| The prayers are copied from the brown Pieta Prayer Booklet, which is the thickest prayer booklet of the Pieta series (as far as I know). I have seen blue, green and white ones. You can download the entire collection of prayers as a text file here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  The Pieta Prayer Booklet “My God, how I love Thee!” : St. Theresa of the child Jesus (Brown Cover) Edition : July 2006
TO
JESUS THROUGH MARY
RADIATING
CHRIST
Dear
Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood
my soul with Your Spirit and Life.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may
only be a radiance of you.
Shine
through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with, may feel
Your presence in my soul. Let them
look up and see no longer – but only You O Lord!
Stay
with me; then I shall begin to shine as You are; so to shine as to be light
to others. The light O Jesus will be
all from You; none of it will be mine; it will be You shining on others
through me. Let me thus praise You in
the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
Let
me preach You without preaching not by words but my example, by the catching
force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the
love my heart bears to You, AMEN.
Prayer
of Cardinal Newman
This booklet on prayer is an effort to apply the scientific method to the Truths of our Roman Catholic Faith, to obtain more grace to better serve God, drawing particularly on that gigantic source of God’s Infinite Goodness and Mercy - a source virtually untapped – PROPHETIC REVELATIONS. “When it’s a question of prophetic revelations the Pope is the SOLE judge!” Pope Leo X (5th Council of Lateran 1513) DEDICATION The Blessed Virgin said: “You love Me and make others love Me.” This revised edition of the Pieta Prayer Booklet is dedicated to Thee Dear Lady of Ephesus as an act of love to honor thine Assumption. “I am all thine, my Queen and Mother and all that I have is Thine”. PURPOSE Scripture says: “Pray without ceasing.” St. Paul of the Cross wrote: “We enter on the broad road of perdition when we neglect prayer.” Dr. Alexis Carrel wrote: “If you make a habit of prayer, your life will be profoundly altered.” As a scientist he turned to prayer as man’s highest activity; that conversation with God to be an art of all arts. May this Pieta Prayer Booklet serve as a spiritual tool for souls who wish to increase their daily prayer life. May the Dear Angels who carried the Holy House of Loreto carry this booklet to all persons who wish to pray more after reciting the daily rosary. Contents
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. IMPRIMATUR NIHIL OBSTAT Francis Cardinal Spellman The Fifteen Prayers Revealed by Our Lord to Saint Bridget of Sweden In the Church of St. Paul at Rome are published under sanction of the Decree of November 18, 1966, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Vol. 58, No. 16 of December 29, 1966. Prayers Approved by Pope Pius IX Magnificent Promises to Saint Bridget of Sweden “The approbation of such revelations implies nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don’t merit the same credence as the truths of religion, one can, however, believe them out of human faith, conforming to the rules of prudence by which they are probable, and supported by sufficient motives that one might believe in them piously. (Les Petits Bollandistes, tome XII) The 14th of June 1303, at the moment Bridget was born, Benedict, the curate of Rasbo, prayed for the happy deliverance of Ingeborde. Suddenly he found himself enveloped by a luminous cloud out of which Our Lady appeared: “A child has been born at Birger; her voice will be heard by the entire world.” Sagii, die XXIV Aprilis 1903 Imprimature. FJ. Girard, V.G. Parents and teachers who will read them to young infants for at least one year will assure their being preserved for life from any grave accident which would involve the loss of one of their five senses. Pope Pius IX took cognizance of these Prayers with the prologue; he approved them May 31, 1862, recognizing them as true and for the good of Souls. This sentence of Pope Pius IX has been confirmed by the realization of the promises by all persons who have recited the prayers and by numerous supernatural facts by which God wanted to make known their exact truth. A collection of small books, these prayers among them, was approved by the Great Congress of Malines on August 22, 1863. Question – Must one recite the prayers everyday without interruption to obtain the privileges? Answer - One should miss saying them as few times as possible; but if for a serious reason one is obliged to miss them, one doesn’t lose the privileges attached to them, as long as one recites 5480 Prayers during the year. One must say them with devotion and concentrate on the words one pronounces. These prayers can serve as the Way of the Cross. Visitors to the Church of St. Paul at Rome can see the crucifix, above the Tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, sculptured by Pierre Cavallini, before which St. Bridget knelt when she received these 15 prayers from Our Lord. The following inscription is placed in the church to commemorate the event: “Pendentis, Pendente Dei verba accepit aure accipit et verbum corde Brigitta Deum. Anno Jubilei MCCCL.” As St. Bridget for a long time wanted to know the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion, He one day appeared to her and said: “I received 5480 blows on My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Mary’s with the following Prayers (which He taught her) for a whole year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds.” Our Lord made the following promises to anyone who recited the 15 St. Bridget Prayers for a whole year: Promises
Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained from all eternity in the Divine plan. Remember, O Lord, that during the Last Super with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most Precious Body and Blood, and while at the same time Thou didst sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion. Remember the sadness and bitterness which Thou didst experience in Thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying: “My Soul is sorrowful even unto death.” Remember all the fear, anguish and pain that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the Crucifixion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by three judges during the flower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal season. Remember that Thou wast despoiled of Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and outrages. In memory of all these pains and sufferings which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me before my death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! True liberty of angels, Paradise of delights, remember the horror and sadness which Thou didst endure when Thy enemies, like furious lions, surrounded Thee, and by thousands of insults, spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of-cruelties, tormented Thee at will. In consideration of these torments and insulting words, I beseech Thee, O my Savior, to deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and to bring me, under Thy protection, to the perfection of eternal salvation. Amen Third Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Creator of Heaven and earth Whom nothing can encompass or limit, Thou Who dost enfold and hold all under Thy Loving power, remember the very bitter pain Thou didst suffer when the Jews nailed Thy Sacred Hands and Feet to the Cross by blow after blow with big blunt nails, and not finding Thee in a pitiable enough state to satisfy their rage, they enlarged Thy Wounds, and added pain to pain, and with indescribable cruelty stretched Thy Body on the Cross, pulled Thee from all sides, thus dislocating Thy Limbs. I beg of Thee, O Jesus, by the memory of this most Loving suffering of the Cross, to grant me the grace to fear Thee and to Love Thee. Amen. Fourth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Heavenly Physician, raised aloft on the Cross to heal our wounds with Thine, remember the bruises which Thou didst suffer and the weakness of all Thy Members which were distended to such a degree that never was there pain like unto Thine. From the crown of Thy Head to the Soles of Thy Feet there was not one spot on Thy Body that was not in torment, and yet , forgetting all Thy sufferings, Thou didst not cease to pray to Thy heavenly Father for Thy enemies, saying “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” Through this great Mercy, and in memory of this suffering, grant that the remembrance of Thy Most Bitter Passion may effect in us a perfect contrition and the remission of all our sins. Amen. Fifth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Mirror of eternal splendor, remember the sadness which Thou experienced, when contemplating in the light of Thy Divinity the predestination of those who would be saved by the merits of Thy Sacred passion, Thou didst see at the same time, the great multitude of reprobates who would be damned for their sins, and Thou didst complain bitterly of those hopeless lost and unfortunate sinners. Through this abyss of compassion and pity, and especially through the goodness which Thou displayed to the good thief when Thou sadist to him: “This day, thou shalt be with Me in paradise.” I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, that at the hour of my death, Thou wilt show me mercy. Amen. Sixth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief Thou didst suffer, when naked and like a common criminal, Thou was fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Thy relatives and friends abandoned Thee, except Thy Beloved Mother, who remained close to Thee during Thy agony and whom Thou didst entrust to Thy faithful disciple when Thou sadist to Mary: “Woman, behold thy son!” and to St. John: “Son, behold thy Mother!” I beg of Thee O my Savior, by the sword of sorrow which pierced the soul of Thy holy Mother, to have compassion on me in all my affliction and tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death. Amen Seventh Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Inexhaustible Fountain of compassion, Who by a profound gesture of Love, said from the Cross: “I thirst!” suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human race. I beg of Thee O my Savior, to inflame in our hearts the desire to tend toward perfection in all our acts; and to extinguish in us the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor of worldly desires. Amen Eighth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Sweetness of hearts, delight of the spirit, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gall which Thou didst taste on the Cross for Love of us, grant us the grace to receive worthily Thy Precious Body and Blood during our life and at the hour of our death, that they may serve as a remedy and consolation for our souls. Amen Ninth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Royal virtue, joy of the mind, recall the pain Thou didst endure when, plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, Thou didst cry out in a loud voice that Thou was abandoned by Thy Father, saying: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” Through this anguish, I beg of Thee, O my Savior, not to abandon me in the terrors and pains of my death. Amen Tenth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of all things, life and virtue, remember that for our sakes Thou was plunged in an abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the crown of Thy Head. In consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure love, Thy Commandments, whose way is wide and easy for those who love Thee. Amen Eleventh Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Deep abyss of mercy, I beg of Thee, in memory of Thy Wounds which penetrated to the very marrow of Thy Bones and to the depth of Thy being, to draw me, a miserable sinner, overwhelmed by my offenses, away from sin and to hide me from Thy Face justly irritated against me, hide me in Thy Wounds, until Thy anger and just indignation shall have passed away. Amen Twelfth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symbol of unity, link of Charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou was covered from head to foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable blood. O great and universal pain which Thou didst suffer in Thy virginal flesh for love of us! Sweetest Jesus! What is there that Thou couldst have done for us which Thou hast not done! May the fruit of Thy sufferings be renewed in my soul by the faithful remembrance of Thy passion, and may Thy love increase in my heart each day, until I see Thee in eternity, Thou Who art the treasury of every real good and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, O sweetest Jesus, in Heaven. Amen Thirteenth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Strong Lion, Immortal and Invincible King, remember the pain which Thou didst endure when all Thy strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted, Thou didst bow Thy head, saying: “It is consummated!” Through this anguish and grief, I beg of Thee Lord Jesus, to have mercy on me at the hour of my death when my mind will be greatly troubled and my soul will be in anguish. Amen Fourteenth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! Only Son of the Father, splendor and figure of His substance remember the simple and humble recommendation Thou didst make of Thy Soul to Thy Eternal Father, saying: “Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit!” And with Thy body all torn, and Thy Heart broken, and the bowels of Thy mercy open to redeem us, Thou didst expire. By this precious death, I beg of Thee O King of Saints, comfort me and help me to resist the devil, the flesh and the world, so that being dead to the world I may live for Thee alone. I beg of Thee at the hour of my death to receive me, a pilgrim and an exile returning to Thee. Amen Fifteenth Prayer Our Father – Hail Mary. O Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the abundant outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed from Thy Sacred Body as juice from grapes in a wine press. From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by a soldier, blood and water issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a single drop, and finally, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross, Thy delicate flesh was destroyed, the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up. Through this bitter Passion and through the outpouring of Thy precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, to receive my soul when I am in my death agony. Amen O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart so that my tears of penitence and love will be my bread day and night; may I be converted entirely to Thee, may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation, may my conversation be pleasing to Thee, and my the end of my life be so praiseworthy that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints, praise Thee forever. Amen “Ave Maris Stella” During a riot at Rome, a mob came to the house where St. Bridget lived; a leader talked of burning Bridget alive. She prayed to Our Lord to know if she should flee to safety. Jesus advised her to stay: “It doesn’t matter if they plot Thy death. My power will break the malice of Thy enemies: if Mine crucified Me, it is because I permitted it.” Our blessed Mother added: “Sing as a group the AVE MARIS STELLA and I’ll guard you from every danger.”
Prayer To the Blessed Virgin My Queen, my mother, I give myself entirely to thee, and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore good Mother as I am thine own, keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession. Amen “An indulgence of 500 days” Prayer to St. Joseph (over 1900 years old) O St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may offer my Thanksgiving and Homage to the Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press him to my name and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail. This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500’s it was sent by the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in battle. Make this prayer known everywhere. Imprimatur Most Rev. George V. Ahr Bishop of Trenton A letter written by the Blessed Virgin Mary to the City of Messina where St. Paul, the Apostle preached the gospel, which has been preserved in the Reliquary of the great altar. “I, Mary Virgin, servant of God, very humble Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God, the Almighty and Eternity, to all who are in Messina, health and benediction in our Lord. You have learned by the ambassadors who have been sent to you. You received the gospel and you acknowledged that the Son of God has become man, and has suffered the passion and death for the salvation of the world, and that He is Christ and also the true mMessiah. I beseech you to persevere, promising to you, and all your posterity, to assist you in the presence of My Son.” Mary Virgin, very humble servant of God (Great graces are given to those who carry a copy of this letter.) Prayer for Daily Neglects Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its Love, all its sufferings and all its merits. First - To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. Glory be to the Father and to the Son…! Second - To purify the good I have done badly this day and during all my life. Glory be to the Father and to the Son…! Third - To supply for the good I ought to have done and that I have neglected this day and during all my life. Glory be to the Father…! A Poor Clare nun, who had just died, appeared to her abbess, who was praying for her, and said to her, “I went straight to heaven, for, by means of this prayer, recited every evening, I paid my debts.” (This prayer is not meant to replace confession) Hail Mary of Gold Hail Mary, White Lily of the Glorious and always-serene Trinity. Hail brilliant Rose of the Garden of heavenly delights: O you, by whom God wanted to be born and by whose milk the King of Heaven wanted to be nourished! Nourish our souls with effusions of divine grace. Amen! At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body I’ll appear to them in such splendid beauty that they’ll taste, to their great consolation, something of the joys of Paradise. The blessed Virgin Mary to St. Gertrude the Great. (Revelations book III, chapter XVIII) This picture of Our Lady was drawn by a mystic in Italy. Her hand was guided by Our Lady. There is a special blessing given each day to the person who carries it and another blessing given each time one looks at it with love. Three Very Beautiful Prayers Which are very useful to a dying person, and should be prayed often as an act of mercy. There once was a Pope in Rome who was surrounded by many sins. The Lord God struck him with a fatal illness. When he saw that he was dying he summoned Cardinals, Bishops and learned persons and said to them: “My dear friends! What comfort can you give me now that I must die, and when I deserve eternal damnation for my sins?” No one answered him. One of them, a pious curate named John, said: “Father, why do you doubt the Mercy of God?” The Pope replied: “What comfort can you give me now that I must die and fear that I’ll be damned for my sins?” John replied: “I’ll read three prayers over you; I hope, you’ll be comforted and that you’ll obtain Mercy from God.” The Pope was unable to say more. The curate and all those present knelt and said an Our Father, then the following prayers: Prayer 1. Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Son of God and Son of the Virgin Mary, God and Man, Thou who in fear sweated blood for us on the Mount of Olives in order to bring peace, and to offer Thy Most Holy Death to God Thy Heavenly Father for the salvation of this dying person… If it be, however, that by his sins he merits eternal damnation, then may it be deflected from him. This, O Eternal Father through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Dear Son, Who liveth and reigneth in union with The Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen. Prayer 2. Lord Jesus Christ! Thou who meekly died on the trunk of the Cross for us, submitting Thy Will completely to Thy Heavenly Father in order to bring peace and to offer Thy most Holy Death to Thy Heavenly Father in order to free…(this person)…and to hide from him what he has earned with his sins; grant this O Eternal Father! Through Our Lord Jesus Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in union with the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen. Prayer 3. Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who remained silent to speak through the mouths of the Prophets; I have drawn Thee to me through Eternal Love, which love drew Thee from Heaven into the body of the Virgin, which love drew Thee from the body of the Virgin into the valley of this needful world, which Love kept Thee 33 years in this world, and as a sign of Great Love, Thou hast given Thy drink, as a sign of great love, Thou has consented to be a prisoner and to be led from one judge to another and as a sign of great love Thou has consented to be condemned to death, and hast consented to die and to be buried and truly rise, and appeared to Thy Holy Mother and all the Holy Apostles, and as a sign of great love Thou hast ascended, under Thy own strength and power, and sitteth at the right hand of God Thy heavenly Father, and Thou has sent Thy Holy Spirit into the heart of Thy Apostles and the hearts of all who hope and believe in Thee. Through Thy sign of Eternal love, open heaven today and take this dying person… and all his sins into the realm of Thy Heavenly Father, that he may reign with Thee now and forever. Amen. Meanwhile the Pope died. The curate persevered to the third hour, then the Pope appeared to him in body and comforting him; his countenance as brilliant as the sun, his clothes as white as snow, and he said: “My dear brother! Whereas I was supposed to be a child of damnation I’ve become a child of happiness. As you recited the first prayer many of my sins fell from me as rain from Heaven, and as you recited the second Prayer I was purified, as a goldsmith purifies gold in a hot fire. I was still further purified as you recited the third prayer. Then I saw Heaven open and the Lord Jesus standing on the Right Hand of God the Father who said to me: “Come, all thy sins are forgiven thee, you’ll be and remain in the realm of My Father forever. Amen!” With these words my soul separated from my body and the angels of God led it to Eternal Joy. As the curate heard this he said: “O Holy Father! I can’t tell these things to anyone, for they won’t believe me.” Then the Pope said: “Truly I tell thee, the Angel of God stands with me and has written the prayers in letters of gold for the consolement of all sinners. If a person had committed all the sins in the world, but that the three prayers shall have been read (over him) at his end (death), all his sins wil be forgiven him, even though his soul was supposed to suffer until the Last Judgement, it will be redeemed (freed). The person who hears them read, he won’t die an unhappy death also in whose house they will be read. Therefore take these prayers and carry them into St. Peter’s Basilica and lay them in the Chapel named the Assumption of Mary, for certain consolation. The person who will be near death, who reads them or hears them read gains 400 years indulgence for the days he was supposed to suffer in Purgatory because of his guilt. Also who reads this prayer or hears it read, the hour of his death shall be revealed to him. Amen! An Act of Contrition O my God I am heartily sorry for all my sins because of them I deserve the eternal pains of hell, but most of all because I have offended Thee my God who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to do penance, to avoid the occasion of sin and never to sin again. Amen. Tips on Prayer Your prayers are strongest at the Consecration in Holy Mass (raising of Host and Chalice). Each time we look at The Most Blessed Sacrament our place in Heaven is raised forever. (revealed by Our Lord to St. Gertrude the Great). Prayer to Obtain the Grace of All The World’s Masses Eternal Father we humbly offer Thee our poor presence and that of the whole of humanity from the beginning to the end of the world at all the Masses that ever have or ever will be prayed. We offer Thee all the pains, suffering, prayers, sacrifices, joys and relaxations of our lives, in union with those of our dear Lord Jesus here on earth. May the Most Precious Blood of Christ, all His blood and wounds and agony save us, through the sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen! (This prayer should be prayed daily, and Made known.) Dear St. Philomena pray for us for that purity of mind and heart which lead to the perfect love of God! God must be pursued and the more you chase Him the more you catch Him. (Maimonedes)
Graces Derived
From Assisting at Holy Mass
PRAY FOR PRIESTS THAT THEY MAY OFFER THE MASS WITH HOLY LOVE AND REVERENCE. St. Boneventure said: "That whoever neglected Our Lady would perish in his sins and would be damned."
Holy Communion
Each time we receive Holy Communion our venial sins are forgiven. Christ revealed to St. Gertrude the Great that each time 1 person receives Holy Communion, something good happens to every being in heaven on earth and in purgatory. The Curate of Ars said that a Communion well received is worth more than 20,000 NFF given to the poor. Each time we receive Communion our place in Heaven is raised forever, our stay in Purgatory shortened. WE SHOULD NEVER LET A DAY PASS WITHOUT GOING TO HOLY COMMUNION
Spiritual
Communion
The value of a spiritual Communion well made is enormous. We can and should make one frequently. Simply think on Jesus and how much He loves us and how much we love Him, then ask Our Blessed Mother to ask her Divine Son to come into our hearts. We can offer these Communions for the interest of the Sorrowful and Immaculate heart of Mary, noting our special intention! After receiving Holy Communion Our Lord said we should pray: “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus may the whole world burn with love for You!: (revelation to Gabrielle Bossis in France)
A True Letter of
Our Saviour Jesus Christ
Consecrating the Drops of Blood which Our Lord Jesus lost on His way to Calvary. Copy of a letter of the Oration found in the Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, preserved in a silver box by his Holiness and by the emperors and empresses of the Christian faith. St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget, wishing to know something of the Passion of Jesus Christ, offered fervent and special prayers, upon which there appeared to them Our Lord Jesus Christ who spoke to them in the following manner: I descended from Heaven to the Earth in order to convert you. In olden times people were religious and their harvests were abundant; at present, on the contrary, they are scanty. If you want to reap an abundant harvest you must not work on Sunday, for on Sunday you must go to church and pray to God to forgive your sins. He gave you six days in which to work and one for rest and devotion and to tender your help to the poor and assist the Church. Those people, who brawl against my religion and cast slurs on this Sacred Letter, shall be forsaken by me. On the contrary, those people who shall carry a copy of this letter with them shall be free from death by drowning and from sudden death. They shall be free from all contagious diseases and lightning; they shall not die without confession, and shall be free from their enemies and from the hand of wrongful authority, and from all their slanderers and false witnesses. Women in peril at child-birth will, by keeping this Oration about them, immediately overcome the difficulty. In the houses where this Oration is kept no evil thing will ever happen; and forty days before the death of a person who has this Oration about him or her, the Blessed Virgin will appear to him or her. So said St. Gregorius. To all those faithful who shall recite for 3 years, each day 2 Paters (Our fathers), Glorias and Aves, in honor of the drops of blood I lost, I will concede the following 5 graces: 1. The plenary indulgence and remittance of your sins. 2. You will be free from the pains of Purgatory. 3. If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you it will be the same as if you had completed them. 4. It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith. 5. I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives, until the fourth generation. Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150; those who trailed me while I was bound were 23. The executioners of justice were 83; the blows received on my head were 150; those on my stomach, 108; I was beaten on the body 6666 times; beaten on the head, 110 times. I was roughly pushed, and at 12 o’clock was lifted up by the hair; pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard 23 times; received 20 wounds on the head; thorns of marine junks, 72; pricks of thorns in the head, 110; mortal thorns in the forehead, 3. I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the body, 1000. The soldiers who led me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched me were 3, and those who mocked me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28,430. Benedetta DA S.S., Pope Leo XIII, In roma 5 Aprile 1890 |
PRAYER TO THE
INFANT OF PRAGUE
O merciful Infant
Jesus! I know of Thy miraculous deeds
for the sick … in view of the innumerable graces and the cures granted …
through the veneration of Thy Holy Infancy, particularly in the statue of
Prague … I exclaim with the greatest assurance: O most loving … Infant Jesus,
Thou canst cure me if Thou wilt! Extend
Thy holy hand and by Thy power take away all pain and infirmity.
INFANT OF PRAGUE
The more you honor
Me, the more I will bless you!
“Occupy yourself
with My interests and I’ll occupy Myself with yours.”
Our Lord to St. Teresa of Avila
Our Lord to St. Teresa of Avila
HISTORY OF THE
DEVOTION TO THE INFANT OF PRAGUE
Devotion to the
Infant Jesus is as old as Christianity itself.
It ever tends to keep the great mystery of our Lord’s birth vividly
before us.
A special devotion
to the Divine Child originated with the Carmelites in the city of Prague,
Bohemia, in the beginning of the seventeenth century. Princess Polyxenia of Lobkowitz had received
as a wedding gift from her mother a statue of the Divine Child, previously
brought from Spain. After the death of
her husband, the princess devoted herself to works of charity and was
particularly helpful to the Carmelites in Prague. When in 1628, the Carmelite Monastery had
been reduced to poverty, owing to the ravages of war, the princess gave her
precious statue to the Carmelites, saying : “I GIVE YOU WHAT I PRIZE MOST
HIGHLY IN THE WORLD; HONOUR AND RESPECT THE CHILD JESUS AND YOU SHALL NEVER BE
IN WANT.”
Her gift was
placed in the Carmelite oratory. The
words of the princess proved prophetic for as long as the Carmelites kept up
their devotion to the Divine Infant of Prague, everything prospered with them. The Carmelites were later forced to flee from
the city and in the confusion of the war, they were unable to take with them
their miraculous statue. The invaders seized it and threw it into a pile of
rubbish. In 1635, peace came to Prague
and the Carmelites returned. One of
them, Father Cyril, who had previously received great spiritual help through
his devotion to the Infant of Prague, sought the statue and found it amidst the
rubbish. Overjoyed, he placed the statue
again in the oratory. As Father Cyril
was one day praying devotedly before the statue, he heard a voice saying: “HAVE
MERCY ON ME AND I WILL HAVE MERCY ON YOU.
RETURN MY HANDS TO ME AND I SHALL GIVE YOU PEACE. THE MORE YOU HONOUR ME, THE MORE I SHALL
BLESS YOU.”
