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To Mr. Akram Faraj Hermiz Kareem

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

SEVENTH EDITION

AUGUST 15, 2020

Please remember in your prayers:

The late Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly Chaldean Patriarch.

My late father Faraj Hermiz Kareem

My late mother Hania Ziya Kareem

My late brother Emmanuel Faraj Kareem

My late sister Kareema Faraj Kareem

My late father-in-law Elias Toma Faranso and his late wife Marieam Hanna Shayota

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Deposit Number at The National Library (2020/7/2622)

Kareem, Akram Faraj

Pray Like This / Akram Faraj Kareem

Amman: The Author, 2020

Deposit No.: 2020/7/2622

Descriptors: /Christianity//Prayers//Religious belief/

His Holiness Pope Francis

Blessed the ﬁrst copy of:

“PRAY LIKE THIS”

Book - English version on July 30, 2020 City of Vatican

Congratulations from Pope Francis and His blessing to print the book “PRAY

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Introduction

Prayer has a great importance in our Lord Jesus Christ’s life, as the Holy Bible tells us that Jesus used to spend a long time praying to His Heavenly Father, especially before taking a decision or before performing miracles. So, as Christians, we must follow our Lord and Master’s steps by devoting special times for prayer in order to feed our faith, and to strengthen our relationship with God our Father, also before taking any decision.

Therefore, based on all that, I printed the “Pray Like This” book in Arabic language, and distributed it to the believers since January 6, 2002. Then, on June 29, 2016, I added several prayers of His Holiness Pope Francis “our humble Pope, the Pope of the poor and the marginalized” at its sixth edition, and He blessed the book’s latest edition.

My only goal by reprinting this book is to help believers in expressing their faith, to reunite with God through praying, to glorify the Holy Trinity, to honor our Virgin Mother and the saints, and as well as to pray for the church, family and home.

According to the high demand by some honorable Bishops, the priests, the consecrated, and the lay people, and as I believe in the necessity of providing this book to everyone, I translated it to English language to make it helpful to those who speak it, especially for our beloved youth all around the world, and to get them close to God by nurturing their spiritual lives.

I would like to thank and appreciate all who helped me issuing this book.

We offer our work for God’s greatest glory and for the Holy church’s beneﬁt.

Please remember in your prayers:

The late Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly Chaldean Patriarch.

My late father Faraj Hermiz Kareem

My late mother Hania Ziya Kareem

My late brother Emmanuel Faraj Kareem

My late sister Kareema Faraj Kareem

My late father-in-law Elias Toma Faranso and his late wife Marieam Hanna Shayota

Akram Faraj Hermiz Kareem

Jordan, August 15, 2020

The Assumption of our Lady Feast

What is Prayer?

The prayer above all is a hunger and thirst for God’s love. It is a special relationship to God the Father and being His children. It is as a child’s rest of the Son in the Father’s embrace, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, to listen to him, to know His will, to receive a message, and to talk to Him with conﬁdence.

Prayer is an act of thankfulness God for all the blessings granted to us.

Prayer is like two pieces of wax that fuse together and nothing distinguishes them. When we pray, we build a unique relationship with God that would guide us to be united in Him.

Prayer is a life necessity; it is to refresh our soul and keep it alive.

“Prayer has been the saving of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.” says Mahatma Gandhi, “Let everyone try and ﬁnd that, as a result of daily prayer, he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.” (YI, 24-4-1931, p274)

It was also said that it is the man’s power and God’s weakness. Prayer is the only power that God bends before.

A prayer is an act of love and an act of faith in that which our heart can only settle in. It's the way to meet the Lord.

Nothing can be done without prayer. St. John Vianney, who is known as Cures (priest) of Ars (1786-1859), who used to spend his nights in prayer, says about prayer: “Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.”

It means that all our actions take their strength from prayer. Every action should be accompanied by prayer. We need to pray at the beginning of our day, before starting any work, before making an important decision, and when we conclude our day.

Our lives are a reﬂection of our prayers. We live what we pray, or rather we act on the based on our prayers.

There is a story about how God sent two angels to earth to listen to the prayers of humanity (Two Baskets of Prayers, 2016). One angel was asked to collect all the prayers in which

people asked God for something. The other angel was asked to collect all the prayers of thanksgiving.

The two angels descended on earth and began their task. They agreed to meet in a month with their ﬁndings. The angel collecting prayers asking God for something soon became extremely busy. The angel ﬁlled the basket with prayers that people had for worldly objects such as a bigger house, new car, latest computer, jewellery, expensive clothing and new toys for their children. Some people prayed to God for a husband or wife, for children or for better relationships.

In the meantime, the other angel travelled far and wide looking to fill the basket with prayers of thankfulness. One day passed, then two days and then the third, but no prayers of gratitude were heard. All that this angel heard were prayers asking for things. Wondering whether s/he was missing something, this angel contacted the other angel to ask whether his/her basket of prayers was getting filled, “Oh yes! I have not only filled one basket but many more,” said the angel. “But I too have not heard any prayers of thankfulness,” s/he added.

For the rest of the month, the two angels fulﬁlled their mission and were ready to return to God. The angel collecting prayers of the request was laden with many baskets. The angel collecting prayers of thankfulness hardly had any in the basket. There were a few prayers of thankfulness, but a tiny amount compared to the prayers of requests.

When God was presented with these ﬁndings, he sighed.

“This is nothing new,” said God. “You now have a taste of what it is like being God. People are always praying for something from Me, which is all right because at least they are thinking of Me. But few ever thank Me.”

Let us all make prayer as our daily bread. Let us make the prayer our strongest weapon in the battle of life. May our prayers be life, and our lives be a prayer.

CHAPTER ONE BASIC CATHOLIC PRAYERS

The Sign of the Cross

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

The “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 trespassed against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

The “Hail Mary”

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou amongst 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 our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Morning Prayer

Psalm 148

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

Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise him in the heights above.

Praise him, all his angels;

Praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

Praise him, sun and moon;

Praise him, all you shining stars.

Praise him, you highest heavens And you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Morning Offering

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.

Short Morning Prayer

Lord, help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that You and I together can't handle. Amen.

Morning Hymn of Saint Ephrem

Light has dawned upon the just and joy to the upright of heart (repeat)

• Jesus Christ our sovereign Lord, dawning from the Father’s womb came and brought us out of darkness brightening us with his radiant light!

• Day has dawned upon mankind, and the power of darkness

ﬂed; brightness dawning from his radiant light has darkened our darkened eyes.

• His glory he dawned on earth brightening the lowest depths; death was darkened, darkness banished, and the gates of Sheol were destroyed.

• He enlightened all his works, which had been in dark before, and the dead who had been buried, rose and praise, for they had been saved.

• He, the savior, gave us life, to the Father’s womb returned; he will come again in glory, brightening those who bide his return.

• Our king will come again! Let us light our lamps and go, ready to rejoice in him, as he rejoiced, and so we!

• Let us lift up praise to him, to the Father giving thanks, who in mercy sent him to us, our salvation and all our hope.

• Without warning his day dawns, and his saints are all awake, and all those who labored, wearied, and prepared are lighting their lamps.

• All the watchers in the heights laud the glory of the just, placing crowns upon their heads, and all are singing Halleluiah!

• Brethren, rise up and prepare, give thanks to our savior king, who in glory will return and gladden us with his radiant light!

The Prayer of St. Ephrem

O LORD, Master of my life, grant that I may not be infected with the spirit of slothfulness and inquisitiveness, with the spirit of ambition and vain talking.

Grant instead to me, your servant, and the spirit of purity and of humility, the spirit of patience and neighborly love.

O Lord and King, grant me the grace of being aware of my sins and of not thinking evil of those of my brethren.

For you are blessed, now and ever, and forever. Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings, You have power over life and death. You know what is secret and hidden, and neither our thoughts nor our feelings are concealed from You.

Cure me of duplicity; I have done evil before You. Now my life declines from day to day and my sins increase.

O Lord, God of souls and bodies, You know the extreme frailty of my soul and my ﬂesh.

Grant me strength in my weakness, O Lord, and sustain me in my misery. Give me a grateful soul that I may never cease to recall your beneﬁts, O Lord most bountiful.

Be not mindful of my many sins, but forgive me all my misdeeds.

O Lord, disdain not my prayer - the prayer of a wretched sinner; sustain me with Your grace until the end, that it may protect me as in the past.

It is Your grace which has taught me wisdom; blessed are they who follow her ways, for they shall receive the crown of glory.

In spite of my unworthiness, I praise You and I glorify You,

O Lord, for Your mercy to me is without limit. You have been my help and my protection. May the name of Your majesty be praised forever.

To you, our God, be glory. Amen.

Te Deum

Hymn of Joy and Thanksgiving

By St. Ambrose (4th Century)

O God, we praise Thee, and acknowledge Thee to be the supreme Lord.

Everlasting Father, all the earth worships Thee.

All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,

All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to Thee:

Holy, Holy, Holy, and Lord God of Hosts!

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy glory.

The glorious choir of the Apostles,

The wonderful company of Prophets,

The white-robed army of Martyrs, praise Thee.

Holy Church throughout the world acknowledges Thee:

The Father of inﬁnite Majesty;

Thy adorable, true and only Son;

Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

O Christ, Thou art the King of glory!

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When Thou took it upon Thyself to deliver man, Thou didst not disdain the Virgin's womb. Having overcome the sting of death, Thou opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thou sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that Thou will come to be our Judge.

We, therefore, beg Thee to help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood. Let them be numbered with Thy Saints in everlasting glory.

V. Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thy inheritance!

R. Govern them, and raise them up forever.

V. Every day we thank Thee.

R. And we praise Thy Name forever, yes, forever and ever.

V. O Lord, deign to keep us from sin this day.

R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.

V. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have hoped in Thee.

R. O Lord, in Thee I have put my trust; let me never be put to shame.

Act of Faith

O my God, I ﬁrmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins and that he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them who are eternal truth and wisdom, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. In this faith I intend to live and die. Amen.

Act of Hope

O Lord God, I hope by your grace for the pardon of all my sins and after life here to gain eternal happiness because you have promised it who are inﬁnitely powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful. In this hope I intend to live and die. Amen.

Act of Love

O Lord God, I love you above all things and I love my neighbor for your sake because you are the highest, inﬁnite and perfect good, worthy of all my love. In this love I intend to live and die. Amen.

Act of Giving Thanks

Thank You, O God, for hearing my prayer and granting my request. Thank You for all the kindness You have shown me. Thank You, Father, for Your great love in giving me my life, for Your great patience in preserving me despite my sinfulness, for Your protection in the past and for the opportunity to serve and honour You in the future. Amen.

Consecration to Mary

O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thine Immaculate Heart.

We consecrate to You our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are.

To You we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls; to You we give our homes, our families, our country.

We pledge ourselves to profess courageously and at all times the truths of our holy Faith, and to live as beﬁts Catholics who are duly submissive to all the directions of the Pope and the Bishops in communion with him.

We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's Day.

We promise You, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to devote ourselves whole-heartedly to the service of thy blessed cult, in order to hasten and assure, through the sovereignty of thine Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thine adorable Son, in our own hearts and in those of all men, in our country and in all the world, as in heaven, So on earth. Amen.

Daily Prayer to Guardian Angel

Angel of God My guardian dear

To Whom His love Commits me here

Ever this day Be at my side

To light and guard To rule and guide. Amen.

Prayers to One's Patron Saint

O heavenly Patron, whose name I have the honor to bear, pray earnestly at all times to God for me; conﬁrm me in the faith; strengthen me in virtue, defend me in the battle of life; so that, conquering the enemy of my soul, I may deserve to be rewarded with everlasting glory. Amen.

Evening Prayer

Psalm 141

1. I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.

2. May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacriﬁce.

3. Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.

4. Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.

5. Let a righteous man strike me-that is a kindness; let him rebuke me-that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

6. Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

7. They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

8. But my eyes are ﬁxed on you, Sovereign Lord; in you I take refuge-do not give me over to death.

9. Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.

10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Closing Prayer before Sleep

Bless, O Lord, the repose I am about to take, that with renewed strength I may be able to serve you faithfully.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you. Rising under the protection of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and armed with the sign of the holy cross: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The Ten Commandments

1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.

2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.

3. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.

4. Honor your father and your mother.

5. You shall not kill.

6. You shall not commit adultery.

7. You shall not steal.

8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

The Precepts of the Church

1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.

2. You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting and abstinence.

3. You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation.

4. You shall confess your sins to a priest, at least once a year.

5. You shall humbly receive the Holy Eucharist at least during the Easter season.

6. You shall obey the laws of the Church concerning Matrimony.

7. You shall share in the Church’s mission of Evangelization of Souls.

The Sacraments of Faith

Sacrament of Incarnation

Sacrament of Redemption

Sacrament of the Holy Trinity

The Seven Sacraments of the Church

Baptism Conﬁrmation

Eucharist

Reconciliation

Anointing of the sick Marriage Holy orders

The theological virtues

Faith

Hope

Charity

The cardinal virtues

Prudence

Justice

Fortitude

Temperance

The Spiritual Works of Mercy

Counseling the doubtful Instructing the ignorant Admonishing the sinner

Comforting the sorrowful

Forgiving injuries

Bearing wrongs patiently Praying for the living and the dead. Amen.

Prayer before Meals

Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

For food in a world where many walk in hunger; for faith in a world where many walk in fear; for friends in a world where many walk alone; we give you thanks, O Lord. Amen.

Prayer after Meals

We give Thee thanks for all Thy beneﬁts, O Almighty God, who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.

Thank you for the food we eat, Thank you for the friends we meet. Thank you for the birds that sing, Thank you, God, for everything. Amen.

Prayer for our country

Almighty God, bless our nation and make it true to the ideas of freedom and justice and brotherhood for all who make it great.

Guard us from war, from ﬁre and wind, from compromise, fear, confusion.

Be close to our leaders and our statesmen; give them vision and courage, as they ponder decisions affecting peace and the future of the world.

Make me more deeply aware of my heritage; realizing not only my rights but also my duties and responsibilities as a citizen.

Make this great land and all its people know clearly Your will, that they may fulﬁll the destiny ordained for us in the salvation of the nations, and the restoring of all things in Christ. Amen.

Christians United in Heart and Voice

Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that You will help every member of the Church to live in harmony with each other. May we be united in love and enable us to pray with the mind of Christ, to be guided by the Spirit of God and to glorify You with heart and voice. Keep us from worldly ways, but rather may our lives be a witness of Your love, not only in what we say but in all that we do, I ask this with the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen.

A Bond of Unity in the Body of Christ

Dear Jesus, You are our Prince of Peace and You prayed for unity in the body of Christ - that we may be united in love just as You are united with the Father - in love.

Give Your children the desire to love one another, as You have loved us - for by this will all men know that we are Your disciples.

Give us a hunger to live in union with each another, and may we be united as one, in the bond of peace and fellowship, in the Spirit. This we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Prayer for Peace of Pope Francis

(September 30, 2016)

Lord Jesus, we adore your cross which frees us from sin, the origin of every division and evil; we proclaim your resurrection, which ransoms man from the slavery of failure and death; we await your coming in glory, which will bring to fulﬁllment your kingdom of justice, joy and peace.

Lord Jesus, by your glorious passion, conquer the hardness of our hearts, imprisoned by hatred and selﬁshness; by the power of your resurrection, save the victims of injustice and maltreatment from their suffering; by the ﬁdelity of your coming, confound the culture of death and make the triumph of life shine forth.

Lord Jesus, unite to your cross the sufferings of the many innocent victims: the children, the elderly, and the persecuted

Christians; envelop in paschal light those who are deeply wounded: abused persons, deprived of freedom and dignity; let those who live in uncertainty experience the enduring constancy of your kingdom: the exiles, refugees, and those who have lost the joy of living.

Lord Jesus, cast forth the shadow of your cross over peoples at war; may they learn the way of reconciliation, dialogue and forgiveness; let the peoples so wearied by bombing experience the joy of your resurrection: raise up Iraq and Syria from devastation; reunite your dispersed children under your gentle kingship: sustain Christians in the Diaspora and grant them the unity of faith and love.

O Virgin Mary, Queen of peace, you who stood at the foot of the cross, obtain from your Son pardon for our sins; you who never doubted the victory of his resurrection, sustain our faith and our hope; you who are enthroned as Queen in glory, teach us the royal road of service and the glory of love. Amen.

Prayer for Rain

O God, our Creator, you are the source of all life. It is through your divine providence and inﬁnite power, that the wonder and splendor of all creation surround us. "How majestic is your name in all the earth." We pray to you who calms the raging waters and commands the wind, to provide us sufﬁcient rain to meet our needs.

During this time of drought, we are mindful of our dependence on you for all that sustains our body and soul. We pray for the cooling, gentle rain that will once again bring life to the ﬁelds and crops that feed us, restore the colorful rainbow of ﬂowers and the cooling shade of the trees.

We also pray for all those who are suffering from natural disasters. May they look to you for the strength to restore their lives and heal their wounded land.

Help us to always be good stewards of your creation and care for the many resources of this earth.

May your grace refresh our souls.

We ask for these blessings through the intercession of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth. Amen.

Episcopal Blessing

V. The Lord be with you. / R. And also with you.

V. Blessed be the name of the Lord. / R. Both now and forever.

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord. / R. Who made heaven and earth.

V. May almighty God bless you, + the Father, + and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

Prayers for Vocations

Prayer # 1

O Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and divine love, impart Your knowledge, understanding, and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation wherein they can best serve God. Give them courage and strength to follow God's holy will. Guide their uncertain steps, strengthen their resolutions, shield their chastity, fashion their minds, conquer their hearts, and lead them to the vineyards where they will labor in God's holy service. Amen.

Prayer # 2

GOD our Father, Who wills that all men be saved And come to the knowledge of YOUR Truth: We beg you to send Laborers into YOUR harvest, And grant them grace to speak YOUR Word With all boldness; so that YOUR Word May spread and be gloriﬁed, And all nations may know YOU, The only GOD, and HIM WHOM YOU have sent, JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON, Our LORD. Amen.

