Father, I beseech You, direct the hearts and wills of the servants of Your Bride, the Holy Church, unto yourself so that they may follow the poor, bleeding, humble, and gentle Lamb of God on the way of the Cross. Make them angels in the shape of men; for after all, they have to administer […]
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS (By Saint Catherine of Siena.) Read More »
Humble Virgin and Doctor of the Church, in thirty-three years you achieved great perfection and became the counselor of Popes. You know the temptations of mothers today as well as the dangers that await unborn infants. Intercede for me that I may avoid miscarriage and bring forth a healthy baby who will become a true
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Dominican Tertiary and Doctor of the Church, you were full of wisdom, the special gift of God, and you knew how to guide even Pontiffs, as well as how to extinguish fiery passions and restore true peace among people. How inspiring your spiritual writings and how heroic your abstemious life! Fires are today unfortunately all
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Humble virgin and Doctor of the Church, in thirty-three years you achieved great perfection and became the counselor of Popes. You know the temptations of mothers today as well as the dangers that await unborn infants. Intercede for me that I may avoid miscarriage and bring forth a healthy baby who will become a true
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In your nature, eternal Godhead, I shall come to know my nature. And what is my nature, boundless love? It is fire, because you are nothing but a fire of love. And you have given humankind a share in this nature, for by the fire of love you created us. And so with all other
PRAYER OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA “MY NATURE IS FIRE.” Read More »
I see that you have endowed your vicar by nature with a fearless heart; so I humbly, imploringly beg you to pour the light beyond nature into the eye of his understanding. For unless this light, acquired through pure affection for virtue, is joined with it, a heart such as his tends to be proud.
OFFERING OF MY LIFE (By Saint Catherine of Siena.) Read More »
O glorious Saint Camillus, special patron of the sick poor, thou who for forty years, with truly heroic charity didst devote thyself to the relief of their temporal and spiritual necessities, be pleased to assist them now even more generously, since thou art blessed in heaven and they have been committed by Holy Church to
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O God, Who on the top of Mount Sinai didst give the Law to Moses, and didst by means of Thy holy Angels, wondrously convey thither the body of blessed Catharine, Thy Virgin and Martyr: grant, we beseech Thee, that, through her merits and intercesion, we may be able to reach that mountain which is
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O, St. Catherine, who by your filial confidence in the Blessed Virgin merited the privilege of contemplating and conversing with Her while on this earth, obtain for us a faith like yours in Her maternal love. Grant that we may understand and appreciate the value of silence and of humility, and obtain for us the
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Saint Brother André, we celebrate your presence among us. Your loving friendship with Jesus, Mary and Joseph makes you a powerful intercessor with God, our Father. Compassion carries your words straight to God’s heart, and your prayers are answered and bring comfort and healing. Through you, from our lips to God’s ear, our supplications are
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