A Litany Of Penance LORD, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. O Lord, hear our prayer. And let our cry come unto...
Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am, You alone.- St. Agatha
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory,...
“God, our Father, you always bear the cry of the poor. How many times have Christians themselves not recognized you in the hungry, the thirsty and the naked, in the persecuted, the imprisoned, and in those incapable of defending themselves, especially in the first...
St. John Bosco's Spiritual Goals For A New Year 1. I will take no unnecessary walks. 2. I will make exactingly careful use of my time. 3. When the salvation of souls is at stake, I will be always ready to suffer, to act and to humble myself. 4. May the charity and...
The Three Gifts The Infant Jesus Asks Us For This Epiphany Therefore we wanted to open ourselves and sought for a star to show us the right way. And it arose for us in the grace of vocation. We followed it and found the divine infant. He stretched out his hands...
The Christ-child comes in a real sense whenever human beings act out of authentic love for the Lord and do not settle for the mere exchange of gifts.- Pope Emeritus Benedcit XVI https://catholic-link.org/the-best-catholic-gifts-for-2021-giveaways/ [soliloquy...
Veni, Creator Spiritus | Catholic Prayer For New Year's Day (January 1) Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts which Thou hast made. O comforter, to Thee we cry, O heavenly gift of...
No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor. The self-sufficient, the proud, those who, because they have everything, look down on others, those who have no need even of God- for them there will be no Christmas. Only the poor, the hungry, those...
Life in a prison cell may well be compared to advent. one waits, hopes...the door is shut and can be opened only from the outside.- Dietrich Bonhoeffer https://catholic-link.org/50-best-catholic-gifts-of-2020-christmas-giveaway/...
An Advent Carol Written By St. Ambrose O Come, Redeemer of the earth,and manifest thy virgin-birth.Let every age in wonder fall:such birth befits the God of all. Begotten of no human willbut of the Spirit, Thou art stillthe Word of God in flesh arrayed,the promised...
"In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved." - St. John of the Cross https://catholic-link.org/the-best-catholic-gifts-for-2021-giveaways/ [soliloquy id="46949"] *Amazon Affiliate...
"At this Christmas, when Christ Comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern."- Mother Teresa https://catholic-link.org/the-best-catholic-gifts-for-2021-giveaways/...
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone. - St. Frances Cabrini https://catholic-link.org/50-best-catholic-gifts-of-2020-christmas-giveaway/
“Do not fear what may happen tomorrow. The same loving Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious...
I want to become a saint; it will not be easy at all. I have a lot of wood to chop, and it is as hard as stone. I should have started sooner, while it was not so difficult; but, in any case; 'better late than never.'- St. Zelie Martin Photo by Abby Savage on Unsplash...
O most holy virgin, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and the death of your divine Son, look upon me with eyes of compassion and awaken in my heart a tender commiseration for...
A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends towards the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in...
“To evangelize means: to show the path [to Christ], to teach the art of living."
"Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Let's remember that not everything which is good and beautiful pertains to genuine, essential love, because even without those other things love can be present, indeed a perfected love....
You say you see no reason why we should pray to the Saints since God can hear us and help us just as well, and will do so gladly, as any Saint in Heaven. Well, then, what need, I ask, do you have to ask any physician to help your fever, or to ask and pay any surgeon...
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us. He gives Himself every day so that our hearts as burning coals may set afire the hearts of the faithful.-...
Jesus does not demand great action from us but simply surrender and gratitude.- St. Therese of Lisieux More St. Therese Resources *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank you!
O Heart all loveable and all loving of my Saviour, be the Heart of my heart, the Soul of my soul, the Spirit of my spirit, the Life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts, words and actions, of all the faculties of my soul and of all my senses, both...
O Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request).O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was...