Startled by these words,
Father Cyril examined the statue and upon drawing aside the mantle covering it,
he found that both hands of the statue were broken off. The hands were restored to the statue through
the generosity of a client of the Divine Child.
Once more peace and prosperity returned to the Carmelites.
Devotion to the
Divine Child has always been practiced by the Carmelites for through their
Mother, Mary, this Divine Child had come to the world. St Therese of Jesus practiced particular
devotion to the Divine Child. St
Therese, the little Flower, was also a most fervent venerator.
PRAYERS AFTER MASS
AND COMMUNION
Prayer before a
Crucifix
Look down upon me,
good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face, I humbly kneel and with burning
soul, pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith,
hope and charity, true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment,
while I contemplate with great love and tender pity Thy Five Wounds, pondering
over them within me and calling to mind the worlds which David Thy prophet said
of Thee, my Jesus, “They have pierced My Hands and My Feet, they have numbered
all My Bones.” (Ps. 21, 17-18)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be (for
Holy Father’s intentions).
Plenary indulgence when said after Communion (S. Paen. Ap., 2 Feb 1934)
Plenary indulgence when said after Communion (S. Paen. Ap., 2 Feb 1934)
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ,
sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.
From the malignant enemy, defend me.
In the hour of my death, call me.
And bid me come to Thee.
That with Thy saints, I may praise Thee.
Forever and ever. Amen.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.
From the malignant enemy, defend me.
In the hour of my death, call me.
And bid me come to Thee.
That with Thy saints, I may praise Thee.
Forever and ever. Amen.
An indulgence of
300 days. An indulgence of 7 years, if
recited after Holy Communion. – St
Ignatius of Loyola
Rosary of the Holy
Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ or Chaplet of Mercy
May be said on the
Rosary Beads
On the large beads
: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the WOUNDS of Our Lord Jesus Christ – To heal
the wounds of our souls
(300 days indulgence each time)
On the small beads
: My Jesus, pardon and mercy – Through the merits of Thy HOLY WOUNDS.
(300 days
indulgence each time)
Sacred Penetentiary, January 15, 1924
These two
invocations were taught by Our Lord to Sr. M. Martha Chambon, deceased, in the
Visitation of Chambery, France, March 21, 1907.
The Sister received from Our Lord a double ‘Mission’ : constantly to
invoke the HOLY WOUNDS herself, and to revive this devotion in the world.
Promises of Our Lord To Sr. Mary Martha
“I will grant all
that is asked of Me by the invocation of My HOLY WOUNDS. You must spread the devotion.”
Prayer to Defeat The Work Of Satan
O Divine Eternal
Father, in union with Your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, and through the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the power of Your greatest enemy
– the evil spirits.
Cast them into the
deepest recesses of hell and chain them there forever! Take possession of Your Kingdom which You
have created and which is rightfully yours.
Heavenly Father,
give us the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of
Mary.
I repeat this
prayer out of pure love for You with every beat of my heart and with every
breath I take. Amen.
Imprimatur, March 1973, Richard H. Ackerman, Bishop of
Covington.
Mater Dolorosa
Ecce Homo
C.H.G. J.M.J.
DEVOTIONS and
PRAYERS
TAKE TIME TO PRAY…
It
is the greatest power on earth!
WHEN YOU PRAY…
“Say
what you mean, and mean what you say.”
“Pray without
ceasing.”
THE JESUS PRAYER
“Lord Jesus
Christ, have mercy on me.”
(say 600 times a
day)
In the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Come Holy Ghost,
fill, the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy
Spirit and They shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt
renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray
O God, who by the
light of the Holy Spirit, didst instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that
in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation,
through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Indulgence
of five years. Plenary indulgences,
under the usual conditions, if the prayer has been recited daily for a month.
Enchiridion
Indulgentium, 287
SAY DAILY UPON
ARISING:
“7 Glory Be’s to
the Holy Ghost”
CHAPLET OF FAITH
On each decade of
the rosary, pray:
On large bead: One Apostles Creed
on 10 small beads: Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls, save the consecrated
at the end, 5 times, Hail Holy Queen
on 10 small beads: Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls, save the consecrated
at the end, 5 times, Hail Holy Queen
Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Dominic,”One day through the Rosary and Scapular I will save the world.” “Whosoever dies clothed in this (scapular) shall not suffer eternal fire.” This is Mary’s Promise made July 16, 1251 to Saint Simon Stock. Your scapular then should take on deep meaning for you. It is a rich present brought down from Heaven by Our Lady Herself. “Wear it devoutly and perseveringly,” she says to each soul,”it is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping you to secure eternal life.”
PRAYER OF ST
SIMON STOCK
Known as the
Flos Carmeli, the following prayer has for seven centuries been called a
prayer to the Blessed Mother which has never been known to fail in obtaining
her powerful help.Prayer O beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, Splendor of Heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a Pure Virgin, assist me in this necessity. O Star of the Sea, help and protect me Show me that Thou art my Mother. O Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us who have recourse to thee! Mother and Ornament of Carmel, pray for us! Virgin, Flower of Carmel, pray for us! Patroness of all who wear the Scapular, pray for us! Hope of all who die wearing the Scapular, pray for us! St Joseph, Friend of the Sacred Heart, pray for us! St. Joseph, Chaste Spouse of Mary, pray for us! St Joseph, Our Patron, pray for us! O sweet Heart of Mary, be our Salvation! |
THE FIFTEEN PROMISES OF MARY TO CHRISTIANS WHO RECITE THE ROSARY
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in Paradise.
9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
Imprimatur: PATRICK J. HAYES, D.D., Archbishop of New York
WHY the daily rosary?
Our Lady has 117 titles. She selected this title at Fatima:
"I am the Lady of the Rosary".
St. Francis de Sales said the greatest method of praying IS - Pray the Rosary.
St. Thomas Aquinas preached 40 straight days in Rome, Italy on just the Hail Mary.
St. John Vianney, patron of priests, was seldom seen without a rosary in his hand.
"The rosary is a treasure of graces" - Pope Paul V
Padre Pio the stigmatic priest said : "The rosary is THE WEAPON"
Pope Leo XIII wrote 9 encyclicals on the rosary.
Pope John XXIII spoke 38 times about our Lady and the Rosary. He prayed 15 decades daily.
St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote: "The rosary is the most powerful weapon to touch the Heart of Jesus, Our Redeemer, who so loves His Mother."
If you wish to obtain a favour:- Pray the "54-day ROSARY NOVENA".
Pray 3 nine-day rosary novenas - 27 days of petition:
Pray 3 nine-day rosary novenas - 27 days of thanksgiving.
Will you give 1% of 1440 minutes each day to God?
If so, pray the daily rosary in 15 minutes - 1% of 24 hours.
Later on, give 3% and pray the entire 15-decade rosary. Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries.
WHY Should I Go To Mass Every Day?
"THe Mass is the most perfect form of prayer!" (Pope Paul VI)
For each Mass we hear with devotion, Our Lord sends a saint to comfort us at death. (revelation of Christ to St. Gertrude the Great).
Padre Pio, the stigmatic priest, said, the world could exist more easily without the sun than without the Mass.
The Cure d' Ars, St Jean Vianney said, if we knew the value of the Mass, we would die of joy.
A great doctor of the Church, St. Anselm, declares that a single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death. St. Leonard of Port Maurice supposrts this statement by saying that one Mass before death may be more profitable than many after it.
"The Holy Mass would be of greater profit if people had it offered in their lifetime, rather than having it celebrated for the relief of their souls after death." (Pope Benedict XV)
Once, St. Teresa was overwhelmed with God's Goodness and asked Our Lord,"How can I thank you?" Our Lord replied,"ATTEND ONE MASS".
The Blessed Virgin Mary once told Her faithful servant Alain: "My Son so loves those who assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass that, if it were necessary He would die for them as many times as they've heard Masses."
Page 107, last paragraph of "Explication Du Saint Sacrifice De La Messe" parle R.P. Martin de Cochern Friere - Mineur Capucin.)
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
A SHORT WAY OF THE CROSS
As used by
The Franciscan Fathers on their Missions
First Station
Jesus Condemned to Death
O Jesus! so meek and uncomplaining, teach me resignation in trials.
Second Station
Jesus Carries His Cross
My Jesus, this Cross should be mine, not Thine; my sins crucified Thee.
Third Station
Our Lord Falls The First Time
O Jesus! by this first fall, never let me fall into mortal sin.
Fourth Station
Jesus Meets His Mother
O Jesus! may no human tie, however dear, keep me from following the road of the Cross.
Fifth Station
Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
Simon unwillingly assisted Thee; may I with patience suffer all for Thee.
Sixth Station
Veronica Wipes The Face of Jesus
O Jesus! Thous didst imprint Thy sacred features upon Veronica's veil; stamp them also indelibly upon my heart.
Seventh Station
The Second Fall of Jesus
By Thy second fall, preserve me, dear Lord, from relapse into sin.
Eighth Station
Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem
My greatest consolation would be to hear Thee say: "Many sins are forgiven thee, because thou hast loved much."
Ninth Station
Third Fall of Jesus
O Jesus! when weary upon life's long journey, be Thou my strength and my perseverance.
Tenth Station
Jesus Stripped of His Garments
My soul has been robbed of its robe of innocence; clothe me, dear Jesus, with the garb of penance and contrition.
Eleventh Station
Jesus Nailed to the Cross
Thou didst forgive Thy enemies; my God, teach me to forgive injuries and FORGET them.
Twelfth Station
Jesus Dies on the Cross
Thou art dying, my Jesus, but Thy Sacred Heart still throbs with love for Thy sinful children.
Thirteenth Station
Jesus Taken Down from the Cross
Receive me into thy arms, O Sorrowful Mother; and obtain for me perfect contrition for my sins.
Fourteenth Station
Jesus Laid in the Sepulchre
When I receive Thee into my heart in Holy Communion, O Jesus, make it a fit abiding place for Thy Adorable Body.
Amen.
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
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The 4 Keys To Heaven
MASS
ROSARY
SCAPULAR
WAY OF THE CROSS
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
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BROTHER ESTANISLAO (1903-1927)
At the age of 18, a young Spaniard entered the Novitiate of The Brothers of the Christian Schools at Bugedo. He took the Vow of Regularity, Perfection and Pure Love. In October 1926, he offered himself to Jesus through Mary. Soon after this heroic devotion, he fell ill, and was obliged ot rest. He died saintly in March 1927. He was, accordign to the master of Novices, a Privileged Soul, who received Messages from Heaven. Confessors and Theologieans recognized these supernatural facts. His Director asked him to write the Promises made by OUR LORD to those who have devotion to THE WAY OF THE CROSS:
They are :
1. I'll grant everything that's asked of Me with Faith, when making the Way of The Cross.
2. I promise Eternal Life to those who pray from time to time, The Way of The Cross.
3. I'll follow them everywhere in life and I'll help them, especially at the hour of death.
4. Even if they have have more sins than blades of grass in the fields, and grains of sand in the sea, all of them will be erased by The Way of The Cross. (Note : This promise doesn't eliminate the obligation to confess all mortal sins, and this, before we can receive Holy Communion.)
5. Those who pray The Way of The Cross often, will have a special glory in Heaven.
6. I'll deliver them from Purgatory, indeed if they go there at all, the first Tuesday or Friday after their death.
7. I'll bless them at each Way of The Cross, adn My blessing will follow them everywhere on earth and, after their death, in Heaven for all Eternity.
8. At the hour of death I won't permit the devil to tempt them; I'll lift all power from him in order that they'll repose tranquilly in My Arms.
9. If they pray it with true love, I'll make of each one of them a living Ciborium in which it will please Me to pour My grace.
10. I'll fix My Eyes on theose who pray The Way of The Cross often; My Hands will always be open to protect them.
11. As I am nailed ot the Cross, so also will I always be with those who honour Me in making The Way of The Cross frequently.
12. They'll never be able to separate themselves from Me, for I'll give them the grace never again to commit a Mortal sin.
13. At the hour of death, I'll console them with My Presence and we'll go together to Heaven. Death will be sweet to all those who have honoured Me during their lives by praying The Way of The Cross.
14. My Soul will be a protective shield for them, and will always help them, whenever they have recourse.
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote :
"If you pray, you are positive of saving your soul. If you do NOT pray, you are just as positive of losing your soul."
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Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Christ
O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
Imprimatur: Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield
It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering, and Our Lord answered: "I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound, which was more painful than the others, and which is not recorded by men. Honor this wound with thy devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins, and will no longer remember their mortal sins."
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
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INVOCATIONS
IN HONOUR OF THE HOLY WOUNDS
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls. My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Thy Sacred Wounds. Amen.
Sister Mary Martha Chambon, a humble lay sister of the Visitation Order of Chambery, France, who died in the odor of sanctity, March 21st 1907, received these two invocations from Our Lord Himself, as she affirmed, and with them a double MISSION to aore and invoke the Sacred Wounds unceasingly and to revive this devotion in the hearts of creatures.
Our Lord said:
"The soul who during life has honoured and studied the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and has offered them to the Eternal Father for the souls in Purgatory, will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the angels; and Our Lord on the Cross all brilliant in glory will receive her and crown her."
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
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PRAY FOR SOULS IN PURGATORY
There are more souls released from purgatory during the Consecration of the Mass than at any time. Christmas is the day of the year when most souls are delivered; then feast days of Our Lord, Our Lady and great saints. Souls receive much grace from prayers offered for them on their birthdays, day of baptism, anniversary of death.
The more we work for Poor Souls on earth the more others will pray for us, the more merciful will Christ be with us when we're in purgatory.
Our Lady asked that we pray very mcuh for the poor souls; that we pray:
5 I believe in God...
1 Hail Holy Queen...
1 Our Father...
1 Hail Mary...
1 Glory Be to the Father...
1 Requiem (Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them and may they rest in peace. Amen!)
Our Lady said that if we pray the prayers, "we'll deliver so many souls, so many souls!"
"The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls"
BIBLE - 2 Machabees, Chapter 12, Verse 46:
"It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."
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THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
By a rescript of November 24, 1922, the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences approved the following formula for a spiritual communion:
O Jesus, I turn toward the holy tabernacle where You live hidden for love of me. I love you, O my God. I cannot receive you in Holy Communion. Come, nevertheless, and visit me with Your grace. Come spiritually into my heart. Purify it. Sanctify it. Render it like unto Your own. Amen.
Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
An indulgence of 500 days, if thrice repeated. (129 The Raccolta 1944)
It was the Cure of Ars who said,"A spiritual communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder - covered fire which was about to go out Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual communion."
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MESSAGE OF WORLD-WIDE IMPORTANCE
DEVOTION TO THE SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
This message was confided by Our Lord to Berthe Petit, a humble Franciscan Tertiary, born on January 23, 1870 at Enghien, Belgium :
"Teach souls to love the Heart of My Mother pierced by the very sorrows which pierced Mine." (December 25, 1909)
At the Holy Hour (March 25, 1912), the Blessed Virgin spoke thus: "I have called myself the Immaculate Conception. To you I call myself Mother of the Sorrowful Heart. This title willed by my Son is dear to me above all others. According as it is spread everywhere, there will be granted graces of mercy, spiritual renewal and salvation."
PRAYER (Composed by Berthe Petit)
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, dwelling pure and holy, cover my soul with your maternal protection so that being ever faithful to the voice of Jesus, it responds to His Love and obeys His Divine Will.
I wish, O my Mother, to keep unceasingly before me your co-redemption in order to tlive intimately with your Heart that is totally united to the Heart of your Divine Son.
Fasten me to this Heart by your own virtues and sorrows. Protect me always.
THE PRAYER OR BLESSING AGAINST STORMS
is of great importance
Jesus Christ a King of Glory has come in Peace. + God became man, + and the Word was made flesh. + Christ was born of a Virgin. + Christ suffered. + Christ was crucified + Christ died. + Christ rose from the dead. + Christ ascended into Heaven. + Christ conquers. + Christ reigns. + Christ orders. + May Christ protect us from all storms and lightning. + Christ went through their midst in Peace. + and the word was made flesh. + Christ is with us with Mary. + Flee you enemy spirits because the Lion of the Generation of Juda, the Root of David, has won. + Holy God! Holy Powerful God! Holy Immortal God! + Have mercy on us. Amen!
THE ANGELUS
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of teh Holy Ghost. ("Hail Mary" Prayer)
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word. ("Hail Mary" Prayer)
V. And the word was made flesh.
R. And dwelt among us (Hail Mary)
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray : Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
"Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls."
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL
St Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of Battle;
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke Him we humbly pray and do Thou, O Prince of teh Heavenly Host, by teh power of God, cast inot Hell, Satan adn all the other evil spirits, who prowl throught the word, seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
The Raccolta 447, an Indulgence of 3 Years.
Mary, Queen of the Holy Angels - Pray For Us!
This powerful prayer of exorcism was composed by Pope Leo XIII; in a vision, he had been shown the fearful battle to be waged between Satan and St Michael, over the Church of the future. Now, as never before, the Church needs the intercession of St. Michael! Please pray this prayer every day.
"Jesus, Mary, I love you, Save Souls."
SINCERE ACT OF CONTRITION
CHAPLET OF ST MICHAEL
Saint Michael appearing one day to Antonia d'Astonac, a most devout Servant of God, told her that he wished to be honoured by nine salutations corresponding to the nine Choirs of Angels, which should consist of one Our Father and three Hail Marys in honour of each of the angelic choirs.
Promises of St. Michael
Whosoever would practise this devotion in his honour would have, when approaching the Holy Table, an escort of nine angels chosen from each one of the nine choirs. In addition, for the daily recital of these nine salutations he promised his continual assistance and that of all the holy angels during life, and after death deliverance from purgatory for themselves and their relations.
Method of Reciting The Chaplet
The chaplet is begun by saying the following invocation on the medal :
O God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
Pray on each of the nine beads, moving in a counterclockwise direction, say one Our Father and three Hail Marys after each of the following nine salutations in honour of the nine choirs of angels.
1
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim, may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity. Amen.
2
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim, may the Lord vouchsafe to grant us grace to leave the ways of wickedness to run in the paths of Christian perfection. Amen.
3
By the intercession of St Michael and the celeestial Choir of Thrones, may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere spirit of humility. Amen.
4
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Dominions, may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and subdue our unruly passions. Amen
5
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers, may the Lord vouchsafe to protect our souls against the snare and temptations of the devil. Amen.
6
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Virtues, may the Lord preserve us from evil and suffer us not to fall into temptation. Amen.
7
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities, may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience. Amen.
8
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Archangels, may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all good works, in order that we gain the glory of Paradise. Amen.
9
By the intercession of St Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels, may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted thereafter to eternal glory. Amen.
Following the nine beads in a counterclockwise movement, say one Our Father in honour of each of the following leading angels: 10 St Michael; 11 St Gabriel; 12 St Raphael; 13 our Guardian Angel.
The chaplet is concluded with the following prayers:
O glorious Prince St Michael, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts, guardian of souls vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King, and our admirable conductor, thou who dost shine with excellence and superhuman virtue, vouchsafe to deliver us from all evil, who turn to thee with confidence, and enable us by thy gracious protection to serve God more and more faithfully every day.
V. Pray for us, O glorious St Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ.
R : That we may be made worthy of His promises.
PRAYER
Almighty and Everlasting God, who by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, hast appointed the most glorious Archangel, St Michael, Prince of Thy Church, make us worthy, we beseech Thee, to be delivered from all our enemies that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into the august presence of Thy Divine Majesty. This we beg throught the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(With Ecclesiastical Approval)
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SALVE REGINA
Hail Holy Queen
Amen.
It may be prayed standing - or arms extended - or sung.
"An indulgence of 5 years."
DAILY PRAYER TO GUARDIAN ANGEL
Angel of God
My guardian dear
To whom His love
Commits me here
Ever this day
Be at my side
To light and guard
To rule and guide.
Amen.
"Say daily upon arising 7 Glory Be's to your guardian angel."
THE LITTLE FLOWER
"The Little Flower""I wish to spend my heaven in doing good upon earth."
TWENTY-FOUR 'GLORY BE TO OUR FATHER'S" NOVENA
to Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face asking for necessary favours.
ORIGIN OF THE NOVENA
Father Putigan, a Jesuit, began the Novena to Saitns Therese of the Child Jesus on December 3, 1925, asking the glorious Saint for one great favour. For nine days he recited the 'Glory Be To The Father' twenty-four times, thanking the Holy Trinity for the favours and graces showered on Saint Therese during the twenty-four years of her life on earth.
The priest asked Saint Therese, that as a sign that his novena was heart he would receive from someone a freshly plucked rose. Ont he third day of the novena, an unknown person sought out Father Putigan and presented him with a beautiful rose.
Father Putigan began the second novena on December 24 of the same year and as a sign, asked for a white rose. On the fourth day of this novena, one of the Sister-nurses brought him a white rose saying: "Saint Therese sent you this."
Amazed, the priest asked: "Where did you get this ?"
"I was in the chapel," said the Sister, "and as I was leaving, I passed the altar above which hangs the beautiful picture of Saint Therese. This rose fell at my feet. I wanted to put it back into the bouquet, but a thought came to me that I should bring it to you."
Father Putigan received the favours he had petitioned of the Little Flower of Jesus, and promised to spread the novena to increase devotion to, and bring her more honour.
The Novena
The Twenty-four "Glory Be To The Father's" novena can be said at any time. However, the ninth to the seventeenth of the month is particularly recommended for on those days, the petitioner joins in prayer with all those making the novena.
Between the Glory Be's, say "Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us."
ST THERESE, THE LITTLE FLOWER,
PLEASE PICK ME A ROSE FROM THE HEAVENLY GARDEN
AND SEND IT TO ME WITH A MESSAGE OF LOVE.
ASK GOD TO GRANT ME THE FAVOUR I THEE IMPLORE
AND TELL HIM I WILL LOVE HIM EACH DAY MORE AND MORE.
(the above prayer, plus 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's, 5 Glory Be's, must be said on 5 successive days, before 11 a.m. On the 5th day, the 5th set of prayers having been completed, offer one more set - 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's, 5 Glory Be's.)
TRY IT - IT WORKS.
PLEASE PICK ME A ROSE FROM THE HEAVENLY GARDEN
AND SEND IT TO ME WITH A MESSAGE OF LOVE.
ASK GOD TO GRANT ME THE FAVOUR I THEE IMPLORE
AND TELL HIM I WILL LOVE HIM EACH DAY MORE AND MORE.
(the above prayer, plus 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's, 5 Glory Be's, must be said on 5 successive days, before 11 a.m. On the 5th day, the 5th set of prayers having been completed, offer one more set - 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's, 5 Glory Be's.)
TRY IT - IT WORKS.
PRAYER
(Composed by St. Therese of Lisieux)
Jesus, who is Thy bitter Passion didst become "the reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows", I venerate Thy Holy Face on which shone the beauty and gentleness of Divinity. In those disfigured features I recognize Thine Infinite Love, and I long to love Thee and to make Thee loved...
May I behold Thy Glorious Face in Heaven!
(St Therese's name in Religion was Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face).
Imprimature : JOANNES HENRICUS Ep. Portus Magni die 3 Oct 1958.
"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls."
The Golden Arrow
May the most holy, most sacred,
most adorable, most mysterious
and unutterable Name of God
be always praised, blessed,
loved, adored and glorified,
in heaven, on earth and under the earth,
by all the creatures of God,
and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ
in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
The Golden Arrow was revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ to a Carmelite nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.
"This Golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully," He said, "and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy."
Imprimatur
* T.J. Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile-Birm.
Here is your formula of
CONSECRATION TO JESUS CHRIST, THE INCARNATE WISDOM
THROUGH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
THROUGH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
by St. Louis De Montfort
O Eternal and Incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus!
True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary, always Virgin!
I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and splendors of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal bosom of Mary, Thy most worthy Mother, in the time of Thine Incarnation.
True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary, always Virgin!
I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and splendors of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal bosom of Mary, Thy most worthy Mother, in the time of Thine Incarnation.
Hail, then, O Immaculate Mary, living tabernacle of the Divinity, where the Eternal Wisdom willed to be hidden and to be adored by angels and by men! Hail, O Queen of Heaven and earth, to Whose empire everything is subject which is under God. Hail, O sure refuge of sinners, Whose mercy fails no one. Hear the desires which I have of the Divine Wisdom; and for that end receive the vows and offerings which in my lowliness I present to Thee.
I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in Thy hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose Thee this day for my Mother and Mistress. I deliver and consecrate to Thee, as Thy slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present, and future; leaving to Thee the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to Thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.
