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Day 3: Pentecost novena

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Day 3: Pentecost novena

An infinite power is endeavoring to make us holy.

 

Pentecost Novena, Day 3

Introductory Prayer:

Come, O Holy Spirit: enlighten my understanding in order that to know your commands; strengthen my heart against the snares of the enemy; enkindle my will … I have heard your voice, and I don’t want to harden my heart and resist, saying “later … tomorrow.” Nunc coepi! Now! Lest there be no tomorrow for me!

 

O, Spirit of truth and wisdom, Spirit of understanding and counsel, Spirit of joy and peace! I want what you want, I want it because you want it, I want it as you want it, I want it when you want it.

 

Reflection:

To become holy, we must endeavor to open ourselves as much as possible to the Holy Spirit. This is encouraging, because it means that our sanctity does not rely on our own feeble powers. Instead, our sanctity is in the hands of one who is infinitely powerful.

As spiritual writer Jacques Philippe points out, “We unfailing can obtain the help of that power and love for our weakness. All we have to do is peacefully recognize and admit the fact of our weakness, and place all our trust and hope in God alone.”

 

Closing Prayer:

Holy and divine Spirit! Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, your Spouse, bring the fullness of your gifts into our hearts. Comforted and strengthened by you, may we live according to your will and may we die praising your infinite mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

According to St. Luke, Jesus ascended into heaven after “appearing to [the apostles] during forty days” (Acts 1:3) after his Resurrection. This means that the time between Jesus’ ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is nine days (not including the day of Jesus’ ascension). Many Christians through the ages have seen these nine days of prayer as a model, and thus developed devotions that consist of nine days (or months, or even hours) of prayer for a specific intention or to a particular saint. This number was seen as divinely inspired and so “novenas” (from the Latin word, novem, meaning “nine”), were viewed as a uniquely powerful way to pray.

 

Read more:

9 Action items for the Pentecost Novena: Start Friday

Say this prayer to St. Jude for healing of relationships

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Say this prayer to St. Jude for healing of relationships

St. Jude, we have problems in our relationship.

Beg almighty God to give us the light to see ourselves and each other as we really are.
Help us to grow daily in self-knowledge and mutual love while at the same time developing our potential to love and be loved.

Help us, St. Jude, to see and root out every manifestation of selfishness, vanity, and childish self-seeking those hidden enemies of love and maturity.

Show us that by learning to love and being filled with love we may compliment and nurture each other as we share our lives together.

Amen.

Day 2: Pentecost novena

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Day 2: Pentecost novena

Our work is to open ourselves as fully as possible.

Pentecost Novena, Day 2

Introductory Prayer:

Come, O Holy Spirit: enlighten my understanding in order that to know your commands; strengthen my heart against the snares of the enemy; enkindle my will … I have heard your voice, and I don’t want to harden my heart and resist, saying “later … tomorrow.” Nunc coepi! Now! Lest there be no tomorrow for me!

O, Spirit of truth and wisdom, Spirit of understanding and counsel, Spirit of joy and peace! I want what you want, I want it because you want it, I want it as you want it, I want it when you want it.

 

Reflection:

On Day 1, we reflected that holiness is the work of the Holy Spirit. As spiritual writer Jacques Philippe points out, then, this means that “We do not have to become saints by our own power; we have to learn how to let God make us into saints.”

 

Therefore, the work that we must put into our sanctification is not the effort to change ourselves, as much as it is the effort “to open ourselves as fully as possible to his grace, which sanctifies us.”

 

Closing Prayer:

Holy and divine Spirit! Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, your Spouse, bring the fullness of your gifts into our hearts. Comforted and strengthened by you, may we live according to your will and may we die praising your infinite mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

According to St. Luke, Jesus ascended into heaven after “appearing to [the apostles] during forty days” (Acts 1:3) after his Resurrection. This means that the time between Jesus’ ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is nine days (not including the day of Jesus’ ascension). Many Christians through the ages have seen these nine days of prayer as a model, and thus developed devotions that consist of nine days (or months, or even hours) of prayer for a specific intention or to a particular saint. This number was seen as divinely inspired and so “novenas” (from the Latin word, novem, meaning “nine”), were viewed as a uniquely powerful way to pray.

