Jesus Calling August 14 (2024)

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What holy day is August 14? ›

Members of the Roman Catholic Church celebrate the Vigil of Assumption on August 14 every year. This is in keeping with the Catholic custom of keeping a vigil on feast days.

Lord our God, grant that we may heed your commandments, that our peace may be like a river and our righteousness like the waves of the sea. Be with us through your Spirit, we pray.

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?"

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. Job 22:21. Love for God should lead us to find true enjoyment in learning and doing His will.

14 August - Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)

On this day Pakistan achieved Independence and was declared a sovereign nation following the end of British rule in 1947.

This Day in History: August 14

U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, establishing a permanent national old-age pension system through employer and employee contributions.

St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, priest of the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual and Martyr. This Polish Conventual Franciscan, whose feast day is August 14, was a missionary in Japan before returning to a Poland ravaged by war.

In the Catholic Church, each month of the year is dedicated to a particular devotion – in August it's the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In addition to the Assumption of Mary, other feast days devoted to Mary in August include Our Lady of the Angels on Aug.

O Mary Immaculate, inflame our hearts with one ray of the burning love of thy pure heart. O Most Blessed Mother, heart of love, heart of mercy, ever listening, caring, consoling, hear our prayer. As your children, we implore your intercession with Jesus your Son.

On Aug. 30, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Jeanne Jugan, also known as Sister Mary of the Cross. During the 19th century, she founded the Little Sisters of the Poor with the goal of imitating Christ's humility through service to elderly people in need.

What is the prayer for 30 August? ›

Let your Spirit be at work everywhere. Give us patience when time is needed in our own hearts and in the hearts of all people, who also belong to you. Continue to strengthen us so that even the heaviest burden does not crush us and we may exult in hope because you right every wrong, to the glory of your name. Amen.

Christ is the solace of our life. All our true joys come from him; and in times of trouble, his presence is our consolation. There is nothing worth living for but him; and his lovingkindness is better than life!

Saint Sabina was a saint and martyr of the early church. Her feast day is 29 August. She lived and suffered martyrdom at the beginning of the 2nd century in Rome.

May we live in your Spirit and may your light shine over us. Touch our hearts and help us understand the greatness of what you call us to. Help us and free us again and again so that we are not bound by fear, even when we must pass through intense suffering. For your hand shall be with us and shall rescue us.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Most notably, during August, we celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) and the feast of the Assumption (August 15). The feasts of St. Alphonsus Liguori (August 1), St. Dominic (August 8), the Queenship of Mary (August 22), and the Martyrdom of St.

Assumption Day commemorates the belief that when Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, died, her body was "assumed" into heaven to be reunited with her soul, instead of going through the natural process of physical decay upon death.

August Feast Day– Saint Monica and Saint Augustine

The Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Monica on August 27 and her son, Saint Augustine of Hippo, on August 28. Download a printable activity in which children make and share a thank you card for their mothers or other caregivers.

The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart. The physical heart of Mary is venerated (and not adored as the Sacred Heart of Jesus is) because it is united to her person and is the seat of her love (especially for her divine Son), virtue, and inner life.