Receive, O benignant Virgin, this little offering of my slavery, in honor of, and in union with, that subjection which the Eternal Wisdom deigned to have to Thy maternity, in homage to the power which both of Thee have over this poor sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored Thee. I declare that I wish henceforth, as Thy true slave, to seek Thy honor and to obey Thee in all things.
O admirable Mother, present me to Thy dear Son as His eternal slave, so that as He has redeemed me by Thee, by Thee He may receive me! O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of God; and for that end receive me among those whom Thou lovest and teachest, whom Thou leadest, nourishest and protectest as Thy children and Thy slaves.
O faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect a disciple, imitator and slave of the Incarnate Wisdom, Jesus Christ Thy Son, that I may attain, by Thine intercession and by Thine example, to the fullness of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.
(A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception and April 28. - Preces et Pia Opera, 75.)
CATENA LEGIONIS
Antiphon. - Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the Sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?
My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is His name.
And His mercy is from generation unto generations to them that fear Him.
He hath showed might in His arm: He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away.
He hath received Israel His servant: being mindful of His mercy.
As He spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed forever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon. Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?
V. O Mary conceived without sin.
R. Pray for us who have recourse to Thee. Amen.
Let us pray
O Lord Jesus Christ our Mediator with the Father, Who hast been pleased to appoint the Most Blessed Virgin, Thy Mother, to be our Mother also, and our Mediatrix with Thee, mercifully grant that whosoever comes to Thee seeking Thy favors may rejoice to receive all of them through her. Amen.
"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls."
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord,
keep them, for they are Thine -
Thy priests whose lives burn out
before Thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world,
though from the world apart;
when earthly pleasures tempt, allure -
shelter them in Thy heart.
Keep them, and comfort them
in hours of loneliness and pain,
when all their lives of sacrifice
for souls seems but in van.
Keep them, and O remember, Lord,
they have no one but Thee,
yet they have only human hearts,
with human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host,
that daily they caress;
their every thoughts and word and deed,
Deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
(Imprimatur: D. Cardinal Dougherty, Arch. of Philadelphia.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for them.
THE PRIESTHOOD IS A MASTERPIECE
OF CHRIST'S DIVINE LOVE , WISDOM AND POWER.
OF CHRIST'S DIVINE LOVE , WISDOM AND POWER.
NEVER ATTACK A PRIEST.
"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls."
CRITICISM OF PRIESTS
Our Lord's revelations to Mutter Vogel
"One should NEVER attack a priest, even when he's in error, rather one should pray and do penance that I'll grant him My grace again. He alone fully represents Me, even when he doesn't live after My example!" (page 29, Mutter Vogel's Worldwide Love, St. Grignion Publishing House, Altoting, South Germany (29. 6. 1929)
When a Priest falls we should extend him a helping hand THROUGH PRAYER AND NOT THROUGH ATTACKS! I myself will be his judge, NO ONE BUT I!" "Whoever voices judgment over a priest has voiced it over me; child, never let a Priest be attacked, take up his defense." (Feast of Christ the King 1937) "Child, Never judge your confessor, rather pray much for him and offer every Thursday, through the hands of My blessed Mother, Holy Communion (for Him) (18.6. 1939) "Never again accept an out-of-the-way word about a Priest, and speak no unkind word (about them) EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE! Every Priest is My Vicar and My heart will be sickened and insulted because of it! If you hear a judg-ment (against a Priest) pray a Hail Mary." (28. 6. 1939)
"If you see a Priest who celebrates the Holy Mass unworthily then say nothing about him, rather tell it to Me alone! I stand beside Him on the altar!" "Oh pray much for my priests, that they'll love purity above all, that they'll celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with pure hands and heart. Certainly the Holy Sacrifice is one and the same even when it's celebrated by an unworthy priest, but the graces called down upon the people is not the same!" (28.2. 1938)
Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for them.
"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls."
LITANY OF HUMILITY
(for private devotion only)
Which His Eminence Cardinal Merry del Val was accustomed to recite daily after the celebration of Holy Mass.
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
From the desire of being loved,
From the desire of being extolled,
From the desire of being honored,
From the desire of being praised,
From the desire of being preferred,
From the desire of being consulted,
From the desire of being approved,
Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated,
From the fear of being despised,
From the fear of suffering rebukes,
From the fear of being calumniated,
From the fear of being forgotten,
From the fear of being ridiculed,
From the fear of being wronged,
From the fear of being suspected,
Deliver me, Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I,
That in the opinion of the world,
others may increase, and I may decrease,
That others may be chosen and I set aside,
That others may be praised and I unnoticed,
That others may be preferred to me in everything,
That others may become holier than I,
provided that I may become as holy as I should.
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
Imprimatur : James A. McNulty - Bishop of Paterson, N.J.
PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEAD OF OUR BLESSED LORD
As the Seat of Divine Wisdom
WISDOM of the Sacred Head guide me in all my ways.
O Love of the Sacred Heart, consume me with Thy Fire.
Three Glorias, in honour of the Divine Will, Memory and Understanding.
O Seat of Divine Wisdom, and guiding Power,
which governs all the motions and love of the Sacred Heart,
may all minds know Thee
all hearts love Thee and
all tongues praise Thee now and for evermore.
Imprimatur, Jacobus Canonicus Carr,
Pro Epo Liverpolitano.
LITANY TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS
Lord, Have Mercy on Us.
Christ, Have Mercy on Us.
Lord Have Mercy on Us.
Jesus, 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 Ghost, Have Mercy on Us.
(after each invocation, say "Guide Us In All Our Ways")
Sacred Head of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Ghost in the Womb of the Virgin Mary,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Substantially United to the Word of God,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Temple of Divine Wisdom,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Center of Eternal Light,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Tabernacle of Divine Knowledge,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Safeguard Against Error,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Sunshine of Heaven and Earth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Treasure of Science and Pledge of Faith,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Radiant With Beauty and Justice and Love,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Full of Grace and Truth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Living Witness of Humility,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Reflecting the Infinite Majesty of God,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Center of the Universe,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Object of the Father's Joyous Satisfaction,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Upon Which the Holy Ghost Rested,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Around Which the Glory of Mt. Tabor Shown,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Had No Place on Earth on Which to Rest,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom the Fragrant Anointing of Magdalen Consoled,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Bathed With the Sweat of Blood in Gethsemani,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Wept for Our Sins,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Crowned With Thorns,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Outraged by the Indignities of the Passion,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Consoled by the Loving Gesture of Veronica,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Bowed to Earth Which was Redeemed at the Moment of Death on the Calvary,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Light of Every Being Born on Earth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Our Guide and Our Hope,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Knows All Our Needs,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Gives Us All Graces,
Sacred Head of Jesus, That Governs All the Motions of the Sacred Heart,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom we Wish to Adore and Make Known Throughout the World,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Knows All the Secrets of Our Hearts,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Enraptures Angels and the Saints,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom One Day We Hope to Behold Unveiled Forever,
Jesus, We Adore Your Sacred Head; We Surrender Utterly to All the Decrees of Your Infinite Wisdom.
This Litany has been translated from the French original which bears imprimatur of Fredericus Gul, Liverpol April 1927, and Richardus both Archieps , Liverpol, Spt. 1931.
EFFICACIOUS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
I. Oh my Jesus, You said "verily I say to you, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you", behold I knock, I seek and I ask for this grace of ....
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
II. Oh my Jesus, You said,"verily I say to You, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you", behold in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of ...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
III. Oh my Jesus, You said,"verily I say to You, heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away", behold I, encouraged by Your infallible words, now ask for the grace of ...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of Thee through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your and our tender Mother.
Say the Salve Regina and add, St Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
P. S. This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who recommended themselves to his prayers.
THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE OF LANCIANO
Ancient Anxanum, the city of the Frentanese, has contained for over twelve centuries the first and greatest Eucharistic Miracle of the Catholic Church. This wondrous Event took place in the 8th century A.D. in the little Church of St Legontian, as a divine response to a Basilian monk's doubt about Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist.
During Holy Mass, after the two-fold consecration, the host was changed into live Flesh and hte wine was changed into live Blood, which coagulated into five globules, irregular and differing in shape and size.
The Host-Flesh, as can be very distinctly observed today, has the same dimensions as the large host used today in the Latin church; it is light brown and appears rose-coloured when lighted from the back. The Blood is coagulated and has an earthy colour resembling the yellow of ochre.
Since 1713, the Flesh has been reserved in an artistic silver Ostensorium, delicately embossed by an artisan of the Neapolitan school.
The Blood is enclosed in a rich and very old cup made of Rock-crystal.
The Minor Conventual Friars have been the custodians of the Sanctuary since 1252; their appointment was the wish of Bishop Landulf of Chieti; their appointment was confirmed by a Pontifical Bull dated April, 20, 1252.
The church was in charge of the Basilian monks until 1176, from 1178 until 1252 the Benedictines staffed the church.
In 1258 the Franciscans built the present church.
In 1700 its architectural style was changed from romanesque-gothic to baroque.
The 'Miracle' was first reserved in a chapel situated at the side of the main altar.
Then, from 1636 it was reserved in a side-altar of the nave which still contains the old iron chest and the commemorative inscription.
In 1902 it was transferred into the present monumenta marble altar which the people of Lanciano had erected.
Various ecclesiastical investigations ('Recognitions') were conducted since 1574.
In 1970-71 and taken up again partly in 1981 there took place a scientific investigation by the most illustrious scientist Prof. Odoardo Linoli, eminent Professor in Anatomy and Pathological Histology and in Chemistry and Clinical Microscopy.
He was assisted by Prof. Ruggero Bertelli of the University of Siena.
The analyses were conducted with absolute and unquestionable scientific precision and they were documented with a series of microscopic photographs. These analyses sustained the following conclusions:
The Flesh is real Flesh. The Blood is real Blood.
The Flesh and the Blood belong to the human species.
The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart.
In the Flesh, we see present in sections: the myocardium, the endocardium, the vagus nerve and also the left ventricle of the heart for the large thickness of the myocardium.
The Flesh is a 'HEART' complete in its essential structure.
The Flesh and the Blood have the same blood-type : AB. (Blood-type identical to that which Prof. Baima Bollone uncovered on the Holy Shroud of Turin).
In the Blood there were found proteins in the same normal proportions (percentage-wise) as are found in the sero-proteic make-up of the fresh normal blood.
In the Blood there were also found these minerals: chlorides, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium and calcium.
The preservation of the Flesh and of the Blood, which were left in their natural state for twelve centuries and exposed to the action of atmospheric and biological agents, remains an extraordinary phenomenon.
In conclusion, it may be said that Science, when called upon to testify, has given an certain and thorough response as regards the authenticity of the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano.
Imprimatur: +LEOPOLDO TEOFILI
Archbishop of Lanciano.
PRAYER… WHO NEEDS IT?
THE QUEEN OF THE ANGELS CALLS FOR PRAYER
…There is but one road which reaches God… and that is PRAYER.
ACT OF CONTRITION
O My God I am very sorry that I have ever sinned against Thee, because Thou art so good and I will not sin again. My Jesus, mercy.
… If anyone shows you another, you are being deceived. (St. Teresa of Avila)
My Morning Offering
O My Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can and I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate … that she may best apply them to the interests of Thy most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, Save us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us!
THE PRAYER
August Queen of Heaven! Sovereign Mistress of the Angels! You who from the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of satan, we humbly beseech you to send our Holy Legions do that, under your command and by your power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks and drive them hence into the abyss of eternal woe.
Amen.
Holy Mother of Light, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
Three Hail Marys in honour of the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Imprimatur : Etienne, Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Imprimatur : James Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane.
The HOLY MASS is the Highest prayer that exists.
The Queen of the Angels calls for Prayer
A Bernadine Sister was shown in spirit the vast desolation caused by the devil throughout the world.
At the same time she heard the Blessed Virgin telling her that it was true, Hell had been let loose upon earth.
The Blessed Virgin said the time had come to pray to her as Queen of the Angels and to seek the assistance of the Heavenly Legions to fight against these deadly foes of God and of men.
“But, my good Mother,” the Nun asked, “you who are so kind, could you not send them without our asking?”
“No,” Our Lady said, “because prayer is one of the conditions required by God Himself for obtaining favours.”
Then the Blessed Virgin communicated the following prayer to the Nun, bidding her to get it printed and to distribute it gratis.
INDULGENCED PRAYER TO BE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF MASS
Eternal Father, I unite myself with the intentions and affections of Our Lady of Sorrows on Calvary, and I offer Thee the Sacrifice which Thy beloved Son Jesus made Himself on the cross and which He now renews on this Holy altar: 1. To adore Thee and give Thee the honor which is due to Thee, confessing Thy supreme dominion over all things, and the absolute dependence of every thing upon Thee, who art our one and last end. 2. To thank Thee for innumerable benefits received. 3. To appease Thy justice, aroused against us by so many sins, and to make satisfaction for them. 4. To implore grace and mercy for myself, for … for all afflicted and sorrowing, for poor sinners, for all the world, and for the holy souls in purgatory. Indulgence of 300 days.
MEDITATION BEFORE MASS
The late Pope Pius X, wrote; “Don’t pray at Holy Mass, but pray the Holy Mass.” Explaining himself further, His Holiness set forth: “The Holy Mass is a prayer itself, even the highest prayer that exists. It is the Sacrifice, dedicated by our Redeemer at the cross, and repeated every day on the altar. If you wish to hear Mass as it should be heard, you must follow with eye, heart and mouth all that happens at the altar. Further you must pray with the priest the Holy words said by him in the name of Christ ad which Christ says by him. You have to associate your heart with the holy feelings which are contained in these words and in this manner you ought to follow all that happens at the altar. When acting in this way YOU HAVE PRAYED THE HOLY MASS.”
After the Mass, THE ROSARY is the most powerful prayer.
WHY DO WE NEED TO PRAY?
BECAUSE Our Lady of Fatima Said
1. IMMODEST FASHIONS: *Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend My son very much!* (Our Lady said this in 1917!)
2. HELL: *More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason!* (Sins against the 6th Commandment.)
3. MARRIAGES: *Many marriages are not good; they do not please Our Lord and are not of God.*
4. PUNISHMENT OF THE WORLD: *The Blessed Mother can no longer restrain the Hand of Her Divine Son from striking the world with just punishment for its many crimes.*
5. FIVE WARNINGS: *If my requests are not granted, Russia will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be destroyed!* (Remember, Our Lady told us this in 1917!)
6. AMEND: *I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not continue to offend Our Lord Who is already deeply offended.*
7. ROSARY: *Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world. Add after each decade the following prayer: Oh My Jesus, forgive us for our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls into heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.*
8. PRAY: *Pray, pray a great deal, and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one to make sacrifices and pray for them.*
John Haffert, in an interview with Sister Lucia, asked regarding the principal request of Our Lady.
Sister Lucia answered: “Sacrifice”.
“And what do you mean by ‘sacrifice’? asked John Haffert.
“By ‘sacrifice’ Our Lady said that She meant the faithful fulfillment of one’s daily duty,” answered Sister Lucia.
9. SACRIFICE: Our Lord appeared to Lucy in 1943. He complained bitterly and sorrowfully that there are so few souls fulfilling Our Lady’s requests saying: *The sacrifice required of every person is the fulfillment of his duties in life and the observance of My Laws! This is the penance I now seek and require!*
10. IMMCULATE HEART DEVOTION: *God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to MY IMMACULATE HEART: If people what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.*
11. WORLD PEACE: *Tell everybody God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord had confided the peace of the world to her.*
12. WAR: *War is a punishment from God for sins!*
13. FINAL PEACE: *In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace!*
14. 1ST SATURDAY DEVOTION: *I promise to help at the hour of death, with graces needed for salvation, whoever, on the first Saturday of 5 consecutive months, shall confess and receive Holy Communion, recite 5 decades of Rosary, and keep me company for 15 minutes, while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to My Immaculate Heart.*
15. ST. JOSEPH: *The only Saint who appeared at Fatima besides Our Lady. St. Joseph held the Child Jesus in his arms and blessed the 70,000 people three times, it is he whom it has been said: *The sound of victory will be heard when the faithful recognize the sanctity of St. Joseph.*
IMPRIMATUR. † JOAO, Bispo de Leiria 1966.
St. Alphonsis said it all in one sentence:-
“Those who pray will be saved; those who do not will be lost.”
Send Your Angel to Holy Mass
O Holy Angel at my side
Go to the church for me
Kneel in my place at Holy Mass
Where I desire to be.
At offertory, in my stead,
Take all I am and own,
And place it as a sacrifice
Upon the altar throne.
At Holy consecration’s bell,
Adore with seraph’s love
My Jesus hidden in the Host,
Come down from Heav’n above.
Then pray for those I dearly love,
And those who cause me grief,
That Jesus’ Blood may cleanse all hearts
And suffering souls relieve.
And when the priest Communion takes,
Oh, bring my Lord to me,
That His sweet Heart may rest on mine,
And I His temple be.
Pray that this Sacrifice Divine
May mankind’s sins efface;
Then bring me Jesus’ blessing home –
The pledge of every grace.
In the Name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
-- M. L. O.
Imprimatur
† Richard Cardinal Crushing
Dear Children, I invite you for your individual conversion. This time is for you! Without God’s plan cannot be realized. Dear Children, grow day by day closer to God through prayer. I give you the weapon for your glory. Here are your little stones:
1. Pray with the heart the Rosary
2. Eucharist
3. Holy Bible
4. Fasting
5. Monthly Confession
6. We must not worry, all we have to do is always do the Divine will of God, Lord Jesus Christ – not our will.
7. We must be pure and holy in all our own intentions which means to do our duties every day to please God only.
8. We must mind our own business and hate grumbling, complaints and criticism or talk bad of others.
9. We must be extremely humble, patient and have Faith in whatever we do.
10. We must forget our own troubles but only think of the sufferings of Jesus and Mary always everyday.
TO JESUS: ALL THROUGH MARY
Mother of Peace, We humbly take recourse to you…
Recommend us to your Son,
Hand is over to your Son!
QUEEN OF PEACE, PRAY FOR US!
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY
Mary, thank you for this motherly call! Mother of my Saviour and Mother of Peace, today I surrender my life to you with love. As Jesus, dying on the cross, gave you also over to me, so do I give myself over to you now. Take me on your motherly lap! I want to love Jesus as you did, Mother. I want to learn with you how to listen to the Father’s word and do his will.
Mary with, you I wish to learn how to love all people as my brothers and sisters because they are all yours. I devote myself to you that my prayer may be prayer of the heart in which I shall find peace, and love, and the strength of reconciliation. To you, Our Lady, do I give up my past, my present and my future, all my abilities and gifts. I want to grow up with you like Jesus did. Let everything in me praise the Lord with you from now on! Let my soul from on sing for joy to His love and mercy! I dedicate to you, Mother, my family, too, all my friends, all those I live and work with…
Mary, I would like to be the bearer of the Holy Spirit with you. Let my heart be obedient to His inspirations, as was yours!
Mother of Peace, let my words be irrevocable through your intercession that sin may never seduce me again. Amen.
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS*
Jesus, we know that You are merciful
and that You have offered Your heart for us.
It is crowned with thorns and with our sins.
We know that You implore us constantly
so that we do not go astray.
Jesus, remember us
when we are in sin.
By means of Your Heart
make all men love one another.
Make hate disappear from amongst men.
Show us Your love.
We all love you
and want You to protect us
with Your Shepherd’s Heart and free us from every sin.
Jesus, enter into every heart!
Knock, knock at the door of our heart.
Be patient and never desist.
We are still closed
because we have not understood Your love.
Knock continuously.
O Good Jesus, make us open our hearts to you
at least in the moment we remember Your
Passion suffered for us. Amen.
*Dictated by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 28th November, 1983.
CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY*
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, ardent with goodness,
show Your Love towards us.
May the flame of Your Heart, O Mary,
descend on all mankind.
We love You so.
Impress true love in our hearts
so that we have a continuous desire
for you.
O Mary, humble and meek of heart,
remember us when we are in sin.
You know that all men sin.
Give us, by means of Your Immaculate Heart,
spiritual health,
Let us always see
the goodness of Your Maternal Heart
and may we be converted by means of the flame
of Your Heart. Amen.
*Dictated by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 28th November, 1983.
JESUS & MARY, WE CONSECRATE OUR LIVES TO YOU
Our Lady expressed the wish several times that the world be consecrated to the Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart. She emphasized it again and she dictated 2 prayers of consecration to their Sacred Hearts to Jelena Vasilj on 28th November 1983 in Medugorje.
DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer to You everything I do this day; my thoughts, my words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be service to You and to others. I also pray that Christians, believers of other religions and persons of goodwill work together to promote true peace. Amen.
TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
My Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to you, and to show my devotion to you, I consecrate to you this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore good Mother as I am thine own, keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession. Amen.
KEY TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
O Mary, Protectress of Our Faith,
Hear our prayer
and ask Your Beloved Son
to receive our Faith into His Sacred Hands.
Ask Him to hide our Faith in His Wounds
and protect it from all evil. Amen.
Imprimatur
Thomas Edmundus Molloy, S. T. D.
Archiepiscopus-Episcopus Bruklyniensis
Brukyni, die XXVI April 1956
TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY THE HAIL MARY
Every Christian should have a great love for praying the Hail Mary, the Angelic Salutation. In fact though they are Christians, no matter how enlightened and knowledgeable, the merits and the marvelous value of the Hail Mary they do not know the need for praying this Hail Mary often.
Our Lady had to appear several times to great Saints such as St. Dominic and Blessed Alan, to show them the riches of this prayer. They have written many books about the wonders and the power of the Hail Mary for the conversion of sinners.
They have loudly proclaimed and publicly preached that since the salvation of the world began with the Hail Mary, the salvation of each one of us was bound up in the prayer. They have declared it a prayer that caused the dry and barren earth to yield the Fruits of Life. They have said that the same prayer, well said, will make the word of God take root and grow in our souls, and bear that Fruit of Life, Jesus Christ. They have declared that the Hail Mary is the dew of Heaven that waters the earth, the soul and makes it bear its fruit in time, and they have declared that a soul not watered by that dew brings forth only weeds, and is in danger of eternal punishment in Hell.
Our Lady appeared one day to Blessed Alan and said to him, ‘Know my son, and understand, and make it known to all, that it is an almost certain sign for eternal punishment in Hell for those to have no love for or are indifferent to the Hail Mary or neglect it. It is the prayer that brightens the world.
It is common knowledge that those who face eternal doom, the impious, the worldly, the heretics and atheists will hate and despise the Hail Mary and also the Rosary.
Heretics still recite the Our Father, but not the Hail Mary. Nor do they say the Rosary. They would rather carry a poisonous snake with them than the Rosary. The proud, even though they are Catholics, are like their father, Lucifer. They will despise the Hail Mary or look upon it with indifference. They believe the Rosary is good only to keep silly women busy or to give the ignorant and illiterate something to do with their time.
It is common knowledge also that those who show any signs of holiness, love the Hail Mary and pray it devoutly and fondly. The more close they come to God, the more they love this angelic greeting. Our Lady said as much to Blessed Alan after telling him about eternal punishment in Hell.
I do not know why this is, but I do know it is true. And I know no better way of learning whether or not a person loves God than to learn first if he loves the Hail Mary, and the rosary of Hail Marys. One may find it impossible to say the Rosary, but he may still love it, and inspire others to pray the Rosary.
Chosen souls who love Jesus in Mary, know that the Hail Mary is, after Our Father, the most beautiful of all prayers.
The Rosary is the most perfect compliment we can pay to Mary, since it is the compliment God paid her, through His Archangel. He sent his shining messenger Gabriel, to win her heart. And Gabriel’s greeting so moved that beautiful heart, through the secrets it contains, that Mary in spite of her humility, consented to become the Mother of God.
By this compliment you also, my dear friends, will win Mary’s heart. This without fail, provided you pray it properly and devotedly.
The Hail Mary, prayed with attention, devotion, love and humility is the enemy of the devil. It outs the devil to flight. It is the hammer which crushes him. It is the sanctification of souls, the joy of angels, the song of love of chosen ones, the melody of the New Testament, the perfect joy of Mary and the glory of the Holy Trinity.
The Hail Mary is like dew from Heaven that brings fruit to the field of the soul. It is a pure and loving kiss. It is a RED rose, a shining Pearl one offers to Mary. It is a mixture of Milk and Honey one gives to her to drink.
All those comparisons are from the Saints.
I beg you, therefore, through the love I bear you in Jesus and Mary, not to be satisfied with a minimum of Hail Marys. PRAY the little Crown of Our Lady but Pray your Rosary too. I mean pray the 15 mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Pray them every day. I can assure you that at the hour of your death you will bless the hour you accepted my advice.