Short Prayer

Lord help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that You and I together can't handle. Amen.

Prayer for the Family

By: Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Heavenly Father, you have given us a model of life in the Holy Family of Nazareth.

Help us, O Loving Father, to make our family another Nazareth where love, peace and joy reign.

May it be deeply contemplative, intensely Eucharistic and vibrant with joy.

Help us to stay together in joy and sorrow through family prayer.

Teach us to see Jesus in the members of our family, especially in their distressing disguise. May the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus make our hearts meek and humble like His, and help us to carry out our family duties in a holy way.

May we love one another as God loves each one of us, more and more each day, and forgive each others faults as you forgive our sins. Help us, O Loving Father,

to take whatever you give and to give whatever you take, with a big smile.

Help us, O Holy Father, to make our families one heart, full of love, in the Heart of Jesus through Mary.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, cause of our joy, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us. Holy Guardian Angels, be always with us, guide and protect us. Amen.

The Seven Penitential Psalms

Psalm 6

Do not reprove me in your anger, LORD, nor punish me in your wrath.

3. Have pity on me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shuddering.

4. My soul too is shuddering greatly— and you, LORD, how long?

5. Turn back, LORD, rescue my soul; save me because of your mercy.

6. For in death there is no remembrance of you. Who praises you in Sheol?

7. I am wearied with sighing; all night long I drench my bed with tears; I soak my couch with weeping.

8. My eyes are dimmed with sorrow, worn out because of all my foes.

9. Away from me, all who do evil!

The LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

10. The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will receive my prayer.

11. My foes will all be disgraced and will shudder greatly; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Psalm 32

Blessed is the one whose fault is removed, whose sin is forgiven.

2. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no guilt,. in whose spirit is no deceit.

3. Because I kept silent, my bones wasted away; I groaned all day long.

4. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength withered as in dry summer heat.

5. Then I declared my sin to you; my guilt I did not hide. I said, “I confess my transgression to the LORD,” and you took away the guilt of my sin.

6. Therefore every loyal person should pray to you in time of distress.

Though ﬂood waters threaten, they will never reach him.

7. You are my shelter; you guard me from distress; with joyful shouts of deliverance you surround me.

8. I will instruct you and show you the way you should walk, give you counsel with my eye upon you.

9. Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding; with bit and bridle their temper is curbed, else they will not come to you.

10. Many are the sorrows of the wicked one, but mercy surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

11. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; exult, all you upright of heart.

Psalm 38

1. LORD, do not punish me in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!

2. Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.

3. There is no wholesomeness in my ﬂesh because of your anger; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4. My iniquities overwhelm me,

a burden too heavy for me.

5. Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.

6. I am stooped and deeply bowed; every day I go about mourning.

7. My loins burn with fever; there is no wholesomeness in my ﬂesh.

8. I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.

9. My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.

10. My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.

11. Friends and companions shun my disease; my neighbors stand far off.

12. Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery every day.

13. But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the mute, I do not open my mouth,

14. I am even like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.

15. LORD, it is for you that I wait;

O Lord, my God, you respond.

16. For I have said that they would gloat over me, exult over me if I stumble.

17. I am very near to falling; my wounds are with me always.

18. I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.

19. My enemies live and grow strong, those who hate me grow numerous fraudulently,

20. Repaying me evil for good, accusing me for pursuing good.

21. Do not forsake me, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!

22. Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!

Psalm 51

1. Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions.

2. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me.

3. For I know my transgressions; my sin is always before me.

4. Against you, you alone have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your eyes So that you are just in your word, and without reproach in your judgment.

5. Behold, I was born in guilt, in sin my mother conceived me.

6. Behold, you desire true sincerity; and secretly you teach me wisdom.

7. Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8. You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

9. Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my iniquities.

10. A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit.

11. Do not drive me from before your face, nor take from me your holy spirit.

12. Restore to me the gladness of your salvation; uphold me with a willing spirit.

13. I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may return to you.

14. Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God, and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice.

15. Lord, you will open my lips; and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

16. For you do not desire sacriﬁce* or I would give it; a burnt offering you would not accept.

17. My sacriﬁce, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.

18. Treat Zion kindly according to your good will; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

19. Then you will desire the sacriﬁces of the just, burnt offering and whole offerings; then they will offer up young bulls on your altar.

Psalm 102

LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you.

3. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

4. For my days vanish like smoke;

my bones burn away as in a furnace.

5. My heart is withered, dried up like grass, too wasted to eat my food.

6. From my loud groaning I become just skin and bones.

7. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

8. I lie awake and moan, like a lone sparrow on the roof.

9. All day long my enemies taunt me; in their rage, they make my name a curse.

10. I eat ashes like bread, mingle my drink with tears.

11. Because of your furious wrath, you lifted me up just to cast me down.

12. My days are like a lengthening shadow; I wither like the grass.

13. But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; your renown is for all generations.

14. You will again show mercy to Zion; now is the time for pity; the appointed time has come.

15. Its stones are dear to your servants; its dust moves them to pity.

16. The nations shall fear your name, LORD, all the kings of the earth, your glory,

17. Once the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,

18. Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.

19. Let this be written for the next generation, for a people not yet born, that they may praise the LORD:

20. “The LORD looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,

21. To attend to the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.”

22. Then the LORD’s name will be declared on Zion, his praise in Jerusalem,

23. When peoples and kingdoms gather to serve the LORD.

24. He has shattered my strength in mid-course, has cut short my days.

25. I plead, O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days. Your years last through all generations.

26. Of old you laid the earth’s foundations; the heavens are the work of your hands.

27. They perish, but you remain; they all wear out like a garment; Like clothing you change them and they are changed,

28. But you are the same, your years have no end.

29. May the children of your servants live on; may their descendants live in your presence.

Psalm 130

Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;

2. Lord, hear my cry!

May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

3. If you, LORD, keep account of sins, Lord, who can stand?

4. But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.

5. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits and I hope for his word.

6. My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak, More than sentinels for daybreak.

7. let Israel hope in the LORD, For with the LORD is mercy, with him is plenteous redemption,

8. And he will redeem Israel from all its sins.

Psalm 143

LORD, hear my prayer; in your faithfulness listen to my pleading; answer me in your righteousness.

2. Do not enter into judgment with your servant; before you no one can be just.

3. The enemy has pursued my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

4. My spirit is faint within me; my heart despairs.

5. I remember the days of old; I ponder all your deeds; the works of your hands I recall.

6. I stretch out my hands toward you, my soul to you like a parched land.

7. Hasten to answer me, LORD; for my spirit fails me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those descending to the pit.

8. In the morning let me hear of your mercy, for in you I trust. Show me the path I should walk, for I entrust my life to you.

9. Rescue me, LORD, from my foes, for I seek refuge in you.

10. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level.

11. For your name’s sake, LORD, give me life; in your righteousness lead my soul out of distress.

12. In your mercy put an end to my foes; all those who are oppressing my soul, for I am your servant.

An Act of Contrition

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I ﬁrmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.

Penitential Act

(Conﬁteor)

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

[Pray while striking the breast three times.] through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Amen.

An Act of Spiritual Communion

(MODERN TRANSLATION)

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You Sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

An Act of Hope

O my God, relying on your inﬁnite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of your grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

An Act of Charity

O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love.

I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you.

I forgive all who have injured me and

I ask pardon of those whom I have injured. Amen.

Prayer Before Mass

By: Saint Thomas Aquinas

Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the Sacrament of Your only-begotten Son

Our Lord Jesus Christ, I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth.

Lord, in your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my deﬁlement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness.

May I receive the bread of angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation.

May I receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood, and its reality and power.

Kind God,

may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members. Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage

I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a Sacrament, may I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You forever. Amen.

Prayer After Mass

Lord Jesus Christ, take all my freedom, my memory, my understanding, and my will. All that I have and cherish you have given me.

I surrender it all to be guided by Your will. Your grace and Your love are enough for me. Give me these, Lord Jesus, and I ask for nothing more. Amen.

Thanksgiving Prayer after Mass 1

The Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas

Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank You, for even though I am a sinner, your unproﬁtable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, You have fed me with the Precious Body & Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation.

May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will.

May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions.

May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good.

May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual.

May it unite me more closely to you, the One true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with You.

And I pray that You will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with Your Son and holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulﬁllment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thanksgiving Prayer after Mass 2

By: St. Thomas Aquinas

I thank you, holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who deigned to feast me, sinful and unworthy servant, with the precious body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, not for any merit of mine, but only because of your merciful goodness. And I pray that this Holy Communion, far from condemning me to punishment, may bring about my pardon and salvation, encompassing me with the armor of faith and the shield of a good will. By it let my vices be done away, all lustful desires extinguished. May it advance me in charity, patience, humility, obedience, and every other virtue.

Let it be strong defense against the wiles of all my enemies, visible and invisible, allaying for me every disturbance of ﬂesh and spirit, binding me ﬁrmly to you, the one true God, and bringing my last hour to a happy close.

I pray, too, that it may be your pleasure to call my sinful self one day to that banquet, wonderful past all telling, where you, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, feast your saints with the vision of yourself, who are true light, the fulﬁllment of all desires, the joy that knows no ending, gladness unalloyed, and perfect bliss: through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Act of Adoration

Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, be my sanctiﬁcation;

Body of Christ, be my salvation;

Blood of Christ, ﬁll all my veins;

Water of Christ's side, wash out my stains;

Passion of Christ, my comfort be;

O good Jesu, listen to me;

In Thy wounds I fain would hide;

Ne'er to be parted from Thy side;

Guard me, should the foe assail me;

Call me when my life shall fail me;

Bid me come to Thee above,

With Thy saints to sing Thy love, World without end. Amen.

CHAPTER TWO CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATION PRAYER

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment

In which the Son of God was born Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, (silently mention the request)…

through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

Novena to the Divine Child Jesus

Divine Child Jesus, we believe in You; We adore You; and we love You; have mercy on us, sinners.

We've come to this Temple in response to your love. We've come in response to your mercy and grace.

We are here because You invited us to come before You and to pour out the cares of our hearts to You since You deeply care for each of us.

We remember Your words to the disciples: Ask and you shall receive.

Seek and you shall ﬁnd. Knock and the door shall be opened. Trusting in your inﬁnite goodness and trusting that You always keep your promise, we now ask this intention which we pray in the silence of our hearts…

(silently mention the request)…

Thank you, Divine Child Jesus, for listening attentively to our prayers all the time. We hope that You will ask this before Our Heavenly Father. And, if what we ask for may not be good for our salvation and sanctiﬁcation, we trust that you will grant us instead what we truly need, so that one day we may be with You for all eternity enjoying that ultimate happiness of Heaven.

Divine Child Jesus, bless and protect us.

Divine Child Jesus, bless and lead us.

Divine Child Jesus, bless and provide for us.

All this we ask through the intercession of your Holy Mother, Mary, and in Your powerful and Most Holy Name, Jesus. Amen.

Litany to the Infant Jesus

Lord, Lord, Lord, God the Father of Heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Infant, Jesus Christ, Infant, true God, Infant, Son of the living God, Infant, Son of the Virgin Mary, Infant, strong in weakness, Infant, powerful in tenderness, Infant, Treasure of grace, Infant, Fountain of love, Infant, Renewer of the heavens,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

Infant, Repairer of the evils of the earth, Infant, Head of the angels, Infant, Root of the patriarchs, Infant, Speech of the prophets, Infant, Desire of the Gentiles, Infant, Joy of shepherds, Infant, Light of the Magi, Infant, Salvation of infants, Infant, Expectation of the just, Infant, Instructor of the wise, Infant, First-fruit of all saints,

Be merciful, spare us, Be merciful, graciously hear us,

From the slavery of the children of Adam,

From the slavery of the devil, From the evil desires of the ﬂesh, From the malice of the world, From the pride of life, From the inordinate desire of knowing,

From blindness of spirit, From an evil will, From our sins, Through Thy most pure Conception, Through Thy most humble Nativity, Through Thy tears, Through Thy most painful

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

spare us, O Infant Jesus. graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.

Infant Jesus, deliver us.

nfant Jesus, deliver us.

Infant Jesus, deliver us.

Circumcision, Through Thy most glorious Epiphany, Through Thy most pious Presentation, Through Thy most divine life, Through Thy poverty, Through Thy many sufferings, Through Thy labors and travels, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Infant Jesus, deliver us.

Spare us, O Infant

Jesus!

Graciously hear us, O

Infant Jesus!

Have mercy on us.

V. Jesus, Infant, hear us.

R. Jesus, Infant, graciously hear us.

Let us pray:

O Lord Christ, Thou were pleased so to humble Thyself in Thine incarnate divinity and most sacred humanity as to be born in time and become a little child. Grant that we may acknowledge inﬁnite wisdom in the silence of a child, power in weakness, and majesty in humiliation. Adoring Thy humiliations on earth, may we contemplate Thy glories in Heaven, Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns forever.

R. Amen.

Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us:

God the Father of Heaven,

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit,

Holy Trinity, One God,

Jesus, Son of the living God, Jesus, splendor of the Father, Jesus, brightness of everlasting light, Jesus, king of glory,

Jesus, dawn of justice,

Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, worthy of our love, Jesus, worthy of our wonder,

Jesus, mighty God,

Jesus, father of the world to come,

Jesus, prince of peace,

Jesus, all-powerful,

Jesus, pattern of patience,

Jesus, model of obedience,

Jesus, gentle and humble of heart,

Jesus, lover of chastity,

Jesus, lover of us all,

Jesus, God of peace,

Jesus, author of life,

Jesus, model of goodness,

Jesus, seeker of souls,

Jesus, our God,

Jesus, our refuge,

Jesus, father of the poor,

Jesus, treasure of the faithful,

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, graciously hear us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

Jesus, Good Shepherd, Jesus, the true light, Jesus, eternal wisdom, Jesus, inﬁnite goodness, Jesus, our way and our life, Jesus, joy of angels, Jesus, king of patriarchs, Jesus, teacher of apostles, Jesus, master of evangelists, Jesus, courage of martyrs, Jesus, light of confessors, Jesus, purity of virgins, Jesus, crown of all saints,

Lord, be merciful, deliver us, O Jesus

From all evil, deliver us, O Jesus

From every sin, deliver us, O Jesus

From the snares of the devil, deliver us, O Jesus

From your anger, deliver us, O Jesus

From the spirit of inﬁdelity, deliver us, O Jesus

From everlasting death, deliver us, O Jesus

From neglect of your Holy Spirit, deliver us, O Jesus

By the mystery of your incarnation, deliver us, O Jesus

By your birth, deliver us, O Jesus

By your childhood, deliver us, O Jesus

By your hidden life, deliver us, O Jesus

By your public ministry, deliver us, O Jesus

By your agony and cruciﬁxion, deliver us, O Jesus

By your abandonment, deliver us, O Jesus

By your grief and sorrow, deliver us, O Jesus

By your death and burial, deliver us, O Jesus

By your rising to new life, deliver us, O Jesus

By your return in glory to the Father, deliver us, O Jesus

By your gift of the holy Eucharist, deliver us, O Jesus

By your joy and glory, deliver us, O Jesus

Christ, hear us, Lord Jesus, hear our prayer

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. Let us pray:

Lord, may we who honor the holy name of Jesus enjoy his friendship in this life and be ﬁlled with eternal joy in the kingdom where he lives and reigns for ever and ever.

R. Amen.

CHAPTER THREE PRAYERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

Come, Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, ﬁll the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the ﬁre of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.

R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Wisdom

Understanding Counsel

Fortitude Knowledge Piety Fear of the Lord

Litany to the Holy Spirit

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

God the Father of Heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God,

Divine Essence, one true God, Spirit of truth and wisdom, Spirit of holiness and justice, Spirit of understanding and counsel, Spirit of love and joy, Spirit of peace and patience, Spirit of longanimity and meekness, Spirit of benignity and goodness, Love substantial of the Father and the Son,

Have mercy on us.

Love and life of saintly souls, Fire ever burning, Living water to quench the thirst of hearts,

From all evil, From all impurity of soul and body, From all gluttony and sensuality, From all attachments to the things of the earth,

From all hypocrisy and pretense, From all imperfections and deliberate faults,

From our own will, From slander, From deceiving our neighbors, From our passions and disorderly appetites, From our inattentiveness to Thy holy inspirations, From despising little things, From debauchery and malice, From love of comfort and luxury, From wishing to seek or desire anything other than Thee, From everything that displeases Thee,

Have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Most loving Father, forgive us. Divine Word, have pity on us. Holy and divine Spirit, leave us not until we are in possession of the Divine Essence, Heaven of heavens.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Come, O Holy Spirit, ﬁll the hearts of Thy faithful, R. And enkindle in them the ﬁre of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created, R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us Pray:

God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

R. Amen.

CHAPTER FOUR PRAYERS TO THE HOLY EUCHARIST

Prayer of St. Faustina Before the Eucharist

I adore You, Lord and Creator, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I adore You for all the works of Your hands, that reveal to me so much wisdom, goodness and mercy, O Lord. You have spread so much beauty over the earth and it tells me about Your beauty, even though these beautiful things are but a faint reﬂection of You, incomprehensible Beauty. And although You have hidden Yourself and concealed Your beauty, my eye, enlightened by faith, reaches You and my soul recognizes its Creator, its Highest Good, and my heart is completely immersed in prayer of adoration.

My Lord and Creator, Your goodness encourages me to converse with You. Your mercy abolishes the chasm which

separates the Creator from the creature. To converse with You, O Lord, is the delight of my heart. In You I find everything that my heart could desire. Here You light illumines my mind, enabling it to know You more and more deeply. Here streams of graces flow down upon my heart. Here my soul draws eternal life. O my Lord and Creator, You alone, beyond all these gifts, give Your own self to me and unite Yourself intimately with Your miserable creature. O Christ, let my greatest delight be to see You loved and Your praise and glory proclaimed, especially the honor of Your mercy. O Christ, let me glorify Your goodness and mercy to the last moment of my life, with every drop of my blood and every beat of my heart. Would that I be transformed into a hymn of adoration of You. When I find myself on my deathbed, may the last beat of my heart be a loving hymn glorifying Your unfathomable mercy. Amen.

