Saturday, March 16, 2013
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Prayer to the Immaculate Heart
O Heart of Mary, mother of God, and our mother; heart most worthy of love, in which the adorable Trinity is ever well-pleased, worthy of the veneration and love of all the angels and of all men; heart most like to the Heart of Jesus, of which thou art the perfect image; heart full of goodness, ever compassionate toward our miseries; deign to melt our icy hearts and grant that they may be wholly changed into the likeness of the Heart of Jesus, our divine Saviour. Pour into them the love of thy virtues, enkindle in them that divine fire with which thou thyself dost ever burn. In thee let Holy Church find a safe shelter; protect her and be her dearest refuge, her tower of strength, impregnable against every assault of her enemies. Be thou the way which leads to Jesus, and the channel, through which we receive all the graces needful for our salvation. Be our refuge in time of trouble, our solace in the midst of trial, our strength against temptation, our haven in persecution, our present help in every danger and especially at the hour of death, when all hell shall let loose against us its legions to snatch away our souls, at that dread moment, that hour so full of fear, whereon our eternity depends. Ah, then most tender virgin, make us to feel the sweetness of thy motherly heart, and the might of thine intercession with Jesus, and open to us a safe refuge in that very fountain of mercy, whence we may come to praise Him with thee in Paradise, world without end. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE POOR SOULS IN PURGATORY
Dear loving Jesus, may Your Blood descend on those dear souls! May it shorten their time of atonement and may they soon be called to eternal happiness in Your Presence! Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE POPE
May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. Amen.
prayer for priests
O Almighty and Eternal God, look upon the face of Thy Christ and for love of Him, Who is the Eternal High Priest, have pity oon Thy priests. Remember O most compassionate God that they are but weak and frail human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their vocation which is in them by the imposition of the Bishop's hands. Keep them close to Thee, lest the enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their sublime vocation. O Jesus, I pray for Thy faithful and fervent priests; for Thy unfaithful and tepid priests; for Thy priests labouring at home or abroad - in distant mission fields; for Thy tempted priests; for Thy lonely and desolate priests; for Thy young priests; for Thy aged priests; for Thy sick priests; for Thy dying priests; for the souls of Thy priests in Purgatory. But above all I commend to Thee the priests dearest to me. The priest who baptized me, the priests who absolved me from my sins, the priests at whose masses I assisted and who gave me Thy Body and Blood in Holy Communion, the priests who taught and instructed me; or helped me and encouraged me, all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, particularly ____. O Jesus, keep them all close to Thy Heart and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.
prayer for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life
Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world, show forth, we beseech Thee, in Thy Church the Holy Spirit with whose power the apostles were so abundantly filled. We thank Thee for the blessings bestowed upon the work of priests and religious; and we pray that Thou wilt add to the number of those who now pray, labour, and sacrifice themselves for Thy glory and the salvation of souls. Give them unselfish zeal for Thy glory. O good Jesus, give us more priests and religious after Thine own Heart! Amen.
"..I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. CHOOSE LIFE, then, that you and your descendants may live.." (Deuteronomy 30:19)
FOR THE END OF ABORTION, EUTHANASIA AND ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus Fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus - nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DEMONS
O Mary, powerful Virgin, you are the mighty and glorious Protector of the Church. You are the marvelous Help of Christians. You are terrible as an army set in battle array. You alone have destroyed every heresy in the entire Church. In the midst of my anguish, my struggles and my distress, defend me from the power of the enemy, and at the hour of my death, receive my soul into Paradise. Amen. (St John Bosco, c. 1880)
We love the tridentine mass!
Regina Sacratissimi Rosarii, ora pro nobis!
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Cor Jesu Sacratissimum, miserere nobis. Cor Maria Immaculatum, ora pro nobis.
About Webster's Entries
Webster (our eldest child) has some of his work posted here. Included in his (School Year 2011) Grade 5 homeschooling curriculum was Creative Writing. Since then, we thought we'd use this blogpage as the perfect incentive, viz. having his compositions published. Although it requires some editing here and there (e.g. punctuation and such) when I type them out, he always gets a kick out of seeing them published here. ;D
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Mary, conceived without original sin..
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LITANY OF HUMILITY
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, O 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, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be praised and I go unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may become holier than I, provide that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Amen! (Prayer of His Eminence Cardinal Merry del Val)
A Mother's Prayer for her Children
Holy Mary, Mother of God, help me in all my problems. Teach me patience and wisdom. Show me how to train my children to be worthy children of God. Let me be kind and loving, but keep me from foolish indulgence. Pray for my children, dear Mother. Keep them from all danger, especially from spiritual danger. help them to become virtuous citizens of their own country, but let them not forget the Kingdom of God. Jesus of Bethlehem, make my children love each other and their home. Help them to work and pray together in holy peace. Holy Family of Nazareth, be with us all - father, mother and children - everyday of our lives. I humbly greet thee, faithful Guardian Angels of my children. I give thee heartfelt thanks for all the love and goodness you show them. Someday I shall repay your care for them with thanks more worthy than I can now give, and before the whole heavenly court shall acknowledge their debt of gratitude to thy guidance and protection. Continue to watch over them. Provide for all their needs of body and soul. Pray also for me, for my husband, and for my whole family, that we may all one day rejoice in thy blessed company in Heaven. Our Lady of Providence, my Queen and my Mother, to thee I confide the children God has entrusted to me. While they are small, provide for them safety of body, mind and heart. When I shall no longer be with them, when the responsibilities and greater temptations of life shall be theirs, then, O my Lady, pray for my sons and daughters. Continue to be the Mother of Providence. Above all, my Queen, be with my children when the Angel of Death hovers near. I beg thee to take my children into eternity in the arms of thy loving providence so that forever they may praise the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
"..And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." Mt 16:18
Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta! Amen.
Sit nomen Domini benedictum! Ex hoc nunc, et usque in saeculum!
St Lorenzo Ruiz, First Filipino Saint
St Lorenzo Ruiz (1600-1637) was born in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his parents were Catholic. Lorenzo served at the convent of Binondo church as an altar boy. After a few years Lorenzo earned the title of "escribano" (notary). He became a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. He was working as a clerk at the Binondo Church when he was falsely accused of killing a Spaniard in 1636. Prior to that, his life with his Filipino wife and 3 children was one of peace, contentment and Christ-centredness. Being falsely accused of murder, he sought asylum onboard a ship with 3 Dominican priests: St Antonio Gonzalez, St Guillermo Courtet, St Miguel de Aozaraza and a Japanese priest, St Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz and a layman named St Lazaro of Kyoto, a leper. The boat landed at Okinawa and the group was arrested on basis of their Christian religion. They were tortured by the Japanese, but did not denounce their faith, and died as martyrs. Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified in Manila on February 18, 1981 by Pope John Paul who canonized Lorenzo on October 18, 1987. St Lorenzo's beatification was the first one outside the Vatican and he is the first Filipino saint. (adapted)
St Pedro Calungsod, 2nd Filipino Saint
St Pedro Calungsod was a young man born in the Visayan Islands in the Philippines in the 17th century. He went as a mission assistant, catechist, sacristan, to Guam, part of the first Jesuit mission expedition to the Marianas Islands. He was killed "in hatred of the faith" by the same men who were responsible for the martyrdom of the Jesuit mission-superior, Fr Diego Luis de San Vitores, declared blessed by Pope John Paul II on October 6, 1984 as the Proto-Martyr of the Marianas Island in the Pacific. Pedro Calungsod's death preceded that of Blessed Diego Luis by a few minutes on April 2, 1672. He was canonized by Pope Benedict on October 2012. His feastday is celebrated on the 2nd of April and is the 2nd Filipino saint. St Pedro Calungsod, pray for us!
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