If you have sown the blessings of Jesus and Mary in your soul, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. You will reap eternal blessing in Heaven. ‘He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully.’
Pope John Paul II usually leads the recitation of the Rosary on Vatican Radio on the first Saturday of each month.
Even though the Holy Father John Paul II who is so busy, he prays the 15 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary every day. He prays the Joyful Mysteries in the morning and, the Sorrowful Mysteries in the afternoon and Glorious Mysteries in the evening. Therefore he expects everyone of us to pray at least Five Decades of the Holy Rosary every day.
“The Church wishes to invite you to a great movement of prayer for peace in the world.”
John Paul II
Imprimatur
Thomas Edmundus Molloy, S. T. D.
Archiepiscopus-Episcopus Bruklyniensis
Brukyni, die XXVI April 1956
PRAYER TO JESUS
Jesus, my love, my God, let me speak to You. Let me thank You for giving me to Mary as her slave. You gave her to me as my advocate with You and my universal support in my extreme misery. My misery is great. Alas, Lord, I am such a wretch that I would be lost without her. I need her. I need her with You. I need her at all times. I need her to avert, Your anger from me, for I offend You every day. I need her to fend off the punishments I deserve from You. I need her to look at You, to speak to You, to pray to You, to go to You, to please You. I need her to save my soul. Mine and others. I need her to do Your will and seek Your glory in all things.
Ah, if I could only tell the whole universe about Your mercy to me! If I could only let the world know how lost I should be without Mary! If only I could thank You properly for so divine a blessing!
Mary is in me. Mary was made for me. She is my treasure, my comfort. Can I not be all hers? O my Savior, how awful if I could not! Rather let me die than suffer such misfortune. I would rather not live than not belong entirely to her.
Like St. John at the foot of the cross I have taken her for my own. Thousands of times. And thousands of times I have given her myself. If I have not yet done it as You require, Jesus, let me do it now. If you see in me, body and soul, anything that does not belong to her, my queen, take it out and dispose of it. If it is not Mary’s it is not worthy of You.
Holy Ghost, plant, tend, and nourish in me the Tree of Life, Your pure love, Mary. Make it blossom and bear the Fruit of Life. Give me a devotion to Mary, so that, in her, I may be made into the perfect likeness of Jesus, in all His stature and might, unto the fullness of his age. Amen.
GLORY TO HOLY SPIRIT IN MARY
GLORY TO MARY IN HOLY SPIRIT
GLORY TO JESUS IN MARY!
GLORY TO MARY IN JESUS!
GLORY TO GOD ALONE!
Let us share with Mary her prayer of praise and thanksgiving to God
The Magnificat
My soul glorifies the Lord*
my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior.
He looks on his servant in her lowliness;*
henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me,*
Holy his name!
His mercy is from age to age,*
On those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength*
and scatters the proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty from their thrones*
and raises the lowly
He fills the starving with good things,*
sends the rich away empty.
He protects Israel, his servant,*
remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised to our fathers,*
to Abraham and his sons for ever.
PRAYER TO MARY
Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Father, admirable Mother of the Son, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail Mary, my dear mother, my sweet mistress, my powerful queen. Hail, my joy, my glory, my heart, my soul. You are all mine, by mercy; and I am all yours, by justice. But not enough.
I give myself to you once again, as your slave forever. I do not keep anything, either for myself or others. If you still see in me something that does not belong to you, please take it away this very moment. Make yourself absolute mistress over me. Destroy, uproot, and annihilate in me all that displeases God. And plant and nurture and raise in me all you will.
May the light of your faith dispel the darkness in my mind. May your profound humility take the place of my pride. May your lofty contemplation put an end to the distractions of my wandering imagination. May your constant sight of God lift my memory with His presence. May the fire of love in your heart expand and kindle the lukewarmness and the coldness in mine. May your virtues replace my sins. May your merits be my ornament and my unmerited bounty before God.
My dear and much loved mother, let me have no other mind than yours to know your Son and His Divine will, no other soul than yours with which to praise and glorify Him, no other heart than yours with which to love Him.
I do not ask for visions, for revelations, for spiritual favors of any sort. To see clearly without darkness is yours. To enjoy fully, and without bitterness, is yours. To triumph gloriously in heaven at the right hand of the Lord, is yours. Absolute sway over men and angels is yours; and dominion over the devil and all his armies. All the good things of God are yours without reserve, to dispose of as you will.
This, O Holy Virgin, the Most High has already given you. It shall not be taken from you. That is my joy. As for my lot in life, I want only what was your – to believe by pure faith and without help of my senses; to suffer joyfully and without consolation all that is allotted me to suffer; to die continually to self, without relaxing; and to work industriously and exceedingly well for you, without reward, as the lowest of your slaves, until I die.
I ask for your pure mercy this grace only – that I may always say, “Amen, so be it” to all you are doing on earth; to all you do in heaven; and to all you can do in my soul.
May you be all alone in me to give full glory to Jesus, in time and in eternity!
Amen; so be it!
Our Mother of Perpetual help we PRAY and hope that through your intercession the gifts of the Holy Spirit will descend upon us. Thank you very much Holy Mary Mother of God for obtaining for us the abundant of gifts from the Holy Spirit for us to carry your apostolic work and always do the Divine will of God, - Lord Jesus Christ – Not our will.
Prayer Found Under Christ’s Sepulcher 1503 AD
O God Almighty, who suffered death upon the Cross, particularly for my sins, be with me.
Holy Cross of Jesus – have pity on me.
Holy Cross of Jesus – be my protector.
Holy Cross of Jesus – take away all bitter pains.
Holy Cross of Jesus – take away all evil.
Holy Cross of Jesus – let me walk in the way of salvation.
Preserve me from any temporal accidents, take away any danger of sudden death. I always adore the Holy Cross of Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth crucified, have pity on me; Make the spirit of evil leave me for all times; Oh, Mother of Perpetual Succour, I come before Thy Sacred picture and with a childlike conscience invoke thine aid. Show Thyself a Mother to me now, Have pity on me. Oh, dearest Mother of Perpetual Succour, for the love Thou bearest to Jesus and in honour of his Sacred wounds, help me in this my necessity; (Mention it) Oh, Loving Mother, I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Father; I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Son; I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.
Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour, Pray For Us
(3 times)
N.B.
Sent by the Pope to Charles when he went to fight the enemy of France. He who wants or hears someone else read it or carries on his person, will not die suddenly, drown, burn, be poisoned or lose battle or be taken prisoner. During childbirth, a woman who reads or listens to someone else read the prayer, or carries it on her person will have a short labour. When the child is born, place the prayer on his or her right side and it will be preserved from evil. When walking in the street and you find anyone in a fit, put the prayer on the right side and they will recover. He who writes this prayer whether for himself or for another, I will bless him, says the Lord and he who ridicules it will perish. When this prayer is placed in a home, such a home will be preserved from lightning and thunder. He who reads it daily will be given a sign 3 days before his death.
J. C. O. E. M. 17.6.1992.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED TRINITY
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, Daughter of the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee my soul with all its faculties.
Hail Mary …
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, beloved Mother of the Son of God, I consecrate to Thee my body with all its senses.
Hail Mary …
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, beloved spouse of the Holy Ghost I consecrate to Thee my heart with all its affections, and beseech Thee to obtain for me from the Most Holy Trinity all the graces necessary for salvation.
Hail Mary …
OUR LADY OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of Jesus and our tender Mother, we invoke thee under the title of Our Lady Mother of the Most Blessed Sacrament because thou art the Mother of the Savior, who lives in the Eucharist, and because it was from thee that He took the Flesh and Blood with which He feeds us in Holy Communion!
We invoke thee under that title because you are the model of those who are striving to fulfill the duties of the Eucharistic life, teaching them by example how to assist properly at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, how to receive Holy Communion worthily, and how to visit frequently and piously the Most Blessed Sacrament.
THE TEXT OF THE LIFE OFFERING (1955)
“My dear Jesus, before the Trinity, Our Heavenly Mother, and the whole Heavenly Court, united with your most precious Holy Blood and your sacrifice on Calvary, hereby I offer my whole life to the intention of your Holy Heart and to the Holy Heart of Mary. Together with my life I place at your disposal all the Holy Masses, all my Holy Communions, all my good deeds, all my sacrifices, and the sufferings of my entire life for the adoration and supplication of the Holy Trinity, for unity in our Holy Mother Church, for the Holy Father and the priests, for good priestly vocations, and for all the souls until the end of the world.
O my Jesus, please accept my life sacrifice and my offerings and give me your grace that I may persevere obediently until my death. Amen.
The expiatory prayers of Fatima
“Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore you with greatest reverence and offer you the precious Body and Blood, the Soul and the Divinity of Our Savior Jesus Christ who is present in all the tabernacles of the world in expiation of the sins by which He Himself is offended. By the infinite merits of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the intercession of the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary I ask you for the conversion of the poor sinners. Amen.”
CONSECRATION TO JESUS CHRIST, THE INCARNATE WISDOM, THROUGH THE HANDS OF MARY
O eternal, incarnate Wisdom, loveable, adorable Jesus, only begotten Son of the Father and of Mary ever Virgin, I adore you profoundly in the bosom and the splendor of Your Father, in eternity, and in the virgin womb of Mary during the time of Your Incarnation.
I give You thanks for annihilating Yourself and taking the form of a slave to set me free from the cruel slavery of the devil. I give You thanks, and I glorify You, because You consented to submit to Mary in all things, in order to make me Your faithful slave through her.
Alas, ungrateful and unfaithful, I did not keep the solemn promises of my Baptism. I did not fulfill my obligations. I do not deserve to be called either Your child or Your slave. And since there is nothing in me that does not deserve Your hostility and anger, I dare not to come alone to Your august and holy presence.
That is why I have recourse to the intercession of Your Mother, whom You gave me as a mediatrix with You. It is through her I hope to obtain from You contrition for my sins and forgiveness of them; and to be given Your wisdom, that I may keep it.
Hail Mary Immaculate, living tabernacle of God! Hidden in you, Eternal Wisdom wants to be adored by men and angels.
Hail Queen of heaven and earth. To you all things are subject; all things that are under God.
Hail sure refuge of sinners, whose mercy has failed no one. Grant my desire for divine Wisdom, and receive the vows and offerings my lowliness therefore presents to you.
I … a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism. I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
In the presence of all the court of heaven, I choose you this day for my mother and mistress. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.
Receive, O merciful Virgin, this little offering of my slavery. I wish thereby to pay homage to Jesus, and unite myself to Him Who willed to be subjected to your maternity; and to pay homage to the power You both have over this little worm, this miserable sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored Thee.
I declare that I want, now, as your slave, to seek your honor and to obey you in all things.
Admirable Mother, present to me your Son, as His slave forever, so that, inasmuch as He has redeemed me by you, He may receive me by you.
O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of God and to be placed, for that end, among those you love, those you teach, those you direct, those you nourish and protect as your children and slaves.
Faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect a disciple, slave and imitator of Jesus, your Son, Incarnate Wisdom, that I may, through you and after your example, come to the fullness of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.
Grant that I praise Thee, Holy Virgin, give me the strength against Thine enemies.
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Pray daily three Hail Marys in honor of Our Lady Immaculate Conception, Our sinful lives would soon cease.
*THE HAIL MARY. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”
O Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us, we recourse to you.
THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY
On the 11th October 1954, Pope Pius XII established the feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world on 31st May and command that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to her.
“The purpose of the feast is that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb.” (Pius XII, Ad. Coeli Reginam)
On the day of her Assumaption, Mary our Mother was solemnly crowned by Christ and received by the whole court of Heaven as Queen.
What Christ has done in Heaven and the Church has done on our behalf we should now do individually, that is, we should recognize Mary’s Queenship, enthrone her in our homes, consecrate ourselves to her and, by this means, establish in our lives the reign of Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe.
HOW TO ENTHRONE MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN IN YOUR HOME AND CONSECRATE YOUR FAMILY TO HER.
The statue or picture may be blessed; If convenient, ask a Priest to perform the ceremony, otherwise the head of the family can do it. Prepare her altar with flowers and candles, giving her an honoured place in your home where all will see her and often pray to her.
Recite together kneeling:
Act of Contrition; 3 Hail Marys; 3 Glorias; 3 times the invocation ‘Mary Immaculate Queen, Triumph and Reign; followed by the Act of Consecration.
PRAYER
O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world. Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy trial.
Jesus has confided to Thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, Thy children come to Thee as their hope.
We recognize the Queenship and ardently desire Thy triumph.
We need a Mother and a Mother’s heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our darkness and points out the way to life. In Thy clemency obtain for us the courage and confidence of which we have such need.
Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, You Who have crowned with glory in Heaven the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior, grant that all her children on earth may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes and nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen.
MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN
Triumph and Reign
Imprimi potest:
†Michael Epus Galviensis,
4 June, 1966
THE “MEMORARE”. Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
(This prayer is a fitting conclusion; but not an essential part of the Holy Rosary).
THE MEMORARE TO SAINT JOSEPH
Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never has it been known that anyone who asked for your help and sought your intercession was left unaided. Full of confidence in your power, I hasten to you, and beg your protection. / Listen, O foster-father of the Redeemer, to my humble prayer, and in your goodness hear and answer me.
AMEN.
PRAYERS TO SAINT JOSEPH
Hail to Saint Joseph
Hail, dear Saint Joseph, to whom God gave so many graces; the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among all husbands and blessed is Jesus with His Virgin Mother.
Holy Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus, pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Grant that I may praise Thee, Holy Saint Joseph, give me strength against Thine enemies.
OUR LADY OF SORROWS
The Seven Sorrows of Mary
V. In Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, Mother of the Church, let us pray the Seven Hail Mary’s and Seven “Glory be to the Father’s”.
V. (1) Simeon tells Mary that a sword will pierce her Heart.
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (2) The flight to Egypt
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (3) Losing the boy Jesus for three days
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (4) Meeting Jesus on the way to Calvary carrying His Cross
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (5) Mary standing at the foot of the Cross
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (6) Mary holding the dead Christ in her arm
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (7) Placing Jesus in the tomb
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
Pray for us, O most sorrowful Mother.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O Mother of Sorrows, by the love with which You stood by the Cross of Jesus, stand by me in the three last hours of my life. Obtain for me the grace to receive Holy Communion with the most perfect love and contrition before my death and to breathe forth my soul in the actual presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Dearest Mother, at the hour of my death present me as Your child to Jesus and say to Him “Son, forgive him/her for he/she knew not what he/she did. Receive him/her this day into Your kingdom.”
Mother of Jesus, be a Mother to me. Amen.
JESUS AND MARY, WE LOVE YOU, SAVE ALL SOULS.
The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary’s and meditating on her tears and dolors. The devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.
HERE ARE THE SEVEN GRACES
1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my divine son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the internal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my divine son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.
The original Spanish of this was printed with the Ecclesiastical permission and was obtained in Mexico City by the original Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
THE SEVEN JOYS OF MARY
V. In honor of the Seven Joys of Mary, Mother of the Church, let us pray the Seven “Hail Mary’s" and Seven “Glory be to the Father’s”……
V. (1) The Angel Gabriel asks Mary to be the Mother of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (2) Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (3) The Birth of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (4) The Wise Men adore the Infant Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (5) Finding the Boy Jesus in the Temple
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (6) The Resurrection of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (7) The Assumption and Coronation of Mary
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. Holy Mary conceived without original sin, refuge of priests and the religious.
R. Pray to Jesus for them!
V. May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit descend upon us, and remain with us forever.
R. Amen.
THE DOUBLE GREAT NOVENA
NINE
FIRST FRIDAYS AND FIRST SATURDAYS
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Nihil Obstat: Imprimatur:
Monsignor Jose C. Abriol, P.A. †Jaime L. Cardinal Sin
Vicar General & Censor Archbishop of Manila
JESUS ASKS FOR NINE FIRST FRIDAYS AND FIRST SATURDAYS
In a Message of Jesus Christ to Sister Natalia in Hungary, He requests all to pray the Double Great Novena to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for nine consecutive First Fridays and First Saturdays.
All know about the devotion of the nine consecutive First Fridays. Few know about the Five Consecutive First Saturdays. And very few now know about the Nine Consecutive First Fridays and Nine Consecutive First Saturdays.
As in Paray-le-Monial, France and Fatima, a private revelation to Sister Natalia received the Imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.
Jesus: “As the Father entrusted all things to Me, so I give My victorious power over the world and sin to the Immaculate Heart to My Mother.
“Through My daughter (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque), I gave the world great promises, but because of My Infinite Goodness, now, I give much more. If people wish to gain the benefits of My promises, they must love and venerate the Immaculate Heart of My Mother. The greatest sign of this veneration will be to receive Holy Communion on Nine Consecutive First Saturdays, and in the same way, on Nine Consecutive First Fridays, after a preparation and a true repentance. Their intentions must be to console My Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.”
Sister Natalia: “When Our Lord told me the first time about these First Saturdays, I did not realize that the Blessed Virgin at Fatima asked for only Five First Saturdays, in comparison with the Nine First Saturdays mentioned in the Messages I received. Consequently, the authorities of the Church wanted me to ask the Savior why He asked for nine, while Mary asked for only five. The Divine Savior replied: “The request of My Mother for Five Saturdays is a sign of Her humility and consequently, She did not consider Herself worthy of receiving a devotion that is equal to Mine. My request is a sign of My love, I cannot bear the idea of demanding more for Me than for My Mother who is united with Me in love.”
“Hence, I understood that Jesus would have us make us reparation for Nine Saturdays because He had demanded for Himself, to Saint Margaret Mary, Nine First Fridays.”
To make a good Novena, follow these suggestions:
1. Prepare yourself with true repentance, if possible go to Confession.
2. Receive Holy Communion on both days (First Friday and First Saturday).
3. The intentions of the Novena must be “to console My Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.”
THE 33 PROMISES OF JESUS TO THOSE WHO MAKE THE DOUBLE GREAT NOVENA
1. All that they demand through the Heart of My Mother, provided that their requests are compatible with the Will of the Father, I will grant them during the Novena.
2. They will experience in every circumstance the extraordinary assistance of My Mother as well as Her blessings.
3. Peace, harmony and love will reign in their souls and the souls of the members of their families.
4. I will protect their families from scandals, disappointments and injustice.
5. Married couples will remain together, and if one of the spouses left the home, he or she will come back.
6. The members of their families will understand each other and persevere in Faith.
7. Expectant mothers will experience the special protection of My Mother and receive what they demand for themselves and their children.
8. The poor will receive shelter and food.
9. I will lead them to love prayer and suffering. They will learn to love God and their neighbors.
10. The sinners will be converted without difficulty, even through somebody else makes this Novena for them.
11. The sinners will not fall back to their previous state. They will not only receive forgiveness for their sins, but also a perfect contrition and, through love, they will recover the innocence of their Baptism.
12. Those who make this novena in the state of the innocence of their Baptism (particularly the children) will not offend My Heart by a grave fault until the time of their death.
13. The sinners who sincerely repent will not only escape Hell but also Purgatory.
14. The lukewarm will become fervent believers; they will persevere and each perfection and saintliness in no time.
15. If parents or other members of a family make this novena, no member of that family will be condemned to Hell.
16. Many young will be called to a religious life, including the priesthood.
17. Unbelievers will become believers, and those who wander without direction (Catholics who broke away) will return to the Church.
18. Priests and religious will remain faithful to their vocation. The infidel will receive the grace of a sincere contrition and the possibility of returning to one’s vocation.
19. Parents and leaders will receive assistance for their spiritual and material needs.
20. The body will be freed from the temptations of the world and from sin.
21. The proud and the arrogant will become humble; the temperate will be burning with love.
22. Fervent souls will experience the sweetness of prayer and sacrifice; they will never be tormented by anxiety or doubt.
23. The dying will depart this world without agony and without the attacks of Satan.
24. The dying will experience an immense desire for eternal life. So they will surrender to My Will and depart this life in the arms of My Mother.
25. They will experience the extraordinary protection of My Mother on the day of the Last Judgement.
26. They will receive the grace of sharing and relieving My suffering and that of My Mother.
27. Those who endeavor to be perfect will be obtain, as a privilege, the main virtues of My Mother: humility, love and purity.
28. They will be accompanied by peace and certain inner and external joy during all their lives, whether they are sick or healthy.
29. The priests will receive the grace of living in the presence of My Mother without effort.
30. Those who progress with me in unity will receive the grace of experiencing this unity. They will know what it means: it does not mean that they will live longer, but that I will live within them. That is to say: I will love with their hearts, I will pray with their souls, I will speak with their tongues, I will serve with all their beings. They will experience that which is good, beautiful, holy, humble, simple, obedient, precious and admirable within them; it is Me. Me, the Almighty, the Infinite, the only Lord, the only Love.
31. The souls of those who make this novena will be as radiant as the white lilies all around the Heart of My Mother in eternity.
32. I, the Divine Lamb of God, united with My Father and the Holy Spirit, will always rejoice at seeing these souls who, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will obtain the glory of eternity.
33. The souls of the priests will always progress in the Faith and Virtue.
The greatest promise of Mary;
“The gates of Hell will be closed on the First Saturdays of each month. Nobody will go to Hell on those days. However, the gates of Purgatory will be open. So, many souls will be able to reach Heaven.
It is the result of the merciful Love of My Son – it is the reward of these souls who venerate My Immaculate Heart.”
Imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.
Taken from the “Revue du Coeur Immacule Reine de la Paix, Vol. 1 No.4
If you wish to do the Double Great Novena, the Sunset Mass is NOT counted as the First Saturdays.
ALL FIRST FRIDAYS PRAYER
Sacred Heart of Jesus, let your gift of love for us flow through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for our parents.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we offer you our unworthy hearts. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame us with love for your Two Hearts wounded by our sins and sins of the world.
ALL FIRST SATURDAYS PRAYER
Immaculate Heart of Mary, may we love the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the same love you had for him. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for all children.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, fill us with the divine love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with your everlasting love.
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary make my heart one with Thine!
NOVENA PRAYER
O Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your Holy Hearts do I come to beg for the infinite merits and graces that only God can give.
Jesus, Your Sacred Heart is burning with love for me. I know that you love all of us so much. How often have we hurt You by our sin. How often have I put thorns into Your Holy Heart, by my sin. I am sorry O Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Mary, your Immaculate Heart, loves each one of us as a child. Your heart too is wounded by the sin of the people. What people do by sin to the Heart of Jesus they do to you too. Your holy heart is so sad because people are indifferent to the love and mercy offered by Jesus.
With your Immaculate Heart, O Mary, and with Your Sacred Heart, Lord Jesus, I offer your love with this prayer to our Heavenly Father, and through your Holy Hearts humbly request …….
(Petition)
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I shall never be able to thank you enough for loving me so much. I offer my love in return and hope that your Holy Hearts will find some joy in my poor unworthy heart.
AMEN.
CONSECRATION
Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I consecrate my entire self to the Most Holy Love of Your Two Hearts. I wish to make reparation for all the sins of the world, including my own. I offer these things for the love of the hearts of Jesus and Mary:
I will keep my mind on beauty and turn my thoughts from evil things.
I will hold my temper and bear the mistakes of others with love and a forgiving heart.
I will admit when I am wrong and ask others to forgive me.
I will not show off, but remain humble.
I will offer up all my sufferings, sickness and hurts.
I will seek God’s Will, not my own.
I will show appreciation for the kindness, the blessings, that I receive, and thank God for all things.
I will do everything in my life for love of God.
And, I will love others, as God has loved me.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, receive the offering and consecration I now make of myself to You. Keep me faithful unto death. Bring me one day to that happy home in heaven. I desire to live forever with God the Father and the Most Holy Spirit and You my Jesus, together with Your Most Immaculate Mother.
AMEN.
THE DEVOTION OF THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN
HONOR OF
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
THE 12 PROMISES OF OUR LORD
1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
2. I will establish peace in their homes.
3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.
5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
9. I will bless every place in which an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced.
12. I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart, that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who shall receive communion on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments. My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in their last moment.
NOVENA OF THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN HONOR
OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
In the name of the Father, etc.
ACT OF CONTRITION
Jesus, my Lord, true God and true Man, my Creator and my Redeemer, because Thou art so worthy, and because I love Thee above all things, I heartily regret having offended Thee, and I firmly resolve not to sin ever more and to flee the occasion of offending Thee. In atonement for my sins I offer Thee my life with its works and its troubles, and as I humbly beseech Thee, so I firmly trust in Thy mercy to obtain Thy pardon and grace of perseverance, through Thy precious blood, through Thy life and Thy death. Amen.