Prayer While Visiting The Most Blessed Sacrament

By: St. Alphonsus Liguori

My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar: I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You in this chapel. I now salute Your most loving Heart: and this for three ends:

1. In thanksgiving for this great gift;

2. To make Amends to You for all the outrages which You receive in this Sacrament from all Your enemies;

3. I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are the least revered and the most abandoned. My Jesus, I love You with all my heart. I grieve for having so many times offended Your inﬁnite goodness. I promise with Your grace never more to offend You in the future. Now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I consecrate myself to You without reserve; I give You my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. From now on dispose of me and of all that I have as You please. All that I ask of You and desire is Your holy love, ﬁnal perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Your will. I recommend to You the souls in purgatory; but especially those who had the greatest devotion to the most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners. My dear Savior, I unite all my affections with the affections of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to Your eternal Father, and beseech Him in Your name to vouchsafe, for Your love, to accept them. Amen.

Litany of the Holy Eucharist

Lord, have mercy.

R. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

R. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

R. Lord, have mercy.

"The Bread that I will give is my ﬂesh for the life world" Jn

6:51

R. My Lord and my God!

"My ﬂesh is food indeed and my Blood is drink indeed" Jn

6:55

R. My Lord and my God!

"Take this, all of you and eat it: This is my Body which will be

given up for you, this is the cup of my Blood, the Blood of the new and everlasting covenant" (Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I))

R. My Lord and my God!

"The cup of blessing that we bless" is it not the sharing of the Blood of Christ?

And the bread that we break "Is it not the partaking of the Body of the Lord?" (1 Cor. 10:16)

R. My Lord and my God!

"[Heretics] abstain from the Eucharist, because they do not believe that the Eucharist is the ﬂesh of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who suffered for our sins and who the Father in his bounty raised up again." (Saint Ignatius of Antioch)

R. My Lord and my God!

"[This Eucharist] has been blessed by the word of prayer instituted by Him, and from it our ﬂesh and blood by assimilation are nourished. This, we are taught, is both the ﬂesh and blood of Jesus incarnate." (Saint Justin Martyr)

R. My Lord and my God!

"The seeming bread is not bread, though sensible to taste, but the Body of Christ; and the seeming wine is not wine, though the taste would have it so, but the Blood of Christ." (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem)

R. My Lord and my God!

"You ought so to partake at the Holy Table as to have no doubt at all concerning the reality of the body and blood of Christ. For what is taken in the mouth is that which is

believed by faith, and it is vain for them to respond, Amen. who dispute against that which is taken." (Saint Leo the Great)

R. My Lord and my God!

"Sight, touch, taste are each thee deceived; hearing alone safely is believed." Saint Thomas Aquinas

R. My Lord and my God!

Blessed be God.

Blessed be His Holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

Blessed be the name of Jesus.

Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.

Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.

Blessed be her glorious Assumption.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.

The Lord's Prayer

Now let us offer together the prayer our Lord Jesus Christ taught us:

All: Our Father …

Benediction

At the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, the presiding minister goes to the altar, genuﬂects, and then kneels. As he kneels, “Tantum ergo” or another suitable Eucharistic song is sung and he incenses the Blessed Sacrament. After the hymn is ﬁnished, he rises and sings or says:

Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of your suffering and death. May our worship of this Sacrament of your body and blood help us to experience the salvation you won for us and the peace of the kingdom where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. R. Amen.

CHAPTER FIVE PRAYERS TO SACRED HEART OF JESUS

An Act of Consecration to The Sacred Heart of Jesus

I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart. This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him. I therefore take You, O Sacred heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justiﬁcation before God the

Father, and turn away from me the strokes of his righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my conﬁdence in You, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Your goodness and bounty. Remove from me all that can displease You or resist Your holy will; let our pure love imprint Your image so deeply upon my heart, that I shall never be able to forget You or to be separated from You. May I obtain from all Your loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Your Heart, for in You I desire to place all my happiness and glory, living and dying in bondage to You. Amen.

A Novena of Conﬁdence to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

(One of the Most Popular Prayers in Roman Catholic Practice)

O Lord Jesus Christ,

To your most Sacred Heart, I conﬁde this intention:

(Mention your intention here)

Only look upon me, And then do what your Sacred Heart inspires.

Let your Sacred Heart decide; I count on it, I trust in it.

I throw myself on Your mercy, Lord Jesus! You will not fail me.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Your Kingdom come.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked you for many favors, But I earnestly implore this one. Take it.

Place it in Your open, broken Heart;

And, when the Eternal Father looks upon It, Covered with Your Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will be no longer my prayer, But Yours, O Jesus.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You. Let me not be disappointed. Amen.

Sweet Heart of Jesus

Sweet Heart of my Jesus, grant that I may ever love you more.

Aspiration to the Sacred Heart

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved in every place.

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Lord, have mercy on us.

God the Father of Heaven,

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

God the Holy Spirit,

Holy Trinity, One God,

Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father,

Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,

Heart of Jesus, one with the eternal Word,

Heart of Jesus, inﬁnite in majesty, Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,

Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,

Heart of Jesus, aﬂame with love for us,

Lord, have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, source of justice and love, Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, Heart of Jesus, well-spring of all virtue,

Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise, Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,

Heart of Jesus, treasure-house of wisdom and knowledge,

Heart of Jesus, in whom there dwells the fullness of God,

Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is Well pleased,

Heart of Jesus, from whose fullness we have all received,

Heart of Jesus, desire of the eternal hills,

Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy,

Heart of Jesus, generous to all who turn to you,

Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,

Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins,

Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with insults,

Heart of Jesus, broken for our sins, Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death,

Heart of Jesus, pierced by a lance, Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,

Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,

have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, Heart of Jesus, victim of our sins, Heart of Jesus, salvation of all who trust in you, Heart of Jesus, hope of all who die in you, Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord!

Have mercy on us.

V. Jesus, gentle and humble of heart.

R. Touch our hearts and make them like your own.

Let us pray:

Father, we rejoice in the gifts of love we have received from the heart of Jesus your Son. Open our hearts to share his life and continue to bless us with his love. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.

R. Amen.

An act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart Giving Ourselves to Christ

I, [state your name], give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being save to honor, love, and glorify the Sacred Heart. This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him.

I therefore take Thee, O Sacred Heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life, and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justiﬁcation before God Thy Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my conﬁdence in Thee for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.

Do Thou consume in me all that can displease Thee or resist Thy holy will; let Thy pure love imprint Thee so deeply upon my heart, that I shall nevermore be able to forget Thee or to be separated from Thee; may I obtain from all Thy loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Thee, for in Thee I desire to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in very bondage to Thee. Amen.

Invocation to the Sacred Heart

O Heart of love, I put all my trust in You; for I fear all things from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from your goodness. Amen.

Memorare to the Sacred Heart

Remember, O most sweet Jesus, that no one who has had recourse to your Sacred Heart, implored its help, or sought its mercy was ever abandoned. Encouraged with conﬁdence, O tenderest of hearts, we present ourselves before You, crushed beneath the weight of our sins. In our misery, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, despise not our simple prayers, but mercifully grant our requests. Amen.

For the Help of the Sacred Heart

Take away, O my Jesus, the blindness of my heart, that I may know Thee; take away the hardness of my heart, that I may fear Thee; take away the coldness of my heart, that I may resist everything that is contrary to Thy will; take away its heavy, earthly sluggishness and selﬁshness, that I may be capable of heroic sacriﬁce for Thy glory, and for the souls whom Thou has redeemed with Thy own most precious blood. Amen.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Church

O most holy Heart of Jesus, shower Your blessings in abundant measure upon Your Holy Church, upon the Supreme Pontiff, and upon all the clergy; to the just grant perseverance; convert sinners; enlighten unbelievers; bless our relations, friends, and benefactors; assist the dying; deliver the holy souls in purgatory; and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Your love. Amen.

CHAPTER SIX

PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST

Meditations on the Passion of Christ

Our Father - Hail Mary

O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained from all eternity in the Divine plan.

Remember, O Lord, that during the Last Supper with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most Precious Body and Blood, and while at the same time Thou didst sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion.

Remember the sadness and bitterness which Thou didst experience in Thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying: "My Soul is sorrowful even unto death."

Remember all the fear, anguish and pain that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the cruciﬁxion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by three judges during the ﬂower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal season.

Remember that Thou wast despoiled of Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and outrages.

In memory of all these pains and sufferings which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me before my death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen.

Litany of the Passion

Lord, Christ, Lord, Christ, hear us, Christ, God the Father of Heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, Jesus, the eternal Wisdom, Jesus, conversing with men, Jesus, hated by the world, Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver, Jesus, prostrate in prayer, Jesus, strengthened by an angel, Jesus, agonizing in a bloody sweat, Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, Jesus, bound by the soldiers, Jesus, forsaken by your disciples, Jesus, before Annas and Caiaphas, Jesus, struck by a servant on the face,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. graciously hear us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

Jesus, accused by false witnesses, Jesus, declared worthy of death, Jesus, spit upon in the face, Jesus, blindfolded, Jesus, smitten on the cheek, Jesus, thrice denied by Peter, Jesus, delivered up to Pilate, Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, Jesus, clothed in a white garment, Jesus, rejected for Barabbas, Jesus, torn by sources, Jesus, bruised for our sins, Jesus, regarded as a leper, Jesus, covered with a purple robe, Jesus, crowned with thorns, Jesus, struck with a reed, Jesus, demanded for cruciﬁxion, Jesus, condemned to death, Jesus, given up to your enemies, Jesus, laden with the Cross, Jesus, led as a lamb to the slaughter, Jesus, stripped of your garments, Jesus, fastened with nails to the Cross, Jesus, wounded for our iniquities, Jesus, praying for your murderers, Jesus, reputed with the wicked, Jesus, blasphemed on the Cross, Jesus, reviled by the malefactor, Jesus, giving Paradise to the thief, Jesus, commending Saint John to your Mother as her son, Jesus, forsaken by your Father, Jesus, given gall and vinegar to drink,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us.

Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning you were accomplished, Jesus, commending your spirit into the hands of your Father, Jesus, obedient even unto death, Jesus, pierced with a lance, Jesus, made a propitiation for us, Jesus, taken down from the Cross, Jesus, laid in a sepulcher, Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead,

Jesus, ascending into heaven, Jesus, our Advocate with the Father,

Jesus, sending down the Holy Spirit, Jesus, exalting your Mother, Jesus, who shall come to judge the living and the dead, Be merciful, Be merciful, From all evil, From all sin, From anger, hatred, and every evil will, From war, famine, and pestilence, From all dangers of mind and body, From everlasting death, Through your most pure conception, Through your miraculous nativity, Through your humble circumcision, Through your baptism and fasting, Through your labors and watchings, Through your cruel scourging and crowning, Through your thirst, and tears, and nakedness,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

spare us, O Jesus.

Graciously spare us, O Jesus.

Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus.

Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus. Deliver us, O Jesus.

Deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your precious death and Cross, Through your glorious resurrection and ascension, Through your sending forth the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, On the day of judgment, we sinners,

That you would spare us, That you would pardon us, That you would bring us to true penance,

That you would pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit, That you would defend and propagate your Church, That you would preserve and increase all societies assembled in your holy Name, That you would bestow upon us true peace, humility, and charity, That you would give us perseverance in grace and in your holy service, That you would deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation, That you would unite us to the company of your Saints, That you would graciously hear us,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Deliver us, O Jesus.

We beseech you, hear us.

We beseech you, hear us. We beseech you, hear us.

We beseech you, hear us.

We beseech you, hear us. We beseech you, hear us.

Spare us, O Infant

Jesus!

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus!

Have mercy on us.

V. Christ, graciously hear us

R. Christ, have mercy

Let us pray: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

R. Amen

Litany of the Most Precious Blood

Lord, Christ, Lord, God our Father in heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us, Holy Trinity, one God,

Blood of Christ, only Son of the Father, Blood of Christ, incarnate Word, Blood of Christ, of the new and eternal covenant,

Blood of Christ, that spilled to the ground,

Blood of Christ, that ﬂowed at the scourging,

Blood of Christ, dripping from the thorns,

Blood of Christ, shed on the cross,

have mercy. have mercy. have mercy. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. be our salvation. be our salvation.

be our salvation.

be our salvation. be our salvation.

Blood of Christ, the price of our redemption,

Blood of Christ, our only claim to pardon,

Blood of Christ, our blessing cup, Blood of Christ, in which we are washed,

Blood of Christ, torrent of mercy, Blood of Christ, that overcomes evil, Blood of Christ, strength of the martyrs,

Blood of Christ, endurance of the saints,

Blood of Christ, that makes the barren fruitful,

Blood of Christ, protection of the threatened,

Blood of Christ, comfort of the weary, Blood of Christ, solace of the mourner, Blood of Christ, hope of the repentant, Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying,

Blood of Christ, our peace and refreshment,

Blood of Christ, our pledge of life,

Blood of Christ, by which we pass to glory,

Blood of Christ, most worthy of honor,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

be our salvation.

be our salvation. be our salvation.

be our salvation. be our salvation. be our salvation.

be our salvation.

be our salvation. be our salvation. be our salvation. be our salvation. be our salvation.

be our salvation.

be our salvation. be our salvation.

Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord!

Have mercy on us.

V. Lord, you redeemed us by your blood.

R. You have made us a kingdom to serve our God.

Let us pray:

Father, by the blood of your Son you have set us free and saved us from death. Continue your work of love within us, that by constantly celebrating the mystery of our salvation we may reach the eternal life it promises. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

1. The Prophecy of Simeon

2. The Flight into Egypt

3. The Loss of Jesus in the Temple

4. Mary meets Jesus Carrying the Cross

5. The Cruciﬁxion

6. Mary Receives the Dead Body of Her Son

7. The Burial of Her Son and Closing of the Tomb.

Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows by Pope Pius VII

Lord, Christ, Lord, Christ, hear us,

God, the Father of heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit,

have mercy on us, have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

Christ, graciously hear us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of the Crucified, Sorrowful Mother, Mournful Mother, Sighing Mother, Afflicted Mother, Foresaken Mother, Desolate Mother, Mother most sad, Mother set around with anguish, Mother overwhelmed by grief, Mother transfixed by a sword, Mother crucified in thy heart, Mother bereaved of thy Son, Sighing Dove, Mother of Dolors, Fount of tears, Sea of bitterness, Field of tribulation, Mass of suffering, Mirror of patience, Rock of constancy, Remedy in perplexity, Joy of the afflicted, Ark of the desolate, Refuge of the abandoned, Shield of the oppressed, Conqueror of the incredulous, Solace of the wretched, Medicine of the sick,

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

Help of the faint, Strength of the weak, Protectress of those who ﬁght, Haven of the shipwrecked, Calmer of tempests, Companion of the sorrowful, Retreat of those who groan, Terror of the treacherous, Standard-bearer of the Martyrs, Treasure of the Faithful, Light of Confessors, Pearl of Virgins, Comfort of Widows, Joy of all Saints, Queen of thy Servants, Holy Mary, who alone art unexampled

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

V. Pray for us, most Sorrowful Virgin, R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of grief pierced through the most sweet soul of Thy glorious Blessed Virgin Mother Mary: grant that we, who celebrate the memory of her Seven Sorrows, may obtain the happy effect of Thy Passion, Who lives and reigns world without end.

R. Amen.

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STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Opening Prayer

Mary, my Mother, you were the ﬁrst to live the Way of the Cross.

You felt every pain and every humiliation. You were unafraid of the ridicule heaped upon you by the crowds. Your eyes were ever on Jesus and His Pain. Is that the secret of your miraculous strength? How did your loving heart bear such a burden and such a weight? As you watched Him stumble and fall, were you tortured by the memory of all the yesterdays-His birth, His hidden life and His ministry?

You were so desirous of everyone loving Him. What a heartache it was to see so many hate Him - hate with a diabolical fury. Take my hand as I make this Way of the

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Cross. Inspire me with those thoughts that will make me realize how much He loves me. Give me light to apply each station to my daily life and to remember my neighbor's needs in this Way of the Pain. Obtain for me the grace to understand the mystery, the wisdom and the Divine love as I go from scene to scene. Grant that my heart, like yours, may be pierced through by the sight of His sorrow and the misery and that I may determine never to offend Him again. What a price He paid to cover my sins, to open the gates of heaven for me and to ﬁll my soul with His own Spirit . Sweet Mother, let us travel this way together and grant that the love in my poor heart may give you some slight consolation. Amen.

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The First Station: Jesus Is Condemned To Death

My Jesus, the world still has You on trial. It keeps asking who You are and why You make the demands You make. It asks over and over the question, If You are God's Son, why do You permit the world to be in the state it is in? Why are You so silent?

Though the arrogance of the world angers me, I must admit that silently, in the depths of my soul, I too have these questions. Your humility frustrates me and makes me uncomfortable. Your strength before Pilate as You drank deeply from the power of the Father, gives me the answer to

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my question - The Father's Will. The Father permits many sufferings in my life but it is all for my good. If only I too could be silent in the face of worldly prudence - steadfast in the faith when all seems lost - calm when accused unjustly - free from tyranny of human respect - ready to do the Father's Will no matter how difﬁcult.

Silent Jesus, give us all the graces we need to stand tall in the face of the ridicule of the world. Give the poor the strength not to succumb to their privation but to be ever aware of their dignity as sons of God. Grant that we might not bend to the crippling disease of worldly glory but be willing to be deprived of all things rather than lose Your friendship. My Jesus, though we are accused daily of being fools, let the vision of Quiet Dignity standing before Monstrous Injustice, give us all the courage to be Your followers. Amen.

