Loving and Generous God,
it is You who call us by name
and ask us to follow You.
Help us to grow in the Love
and Service of our Church
as we experience it today.
Give us the energy and courage
of Your Spirit
to shape its future
Grant us faith-filled leaders
who will embrace Christ's Mission
of love and justice.
Bless our Church
by raising up dedicated and generous leaders
from our families and friends
who will serve Your people as Sisters,
Priests, Brothers, Deacons and Lay Ministers.
Inspire us to know You better
and open our hearts
to hear Your call.
We ask this through our Lord.
Loving God, you call all who believe in you to grow perfect in love by following in the footsteps of Christ your Son. Call from among us more men and women who will serve you as religious. By their way of life, may they provide a convincing sign of your Kingdom for the Church and the whole world. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Monday, August 4, 2008
Litany in Reparation to Our Lord in the Eucharist
"Go to the encounter with him in the Blessed Eucharist, go to adore him in the churches, kneeling before the Tabernacle: Jesus will fill you with his love and will reveal to you the thoughts of his Heart. If you listen to him, you will feel ever more deeply the joy of belonging to his Mystical Body, the Church, which is the family of his disciples held close by the bond of unity and love." - Pope Benedict, Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.
Sacred Host, offered for the salvation of sinners, Have mercy on us.
Sacred Host, annihilated on the altar for us and by us,
Sacred Host, despised by lukewarm Christians,
Sacred Host, mark of contradiction,
Sacred Host, insulted by blasphemers,
Sacred Host, Bread of angels, given to animals,
Sacred Host, flung into the mud and trampled underfoot, Sacred Host, dishonored by unfaithful priests,
Sacred Host, forgotten and abandoned in Thy churches,
Be merciful unto us, Pardon us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us, Hear us, O Lord.
For the outrageous contempt of this most wonderful Sacrament, We offer Thee our reparation.
For Thine extreme humiliation in Thine admirable Sacrament, For all unworthy Communions,
For the irreverences of wicked Christians,
For the profanation of Thy sanctuaries,
For the holy ciboriums dishonored and carried away by force,
For the continual blasphemies of impious men,
For the obduracy and treachery of heretics,
For the unworthy conversations carried on in Thy holy temples,
For the profaners of Thy churches which they have desecrated by their sacrileges,
That it may please Thee to increase in all Christians the reverence due to this adorable Mystery, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee to manifest the Sacrament of Thy Love to heretics. That it may please Thee to grant us the grace to atone for their hatred by our burning love for Thee,
That it may please Thee that the insults of those who outrage Thee may rather be directed against ourselves,
That it may please Thee graciously to receive this our humble reparation, That it may please Thee to make our adoration acceptable to Thee,
Pure Host, hear our prayer.
Holy Host, hear our prayer.
Immaculate Host, hear our prayer.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. See, O Lord, our affliction,
R. And give glory to Thy Holy Name.
Let Us Pray: O Lord Jesus Christ, Who did deign to remain with us in Thy wonderful Sacrament to the end of the world, in order to give to Thy Father, by the memory of Thy Passion, eternal glory, and to give to us the Bread of life everlasting: Grant us the grace to mourn, with a heart full of sorrow, over the injuries which Thou hast received in this adorable Mystery, and over the many sacrileges which are committed by the impious, by heretics and by bad Catholics.
Inflame us with an ardent zeal to repair all these insults to which, in Thine infinite mercy, Thou hast preferred to expose Thyself rather than deprive us of Thy Presence on our altars, Who with God the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest one God, world without end. Amen.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel
The Prayer:Sancte Michael Archangele, | Saint Michael the Archangel, |
History:
An article in the Ephemerides Liturgicae (V. LXIX, pages 54-60) in 1955 gave an account of how this prayer came to be. Fr. Domenico Pechenino who worked at the Vatican during the time of Leo XIII, stated:
I do not remember the exact year (note: the earliest form of the prayer dates to 1880). One morning the
great Pope Leo XIII had celebrated a Mass and, as usual, was attending a Mass of thanksgiving. Suddenly, we saw him raise his head and stare at something above the celebrant's head. He was staring motionlessly, without batting an eye. His expression was one of horror and awe; the color and look on his face changing rapidly.Something unusual and grave was happening in him. Finally, as though coming to his senses, he lightly but firmly tapped his hand and rose to his feet. He headed for his private office. His retinue
followed anxiously and solicitously, whispering: 'Holy Father, are you not feeling well? Do you need anything?' He answered: 'Nothing, nothing.' About half an hour later, he called for the Secretary of the Congregation of Rites and, handing him a sheet of paper, requested that it be printed and sent to all the
ordinaries around the world. What was that paper? It was the prayer that we recite with the people at the end of every Mass. It is the plea to Mary and the passionate request to the Prince of the heavenly host, [St. Michael: Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle] beseeching God to send Satan back to hell.