FIRST FRIDAY. O Sacred Heart of Jesus who so ardently desires the salvation of Souls! Though a great sinner, I wish to save mine with the help of Thy grace. To this purpose I resolve, in Thy honour, to go to confession and communion on nine consecutive First Fridays, so that Thou mayest grant to me the promise Thou madest to Saint Margaret, the grace of full repentance and the secure refuge of Thy Sacred Heart at the hour of my death. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be, five times in honour of the sacred wounds of Jesus.
SECOND FRIDAY. Dearest Jesus, behold the field of my heart; in it I have planted my fervent desires to acquire all kinds of virtue. I am watering it by the nine first Fridays’ devotion, with tears of sorrow and love, but as I know it will yield to send me the dew of Thy divine grace, grant it to my soul, through Thine infinite mercy. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
THIRD FRIDAY. O Divine Jesus, Who hast said: “Ask and you shall receive …” I have come to ask Thee, with full trust in Thy mercy, the grace of my conversion and that of my brothers. This favour I ask from Thee through the sorrows and tears of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, at the foot of the Cross. Amen
Five Our Fathers, etc.
FOURTH FRIDAY. Sweet Jesus, “thought temptations should assail me, I will hope in Thee; though I should sink beneath my weakness, I will hope in Thee still; though I should break my resolutions I will look to Thee confidently, for Thou art my Father, my God, and the support of my soul.” By memory of the difficulties you met with on the way to Mount Calvary, enable me to persevere in this hope. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
FIFTH FRIDAY. Jesus, my Savior, I promise Thee henceforth to propagate the devotion to Thy Sacred Heart by all means within my power. Grant me, then, that my name be inscribed in Thy Sacred Heart and be never effaced from it. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
SIXTH FRIDAY. Ardently wishing to see established in my family the peace Thou hast promised, I pledge myself this day to faithfully comply with the duties of my state of life. Deign, oh Lord, to assist my soul in this purpose. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
SEVENTH FRIDAY. Jesus, my Model, Grant that I may imitate Thee walking along the road of life with the cross upon my shoulders; if I fall under its weight, help me in my weakness; let me rise again and proceed on my journey to the end. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
EIGHT FRIDAY. O Lord, I have numberless sins to atone for, of which I sincerely repent, yet I firmly trust in Thine infinite kindness. Increase this hope in my soul, O my dear Saviour, and I will ever bless Thy Sacred Heart fathomless sea of charity and indulgence for the poor sinners. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
NINTH FRIDAY. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! For the love which Thou bearest to Thy sweetest Mother, and for the love which the spotless Heart of Mary bears to Thee, grant that henceforth my life may be a continuous act of love towards Thee and my neighbor. Give me too an intense sorrow for my sins, and a good will to be always holy; so that I may obtain the reward of a happy death, which will bring me close to Thee forever. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
ACT OF CONSECRATION
O Jesus, My Lord! To Thee I offer up and consecrate my heart. Take tit, my Jesus and make it worthy of Thy Majesty. Banish from it all that is offensive to Thee; fill it with the virtues that will make it pleasing to Thy Sacred Heart. Thou art all mine. Kindle Thou the all-consuming fire of Thy love within my cold heart. Have my heart hidden within Thine and near to Thy Mother’s Heart. I wish to be Thine forever, for well I know that in Heaven or on earth there is nothing like Thee. Amen.
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THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCYThe Lord said to Sister Faustina (1905 - 1938): You will recite this chaplet on the beads of the rosary in the following manner:
First of all you will say one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Apostle’s Creed.
On the Large Bead before each decade:
Eternal Father, I offer you
the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
On the 10 Small Beads of Each Decade:
For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Concluding Doxology:
(after five decades)
Holy God,
Holy Mighty One,
Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world
(Three times)
THE NOVENA TO THE DIVINE MERCY
It is greatly recommend that the following novena intentions and prayers be said together with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, since Our Lady specifically asked for a novena of Chaplets, especially before the Feast of Mercy.
FIRST DAY
“Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me.”
Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from it. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy for ever and ever. Amen.
SECOND DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind.”
Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in men and women consecrated to Your service, that they may perform worthy works of mercy; and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your vineyard – upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.
THIRD DAY
“Today bring to Me ALL DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. These souls brought Me consolation and in the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.”
Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode off Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from it. We beg this grace of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son for the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FOURTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD AND DOES WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.”
My compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FIFTH FRIDAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPERATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.”
Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passions, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SIXTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace. I favour humble souls with My confidence.”
Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, “Learn from Me for I am a meek and humble of heart.” Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humbles souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father’s favourites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of Mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SEVENTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ESPECIALLY VENERATE AND GLORIFY MY MERCY, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls sorrowed most over my Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life. Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death.”
Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy. These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and advertises they go forward, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the soul who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy, and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God: Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He Himself, will defend as His glory. Amen.
EIGHTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer to them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.”
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus, I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His Most sacred Soul was flooded; Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just Scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.
NINTH DAY
“Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: “Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.” For them the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.”
Most Compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardour of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing I beyond Your power.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.
NOVENA TO THE HOLY GHOST
Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy spirit and they shall be created, and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oh God Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and to ever rejoice in His consolations, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
The novena to the Holy Ghost is the oldest novena, first made at the direction of Our Lord when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Ghost on the First Pentecost. It is the only novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, it is a powerful plea for the light, strength and love so sorely needed by every Christian. To encourage devotion to the Holy Ghost, the Church has enriched this novena with indulgences.
The faithful who devoutly assist at the public novena in honor of the Holy Ghost immediately preceding the feast of Pentecost may gain an indulgence of 10 years on any day of the novena, and a Plenary indulgence, if they take part in at least five of the exercises; and moreover go to Confession, and receive Holy Communion and pray for the Holy Father’s intentions.
Those who make a private novena in honor of the Holy Ghost, either before Pentecost or at any other time in the year may gain an Indulgence of 7 years on any day of this novena, and a Plenary is held , this indulgence is available only to those who are lawfully hindered from being part in the same.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To be recited daily during the Novena)
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witness I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your Light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, “Speak Lord for Your servant hears.” Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To be recited daily during the Novena)
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
The Novena begins on the day after the Solemnity of the Ascension, Friday of the 6th Week of Easter, even if the Solemnity of the Ascension is transferred to the 7th Sunday.
FIRST DAY (Friday after Ascension or Friday of 6th Week of Easter)
Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give!
The Holy Spirit
Only one thing is important – eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared – sin. Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for “The Spirit helps our infirmity. We know not what we should pray for, as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asks for us.”
Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and hast given us forgiveness all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SECOND DAY (Saturday of 6th Week of Easter)
Come, Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live!
The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of Hell, but from sentiments of reverence and filial submission to our Heavenly Father. It is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God. “They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and in His sight will sanctify their souls.”
Prayer
Come, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set you, my Lord and God, before my face forever, help me to shun all things that can offend You, and make me worthy to appear before the pure eyes of Your Divine Majesty in heaven, where You live and reign in the unity of the ever Blessed Trinity, God world without end. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
THIRD DAY (7th Sunday of Easter or transferred Ascension)
Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the trouble breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow.
The Gift of Piety
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him, as well as those who are vested in His authority, His Blessed Mother and the Saints, the Church and its visible Head, our parents and superiors, our country and its rulers. He who is filled with the gift of Piety finds the practice of his religion, not a burdensome duty, but a delightful service. Where there is love, there is no labour.
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Piety, possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
FORTH DAY (Monday, 7th Week of Easter)
Thou on toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe.
The Gift of Fortitude
By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which move it to undertake without hesitancy the most arduous tasks, to face dangers, to trample under foot human respect, and to endure without complaint the slow martyrdom of even lifelong retribution. “He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Sprit of Fortitude, uphold my soul in time of trouble and adversity, sustain my efforts after holiness, strengthen my weakness, give me courage against all the assaults of my enemies, that I may never be overcome and separated from Thee, my God and greatest Good. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
FIFTH DAY (Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter)
Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill!
The Gift of Knowledge
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth – in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It shows us the loving care of God even in adversity, and directs us to glorify Him in every circumstance of life. Guided by its light, we put first things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else. “Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesses it.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for Thy glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee, and Thy eternal rewards. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter)
If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill.
The Gift of Understanding
Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion. By faith we know them, but by Understanding we learn to appreciate and relish them. It enables us to penetrate the inner meaning of revealed truths and through them to be quickened to newness of life. Our faith ceases to be sterile and inactive, but inspires a mode of life that bears eloquent testimony to the faith that is in us; we begin to “walk worthy of God in all things pleasing, and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten our minds, that we may know and believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy Light; and in the light of glory to have a clear vision of Thee and the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter)
Heal our wounds – our strength renew; on our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away.
The Gift of Counsel
The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must be done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles furnished by Knowledge and Understanding to the innumerable concrete cases that confront us in the course of our daily duty as parents, teacher, public servants, and Christian citizens. Counsel is supernatural common sense, a priceless treasure in the quest of salvation. “Above all these things, pray to the Most High, that He may direct thy way in truth.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide me in all ways, that I may always do Thy holy will. Incline my heart to that which is good; turn it away from all that is evil, and direct me by the straight path of Thy commandments to that goal of eternal life for which I long.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
EIGHT DAY (Friday, 7th Week of Easter)
Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray!
The Gift of Wisdom
Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of wisdom it is written “all good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches through her hands.” It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of virtue in the highest degree. Wisdom enlightens the mind to discern and relish things divine, in the appreciation of which earthly joys lose their savor, whilst the Cross of Christ yields a divine sweetness according to the words of the Savior: “Take up thy cross and follow me, for my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Help me to attain them and possess them forever. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost)
Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them Comfort when they die; Give them Life with Thee on high; Give them joys which never end. Amen.
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit perfect the supernatural virtues by enabling us to practice them with greater docility to divine inspiration. As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous, the practice of virtue more perfect. Such acts of virtue leave the heart filled with joy and consolation and are known as Fruits of the Holy Spirit. These Fruits in turn render the practice of virtue more attractive and become a powerful incentive for still greater efforts in the service of God, to serve Whom is to reign.
Prayer
Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my heart with Thy heavenly fruits, Thy charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith, mildness, and temperance, that I may never weary in the service of God, but by continued faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united eternally with Thee in the love of the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Protectress of the Unborn
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn : Pray for us
St. Joseph, Protector of the Baby Jesus : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of Peace : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of the Universe : Show us your power
St. Juan Diego : Pray for us
OUR LADY
HAS ASKED SEERS
TO ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE
OF THE FOLLOWING PRAYER ……
BAPTISM OF THE UNBORN
AFTER SPRINKLING HOLY WATER
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator ……
All of you, who were born dead, and are still to be born dead, by day and at night, all of you who were killed in the womb of your mother, and are still to be killed, so that all of you will be given eternal life by Our Lord Jesus Christ, I baptize – (give the name of, for example, Mary, Joseph, or the name of the Saint of the day) – in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Lord’s prayer, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
I have called you by your name, you are Mine! (Is. 43:1)
Nihil obstat: Jerome Curtin D. C. L.
Imprini Potest: † Kevin, Archbishop of Dublin.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Many do not know that this shrine is the biggest Marian shrine in the world, and that 25 Popes have given decrees of approval over the ages.
God of Power and Mercy, You blessed the world with the presence of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
May Her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in our hearts may Your peace reign the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn : Pray for us
St. Joseph, Protector of the Baby Jesus : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of Peace : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of the Universe : Show us your power
CONSECRATION
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, I (mention name), although most unworthy of being Your servant, yet moved by Your wonderful mercy and by the desire to serve, consecrate myself to Your Immaculate Heart, and choose You today, in the presence of my Guardian Angel and the whole heavenly court, for my especial Lady, Advocate and Mother, under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the name given to the heavenly image, left us as a pledge of Your motherly kindness. I firmly resolve that I will love and serve You always, and do whatever I can to induce others to love and serve You. I pray You, Mother of God, and my most kind and amiable Mother, that You receive me into your family, and keep me as Your special child forever. Assist me in all Your thoughts, words and actions at every moment of my life, that every step and breath may be directed to the greater glory of God; and through Your most powerful intercession obtain for me that I may never more offend my Lord Jesus, that I may glorify Him in this life, and that I may also love You, and be with You, in the company of the Blessed Trinity throughout eternity in holy Paradise.
In order to live this consecration as another Juan Diego, I promise to renew it frequently, especially on the twelfth day of each month; and mindful of your messages to us at Lourdes and Fatima and Akita. I will strive to lead a life of prayer and sacrifice, of fidelity to the Rosary and of reparation to your Immaculate Heart.
Amen.
TO SAINT GERARD MAJELLA
FOR MOTHERHOOD
Good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your aid. You know that our marriage has not as yet been blessed with a child and how much my husband and I desire this gift. Please present our fervent pleas to the Creator of Life form whom all parenthood proceeds and beseech Him to bless us with a child whom we may raise as His child and heir of Heaven. Amen.
CONSECRATION OF THE HOME TO OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS
Most Holy Virgin Mary, appointed by God to be the Help of Christians, we choose you as the Mother and protectress of our home.
We ask you to favor us with your powerful protection. Preserve our home from every danger; from fire, flood, lightning, storm, earthquake, thieves, vandals, and from every other danger.
Bless us, protect us, defend us, keep as your own, all the people who dwell in this home: protect them from all accidents and misfortunes, but above all obtain for them the most important grace of avoiding sin.
Mary, Help of Christians pray for all those who live in this home which is consecrated to you for all time. Amen.
Shrine of Don Boscos’s Madonna, Matunga, Bombay – 400 019
Novena For Expectant Mothers
(given by Our Lady to Anna Catherine Emmerick)
9 Hail Marys (afternoon or evening) daily for 9 days.
First day – fast. Last day – go to Holy Communion.
All this to honor 9 months St. Anne carried The Blessed Virgin and to honor her birth. If pregnant mother prays this novena between 7 – 15 September, Our Lady promises to help with the birth of the child. Women who have their children at other times can make the Novena too, without the promise, but if family and friends join in to make the novena it will probably be granted. One can make the novena for other intentions as well. (Source: The Life of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary – revelation of Anna Catherine Emmerick).
God is my Father
†
“Through Him, with Him and in Him”
God is my Father
My Father in Heaven, how sweet it is to know that You are my Father and that I am Your child!
Especially when the skies of my soul are cloudy and my cross weighs more heavily, I feel the need to repeat to You: Father, I believe in Your love for me!
Yes, I believe that You are a Father to me at every moment of my life, and that I am Your child!
I believe that You love me with an infinite love!
I believe that You are watching over me night and day and that not a hair falls from my head without Your permission.
I believe that, in Your infinite Wisdom, You know better than I what is good for me.
I believe that, in Your infinite power, You can bring good even out of evil.
I believe that, in Your infinite goodness, You make everything to the advantage of those who love You; even under the hands of those who strike me I kiss Your hand which heals.
I believe, but increase my faith, hope and love!
Teach me always to see Your love as my guide in every event of my life,
Teach me to surrender myself to you like a baby in its mother’s arms.
Father, You know everything, You see everything, You know me better than I know myself, You can do everything, and You love me!
My Father, since it is Your wish that we should always turn to You, I come with confidence to ask You, together with Jesus and Mary … (Here request the favour that you desire).
For this intention, and uniting myself to their Most Sacred Hearts, I offer You all my prayers, my sacrifices and mortifications, all my actions, and greater faithfulness to my duties (1).
Give me the light, the grace and the power of the Holy Spirit!
Strengthen me in this Spirit. That I may never lose Him, never sadden Him and never allow Him to become weaker in me.
My Father, I ask this in the name of Jesus, Your Son! And You, Jesus, open Your Heart and place It in my own, and, together with Mary’s, offer it to our divine Father! Obtain for me the grace that I need!
Divine Father, call all men to Yourself. Let all the world proclaim Your fatherly goodness and Your divine mercy! Be a tender Father to me and protect me wherever I am, like the apple of Your eye. Make me always a worthy son/daughter; have mercy on me!
Divine Father, sweet hope of our souls, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men!
Divine Father, infinite goodness poured out on all peoples, may you be known, honoured and loved by all men!
Divine Father, beneficent dew of humanity, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men!
PARTIAL INDULGENCE (MOTHER EUGENIA)
† GIRARD, Vicar Apostolic † (1) If this prayer is to be recited as a novena, (9th October 1935) add:
JEAN, Cardinal VERDIER “I promise to be more generous, especially
Archbishop of Paris/ (8th May 1936) during these nine days, in a given
Recommended Feast Day circumstance, to such and
of The Father: 7th August J. C. O. E. M.
17-6-2000
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.
Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assissi – 17th September
Feast of St. Francis of Assissi – 4th October
EFFICACIOUS PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST
O Holy Ghost! Omnipotent Spirit of God above, take me as Thy disciple; Guide me, illuminate me and Sanctify me; Bind my hands that I may not do evil; Cover my eyes that I may not see it; Sanctify my heart that evil may not rest within me. Be Thou my God! Be Thou my guide! Wherever Thou leadest me I will go, Whatsoever Thou forbidest me, I will renounce, and whatsoever Thou commandest in Thy Strength I will do.
Amen.
Recite 7 Glory Be’s in honour of the Holy Ghost.
Prayer of Surrender
Jesus, Son of the Living God help us to surrender ourselves to the will of God, not only by lip service but with a sincere heart, teach us to accept the will of our Father in all things, good or bad, with patience and gladness.
Prayer to The Holy SpiritCome Holy Spirit, fill my heart with Thy Holy gifts.
Let my weakness be penetrated with your strength this very day, that I may fulfill all the duties of my state conscientiously, that I may do what is right and just.
Let my charity be such as to offend no one and to hurt no one’s feelings, so generous as to pardon me sincerely any wrong done to me.
Assist me O Holy Spirit in all the trials of life enlighten me in my ignorance, advise me in my doubts, strengthen me in all need and embarrassments, protect me in temptations and console me in afflictions.
Graciously hear me O Holy Spirit and pour Thy light into my heart, my soul and my mind. Assist me to live a holy life and to grow in goodness and grace.
Come Holy Spirit with Thy light, with Thy grace, with Thy strength, with Thy consolation and with Thy charity that I may be made worthy to live a life of holy love. AMEN.
EFFICACIOUS PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST
O Holy Ghost! Omnipotent Spirit of God above,
take me as Thy disciple;
Guide me, illuminate me and Sanctify me;
Bind my hands that I may not do evil;
Cover my eyes that I may not see it;
Sanctify my heart that evil may not rest within me.
Be Thou my God! Be Thou my guide!
Wherever Thou leadest me I will go,
Whatsoever Thou forbidest me, I will renounce, and
whatsoever Thou commandest in Thy strength I will do.
Amen.
Recite 7 Glory Be’s in honour of the Holy Ghost.
Come, Holy Spirit,
fll the hearts of Thy faithful,
and enkindle in them
the fire of Thy love.
Send forth Thy spirit
and they shall be created
and Thou shalt renew
the face of the earth. Amen.
PEACE is not a season
It is a Way of Life
The Holy Spirit comes to help us in our weakness
“O God, send us your Spirit to teach us what we are and what you are.”
Holy Spirit teaches us to live by the divine wisdom.
And loving wisdom of the Cross.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
Holy Spirit; you who make me see everything and show m they way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory.
AMEN
Person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating one’s wish. After the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this soon as your favour has been granted.
OUR LADY Speaks HER
Beloved Bishops and Priests
OUR Beloved Lady, Protectress
Of Our Bishops and Priests:
Pray for Them.
Pray daily 3 Hail Mary’s to Our Lady
Mother of God for the Protection and Help of
Our Bishops and Our Priests.
PRAYER FOR OUR BISHOPS AND OUR PRIESTS
Lord Jesus, you have chosen your Bishops and your Priests from among us and sent them out to proclaim your word and to act in your name. For so great a gift to your Church, we give you praise and thanksgiving. We ask you to fill them with fire of your love, that their ministry may reveal your presence in the Church.
Since they are earthen vessels, we pray that your power shines out through their weaknesses. In their afflictions let them never be crushed; in their doubts never despair; in temptation never be destroyed; in persecution never be abandoned.
Inspire them through prayer to live each day the mystery of your dying and rising. In times of weaknesses send them your Spirit, and help them to praise your heavenly Father and pray for poor sinners. By the same Holy Spirit put your word on their lips and your love in their hearts, to bring good news to the poor and healing to the broken-hearted.
And may the gift of Mary your mother, to the disciples whom you loved, be your gifts to our Bishops and our Priests. Grant that she who form them in your divine image, by the power of your Spirit, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
HOLY WATER is a Sacramental that remits venial sin. Because of the blessing attached to it, Holy Church strongly urges its use upon Her children, especially when dangers threaten, such as fire, storms, sickness and other calamities. Every Catholic home should have always in it a supply of Holy Water.
DISPEL THE DEVILThe devil hates holy water because of its power over him. He cannot long abide in a place or near a person that is often sprinkled with this blessed water.
Let us cultivate its use
Your Cross
THE everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost Heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His Divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His holy Name, anointed it with His grace, perfumed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all merciful love of God.
-St. Francis de Sales
With Ecclesiastical Approval
PRAYER FOR THE SICK*
O my God,
this sick person here before You
has come to ask You
what he desires and
what he believes to be the most important thing for himself.
Grant, O God
that these words enter into his heart:
(It is important to be healthy in the soul!)
Lord,
May Your Holy Will
be done unto him in everything!
If you wish that he be healed
may he be given health.
But if Your Will is different,
May he continue to bear this cross.
I pray to You also for us
who intercede for him;
purify our hearts
so as to make us worthy
for Your Holy Mercy to be given through us
Protect him and relieve his sufferings:
may Your Holy Will be done unto him.
Through him may Your Holy Name be revealed:
help him to bear his cross with courage.
3 GLORY BE’S
“Dear children, the most beautiful prayer you are able to pray for a sick person is really this one.”
“Jesus himself recommends it.”
PRAYERS OF CONTRITION
O my Jesus, I love you over and above everything! For the love of you I am sorry for all my sins. O merciful love, I ask pardon for the sins of the world.
United with the Immaculate Heart of Our Heavenly Mother, I ask pardon for all my sins and for all the sins of my brothers and sisters that have been and will be committed until the end of the world.
My dear Jesus, united with your Holy Wounds I offer my life to the Eternal Father according to the intention of the Sorrowful Mother.
Virgin Mary, Queen of the world, Mediatrix of humanity, our only refuge and hope, pray for us!
PRAYER OF THE SICK
Recommended by Our Lady
“My Jesus, I know that you love me, and you love particularly those who are sick or suffering. I ask if it is possible to take away this chalice of suffering, but I say with you ‘not my will but thine be done’ as you said in the garden of Gethsemani. My Jesus, strengthen and console me. Our Heavenly Mother, healer of the sick, pray for me to your Holy Son. Amen.”
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
O Jesus, our Good Shepherd, bless all our parishes with numerous priests, deacons, men and women in religious life, consecrated laity and missionaries, according to the needs of the entire world, which You love and wish to save. We especially entrust our community to you; grant us the spirit of the first Christians, so that we may be a cenacle of prayer, in loving acceptance of the Holy Spirit and His Gifts. Assist our pastors and all who live a consecrated life. Guide the steps of those who have responded generously to your call and are preparing to receive holy orders or to profess the evangelical counsels. Look with love so on many well-disposed young people and call them to follow you. Help them to understand that you alone can they attain to complete fulfillment. To this end we call on the powerful intercession of Mary Mother and model of all vocations. We beseech you to sustain our faith with the certainty that the Father will grant what you have commanded us to ask.
THE MIRACLE PRAYER
Lord Jesus, I come before You just as I am, I am sorry for my sins, I repent for my sins, Please Forgive Me. In Your name, I forgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their works. I give you my entire self, Lord Jesus, now and forever, I invite You into my life Jesus. I accept You as my Lord, GOD and Saviour. Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul and spirit.
Come Lord Jesus, cover me with Your precious blood, and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I Love You Lord Jesus. I Praise You Jesus. I Thank You Jesus. I shall follow YOU every day of my life. Amen.
Blessed Virgin Mary Help Me. Amen.
A PRAYER OF LOVE TO JESUS AND MARY
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer this burden for love of Your Divine Son and in reparation to Your Most Grieved Heart. May it convert sinners and bring peace to all hearts. Amen.
The enemy of our salvation fears nothing more, nothing makes him sadder, nothing he seeks more to hinder, than PRAYER.