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The Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross

How could any human impose such a burden upon Your torn and bleeding body, Lord Jesus? Each movement of the cross drove the thorns deeper into Your Head. How did You keep the hatred from welling up in Your Heart? How did the injustice of it all not rufﬂe your peace? The Father's Will was hard on You - Why do I complain when it is hard on me? I see injustice and am frustrated and when my plans to alleviate it seems futile, I despair. When I see those burdened with poverty suffer ever more and cross is added to cross my heart is far from serene. I utterly fail to see the dignity of the

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cross as it is carried with love. I would so much rather be without it.

My worldly concept is that suffering, like food, should be shared equally. How ridiculous I am, dear Lord. Just as we do not all need the same amount of material food, neither do we need the same amount of spiritual food and that is what the cross is in my life, isn't it - spiritual food proportional to my needs. Amen.

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The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

My Jesus, it seems to me, that as God, You would have carried Your cross without faltering, but You did not. You fell beneath it's weight to show me You understand when I fall. Is it pride that makes me want to shine even in pain? You were not ashamed to fall- to admit the cross was heavy. There are those in this world whom my pride will not tolerate as I expect everyone to be strong, yet I am weak. I am ashamed to admit failure in anything.

If the Father permits failure in my life just as He permitted You to fall, then I must know there is good in that failure

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which my mind will never comprehend. I must not concentrate on the eyes of others as they rest upon me in my falls. Rather, I must reach up to touch that invisible hand and drink in that invisible strength ever at my side.

Weak Jesus, help all men who try so hard to be good but whose nature is constantly opposed to them walking straight and tall down the narrow road of life. Raise their heads to see the glory that is to come rather than the misery of the present moment.

Your love for me gave You strength to rise from Your fall. Look upon all those whom the world considers unproﬁtable servants and give them the courage to be more concerned as to how they stand before You, rather than their fellowmen. Amen.

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The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afﬂicted Mother

My Jesus, it was a great sorrow to realize Your pain caused Mary so much grief. As Redeemer, You wanted her to share in Your pain for mankind. When You glanced at each other in unutterable suffering, what gave you both the courage to carry on without the least alleviation - without anger at such injustice? It seems as if you desired to suffer every possible pain to give me an example of how to suffer when my time comes. What a humiliation for You when Your mother saw you in such a pitiable state - weak - helpless - at the mercy of sinful men - holiness exposed to evil in all hideousness.

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Did every moment of that short encounter seem like an eternity? As I see so much suffering in the world, there are times I think it is all hopeless. There is an element of lethargy in my prayers for mankind that says "I'll pray, but what good will it do? The sick grow sicker and the hungry starve. " I think of that glance between You and Mary - the glance that said, "Let us give this misery to the Father for the salvation of souls. The Father's power takes our pain and frustration and renews souls, saves them for a new life - a life of eternal joy, eternal happiness. It is worth it all." Give perseverance to the sick so they can carry the cross of frustration and agony with love and resignation for the salvation of others. Amen.

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The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross

My Jesus, Your tormentors enlisted a Simon of Cyrene to help You carry Your cross. Your humility is beyond my comprehension. Your power upheld the whole universe and yet You permit one of Your creatures to help You carry a cross. I imagine Simon was reluctant to take part in Your shame. He had no idea that all who watched and jeered at him would pass into oblivion while his name would go down in history and eternity as the one who helped his God in need. Is it not so with me, dear Jesus? Even when I reluctantly carry my cross as Simon did, it beneﬁts my soul.

If I keep my eyes on You and watch how You suffered, I will

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be able to bear my cross with greater fortitude. Were you trying to tell all those who suffer from prejudice to have courage? Was Simon a symbol of all those who are hated because of race, color and creed?

Simon wondered as he took those beams upon his shoulders, why he was chosen for such a heavy burden and now he knows. Help me Jesus, to trust your loving Providence as you permit suffering to weave itself in and out of my life. Make me understand that You looked at it and held it fondly before You passed it on to me. You watch me and give me strength just as You did Simon. When I enter Your Kingdom, I shall know as he knows, what marvels Your Cross has wrought in my soul. Amen.

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The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

My Jesus, where were all the hundreds of peoples whose bodies and souls were healed by you? Where were they when You needed someone to give You the least sign of comfort? Ingratitude must have borne down upon Your heart and made the cross nearly impossible to carry. There are times I too feel all my efforts for Your Kingdom are futile and end in nothingness. Did your eyes roam through the crowd for the comfort of just one individual - one sign of pity - one sign of grief?

My heart thrills with a sad joy when I think of one woman,

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breaking away from fear and human respect and offeringYou her thin veil to wipe Your bleeding Face. Your loving heart, ever watching for the least sign of love, imprinted the Image of your torn Face upon it! How can You forget Yourself so completely and reward such a small act of kindness?

I must admit, I have been among those who were afraid to know You rather than like Veronica. She did not care if the whole world knew she loved You. Heartbroken Jesus, give me that quality of the soul so necessary to witness to spread Your Word - to tell all people of Your love for them. Send many into Your Vineyard so the people of all nations may receive the Good News. Imprint Your Divine Image upon my soul and let the thin veil of my human nature bear a perfect resemblance to your loving Spirit. Amen.

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The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls A Second Time

My Jesus, one of the beautiful qualities the people admired in You was Your strength in time of ridicule - Your ability to rise above the occasion. But now, You fall a second timeapparently conquered by the pain of the Cross. People who judged You by appearances made a terrible mistake. What looked like weakness was unparalleled strength! I often judge by appearances and how wrong I am most of the time. The world judges entirely by this fraudulent method of discerning. It looks down upon those who apparently have given their best and are now in need. It judges the poor as

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failures, the sick as useless and the aged as a burden. How wrong that kind of judgment is in the light of your second fall! Your greatest moment wasYour weakest one. Your greatest triumph was in failure. Your greatest act of love was in desolation. Your greatest show of power was in that utter lack of strength that threw You to the ground. Weak and powerful Jesus, give me the grace to see beyond what is visible and be more aware of Your Wisdom in the midst of weakness. Give the aged, sick, handicapped, retarded, deaf and blind the fruit of joy so they may ever be aware of the Father's gift and the vast difference between what the world sees and what the Father sees that they may glory in their weakness so the power of God may be manifest. Amen.

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The Eighth Station: Jesus Speaks to the Holy Women

My Jesus, I am amazed at Your compassion for others in Your time of need. When I suffer, I have a tendency to think only of myself but You forgot Yourself completely. When You saw the holy women weeping over Your torments, You consoled them and taught them to look deeper into Your Passion. You wanted them to understand that the real evil to cry over was the rejection You suffered from the Chosen people - a people set apart from every other nation, who refused to accept God's Son.

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be able to take away Your dignity as Son of God, but the evil, greed, jealousy and ambition in the hearts of those who should have recognized You was the issue to grieve over. To be so close to God made man and miss Him completely was the real crime.

My Jesus, I fear I do the same when I strain gnats and then swallow camels - when I take out the splinter in my brother's eye and forget the beam in my own. It is such a gift - this gift of faith. It is such a sublime grace to possess Your own Spirit. Why haven't I advanced in holiness of life? I miss the many disguises you take upon Yourself and see only people, circumstances and human events, not the loving hand of the Father guiding all things. Help all those who are discouraged, sick, lonely and old to recognize Your Presence in their midst.

Amen.

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The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time

My Jesus, even with the help of Simon You fell a third time. Were You telling me that there may be times in my life that I will fall again and again despite the help of friends and loved ones? There are times when the crosses You permit in my life are more than I can bear. It is as if all the sufferings of a life time are suddenly compressed into the present moment and it is more than I can stand.

Though it grieves my heart to see You so weak and helpless, it is a comfort to my soul to know that you understand my sufferings from Your own experience. Your love for me made

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You want to experience every kind of pain just so I could have someone to look to for example and courage. When I cry out from the depths of my soul, "This suffering is more than I can bear," do You whisper, "Yes, I understand"? When I am discouraged after many falls, do you say in my innermost being, "Keep going, I know how hard it is to rise"? There are many people who are sorely tried in body and soul with alcohol and drug weaknesses who try and try and fall again and again. Through the humiliation of this third fall, give them the courage and perseverance to take up their cross and follow you. Amen.

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The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

It seems that every step to Calvary brought You fresh humiliation, my Jesus. How Your sensitive nature recoiled at being stripped before a crowd of people. You desired to leave this life as You entered it - completely detached from all the comforts of this world. You want me to know without a doubt that you loved me with an unselﬁsh love. Your love for me caused You nothing but pain and sorrow. You gave everything and received nothing in return. Why do I ﬁnd it so hard to be detached?

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as You stood there on that windy hill, shivering from cold and shame and trembling from fear, and ask Him to have mercy on those who would violate their purity and make love a mockery? Did you ask forgiveness for those whose greed would make them lie, cheat and steal for a few pieces of cold silver?

Forgive us all, dear Jesus. Look upon the world with pity, for mankind has lost its way and the principles of this world make lust a fun game and luxury a necessity. Detachment has become merely another hardship of the poor and obedience the fault of the weak. Have mercy on us and grant the people of this day the courage to see and know themselves and the light to change. Amen.

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The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

It is hard to imagine a God being nailed to a cross by His own creatures. It is even more difﬁcult for my mind to understand a love that permitted such a thing to happen! As those men drove heavy nails into Your hands and feet, dear Jesus, did You offer the pain as reparation for some particular human weakness and sin? Was the nail in Your right hand for those who spend their lives in dissipation and boredom?

Was the nail in Your left hand in reparation for all consecrated souls who live lukewarm lives? Were You stretching out Your arms to show us how much You love us?

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As the feet that walked the hot, dusty roads were nailed fast, did they cramp up in a deadly grip of pain to make reparation for all those who so nimbly run the broad road of sin and self-indulgence?

It seems, dear Jesus, Your love has held You bound hand and foot as Your heart pleads for a return of love. You seem to shout from the top of the hill "I love you - come to me - see, I am held fast - I cannot hurt you - only you can hurt Me." How very hard is the heart that can see such love and turn away. Is it not true I too have turned away when I did not accept the Father's Will with love? Teach me to keep my arms ever open to love, to forgive and to render service - willing to be hurt rather than hurt, satisﬁed to love and not be loved in return. Amen.

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The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross

God is dead! No wonder the earth quaked, the sun hid itself, the dead rose and Mary stood by in horror. Your human body gave up it's soul in death but Your Divinity, dear Jesus, continued to manifest its power. All creation rebelled as the Word made Flesh departed from this world. Man alone was too proud to see and too stubborn to acknowledge truth. Redemption was accomplished! Man would never have an excuse to forget how much You loved him. The thief on Your right saw something he could not explain - he saw a man on a tree and knew He was God. His need made him see his own

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guilt and Your innocence. The Promise of eternal life made the remaining hours of his torture. endurable. A common thief responded to Your love with deep Faith, Hope, and Love. He saw more than his eyes envisioned - he felt a Presence he could not explain and would not argue with. He was in need and accepted the way God designed to help him.

Forgive our pride, dear Jesus as we spend hours speculating, days arguing and often a lifetime in rejecting Your death, which is a sublime mystery. Have pity on those whose intelligence leads them to pride because they never feel the need to reach out to the Man of Sorrows for consolation.

Amen.

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The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross

My Jesus, it was with deep grief that Mary ﬁnally took You into her arms and saw all the wounds sin had inﬂicted upon You. Mary Magdalene looked upon Your dead Body with horror. Nicodemus, the man so full of human respect, who came to You by night, suddenly received the courage to help Joseph take you down from the Cross. You are once more surrounded by only a few followers. When loneliness and failure cross my path, let me think of this lonely moment and this total failure - failure in the eyes of men. How wrong they were - how mistaken their concept of success! The greatest act

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of love was given in desolation and the most successful mission accomplished and ﬁnished when all seemed lost. Is this not true in my life, dear Jesus? I judge my failures harshly. I demand perfection instead of holiness. My idea of success is for all to end well - according to my liking. Give to all men the grace to see that doing Your Will is more important than success. If failure is permitted for my greater good then teach me how to use it to my advantage. Let me say as You once said, that to do the Will of the Father is my food. Let not the standards of this world take possession of me or destroy the good You have set for me - to be Holy and to accomplish the Father's Will with great love. Let me accept praise or blame, success or failure with equal serenity. Amen.

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The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher

My Jesus, You were laid to rest in a stranger's tomb. You were born with nothing of this world's goods and You died detached from everything. When You came into the world, men slept and angels sang and now as You leave it, Creation is silent and only a few weep. Both events were clothed in obscurity. The majority of men live in such a way. Most of us live and die knowing and known by only a few. Were You trying to tell us, dear Jesus, how very important our lives are just because we are accomplishing the Father's Will? Will we ever learn the lesson of humility that makes us content with

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who we are, where we are and what we are?

Will our Faith ever be strong enough to see power in weakness and good in the sufferings of our lives? Will our Hope be trusting enough to rely on Your Providence even when we have nowhere to lay our head? Will our Love ever be strong enough not to take scandal in the cross? My Jesus, hide my soul in Your heart as You lie in the Sepulcher alone. Let my heart be as a ﬁre to keep you warm. Let my desire to know and love You be like a torch to light up the darkness. Let my soul sing softly a hymn of repentant love as the hours pass and Your Resurrection is at hand. Let me rejoice, dear Jesus, with all the Angels in a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for so great a love- so great a God- so great a day! Amen.

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The Fifteenth Station: Reﬂections on the Way of the Cross

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

O most merciful Jesus, with a contrite heart and penitent spirit, I bow down in profound humility before Thy divine majesty. I adore Thee as my supreme Lord and Master; I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee above all things. I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, my Supreme and Only God. I resolve to amend my life, and although I am unworthy to obtain mercy, yet the sight of Thy holy cross, on

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which Thou didst die, inspires me with hope and consolation. I will, therefore, meditate on Thy sufferings, and visit the stations of Thy Passion in company with Thy sorrowful Mother and my guardian angel, with the intention of promoting Thy honor and saving my soul. I desire to gain all the indulgences granted for this holy exercise for myself and for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. O merciful Redeemer, who has said, “And I, if I be lifted from earth, will draw all things to Myself,” draw my heart and my love to Thee, that I may perform this devotion as perfectly as possible, and that I may live and die in union with Thee. Amen.

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Closing Prayer

My Jesus, my savior, we are now at the end of the Way of the Cross, and your ultimate triumph.

You showed in your great passion, true grace, love and mercy in the face of cruelty and violence.

Help me to embrace and trust my Father’s will as you did. Let me be the face of your peace for others as you taught.

Help me to become fully alive in faith every day in the true Spirit of our God. You, Jesus, are truly my model of undying love.

Because of your painful passion, sorrowful death and ultimate resurrection, you have recreated the world to be one with our God.

In my faith, I pray, remake me to now carry on your love for the unloved, your mercy to those who hurt me, your compassion to those who are without necessity.

Help me to know that I am enough for you, so that I will have the courage to become who you have created and saved me to be in this life. Help me to begin to fulﬁll your plan for the Kingdom of God here today.

Allow me to be your witness until this earthly life is ﬁnished, when I am completely with you again. Let me always show less of me, and more of you.

Praise be always for the greater honor and glory of God. Amen.

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Let us all stand composed with awe and reverence, let us implore and say: Lord have mercy on us.

Response: Lord have mercy on us.

O, Father of mercies and God of all consolation, we implore you.

Our saviour, our caretaker and Provider for all, we implore you.

For the peace, concord and well-being of the whole world and of all churches, we implore you.

For the well-being of our country and all countries, and for the protection of all the faithful who inhabit them, we implore you.

For good weather, a fertile season, the abundance of fruits and the reconciliation of the whole world, we implore you.

For the health of our holy fathers: Mar…our high pontiff, the pope of Rome, Mar…. our Catholicos-Patriarch, Saint…our

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bishop, and for all those in the same priestly service, we implore you

O Merciful God, who through his mercy provides for all, we implore you.

O Rich in his mercies and overﬂowing in his compassion, we implore you.

O Kind one in his nature who is the giver of all good things, we implore you.

O one who is gloriﬁed in heaven and worshipped on earth, we implore you.

O one who has immortal nature, and dwells in the bright light, we implore you.

Save us all O Christ our Lord, in your grace, increase your peace and tranquillity within us and have mercy on us. Amen.

Let us pray:

Peace be with us. Let us pray and plead from God the Lord of all. Amen.

That he may hear the sound of our prayer, accept our pleading and have mercy on us.

For the Holy Catholic Church, here and in every land, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

That his peace and serenity may dwell in her until the end of time.

For our fathers the bishops, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

That they may stand at the head of their churches without guilt or fault all the days of their lives.

Especially for the health of our holy fathers, Mar …, our High Pontiff, the Pope of Rome, Mar ..., our Catholicos-Patriarch,

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Saint ..., our Bishop, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all...

that he may protect and uphold them at the head of their churches, and that they may shepherd and serve them, and prepare a perfect people that is zealous in good and noble works.

For priests and deacons, servants of the truth, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

that they may serve before him with a good heart and pure intention.

For the pure and holy rank of monks and sisters in our holy Catholic Church, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all...

that they may complete the good race of their sanctiﬁcation, and accept the hope and promise of the land of the living from the Lord.

For this land and its inhabitants, for this city and those who dwell in it, and especially for our assembly, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

that he may spare us in his grace of war and captivity, earthquake and famine, plague and all evil afﬂictions hostile to the body.

For those who have strayed from this true faith, and are captive to the snares of satan, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

that he may convert their hardness of heart, and that they may confess the one God, the Father of Truth and his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. For those sick with serious diseases and tempted by evil spirits, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

that he may send them an angel of mercy and healing to heal,

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aid and comfort them in his great grace and his mercies.

