especially among my relatives.
Fourth Prayer: The Crowning of Thorns
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You the Wounds, the Pains, and the Precious Blood of Jesus' Holy
Head
from the Crowning with Thorns as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins
of
the Spirit, as protection against such sins and the spreading of Christ's
kingdom here on earth.
Fifth Prayer: The Carrying of the Cross
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You the Sufferings on the way of the Cross, especially His Holy
Wound on
His Shoulder and its Precious Blood as atonement for my and all of
humanity's
rebellion against the Cross, every grumbling against Your Holy Arrangements
and
all other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for true
love
of the Cross.
Sixth Prayer: The Crucifixion
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of
Jesus,
I offer You Your Son on the Cross, His Nailing and Raising, His Wounds on
the
Hands and Feet and the three streams of His Precious Blood that poured forth
from these for us, His extreme tortures of the Body and Soul, His precious
Death
and its non-bleeding Renewal in all Holy Masses on earth as atonement for
all
wounds against vows and regulations within the Orders, as reparation for my
and
all of the world's sins, for the sick and the dying, for all holy priests
and
laymen, for the Holy Father's intentions toward the restoration of Christian
families, for the strengthening of Faith, for our country and unity among
all
nations in Christ and His Church, as well as for the Diaspora.
Seventh Prayer: The Piercing of Jesus' Side
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:
Eternal Father, accept as worthy, for the needs of the Holy Church and as
atonement for the sins of all Mankind, the Precious Blood and Water which
poured
forth from the Wound of Jesus' Divine Heart. Be gracious and merciful toward
us.
Blood of Christ, the last precious content of His Holy Heart, wash me of all
my
and others' guilt of sin! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me clean of
all
punishments for sin and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for
all
the Poor Souls. Amen.
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