St. Philip
THE THREE HAIL MARYS
Our Lady revealed to St. Melchtilde (13th century), and St. Gertrude the Great, that those who recite DAILY THREE HAILL MARYS followed by this invocation: for morning: “O my Mother preserve me from mortal sin during this day,” for the evening: “O my Mother preserve from mortal sin this night”, will draw special graces during life and at the hour of death.
Many saints, including St. Alfonsus of Liguori, two great Franciscan saints, St. Leonard of Port-Maurice and St.Anthony of Padua ardently promoted this powerful practice.
GRANT THAT I MAY PRAISE THEE, HOLY VIRGIN, GIVE ME STRENGTH AGAINST THINE ENEMIES.
PRAYER OF ST.GERTRUDE THE GREAT
DICTATED BY OUR LORD, TO RELEASE MANY SOULS FROM PURGATORY EACH TIME IT IS SAID
Our Lord told St. Gertrude the Great, that the following prayer would release many Souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners which would alleviate the indebtedness accrued to them during their lives.
“Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.”
St. Gertrude the Great was born in Germany in 1263. She was a Benedictine Nun, and meditated on the Passion of Christ, which many times brought floods of tears to her eyes. She did many penances, and Our Lord appeared to her many times. Her holy Soul passed away in 1334. November 16 is her Feast Day.
Recite this prayer many times a day.
SAY THIS PRAYER EACH DAY:
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my heart and soul.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, help me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I die in peace with you.
CONSECRATING THE TWO LAST HOURS
OF OUR LIFE TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGINBy the late
Rev. Fr. IIdefonso M. Izaguirre, O.P.
Prostrated at thy feet, and humiliated by my sins, but full of confidence in thee, O Mary! I beg thee to accept the petition my heart is going to make. It is for my last moments, Dear Mother I wish to request thy protection and maternal love so that in the decisive instant thou wilt do all thy love can suggest in my behalf.
To thee, O Mother of my soul, I consecrate THE LAST TWO HOURS of my life. Come to my side to receive my last breath and when death has cut the thread of my days, tell Jesus, presenting to Him my soul, “I LOVE IT”. That word alone will be enough to procure for me the benediction of my God and the happiness of seeing thee for all eternity.
I put my thrust in thee, my Mother and hope it will not be in vain.
O Mary! Pray for thy child and lead him to Jesus!
Amen.
“Abandoning the Mother is but one step from abandoning the Son.”
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
Imprimatur : James A. McNulty - Bishop of Paterson, N.J.
PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEAD OF OUR BLESSED LORD
As the Seat of Divine Wisdom
WISDOM of the Sacred Head guide me in all my ways.
O Love of the Sacred Heart, consume me with Thy Fire.
Three Glorias, in honour of the Divine Will, Memory and Understanding.
O Seat of Divine Wisdom, and guiding Power,
which governs all the motions and love of the Sacred Heart,
may all minds know Thee
all hearts love Thee and
all tongues praise Thee now and for evermore.
Imprimatur, Jacobus Canonicus Carr,
Pro Epo Liverpolitano.
LITANY TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS
Lord, Have Mercy on Us.
Christ, Have Mercy on Us.
Lord Have Mercy on Us.
Jesus, 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 Ghost, Have Mercy on Us.
(after each invocation, say "Guide Us In All Our Ways")
Sacred Head of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Ghost in the Womb of the Virgin Mary,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Substantially United to the Word of God,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Temple of Divine Wisdom,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Center of Eternal Light,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Tabernacle of Divine Knowledge,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Safeguard Against Error,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Sunshine of Heaven and Earth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Treasure of Science and Pledge of Faith,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Radiant With Beauty and Justice and Love,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Full of Grace and Truth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Living Witness of Humility,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Reflecting the Infinite Majesty of God,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Center of the Universe,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Object of the Father's Joyous Satisfaction,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Upon Which the Holy Ghost Rested,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Around Which the Glory of Mt. Tabor Shown,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Had No Place on Earth on Which to Rest,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom the Fragrant Anointing of Magdalen Consoled,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Bathed With the Sweat of Blood in Gethsemani,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Wept for Our Sins,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Crowned With Thorns,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Outraged by the Indignities of the Passion,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Consoled by the Loving Gesture of Veronica,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Bowed to Earth Which was Redeemed at the Moment of Death on the Calvary,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Light of Every Being Born on Earth,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Our Guide and Our Hope,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Knows All Our Needs,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Gives Us All Graces,
Sacred Head of Jesus, That Governs All the Motions of the Sacred Heart,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom we Wish to Adore and Make Known Throughout the World,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Knows All the Secrets of Our Hearts,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Who Enraptures Angels and the Saints,
Sacred Head of Jesus, Whom One Day We Hope to Behold Unveiled Forever,
Jesus, We Adore Your Sacred Head; We Surrender Utterly to All the Decrees of Your Infinite Wisdom.
This Litany has been translated from the French original which bears imprimatur of Fredericus Gul, Liverpol April 1927, and Richardus both Archieps , Liverpol, Spt. 1931.
EFFICACIOUS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
I. Oh my Jesus, You said "verily I say to you, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you", behold I knock, I seek and I ask for this grace of ....
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
II. Oh my Jesus, You said,"verily I say to You, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you", behold in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of ...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
III. Oh my Jesus, You said,"verily I say to You, heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away", behold I, encouraged by Your infallible words, now ask for the grace of ...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father,
Sacred Heart of Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of Thee through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your and our tender Mother.
Say the Salve Regina and add, St Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
P. S. This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who recommended themselves to his prayers.
THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE OF LANCIANO
Ancient Anxanum, the city of the Frentanese, has contained for over twelve centuries the first and greatest Eucharistic Miracle of the Catholic Church. This wondrous Event took place in the 8th century A.D. in the little Church of St Legontian, as a divine response to a Basilian monk's doubt about Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist.
During Holy Mass, after the two-fold consecration, the host was changed into live Flesh and hte wine was changed into live Blood, which coagulated into five globules, irregular and differing in shape and size.
The Host-Flesh, as can be very distinctly observed today, has the same dimensions as the large host used today in the Latin church; it is light brown and appears rose-coloured when lighted from the back. The Blood is coagulated and has an earthy colour resembling the yellow of ochre.
Since 1713, the Flesh has been reserved in an artistic silver Ostensorium, delicately embossed by an artisan of the Neapolitan school.
The Blood is enclosed in a rich and very old cup made of Rock-crystal.
The Minor Conventual Friars have been the custodians of the Sanctuary since 1252; their appointment was the wish of Bishop Landulf of Chieti; their appointment was confirmed by a Pontifical Bull dated April, 20, 1252.
The church was in charge of the Basilian monks until 1176, from 1178 until 1252 the Benedictines staffed the church.
In 1258 the Franciscans built the present church.
In 1700 its architectural style was changed from romanesque-gothic to baroque.
The 'Miracle' was first reserved in a chapel situated at the side of the main altar.
Then, from 1636 it was reserved in a side-altar of the nave which still contains the old iron chest and the commemorative inscription.
In 1902 it was transferred into the present monumenta marble altar which the people of Lanciano had erected.
Various ecclesiastical investigations ('Recognitions') were conducted since 1574.
In 1970-71 and taken up again partly in 1981 there took place a scientific investigation by the most illustrious scientist Prof. Odoardo Linoli, eminent Professor in Anatomy and Pathological Histology and in Chemistry and Clinical Microscopy.
He was assisted by Prof. Ruggero Bertelli of the University of Siena.
The analyses were conducted with absolute and unquestionable scientific precision and they were documented with a series of microscopic photographs. These analyses sustained the following conclusions:
The Flesh is real Flesh. The Blood is real Blood.
The Flesh and the Blood belong to the human species.
The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart.
In the Flesh, we see present in sections: the myocardium, the endocardium, the vagus nerve and also the left ventricle of the heart for the large thickness of the myocardium.
The Flesh is a 'HEART' complete in its essential structure.
The Flesh and the Blood have the same blood-type : AB. (Blood-type identical to that which Prof. Baima Bollone uncovered on the Holy Shroud of Turin).
In the Blood there were found proteins in the same normal proportions (percentage-wise) as are found in the sero-proteic make-up of the fresh normal blood.
In the Blood there were also found these minerals: chlorides, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium and calcium.
The preservation of the Flesh and of the Blood, which were left in their natural state for twelve centuries and exposed to the action of atmospheric and biological agents, remains an extraordinary phenomenon.
In conclusion, it may be said that Science, when called upon to testify, has given an certain and thorough response as regards the authenticity of the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano.
Imprimatur: +LEOPOLDO TEOFILI
Archbishop of Lanciano.
PRAYER… WHO NEEDS IT?
THE QUEEN OF THE ANGELS CALLS FOR PRAYER
…There is but one road which reaches God… and that is PRAYER.
ACT OF CONTRITION
O My God I am very sorry that I have ever sinned against Thee, because Thou art so good and I will not sin again. My Jesus, mercy.
… If anyone shows you another, you are being deceived. (St. Teresa of Avila)
My Morning Offering
O My Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can and I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate … that she may best apply them to the interests of Thy most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, Save us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us!
THE PRAYER
August Queen of Heaven! Sovereign Mistress of the Angels! You who from the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of satan, we humbly beseech you to send our Holy Legions do that, under your command and by your power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks and drive them hence into the abyss of eternal woe.
Amen.
Holy Mother of Light, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
Three Hail Marys in honour of the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Imprimatur : Etienne, Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Imprimatur : James Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane.
The HOLY MASS is the Highest prayer that exists.
The Queen of the Angels calls for Prayer
A Bernadine Sister was shown in spirit the vast desolation caused by the devil throughout the world.
At the same time she heard the Blessed Virgin telling her that it was true, Hell had been let loose upon earth.
The Blessed Virgin said the time had come to pray to her as Queen of the Angels and to seek the assistance of the Heavenly Legions to fight against these deadly foes of God and of men.
“But, my good Mother,” the Nun asked, “you who are so kind, could you not send them without our asking?”
“No,” Our Lady said, “because prayer is one of the conditions required by God Himself for obtaining favours.”
Then the Blessed Virgin communicated the following prayer to the Nun, bidding her to get it printed and to distribute it gratis.
INDULGENCED PRAYER TO BE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF MASS
Eternal Father, I unite myself with the intentions and affections of Our Lady of Sorrows on Calvary, and I offer Thee the Sacrifice which Thy beloved Son Jesus made Himself on the cross and which He now renews on this Holy altar: 1. To adore Thee and give Thee the honor which is due to Thee, confessing Thy supreme dominion over all things, and the absolute dependence of every thing upon Thee, who art our one and last end. 2. To thank Thee for innumerable benefits received. 3. To appease Thy justice, aroused against us by so many sins, and to make satisfaction for them. 4. To implore grace and mercy for myself, for … for all afflicted and sorrowing, for poor sinners, for all the world, and for the holy souls in purgatory. Indulgence of 300 days.
MEDITATION BEFORE MASS
The late Pope Pius X, wrote; “Don’t pray at Holy Mass, but pray the Holy Mass.” Explaining himself further, His Holiness set forth: “The Holy Mass is a prayer itself, even the highest prayer that exists. It is the Sacrifice, dedicated by our Redeemer at the cross, and repeated every day on the altar. If you wish to hear Mass as it should be heard, you must follow with eye, heart and mouth all that happens at the altar. Further you must pray with the priest the Holy words said by him in the name of Christ ad which Christ says by him. You have to associate your heart with the holy feelings which are contained in these words and in this manner you ought to follow all that happens at the altar. When acting in this way YOU HAVE PRAYED THE HOLY MASS.”
After the Mass, THE ROSARY is the most powerful prayer.
WHY DO WE NEED TO PRAY?
BECAUSE Our Lady of Fatima Said
1. IMMODEST FASHIONS: *Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend My son very much!* (Our Lady said this in 1917!)
2. HELL: *More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason!* (Sins against the 6th Commandment.)
3. MARRIAGES: *Many marriages are not good; they do not please Our Lord and are not of God.*
4. PUNISHMENT OF THE WORLD: *The Blessed Mother can no longer restrain the Hand of Her Divine Son from striking the world with just punishment for its many crimes.*
5. FIVE WARNINGS: *If my requests are not granted, Russia will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be destroyed!* (Remember, Our Lady told us this in 1917!)
6. AMEND: *I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not continue to offend Our Lord Who is already deeply offended.*
7. ROSARY: *Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world. Add after each decade the following prayer: Oh My Jesus, forgive us for our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls into heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.*
8. PRAY: *Pray, pray a great deal, and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one to make sacrifices and pray for them.*
John Haffert, in an interview with Sister Lucia, asked regarding the principal request of Our Lady.
Sister Lucia answered: “Sacrifice”.
“And what do you mean by ‘sacrifice’? asked John Haffert.
“By ‘sacrifice’ Our Lady said that She meant the faithful fulfillment of one’s daily duty,” answered Sister Lucia.
9. SACRIFICE: Our Lord appeared to Lucy in 1943. He complained bitterly and sorrowfully that there are so few souls fulfilling Our Lady’s requests saying: *The sacrifice required of every person is the fulfillment of his duties in life and the observance of My Laws! This is the penance I now seek and require!*
10. IMMCULATE HEART DEVOTION: *God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to MY IMMACULATE HEART: If people what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.*
11. WORLD PEACE: *Tell everybody God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord had confided the peace of the world to her.*
12. WAR: *War is a punishment from God for sins!*
13. FINAL PEACE: *In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace!*
14. 1ST SATURDAY DEVOTION: *I promise to help at the hour of death, with graces needed for salvation, whoever, on the first Saturday of 5 consecutive months, shall confess and receive Holy Communion, recite 5 decades of Rosary, and keep me company for 15 minutes, while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to My Immaculate Heart.*
15. ST. JOSEPH: *The only Saint who appeared at Fatima besides Our Lady. St. Joseph held the Child Jesus in his arms and blessed the 70,000 people three times, it is he whom it has been said: *The sound of victory will be heard when the faithful recognize the sanctity of St. Joseph.*
IMPRIMATUR. † JOAO, Bispo de Leiria 1966.
St. Alphonsis said it all in one sentence:-
“Those who pray will be saved; those who do not will be lost.”
Send Your Angel to Holy Mass
O Holy Angel at my side
Go to the church for me
Kneel in my place at Holy Mass
Where I desire to be.
At offertory, in my stead,
Take all I am and own,
And place it as a sacrifice
Upon the altar throne.
At Holy consecration’s bell,
Adore with seraph’s love
My Jesus hidden in the Host,
Come down from Heav’n above.
Then pray for those I dearly love,
And those who cause me grief,
That Jesus’ Blood may cleanse all hearts
And suffering souls relieve.
And when the priest Communion takes,
Oh, bring my Lord to me,
That His sweet Heart may rest on mine,
And I His temple be.
Pray that this Sacrifice Divine
May mankind’s sins efface;
Then bring me Jesus’ blessing home –
The pledge of every grace.
In the Name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
-- M. L. O.
Imprimatur
† Richard Cardinal Crushing
Dear Children, I invite you for your individual conversion. This time is for you! Without God’s plan cannot be realized. Dear Children, grow day by day closer to God through prayer. I give you the weapon for your glory. Here are your little stones:
1. Pray with the heart the Rosary
2. Eucharist
3. Holy Bible
4. Fasting
5. Monthly Confession
6. We must not worry, all we have to do is always do the Divine will of God, Lord Jesus Christ – not our will.
7. We must be pure and holy in all our own intentions which means to do our duties every day to please God only.
8. We must mind our own business and hate grumbling, complaints and criticism or talk bad of others.
9. We must be extremely humble, patient and have Faith in whatever we do.
10. We must forget our own troubles but only think of the sufferings of Jesus and Mary always everyday.
TO JESUS: ALL THROUGH MARY
Mother of Peace, We humbly take recourse to you…
Recommend us to your Son,
Hand is over to your Son!
QUEEN OF PEACE, PRAY FOR US!
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY
Mary, thank you for this motherly call! Mother of my Saviour and Mother of Peace, today I surrender my life to you with love. As Jesus, dying on the cross, gave you also over to me, so do I give myself over to you now. Take me on your motherly lap! I want to love Jesus as you did, Mother. I want to learn with you how to listen to the Father’s word and do his will.
Mary with, you I wish to learn how to love all people as my brothers and sisters because they are all yours. I devote myself to you that my prayer may be prayer of the heart in which I shall find peace, and love, and the strength of reconciliation. To you, Our Lady, do I give up my past, my present and my future, all my abilities and gifts. I want to grow up with you like Jesus did. Let everything in me praise the Lord with you from now on! Let my soul from on sing for joy to His love and mercy! I dedicate to you, Mother, my family, too, all my friends, all those I live and work with…
Mary, I would like to be the bearer of the Holy Spirit with you. Let my heart be obedient to His inspirations, as was yours!
Mother of Peace, let my words be irrevocable through your intercession that sin may never seduce me again. Amen.
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS*
Jesus, we know that You are merciful
and that You have offered Your heart for us.
It is crowned with thorns and with our sins.
We know that You implore us constantly
so that we do not go astray.
Jesus, remember us
when we are in sin.
By means of Your Heart
make all men love one another.
Make hate disappear from amongst men.
Show us Your love.
We all love you
and want You to protect us
with Your Shepherd’s Heart and free us from every sin.
Jesus, enter into every heart!
Knock, knock at the door of our heart.
Be patient and never desist.
We are still closed
because we have not understood Your love.
Knock continuously.
O Good Jesus, make us open our hearts to you
at least in the moment we remember Your
Passion suffered for us. Amen.
*Dictated by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 28th November, 1983.
CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY*
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, ardent with goodness,
show Your Love towards us.
May the flame of Your Heart, O Mary,
descend on all mankind.
We love You so.
Impress true love in our hearts
so that we have a continuous desire
for you.
O Mary, humble and meek of heart,
remember us when we are in sin.
You know that all men sin.
Give us, by means of Your Immaculate Heart,
spiritual health,
Let us always see
the goodness of Your Maternal Heart
and may we be converted by means of the flame
of Your Heart. Amen.
*Dictated by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 28th November, 1983.
JESUS & MARY, WE CONSECRATE OUR LIVES TO YOU
Our Lady expressed the wish several times that the world be consecrated to the Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart. She emphasized it again and she dictated 2 prayers of consecration to their Sacred Hearts to Jelena Vasilj on 28th November 1983 in Medugorje.
DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer to You everything I do this day; my thoughts, my words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be service to You and to others. I also pray that Christians, believers of other religions and persons of goodwill work together to promote true peace. Amen.
TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
My Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to you, and to show my devotion to you, I consecrate to you this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore good Mother as I am thine own, keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession. Amen.
KEY TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
O Mary, Protectress of Our Faith,
Hear our prayer
and ask Your Beloved Son
to receive our Faith into His Sacred Hands.
Ask Him to hide our Faith in His Wounds
and protect it from all evil. Amen.
Imprimatur
Thomas Edmundus Molloy, S. T. D.
Archiepiscopus-Episcopus Bruklyniensis
Brukyni, die XXVI April 1956
TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY THE HAIL MARY
Every Christian should have a great love for praying the Hail Mary, the Angelic Salutation. In fact though they are Christians, no matter how enlightened and knowledgeable, the merits and the marvelous value of the Hail Mary they do not know the need for praying this Hail Mary often.
Our Lady had to appear several times to great Saints such as St. Dominic and Blessed Alan, to show them the riches of this prayer. They have written many books about the wonders and the power of the Hail Mary for the conversion of sinners.
They have loudly proclaimed and publicly preached that since the salvation of the world began with the Hail Mary, the salvation of each one of us was bound up in the prayer. They have declared it a prayer that caused the dry and barren earth to yield the Fruits of Life. They have said that the same prayer, well said, will make the word of God take root and grow in our souls, and bear that Fruit of Life, Jesus Christ. They have declared that the Hail Mary is the dew of Heaven that waters the earth, the soul and makes it bear its fruit in time, and they have declared that a soul not watered by that dew brings forth only weeds, and is in danger of eternal punishment in Hell.
Our Lady appeared one day to Blessed Alan and said to him, ‘Know my son, and understand, and make it known to all, that it is an almost certain sign for eternal punishment in Hell for those to have no love for or are indifferent to the Hail Mary or neglect it. It is the prayer that brightens the world.
It is common knowledge that those who face eternal doom, the impious, the worldly, the heretics and atheists will hate and despise the Hail Mary and also the Rosary.
Heretics still recite the Our Father, but not the Hail Mary. Nor do they say the Rosary. They would rather carry a poisonous snake with them than the Rosary. The proud, even though they are Catholics, are like their father, Lucifer. They will despise the Hail Mary or look upon it with indifference. They believe the Rosary is good only to keep silly women busy or to give the ignorant and illiterate something to do with their time.
It is common knowledge also that those who show any signs of holiness, love the Hail Mary and pray it devoutly and fondly. The more close they come to God, the more they love this angelic greeting. Our Lady said as much to Blessed Alan after telling him about eternal punishment in Hell.
I do not know why this is, but I do know it is true. And I know no better way of learning whether or not a person loves God than to learn first if he loves the Hail Mary, and the rosary of Hail Marys. One may find it impossible to say the Rosary, but he may still love it, and inspire others to pray the Rosary.
Chosen souls who love Jesus in Mary, know that the Hail Mary is, after Our Father, the most beautiful of all prayers.
The Rosary is the most perfect compliment we can pay to Mary, since it is the compliment God paid her, through His Archangel. He sent his shining messenger Gabriel, to win her heart. And Gabriel’s greeting so moved that beautiful heart, through the secrets it contains, that Mary in spite of her humility, consented to become the Mother of God.
By this compliment you also, my dear friends, will win Mary’s heart. This without fail, provided you pray it properly and devotedly.
The Hail Mary, prayed with attention, devotion, love and humility is the enemy of the devil. It outs the devil to flight. It is the hammer which crushes him. It is the sanctification of souls, the joy of angels, the song of love of chosen ones, the melody of the New Testament, the perfect joy of Mary and the glory of the Holy Trinity.
The Hail Mary is like dew from Heaven that brings fruit to the field of the soul. It is a pure and loving kiss. It is a RED rose, a shining Pearl one offers to Mary. It is a mixture of Milk and Honey one gives to her to drink.
All those comparisons are from the Saints.
I beg you, therefore, through the love I bear you in Jesus and Mary, not to be satisfied with a minimum of Hail Marys. PRAY the little Crown of Our Lady but Pray your Rosary too. I mean pray the 15 mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Pray them every day. I can assure you that at the hour of your death you will bless the hour you accepted my advice.
If you have sown the blessings of Jesus and Mary in your soul, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. You will reap eternal blessing in Heaven. ‘He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully.’
Pope John Paul II usually leads the recitation of the Rosary on Vatican Radio on the first Saturday of each month.
Even though the Holy Father John Paul II who is so busy, he prays the 15 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary every day. He prays the Joyful Mysteries in the morning and, the Sorrowful Mysteries in the afternoon and Glorious Mysteries in the evening. Therefore he expects everyone of us to pray at least Five Decades of the Holy Rosary every day.
“The Church wishes to invite you to a great movement of prayer for peace in the world.”
John Paul II
Imprimatur
Thomas Edmundus Molloy, S. T. D.
Archiepiscopus-Episcopus Bruklyniensis
Brukyni, die XXVI April 1956
PRAYER TO JESUS
Jesus, my love, my God, let me speak to You. Let me thank You for giving me to Mary as her slave. You gave her to me as my advocate with You and my universal support in my extreme misery. My misery is great. Alas, Lord, I am such a wretch that I would be lost without her. I need her. I need her with You. I need her at all times. I need her to avert, Your anger from me, for I offend You every day. I need her to fend off the punishments I deserve from You. I need her to look at You, to speak to You, to pray to You, to go to You, to please You. I need her to save my soul. Mine and others. I need her to do Your will and seek Your glory in all things.
Ah, if I could only tell the whole universe about Your mercy to me! If I could only let the world know how lost I should be without Mary! If only I could thank You properly for so divine a blessing!
Mary is in me. Mary was made for me. She is my treasure, my comfort. Can I not be all hers? O my Savior, how awful if I could not! Rather let me die than suffer such misfortune. I would rather not live than not belong entirely to her.
Like St. John at the foot of the cross I have taken her for my own. Thousands of times. And thousands of times I have given her myself. If I have not yet done it as You require, Jesus, let me do it now. If you see in me, body and soul, anything that does not belong to her, my queen, take it out and dispose of it. If it is not Mary’s it is not worthy of You.
Holy Ghost, plant, tend, and nourish in me the Tree of Life, Your pure love, Mary. Make it blossom and bear the Fruit of Life. Give me a devotion to Mary, so that, in her, I may be made into the perfect likeness of Jesus, in all His stature and might, unto the fullness of his age. Amen.