For the poor and the oppressed, for orphans and widows, for the downtrodden and weak, for the distressed in spirit throughout this world, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all…

that the Lord may guide them in his grace, grant them comfort by his mercy, and save them from the unjust. Pray and plead from God the Lord of all, that you may become for him a kingdom - priests, a holy people. Cry out to the Lord God Almighty with all your heart and all your soul, for he is God, the merciful, compassionate and benevolent Father, who does not wish the destruction of his creature, but rather its repentance toward him, and its life in his presence. It is especially ﬁtting that we pray, thank, adore, glorify, honour, and exalt the one God, the adorable Father, the Lord of all, who has accomplished the great hope and the salvation of our souls through his Christ, that he may complete his grace, his mercy and his compassion in us until the end. Amen.

In pleading and supplication, we ask for an angel of peace and mercies, from you, O Lord.

Day and night, all the days of our lives, for constant peace in your Church, and life without sin, we ask...

from you, O Lord.

For the harmony of love and perfect unity in the accord of the Holy Spirit, we ask...

From you, O Lord.

For the forgiveness of sins that cleanses our hearts and pleases your Divinity, we ask...

From you, O Lord.

For the mercies of the Lord and his pity, constantly and at all times, we ask...from you, O Lord.

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CHAPTER SEVEN MARIAN PRAYERS

The Angelus

The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

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 our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

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Hail Mary . . .

And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God:

R. 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.

Regina Coeli

(During Easter season, from Easter through the Saturday before Pentecost Sunday, the prayer “Regina Coeli Laetare"is recited in place of the Angelus)

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

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Let us pray:

O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

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How to pray the Rosary

(A step-by-step guide)

Here's How:

1. MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

• The Sign of the Cross

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

2. RECITE THE APOSTLES' CREED

On the cruciﬁx, recite The Apostles' Creed.

THE APOSTLES' CREED

Modern English Version (From the Book of Common Prayer 1928)

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

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I believe 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; On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and 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 the life everlasting. Amen.

3. PRAY THE OUR FATHER

On the ﬁrst bead after the cruciﬁx, recite The 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. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

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4. PRAY THE HAIL MARY THREE TIMES

On the next three beads, recite The 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 our death. Amen.

5. PRAY THE GLORY BE

• Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

6. ANNOUNCE THE FIRST MYSTERY OF THE ROSARY

Announce the appropriate Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, or Luminous mystery for that decade of the rosary.

7. PRAY THE OUR FATHER

On the single bead, pray The Our Father.

8. PRAY THE HAIL MARY TEN TIMES

On the next ten beads, pray The Hail Mary.

9. OPTIONAL: PRAY THE GLORY BE

10. OPTIONAL: PRAY THE FATIMA PRAYER

The Fatima Prayer was given to the three shepherd children at Fatima by Our Lady, who asked that they recite it at the end of each decade of the rosary.

“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the ﬁres of

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hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.”

11. REPEAT STEPS 5-9 FOR THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH DECADES

12. OPTIONAL: PRAY THE HAIL HOLY QUEEN

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.

13. OPTIONAL: PRAY FOR THE INTENTIONS OF THE HOLY FATHER

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be for the intentions of the Holy Father.

14. CONCLUDE WITH THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

• The Sign of the Cross

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

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Rosary Prayer

O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation. Grant, we beseech Thee, that while meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

R. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.

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Joyful

(Recited on Monday, Sunday from Lent until Advent)

The First Joyful Mystery of the Rosary: The Annunciation

The First Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Annunciation of the Lord, when the angel Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen by God to bear His Son. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Annunciation is humility.

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The Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation

The Second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Visitation, when the Virgin Mary, having learned from the angel Gabriel that her cousin Elizabeth was also with child, rushed to her side. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Visitation is love of neighbor.

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The Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity

The Third Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, more often known as Christmas. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Nativity is poverty of spirit, the ﬁrst of the eight Beatitudes.

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The Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation in the Temple

The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Presentation in the Temple, which we celebrate on February 2 as the Presentation of the Lord or Candlemas. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Presentation is purity of mind and body.

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The Fifth Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple

The Fifth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Finding in the Temple, when, after a trip to Jerusalem, Mary and Joseph could not ﬁnd the young Jesus. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Finding in the Temple is obedience.

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Luminous Mysteries

(was introduced by Pope John Paul II in 2002 as an optional devotion and He recommended to leave Thursday open for meditation on Luminous Mysteries)

The First Luminous Mystery: THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

John is baptizing in the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance. "I am the voice of one crying in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord.” "One mightier than I is coming after me.” I have baptized you with water, He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Seeing Jesus, John exclaims: "Behold the Lamb of God.” Against protests of his unworthiness, John baptizes Jesus in the Jordan. After Jesus' baptism a voice from Heaven: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” The Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a dove. In this heavenly manifestation is instituted the sacrament of baptism. The divine Trinity is manifested: the voice of the Father is heard as the Spirit descends upon the Son.

Spiritual Fruit: Gratitude for the gift of Faith

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The Second Luminous Mystery: THE WEDDING OF CANA

Jesus, His Mother and disciples were invited to a wedding in Cana. During the wedding feast the wine ran short. Mary turned to Jesus: "They have no wine.” Jesus replied: "What would you have Me do? My hour has not yet come.” Mary said to the waiters: "Do whatever He tells you.” There were six stone water jars, each holding fifteen to twenty gallons. Jesus bids the waiters to fill the jars with water, and then draw some out and take it to the chief steward. The chief steward said to the groom: "Every man serves the good wine first... but you have saved the good wine until now.” At Mary's request, Jesus worked His first miracle. By His presence, Christian marriage was raised to the dignity of a Sacrament.

Spiritual Fruit: Fidelity

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The Third Luminous Mystery: THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM

"Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” "My kingdom is not of this world.” "Unless a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.”

"Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter into it.” "I have come to call sinners, not the just.” "Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you.” "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisﬁed.” "Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church... I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven."

Spiritual Fruit: Desire for Holiness

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The Fourth Luminous Mystery: THE TRANSFIGURATION

Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain to pray. Jesus was transfigured before them. "His face became as dazzling as the sun, his clothes as radiant as light.” This was to fortify their faith to withstand the coming tragedy of the Passion. Jesus foresaw the 'scandal of the cross,' and prepared them for it by this manifestation of His glory. Moses and Elias (representing the Law and the prophets of the Old Testament) were conversing with Jesus about His Passion. "Do not think I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets... but to fulfil them.” From a cloud came a voice: "This is my beloved Son, listen to Him.” Jesus admonishes them not to tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man rises from the dead. We too will behold the transfigured Jesus on the Last Day.

Spiritual Fruit: Spiritual Courage

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The Fifth Luminous Mystery: THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST

I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. Jesus took bread, blessed it: "Take and eat, this is My Body.” Taking the wine: "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you.” At that eucharistic meal, Jesus celebrated the first Mass. At every Mass, the sacrifice of Calvary is made present. At the Last Supper Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist to perpetuate this sacrifice. "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.” The Eucharist is a sacrifice inasmuch as it is offered up, and a sacrament inasmuch as it is received. In the Mass, we offer ourselves to God, and God gives himself to us. The Mass will be fruitful in the measure of our surrender to the Father.

Spiritual Fruit: Love of our Eucharistic Lord

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Sorrowful Mysteries

(Recited on Tuesday, Friday, during Lent)

The First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

The First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Agony in the Garden, when Christ, having celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples on Holy Thursday, goes to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray and to prepare for His Sacriﬁce on Good Friday. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Agony in the Garden is acceptance of God's Will.

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The Second Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar

The Second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Scourging at the Pillar when Pilate orders our Lord to be whipped in preparation for His Cruciﬁxion. The spiritual fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Scourging at the Pillar is mortiﬁcation of the senses.

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The Third Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning With Thorns

The Third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Crowning With Thorns, when Pilate, having reluctantly decided to proceed with Christ's Cruciﬁxion, allows his men to humiliate the Lord of the Universe. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Crowning With Thorns is contempt of the world.

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The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: The Way of the Cross

The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Way of the Cross when Christ walks the streets of Jerusalem on His way to Calvary. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Way of the Cross is patience.

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The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The Cruciﬁxion

The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Cruciﬁxion, when Christ died on the Cross for the sins of all mankind. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Cruciﬁxion is forgiveness.

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Glorious Mysteries

(Recited on Wednesday, Saturday, from Easter until Advent)

The First Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection

The First Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Resurrection, when Christ, on Easter Sunday, rose from the dead as He had claimed He would. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Resurrection is the theological virtue of faith.

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The Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension

The Second Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Ascension of Our Lord, when, 40 days after His Resurrection, Christ returned to His Heavenly Father. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Ascension is the theological virtue of hope.

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The Third Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Third Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, ten days after the Ascension. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit is the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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The Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary: The Assumption

The Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when, at the end of her earthly life, the Mother of God was received, body and soul, into Heaven. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Assumption is the grace of a happy death.

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The Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation

The Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Coronation is ﬁnal perseverance.

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Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Lord, Lord, Lord, God the Father of Heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, Holy Mary, Holy Mother of God Most honored of Virgins, Mother of Christ Mother of the Church,

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

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Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure, Mother of chaste love, Mother and virgin Sinless, Mother Dearest of mothers Model of motherhood, Mother of good counsel, Mother of our Creator, Mother of our Savior, Virgin most wise, Virgin rightly praised, Virgin rightly renowned, Virgin most powerful, Virgin gentle in mercy Faithful, Virgin Mirror of Justice, Throne of Wisdom Cause of our Joy, Shrine of the Spirit, Glory of Israel, Vessel of selﬂess, devotion Mystical Rose, Tower of David, Tower of Ivory, House of Gold, Ark of the Covenant, Gate of Heaven, Morning Star, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comfort of the troubled Help of Christians, Queen of angels, Queen of patriarchs and prophets, Queen of apostles and martyrs,

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

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Queen of confessors and virgins, Queen of all saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into heaven, Queen of the rosary, Queen of families, Queen of peace,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord! Have mercy on us.

Pray for us, holy Mother of God: R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Loving God, you are our creator and the benevolent giver of life, give to your people health in mind and body.

Through the intercession of the Virgin Mary free us from the sorrows of this life and lead us to happiness in the life to come. Grant this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, one God, for ever and ever.

R. Amen.

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Pray for us, Holy Mother of God

R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Loving God, you are our creator and the benevolent giver of life,give to your people health in mind and body. Through the intercession of the Virgin Mary free us from the sorrows of this life and lead us to happiness in the life to come. Grant this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, one God, for ever and ever.

R. Amen.

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The AL- Sahrana (vigilant) Prayer

Open the door of compassion to us, O blessed mother of God, for we rely on you and are not disappointed. Through you we are protected from all misfortune, because you are the help of Christians. Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we depend on you. Do not be angry with us, and do not recall our sins. Rather, deliver us from our enemies, because you are our God, and we are your people made by your hands and called by your Name.

Halleluyah, Halleluyah, Halleluyah

O Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy.

O Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy, O Lord.

O Lord, help us, help us.

O Lord, help us, help us, O Lord.

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O Lord, forgive us.

O Lord, forgive us, forgive us, O Lord. The Angel Gabriel has come to you, O immaculate girl, to reveal to you the secret before the ages, and he greeted you, saying thus: Rejoice, O land that is not yet planted; rejoice, O unburned bush; rejoice, O unsearchable depth; rejoice, O bridge, transporter to the heavens; rejoice, O ladder that Jacob saw; rejoice, O container of the divine Manna; rejoice, O eraser of damnation; rejoice, O renewal of Adam: the Lord is with you.

Hymn

Aid us during this age of misfortune. Comfort the broken hearted, O healer and mighty consoler.

Conclusion

To you is due all praise , O blessed Mother , who gave birth to the divine Word , whose holiness surpasses all the saints , Accept now this devotional prayer , and save all believers from all calamities , and save those crying to you from punishment: O gate of mercy , O treasure of all grace , who does not reject the petition of those who take refuge in her , O Our Lady Virgin , We plead to your sanctity and your righteousness , to succor our weakness , heal our diseases , meet our needs , sanctify our souls , purify our consciences , cleanse our habits , free our captivity, straighten our ways , conﬁrm our feet , repay our debts , erase our sins , strengthen our weakness , empower our words , support our elders , uphold our youth , educate our children , protect the living

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and return the stray , show mercy to sinners , ask forgiveness for all sinners. Your intercession and transcendent purity protect chaste men and women , have mercy on the lost , and our beloved deceased , return us from the oppression of the unjust , remove far from us the evil of the wicked tyrant , save us from unmerciful nations , protect your Church and all her children, and watch your Christian people who are dependent on you and take refuge in you , stop the aggression of the oppressors. On behalf of everyone who offered you this devotional prayer, while standing before your honorable, noble, holy icon , Accept O compassionate Virgin, , their requests and prayers at all times , and the wall of your tender mercies protect them , and your Holy protection guard them , to be among the victorious , and save them from the evil of visible and invisible enemies , and guard us your unworthy servants , priests and deacons , with the assembly present here / crying out to you saying:

Blessed are you, O ﬁrstborn Mary, Blessed are you by mouth and mind; We take pride in your name, in every time and age.

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Salat Al-Sahrana

Iftahhee lana babal tahhannun, ya walidat Allah

al-mubaraka, li-annana bittikalina ‘alaykee ma nakheeb.

Bikee nakhlus min kulleel mihhan. Li-annakee antee khalass

jynsil masyhheyeen. Irhhamna ya Rab Irhhamna. Li-annana

‘alyka itakalna. Fala taskhat ‘alayna. Wa-la tadhkur

athamana. Lakin khallissna min a’daiyna. Li-annaka anta

huwa iylahuna. Wa-nahhnu sha’baka. Wa-kafatana Ssin’at

yadayka wa-bismika nud’a.

Halleluya, Halleluya, Halleluya

Ya Rab Iyrhhamna Iyrhhamna, Ya Rab Iyrhhamna

Iyrhhamna, Ya Rab.

Ya Rab Sa’iydna saiydna, Ya Rab Sa’iydna saiydna, Ya Rab.

Ya Rab Samiyhhna, samiyhhna, Ya Rab Samiyhhna, samiyhhna, Ya Rab.

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Iynna Jebraeel qad hhaddara iylaykee, ayyatuhal fatatil

naqiyya, ly-yakshif lakee al sirril maknoon qablal dihoor, fasallama ‘alaykee qaa’ilan:

Ifrahhee ya arddan ghaiyr mabdhura, ifrahhee ya ‘awsaja ghaiyr muhtaraqa, ifrahhee ya ‘umqan ya’siru n-naddar ilayhee, ifrahhee ya jisran naqillan illal samawaat, ifrahee

ay-yatuhal sillam al ‘aliy-ya al-latee shahadaha ya’coub, ifrahee ya jarrail mannil ilaheeya, ifrahhee ya muzeelatil la’na,ifrahhee ya mujad-didat Adam ar-Rabbu ma’akee.

Tarneema

‘eeneena fee ‘asril assir ‘ala massaibil dahir

Sallee dha qalbil munkasir ya jabiyra ya mujbiyra

Khatima

Ya dhat kullil tasbeehh, ayatuhaa ummul mubaraka, al-latee

waladatil kalimal ilahiyya, al-ladhee bi-qadasatihee yafuqu

kullil qideeseen. Iqbalil aan hadhihil Sahrana, wa naj-jey kafatil mu’mineen minal massaib, wan-qadhee minal ‘iqubal

mufzi’a al ssarikheena ilyakee:

Ya babal rahhma, ya kanza kullee ni’ma, ya man la tarud

sa-ileeha wa la tukheeb qassideeha, ya say-yidatinal ‘adhra’, innana natawas-sal iyla qudsikee wa ssalahikee, ann tu’iynee ddu’fana, ishfee marddana, sid-dee ‘awzana, qaddisee

nifusana, naqee ddamairana, ttah-hiree hharakatana,ﬁkee asrana, qawimee subulana, thabitee aqdamana, aufee

diyunana, imhee awzarana, shid-dee azrana, qaweh

haqaratana, isnidee shiyukhana, I’ddidee shababana, rabeh

attfalana, ihhfaddil

hhaddireen wa rid-dee bilsalamal

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gha’iybeen, ta’attaee ‘alal dhaleeleen, istamid-dil ghufran lily khatti-een, shafa’atiykee wa-ttaharatiykil samiy-ya tastur al-rijal wal nisa-al ‘afeefeen, irhhamil mafqudeen, amwatanal raqideen, rid-dee ‘an-na juril ddalimeen, wa-dfa’ee ‘an-na sharral ashraril ‘aneedeen, wa khallissina minal aqwam ghaiyril rahhumeen, wa-ssunee bai’atikee wa awladiha ajma’een, wa-hhrisee sha’bakil maseehee al-ladhee huwa ‘alaiykee ut-takil wa bikee musta’een, kifee abssaril ddalimeen, ‘an kul man qad-dama ilaiykee hadhihil sahrana, wahwa waqif amama aiyqunatikil muqad-dasal shareefal samiya, iqbalee ya ‘adhraa ya hhanuna, talabatihim wa ssalawatihim fee kully hheen, wa sur marahhimikee yahhmeehim, Wa sit-rikil aqdass yasturhum, ly-yakunu minal manssureen, wa khallisseehim min sharril a’daa-il manddureen wa hgaiyril manddureen, wa-hhresseena nahhnul dhaleeleeyn, kahana wa shamamisa, ma’a jamhooril hhaddireen, al sarikheena ilaiykee qa’iyleen:

Ttubaakee maryamil bikir, ttubaakee bil fame wal ﬁkir Nahhnu bis-mikee naftakhir kul zaman wa dahir.

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The Magniﬁcat

Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)

"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has ﬁlled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever."

