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Oh Alex,

What can I say - not quite what I had expected I must admit - you went much much further.
<blushing furiously>

To illustrate this Devotion a little more, though Alex did mention that he made his Consecration on the Feast of the Annunciation , it can be made on any of the Feasts of Our Mother and also on the Feast of St Louis de Montfort. Mine was on the Feast of the Visitation [ which of course does not exist as a Feast in the East] , but after this year I will make my renewal on the Feast of the Annunciation.

Just as a thought I must give consideration to putting this thread in reverse after my return

Angela

Dear Angela,

Well, blushing or not, thanks to you my spiritual life is no longer in the 'red' .

God bless!

Alex

The rosary is my favorite along with devotion to St. Joseph.

I also am devoted to three Canadian "Blesseds" all from La Belle Provence:

Blessed Brother Andre csc
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher snjm
Blessed Louis-Zepherin Moreau, 4th bishop of St-Hyacinthe.

Hi,

Mine is "The Little Flower". I have a good story about this one. A friend went to OLG in Chicago to make a Novena. She took another lady with her.
This other lady was also making a Novena to St. Therese at the time. As they were crawling on their knees up to the statue the other lady got hysterical and started to cry.Her prayers had been answered through the intersession of St. Therese. How did she know? Someone had come out from the Sacristy and changed flowers in front of the Blessed Mother and they were white roses. That is the sign your prayers are answered, when you see a white rose.

Nicky's Baba

Sometimes I attend Eucharistic Devotion at an extremely orthodox RC parish nearby i.e. where even little children sing the O Salutaris Hostia from memory in Latin. I figure from a distance a prayer rope could be mistaken for a rosary.

Also, I'll occasionally go Tridentine (canonical) or NO Latin, the latter with a world class choir called Cantores in Ecclesia at the most beautiful RC parish in Portland.

MK

Dear Friends,

I LOVE reading your posts on this topic!

PLease keep 'em coming!

Dr. John, anything in your Latin closet you'd like to share with us .

Alex

[Greg runs in, trying to pull himself all together like Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music...]

Sorry, I'm late! (Ok, how do you get one of those smiley icons down here???)

Anyway, still being officially Roman Catholic at the moment (on my way to the East, so to say), my most favorite "western devotion" (if you can call it a "devotion"; feels funny to) is "private" Eucharistic adoration. In other words, the occasions on which I can come before the Lord in the tabernacle and just sit with Him myself for however long. Veeeery powerful. Tons of grace in that. Can't get enough.

I get the impression that Eucharistic adoration is not as big in the East as in the West. (No?) If that's so, I may just have to hang on to a key to a western church when I transfer rites. (Ok, this is where I normally would insert a "winking" icon, but don't know how. Somebody help! :-)

After adoration, my most favorite devotion I think would be the divine mercy chaplet. Do you know how "floored" I was by the way (in a good way) when I found out that the three closing prayers to the chaplet "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world..." have been a part of the Byzantine liturgy since long before the chaplet was ever given by our Lord to Sr. Faustina? How cool is that!

Anyway...

There's my two cents.

:-)

Greg

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Hmm, my favourite western devotions?

I have a devotion to St Thomas a Becket, the "holie blissful martir" of Canterbury.

When I get the chance, I attend and sing (in the schola) for Tridentine-rite services - yes, having once been in the schola for an SSPX chapel for 4 years, the chant still makes me tingle.

Intellectually, I'm opposed to the idea of Eucharistic exposition, but emotionally, I respond quite well to it - nothing like singing the Tantum Ergo in Latin to get my mood up.

I have a soft spot for the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin - in Latin, of course, according to the Sarum rite.

Whenever I can't find the time for the long Byzantine offices, I pick up my Horae Diurnalis and say the appropriate hours (according to the Julian Calendar, of course).

Hmm, more's probably going to come out of the woodwork over the next few days.

Yours in Domino,

Edward

::cough:: And the Syrian liturgy too, dare I say for longer? :p

Dear Mystic (Greg),

Well, Patriarch Slipyj was very devoted to Eucharistic Adoration and went to the Church of St Neilos in Rome for his daily hour and longer.

So did BL. Leonied Fyodorov the Russian Catholic Martyr and all of the Byzantine-Slavic Martyrs beatified by the Pope last year.

That's no problem . . .

As for the Trisagion, it shouldn't come as a surprise that it was part of a private revelation to a saint.

The Trisagion is sung, so the saints tell us, by the Angels in heaven, night and day.

It is traditional to write out the Trisagion on the coffin of an Eastern Christian who has reposed.

It is one of the few prayers that is still sung in Greek during our Pontifical Liturgies as well.

Godspeed to you in becoming Eastern Catholic! Please let us know if we can help with anything. Hopefully people like me won't hinder you on your path !

Alex

I'm sure you will prove to be a great help.

God bless,

Mystic

Greetings All,

Thanks for this post, it is a wonderful subject.

As one who attends a Latin seminary, I would have to say I have a devotion to eucharistic adoration and benediction. We hold this service every week, and once a month the whole community attends.

This is kind of new for me. When I was growing up, we did not have this in my parish, and I kind of wish we had.

Also, as a former benedictine, I have a great devotion to the saint.

Peace,

Peter

Dear Mystic (Greg),

I think it's "Tri - Sah - gee - on."

In Ukrainian, it is "Tri - svya - teh."

Again, Eucharistic Adoration is something that even occurs in some of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in western Ukraine, along with the Stations of the Cross, Rosary etc.

God bless!

Alex

Dear Brother Peter,
Laudetur Jesus Christus!

I too have a great devotion to St Benedict.

There is an Akathist and Canon to "Aghios Venedictos" in Greek and he is popular in Slavic Orthodox and Eastern CAtholic Churches as well.

I particularly love your Benedictine Cross with its medal of St Benedict and the Rule.

Alex

Christos Voskrese!
Vostinuu Voskrese!

I have a question for the Byzantines who pray the Angelus daily. In the West, when we get to the part "And the Word was made flesh/And dwelt among us", we generally genuflect as we say the words. I'm always told that when I'm in an Eastern Rite church and would normally genuflect to bow. Do you all do the same when it comes to the Angelus?

Yours in Christ,
mike