Hail Holy Queen Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and …
Category: prayer
Nov 25 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
A Prayer For The Departed In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil and bid them eternal rest. The old order has passed away: welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, …
Nov 23 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
Don Bosco’s Prayer to the Blessed Mother Most holy Virgin Mary, help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your aid. If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers, forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you, …
Nov 22 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
For A Grace-Filled Day Let this morning prayer come unto thee, O Lord. Grant us grace that we may pass this day in peace and joy, and that we not fall into sin, and so upon reaching the evening we may be able to offer unto thee our thanks and praise. Through Christ Our …
Nov 21 2024
The Morning’s Prayer 2024-11-21
A Petition For Grace O my God, thou knowest my weaknesses and failings. Grant me therefore the help of thy grace, according to my particular needs on this day. Help me to see clearly the path I should walk, and the tasks I should undertake, and to hew to them straitly despite the trials …
Nov 19 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
In Thanksgiving Dear God, I most humbly thank thee for all the favors thou hast bestowed upon me to this present moment: from for my creation; for my redemption in the blood of thy Son; and for bringing me safe to the beginning of another day. Let this day and all my deeds therein …
Nov 18 2024
The Morning’s Prayer 2024-11-18
An Offering Lord Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer thee my prayers, works, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of thy Sacred Heart, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, and for the intentions of the Holy Father. …
Nov 17 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
An Act of Hope: O my God, relying on thine almighty power and infinite mercy, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the gift of thy grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
Nov 16 2024
The Morning’s Prayer
[I plan to make this a regular feature. We have enough gloom and doom; we could use some uplift. Besides, this is how I start my day at 4:30 AM. What better way is there? – FWP] An Act Of Faith: O my God, I firmly believe that thou art one God in …
Feb 04 2024
A Unique Variety Of Solitude
It’s not that long ago that I wrote: “The worst” is the noise. The perpetual din. The endless screaming, wailing, moaning, hectoring, begging, and cursing. The ceaseless demands from politicians. The carping from the unsatisfied. The orations of the world-savers. The unending gimme gimme gimme of those who want something they can’t get …
Oct 18 2023
Who Is Really Speaking?
Yesterday was a rollercoaster ride: far too much to do and too little time to do it. You don’t need to hear the details. One consequence was that I “missed” my afternoon Rosary interval. Being on the go with mundane things can do that to me. Worse, I didn’t even realize it until the …
Apr 02 2023
Rising Voices
Most of the time they whisper, inaudibly but clearly all the same. But now and then their whispers become sounds. Sometimes they’re louder than anything else in your world, even your four decade-long tinnitus. If you’re alert to them, you know you’re in danger. If you’re not, the danger is incalculably amplified. My …
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