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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who ﬂed to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this conﬁdence, I ﬂy unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Memorare

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Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Virgin Mary

O most blessed and sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, ﬁlled with all tenderness, Daughter of the most high King, Lady of the Angels, Mother of all the faithful, On this day and all the days of my life, I entrust to your merciful heart my body and my soul, all my acts, thoughts, choices, desires, words, deeds, my entire life and death, So that, with your assistance, all may be ordered to the good according to the will of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

From your beloved Son. request for me the grace to resist ﬁrmly the temptations of the world, the ﬂesh and the devil. My most holy Lady,

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I also beseech you to obtain for me true obedience and true humility of heart

So that I may recognize myself truly as a sinner--wretched and weak-and powerless, without the grace and help of my Creator and without your holy prayers. Obtain for me as well, O most sweet Lady, true charity with which from the depths of my heart

I may love your most holy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and, after Him, love you above all other things. Grant, O Queen of Heaven, that ever in my heart I may have fear and love alike for your most sweet Son.

I pray also that, at the end of my life, you, Mother without compare, Gate of Heaven and Advocate of sinners. will protect me with your great piety and mercy. and obtain for me, through the blessed and glorious Passion of your Son

and through your own intercession, received in hope, the forgiveness of all my sins. When I die in your love and His love, may you direct me into the way of salvation and blessedness. Amen.

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Consecration to Mary

O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thine Immaculate Heart.

We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To thee we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls; to thee we give our homes, our families, our country.

We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee, and may share in the beneﬁts of thy motherly benediction. And that this act of consecration may be truly

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efﬁcacious and lasting, we renew this day at thy feet the promises of our Baptism and our ﬁrst Holy Communion.

We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's Day.

We likewise pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the Christian religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an integral part of our lives, in so far as we shall be able so to do.

Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to devote ourselves whole-heartedly to the service of thy blessed cult, in order to hasten and assure, through the sovereignty of thine Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thine adorable Son, in our own hearts and in those of all men, in our country and in all the world, as in heaven. So on earth. Amen.

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Prayer of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people, I consecrate myself to your Immaculate Heart, and recommend to you my family, my country, and the whole human race. Please accept my consecration, dearest Mother, and use me as you wish, to accomplish your designs upon the world. O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth, rule over me, and teach me how to allow the Heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me, as it has

and triumphed in you. Amen.

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Litany to Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.

Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.

Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.

Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.

Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who conﬁde in thee.

Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.

Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.

Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.

Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.

Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask of thee.

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Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.

Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our erring brothers.

Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.

Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offenses.

Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.

Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.R. Amen.

Let us pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need. Through Christ our Lord.

R: Amen.

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Prayer of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Father,

The image of the Virgin is found in your Church.

Mary had a faith that your Spirit prepared a love that never knew sin, for you kept her sinless from the ﬁrst moment of her conception.

Trace in our actions the lines of her love, in our hearts her readiness of faith.

Prepare once again a world for your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

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The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By St. Bonaventure

PSALM 1

Blessed is the man, O Virgin Mary, who loves thy name; thy grace will comfort his soul.

He will be refreshed as by fountains of water; thou wilt produce in him the fruit of justice.

Blessed art thou among women; by the faith of thy holy heart. By the beauty of thy body thou surpassest all women; by the excellence of thy sanctity thou surpassest all angels and archangels.

Thy mercy and thy grace are preached everywhere; God has blessed the works of thy hands.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

PSALM 2

Why have our enemies raged and our adversaries devised vain things?

May thy right hand protect us, O Mother of God: as a line of battle terrible in aspect, confounding and destroying them.

Come ye to her, all who labor and are in trouble: and she will give refreshment to your souls.

Draw nigh to her in your temptations: and the serenity of her countenance will bring you peace and conﬁdence.

Bless her with your whole heart: for the earth is full of her mercy.

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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

PSALM

3

O Lady, why are they multiplied who afﬂict me? By thy might thou shalt follow them and scatter them.

Loose the bands of our impiety: take away the burden of our sins. Have mercy on me, O Lady, and heal my sickness: take away the grief and anguish of my heart.

Deliver me not into the hands of my enemies: and in the day of my death strengthen thou my soul.

Lead me into the harbor of salvation: and give up for me my spirit to my Maker and Creator.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

PSALM

4

When I called upon thee, thou didst hear me, O Lady: and from thy throne on high thou hast deigned to be mindful of me.

From the roaring of the wild beasts prepared to devour me: and from the hands of them that sought me, thy grace will deliver me.

For thy mercy is kind and thy heart loving: towards all who invoke thy holy name. Blessed art thou, O Lady, forever: and thy majesty for evermore.

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Glorify her, all ye nations in your strength: and all ye peoples of the earth, extol her magniﬁcence.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

PSALM 5

Incline thine ear, O Lady, to hear my prayers: and turn not away from me the beauty of thy face.

Turn our mourning into rejoicing: and our tribulation into joy. May our enemies fall down at our feet: by thy power may their heads be crushed.

Let every tongue praise thee: and let all ﬂesh bless thy holy name.

For thy spirit is sweet above honey: and thy inheritance above the honey and the honeycomb.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.In me is all grace of the way and of the truth; in me is all hope of life and of virtue.Come to me all that desire me and be ﬁlled with my fruits (Sirach 24:24-26).

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Grace, Hope of the world.

R. Hear us, your children, who cry to you

Let us pray:

O God, who by the marvelous protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary has strengthened us ﬁrmly in hope, grant we beseech You, that by persevering in prayer at her admonition, we may obtain the favors we devoutly implore.Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

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Prayer to Our Lady of Hope

O Mary, my Mother, I kneel before you with heavy heart. The burden of my sins oppresses me.The knowledge of my weakness discourages me.I am beset by fears and temptations of every sort.Yet I am so attached to the things of this world that instead of longing for Heaven I am ﬁlled with dread at the thought of death.

O Mother of Mercy, have pity on me in my distress.You are all-powerful with your Divine Son.He can refuse no request of your Immaculate Heart.Show yourself a true Mother to me by being my advocate before His throne. O Refuge of Sinners and Hope of the Hopeless, to whom shall I turn if not you? Obtain for me, then, O Mother of Hope, the grace of true sorrow for my sins, the gift of perfect resignation to God's Holy Will, and the courage to take up my cross and follow Jesus.Beg of His Sacred Heart the special favor that I ask in this novena.

(Silently mention your request)

But above all I pray, O dearest Mother, that through your most powerful intercession my heart may be ﬁlled with Holy Hope, so that in life's darkest hour I may never fail to trust in God my Savior, but by walking in the way of His commandments I may merit to be united with Him, and with you in the eternal joys of Heaven. Amen.

Mary, our Hope, have pity on us.

R. Hope of the Hopeless, pray for us.

“Hail Mary”

(three times)

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Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians

Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help.

If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me?

Grant then to me, I implore you, your perpetual help in all my necessities, in every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations.

I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering. Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners.

Grant through your intercessions many vocations to the religious life.

Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Christians, that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven. Amen.

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CHAPTER EIGHT NOVENA PRAYERS

Divine Mercy Novena

Authored By: Blessed Faustina

As revealed by Our Lord to Blessed Faustina Kowalska

Jesus further asked that this Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. He gave her an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena, saving for the last day the most difﬁcult intention of all, the lukewarm and indifferent of whom He said:

These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the

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Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.' The last hope of salvation for them is to ﬂee to My Mercy.

In her diary, Faustina wrote that Jesus told her:

“On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy . On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls.”

The different souls prayed for on each day of the novena are:

DAY 1 - All mankind, especially sinners

DAY 2 - The souls of priests and religious

DAY 3 - All devout and faithful souls

DAY 4 - Those who do not believe in Jesus and those who do not yet know Him

DAY 5 - The souls of separated brethren

DAY 6 - The meek and humble souls and the souls of children

DAY 7 - The souls who especially venerate and glorify Jesus' mercy

DAY 8 - The souls who are detained in purgatory; and

DAY 9 - The souls who have become lukewarm.

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The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed.

2. Then on the Our Father Beads say the following: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

3. On the 10 Hail Mary Beads say the following:

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

(Repeat step 2 and 3 for all ﬁve decades).

4. Conclude with (three times):

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

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Prayer to Saint Bernadette

St. Bernadette, pure and simple child, you who were privileged to behold the beauty of Mary Immaculate and to be the recipient of her conﬁdence eighteen times at Lourdes; you who did desire from then on to hide yourself in the cloister of Nevers and there live and die as a victim of sinners, obtain for us that spirit of purity, which will lead us also to the glorious vision of God and of Mary in Heaven. Amen.

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Prayer of Basil of Caesarea

O Lord our God, we beseech you, to ask for the gift we need. Steer the ship of our life to yourself, the quiet harbour of all storm-stressed souls.

Show us the course which we are to take. Renew in us the spirit of docility. Let your Spirit curb our ﬁckleness; guide and strengthen us to perform what is for our own good, to keep your commandments and ever to rejoice in your glorious and vivifying presence.

Yours is the glory and praise for all eternity. Amen.

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Litany to St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us,

God the Father of Heaven,

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

God the Holy Spirit,

Holy Trinity, One God,

Holy Mary, Our Lady of Victory, Saint Therese, servant of God, Saint Therese, victim of the merciful love of God,

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

have mercy on us.

have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

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Saint Therese, spouse of Jesus, Saint Therese, gift of Heaven, Saint Therese, remarkable in childhood, Saint Therese, an example of obedience, Saint Therese, lover of the will of God, Saint Therese, lover of peace, Saint Therese, lover of patience, Saint Therese, lover of gentleness, Saint Therese, heroic in sacriﬁce, Saint Therese, generous in forgiving, Saint Therese, benefactress of the needy, Saint Therese, lover of Jesus, Saint Therese, devoted to the Holy Face, Saint Therese, consumed with divine love of God,

Saint Therese, advocate of extreme cases, Saint Therese, persevering in prayer, Saint Therese, a powerful advocate with God,

Saint Therese, showering roses, Saint Therese, doing good upon earth, Saint Therese, answering all prayers, Saint Therese, lover of holy chastity, Saint Therese, lover of voluntary poverty, Saint Therese, lover of obedience, Saint Therese, burning with zeal for God’s glory, Saint Therese, inﬂamed with the Spirit of Love, Saint Therese, child of benediction, Saint Therese, perfect in simplicity, Saint Therese, so remarkable for trust in God, 202

Saint Therese, gifted with unusual intelligence, Saint Therese, never invoked without some answer, Saint Therese, teaching us the sure way, Saint Therese, victim of Divine Love,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord!

Have mercy on us.

V. Saint Therese, the little Flower of Jesus, R. Pray for us.

Let us pray:

O God, Who inﬂamed with Thy Spirit of Love the soul of Thy servant Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we may also love Thee and may make Thee much loved.

R. Amen.

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A Prayer to Saint Anne, Mother of Mary

With my heart full of the most sincere venerations, I prostrate myself before thee, O glorious Saint Anne. Thou art that creature of privilege and predilection, who by thy extraordinary virtues and holiness didst merit from God the high favour of giving life to her who is the Treasury of all graces, blessed among women, the Mother of the Word Incarnate, the holiest Virgin Mary. By virtue of so lofty a privilege, do thou deign, O most compassionate saint, to receive me into the number of thy true family, for so I profess myself and so I desire to remain throughout my entire life. Shield me with thine effectual patronage and obtain for me from God the power to imitate those virtues wherewith thou wast so plentifully adorned. Grant that I may know and weep over my sins in the bitterness of heart. Obtain for me the

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grace of most active love for Jesus and Mary, and resolution to fulﬁl the duties of my state of life with faithfulness and constancy. Save me from every danger that confronts me in life, and help me at the hour of death, so that I may come in safety to paradise, there to sing with thee, O most happy mother, the praises of the Word of God made Man in the mother of thy most pure daughter, the Virgin Mary. Amen.

“Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be” (three times)

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Prayer in Honor of Saint Anne

O Glorious St. Anne, you are compassionate toward those in need who invoke your heavenly intercession. Burdened with life’s difﬁculties, I place myself before you, and ask that you assist me with the petitions and intentions I now recommend to your special protection.

(Silently mention your request)

Place my concerns before Our Lord Jesus Christ, and seek the loving aid of your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please continue interceding for me until my requests are granted.

Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day seeing Almighty God face to face, with you and Mary and all the saints, honoring and praising God through all eternity.

Pray for us, good St. Anne. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Gracious God, who chose St. Anne to bring into the world the mother of Your only Son. Mercifully grant to us who devoutly honor her memory, the grace of happiness in this life, and the joy of life with You for all eternity. Amen.

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Grandparent’s Prayer to Saint Anne

O Good Saint Anne, help me to recognize the great dignity of being a grandparent. Direct my paths to understand and experience all the graces God wishes for me in this vital role within my family.

When all is well, grant that I may fully share in the joys and accomplishments of all my loved ones. When life is difﬁcult, lead me to be a source of encouragement, support and hope for everyone. During times of illness and suffering, give me the strength to guide my family to ﬁrmly trust in God’s loving care and kindness.

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As you did, Saint Anne, help me to know and practice all the ways God wishes for me to be an encouraging presence of faith, charity and unity within my family. Watch over and protect me, my children and my grandchildren. Inspire us to lead good and virtuous lives.

Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary, I ask for God’s continued blessings on my family, that dedicated to God’s service on earth, all the members of my family may one day share together in the eternal happiness of God’s unending love in Heaven. Amen.

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Prayer to St. Rita

O Holy Patroness of those in need, St. Rita, whose pleadings before thy Divine Lord are almost irresistible, who for thy lavishness in granting favours hast been called the Advocate of the Hopeless and even of the Impossible; St. Rita, so humble, so pure, so mortified, so patient and of such compassionate love for thy Crucified Jesus that thou couldst obtain from Him whatsoever thou askest, on account of which all confidently have recourse to thee expecting, if not always a relief, at least comfort; be propitious to our petition, showing thy power with God on behalf of thy suppliant; be lavish to us, as thou hast been in so many wonderful cases, for the greater glory of God, for the spreading of thine own devotion, and for the consolation of those who trust in thee.

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We promise, if our petition is granted, to glorify thee by making known thy favor, to bless and sing thy praises forever. Relying then upon thy merits and power before the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray thee grant that (Silently mention your request).

By the singular merits of thy childhood, Obtain for us our request.

By thy perfect union with the Divine Will, Obtain for us our request.

By thy heroic sufferings during thy married life, Obtain for us our request.

By the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of thy husband, Obtain for us our request.

By the sacriﬁce of thy children rather than see them grievously offend God, Obtain for us our request.

By the miraculous entrance into the convent, Obtain for us our request.

By thy severe penances and thrice daily bloody scourging, Obtain for us our request.

By the suffering caused by the wound thou didst receive from the thorn of thy Cruciﬁed Savior, Obtain for us our request.

By the Divine love which consumed thy heart, Obtain for us our request.

By that remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Obtain for us our request.

On which alone thou didst exist for four years, Obtain for us our request.

By the happiness with which thou didst part from thy trials to join thy Divine Spouse, Obtain for us our request.

By the perfect example thou gave to people of every state of life.

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V. Pray for us, O holy St. Rita:

R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who in Thine inﬁnite tenderness hast vouchsafed to regard the prayer of Thy servant, Blessed Rita, and dost grant to her supplication that which is impossible to human foresight, skill and efforts, in reward of her compassionate love and ﬁrm reliance on Thy promise, have pity on our adversity and succor us in our calamities, that the unbeliever may know Thou art the recompense of the humble, the defense of the helpless, and the strength of those who trust in Thee, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

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Novena to St. Rita

O holy protectress of those who art in greatest need, thou who shined as a star of hope in the midst of darkness, blessed Saint Rita, bright mirror of God’s grace, in patience and fortitude thou art a model of all the states in life.

I unite my will with the will of God through the merits of my Savior Jesus Christ, and in particular through his patient wearing of the crown of thorns, which with tender devotion thou didst daily contemplate. Through the merits of the holy Virgin Mary and thine own graces and virtues, I ask thee to obtain my earnest petition, provided it be for the greater glory of God and my own sanctiﬁcation.

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Guide and purify my intention, O holy protectress and advocate, so that I may obtain the pardon of all my sins and the grace to persevere daily, as thou didst in walking with courage, generosity, and ﬁdelity down the path of life. (Silently mention your request).

V. Saint Rita, advocate of the impossible:

R. pray for us.

V. Saint Rita, advocate of the helpless:

R. pray for us.

“Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be” (three times)

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Prayer to St. Rita in Special Need

O powerful St. Rita, rightly called Saint of the Impossible, I come to you with conﬁdence in my great need. You know well my trials, for you yourself were many times burdened in this life. Come to my help, speak for me, pray with me, intercede on my behalf before the Father. I know that God has a most generous heart and that he is a most loving Father. Join your prayers to mine and obtain for me the grace I desire (Silently mention your request). You who were so very pleasing to God on earth and are so much so now in heaven, I promise to use this favor, when granted, to better my life, to proclaim God's mercy, and to make you more widely known and loved. Amen.

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A Prayer to St. Joseph

O Blessed Joseph, faithful guardian of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, protector of thy chaste spouse, the Virgin Mother of God, I choose thee this day to be my special patron and advocate and I firmly resolve to honour thee all the days of my life. Therefore I humbly beseech thee to receive me as thy child, to instruct me in every doubt, to comfort me in every affliction, to obtain for me and for all the knowledge and love of the Heart of Jesus, and finally to defend and protect me at the hour of my death. Amen.

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Memorare to St. Joseph

Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession was left unassisted.

Full of conﬁdence in your power I ﬂy unto you and beg your protection.

Despise not O Guardian of the Redeemer my humble supplication, but in your bounty, hear and answer me. Amen.

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Act of Consecration to St. Joseph

O dearest St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to your honour and give myself to you, that you may always be my father, my protector and my guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for me a greater purity of heart and fervent love of the interior life.

After your example may I do all my actions for the greater glory of God, in union with the Divine Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may share in the peace and joy of your holy death. Amen.

