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St. Monica NovenaDay 8Peace be with you!St. Monica demonstrated heroic patience during her trials in life. She suffered ...
08/26/2024

St. Monica Novena
Day 8

Peace be with you!
St. Monica demonstrated heroic patience during her trials in life. She suffered patiently and with a deep faith in God's goodness.

Let's pray today that we may all have the faith of St. Monica -- that we will have heroic patience in the face of difficulty.

Here are the prayers for today:
Day 8 - St. Monica Novena

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear Saint Monica, you were once the mournful mother of a prodigal son. Your faithfulness to prayer brought you and your son so close to God that you are now with him in eternity. By your intercession and Godโ€™s grace, your son St. Augustine became a great and venerable Saint of the Church. Please take my request to God with the same fervor and persistence with which you prayed for your own son.

(Mention your intentions here)

With your needs, worries and anxieties, you threw yourself on the mercy and providence of God. Through sorrow and pain, you constantly devoted yourself to God. Pray for me, that I might join you in such a deep faith in Godโ€™s goodness and mercy.

Above all, dear Saint Monica, pray for me, that I may, like your son, turn from my sin and become a great saint for the glory of God.

Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

02/05/2024

February 5, 2024
Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

Reading 1
1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13
The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes,
the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel,
came to King Solomon in Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant
from the City of David, which is Zion.
All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon
during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
When all the elders of Israel had arrived,
the priests took up the ark;
they carried the ark of the LORD
and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels
that were in the tent.
(The priests and Levites carried them.)

King Solomon and the entire community of Israel
present for the occasion
sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen
too many to number or count.
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD
to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary,
the holy of holies of the temple.
The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark,
sheltering the ark and its poles from above.
There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets
which Moses had put there at Horeb,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel
at their departure from the land of Egypt.

When the priests left the holy place,
the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud,
since the LORD's glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
Then Solomon said, "The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud;
I have truly built you a princely house,
a dwelling where you may abide forever."
Responsorial Psalm
PS 132:6-7, 8-10
R. (8a) Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter into his dwelling,
let us worship at his footstool.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Advance, O LORD, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your majesty.
May your priests be clothed with justice;
let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy.
For the sake of David your servant,
reject not the plea of your anointed.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Alleluia

See Mt 4:23
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
MK 6:53-56
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea,
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats
to wherever they heard he was.
Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed.

Novena prayer to our Lady of Lourdes Day 1 Peace be with you!In the Memorare prayer, we say to Our Lady: "Never was it k...
02/03/2024

Novena prayer to our Lady of Lourdes
Day 1
Peace be with you!
In the Memorare prayer, we say to Our Lady: "Never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession was left unaided."

So as we start the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes today, we do so with great confidence that she will hear our prayers and take them to her son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Today, let's pray for the intentions and needs of our prayer community here through Pray More Novenas. You can share your prayer intentions with us all here.

We're praying for you!

Here are the prayers for today:
Day 1 - Our Lady of Lourdes Novena

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, we come to you like little Bernadette at the grotto. We pray with childlike trust in you.

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, when you appeared in Lourdes, you made it a holy sanctuary where many have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal. We pray with confidence for your holy intercession.

(State your intentions here)

Holy Mother of the Rosary, we feel confident that your prayers on our behalf will be graciously heard by God.

Immaculate Mother, show us your mercy, O Mother of God.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, our mother; to thee do we come, before thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and answer us.

Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us!

Saint Bernadette, pray for us!

Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

02 February | Presentation of the LordAt the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerus...
02/01/2024

02 February | Presentation of the Lord

At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there. Among the celebrations she describes is the Epiphany, the observance of Christโ€™s birth, and the gala procession in honor of his Presentation in the Temple 40 days later. Under the Mosaic Law, a woman was ritually โ€œuncleanโ€ for 40 days after childbirth, when she was to present herself to the priests and offer sacrificeโ€”her โ€œpurification.โ€ Contact with anyone who had brushed against mysteryโ€”birth or deathโ€”excluded a person from Jewish worship. This feast emphasizes Jesusโ€™ first appearance in the Temple more than Maryโ€™s purification.

The observance spread throughout the Western Church in the fifth and sixth centuries. Because the Church in the West celebrated Jesusโ€™ birth on December 25, the Presentation was moved to February 2, 40 days after Christmas.
At the beginning of the eighth century, Pope Sergius inaugurated a candlelight procession; at the end of the same century the blessing and distribution of candles which continues to this day became part of the celebration, giving the feast its popular name: Candlemas.

Source:
1.Presentation of the Lord โ€” Franciscan Media

Happy Epiphany!Get your chalk blessed and mark the doors!
01/07/2024

Happy Epiphany!
Get your chalk blessed and mark the doors!

