Catholic Prayers and Hymns

08/02/2025

PRAYER FOR ALL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS:

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of Your servants. Give them a deep faith, bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their lives.

In their loneliness, comfort them.
In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption.

O Loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests and religious, take to your heart your children who are close to you because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy.
Amen.

06/02/2025

06/02/2025

📉 Over the last 10 years (2014-2023), the numbers tell a sobering story:
🔻 Seminarians: -23%
🔻 Priestly Ordinations: -22%
🔻 Religious Sisters: -29%
🔻 Catholic Marriages: -26%

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05/02/2025

The Sacrament of Confession, also known as the Sacrament of Reconciliation, is a Catholic sacrament that involves confessing sins to a priest and receiving forgiveness.

Steps

Examine your conscience: Review your thoughts, words, and actions to identify when you've sinned

Be sorry for your sins: Feel genuine regret for your sins

Confess your sins: Tell the priest about your sins, including how many times you've committed them

Resolve to change: Promise to avoid sinning in the future

Do penance: Complete the act of reparation assigned by the priest

Receive absolution: The priest forgives your sins and reconciles you with the Church

Benefits

The Sacrament of Confession helps you:

Be honest with yourself and God

Be at peace with Christ and others

Grow in virtue and avoid sin

Have compassion and forgiveness for others

05/02/2025

Dear Lord, I do not know what will happen to me today — I only know that nothing will happen that was not foreseen by you and directed to my greater good from all eternity. I adore your holy and unfathomable plans, and submit to them with all my heart for love of you, the pope, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen.

22/01/2025

You may PRESSURE a seminarian to become a priest, or you may ENCOURAGE him to stay faithful. Both actions have the same intentions, but usually end with different outcomes.

24/10/2024

12/09/2024

The Archdiocese of Pretoria Children of Mary will like to invite you for our Monthly Rosary for our lady of Fatima which will take place on the 13th of September 2024 which is tomorrow. Be here or be told. See u there

To join the meeting on Google Meet, click this link:
https://meet.google.com/pcj-fbza-czw

Or open Meet and enter this code: pcj-fbza-czw

09/09/2024

The Archdiocese of Pretoria Children of Mary will be hosting teaching session about Our Lady or Sorrows, which will be presented by Fr James Zanele Lebelo, Parish Priest of Mmotla pastoral district in the Northern Deanery under Archdiocese of Pretoria. He will be explaining in Full the 7 sorrows which our Lady went through.

They will be questions afterwards to ask Fr Zanele James lebelo and bring Pen and paper to write as you will be learning about Our Lady of Sorrows.

Date :15 Septerber 2024
Time: 18:00-19:00
Venue: google meet
meet.google.com/pcj-fbza-czw

28/07/2024

Have you faced an "impossible situation"? Jesus did and showed He could overcome any obstacle. He is God and can do all things He wills, including in our lives.

Jesus fed thousands with just five loaves and two fish, a humanly impossible feat, showing His commitment to "feed us" in every way. This miracle symbolizes His ability to nourish our souls with grace to face life's challenges. However, we often struggle to overcome challenges and to discern God's will from our own limited ideas. We might pray for what we think is right, but God's plan is always greater and perfect for us. We need to seek, surrender to, and have faith in His plan.

Reflect on your future and worries. God has a perfect plan for every situation. Your role is to seek that plan and trust in its fulfillment.

Let us Pray

Lord, I know You can do all things and that You will the good in all things. Help me to turn and to surrender to Your perfect divine will. As I surrender to it, help me to have perfect faith that You will bring Your will to fruition. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen