Corpus Christi! God's Feast Day! What a beautiful name! God's Feast Day and ours also! Let us see in what way. THIS feast day of God, which the Church calls Festum sacratissimi Corporis Christi, "Feast of the most sacred Body of Christ," is the only day dedicated...
Proclaiming that the Holy Spirit is Creator means saying that his sphere of action is not restricted to the Church, but extends to the entire creation. No place and no time is without his active presence. He acts in and out of the Bible; he acts before Christ, during...
No one heals himself by wounding another.
Most Holy Sacred Heart of Jesus, help my heart to persevere in all that is holy.- St. Rita
“God wishes to establish the devotion to my Immaculate Heart throughout the world.”- Our Lady of Fatima
Pope Francis' Prayer To Ask For Mary's Intercession O Mary,You shine continuously on our journeyas a sign of salvation and hope.We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,who, at the foot of the cross,were united with Jesus’ suffering,and persevered in your...
If you can lay your anxiety before your spiritual guide, or at least before some trusty and devout friend, you may be sure that you will find great solace. The heart finds relief in telling its troubles to another, just as the body when suffering from persistent fever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8zbCbmXNM&feature=emb_logo THE STATIONS OF THE LIGHT FIRST STATION: Jesus rises from the dead. (Mt 28:5-6) SECOND STATION: The women find the empty tomb. (Mt 28:1-6) THIRD STATION: The risen Lord appears...
"Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered." -Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
My Jesus, by the pain You did endure whenYour Left hand was pierced with the nail, give me true sorrow for my sins.My Jesus, by the pain You did endure whenYour right hand was pierced with the nail, give me perseverance in Your grace.My Jesus, by the pain You did...
At, the Cross her station keeping,stood the mournful Mother weeping,close to Jesus to the last.Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,all His bitter anguish bearing,now at length the sword has passed.O how sad and sore distressedwas that Mother, highly blest,of the...
When on account of illness, infirmity, or some other reason, you cannot make your (holy) hour, let your heart be saddened for a moment. Then in spirit imagine yourself at adoration in union with those who are actually adoring. On a bed of sickness, or on a journey, or...
“A married woman must, when called upon, quit her devotions to God at the altar to find him in her household affairs.”- St. Frances of Rome
“Fasting is most intimately connected with prayer. For the mind of one who is filled with food and drink is so borne down as not to be able to raise itself to the contemplation of God, or even to understand what prayer means.”— Catechism of the Council of Trent
“If the lungs of prayer and the Word of God do not nourish the breath of spiritual life, we risk suffocating in the midst of a thousand daily cares. Prayer is the breath of the soul and of life.”- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Novena For Catholics Seeking Marriage The following novena was written by Bishop O'Toole of Wales and England. It can be said as a novena leading up to St. Valentine's Day, but is also appropriate at other times of the year. Say this prayer for 9 consecutive...
Lord Jesus Christ, you created me, you watched over me from infancy,kept my body from defilement, preserved me from love of the world,made me able to withstand torture, and granted me the virtue of patiencein the midst of torments.- St. Agatha
Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, all heaven should be deeply moved when the Son of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest.- St. Francis of Assisi Photo by Kaushik Panchal on Unsplash
Remember, the Devil doesn’t sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.- St. Angela Merici
"But do we not have in the Eucharist the living true, and living Jesus laid present before us? Why look for more?"- St. Teresa of Avila
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. - St. Francis De Sales [su_posts taxonomy="post_tag"...
“Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.”
"The Magi are filled with awe by what they see; heaven on earth and earth in heaven; man in God and God in man; they see enclosed in a tiny body the One whom the entire world cannot contain."St. Peter Chrysologus...
O God, Creator of heaven and earth, Have mercy on us.O God, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.O God, Sanctifier of the faithful, Have mercy on us.O Christ hear us, O Christ hear us.Blessed Mary, full of grace, Blessed Joseph,Blessed St John Baptist, Blessed...
St. Andrew's Christmas Novena Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant...