Soul of Christ Anima Christi is a prayer which is usually prayed after receiving the Eucharist, but its depth brings us so close to Christ, that it is prayed often. The depth of this prayer and its ability to pull us to Our Lord lies in its words which, when prayed, become visual. Every line […]
Anima Christi (Soul of Christ, Origin of the Prayer) Read More »
Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred host we hail; Lo! o’er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of graces prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting Father, And the Son, who reigns on high, With the Holy Ghost proceeding Forth from each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might
The Prayer TANTUM ERGO (By Saint Thomas Aquinas) Read More »
O Jesus, who in Thy bitter Passion didst become “the most abject of men, a man of sorrows”, I venerate Thy Sacred Face whereon there once did shine the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead; but now it has become for me as if it were the face of a leper! Nevertheless, under those disfigured
Eternal Father, since Thou hast given me for my inheritance the adorable Face of Thy Divine Son, I offer that face to Thee and I beg Thee, in exchange for this coin of infinite value, to forget the ingratitude of souls dedicated to Thee and to pardon all poor sinners.
HOLY FACE PRAYER FOR SINNERS (By St. Therese of Lisieux) Read More »
Jesus, Who in 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 make Thee loved. May I behold Thy Glorious
PRAYER TO THE HOLY FACE BY SAINT THERESE DE LISIEUX Read More »
Our Father Who art in Heaven In the heaven of the Eucharist, to You Who are seated on the throne of grace and love, be benediction, and honour, and power and glory for ever and ever! Hallowed be Your Name first in myself, through the spirit of Your humility, obedience, and charity. May I in
PRAYER OF ST. PETER JULIAN EYMUND Our Father Paraphrased Read More »
Saint Michael, your heart was filled with great charity for God and man. Our Lord returned your love and allowed you to exchange mystically your heart with His. Pray for all whose hearts are afflicted with illness, fear, or loneliness. Teach us to be resigned to God’s will in all the trials and sicknesses. Help
The day was long, The burden I had borne Seemed heavier than I could longer bear And then it lifted-but I did not know Some one had knelt in prayer; Had taken me to God that very hour, And asked the easing of the load, and He, In infinite compassion, had stooped down And taken
PRAYER OF ST. MAXIMILLIAN KOLBE (The Power Of Prayer.) Read More »
O my most loving Father! in the bitterness of the dolorous Passion of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, I now pour forth my complaint, indignantly accusing myself that I have served Thee so unfaithfully during this day and have offended Thee, my most amiable and loving Father, by so many and so great negligences. I grieve
ACT OF CONTRITION # 6 (By St. Gertrude) Read More »
O Most Holy Our Father: Creator, Redeemer, Consoler and Our Savior. Who art in Heaven: in the Angels and in the Saints; enlightening them unto knowledge, because Thou, Lord, art Light, inflaming them unto love, because Thou, Lord, art Love; indwelling and filling them unto blessedness, because Thou, Lord, art the Highest Good, the Eternal
A MEDITATION ON THE “OUR FATHER” (By Saint Francis of Assisi.) Read More »