GLORY TO HOLY SPIRIT IN MARY
GLORY TO MARY IN HOLY SPIRIT
GLORY TO JESUS IN MARY!
GLORY TO MARY IN JESUS!
GLORY TO GOD ALONE!
Let us share with Mary her prayer of praise and thanksgiving to God
The Magnificat
My soul glorifies the Lord*
my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior.
He looks on his servant in her lowliness;*
henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me,*
Holy his name!
His mercy is from age to age,*
On those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength*
and scatters the proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty from their thrones*
and raises the lowly
He fills the starving with good things,*
sends the rich away empty.
He protects Israel, his servant,*
remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised to our fathers,*
to Abraham and his sons for ever.
PRAYER TO MARY
Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Father, admirable Mother of the Son, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail Mary, my dear mother, my sweet mistress, my powerful queen. Hail, my joy, my glory, my heart, my soul. You are all mine, by mercy; and I am all yours, by justice. But not enough.
I give myself to you once again, as your slave forever. I do not keep anything, either for myself or others. If you still see in me something that does not belong to you, please take it away this very moment. Make yourself absolute mistress over me. Destroy, uproot, and annihilate in me all that displeases God. And plant and nurture and raise in me all you will.
May the light of your faith dispel the darkness in my mind. May your profound humility take the place of my pride. May your lofty contemplation put an end to the distractions of my wandering imagination. May your constant sight of God lift my memory with His presence. May the fire of love in your heart expand and kindle the lukewarmness and the coldness in mine. May your virtues replace my sins. May your merits be my ornament and my unmerited bounty before God.
My dear and much loved mother, let me have no other mind than yours to know your Son and His Divine will, no other soul than yours with which to praise and glorify Him, no other heart than yours with which to love Him.
I do not ask for visions, for revelations, for spiritual favors of any sort. To see clearly without darkness is yours. To enjoy fully, and without bitterness, is yours. To triumph gloriously in heaven at the right hand of the Lord, is yours. Absolute sway over men and angels is yours; and dominion over the devil and all his armies. All the good things of God are yours without reserve, to dispose of as you will.
This, O Holy Virgin, the Most High has already given you. It shall not be taken from you. That is my joy. As for my lot in life, I want only what was your – to believe by pure faith and without help of my senses; to suffer joyfully and without consolation all that is allotted me to suffer; to die continually to self, without relaxing; and to work industriously and exceedingly well for you, without reward, as the lowest of your slaves, until I die.
I ask for your pure mercy this grace only – that I may always say, “Amen, so be it” to all you are doing on earth; to all you do in heaven; and to all you can do in my soul.
May you be all alone in me to give full glory to Jesus, in time and in eternity!
Amen; so be it!
Our Mother of Perpetual help we PRAY and hope that through your intercession the gifts of the Holy Spirit will descend upon us. Thank you very much Holy Mary Mother of God for obtaining for us the abundant of gifts from the Holy Spirit for us to carry your apostolic work and always do the Divine will of God, - Lord Jesus Christ – Not our will.
Prayer Found Under Christ’s Sepulcher 1503 AD
O God Almighty, who suffered death upon the Cross, particularly for my sins, be with me.
Holy Cross of Jesus – have pity on me.
Holy Cross of Jesus – be my protector.
Holy Cross of Jesus – take away all bitter pains.
Holy Cross of Jesus – take away all evil.
Holy Cross of Jesus – let me walk in the way of salvation.
Preserve me from any temporal accidents, take away any danger of sudden death. I always adore the Holy Cross of Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth crucified, have pity on me; Make the spirit of evil leave me for all times; Oh, Mother of Perpetual Succour, I come before Thy Sacred picture and with a childlike conscience invoke thine aid. Show Thyself a Mother to me now, Have pity on me. Oh, dearest Mother of Perpetual Succour, for the love Thou bearest to Jesus and in honour of his Sacred wounds, help me in this my necessity; (Mention it) Oh, Loving Mother, I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Father; I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Son; I leave it all to Thee in the Name of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.
Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour, Pray For Us
(3 times)
N.B.
Sent by the Pope to Charles when he went to fight the enemy of France. He who wants or hears someone else read it or carries on his person, will not die suddenly, drown, burn, be poisoned or lose battle or be taken prisoner. During childbirth, a woman who reads or listens to someone else read the prayer, or carries it on her person will have a short labour. When the child is born, place the prayer on his or her right side and it will be preserved from evil. When walking in the street and you find anyone in a fit, put the prayer on the right side and they will recover. He who writes this prayer whether for himself or for another, I will bless him, says the Lord and he who ridicules it will perish. When this prayer is placed in a home, such a home will be preserved from lightning and thunder. He who reads it daily will be given a sign 3 days before his death.
J. C. O. E. M. 17.6.1992.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED TRINITY
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, Daughter of the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee my soul with all its faculties.
Hail Mary …
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, beloved Mother of the Son of God, I consecrate to Thee my body with all its senses.
Hail Mary …
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, beloved spouse of the Holy Ghost I consecrate to Thee my heart with all its affections, and beseech Thee to obtain for me from the Most Holy Trinity all the graces necessary for salvation.
Hail Mary …
OUR LADY OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of Jesus and our tender Mother, we invoke thee under the title of Our Lady Mother of the Most Blessed Sacrament because thou art the Mother of the Savior, who lives in the Eucharist, and because it was from thee that He took the Flesh and Blood with which He feeds us in Holy Communion!
We invoke thee under that title because you are the model of those who are striving to fulfill the duties of the Eucharistic life, teaching them by example how to assist properly at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, how to receive Holy Communion worthily, and how to visit frequently and piously the Most Blessed Sacrament.
THE TEXT OF THE LIFE OFFERING (1955)
“My dear Jesus, before the Trinity, Our Heavenly Mother, and the whole Heavenly Court, united with your most precious Holy Blood and your sacrifice on Calvary, hereby I offer my whole life to the intention of your Holy Heart and to the Holy Heart of Mary. Together with my life I place at your disposal all the Holy Masses, all my Holy Communions, all my good deeds, all my sacrifices, and the sufferings of my entire life for the adoration and supplication of the Holy Trinity, for unity in our Holy Mother Church, for the Holy Father and the priests, for good priestly vocations, and for all the souls until the end of the world.
O my Jesus, please accept my life sacrifice and my offerings and give me your grace that I may persevere obediently until my death. Amen.
The expiatory prayers of Fatima
“Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore you with greatest reverence and offer you the precious Body and Blood, the Soul and the Divinity of Our Savior Jesus Christ who is present in all the tabernacles of the world in expiation of the sins by which He Himself is offended. By the infinite merits of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the intercession of the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary I ask you for the conversion of the poor sinners. Amen.”
CONSECRATION TO JESUS CHRIST, THE INCARNATE WISDOM, THROUGH THE HANDS OF MARY
O eternal, incarnate Wisdom, loveable, adorable Jesus, only begotten Son of the Father and of Mary ever Virgin, I adore you profoundly in the bosom and the splendor of Your Father, in eternity, and in the virgin womb of Mary during the time of Your Incarnation.
I give You thanks for annihilating Yourself and taking the form of a slave to set me free from the cruel slavery of the devil. I give You thanks, and I glorify You, because You consented to submit to Mary in all things, in order to make me Your faithful slave through her.
Alas, ungrateful and unfaithful, I did not keep the solemn promises of my Baptism. I did not fulfill my obligations. I do not deserve to be called either Your child or Your slave. And since there is nothing in me that does not deserve Your hostility and anger, I dare not to come alone to Your august and holy presence.
That is why I have recourse to the intercession of Your Mother, whom You gave me as a mediatrix with You. It is through her I hope to obtain from You contrition for my sins and forgiveness of them; and to be given Your wisdom, that I may keep it.
Hail Mary Immaculate, living tabernacle of God! Hidden in you, Eternal Wisdom wants to be adored by men and angels.
Hail Queen of heaven and earth. To you all things are subject; all things that are under God.
Hail sure refuge of sinners, whose mercy has failed no one. Grant my desire for divine Wisdom, and receive the vows and offerings my lowliness therefore presents to you.
I … a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism. I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
In the presence of all the court of heaven, I choose you this day for my mother and mistress. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.
Receive, O merciful Virgin, this little offering of my slavery. I wish thereby to pay homage to Jesus, and unite myself to Him Who willed to be subjected to your maternity; and to pay homage to the power You both have over this little worm, this miserable sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored Thee.
I declare that I want, now, as your slave, to seek your honor and to obey you in all things.
Admirable Mother, present to me your Son, as His slave forever, so that, inasmuch as He has redeemed me by you, He may receive me by you.
O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of God and to be placed, for that end, among those you love, those you teach, those you direct, those you nourish and protect as your children and slaves.
Faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect a disciple, slave and imitator of Jesus, your Son, Incarnate Wisdom, that I may, through you and after your example, come to the fullness of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.
Grant that I praise Thee, Holy Virgin, give me the strength against Thine enemies.
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Pray daily three Hail Marys in honor of Our Lady Immaculate Conception, Our sinful lives would soon cease.
*THE HAIL MARY. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”
O Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us, we recourse to you.
THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY
On the 11th October 1954, Pope Pius XII established the feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world on 31st May and command that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to her.
“The purpose of the feast is that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb.” (Pius XII, Ad. Coeli Reginam)
On the day of her Assumaption, Mary our Mother was solemnly crowned by Christ and received by the whole court of Heaven as Queen.
What Christ has done in Heaven and the Church has done on our behalf we should now do individually, that is, we should recognize Mary’s Queenship, enthrone her in our homes, consecrate ourselves to her and, by this means, establish in our lives the reign of Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe.
HOW TO ENTHRONE MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN IN YOUR HOME AND CONSECRATE YOUR FAMILY TO HER.
The statue or picture may be blessed; If convenient, ask a Priest to perform the ceremony, otherwise the head of the family can do it. Prepare her altar with flowers and candles, giving her an honoured place in your home where all will see her and often pray to her.
Recite together kneeling:
Act of Contrition; 3 Hail Marys; 3 Glorias; 3 times the invocation ‘Mary Immaculate Queen, Triumph and Reign; followed by the Act of Consecration.
PRAYER
O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world. Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy trial.
Jesus has confided to Thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, Thy children come to Thee as their hope.
We recognize the Queenship and ardently desire Thy triumph.
We need a Mother and a Mother’s heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our darkness and points out the way to life. In Thy clemency obtain for us the courage and confidence of which we have such need.
Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, You Who have crowned with glory in Heaven the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior, grant that all her children on earth may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes and nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen.
MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN
Triumph and Reign
Imprimi potest:
†Michael Epus Galviensis,
4 June, 1966
THE “MEMORARE”. Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
(This prayer is a fitting conclusion; but not an essential part of the Holy Rosary).
THE MEMORARE TO SAINT JOSEPH
Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never has it been known that anyone who asked for your help and sought your intercession was left unaided. Full of confidence in your power, I hasten to you, and beg your protection. / Listen, O foster-father of the Redeemer, to my humble prayer, and in your goodness hear and answer me.
AMEN.
PRAYERS TO SAINT JOSEPH
Hail to Saint Joseph
Hail, dear Saint Joseph, to whom God gave so many graces; the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among all husbands and blessed is Jesus with His Virgin Mother.
Holy Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus, pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Grant that I may praise Thee, Holy Saint Joseph, give me strength against Thine enemies.
OUR LADY OF SORROWS
The Seven Sorrows of Mary
V. In Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, Mother of the Church, let us pray the Seven Hail Mary’s and Seven “Glory be to the Father’s”.
V. (1) Simeon tells Mary that a sword will pierce her Heart.
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (2) The flight to Egypt
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (3) Losing the boy Jesus for three days
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (4) Meeting Jesus on the way to Calvary carrying His Cross
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (5) Mary standing at the foot of the Cross
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (6) Mary holding the dead Christ in her arm
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (7) Placing Jesus in the tomb
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
Pray for us, O most sorrowful Mother.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O Mother of Sorrows, by the love with which You stood by the Cross of Jesus, stand by me in the three last hours of my life. Obtain for me the grace to receive Holy Communion with the most perfect love and contrition before my death and to breathe forth my soul in the actual presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Dearest Mother, at the hour of my death present me as Your child to Jesus and say to Him “Son, forgive him/her for he/she knew not what he/she did. Receive him/her this day into Your kingdom.”
Mother of Jesus, be a Mother to me. Amen.
JESUS AND MARY, WE LOVE YOU, SAVE ALL SOULS.
The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary’s and meditating on her tears and dolors. The devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.
HERE ARE THE SEVEN GRACES
1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my divine son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the internal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my divine son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.
The original Spanish of this was printed with the Ecclesiastical permission and was obtained in Mexico City by the original Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
THE SEVEN JOYS OF MARY
V. In honor of the Seven Joys of Mary, Mother of the Church, let us pray the Seven “Hail Mary’s" and Seven “Glory be to the Father’s”……
V. (1) The Angel Gabriel asks Mary to be the Mother of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (2) Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (3) The Birth of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (4) The Wise Men adore the Infant Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (5) Finding the Boy Jesus in the Temple
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (6) The Resurrection of Jesus
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. (7) The Assumption and Coronation of Mary
R. Hail Mary …… Glory be ……
V. Holy Mary conceived without original sin, refuge of priests and the religious.
R. Pray to Jesus for them!
V. May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit descend upon us, and remain with us forever.
R. Amen.
THE DOUBLE GREAT NOVENA
NINE
FIRST FRIDAYS AND FIRST SATURDAYS
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Nihil Obstat: Imprimatur:
Monsignor Jose C. Abriol, P.A. †Jaime L. Cardinal Sin
Vicar General & Censor Archbishop of Manila
JESUS ASKS FOR NINE FIRST FRIDAYS AND FIRST SATURDAYS
In a Message of Jesus Christ to Sister Natalia in Hungary, He requests all to pray the Double Great Novena to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for nine consecutive First Fridays and First Saturdays.
All know about the devotion of the nine consecutive First Fridays. Few know about the Five Consecutive First Saturdays. And very few now know about the Nine Consecutive First Fridays and Nine Consecutive First Saturdays.
As in Paray-le-Monial, France and Fatima, a private revelation to Sister Natalia received the Imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.
Jesus: “As the Father entrusted all things to Me, so I give My victorious power over the world and sin to the Immaculate Heart to My Mother.
“Through My daughter (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque), I gave the world great promises, but because of My Infinite Goodness, now, I give much more. If people wish to gain the benefits of My promises, they must love and venerate the Immaculate Heart of My Mother. The greatest sign of this veneration will be to receive Holy Communion on Nine Consecutive First Saturdays, and in the same way, on Nine Consecutive First Fridays, after a preparation and a true repentance. Their intentions must be to console My Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.”
Sister Natalia: “When Our Lord told me the first time about these First Saturdays, I did not realize that the Blessed Virgin at Fatima asked for only Five First Saturdays, in comparison with the Nine First Saturdays mentioned in the Messages I received. Consequently, the authorities of the Church wanted me to ask the Savior why He asked for nine, while Mary asked for only five. The Divine Savior replied: “The request of My Mother for Five Saturdays is a sign of Her humility and consequently, She did not consider Herself worthy of receiving a devotion that is equal to Mine. My request is a sign of My love, I cannot bear the idea of demanding more for Me than for My Mother who is united with Me in love.”
“Hence, I understood that Jesus would have us make us reparation for Nine Saturdays because He had demanded for Himself, to Saint Margaret Mary, Nine First Fridays.”
To make a good Novena, follow these suggestions:
1. Prepare yourself with true repentance, if possible go to Confession.
2. Receive Holy Communion on both days (First Friday and First Saturday).
3. The intentions of the Novena must be “to console My Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.”
THE 33 PROMISES OF JESUS TO THOSE WHO MAKE THE DOUBLE GREAT NOVENA
1. All that they demand through the Heart of My Mother, provided that their requests are compatible with the Will of the Father, I will grant them during the Novena.
2. They will experience in every circumstance the extraordinary assistance of My Mother as well as Her blessings.
3. Peace, harmony and love will reign in their souls and the souls of the members of their families.
4. I will protect their families from scandals, disappointments and injustice.
5. Married couples will remain together, and if one of the spouses left the home, he or she will come back.
6. The members of their families will understand each other and persevere in Faith.
7. Expectant mothers will experience the special protection of My Mother and receive what they demand for themselves and their children.
8. The poor will receive shelter and food.
9. I will lead them to love prayer and suffering. They will learn to love God and their neighbors.
10. The sinners will be converted without difficulty, even through somebody else makes this Novena for them.
11. The sinners will not fall back to their previous state. They will not only receive forgiveness for their sins, but also a perfect contrition and, through love, they will recover the innocence of their Baptism.
12. Those who make this novena in the state of the innocence of their Baptism (particularly the children) will not offend My Heart by a grave fault until the time of their death.
13. The sinners who sincerely repent will not only escape Hell but also Purgatory.
14. The lukewarm will become fervent believers; they will persevere and each perfection and saintliness in no time.
15. If parents or other members of a family make this novena, no member of that family will be condemned to Hell.
16. Many young will be called to a religious life, including the priesthood.
17. Unbelievers will become believers, and those who wander without direction (Catholics who broke away) will return to the Church.
18. Priests and religious will remain faithful to their vocation. The infidel will receive the grace of a sincere contrition and the possibility of returning to one’s vocation.
19. Parents and leaders will receive assistance for their spiritual and material needs.
20. The body will be freed from the temptations of the world and from sin.
21. The proud and the arrogant will become humble; the temperate will be burning with love.
22. Fervent souls will experience the sweetness of prayer and sacrifice; they will never be tormented by anxiety or doubt.
23. The dying will depart this world without agony and without the attacks of Satan.
24. The dying will experience an immense desire for eternal life. So they will surrender to My Will and depart this life in the arms of My Mother.
25. They will experience the extraordinary protection of My Mother on the day of the Last Judgement.
26. They will receive the grace of sharing and relieving My suffering and that of My Mother.
27. Those who endeavor to be perfect will be obtain, as a privilege, the main virtues of My Mother: humility, love and purity.
28. They will be accompanied by peace and certain inner and external joy during all their lives, whether they are sick or healthy.
29. The priests will receive the grace of living in the presence of My Mother without effort.
30. Those who progress with me in unity will receive the grace of experiencing this unity. They will know what it means: it does not mean that they will live longer, but that I will live within them. That is to say: I will love with their hearts, I will pray with their souls, I will speak with their tongues, I will serve with all their beings. They will experience that which is good, beautiful, holy, humble, simple, obedient, precious and admirable within them; it is Me. Me, the Almighty, the Infinite, the only Lord, the only Love.
31. The souls of those who make this novena will be as radiant as the white lilies all around the Heart of My Mother in eternity.
32. I, the Divine Lamb of God, united with My Father and the Holy Spirit, will always rejoice at seeing these souls who, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will obtain the glory of eternity.
33. The souls of the priests will always progress in the Faith and Virtue.
The greatest promise of Mary;
“The gates of Hell will be closed on the First Saturdays of each month. Nobody will go to Hell on those days. However, the gates of Purgatory will be open. So, many souls will be able to reach Heaven.
It is the result of the merciful Love of My Son – it is the reward of these souls who venerate My Immaculate Heart.”
Imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.
Taken from the “Revue du Coeur Immacule Reine de la Paix, Vol. 1 No.4
If you wish to do the Double Great Novena, the Sunset Mass is NOT counted as the First Saturdays.
ALL FIRST FRIDAYS PRAYER
Sacred Heart of Jesus, let your gift of love for us flow through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for our parents.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we offer you our unworthy hearts. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame us with love for your Two Hearts wounded by our sins and sins of the world.
ALL FIRST SATURDAYS PRAYER
Immaculate Heart of Mary, may we love the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the same love you had for him. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for all children.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, fill us with the divine love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with your everlasting love.
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary make my heart one with Thine!
NOVENA PRAYER
O Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your Holy Hearts do I come to beg for the infinite merits and graces that only God can give.
Jesus, Your Sacred Heart is burning with love for me. I know that you love all of us so much. How often have we hurt You by our sin. How often have I put thorns into Your Holy Heart, by my sin. I am sorry O Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Mary, your Immaculate Heart, loves each one of us as a child. Your heart too is wounded by the sin of the people. What people do by sin to the Heart of Jesus they do to you too. Your holy heart is so sad because people are indifferent to the love and mercy offered by Jesus.
With your Immaculate Heart, O Mary, and with Your Sacred Heart, Lord Jesus, I offer your love with this prayer to our Heavenly Father, and through your Holy Hearts humbly request …….
(Petition)
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I shall never be able to thank you enough for loving me so much. I offer my love in return and hope that your Holy Hearts will find some joy in my poor unworthy heart.
AMEN.
CONSECRATION
Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I consecrate my entire self to the Most Holy Love of Your Two Hearts. I wish to make reparation for all the sins of the world, including my own. I offer these things for the love of the hearts of Jesus and Mary:
I will keep my mind on beauty and turn my thoughts from evil things.
I will hold my temper and bear the mistakes of others with love and a forgiving heart.
I will admit when I am wrong and ask others to forgive me.
I will not show off, but remain humble.
I will offer up all my sufferings, sickness and hurts.
I will seek God’s Will, not my own.
I will show appreciation for the kindness, the blessings, that I receive, and thank God for all things.
I will do everything in my life for love of God.
And, I will love others, as God has loved me.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, receive the offering and consecration I now make of myself to You. Keep me faithful unto death. Bring me one day to that happy home in heaven. I desire to live forever with God the Father and the Most Holy Spirit and You my Jesus, together with Your Most Immaculate Mother.
AMEN.
THE DEVOTION OF THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN
HONOR OF
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
THE 12 PROMISES OF OUR LORD
1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
2. I will establish peace in their homes.
3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.
5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
9. I will bless every place in which an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced.
12. I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart, that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who shall receive communion on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments. My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in their last moment.
NOVENA OF THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN HONOR
OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
In the name of the Father, etc.
ACT OF CONTRITION
Jesus, my Lord, true God and true Man, my Creator and my Redeemer, because Thou art so worthy, and because I love Thee above all things, I heartily regret having offended Thee, and I firmly resolve not to sin ever more and to flee the occasion of offending Thee. In atonement for my sins I offer Thee my life with its works and its troubles, and as I humbly beseech Thee, so I firmly trust in Thy mercy to obtain Thy pardon and grace of perseverance, through Thy precious blood, through Thy life and Thy death. Amen.
FIRST FRIDAY. O Sacred Heart of Jesus who so ardently desires the salvation of Souls! Though a great sinner, I wish to save mine with the help of Thy grace. To this purpose I resolve, in Thy honour, to go to confession and communion on nine consecutive First Fridays, so that Thou mayest grant to me the promise Thou madest to Saint Margaret, the grace of full repentance and the secure refuge of Thy Sacred Heart at the hour of my death. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be, five times in honour of the sacred wounds of Jesus.
SECOND FRIDAY. Dearest Jesus, behold the field of my heart; in it I have planted my fervent desires to acquire all kinds of virtue. I am watering it by the nine first Fridays’ devotion, with tears of sorrow and love, but as I know it will yield to send me the dew of Thy divine grace, grant it to my soul, through Thine infinite mercy. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
THIRD FRIDAY. O Divine Jesus, Who hast said: “Ask and you shall receive …” I have come to ask Thee, with full trust in Thy mercy, the grace of my conversion and that of my brothers. This favour I ask from Thee through the sorrows and tears of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, at the foot of the Cross. Amen
Five Our Fathers, etc.
FOURTH FRIDAY. Sweet Jesus, “thought temptations should assail me, I will hope in Thee; though I should sink beneath my weakness, I will hope in Thee still; though I should break my resolutions I will look to Thee confidently, for Thou art my Father, my God, and the support of my soul.” By memory of the difficulties you met with on the way to Mount Calvary, enable me to persevere in this hope. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
FIFTH FRIDAY. Jesus, my Savior, I promise Thee henceforth to propagate the devotion to Thy Sacred Heart by all means within my power. Grant me, then, that my name be inscribed in Thy Sacred Heart and be never effaced from it. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
SIXTH FRIDAY. Ardently wishing to see established in my family the peace Thou hast promised, I pledge myself this day to faithfully comply with the duties of my state of life. Deign, oh Lord, to assist my soul in this purpose. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
SEVENTH FRIDAY. Jesus, my Model, Grant that I may imitate Thee walking along the road of life with the cross upon my shoulders; if I fall under its weight, help me in my weakness; let me rise again and proceed on my journey to the end. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
EIGHT FRIDAY. O Lord, I have numberless sins to atone for, of which I sincerely repent, yet I firmly trust in Thine infinite kindness. Increase this hope in my soul, O my dear Saviour, and I will ever bless Thy Sacred Heart fathomless sea of charity and indulgence for the poor sinners. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
NINTH FRIDAY. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! For the love which Thou bearest to Thy sweetest Mother, and for the love which the spotless Heart of Mary bears to Thee, grant that henceforth my life may be a continuous act of love towards Thee and my neighbor. Give me too an intense sorrow for my sins, and a good will to be always holy; so that I may obtain the reward of a happy death, which will bring me close to Thee forever. Amen.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
ACT OF CONSECRATION
O Jesus, My Lord! To Thee I offer up and consecrate my heart. Take tit, my Jesus and make it worthy of Thy Majesty. Banish from it all that is offensive to Thee; fill it with the virtues that will make it pleasing to Thy Sacred Heart. Thou art all mine. Kindle Thou the all-consuming fire of Thy love within my cold heart. Have my heart hidden within Thine and near to Thy Mother’s Heart. I wish to be Thine forever, for well I know that in Heaven or on earth there is nothing like Thee. Amen.
