Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast! Yet sweeter far Thy face to see And in Thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame, Nor can the memory find, A sweeter sound than Jesus’ name, The Savior of mankind. O hope of every contrite heart! 0 joy of […]
PRAYER TO THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS (By Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.) Read More »
O Sacred Head surrounded By crown of piercing thorn! O bleeding Head, so wounded, Reviled and put to scorn! Death’s pallid hue comes o’er Thee, The glow of life decays, Yet angel hosts adore Thee And tremble as they gaze. I see Thy strength and vigor All fading in the strife, And death, with cruel
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For Your mercies’ sake, O Lord my God, tell me what You are to me. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” So speak that I may hear, O Lord; my heart is listening; open it that it may hear You, and say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” After hearing this word,
ACT OF HOPE # 4 (By Saint Augustine of Hippo) Read More »
We praise Thee, O God: We acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee And the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels: To Thee the heavens and all the Powers therein. To Thee the Cherubim and Seraphim: Cry with unceasing voice: Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Hosts. The heavens and
Come, Thou Redeemer of the earth, and manifest Thy virgin birth: let every age adoring fall; such birth befits the God of all. Begotten of no human will, but of the Spirit, Thou art still the Word of God in flesh arrayed, the promised fruit to man displayed. The virgin womb that burden gained with
COME, THOU REDEEMER OF THE EARTH (By Saint Ambrose of Milan) Read More »
I adore Thee, my God, Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three Persons and one only God! I humble myself in the abyss of my nothingness to the will of Thine infinite majesty. I firmly believe all that Thou hast deigned to make known to me by means of the Holy Scripture and
THE PRAYER DEVOUT ACTS TO BE MADE EVERY DAY (By St. Alphonse de Liguori.) Read More »
At the Cross her station keeping Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her Heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter anguish bearing, Lo! the piercing sword had passed. O how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother, highly blessed, Of the Sole-Begotten One. Mournful, with Heart’s prostration, Mother meek,
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God our Father, may we always profit by the prayers of the Virgin Mother Mary, for You bring us life and salvation through Jesus Christ her Son Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
God Our Father, May We… (Mary, Mother Of God # 2) Read More »
At the Cross her station keeping Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her Heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter anguish bearing, Lo! the piercing sword had passed. O how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother, highly blessed, Of the Sole-Begotten One. Mournful, with Heart’s prostration, Mother meek,
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The purpose of the Chaplet of the Holy Face is to honour the Five Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and to ask of God the Triumph of His Holy Church and the downfall of her enemies. This Chaplet was composed by Sister Saint Pierre, a Carmelite of Tours. Saint Ethanasius stated that the devils,
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