Saturday, January 6, 2024St. Andrรฉ Bessette, Religious (Optional Memorial)First Reading1 JOHN 5:5-135Who is it that over...
01/06/2024

Saturday, January 6, 2024
St. Andrรฉ Bessette, Religious (Optional Memorial)
First Reading
1 JOHN 5:5-13
5Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. 7And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree. 9If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son. 10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son. 11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. 13I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 147:12-15, 19-20
12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 13For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you. 14He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat. 15He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel. 20He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!

Daily GospelJanuary 5 2024Juan 1, 43-51Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San JuanNoong panahong iyon, minabuti n...
01/05/2024

Daily Gospel
January 5 2024
Juan 1, 43-51

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, minabuti ni Hesus na magpunta sa Galilea. Nakita niya si Felipe, at sinabi rito, โ€œSumunod ka sa akin.โ€ Si Felipeโ€™y taga-Betsaida, tulad nina Andres at Pedro. Hinanap ni Felipe si Natanael, at sinabi rito, โ€œNatagpuan namin si Hesus na taga-Nazaret, ang anak ni Jose. Siya ang tinutukoy ni Moises sa kanyang sinulat sa Kautusan, at gayun din ang mga propeta.โ€ โ€œMay nagmumula bang mabuti sa Nazaret?โ€ tanong ni Natanael. Sumagot si Felipe, โ€œHalikaโ€™t tingnan mo.โ€

Nang malapit na si Natanael ay sinabi ni Hesus, โ€œMasdan ninyo ang isang tunay na Israelita; siyaโ€™y hindi magdaraya!โ€ Tinanong siya ni Natanael, โ€œPaano ninyo ako nakilala?โ€ Sumagot si Hesus, โ€œBago ka pa tawagin ni Felipe, nakita na kita nang ikaw ay nasa ilalim ng puno ng igos.โ€ โ€œRabi, kayo po ang Anak ng Diyos! Kayo ang Hari ng Israel!โ€ Wika ni Natanael. Sinabi ni Hesus, โ€œNanampalataya ka ba dahil sa sinabi ko sa iyong nakita kita sa ilalim ng puno ng igos? Makakakita ka ng mga bagay na higit kaysa rito!โ€ At sinabi niya sa lahat, โ€œTandaan ninyo: makikita ninyong bukas ang langit, at ang mga anghel ng Diyos ay manhik-manaog sa kinaroroonan ng Anak ng Tao!โ€

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

Sunday is The Epiphany of the Lord One tradition celebrated by many families: Using chalk, write "20+C+M+B+24" on the ou...
01/05/2024

Sunday is The Epiphany of the Lord

One tradition celebrated by many families:
Using chalk, write "20+C+M+B+24" on the outside of your house or inside above the front main entrance, above or next to an entrance. Details below:
โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“

EPIPHANY BLESSING

20 + C + M + B + 24

The letters C, M, B have two meanings:

โ€ข They are the initials of the traditional names of the three magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.

โ€ข They also abbreviate the Latin words:
Christus mansionem benedicat,
โ€œMay Christ bless the house.โ€

โ€ข The โ€œ+โ€ represent the cross and 2024 is the year.

All make the Sign of the Cross.

Leader: Peace be to this house and to all who dwell here, in the name of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Reader:
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, โ€œWhere is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.โ€ After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.

The word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God

Using chalk, write on the outside of your house or inside above the front main entrance, above or next to an entrance:

20 + C + M + B + 24

All: Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who live here and all who visit. May we be blessed with health, kindness of heart, gentleness and the keeping of your law. Fill us with the light of Christ, that our love for each other may go out to all. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Immaculate ConceptionDaily FeastThe Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the infallibly defined dogma of ...
12/08/2023

Immaculate Conception
Daily Feast

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the infallibly defined dogma of the Catholic Church that "God freely chose Mary from all eternity to be the Mother of his Son. In order to carry out her mission she herself was conceived immaculate. This means that, thanks to the grace of God and in anticipation of the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary was preserved from original sin from the first instant of her conception" (Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church). Chosen by God to be the Mother of the Savior and the "New Eve," Mary Immaculate is a type of the Church and the perfect model of holiness for all Christians. Mary under this title is the patroness of the United States of America, and the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Holy Day of Obligation.

07/01/2023

Month of the the Precious Blood
Devotion of the Month

The month of July traditionally honors the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. It is the blood of Christ, the Lamb of God, which cleanses us from sinโ€”therefore the Church developed a devotion to Jesusโ€™ physical blood and its mystical power, just as it did for His Sacred Heart from which His blood poured out on the Cross. The Precious Blood of Jesus courses through the Church spiritually, giving eternal life to the Body of Christ through the sacraments. Many saints had a devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus, especially St. Catherine of Siena. Devotion to the Precious Blood spread widely through the preaching of Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, who was a 19th-century priest and the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. This devotion was later approved and recommended by the Holy See. The feast day of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus is July 1st.

06/26/2023

Morning Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month. Amen.

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