According to the same article, Cardinal Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano wrote in his Litteris Pastoralibus pro Quadragesima (Pastoral Letters for Lent) that
"the sentence 'The evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls' has a historical explanation that was many times repeated by his private secretary, Monsignor Rinaldo Angeli. Leo XIII
truly saw, in a vision, demonic spirits who were congregating on the Eternal City (Rome). The prayer that he asked all the Church to recite was the fruit of that experience. He would recite that prayer with strong, powerful voice: we heard it many a time in the Vatican Basilica. Leo XIII also personally wrote an exorcism that is included in the Roman Ritual. He recommended that bishops and priests read these exorcisms often in their dioceses and parishes. He himself would recite them often throughout the day."
The prayer is one of the Leonine Prayers Pope Leo XIII added to the end of the Low Mass. The prayers were, 3 Ave Marias, a Salve Regina, versicle, response, prayers for the conversion of sinners, prayers for the welfare of the Church, and the Saint Michael Prayer.
These prayers were suppressed from use in the Liturgy in the wake of the liturgical reforms of 1965. Although they have been suppressed from liturgical function, we are all encouraged to pray it in defense of the evil one. Prayer is the first line of defense against Satan.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Sacred Heart of Jesus
The honor and worship now given to the Sacred Heart of Jesus had its origin through the revelations made to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in the seventeenth century. the immeidate object of the devotion is the Heart of Jesus, the Son of God, and the burning love of Christ manifested toward humankind. Devotion to the Sacred Heart helps us acknowledge our Lord as king over our hearts by exciting in them a return of love for God and for one another. 
Litany of the Sacred Heart
r. Have mercy on us (after each ejaculation)
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God, the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus:
Son of the Eternal Father,
formed by the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the Virgin Mother.
substatially united to the Word of God.
of inifinite majesty,
sacred temple of God,
tabernacle of the Most High,
house of God and gate of heaven,
burning furnace of Charity
abode of justice and love,
full of goodness and love,
abyss of all virtues,
most worthy of all praise,
King and center of all hearts,
in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
in Whom dwells the fullness of divinity,
in Whom the Father was well pleased,
of Whose fullness we have all received,
desire of the everlasting hills,
patient and most merciful,
enriching all who invoke You,
fountain of life and holiness,
propitiation for our sins,
loaded down with opprobrium,
bruised for our offenses,
obedient unto death,
pierced with a lance,
source of all consolation,
our life and resurrection,
our peace and reconciliation,
victim for sin,
salvation of those who trust in You,
hope of those who die in You,
delight of all the Saints,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
v. Jesus, meek and humble of Heart.
r. Make our hearts like Yours.
Monday, June 2, 2008
As final exams approach
One of the biggest mysteries in my existence is how I managed to graduate high school having failed English my freshman and sophomore years and not having to go to summer school.
Aaaah! I remember the days in Sr. St. George's classroom: the weekly vocab/spelling exams, Commonplaces, journals, the vegetable garden, the scoldings, humiliations, and the papers covererd in more red than the republican budget. Oh the good old days... and yes they were!
Several of my teachers often commented that I got through on a prayer. I am not one to believe in superstition and and bending the outcome of things through prayer, but prayer in times of study does help. If anything, there is a peace that comes from simply knowing that I entrust myself to the hands of my GOD.
As the school year quickly approaches and final exams are within sight for students all over, I offer some prayers I have come accross.
Sister Saint George Skurla's prayer:
Wisdom of GOD be with me, always at work in me.
Wisdom of GOD be with me, always at work in me.
Wisdom of GOD be with me, always at work in me.
Our Lady Queen of the Angels: Pray for us.
Mr. John Bustamante's Prayer Before Class:
Come Holy Spirit and by your divine assistance help our meeting here today
be of worth to us and those we hope to serve. Amen.
Prayer Before Study or Reading:
Grant me grace, O merciful GOD, to desire ardently all that is pleasing to you, to examine it prudently, to acknowledge it truthfully, and to accomplish it perfectly, fo rhte praise and glory of your name. Amen.
Our Lady of Good Studies: Pray for us.
(Indulgence of 300 days, each time.--Leo XIII. June 29, 1879)
Prayer Before an Exam:
O wise God, I pray that my mind might be rested, my body energized, and my spirit inspired for the exam I must write. Grant me peace and assurance so that I might do the best I am able, regardless of what that might be.
Be with my fellow students and may I be a good example to them, offering reassurance and confidence regardless of how I feel. May I be honest and insightful, and able to give a true record of what I have learned. In the end, may any disappointment be born with grace, and any joy accompanied with humility.
I write this exam with Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Patron of Students: Pray for us.
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