August 28

Our Lady of Kiev

Russia, 1241

Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Our Lady of Kiow, the metropolitan church of Russia, in Poland, where there is a large image in alabaster, which spoke to St. Hyacinth, in the year 1241, and told him not to abandon it to the enemy who was besieging the city, but to carry it off with him, which he did without any difficulty, the image having lost its weight.—(Life of St. Hyacinth.)

St. Augustin's vision

Triumph of St. Augustine

"Heart speaks to heart" (Cor ad cor loquitur) "Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love" (Victoria veritatis est caritas

Thanksgiving and Prayer to Mary

by St. Augustine of Hippo

O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily give you the just dues of praise and thanksgiving, you who by the wondrous assent of your will rescued a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature recite in your honor, since it is by your intervention alone that it has found the way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have to offer here, though they be unequal to your merit; and, receiving our vows, obtain by your prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly audience and bring forth the gift of our reconciliation. Take our offering, grant us our requests, obtain pardon for what we fear, for you are the sole hope of sinners. Holy Mary, help the miserable, strengthen the fainthearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for your people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God. Be ever ready to assist us when we pray and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it your continual care to pray for the people of God, you who, blessed by God, merited to bear the Redeemer of the world who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.

Flower of the Day

Shepherd's Purse

Capsella bursa pastor Mother's Heart, Priests Heart

Ave Maria!