 

Read more:

9 Action items for the Pentecost Novena: Start Friday

TO THE HOLY ARCHANGEL WHO STRENGTHENED OUR LORD IN HIS AGONY

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TO THE HOLY ARCHANGEL WHO STRENGTHENED OUR LORD IN HIS AGONY

I salute thee, holy Angel

who didst comfort my Jesus in His agony,

and with thee I praise the most holy Trinity

for having chosen thee

from among all the holy Angels

to comfort and strengthen Him

who is the comfort and strength

of all that are in affliction.

 

By the honoUr thou didst enjoy

and by the obedience,

humility and love wherewith

thou didst assist the sacred Humanity of Jesus,

my Saviour,

when He was fainting for very sorrow

at seeing the sins of the world

and especially my sins,

I beseech thee to obtain for me

perfect sorrow for my sins;

deign to strengthen me In the afflictions

that now overwhelm me,

and in all the other trials,

to which I shall be exposed henceforth and,

in particular,

when I find myself in my final agony. Amen.

 

THOUGHTS AND AFFECTIONS ON THE PASSION OF OUR LORD

 

GOOD and merciful Jesus, my blessed Saviour! What a world of anguish pierced Thy Sacred Heart, what a flood of bitterness deluged Thy Soul, what a torrent of humiliation overwhelmed Thee in Thy Passion, from Gethsemane to Calvary!

 

When I contemplate Thee in Thy bitter Passion, looking at my crucifix, and reflecting on all Thy sufferings of Soul and Body—–on Thy mental anguish and dereliction; on Thy agony in the garden; Thy betrayal by Judas; the rudeness of the soldiers, dragging and striking Thee and spitting in Thy face; Thy contemptuous treatment at the tribunal of the haughty high priests Annas and Caiphas; Thy shameful mockery and humiliation at the court of Herod, where Thou wert treated as a fool; the cruel scourging and crowning with thorns, which made Thee so pitiable in appearance, as to cause even the Roman governor to exclaim, “Ecce: Homo!” and the Royal Psalmist to lament in prophetic vision,”I am a worm and no man, the reproach of men and the outcast of the people”; the derisive yells and the brutal cry of the frenzied and bloodthirsty rabble, ” Crucify Him!”; the carrying of the heavy Cross in Thy enfeebled condition; the painful meeting with Thy sorrowful Mother, and at length the dreadful crucifixion between two thieves, and the hours of suffering on Calvary, which ended in Thy Death amid the awful gloom and convulsive desolation of nature; —–reflecting upon all these pains and torments, insults and outrages, to which Thou wert subjected in Thy Passion, I bow my head in shame and sorrow on account of my many sins, and deeply regret my self-indulgence and pride, which have led me so often to abuse Thy graces, to forget Thy love, and to wound Thy Sacred Heart.

 

O King of glory, Jesus, my Saviour! what marvelous virtue Thou dost display in this flood of sorrows, sufferings, and humiliations, which overwhelmed Thy Heart! What meekness, what resignation, what patience, what charity! Thou dost pray for those who outrage Thee. Thou offerest Thy sufferings for those who persecute and afflict Thee.

 

How unlike I am to Thee, my Divine Model! How great is the change that must be effected in me, if I wish to be Thy true disciple and to bear a resemblance to Thee! In all sincerity, however, I pray: “Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, make my heart like unto Thine.” How different a rule of life, how great a reform of conduct is required of me before I shall be able to say with the Apostle: “I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me.” How unwilling I am to bear the slightest pain! How I shrink from the lightest cross! How impatient I am in sufferings, disappointments, and contradictions! And yet the Holy Spirit tells us, “Jesus Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow His steps”; and again, “All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer.”

 

How the Apostles, the Martyrs, and all the Saints have suffered! But they entered with firm tread the grotto of the Agony and stood bravely by the Cross. They rejoiced in suffering and persecution, because they became thereby more like to Christ; they bore in mind that great and abundant merit is attached to patient endurance of trials; they remembered that those who suffer with Christ, those who tread courageously the royal road of the Cross to Calvary, shall also ascend with Him to Heaven and reign with Him in immortal glory.

 

Henceforth I shall look upon pains and sufferings and humiliations as blessings sent me from Heaven as a means to make me become more Christ-like, to atone for my sins, to wean me from the love of self and the gratification of my passions, to teach me the vanities of the world, to lead me to greater perfection—–in a word, to make me a Saint. I will remember my Saviour’s words: “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke ix. 23).

 

I will accept with resignation and bear with patience every cross that comes to me, mindful of the Apostle’s words, “We know that to them that love God all things work together unto good (Rom. viii. 28). Every pain may help us to shorten our Purgatory; every pain, moreover, is a means of merit and reparation when it is met in the spirit of our blessed Saviour, when it is accepted in union with His sufferings and endured for His sake on behalf of Souls for which He died.

 

O Jesus! I adore Thee carrying with love for us the Cross prepared for Thee by Thy Father, and beg of Thee, through the intercession of Thy holy and sorrowful Mother, patience and resignation in the trials of this life.

 

Divine Jesus! we adore Thee in the unfathomable debasements of Thy Passion and of Thy, presence on the altar; we adore Thee, O loving King! overwhelmed with insults both in Thy Passion and in the Sacred Host, and we beg of Thee, through the intercession of Thy holy and sorrowful Mother, the penitential spirit, the spirit of humility, obedience, and sacrifice, the grace of mortifying our pride and self-love. Heart of Jesus, wounded by my infidelities, forgive me my sins. I am sorry for having offended Thee, because Thou art infinitely good. Sin displeases Thee; I will not sin again. Heart of Jesus, let me drink of Thy chalice.

 

Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love! Thy Kingdom come! Mayest Thou reign in all hearts! Be Thou the sole Master of all that I am and have! May I live henceforth only to love Thee, to follow Thee, to serve Thee!

 

“Master, go on, and I will follow Thee,

To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.“

Meet the Patron Saint of impossible cases, difficult marriages, and parenthood

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Meet the Patron Saint of impossible cases, difficult marriages, and parenthood

The Feast Day of Saint Rita of Cascia: May 22. She is the Patron of impossible cases, difficult marriages, and parenthood

Saint Rita was born Margherita Lotti in Roccaporena, Italy in 1381. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by a swarm of white bees, which went in and out of her infant mouth without hurting her. Rather than being alarmed, her family believed she was marked to be virtuous and devoted to God.

At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent but was instead arranged to be married to a cruel man named Paolo Mancini. Young Rita became a wife and mother at only twelve years of age and her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger, he often mistreated Rita verbally and physically. He was also known to pursue other women and he had many enemies.

Paolo had many enemies in Cascia, but Rita’s influence over him eventually led him to be a better man. He even renounced a family feud between the Mancinis and Chiquis. Unfortunately, the feud between the Mancini and Cascia family grew turbulent and one of Paolo’s allies betrayed and killed him.

Following her husband’s death, Rita gave his murderers a public pardon, but Paolo’s brother, Bernardo, was still angry and encouraged Rita’s two sons, Giovanni Antonio and Paulo Maria, to join the feud. Under their uncle’s leadership, each boy became more and more like their father had been before Rita married him, and they wanted to avenge their father’s murder.

Rita attempted to stop them, but both of her sons were determined to revenge their slain father. Rita prayed to God, asking Him to take her sons before they lost their souls to the mortal sin of murder. One year later, her prayers were answered when both of her sons fell prey to dysentery and died.

Following the deaths of her sons, Rita attempted to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cascia, but she was not allowed to join. Though Rita’s character and piety were recognized, her husband’s association with the family feud was greatly feared.

When Rita persisted, the convent told her she could join if she could find a way to mend the wound between the Chiquis and Mancinis.

After asking John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo, and Nicholas of Tolentino to help her in her task, she attempted to end the feud.

The bubonic plague had been spreading through Italy at that time, and when Bernardo Mancini became infected, he finally abolished the feud with the Chiqui family.

Once the conflict was resolved, Rita was allowed to enter the monastery at the age of thirty-six. It is said that she was transported into the monastery of Saint Magdalene through levitation at night by the three patron saints she appealed to.

While at the monastery, Rita performed her duties faithfully and received the sacraments frequently. Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ, and one day, when she was sixty-year-old, she asked, “Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour.”

After her request, a wound appeared on her forehead, as if a thorn from Christ’s crown had pierced her. It left a deep wound, which did not heal, and it caused her to suffer until the day she died.

It is said that as she neared the end of her life, Rita was bedridden from tuberculosis. It was then that she asked a cousin who had come to visit for a rose from the garden in her old home. As it was January, her cousin did not expect to find any roses, but there was a single rose in bloom, which was brought back to Rita at the convent.

She passed away four months later, on May 22, 1457.

Following her death, she was buried at the basilica of Cascia, and was later discovered to be incorrupt. Her body can be found today in the Saint Rita shrine at Cascia.

Rita was beatified by Pope Urban VIII in 1627 and canonized by Pope Leo XII on May 24, 1900.

Saint Rita is often portrayed in a black habit, which is historically inaccurate as the sisters at the Saint

Magdalene monastery wore beige or brown. She is also often shown to hold a thorn, a large Crucifix, or a palm leaf with three thorns to represent her husband and two sons.

In some images, Saint Rita is shown to have a wound on her forhead, holding a rose, or to be surrounded by bees.

Oration to the Saint of the Impossible

O excellent St. Rita, worker of miracles, from thy sanctuary in Cascia, where in all thy beauty thou sleepest in peace, where thy relics exhale breaths of paradise, turn thy merciful eyes on me who suffer and weep!

Thou seest my poor bleeding heart surrounded by thorns Thou seest, O dear Saint, that my eyes have no more tears to shed, so much have I wept! Weary and discouraged as I am, I feel the very prayers dying on my lips.

Must I thus despair in this crisis of my life? O come, St. Rita, come to my aid and help me. Art thou not called the Saint of the Impossible, Advocate to those in despair? Then honor thy name, procuring for me from God the favor that I ask.

[Here ask the favor you wish to obtain.]

Everyone praises thy glories, everyone tells of the most amazing miracles performed through thee, must I alone be disappointed because thou hast not heard me? Ah no! Pray then pray for me to thy sweet Lord Jesus that He be moved to pity by my troubles and that, through thee, O good St. Rita, I may obtain what my heart so fervently desires.

(Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, three times.)

Those wishing to offer a novena should repeat this prayer for nine days.

St. Rita of Cascia, Pray for us!

7 powerful morning prayers you need to get your day started with God

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7 powerful morning prayers you need to get your day started with God

Prayer is the greatest way to start your day

Rise and shine – the great morning awaits all of God’s children.

https://youtu.be/VszYDRhenVo

 

This may be a well-known fact … not everyone is a morning person. Some people really struggle to get out of bed and get their day started. Praying to God is the perfect way to find the needed encouragement, peace and strength for the day’s tasks. With hopes of helping those anti-morning believers and further inspiring the go-getters of the world, we present to you a wonderful list of powerful morning prayers.

Arising from Sleep

O Master and holy God, who are beyond our understanding: at your word, light came forth out of darkness. In your mercy, you gave us rest through night-long sleep, and raised us up to glorify your goodness and to offer our supplication to You. Now, in your own tender love, accept us who adore You and give thanks to You with all our heart. Grant us all our requests, if they lead to salvation; give us the grace of manifesting that we are children of light and day, and heirs to your eternal reward. In the abundance of your mercies, O Lord, remember all your people; all those present who pray with us; all our brethren on land, at sea, or in the air, in every place of Your domain, who call upon your love for mankind. Upon all, pour down your great mercy, that we, saved in body and in soul, may persevere unfailingly; and that, in our confidence, we may extol your exalted and blessed Name, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, always, now and forever. Amen

 

The Good Morning God Prayer

 

Good Morning God!

You are ushering in another day,

untouched and freshly new.

So here I am to ask you, God,

if You’ll renew me too.

 

Forgive the many errors that I made yesterday

and let me try again dear God

to walk closer in Your way.

 

But Lord, I am well aware,

I can’t make it on my own.

So take my hand and hold it tight,

for I cannot walk alone.

 

Morning Offering to the Sacred Heart

 

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all our associates, and in particular for the intentions of our Holy Father for this month.

 

Morning Prayer

I adore Thee, O my God, and I love Thee with all my heart. I give Thee thanks that Thou hast created me, made me a Christian, and preserved me this night. I offer Thee the actions of this day; grant that all of them may be according to Thy holy Will, and for Thy greater glory. Save me from sin and from all evil. Let Thy grace be always with me.
Amen.

 

Prayers at the Day’s Beginning

 

Lord, one more day to love you!

O Jesus, watch over me always, especially today, or I shall betray you like Judas.

Lord, today is the day I begin!

Jesus, shine through me and be so in me that every person I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul.

My God, send me thy Holy Spirit to teach me what I am and what thou art!

May the Passion of Christ be ever in our heart.

And to be more with Him, more with Him, not merely with oneself.

 

Father, my heart is heavy. I feel like I have to carry the burden alone. Words like “overwhelmed,” “distraught,” “exhausted” seem to describe where I am. I am not sure how to let you carry my heavy load, so please show me how. Take it from me. Let me rest and be refreshed so that my heart won’t be so heavy in the morning. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Dear Lord, help me remember what a difference it makes when I make time with You a priority in my morning. Awaken me in body and spirit each day with a desire to meet with You and to hear You speak words of affirmation, assurance and wisdom over my heart as I prepare to go into my day. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Prepare for holy communion with this prayer of joy and gratitude

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Prepare for holy communion with this prayer of joy and gratitude

If you haven’t been able to receive communion for a long time, make sure to prepare your heart for the gift Jesus will give you.

Sometimes we can take receiving holy communion for granted, being able to attend Mass every Sunday or even every day. However, when even that is not possible, such as during the most recent quarantine, we may finally realize how much of a gift holy communion is.

 

If it has been a long time since we received holy communion, we should make the proper preparations. In addition to finding an opportunity to go to confession, we should also prepare our hearts with a prayer of joy and gratitude.

 

Here is an example, excerpted from A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity. It reminds us of the beauty behind holy communion and how it unites us with our beloved, Jesus.

O most loving Father I come to you with full confidence, and throw myself into the arms of your most sweet love and mercy.

I hope, O Lord, that you will never cast me away from your Presence, you who so lovingly invite us to yourself, saying, Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy-burdened, and I will refresh you. Behold, I come, O Lord, receive me according to you word, and I shall live, and let me not be disappointed of my hope.

Accept, Lord, my heart as a burnt offering; I give it all to you; I give you my eyes, to see you alone and all things in you: my ears, to hear your Word: my mouth, my lips and tongue, to be filled with your praise, and to sing of your glory and of your greatness all the day long: my hands, to be stretched forth in prayer to you in heaven, or in alms to the poor, and to do you will: my feet, to be led into the way of peace: all my members, that they may say, Lord, who is like unto you?

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and let all that is within me bless His holy name: bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. I now freely surrender all these earthly things, for in you alone I have all things: I renounce myself, for I am your: I live, yet not I, but you, Christ Jesus, lives in me. I love you with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength. Amen.

 

 

Read more:

5 Spiritual communion prayers for when you can’t attend Mass

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How to celebrate the Ascension of the Lord at home

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How to celebrate the Ascension of the Lord at home

Here you have the prayers, readings, and everything else you need to celebrate with God’s Word.

 

In order to worthily sanctify the Ascension of the Lord,
Aleteia proposes this celebration of the Word of God at home.

 

Instructions:

  • This celebration requires the presence of at least two people.
  • If you’re alone, you can simply read this celebration, united in your heart and spirit with the Church.  You can also watch the Mass on television.
  • Choose the most convenient time, from Saturday evening (the vigil of Sunday) to Sunday evening.
  • This celebration is particularly suitable for use with family. In order to respect quarantine measures, you should refrain from inviting others from outside your household. If anyone in your house is ill, make sure they remain in isolation to ensure that all safety guidelines are strictly followed.
  • Set up the needed number of chairs in front of a prayer corner, respecting an appropriate distance of at least a yard between each.
  • Take the time to renew a little the prayer corner’s decorations: images, candles, real or artificial flowers, drawings by your children, garlands, etc.
  • A simple cross or crucifix must always be visible in the background.
  • Designate a person to lead the prayer.
  • The leader will also direct the preparation of the celebration, during which he or she will mark the length of the periods of silence.
  • Designate readers for the readings.
  • During the preparation of the celebration: you can prepare petitions for the Prayers of the Faithful or Universal Prayer (in case that is not possible, a standard list of petitions is provided here for use during the course of the celebration). You may also prepare suitable hymns.

 

ASCENSION OF THE LORD

 

Celebration of the Word

 

“Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

 

The leader of the celebration reads:

 

Brothers and sisters,

On the Feast of the Ascension we celebrate a mystery:

the fulfilment of Easter

in the glorious body of Christ Jesus,

in his entire body,

forever consisting of head and members…

… and we are the members!

 

On this day,

the Risen Jesus brought our human nature

into the glory of God.

He ascended to heaven

to make us partakers of his divinity.

For Jesus, the Ascension is not

an escape from the human condition:

he’s with us every day until the end of the world!

In the same way, our desire for Heaven must not be an escape.

The angels send the apostles back to their earthly mission:

to be, among the rest of humanity,

active members of the Body of Christ,

proclaiming the Gospel

and being witnesses to his love,

to the very ends of the earth.

 

After three minutes of silence, all rise and make the Sign of the Cross, saying:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

The leader continues:

 

To prepare ourselves to receive God’s Word

and in order for it to heal us,

we recognize ourselves as sinners.

 

The penitential rite follows. For example:

 

Have mercy on us, O Lord.

For we have sinned against you.

Show us, O Lord, your mercy.

And grant us your salvation.

 

May Almighty God have mercy on us;

forgive us our sins,

And bring us to everlasting life.

Amen.

 

The following is said or sung:

 

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

 

The Gloria is then said or sung:

 

Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to people of good will.

We praise you, we bless you,

we adore you, we glorify you,

we give you thanks for your great glory.

Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us;

you take away the sins of the world,

receive our prayer;

you are seated at the right hand of the Father,

have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One,

you alone are the Lord,

you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,

with the Holy Spirit,

in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

 

Glória in excélsis Deo

et in terra pax homínibus bonae voluntátis.

Laudámus te, benedícimus te,

adoramus te, glorificámus te,

gratias agimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam,

Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens.

Dómine Fili Unigénite, Jesu Christe,

Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris,

qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis;

qui tollis peccáta mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis.

Quóniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dóminus,

tu solus Altíssimus, Jesu Christe,

cum Sancto + Spíritu : in glória Dei Patris.

Amen.

 

PRAYER

 

The leader says the opening prayer:

 

Grant, almighty God,

that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy,

which we keep in honor of the risen Lord,

and that what we relive in remembrance

we may always hold to in what we do. Amen.

 

All sit down.

 

FIRST READING  (Acts 1:1-11)

 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

 

In the first book, Theophilus,

I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught

until the day he was taken up,

after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit

to the apostles whom he had chosen.

He presented himself alive to them

by many proofs after he had suffered,

appearing to them during forty days

and speaking about the kingdom of God.

While meeting with them,

he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem,

but to wait for “the promise of the Father

about which you have heard me speak;

for John baptized with water,

but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

 

When they had gathered together they asked him,

“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons

that the Father has established by his own authority.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,

throughout Judea and Samaria,

and to the ends of the earth.”

When he had said this, as they were looking on,

he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.

While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going,

suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them.

They said, “Men of Galilee,

why are you standing there looking at the sky?

This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven

will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”

 

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

PSALM (47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9)

R/ Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

All you peoples, clap your hands,

shout to God with cries of gladness,

For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,

is the great king over all the earth. R/

 

God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy;

the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.

Sing praise to God, sing praise;

sing praise to our king, sing praise. R/

 

For king of all the earth is God;

sing hymns of praise.

God reigns over the nations,

God sits upon his holy throne.R/

 

SECOND READING  (Ephesians 1:17-23)

 

Brothers and sisters:

May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,

give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation

resulting in knowledge of him.

May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened,

that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call,

what are the riches of glory

in his inheritance among the holy ones,

and what is the surpassing greatness of his power

for us who believe,

in accord with the exercise of his great might,

which he worked in Christ,

raising him from the dead

and seating him at his right hand in the heavens,

far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion,

and every name that is named

not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And he put all things beneath his feet

and gave him as head over all things to the church,

which is his body,

the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

 

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

All rise.

 

GOSPEL (Matthew 28:16-20)

Alleluia. Alleluia.

Go and teach all nations, says the Lord;

I am with you always, until the end of the world.

Alleluia.

 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

 

The eleven disciples went to Galilee,

to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.

When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.

Then Jesus approached and said to them,

“All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

At the end of the Gospel, all sing or say again the joy of the Resurrection:

 

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

All are seated, and the leader repeats slowly,

as if it were a far-off echo:

 

“Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

 

All observe three minutes of silence for silent personal meditation.

 

PROFESSION OF FAITH

 

All then stand to profess the faith of the Church

saying the Apostles’ Creed:

 

I believe in God,

the Father almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth,

and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died and was buried;

he descended into hell;

on the third day he rose again from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;

from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and life everlasting. Amen.

 

UNIVERSAL PRAYER

 

All remain standing for the prayers of the faithful, as prepared ahead of time. The following intercessions may be used instead, separating the intentions with an intervening moment of silence.
The leader of the prayer says:

 

Christ ascends into heaven, not to abandon us but to be our hope. Filled with certainty by this glorious event, we pray:

 

All say the refrain:

 

R/ Lord, hear our prayer.

  • For the Church: that the People of God will live with an ardent hope for heaven. R/
  • That the authority of heaven will guide the actions of those who govern on earth. R/
  • That Christian husbands and wives be strengthened in their loving commitment to one another, modeling the union of Christ and the Church. R/
  • That all believers will witness to the presence of Christ in our midst through generosity, charity, and faithfulness to the Gospel. R/
  • For all of the faithful departed: that they enjoy eternal life with Christ, risen from the dead and reigning gloriously in heaven. R/
  • That through the grace of the Ascension we will be blessed to keep our minds and hearts fixed on the things of heaven. R/
  • For an end to the coronavirus pandemic, for God’s mercy on all who are suffering and dying, and for strength and protection on all healthcare workers dedicated to fighting it. R/

 

The people present may add, in turn, their own intentions. At the end of each of them, all repeat the refrain together:

 

R/ Lord, hear our prayer.

 

The leader introduces the Lord’s Prayer:

 

United in the Spirit and in the communion of the Church,

we dare to pray as the Lord Jesus himself

taught us:

 

All say or sing the Our Father:

 

Our Father…

Continuing immediately with:

For the kingdom…

 

Then the leader invites those present to share a sign of peace:

 

We have just joined our voices

with that of the Lord Jesus to pray to the Father.

We are sons and daughters in the Son.

 

In the love that unites us with one another,

renewed by the word of God,

we can exchange a gesture of peace,

a sign of the communion

we receive from the Lord.

 

All then exchange a greeting of peace from a distance: for example, by bowing deeply towards each other in turn; or, as a family, by blowing each other a kiss. Then all sit down.

 

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

 

The leader says:

 

When we cannot receive sacramental communion for lack of a Mass, Pope Francis urges us to practice spiritual communion, also called “communion of desire.”

 

The Council of Trent reminds us that this “consists in an ardent desire to feed on the Heavenly Bread, with a living faith that acts through charity and that makes us participants in the fruits and graces of the Sacrament.” The value of our spiritual communion depends therefore on our faith in the presence of Christ in the Eucharist as a source of life, love and unity, and our desire to receive Communion in spite of our inability to do so.

 

With that in mind, I now invite you to bow your head, to close your eyes and recollect yourselves.

 

Silence

 

Deep in our hearts,

may a burning desire arise within us to unite ourselves with Jesus,

in sacramental communion,

and then to bring His love to life into our lives,

loving others as He loved us.

 

All remain in silence for 5 minutes for a

heart-to-heart conversation with Jesus Christ.

