ETERNAL WISDOM
“La joie ne se trouve pas dans les objets qui nous entourent, elle se trouve au plus intime de l’âme, on peut aussi bien la posséder dans une prison que dans un palais”
– Manuscrit A, 65 (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing,
even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love”
(Revelation of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary, June 1675).
“My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms;
they can move hearts far better than words.” - Saint Therese of Lisieux
CLICK ABOVE TO REVIEW THEME OF THIS NOVENA TO PRAY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR POPE LEO XIV FROM MAY 18 to JUNE 27 for 40 DAYS AND NIGHTS — sharing your Testimony through your sincere acts of Oblation, Reparation, Reconciliation, Expiation and Supplication — the six words Fr. Nuno asks readers to focus upon as they pray for the entire Church and offer five Rosary decades each day.
REPARATION, EXPIATION, SUPPLICATION FOR PEACE
We can offer these Rosaries to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in reparation, and also to repair the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This request, which also represents acts of supplication requested by the Angel of Portugal, was seconded on June 13, 1917 by the request of Our Lady of Fátima who subsequently appeared on 10 December 1925 to request First Saturday Devotion; with a follow-up on 15 February 1926 (Feast Day of St. Claude de Columbière). These requests are in the summary of the apparition narratives published by the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima1 in this PDF:
ALSO SEE the WEBSITE: https://fatima.pt
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THE CONFERENCE ON SUFFERING CONTINUES
EPISODE CREDITS: Today’s Video and Podcast Concept & Live Record Session led by Amelia was made possible by the Episode Spiritual Direction of Rev. Father Nuno Rocha (PdV, Portugal), Rev. Father Elias Mary Mills, Franciscan of the Immaculate (USA) and in the house Live Record studio support from Reverend Father Anthony Gramlich, Assistant Rector of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA. Fr. Anthony is the founding Spiritual Director of the Rosary Hour Podcast which celebrates 3 years May 31, 2025, the first podcast recording by Fr. Anthony. Today’s LIVE RECORD | was captured on FEBRUARY 17, 2025 with video of LAPA donated by Fr. Nuno Rocha and APRIL 28, 2023 Live Record.
(A FAMILY ROSARY BROADCAST & PODCAST PRODUCTION BY CREATORS OF “THE ROSARY” CHANNEL (TRAVESSA DA SENRA HOUSE PRESS, PORTO, PORTUGAL. NARRATED BY REVEREND FATHER CHRIS ALAR, MIC PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR OF THE MARIAN FATHERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION at www.thedivinemercy.org / EWTN Host of “Living Divine Mercy” / Director of Marian Press in Stockbridge, MA; “TORRES DA LUZ NOVENA CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY FR. NUNO ROCHA, AUTHOR OF “THE SECRET OF JOY” odiario.substack.com with definitions explored in this post; Production support from Dr. Blythe Kaufman, Godric Kim, Dan, Rembrandt, Karen, Izzy and previous studio support from founding Youth Group members contributing to the formation of Terço das Crianças).
100th ANNIVERSARY OF the CANONIZATION OF ST. THÉRÈSE of LISIEUX
Today, please pray 24 Glory Be’s in honour of the 24 years of the life of this Saint. Recording by Zosia here: thelittleflower.substack.com
BELOW: See an image of the Entrance of the banner of St. Therese of the Child of Jesus to St. Peter’s in Rome on the day of her Canonization. May 17, 1925.
L’Entrée de la Bannière de Sainte Thérèse de L’Enfant-Jesus A Saint-Pierre de Rome le jour de sa Canonisation, 17 mai 1925.
A Entrada da Bandeira de Santa Teresinha de Menino Jesus para São Pedro de Roma no dia de sua Canonização — dia 17 de Maio de 1925.
LER + / READ from “The Story of a Soul” here2 in PDF format.
IN FRENCH: Soeur Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte Face Histoire d'une âme écrite par elle même
Listen to this lovely summary of the Life of St. Thérèse by Fr. Peter Turrone, IMC |
THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST NEWSLETTER |17th of MAY 2025
To those who are called, to those who are dear to God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ, we wish you all mercy and peace and love.
In this Live Record presentation, Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, continues our ENCONTRO: Conference on the Christian Meaning of Suffering, focusing today on how-to-pray despite “the isolation you can experience from suffering”.3
He also speaks from experience when he shares the power of prayers for healing, the focus of our novena — a prayer for the Church and the whole world during this special period from May 18 to June 27.
AGERE CONTRA: About this 40 days and 40 nights Novena for POPE LEO XIV & the Church
This novena evolved by using the Portuguese spelling of the word “Tower” OR “T.O.R.R.E.S." in the phrase “TORRES da LUZ” — which as an acronym that might draw us closer to reflecting upon the rich spirituality of Beata Alexandrina da Costa who described a person’s soul as a “TOWER OF LIGHT”.
