Acts of reparation

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Reparation is a Christian

Jesus Christ or as Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary
.

Theological perspective

According to Thomas Slater, writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia, reparation is a theological concept closely connected with those of

death of Jesus Christ. By voluntarily submitting to his passion and death on the cross, Jesus thus atoned for man's disobedience and sin, and made reparation to God for the offenses of humanity.[1]

In Catholic teaching, through the merits obtained by the death of Jesus, mankind is restored to grace, which enables humanity to add prayers, works and trials to those of Jesus "and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church" (Colossians 1:24).

Communion of the Saints, the oneness and solidarity of the mystical Body of Christ, can also make satisfaction and reparation for the sins of others.[1]

Duty of reparation

Pius XI

In the encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor Pope Pius XI said:

The creature's love should be given in return for the love of the Creator, another thing follows from this at once, namely that to the same uncreated Love, if so be it has been neglected by forgetfulness or violated by offense, some sort of compensation must be rendered for the injury, and this debt is commonly called by the name of reparation.[3]

History

In 1654 Catherine de Bar founded the Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Paris.[4] Some Catholic organizations whose focus was reparation included the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday, founded by Bishop Pierre Louis Parisis in 1847; and the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face, founded by Leo Dupont in 1851.

The

Mass, the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary, was according to Thomas Aquinas specially suited to make reparation for sin.[1] The Mass of Reparation is a particular apostolate of the Norbertines. A confraternity to promote the devotion was founded by the Norbertine sister Rose of Bonlieu. Members promise to attend one extra Mass during the week in reparation for all those who neglect their Sunday obligation.[5] In 1886 Pope Leo XIII raised the group to an Archconfraternity of the Mass of Reparation.[1]

The Prayerful Sodality founded by

Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face in 1977.[6]

Scriptural studies in Catholic theology after the Second Vatican Council have developed a Trinitarian focus on "the self-offering of believers in union with Christ by which they share in his covenant relationship with the Father."[7]

Some Marian apparitions have purportedly mentioned the need for reparation.

Acts of Reparation to The Holy Trinity

The Fatima prayer to the Holy Trinity is based on the purported 20th century apparitions of

Our Lady of Fatima
, and is attributed to an angel who appeared to the visionaries. It is sometimes called the Angel Prayer.

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I beg the conversion of poor sinners.[8]

Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ

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Jesus Christ. Pope John Paul II referred to reparation as the "unceasing effort to stand beside the endless crosses on which the Son of God continues to be crucified".[9]

First Thursdays adoration

Main article: First Thursdays Devotion

Practicing

Holy Wounds
of Christ.

First Fridays

Main article: First Fridays Devotion

The idea of reparation is an essential element in the

exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during the First Fridays is encouraged.[10]

The Golden Arrow Prayer

The "Golden Arrow prayer" is part of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus first introduced in 1844 by Mary of Saint Peter, a Discalced Carmelite. She wrote that an act of sacrilege or blasphemy is like a "poisoned arrow", hence the name "Golden Arrow" for this reparatory prayer.[11]

Rosary of the Holy Wounds

The

Marie Martha Chambon, a Visitation nun who lived in Chambéry, France and died in 1907.[12]

Institutions

Specific Roman Catholic organizations exist for this purpose. The Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday was founded by Pierre Louis Parisis in 1847 and the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face was founded in 1851 by Leo Dupont, the "Holy Man of Tours".[13] In 1950, the abbot Hildebrand Gregori formed the organization "Prayerful Sodality" which in 1977 became the Pontifical Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face.[14]

Prayers

A number of prayers such as the Act of Reparation to the Virgin Mary appeared in the Raccolta, a collection of Catholic prayers and good works with attached indulgences. The Raccolta included a number of diverse prayers for reparation.[15] The Raccolta was deprecated in 1968.[note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. Indulgentiarum doctrina
    . EI lists "only the most important prayers and works of piety, charity and penance" that have an attached indulgence.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Slater, Thomas. "Reparation." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 15 September 2016
  2. ^ Colossians 1:24
  3. ^ Pope Pius XI, "Miserentissimus Redemptor", §6, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
  4. ^ Goyau, Georges. "Saint-Dié." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 15 Sept. 2016
  5. ^ "The Mass of Reparation", Priory of Our Lady of Sorrows, Canons Regular of Prémontré, May 25, 2009
  6. ^ "Hildebrand Gregori a step closer to canonization". zenit.org. New York: Innovative Media. 2007-07-17. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  7. ISBN 0824507770
    .
  8. ^ Nahrgang, John. "Fatima, Faustina and two powerful prayers of reparation", The Catholic Sun, Diocese of Phoenix, March 8, 2022
  9. ^ Vatican archives https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001021_riparatrici_en.html
  10. ISBN 1-4086-8658-9
    page 118
  11. ISBN 0-89555-390-2
  12. ^ Legionnaires Praying for the Clergy http://www.lpca.us/five_sacred_wounds.htm
  13. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12775a.htm
  14. ^ "Hildebrand Gregori a Step Closer to Canonization", Zenit, February 19, 2013
  15. ISBN 978-0-9706526-6-9
    .

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