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THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCYThe Lord said to Sister Faustina (1905 - 1938): You will recite this chaplet on the beads of the rosary in the following manner:
First of all you will say one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Apostle’s Creed.
On the Large Bead before each decade:
Eternal Father, I offer you
the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
On the 10 Small Beads of Each Decade:
For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Concluding Doxology:
(after five decades)
Holy God,
Holy Mighty One,
Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world
(Three times)
THE NOVENA TO THE DIVINE MERCY
It is greatly recommend that the following novena intentions and prayers be said together with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, since Our Lady specifically asked for a novena of Chaplets, especially before the Feast of Mercy.
FIRST DAY
“Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me.”
Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from it. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy for ever and ever. Amen.
SECOND DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind.”
Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in men and women consecrated to Your service, that they may perform worthy works of mercy; and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your vineyard – upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.
THIRD DAY
“Today bring to Me ALL DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. These souls brought Me consolation and in the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.”
Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode off Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from it. We beg this grace of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son for the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FOURTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD AND DOES WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.”
My compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FIFTH FRIDAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPERATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.”
Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passions, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SIXTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace. I favour humble souls with My confidence.”
Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, “Learn from Me for I am a meek and humble of heart.” Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humbles souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father’s favourites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of Mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SEVENTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ESPECIALLY VENERATE AND GLORIFY MY MERCY, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls sorrowed most over my Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life. Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death.”
Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy. These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and advertises they go forward, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the soul who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy, and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God: Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He Himself, will defend as His glory. Amen.
EIGHTH DAY
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer to them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.”
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus, I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His Most sacred Soul was flooded; Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just Scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.
NINTH DAY
“Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: “Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.” For them the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.”
Most Compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardour of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing I beyond Your power.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.
NOVENA TO THE HOLY GHOST
Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy spirit and they shall be created, and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oh God Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and to ever rejoice in His consolations, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
The novena to the Holy Ghost is the oldest novena, first made at the direction of Our Lord when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Ghost on the First Pentecost. It is the only novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, it is a powerful plea for the light, strength and love so sorely needed by every Christian. To encourage devotion to the Holy Ghost, the Church has enriched this novena with indulgences.
The faithful who devoutly assist at the public novena in honor of the Holy Ghost immediately preceding the feast of Pentecost may gain an indulgence of 10 years on any day of the novena, and a Plenary indulgence, if they take part in at least five of the exercises; and moreover go to Confession, and receive Holy Communion and pray for the Holy Father’s intentions.
Those who make a private novena in honor of the Holy Ghost, either before Pentecost or at any other time in the year may gain an Indulgence of 7 years on any day of this novena, and a Plenary is held , this indulgence is available only to those who are lawfully hindered from being part in the same.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To be recited daily during the Novena)
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witness I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your Light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, “Speak Lord for Your servant hears.” Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To be recited daily during the Novena)
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
The Novena begins on the day after the Solemnity of the Ascension, Friday of the 6th Week of Easter, even if the Solemnity of the Ascension is transferred to the 7th Sunday.
FIRST DAY (Friday after Ascension or Friday of 6th Week of Easter)
Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give!
The Holy Spirit
Only one thing is important – eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared – sin. Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for “The Spirit helps our infirmity. We know not what we should pray for, as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asks for us.”
Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and hast given us forgiveness all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SECOND DAY (Saturday of 6th Week of Easter)
Come, Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live!
The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of Hell, but from sentiments of reverence and filial submission to our Heavenly Father. It is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God. “They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and in His sight will sanctify their souls.”
Prayer
Come, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set you, my Lord and God, before my face forever, help me to shun all things that can offend You, and make me worthy to appear before the pure eyes of Your Divine Majesty in heaven, where You live and reign in the unity of the ever Blessed Trinity, God world without end. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
THIRD DAY (7th Sunday of Easter or transferred Ascension)
Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the trouble breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow.
The Gift of Piety
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him, as well as those who are vested in His authority, His Blessed Mother and the Saints, the Church and its visible Head, our parents and superiors, our country and its rulers. He who is filled with the gift of Piety finds the practice of his religion, not a burdensome duty, but a delightful service. Where there is love, there is no labour.
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Piety, possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
FORTH DAY (Monday, 7th Week of Easter)
Thou on toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe.
The Gift of Fortitude
By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which move it to undertake without hesitancy the most arduous tasks, to face dangers, to trample under foot human respect, and to endure without complaint the slow martyrdom of even lifelong retribution. “He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Sprit of Fortitude, uphold my soul in time of trouble and adversity, sustain my efforts after holiness, strengthen my weakness, give me courage against all the assaults of my enemies, that I may never be overcome and separated from Thee, my God and greatest Good. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
FIFTH DAY (Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter)
Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill!
The Gift of Knowledge
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth – in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It shows us the loving care of God even in adversity, and directs us to glorify Him in every circumstance of life. Guided by its light, we put first things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else. “Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesses it.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for Thy glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee, and Thy eternal rewards. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter)
If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill.
The Gift of Understanding
Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion. By faith we know them, but by Understanding we learn to appreciate and relish them. It enables us to penetrate the inner meaning of revealed truths and through them to be quickened to newness of life. Our faith ceases to be sterile and inactive, but inspires a mode of life that bears eloquent testimony to the faith that is in us; we begin to “walk worthy of God in all things pleasing, and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten our minds, that we may know and believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy Light; and in the light of glory to have a clear vision of Thee and the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter)
Heal our wounds – our strength renew; on our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away.
The Gift of Counsel
The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must be done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles furnished by Knowledge and Understanding to the innumerable concrete cases that confront us in the course of our daily duty as parents, teacher, public servants, and Christian citizens. Counsel is supernatural common sense, a priceless treasure in the quest of salvation. “Above all these things, pray to the Most High, that He may direct thy way in truth.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide me in all ways, that I may always do Thy holy will. Incline my heart to that which is good; turn it away from all that is evil, and direct me by the straight path of Thy commandments to that goal of eternal life for which I long.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
EIGHT DAY (Friday, 7th Week of Easter)
Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray!
The Gift of Wisdom
Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of wisdom it is written “all good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches through her hands.” It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of virtue in the highest degree. Wisdom enlightens the mind to discern and relish things divine, in the appreciation of which earthly joys lose their savor, whilst the Cross of Christ yields a divine sweetness according to the words of the Savior: “Take up thy cross and follow me, for my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Help me to attain them and possess them forever. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost)
Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them Comfort when they die; Give them Life with Thee on high; Give them joys which never end. Amen.
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit perfect the supernatural virtues by enabling us to practice them with greater docility to divine inspiration. As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous, the practice of virtue more perfect. Such acts of virtue leave the heart filled with joy and consolation and are known as Fruits of the Holy Spirit. These Fruits in turn render the practice of virtue more attractive and become a powerful incentive for still greater efforts in the service of God, to serve Whom is to reign.
Prayer
Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my heart with Thy heavenly fruits, Thy charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith, mildness, and temperance, that I may never weary in the service of God, but by continued faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united eternally with Thee in the love of the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE, Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Protectress of the Unborn
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn : Pray for us
St. Joseph, Protector of the Baby Jesus : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of Peace : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of the Universe : Show us your power
St. Juan Diego : Pray for us
OUR LADY
HAS ASKED SEERS
TO ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE
OF THE FOLLOWING PRAYER ……
BAPTISM OF THE UNBORN
AFTER SPRINKLING HOLY WATER
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator ……
All of you, who were born dead, and are still to be born dead, by day and at night, all of you who were killed in the womb of your mother, and are still to be killed, so that all of you will be given eternal life by Our Lord Jesus Christ, I baptize – (give the name of, for example, Mary, Joseph, or the name of the Saint of the day) – in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Lord’s prayer, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
I have called you by your name, you are Mine! (Is. 43:1)
Nihil obstat: Jerome Curtin D. C. L.
Imprini Potest: † Kevin, Archbishop of Dublin.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Many do not know that this shrine is the biggest Marian shrine in the world, and that 25 Popes have given decrees of approval over the ages.
God of Power and Mercy, You blessed the world with the presence of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
May Her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in our hearts may Your peace reign the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn : Pray for us
St. Joseph, Protector of the Baby Jesus : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of Peace : Pray for us
Our Lady Queen of the Universe : Show us your power
CONSECRATION
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, I (mention name), although most unworthy of being Your servant, yet moved by Your wonderful mercy and by the desire to serve, consecrate myself to Your Immaculate Heart, and choose You today, in the presence of my Guardian Angel and the whole heavenly court, for my especial Lady, Advocate and Mother, under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the name given to the heavenly image, left us as a pledge of Your motherly kindness. I firmly resolve that I will love and serve You always, and do whatever I can to induce others to love and serve You. I pray You, Mother of God, and my most kind and amiable Mother, that You receive me into your family, and keep me as Your special child forever. Assist me in all Your thoughts, words and actions at every moment of my life, that every step and breath may be directed to the greater glory of God; and through Your most powerful intercession obtain for me that I may never more offend my Lord Jesus, that I may glorify Him in this life, and that I may also love You, and be with You, in the company of the Blessed Trinity throughout eternity in holy Paradise.
In order to live this consecration as another Juan Diego, I promise to renew it frequently, especially on the twelfth day of each month; and mindful of your messages to us at Lourdes and Fatima and Akita. I will strive to lead a life of prayer and sacrifice, of fidelity to the Rosary and of reparation to your Immaculate Heart.
Amen.
TO SAINT GERARD MAJELLA
FOR MOTHERHOOD
Good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your aid. You know that our marriage has not as yet been blessed with a child and how much my husband and I desire this gift. Please present our fervent pleas to the Creator of Life form whom all parenthood proceeds and beseech Him to bless us with a child whom we may raise as His child and heir of Heaven. Amen.
CONSECRATION OF THE HOME TO OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS
Most Holy Virgin Mary, appointed by God to be the Help of Christians, we choose you as the Mother and protectress of our home.
We ask you to favor us with your powerful protection. Preserve our home from every danger; from fire, flood, lightning, storm, earthquake, thieves, vandals, and from every other danger.
Bless us, protect us, defend us, keep as your own, all the people who dwell in this home: protect them from all accidents and misfortunes, but above all obtain for them the most important grace of avoiding sin.
Mary, Help of Christians pray for all those who live in this home which is consecrated to you for all time. Amen.
Shrine of Don Boscos’s Madonna, Matunga, Bombay – 400 019
Novena For Expectant Mothers
(given by Our Lady to Anna Catherine Emmerick)
9 Hail Marys (afternoon or evening) daily for 9 days.
First day – fast. Last day – go to Holy Communion.
All this to honor 9 months St. Anne carried The Blessed Virgin and to honor her birth. If pregnant mother prays this novena between 7 – 15 September, Our Lady promises to help with the birth of the child. Women who have their children at other times can make the Novena too, without the promise, but if family and friends join in to make the novena it will probably be granted. One can make the novena for other intentions as well. (Source: The Life of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary – revelation of Anna Catherine Emmerick).
God is my Father
†
“Through Him, with Him and in Him”
God is my Father
My Father in Heaven, how sweet it is to know that You are my Father and that I am Your child!
Especially when the skies of my soul are cloudy and my cross weighs more heavily, I feel the need to repeat to You: Father, I believe in Your love for me!
Yes, I believe that You are a Father to me at every moment of my life, and that I am Your child!
I believe that You love me with an infinite love!
I believe that You are watching over me night and day and that not a hair falls from my head without Your permission.
I believe that, in Your infinite Wisdom, You know better than I what is good for me.
I believe that, in Your infinite power, You can bring good even out of evil.
I believe that, in Your infinite goodness, You make everything to the advantage of those who love You; even under the hands of those who strike me I kiss Your hand which heals.
I believe, but increase my faith, hope and love!
Teach me always to see Your love as my guide in every event of my life,
Teach me to surrender myself to you like a baby in its mother’s arms.
Father, You know everything, You see everything, You know me better than I know myself, You can do everything, and You love me!
My Father, since it is Your wish that we should always turn to You, I come with confidence to ask You, together with Jesus and Mary … (Here request the favour that you desire).
For this intention, and uniting myself to their Most Sacred Hearts, I offer You all my prayers, my sacrifices and mortifications, all my actions, and greater faithfulness to my duties (1).
Give me the light, the grace and the power of the Holy Spirit!
Strengthen me in this Spirit. That I may never lose Him, never sadden Him and never allow Him to become weaker in me.
My Father, I ask this in the name of Jesus, Your Son! And You, Jesus, open Your Heart and place It in my own, and, together with Mary’s, offer it to our divine Father! Obtain for me the grace that I need!
Divine Father, call all men to Yourself. Let all the world proclaim Your fatherly goodness and Your divine mercy! Be a tender Father to me and protect me wherever I am, like the apple of Your eye. Make me always a worthy son/daughter; have mercy on me!
Divine Father, sweet hope of our souls, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men!
Divine Father, infinite goodness poured out on all peoples, may you be known, honoured and loved by all men!
Divine Father, beneficent dew of humanity, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men!
PARTIAL INDULGENCE (MOTHER EUGENIA)
† GIRARD, Vicar Apostolic † (1) If this prayer is to be recited as a novena, (9th October 1935) add:
JEAN, Cardinal VERDIER “I promise to be more generous, especially
Archbishop of Paris/ (8th May 1936) during these nine days, in a given
Recommended Feast Day circumstance, to such and
of The Father: 7th August J. C. O. E. M.
17-6-2000
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.
Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assissi – 17th September
Feast of St. Francis of Assissi – 4th October
EFFICACIOUS PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST
O Holy Ghost! Omnipotent Spirit of God above, take me as Thy disciple; Guide me, illuminate me and Sanctify me; Bind my hands that I may not do evil; Cover my eyes that I may not see it; Sanctify my heart that evil may not rest within me. Be Thou my God! Be Thou my guide! Wherever Thou leadest me I will go, Whatsoever Thou forbidest me, I will renounce, and whatsoever Thou commandest in Thy Strength I will do.
Amen.
Recite 7 Glory Be’s in honour of the Holy Ghost.
Prayer of Surrender
Jesus, Son of the Living God help us to surrender ourselves to the will of God, not only by lip service but with a sincere heart, teach us to accept the will of our Father in all things, good or bad, with patience and gladness.
Prayer to The Holy SpiritCome Holy Spirit, fill my heart with Thy Holy gifts.
Let my weakness be penetrated with your strength this very day, that I may fulfill all the duties of my state conscientiously, that I may do what is right and just.
Let my charity be such as to offend no one and to hurt no one’s feelings, so generous as to pardon me sincerely any wrong done to me.
Assist me O Holy Spirit in all the trials of life enlighten me in my ignorance, advise me in my doubts, strengthen me in all need and embarrassments, protect me in temptations and console me in afflictions.
Graciously hear me O Holy Spirit and pour Thy light into my heart, my soul and my mind. Assist me to live a holy life and to grow in goodness and grace.
Come Holy Spirit with Thy light, with Thy grace, with Thy strength, with Thy consolation and with Thy charity that I may be made worthy to live a life of holy love. AMEN.
EFFICACIOUS PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST
O Holy Ghost! Omnipotent Spirit of God above,
take me as Thy disciple;
Guide me, illuminate me and Sanctify me;
Bind my hands that I may not do evil;
Cover my eyes that I may not see it;
Sanctify my heart that evil may not rest within me.
Be Thou my God! Be Thou my guide!
Wherever Thou leadest me I will go,
Whatsoever Thou forbidest me, I will renounce, and
whatsoever Thou commandest in Thy strength I will do.
Amen.
Recite 7 Glory Be’s in honour of the Holy Ghost.
Come, Holy Spirit,
fll the hearts of Thy faithful,
and enkindle in them
the fire of Thy love.
Send forth Thy spirit
and they shall be created
and Thou shalt renew
the face of the earth. Amen.
PEACE is not a season
It is a Way of Life
The Holy Spirit comes to help us in our weakness
“O God, send us your Spirit to teach us what we are and what you are.”
Holy Spirit teaches us to live by the divine wisdom.
And loving wisdom of the Cross.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
Holy Spirit; you who make me see everything and show m they way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory.
AMEN
Person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating one’s wish. After the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this soon as your favour has been granted.
OUR LADY Speaks HER
Beloved Bishops and Priests
OUR Beloved Lady, Protectress
Of Our Bishops and Priests:
Pray for Them.
Pray daily 3 Hail Mary’s to Our Lady
Mother of God for the Protection and Help of
Our Bishops and Our Priests.
PRAYER FOR OUR BISHOPS AND OUR PRIESTS
Lord Jesus, you have chosen your Bishops and your Priests from among us and sent them out to proclaim your word and to act in your name. For so great a gift to your Church, we give you praise and thanksgiving. We ask you to fill them with fire of your love, that their ministry may reveal your presence in the Church.
Since they are earthen vessels, we pray that your power shines out through their weaknesses. In their afflictions let them never be crushed; in their doubts never despair; in temptation never be destroyed; in persecution never be abandoned.
Inspire them through prayer to live each day the mystery of your dying and rising. In times of weaknesses send them your Spirit, and help them to praise your heavenly Father and pray for poor sinners. By the same Holy Spirit put your word on their lips and your love in their hearts, to bring good news to the poor and healing to the broken-hearted.
And may the gift of Mary your mother, to the disciples whom you loved, be your gifts to our Bishops and our Priests. Grant that she who form them in your divine image, by the power of your Spirit, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
HOLY WATER is a Sacramental that remits venial sin. Because of the blessing attached to it, Holy Church strongly urges its use upon Her children, especially when dangers threaten, such as fire, storms, sickness and other calamities. Every Catholic home should have always in it a supply of Holy Water.
DISPEL THE DEVILThe devil hates holy water because of its power over him. He cannot long abide in a place or near a person that is often sprinkled with this blessed water.
Let us cultivate its use
Your Cross
THE everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost Heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His Divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His holy Name, anointed it with His grace, perfumed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all merciful love of God.
-St. Francis de Sales
With Ecclesiastical Approval
PRAYER FOR THE SICK*
O my God,
this sick person here before You
has come to ask You
what he desires and
what he believes to be the most important thing for himself.
Grant, O God
that these words enter into his heart:
(It is important to be healthy in the soul!)
Lord,
May Your Holy Will
be done unto him in everything!
If you wish that he be healed
may he be given health.
But if Your Will is different,
May he continue to bear this cross.
I pray to You also for us
who intercede for him;
purify our hearts
so as to make us worthy
for Your Holy Mercy to be given through us
Protect him and relieve his sufferings:
may Your Holy Will be done unto him.
Through him may Your Holy Name be revealed:
help him to bear his cross with courage.
3 GLORY BE’S
“Dear children, the most beautiful prayer you are able to pray for a sick person is really this one.”
“Jesus himself recommends it.”
PRAYERS OF CONTRITION
O my Jesus, I love you over and above everything! For the love of you I am sorry for all my sins. O merciful love, I ask pardon for the sins of the world.
United with the Immaculate Heart of Our Heavenly Mother, I ask pardon for all my sins and for all the sins of my brothers and sisters that have been and will be committed until the end of the world.
My dear Jesus, united with your Holy Wounds I offer my life to the Eternal Father according to the intention of the Sorrowful Mother.
Virgin Mary, Queen of the world, Mediatrix of humanity, our only refuge and hope, pray for us!
PRAYER OF THE SICK
Recommended by Our Lady
“My Jesus, I know that you love me, and you love particularly those who are sick or suffering. I ask if it is possible to take away this chalice of suffering, but I say with you ‘not my will but thine be done’ as you said in the garden of Gethsemani. My Jesus, strengthen and console me. Our Heavenly Mother, healer of the sick, pray for me to your Holy Son. Amen.”
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
O Jesus, our Good Shepherd, bless all our parishes with numerous priests, deacons, men and women in religious life, consecrated laity and missionaries, according to the needs of the entire world, which You love and wish to save. We especially entrust our community to you; grant us the spirit of the first Christians, so that we may be a cenacle of prayer, in loving acceptance of the Holy Spirit and His Gifts. Assist our pastors and all who live a consecrated life. Guide the steps of those who have responded generously to your call and are preparing to receive holy orders or to profess the evangelical counsels. Look with love so on many well-disposed young people and call them to follow you. Help them to understand that you alone can they attain to complete fulfillment. To this end we call on the powerful intercession of Mary Mother and model of all vocations. We beseech you to sustain our faith with the certainty that the Father will grant what you have commanded us to ask.
THE MIRACLE PRAYER
Lord Jesus, I come before You just as I am, I am sorry for my sins, I repent for my sins, Please Forgive Me. In Your name, I forgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their works. I give you my entire self, Lord Jesus, now and forever, I invite You into my life Jesus. I accept You as my Lord, GOD and Saviour. Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul and spirit.
Come Lord Jesus, cover me with Your precious blood, and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I Love You Lord Jesus. I Praise You Jesus. I Thank You Jesus. I shall follow YOU every day of my life. Amen.
Blessed Virgin Mary Help Me. Amen.
A PRAYER OF LOVE TO JESUS AND MARY
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer this burden for love of Your Divine Son and in reparation to Your Most Grieved Heart. May it convert sinners and bring peace to all hearts. Amen.
The enemy of our salvation fears nothing more, nothing makes him sadder, nothing he seeks more to hinder, than PRAYER.
St. Philip
THE THREE HAIL MARYS
Our Lady revealed to St. Melchtilde (13th century), and St. Gertrude the Great, that those who recite DAILY THREE HAILL MARYS followed by this invocation: for morning: “O my Mother preserve me from mortal sin during this day,” for the evening: “O my Mother preserve from mortal sin this night”, will draw special graces during life and at the hour of death.
Many saints, including St. Alfonsus of Liguori, two great Franciscan saints, St. Leonard of Port-Maurice and St.Anthony of Padua ardently promoted this powerful practice.
GRANT THAT I MAY PRAISE THEE, HOLY VIRGIN, GIVE ME STRENGTH AGAINST THINE ENEMIES.
PRAYER OF ST.GERTRUDE THE GREAT
DICTATED BY OUR LORD, TO RELEASE MANY SOULS FROM PURGATORY EACH TIME IT IS SAID
Our Lord told St. Gertrude the Great, that the following prayer would release many Souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners which would alleviate the indebtedness accrued to them during their lives.
“Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.”
St. Gertrude the Great was born in Germany in 1263. She was a Benedictine Nun, and meditated on the Passion of Christ, which many times brought floods of tears to her eyes. She did many penances, and Our Lord appeared to her many times. Her holy Soul passed away in 1334. November 16 is her Feast Day.
Recite this prayer many times a day.
SAY THIS PRAYER EACH DAY:
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my heart and soul.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, help me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I die in peace with you.
CONSECRATING THE TWO LAST HOURS
OF OUR LIFE TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGINBy the late
Rev. Fr. IIdefonso M. Izaguirre, O.P.
Prostrated at thy feet, and humiliated by my sins, but full of confidence in thee, O Mary! I beg thee to accept the petition my heart is going to make. It is for my last moments, Dear Mother I wish to request thy protection and maternal love so that in the decisive instant thou wilt do all thy love can suggest in my behalf.
To thee, O Mother of my soul, I consecrate THE LAST TWO HOURS of my life. Come to my side to receive my last breath and when death has cut the thread of my days, tell Jesus, presenting to Him my soul, “I LOVE IT”. That word alone will be enough to procure for me the benediction of my God and the happiness of seeing thee for all eternity.
I put my thrust in thee, my Mother and hope it will not be in vain.
O Mary! Pray for thy child and lead him to Jesus!
Amen.
“Abandoning the Mother is but one step from abandoning the Son.”
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