How can we, in our times, become towers of light?
NOVENA STEP 1: Oblação
INVOKE THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCEND UPON
THE ENTIRE CHURCH in an act of OBLATION.
During this hour of transition, this novena for the Church and for the new pontiff invites those praying to contemplate their own roles as apostles in our times as we formally inaugurate Pope Leo XIV tomorrow — May 18th, also the birthday of St. John Paul II, and memory of the baptism of St. Carlo Acutis.
May the Church be transformed by the Holy Spirit under this new pontificate:
- let us pray, then, the VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS — the Pentecost Hymn in Latin, which is an act of oblation that reflects Liturgical oneness around the world — mirroring the motto of Pope Leo XIV:
“In Illo uno unum” (“In the one Christ we are one”).
NOVENA STEP 2: Reflexão
For this novena, we invite reflection upon six key words — from this mnemonic — a kind of acronym for what it means to be “Towers of Light”.
Fr. Nuno has chosen the following terms which thematically mirror the catechesis of the Angel of Portugal and Our Lady of Fátima in the spelling of the word TORRES:4
1. Testemunho (Testimony from Latin testimonium, from testis ‘a witness’.)
2. Oblação (Oblation from Latin offerre ‘to offer’.)
3. Reparação (Reparation comes from reparare ‘make ready again’)
4. Reconciliação (Reconciliation, the restoration of humanity to God’s love)
5. Expiação (Expiation is the act of making amends for wrongdoing; atonement)
6. Súplica (Supplication is a form of petitionary prayer or public prayer procession)
This description of the soul is derived from the fourth Seer of Fátima, the Northern Portuguese blessed born Alexandrina Maria da Costa who was catechised in Fr. Nuno’s city by the Poveirans. She passed into eternal life in 1955, and her testimony and message of Oblation as a “victim soul”, so called by Pope Pius XII — allowed her to petition God on behalf of souls and like many other saints evolve the Church. This Saint is particularly important in 1925 as she was responsible for encouraging Pope Pius XII to consecrate all of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One can see the original speech in Portuguese here:
The English translation will be published soon.
STEP 3: Reparação — “Rezem o Terço, todos os dias, para alcançarem a paz para o mundo” (Our Lady of Fátima)
When Our Lady asked us in 1917 to pray five decades of the Holy Rosary each day, we are taking time in this period of 40-days and 40-nights — this Novena for Pope LEO XIV & the Church to revisit our understanding of “why” we pray the Rosary. At the end of this video, Fr. Alar introduces Fr. Chris and emphasizes his generous teaching which has allowed the Rosary Hour Podcast and our listeners the time to reflect on the power of this prayer. For those new to the Rosary, here is a reminder for the coming days:
Pray on Saturdays the Joyful Mysteries | Testemunho
Pray on Sundays the Glorious Mysteries | Reconciliação
Pray on Mondays the Joyful Mysteries | Testemunho
Pray on Tuesdays the Sorrowful Mysteries | Reparação
Pray on Wednesdays the Glorious Mysteries - Reconciliação
Pray on Thursdays the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary - Oblação
Pray on Fridays the Sorrowful Mysteries | Expiação
Each decade of the Holy Rosary is matched with Scriptural Readings which are here provided by the Holy See
https://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/misteri_en.html or visit the basic toolkit which our founders used to pray together in 2022 here:
LE GRAND JUBILÉ DES 350 ANS DES APPARITIONS de JÉSUS à sainte Marguerite-Marie Alacoque — “Rendre amour pour amour”
STEP 4: Expiação (with Readings)
Make amends to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the next 40-days and 40-nights
In his writings, Pope Leo XIII stated that “When the Church, in the days immediately succeeding her institution, was oppressed beneath the yoke of the Caesars, a young Emperor saw in the heavens across, which became at once the happy omen and cause of the glorious victory that soon followed. And now, to-day, behold another blessed and heavenly token is offered to our sight-the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with a cross rising from it and shining forth with dazzling splendor amidst flames of love. In thatSacred Heart all our hopes should be placed, and from it the salvation of men is to be confidently besought.”