 

You may optionally stand and say or sing a beautiful Alleluia once more:

 

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

All remain standing, turning to face the Cross of Christ. With hands joined in prayer, the prayer leader, in the name of all, says the prayer of blessing:

 

FINAL BLESSING

 

May God, who by the Resurrection of his Only Begotten Son

was pleased to confer on us

the gift of redemption and of adoption,

give us gladness by his blessing. Amen.

 

May he, by whose redeeming work

we have received the gift of everlasting freedom,

make us heirs to an eternal inheritance.Amen.

 

And may we, who have already risen with Christ

in Baptism through faith,

by living in a right manner on this earth,

be united with him in the homeland of heaven. Amen.

 

All together, each with hands joined in prayer:

 

And may the blessing of almighty God,

come down on us and remain with us for ever. Amen.

 

All make the Sign of the Cross.

 

Then parents may trace the Sign of the Cross on their children’s foreheads.

 

To conclude the celebration, the participants may sing the Regina Caeli,

or some other joyful, well-known Marian hymn.

 

Regína caéli, lætáre, Allelúia!

Quia quem meruísti portáre, Allelúia!

Resurréxit, sicut dixit, Allelúia!

Ora pro nóbis Déum, Allelúia!

 

O Queen of heaven rejoice! Alleluia!

For He whom thou didst merit to bear, Alleluia!

Hath arisen as he said, Alleluia!

Pray for us to God, Alleluia! 

List of Powerful Morning Catholic Prayers

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List of Powerful Morning Catholic Prayers

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord”

Psalm 122:1

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Make the Sign of the Cross at every ✢

✢ In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Make the Sign of the Cross over lips while saying:

✢ O Lord, open my lips; And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

O Sun Of Justice

O Sun of justice, Jesus Christ,

Dispel the darkness of our hearts,

Till your blest light makes nighttime flee

And brings the joys your day imparts.

In this our time acceptable,

Touch every heart with sorrow, Lord,

That turned from sin, renewed by grace,

We may press on toward love’s reward.

The day, your day, in beauty dawns

When in your light earth blooms anew;

Led back again to life’s true way,

May we, forgiven, rejoice in you.

O loving trinity, our God,

To you we bow through endless days,

And in your grace newborn we sing

New hymns of gratitude and praise. Amen.

Adoration & Thanksgiving

Unto the King of ages, the immortal, invisible, and only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Heavenly Father, thank you for the innumerable blessing which I have received from your loving kindness, especially for having preserved me this night.

Morning Prayer

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Pater Noster (Our Father)

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.

Gloria (Glory be)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

The Apostle’s Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.

The Angelus

The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.

And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary…

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Hail Mary…

And the WORD was made flesh.

And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary…

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God;

That we may be made worthy of the

promises of Christ.

Let us Pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Michael

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Saint Joseph Prayer

Oh St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires.

Oh St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your divine son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, our Lord; so that having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.

Oh St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while he reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss his fine head for me, and ask him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen

✢ Lord, bless me, protect me from all evil, and bring me to everlasting life. Amen.

Here, a passage from scripture may be read, especially ones from the psalms and gospels, first praying:

Lord Holy Spirit, Giver of Life: Enlighten my understanding. Enkindle my heart with the fire of Thy Love. Inspire me always to do Thy will. Let Thy light shine through me, so that all that I do may glorify Thee, to whom with the Father and the Son, be all honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Want a peaceful night sleep? Say this prayer

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Want a peaceful night sleep? Say this prayer

Here’s a simple night prayer before bed.

(Make the Sign of the Cross at every +)

+In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All praise to you, O God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep us, we pray, O king of kings,
Beneath your own almighty wings.
 Forgive us, Lord, through Christ your Son
 Whatever wrong this day we’ve done;
 Your peace give to the world, O Lord,
 That all might live in one accord. 
 Enlighten us, O Blessed Light,
 And give us rest throughout this night.
 O strengthen us, that for your sake,
 We all may serve you when we wake. Amen. 
 Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
 You have redeemed us, Lord God of truth.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace.

Nunc Dimittis

+Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples. A light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace.

+May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and peaceful death. Amen.

Salve Regina

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 after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

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