August 11

Translation of two of Our Lady's robes to Aix-la-Chapelle (810, Germany) Feast of St Clare- Virgin Fransiscan

The Sanctuary built by Charlemagne at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), has the cloak of Our Lady and the swaddling clothes of the Infant Jesus. Charlemagne died here in A.D. 814. They were never exhibited before the fourteenth century and since then only infrequently. Great pilgrimages flock to Aachen to venerate these treasures in on the seventh of July every year, when they are on exhibition.

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Aix La Chapelle

Statue of Our Lady

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION

(which will be celebrated on Saturday, 15 August)

Lovely Lady dressed in Blue, Teach me how to pray! God was just your little Boy, Tell me what to say!

Did you lift Him up, sometimes, Gently, on your knee? Did you sing to Him the way Mother does to me? Did you hold His hand at night?

Did you ever try Telling stories of the world? O! And did He cry? Do you really think He cares

If I tell Him things - Little things that happen? And do the Angels' wings Make a noise?

And can He hear Me if I speak low? Does He understand me now? Tell me - for you know.

Lovely Lady dressed in blue, Teach me how to pray! God was just your little Boy. And you know the way.

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Flower of the Day

Morning Glory Ipomea Purporea

Symbolizing Our Lady's mantle

Ave Maria!