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Litany of St. Joseph

Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy

Lord, have mercy

Jesus, hear us, God, the Father of Heaven, God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, God, the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, Holy Mary, St. Joseph, Renowned offspring of David, Light of Patriarchs, Spouse of the Mother of God, Chaste guardian of the Virgin, Foster father of the Son of God, Diligent protector of Christ, Head of the Holy Family,

Joseph most just,

Joseph most chaste,

Joseph most prudent,

Joseph most strong,

Joseph most obedient,

Joseph most faithful, Mirror of patience, Lover of poverty, Model of artisans, Glory of home life, Guardian of virgins, Pillar of families, Solace of the wretched, Hope of the sick, Patron of the dying, Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church,

Lord, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, Jesus, graciously hear us. spare us, O Lord. spare us, O Lord. spare us, O Lord. spare us, O Lord. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us.

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Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord! Have mercy on us.

V. He made him the lord of his household.

R. And prince over all his possessions.

Let us pray:

O God, in your ineffable providence you were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your most holy Mother; grant, we beg you, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heavenwhom on earth we venerate as our Protector: You who live and reign forever and ever.

R. Amen.

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

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Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy

Lord, have mercy

Jesus, hear us,

God, the Father of heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit,

Holy Trinity, one God,

Holy Mary, Holy Mother of God,

Holy Virgin of virgins,

St. Michael,

St. Gabriel,

St. Raphael,

All you Holy Angels and Archangels, St. John the Baptist,

Lord, have mercy, Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy, Jesus, graciously hear us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us. have mercy on us.

pray for us.

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St. Joseph,

All you Holy Patriarchs and Prophets, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James, St. John, St. Thomas, St. James, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthew, St. Simon,

St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Luke, St. Mark,

All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, All you holy Disciples of the Lord, All you holy Innocents, St. Stephen, St. Lawrence,

St. Vincent,

Sts. Fabian and Sebastian,

Sts. John and Paul,

Sts. Cosmas and Damian, All you holy Martyrs,

St. Sylvester,

St. Gregory,

St. Ambrose,

St. Augustine,

St. Jerome,

St. Martin,

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us.

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St. Nicholas,

All you holy Bishops and Confessors,

All you holy Doctors, St. Anthony, St. Benedict, St. Bernard, St. Dominic, St. Francis,

All you holy Priests and Levites, All you holy Monks and Hermits, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Agatha, St. Lucy, St. Agnes, St. Cecilia, St. Anastasia, St. Catherine, St. Clare,

All you holy Virgins and Widows,

All you holy Saints of God,

Lord, Lord,

From all evil,

From all sin,

From your wrath,

From a sudden and unprovided death,

From the snares of the devil,

From anger, hatred, and all ill-will,

From the spirit of uncleanness,

From lightning and tempest,

From the scourge of earthquake,

From plague, famine, and war,

From everlasting death, Lord,

Lord, save your people.

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By the mystery of your holy Incarnation, By your Coming, By your Birth,

By your Baptism and holy fasting, By your Cross and Passion, By your Death and Burial, By your holy Resurrection, By your wonderful Ascension, By the coming of the Holy Spirit, On the day of judgment,

Be merciful to us sinners, That you will spare us, That you will pardon us, That it may please you to bring us to true penance, Guide and protect your holy Church, Preserve in holy religion the Pope, and all those in holy Orders, Humble the enemies of holy Church, Give peace and unity to the whole Christian people, Bring back to the unity of the Church all those who are straying, and bring all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel, Strengthen and preserve us in your holy service, Raise our minds to desire the things of heaven, Reward all our benefactors with eternal blessings, Deliver our souls from eternal

Lord, save your people.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Lord, hear our prayer. Lord, hear our prayer.

Lord, hear our prayer.

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damnation, and the souls of our brethren, relatives, and benefactors, Give and preserve the fruits of the earth,

Grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, That it may please You to hear and heed us, Jesus, Son of the Living God,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lord, hear our prayer.

Lord, hear our prayer. Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord! Have mercy on us.

V. Christ, hear us.

B. Christ, graciously hear us.

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Litany to St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, have mercy:

Christ, have mercy:

Lord, have mercy:

Christ, hear us:

God the Father of Heaven,

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, graciously hear us.

Have mercy on us.

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God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, Holy Mary, conceived without sin,

Holy Mary, special patroness of the three Orders of Saint Francis,

Saint Francis, seraphic patriarch,

Saint Francis, most prudent father, Saint Francis, despiser of the world,

Saint Francis, model of penance,

Saint Francis, conqueror of vices,

Saint Francis, imitator of the Saviour,

Saint Francis, bearer of the marks of Christ,

Saint Francis, sealed with the character of Jesus,

Saint Francis, example of purity,

Saint Francis, image of humility,

Saint Francis, abounding in grace,

Saint Francis, reformer of the erring,

Saint Francis, healer of the sick,

Saint Francis, pillar of the Church,

Saint Francis, defender of the Faith,

Saint Francis, champion of Christ,

Saint Francis, defender of thy children,

Saint Francis, invulnerable shield,

Saint Francis, confounder of the heretics,

Saint Francis, converter of the pagans,

Saint Francis, supporter of the lame,

Have mercy on us.

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us.

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us.

pray for us.

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Saint Francis, raiser of the dead, Saint Francis, healer of the lepers, Saint Francis, our advocate,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. Spare us, O Lord!

Graciously hear us, O Lord! Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O blessed father Francis.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us Pray:

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, when the world was growing cold, in order to renew in our hearts the ﬂame of love, imprinted the sacred marks of Thy Passion on the body of our blessed father Francis, mercifully grant that by his merits and prayers we may persevere in bearing the cross and may bring forth fruits worthy of penance, Thou Who livest and reigned, world without end. Amen.

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St. Pio Prayer of Trust and Conﬁdence

By: St. Padre Pio

O Lord, we ask for a boundless conﬁdence and trust in Your divine mercy, and the courage to accept the crosses and sufferings which bring immense goodness to our souls and that of Your Church.

Help us to love You with a pure and contrite heart, and to humble ourselves beneath Your cross, as we climb the mountain of holiness, carrying our cross that leads to heavenly glory.

May we receive You with great faith and love in Holy Communion, and allow You to act in us, as You desire, for Your greater glory.

O Jesus, most adorable heart and eternal fountain of Divine Love, may our prayer ﬁnd favor before the Divine Majesty of Your Heavenly Father. Amen.

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CHAPTER TEN CATHOLIC HYMNS

Make me a channel (Prayer of St. Francis)

Make me a channel of your peace

Where there is hatred let me bring your love; Where there is injury, your pardon Lord And where there is doubt true faith in You.

Refrain

Oh Master grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace

Where there is despair in life let me bring hope; Where there is darkness only light And where there’s sadness ever joy.

Make me a channel of your peace

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; In giving to all men that we receive And in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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Sh-lamukh Marya K-yawit-tan

(Hymn of the Peace)

Sh-lamukh Marya k-yawit-tan

W-la makh kul ‘alma gna-shit-tan;

W-hub-bukh hawe dayim im-man

Tad kha-hukh bish-lama.

Refrain

Sh-lama sh-lama ta kul ‘alma hawe sh-lama

Sh-lama sh-lama l-‘athran m-‘udh-ba mashry sh-lama

Sh-lamad Maran ta m-shyha-ye

Awad wil-le Marad khaye;

Ta kul ‘alma mila m-wa-ye

Tad kha-he bish-lama.

Sh-qulu sh-lama p-rusu sh-lama

Tad kul ‘alma maleh sh-lama;

W shuha mas-qu talid Maran

D-kim ya-wil-lan sh-lama.

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Here I am Lord (During the Mass)

I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin, My hand will save. I who made the stars and night, I will make the darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?

Refrain

Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go Lord, If you lead me, I will hold your people in my heart. 2

I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people's pain. I have wept for love of them, They turn away. I will break their hearts of stone, Fill their hearts with love alone. I will speak my word to them, Whom shall I send? 3

I, the Lord of wind and ﬂame, I will tend the poor and lame. I will set a feast for them, My hand will save Finest bread I will provide, Till their hearts be satisﬁed. I will give My life to them, Whom shall I send?

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O Lord Jesus (Holy Communion) 1 O Lord Jesus, O adorable King By Your passion, You’ve conquered death 2 O Son of God, who promised us A full new life in his kingdom 3 Protect us from all misfortune Peace and mercy let dwell among us 4 In Your return we will arise And will meet You in eternal joy 233

We praise Your name with Hosanna For Your goodness towards our race

6 Your mercies abounded on us Your love has shined on us mortals

7 By Your pardon our sins are erased Glory to You for all Your gifts

Your majesty always be Blessed For Your pardon and Your mercy

9 Make us worthy by Your goodness To thank and adore You as our God

10 And offer You at every time Eternal praise, Amen, Amen.

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O Come, All Ye Faithful (Christmas)

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him

Born the King of Angels:

O come, let us adore Him, (3×)

Christ the Lord.

God of God, light of light, Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb; True God, begotten, not created:

O come, let us adore Him, (3×)

Christ the Lord.

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Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!

Glory to God, glory in the highest:

O come, let us adore Him, (3×) Christ the Lord.

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be glory given!

Word of the Father, now in ﬂesh appearing!

O come, let us adore Him, (3×) Christ the Lord.

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O come, all ye Faithful (Chaldean Version)

Hay-yo ya tul m-hu-yim-ne, Rweeze b-nas-see-hhu-tha, Dee Hay-yo shud zalan wil Beth-L-hhem.

B-kha-zutun huya malka dish-may-yathat

Hay-yo tad sagh-dhukh tale (2x)

Dee hay-yo D-sagh-dhukh tale, Malka M-shee-hha

Mzamru Ma-la-khe, w-kinshe dish-may-ya-ne, M-pash-qulahn b-qale ‘ijbo-nid Mar-ya.

Tish-bohh-ta B-rawme, wa-shlama ‘al ar’a

Hay-yo tad sagh-dhukh tale (2x)

Dee hay-yo D-sagh-dhukh tale, Malka M-shee-hha

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Silent Night (Christmas)

1 Silent night, holy night!

All is calm, all is bright

Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child

Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!

Christ the Savior is born

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Silent Night (Chaldean Version)

Layle shil-ya, Layle M-qud-sha!

Shit-qayle, Beh-rayle

Kha-widh-ranid ay Yim-ma w-Yala

Oh l-aw Ttiﬂa Neekha w-Shayna-ya

Dmokh b-qaplah bish-lama (ha)

Dmokh b-qaplah bish-lama.

Layle shil-ya, Layle M-qud-sha!

Oh l-Yawsip oh l-Tah-ra

Hhee-ra bay-nath ay Yim-ma w-Yala

W-dikh B-thol-ta k-batt-na wik-mahu-ya

‘ijbit-ta kul dara (ha)

‘ijbit-ta kul dara.

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Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly singing o'er the plains

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains

Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly, sweetly through the night

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their brief delight

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

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Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavenly song?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing, Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Gloria, in excelsis Deo Yeah

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Angels we have heard Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard, oh Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard on high

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Once in royal David's city

Once in royal David's city, Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

He came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable, And His cradle was a stall; With the poor and meek and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior holy.

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And through all His wondrous childhood, He would honor and obey, Love and watch the lowly mother, In whose gentle arms He lay. Christian children all should be, Mild, obedient, good as He.

For He is our child-hood's pattern, Day by day like us He grew, He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles like us He knew, And He feeleth for our sadness, And He shareth in our gladness.

And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love; For that child so dear and gentle, Is our Lord in heaven above, And He leads His children on, To the place where He is gone.

Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him, but in heaven, Set at God's right hand on high; When like stars

His children crowned, All in white shall be around.

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What Child Is This?

What Child is this

Who laid to rest

On Mary's lap is sleeping?

Whom Angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping?

So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh, Come Peasant, King to own Him

The King of Kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone Him.

This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and Angels sing Haste, haste, to bring Him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary.

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Oh, raise, raise a song on high, His mother sings her lullaby. Joy, oh joy for Christ is born, The Babe, the Son of Mary.

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Joy to the World

Joy to the world

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Let earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And Heaven and nature sing

And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing

Joy to the world

Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!

Let men their songs employ

While ﬁelds and ﬂoods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy

Joy to the world, now we sing

Let the earth receive her king

Joy to the world, now we sing

Let the angel voices ring

Joy to the world, now we sing

Let men their songs employ

Joy to the world, now we sing

Repeat the sounding joy

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Oh oh He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove The light of His righteousness And wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonders, wonders, of His love And wonders, wonders, of His love

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Hark! the herald angels sing

Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild; God and sinners reconciled.”

Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem.”

Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord: Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’ incarnate Deity!

Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel.

Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris’n with healing in His wings: Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die; Born to raise the sons of earth; Born to give them second birth.

Come, Desire of nations, come!

Fix in us Thy humble home: Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed, Bruise in us the serpent’s head;

Adam’s likeness now efface, Stamp Thine image in its place: Final Adam from above, Reinstate us in Thy love.

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All Glory, Laud and Honor

(Palm Sunday)

You are the King of Israel, David's royal Son, Now in the Lord's name coming, Our King and Blessed One.

Refrain

All glory, laud, and honor to You, Redeemer, King, To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.

The company of angels, Are praising You on high, And mortals, joined with all things Created, make reply.

The people of the Hebrews, With palms before You went, Our praise and prayers and anthems Before You we present.

To You, before thy passion, They sang their hymns of praise, To You, now high exalted Our melody we raise.

Their praises you accepted, accepted the prayers we bring, Great source of love and goodness, Savior and our King.

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Yali D-Orishlem

(Palm Sunday)

Yale d-Orishlem, plutu l-zuyaha, T’unu duqshi, w-marihmu shubaha. Wilih mtelih d-shaqillah malkutha, Bird Dawidh, dikh d-merah nwiyutha.

Refrain

Osha’na, Osha’na, Osha’na, Osha’na Bronid Dawidh

Osha’na Malka Khatha.

Kul qithara w-kul kinnara

Kul hulpla w-kul zomara:

Osha’na Bronid Dawidh.

M’etu Halleluya ‘Ysho’ M-khalsna

Gadhlukh-lih kayla dniss-hana

Qam shinni w-dari Baba m-gubelih, Awraham gawra m-‘Ur d-Kaldayi.

D-min zar’eh b-nawe’ duqsha mwu’id-lih, B-gaweh mbarkhy kul ar’anayi.

‘Ysho’ Shenaya, ya brnid Maryam, B-gawukh k-darih imudeh kul ‘amman.

‘Iwor limdhy-tan ya Malka dishlama, D-shaqlukh kullan nyakha w-rumrama.

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Kullawkhun ‘Amme (Palm Sunday)

Kullawkhun ‘Amme m-ttarpu b-edhad Osha’ne, W-suru Raze b-libbawkhun akhtun hawnane

Wish-taw war-waw min ayna d-maya ruhhane, M-damaw kul-lawkhun (Heyyu), b-an yale zore (Heyyu)

Maran b-lushanid saypa kh-zele m-zayhhane

Qamaya psikhle Z-kharya N-wiyyad hhaq-qutha, Khzele l-Esho M-khal-sana r-kywa likh-marta

W yale b-qale haluyye k-zamryleh z-mara, M-kumil-lay kullay (Heyyu), an raza-watha (Heyyu)

K-milleh shoald n-wiyye kud zriqleh sh-rara.

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Hayyo ‘Azyze

(Palm Sunday)

Hay-yo ‘azyze, b-nay ma’-modytha, Barkukh w sagh-dukhleh, l-Mara d-biryatha

Osha’na b-rawma, Osha’na b-‘umqa, brikh dith-tha wathe, bash-med Paroqa.

B-gawid ads e-dha, resh kul yawmatha, Kud r-kuleh l-jah-sha m-ruzla b-haywatha

Osha’na b-rawma Osha’na b-‘umqa, brikh dith-tha wathe, bash-med Paroqa.

Theleh d-molip-lan Raz mak-kykhutha, Zore w yalone z-meray b-tanetha

Osha’na b-rawma Osha’na b-‘umqa, brikh dith-tha wathe, bash-med Paroqa.

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Gardner, O Gardner (Easter)

O Gardner how lovely is your garden, in your garden lies a tomb and shroud there in. Guardians sit up on the tomb, Round the shroud circle cherubim. Mary how lovely when you call me “Gardner”

Mary drew near to the tomb in misery, She saw the stone rolled a way from the tomb.

“Where is He, O Light of Glory?

“Where is He, O Splendor of Man?”

“Where have they hidden him? Who has taken this light? 3

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Mary shed tears as she said, “They stole my son.”

Joseph then said, “Hush, Mary for he is not.” The ﬁre who can approach it? And the sea, who can then cross it?

Who can fall in the ﬂames, like him here, and not burn?

Then Mary heard that sweet voice she knew so well, Quickly every pain and tear was turned to joy. And in haste with that joy she sped, Gave the news to the disciples. After which they believed Our Lord rose in Glory.

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Gardner, O Gardner

(Chaldean Version)

O Gan-nana kma khlee-tha par-daysukh, Ee-ba qawra wag-nona lga-waye.

Rish qawra k-yatwee na-ttore, Wig-nona kruwe k-khadd-reele.

Kma khleetha, ya Maryam, k-qaryat-tee, Gan-nana. 2

Kba-khya Maryam w-kam-ra kim gan-weele, Yaw-sip ka-mir Maryam dish bgan-weele!

Man eebed qaru l-adh nura?

Man eebed qatte adh nihra?

Mand napil, b-adh nura, w-lak yaqidh, b-‘idana. 3

Esho mere ta Maryam magh-dlayta, La qay-hhat bee illa shmo d-amrin-nakh.

Say eemoray ta tal-meedhe, D-kullay zalay il-lid gleela.

Tama bid, khazalee, d-qimlee b-go, tish-boh-ta.

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Em-marly ‘Eta Ayka (Church Dedication)

Em-marly ‘eta aka, sewyat, ewnekh, ewnekh, ewnekh!

Ewnekh ‘al shim-sha, lala, lala, lala;

Lala, dam-myr, wam-yr, wam-yr, wam-yr, Da-myr wam-myr bakh-thaweh, shim-sha da’kin zal-lyqaw.

Em-marly ‘eta aka, sewyat, ewnekh, ewnekh, ewnekh!