As you progress, try to call up the 1899 writings by Pope Leo XIII from “ANNUM SACRUM” — “ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART”
May 18, start your journey of rediscovering Pope Francis’s Encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus — “Dilexit Nos”. Here is the RHP audio rendering with all of Chapter One read aloud for you:
REFLECT ON THE CONSECRATION PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS — which you can plan to RECITE ON JUNE 27th, 2025 to end this NOVENA
OUTLINE OF Daily Novena PRAYERS:
Beginning on May 18th as we anticipate the Eucharistic Celebration for the beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome Leo XIV -- we invite you also to review the following document written by His Eminence, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins for a lovely overview of this devotion.
https://www.archtoronto.org/en/outreach/news/archdiocesan/a-new-pastoral-letter-from-cardinal-collins-heart-speaks-to-heart/STEP 5: Supplication
Supplication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the year marking the 350th Anniversary of the Final Apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque might be honoured starting June 6. Try going to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on First Fridays until February 2026. This invitation to “petitionary prayer” in the form of a pilgrimage or “public prayer procession” might serve as fruitful acts of Reparation.
We can also participate in Masses of Reparation as Requested by Our Lady of Fátima — so let us pray often for the poor souls in Purgatory, singing a verse & refrain of the Requiem Aeternam each day, as we also remember the suffering of Pope Francis and other Popes in need of prayer who served before him.
PRAYERS FOR HOLY SOULS | JUBILEE INDULGENCE
If possible, according to your state in life, try finding time during the next 4-6 weekends to attend twice in one day two Holy Sacrifices of the Mass — striving to receive the Holy Communion whenever possible — and in a state of grace — as a Proxy for a Holy Soul as per the Jubilee Indulgence Decree distributed last year on May 13, 2024 and approved by Pope Francis. Try offering your sacrifice for the sake of the Church and for Holy Souls.
HERE IS THE SCORE / PLAINSONG
MODIFY THE ROSARY INTENTIONS AT THE END OF THE DECADE FOR JUNE
PRAY THE LITANY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Add to your Rosary the following intentions at the END OF EACH DECADE.
LEADER: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus who loves us so much.
RESPONSE: Make our hearts like unto Thy Heart.
Finally, finish the Rosary for Saturday / Sunday and the rest of this novena with the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for 40 days and 40 nights.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/litany-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-270
Alternatively, at the 3 o’clock hour, implore God’s Mercy for the whole world. Pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy with the Marian Fathers every day at 3 PM EST here:
https://www.thedivinemercy.org/DailyChaplet
ON MARIAN DEVOTION & THE PRAYER FOR HEALING
Today’s video features the image of Our Lady of Good Health, who many souls have learned to call upon. Watch the Testemunho (Testimony) of Fr. Chris Alar, in an interview conducted by Fr. Elias’s order’s channel — HYPERDULIA MEDIA (A PROJECT OF THE FRANCISCANS OF THE IMMACULATE) in a video entitled:
“I NEVER HAD DEVOTION TO OUR LADY UNTIL THIS HAPPENED” (Published on Hyperdulia Media Channel on YouTube on May 13, 2025)
Finally, we invite you to be part of a new weekend novena project that we prepare our hearts for beginning May 18th and which ends on on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus through to February 21st, 2026 in which we will honour the First Fridays and the First Saturdays of the month leading up to the EDSA apparition — and as we celebrate 350 years of the message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the First Friday apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in France; as well the 100 year anniversary of the First Saturday apparitions in Tuy, Spain, which Fr. Elias has prepared a talk on for June 6th. Here is the schedule:
JOIN THIS DEVOTION via our MARIAN CONSECRATION website with Spiritual Direction on this devotion with Fr. Elias Mary Mills, FI. Click below:
FOOTNOTES | LIVE RECORD5
The novena also prepares each of us over 40 days and 40 nights to encounter the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Feast celebrated this June 27, marking the 350th Anniversary of the final apparition of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in which he gave her Heaven’s request for prayerful Reparation of the Nine First Fridays. Her Spiritual Director, confessor and perfect friend who helped teach this devotion to France and to the world and was St. Claude de Columbière. Let us pray for his intercession as we also celebrate his Feast which takes place on the same day we recall the First Saturday Devotion Request of the Infant Jesus to St. Lucia on February 15, 2026 (100 years ago in Tuy, Spain). Fr. Elias has recorded a video that will be released before the memory of the June 13, 1917 apparition which Travessa da Senra House Press has translated for the upcoming radio broadcast. Subscribe below for news on future broadcasts:
Have some time? Try praying the SHOWER OF ROSES NOVENA to honour St. Thérèse with Zosia, EVEN JUST TODAY here, asking for her intercession on this special memorial of her Sainthood from 1925-2025:
As part of this 40-days and 40-nights novena, we invite you to save-the-date to pray in English with members of Children’s Rosary on June 14, 2025 and invite anyone you know who wants to pray this Holy Hour to be part of this Radio Maria USA broadcast with the Digital Toolkit created by the Rosary Hour Podcast:
The Chaplet to the Divine Mercy
The Most Holy Rosary (5 decades)
The Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Two other guests in this Live Record hosted by Amelia include Fr. Elias Mary Mills, FI (co-host) & Dr. Blythe Kaufman (episode development with SJR), followed by a brief reading from the Gospel by Fr. Nuno Rocha.
