September 19

Our Lady of La Salette

Reconciler of Sinners

Our Lady of La Salette

In this apparition, the Blessed Virgin was crying, in it is because of these tears of the Mother of God accompanying the announcement of the great suffering for the world in our time, that so many faithful consider the event of La Salette with a particularly fervent respect, and find in it, with that lesson on penance repeated in Lourdes and Fatima, a source of interior conversion and of spiritual life, more dear to them than any other. Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) Report on La Salette, January 29, 1947 Quoted by René Laurentin and Michel Corteville in The Discovery of the La Salette's Secret, Fayard, 2002

A Prayer

Remember, our Lady of La Salette, true Mother of sorrows, the tears which thou didst shed for me on Calvary; be mindful also of the unceasing care which thou dost exercise to screen me from the justice of God; and consider whether thou canst now abandon thy child, for whom thou hast done so much. Inspired by this consoling thought, I come to cast myself at thy feet, in spite of my infidelity and ingratitude. Reject not my prayer, O Virgin of reconciliation, convert me, obtain for me the grace to love Jesus Christ above all things and to console thee too by living a holy life, in order that one day I may be able to see thee in Heaven. Amen.

Flower of the Day

Maltese Cross

Lychnis chalcedon

Symbolizes Our Lady's Burning Love

Ave Maria!