Prayers
Note: St. Albert was born of noble parents at Trapani Sicily. He was consecrated before his birth to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and when he was very young he entered her order at Messina. He was distinguished for his great devotion to the Blessed Virgin and for his angelic purity. After a life...
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O Immaculata, you are queen of heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother. God has willed to channel His mercy through you. I (insert your name here), a repentant sinner, consecrate myself wholly to you as your possession and property. Please transform me. Forge my powers...
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O my Jesus, I beg you on behalf of the whole church; Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.
Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine...
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"Let us think also of the place named Bethlehem, of the land in which Jesus lived, and which he loved so deeply. And let us pray that peace will be established there, that hatred and violence will cease. Let us pray for mutual understanding, that hearts will be opened, so that borders can be...
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O My God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend You my God, who are all-good and deserving of all of my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my...
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Novena to St. Therese:
The novena consists of 24 "Glory Be's" for nine consecutive days to thank God for the blessings given to St Therese of the Child Jesus during the 24 years of her life. One may add this prayer:
Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy...
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St. Francis
of Assisi
Saint Francis was born in Assisi, Italy in 1182. He lived and preached a life of poverty and love of God to all men. He founded the religious Order of the Franciscans; with St. Clare, he...
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The Holy Face
O Blessed Face of my kind Savior, by the tender love and piercing sorrow of Our Lady as she beheld You in Your cruel Passion, grant us to share in this intense sorrow and love so as to fulfill the holy will of God to the utmost of our ability. Amen.
An Act of...
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The Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into...
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Introduction
The purpose of the Devotion of the Seven Sorrows is to promote union with the sufferings of Christ through union with the special suffering that Our Lady endured because she was the Mother of God. By uniting ourselves with both the Passion of Christ and His holy...
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