We invite you also to listen to Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, explain the issues, concerns and hardships of praying while suffering with a chronic illness in his video below:
The above video links to the larger content from our Feb. 17 Live Record.
“I hail thee, white Lily of the glorious and ever peaceful Trinity, brilliant Rose, delight of Paradise, of whom the King of Heaven wished to be born, and with whose milk He wished to be nourished. Nourish our souls with divine graces!” (Prayer of St. Gertrude)
Explanation of The coat of arms of the Holy Father Leo XIV
Blazon
The left field is blue with a silver fleur-de-lis; the right is white, with a flaming heart pieced by an arrow, entirely red, and resting on an uncovered book.
Above the shield there is a silver mitre, adorned with three gold bands joined by a gold vertical post, with fluttering red infulae, fringed with gold and adorned with gold crosses; in front of the infulae there are the crossed Petrine keys, gold (bend) and silver (bend sinister), linked by a red cord.
Motto “IN ILLO UNO UNUM”
Explanation:
The coat of arms of the Holy Father Leo XIV
On the left field of the coat of arms of the Holy Father Leo XIV, the blue background recalls the heights of the heavens and is characterized by its Marian significance, a classic symbol referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the lily or fleur-de-lis (flos florum).
“If anyone greets me devoutly as the white Lily of the Trinity, the brilliant Rose of Paradise, I will do for him what I can through the Omnipotence of the Father, the Wisdom of the Son, and the superabundant mercy which fills my heart, flowing from the Love of the Holy Spirit.” (Our Lady to St. Gertrude).
In the other field, white in colour, there is the emblem of the Augustinian Order, a flaming heart pieced by an arrow. This image symbolically represents the words of Saint Augustine in the book of Confessions:
“Sagittaveras tu cor meum charitate tua”
(“You have wounded my heart with your love”).
It is an element that has always been present in the emblem of the Augustinians from the sixteenth century onwards, albeit with several variations, such as the presence of the book symbolizing the Word of God capable of transforming the heart of every man, as it was for Augustine. The book also recalls the enlightened works that the Doctor of Grace gave to the Church and humanity. White (in an ivory shade in the papal coat of arms) is a recurrent colour in other coats of arms of religious orders, and can be read as a symbol of holiness and purity.
The motto,
“In Illo uno unum” (“In the one Christ we are one”),
recalls the words of Saint Augustine in a sermon, the Exposition on Psalm 128, explaining that “in the one Christ we are one”, “one in the One Christ”.
From Press Office of the Holy See: don Antonio Pompili, Vice President of the Italian Heraldic Genealogical Institute
BEING AT ONE WITH THE POPE AND THE MAGISTERIUM
First “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing of the Holy Father Leo XIV, 08.05.2025 (with translation to Portuguese)
09.05.2025 Homily for Holy Mass of His Holiness Leo XIV with the College of Cardinals
12.05.2025 Meeting with Media Representatives in Rome for the Conclave
SEE BELOW THE UPCOMING CALENDAR OF POPE LEO XIV FROM THE HOLY SEE
Calendar of Celebrations presided over by the Holy Father Leo XIV (May 2025), 12.05.2025
TOMORROW: 18 May | Fifth Sunday of Easter
Saint Peter’s Square, 10.00
Eucharistic Celebration for the beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome Leo XIV
PAPAL CHAPEL
20 May
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, 17.00
Visit to the Tomb of Saint Paul
25 May
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, 17.00
Eucharistic Celebration and enthronement on the Roman Cathedra of the Bishop of Rome Leo XIV
PAPAL CHAPEL
Basilica of Saint Mary Major, 19.00
Visit to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major and veneration of the Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Salus Populi Romani”
31 May
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, feast
Saint Peter’s Basilica, 10.00
Holy Mass with priestly ordinationsd
INFORMATION ABOVE WAS POSTED as PRESS RELEASE from Vatican City, 12 May 2025 by ✠ Diego Ravelli (Titular Archbishop of Recanati, Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations)
POST VIDEO CO-PRODUCED with support from KAREN, BLYTHE, IZZY, FR. NUNO, FR. ELIAS, FR. ANTHONY; PODCAST STYLE INPUT FROM GODRIC, DAN, JOÃO and Spiritual Direction for original novena development from Fr. Elias with Fr. Nuno. Thanks to the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and to the Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception. Thanks also to Children’s Rosary and Asher Kaufman. Studio support from Live Record on April 28 / 23 from Tomé, Maria, Carlo, and Fr. Peter. Thanks to S. José and Lapa with footage donated from Lapa FB by Padre Nuno and captured by James PDV.
