This
is Alice’s August newsletter. I explained Alice’s monthly newsletter here. This month focuses on the Assumption and Queenship
of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Before
the newsletter, let us pray: For Pope Leo XIV
Hail
Mary, full of grace…
Hail
Mary, full of grace…
Hail
Mary, full of grace…
St.
Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the
wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do
thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell
Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of
souls.
Handmaids of Mary
St. Michael’s Warriors
August 2026 Newsletter
SALVE REGINA
In the month of August we celebrate two main feast of the Blessed Mother: the Assumption on August 15th and the Coronation on August 22nd.
However, Mary did not stay in heaven. She left the glories of heaven many times to continue to nurture her children. Once, in the year 1208, she appeared to St. Dominic and said to him, “Dear Dominic do you know the weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use too reform the world? It is the rosary. I want you to preach my rosary.” This apparition is considered the birth of the Rosary.
MOTHER OF MERCY, OUR LIFE, OUR SWEETNESS, AND OUR HOPE
Mary as our loving Mother is calling us to heed the messages of her apparitions as they are meant for our times, especially the messages of Fatima. We should not be caught off guard as Mary has told us how communism would spread and wars would escalate. When we turn the news on, we are hearing the message of Fatima happening today.
She has given us the weapons to combat the evils of our day, and we need her protection by wearing the Brown Scapular and saying the rosary.
TO THEE DO WE COME MOURNING AND WEEPING IN THIS VALLEY OF TEARS
We are praying the St. Michael prayer and three hail Mary's for the church and the Pope.
TURN THEN MOST GRACIOUS ADVOCATE YOUR EYES OF MERCY TOWARDS US
Besides the rosary Mary wants us to remember the seven Sacraments as well. Sacramentals are one of the means the church enables us to participate in her treasures of grace and to show her love and solicitude for us.
The Sacramentals:
There are seven: the Crucifix, the Sign of the Cross, Holy Water, Blessed Candles, Blessed Palms, Scapular, and Medals.
Last month we covered the Crucifix, the
sign of the Cross, and Holy Water.
This month we will do two more: Blessed
Candles and Blessed Palms.
And in September, Scapular and Medals.
O CLEMENT O LOVING O SWEET VIRGIN MARY
Blessed Candles:
It is the wish of the church that candles used in liturgical functions be made form pure beeswax.
The number of candles to be used at various services is regulated by church law.
For a solemn Mass; 4 or 6.
For a Low Mass 2.
For Benediction and Exposition 12
Solemn Exposition such [as 40 hours) 20
Candles are blessed and used throughout the year on the feast of the Purification of Mary symbolic of the journey of Mary and Joseph to the Temple to present Jesus “light of the World.”
No Catholic home should be without Blessed Candles. They should be used in times of danger, especially in storms or other calamities and also in times of sickness in order to invoke the protection of God.
Blessed candles are placed in the hand of the dying, symbol of divine light that is to guide them through the valley of death to the realm of everlasting happiness.
Candles that burn near the coffin of the departed are to remind us that the body was the temple of the Holy Ghost, that it received the grace of Baptism and will rise again through the merits of Christ.
Pious Customs have established the practice of burning candles before the altar to honor the Divine Heart of Jesus truly present, and to plead for special graces and blessings.
Blessed Palm
Every Catholic is familiar with the ceremony of the blessing of the palms on Palm Sunday.
The ceremony recalls the triumphal entry of our Savior into Jerusalem. The palm is an emblem of Victory won by Christ over sin, death, and hell.
The church in blessing the palms refers to the olive branch brought by the dove to Noah after the subsiding of the waters as a symbol of peace established between heaven and earth and the abundant overflowing of Divine mercy. The branches are green and symbolize grace.
Blessed palms should be reverently preserved in the home as a holy sacramental to ward off the assaults of the devil and to obtain God’s protection. Old palms should be burned and not allowed to lie around or be cast aside where it might be disrespectfully treated.
Since August is also the feast of Edith Stein, Carmelite, it is hard not to mention her connection in this letter. There is so much persecution of the Catholic faithful today such as in Nigeria, China, and many other places in the world. Edith Stein is a model for those who are persecuted simply because of their nationality or religion. She died with her arms around the little children who were dying with her in Auschwitz, a women’s motherly love embracing them in their last moments.
Mary’s motherly love is our hope for today’s world of persecution, with her rosary to defeat Satan and all his wiles and wickedness.
PRAY FOR US, O HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, THAT
WE MAY BE MADE WORTHY OF THE PROMISES OF CHRIST.
Alice
Handmaid of the Handmaids and the St.
Michael Warriors.…
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