Ewnekh ‘al sah-ra, lala, lala, lala;

Lala, dam-myr, wam-yr, wam-yr, wam-yr, Da-myr wam-myr bakh-thaweh, sah-ra lam-haweh nuh-reh.

Em-marly ‘eta aka, sewyat, ewnekh, ewnekh, ewnekh!

Ewnekh ‘al kaw-khwe, lala, lala, lala;

Lala, dam-myr, wam-yr, wam-yr, wam-yr, Da-myr wam-myr bakh-thaweh, kaw-khwe nath-ryn akh tar-peh.

Em-marly ‘eta aka, sewyat, ewnekh, ewnekh, ewnekh!

Ewnekh ‘al ture, lala, lala, lala;

Lala, dam-myr, wam-yr, wam-yr, wam-yr, Da-myr wam-myr bakh-thaweh, ture pash-ryn akh sh-‘otha.

Em-marly ‘eta aka, sewyat, ewnekh, ewnekh, ewnekh!

Ewnekh ‘al kepa, en-ein, en-ein, en-ein;

En-ein, dam-myr, wam-yr, wam-yr, wam-yr, Da-myr wam-myr bakh-thaweh, d-‘al kepa enel ‘eta.

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All is Well With My Soul

When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll

Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well, with my soul

Refrain It is well With my soul

It is well, it is well with my soul

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul

Refrain

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought

My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul

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Holy Is His Name

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord And my spirit exalts in God my Savior For He has looked with mercy on my loneliness And my name will be forever exalted For the mighty God has done great things for me And His mercy will reach from age to age

And holy, holy, holy is His name

He has mercy in every generation He has revealed His power and His glory He has cast down the mighty in their arrogance And has lifted up the meek and the lonely He has come to help His servant Israel He remembered His promise to our fathers

And holy, (holy) holy, holy is His name Holy, holy, holy is His name

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At the Cross her station keeping

At the cross her station keeping, stood the mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus at the last, Through her soul, of joy bereavèd, bowed with anguish, deeply grievèd, now at length the sword hath passed.

O, that blessed one, grief-laden, blessed Mother, blessed Maiden, Mother of the all-holy One;

O that silent, ceaseless mourning,

O those dim eyes, never turning from that wondrous, suffering Son.

Who, on Christ's dear mother gazing, in her trouble so amazing, born of woman, would not weep?

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Who, on Christ's dear Mother thinking, such a cup of sorrow drinking, would not share her sorrows deep?

For his people's sins, in anguish, there she saw the victim languish, bleed in torments, bleed and die. Saw the Lord's anointed taken, saw her Child in death for taken, heard his last expiring cry.

In the passion of my Maker, be my sinful soul partaker, may I bear with her my part; of his passion bear the token, in a spirit bowed and broken bear his death within my heart.

May his wounds both wound and heal me, he enkindle, cleanse, and heal me, be his cross my hope and stay. May he, when the mountains quiver, from that ﬂame which burns for ever shield me on the judgment day.

Jesus, may thy cross defend me, and thy saving death befriend me, cherished by thy deathless grace: when to dust my dust returneth, grant a soul that to thee yearneth in thy paradise a place.

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Come O spirit from above 1

Come O spirit from above come from your celestial heights come with Your blessed light so radiant bright.

Come O Savior of the poor, come O source of gifts ensured come with Your gentle hope, so wondrous and pure.

In our labor, rest most sweet; grateful coolness in the heat. Console our restless lives, by Your comfort, we seek.

Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen, warm the chill. Come guide our searching minds toward Your promise fulﬁlled.

Grant us virtue's sure reward, may Your gracious love be sent.

Come with Your peace and joy that shall never end.

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Because you live again, O Rose

Because you live again, O Rose Who bloomed in Guadalupe's snows, In this your image, flow'ring fair, Our songs as flowers fill the air.

O Virgin, Rose in brambles grown, Who chose this people for your own Your ﬂow'ring image gloriﬁes The tangled brushwood of our lives.

God made you lovely past compare, Your life was one unfolding prayer; And then He fashioned you again, An image which He gave to men.

We pray, protect us as your own And intercede at Heaven's throne; While here we kneel before your face, Send down a ray of saving grace.

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O Virgin all lovely 1

O Virgin all lovely, O Mother all gracious, O Daughter of God. O Star brightly shining,

O Rose sweetly fragrant, O Lily pure.

Refrain Joyous we praise thee, Virgin all lovely

O Daughter of God. O Dwelling of glory, Thou Whiter than iv'ry, O House all of gold. The Word there resideth; Thy God thou adorest In joyous love.

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O Virgin all holy, Thy soul ﬁlled with graces,

O Mother of God, Be near us in danger; To us make propitious Thy Son, our Judge.

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Ocean star, we greet you

Ocean star, we greet you; Maid of fame immortal, God's beloved Mother, Heaven's joyous portal.

Even as the angel

Used the name of Eva, Changing it to Ave, Greet us, make us peaceful.

Break our chains forever; Banish ev'ry sadness; Be our light to guide us; Be our ev'ry gladness.

Be our intercessor; Show yourself a mother: Jesus came to save us

Through you and no other.

Praise to God the Father, To the Son forever, And the Holy Spirit, Three in One together.

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Sounds of joy

Sounds of joy have put to ﬂight

All the sadness of the night: Now a maid beyond compare Hears her praises ﬁll the air: Virgo María.

Who is she whom angels sing, Making all creation ring?

She it is who wins our praise, As on earth our voice we raise: Virgo María.

Queen of virgins, Maiden mild, Hear me, take me for your child. Ever my protector be; Bring eternal life to me: Virgo María.

Mighty Godhead, Three in One, While eternal ages run, Look to Mary, full of grace, And forgive the human race: Virgo María.

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When Mary, immaculate, tender and mild

When Mary, immaculate, tender and mild, Could ﬁnd but a manger as crib for her Child, Her pure heart rejoiced in the Infant so fair, Protected by Joseph, the holy one, near.

When Mary, saw Jesus, her baby, asleep, His pillow, the straw in a stable for sheep, Her sorrow was great when, behold from the sky, Bright choirs of God's angels brought joy from on high.

When Mary thought sadly that Christ the great King, Had none but poor shepherds their homage to bring, Then kings from the Orient came to adore, And Mary, His mother, was joyful once more.

When Mary lost Jesus and sought in despair, She looked in the temple and lo, He was there. The heart of the mother was ﬁlled with great joy To ﬁnd midst the doctors her well-beloved Boy.

When Mary saw Jesus on Calvary's hill, The cruciﬁed Victim, obeying God's will, A sword pierced her heart, yet she knew, though she wept, That Christ, our Redeemer, was God's promise kept.

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All of seeing

All of seeing, all of hearing, Ev'ry fragrance we perceive, All our touch and all our tasting, In thy Heart we consecrate. In its cooling ﬁre, Mary, All our senses immolate.

All of heart can know of sadness, Ev'ry thing it knows of joy, Ev'ry thing it feels as fearsome, In thy Heart we consecrate. In its noble ﬁre, Mary, All our passions elevate.

All the soul can claim of wisdom, All it stores in memory, All the science that we master, In thy Heart we consecrate. In its humble ﬁre, Mary, All our knowledge dedicate.

All our hearts perceive as lofty, All that moves our will to love, Ev'ry gift that makes us Christ-like, In thy Heart we consecrate. In its living ﬁre, Mary, All our being consummate.

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As I kneel before you

As I kneel before you, As I bow my head in prayer, Take this day, make it yours and ﬁll me with your love.

Refrain Ave Maria, Gratia plena, Dominus tecum, Benedicta tu.

All I have I give you, Every dream and wish are yours, Mother of Christ, Mother of mine, present them to my Lord.

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As I kneel before you, And I see your smiling face, Ev'ry thought, ev'ry word Is lost in your embrace.

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Bring Flowers of the Rarest

Refrain

O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today! Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

Bring ﬂowers of the rarest bring blossoms the fairest, from garden and woodland and hillside and dale; our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling the praise of the loveliest ﬂower of the vale!

Refrain 2

Their lady they name thee, Their mistress proclaim thee, Ah, grant that thy children on earth be as true as long as the bowers are radiant with ﬂowers, as long as the azure shall keep its bright hue

Refrain 3

Sing gaily in chorus; the bright angels o'er us re-echo the strains we begin upon earth; their harps are repeating the notes of our greeting, for Mary herself is the cause of our mirth

Refrain.

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City of God

Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep!

A new day is dawning for all those who weep

The people in darkness have seen a great light

The Lord of our longing has conquered the night

Refrain

Let us build the city of God

May our tears be turned into dancing!

For the Lord, our light and our love Has turned the night into day!

We are sons of the morning; we are daughters of day

The One who has loved us has brightened our way

Refrain

Let us build the city of God

May our tears be turned into dancing

For the Lord, our light and our love Has turned the night into day

God is light; in him there is no darkness

Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all

Refrain

Let us build the city of God

May our tears be turned into dancing!

For the Lord, our light and our love Has turned the night into day!

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Immaculate Mary

Immaculate Mary, Your praises we sing, You reign now in splendor, with Jesus our King.

Refrain

Ave, ave, ave, Maria!

You be an Angel, the Lord God made known, The grace of the Spirit, the gift of the Son.

The angels rejoiced when, You brought forth God’s Son, Your joy is the joy of, all ages to come.

In Glory forever, now close to Your Son, All ages will praise You, for all God has done.

In heaven, the blessed thy glory proclaim, On earth we, thy children, invoke thy fair name.

We pray for God's glory; may His kingdom come, We pray for His vicar, our father, and Rome.

We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, And bless, dearest Lady, the land of our birth.

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Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Tradition

Catholic Marian Hymn)

Sing of Mary, pure and lowly, Virgin mother, undeﬁled. Sing of God's own Son, Most Holy, Who became her little child.

2 Fairest child of fairest mother, God the LORD, Who came to earth. Word made ﬂesh, our very brother, Takes our nature by His birth.

Sing of Jesus, son of Mary, In the home at Nazareth. Toil and labour cannot weary, Love enduring unto death.

Constant was the love He gave her, Though He went forth from her side. Forth to preach and heal and suffer, Till on Calvary He died.

Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son. Glory be to God the Spirit, Glory to the Three in One.

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Daily, daily sing to Mary 1

Daily, daily sing to Mary, Sing, my soul, her praises due: All her feasts, her actions honor With the heart's devotion true.

Lost in wond'ring contemplation, Be her majesty confessed: Call her Mother, call her Virgin, Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

She is mighty in her pleading, Tender in her loving care; Ever watchful, understanding, All our sorrows she will share.

Advocate and loving mother, Mediatrix of all grace: Heaven's blessings she dispenses On our sinful human race.

All our graces ﬂow through Mary; All then join her praise to sing: Fairest work of all creation, Mother of creation's King.

Sing in songs of peace unending, Call upon her lovingly: Seat of wisdom, Gate of heaven, Morning star upon the sea.. 275

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Hail Holy Queen Enthroned Above

Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria. Hail, Queen of mercy and of love, O Maria.

Refrain:

Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim, Heaven and earth resound the hymn: Salve, salve, salve Regina!

Our life, our sweetness, here below, O Maria! Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!

Refrain

Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim, Heaven and earth resound the hymn: Salve, salve, salve Regina!

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To thee we cry, poor sons of Eve, O Maria!

To thee we sigh, we mourn, we grieve, O Maria!

Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim, Heaven and earth resound the hymn: Salve, salve, salve Regina!

Refrain 4

Turn then most gracious Advocate, O Maria!

Toward us thine eyes compassionate, O Maria!

Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim, Heaven and earth resound the hymn: Salve, salve, salve Regina!

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The cause of joy to men below, O Maria!

The spring through which all graces ﬂow, O Maria!

Angels, all your praises bring, Earth and heaven, with us sing,

All creation echoing: Salve, salve, salve Regina!

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Hail, O Star of the Ocean

Hail, O Star of the ocean, God's own Mother blest, ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav'nly rest.

Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace conﬁrm within us, changing Eve's name.

Break the sinners' fetters, make our blindness day, Chase all evils from us, for all blessings pray.

Show thyself a Mother, may the Word divine born for us thine Infant hear our prayers through thine.

Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, free from guilt preserve us meek and undeﬁled.

Keep our life all spotless, make our way secure till we ﬁnd in Jesus, joy for evermore.

Praise to God the Father, honor to the Son, in the Holy Spirit, be the glory one. Amen.

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Heart of Mary

Heart of Mary, Heart all pure, Sinless Heart of Mary!

Heart most tender, refuge sure, Spotless Heart of Mary! Chosen vessel undeﬁled, Lily chalice holy!

Through the merits of thy Child, Make us pure and holy.

Temple of the Trinity, Throne of God all holy, Ark of His divinity, Tabernacle holy!

Cradle of the Word divine, Show us Christ our Brother, Heart of Mary, mystic shrine, Show thyself our Mother.

Source of Christ's most precious blood, Virgin Heart of Mary!

Cleanse us in that saving ﬂood, Victim Heart of Mary!

May thy love our hearts reﬁne, Bless our consecration; May our heart be one with thine, Making reparation..

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I'll sing a hymn to Mary

I'll sing a hymn to Mary, The Mother of my God; The Virgin of all virgins, Of David's royal blood. O teach me, holy Mary, A loving song to frame; When wicked men blaspheme thee, To love and bless thy name.

The saints are high in glory, With golden crowns so bright, But brighter far is Mary Upon her throne of light. O that which God did give thee, Let mortal ne'er disclaim; When wicked men blaspheme thee I'll love and bless thy name.

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Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing

Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing, Who reignest in splendor with Jesus our King.

Ave, Ave, Ave María! Ave, Ave, Ave María!

In heaven the blessed thy glory proclaim, On earth we thy children invoke thy fair name. Ave, Ave, Ave María! Ave, Ave, Ave María!

Thy name is our power, thy virtues our light, Thy love is our comfort, thy pleading our might. Ave, Ave, Ave, María! Ave, Ave, Ave María!

Mother of God

Mother of God, and daughter of thy Son, yet mother mine; The Lady of thy Lord, the Holy One, thy Child Divine; Show me thy wondrous Babe, O Mother Maid, foretold of yore;

The treasure on thy virgin bosom laid let me adore.

Mother of God, commend me to thy Son, as here I bend; And O, commend me when my task is done and life shall end;

Within thy out stretched hands I leave my heart, pure Maid, with thee; A worthless gift from which thou wilt not part eternally.

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O heart of Mary

O heart of Mary, pure and fair, And free from sin's domain, In Adam's fall you had no share, In you there is no stain.

As some fair lily grown in thorns, Your heart so full of grace With spotless purity adorns Our sinful fallen race.

The Heart of Christ, by God's decree, Was formed beneath your heart; We long to love you just as He, In your love give us part.

You kept His words within your heart And gave them veneration; Give us the grace which they impart; Give us their consolation.

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O Mary, Mother full of grace

O Mary, Mother full of grace, Mother of love and mercy, hear! Help us our enemy to face, And at the hour of death be near.

Eternal praise to Thee,O Lord, Born of a Virgin ever pure; Praise to the holy Trinity While endless ages yet endure. Amen.

most Holy One

O most holy one, O most lowly one, Loving Virgin, Maria! Mother, Maid of fairest love, Lady, Queen of all above, Ora, ora pro nobis!

Virgin ever fair, Mother, hear our prayer, Look upon us, Maria! Bring to us your treasure, Grace beyond all measure; Ora, ora pro nobis!

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O Mother Blest, Whom God Bestows

O Mother blest, whom God bestows on sinners and on just, what joy, what hope thou givest those who in thy mercy trust.

Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; of all mothers sweetest, best; none with thee compare.

O heavenly mother, mistress sweet! It never yet was told that suppliant sinner left thy feet unpitied, unconsoled.

Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; of all mothers sweetest, best; none with thee compare.

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O mother pitiful and mild, cease not to pray for me; for I do love thee as a child, and sigh for love of thee.

Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; of all mothers sweetest, best; none with thee compare.

Most powerful mother, we all know thy Son denies thee nought; thou askest, wishes it, and lo! His power thy will hath wrought.

Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; of all mothers sweetest, best; none with thee compare.

O mother blest, for me obtain ungrateful though I be, to love that God who ﬁrst could deign to show such love for me.

Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; of all mothers sweetest, best; none with thee compare.

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O purest of creatures

O purest of creatures, sweet Mother, sweet Maid, The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid, All lost in the darkness we call upon thee, And look to thy shining, bright Star of the Sea.

O fairest of virgins, sweet Mother, sweet Maid, The God in His goodness with beauty arrayed. He lovingly chose thee His mother to be; He shone in thy shining, bright Star of the Sea.

Oh, may thy pure light on our souls ever shine; And keep them unsullied and sinless as thine, Till after this exile united we be, Through ages unending, in glory with thee.

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O Queen of the Holy Rosary

O Queen of the Holy Rosary,

O bless us as we pray, And offer thee our roses

In garlands day by day, While from our Father's garden, With loving hearts and bold, We gather to thine honor Buds white and red and gold.

O Queen of the Holy Rosary, Each myst'ry blends with thine The sacred life of Jesus

In ev'ry step divine, Thy soul was His fair garden, Thy virgin breast His throne, Thy thoughts His faithful mirror, Reﬂecting Him alone. 3

O Queen of the Holy Rosary, We share thy joy and pain, And long to see the glory Of Christ's triumphant reign. Oh, teach us holy Mary, To live each mystery, And gain by patient suff'ring

The glory won by thee.

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Holy Mary now we crown thee 1

Holy Mary now we crown thee Honored Queen of all our race; Noble Virgin, may our tribute Win thy love and gain us grace. Stain of sin hath never marred thee, Mankind's only spotless bloom; God whose might exceeds the heavens

Thou hast sheltered in thy womb.

Glorious Queen, look down in kindness, While before thy sight we stand, Bring God's blessing to thy children, Watch our homes and guard our land. Gate of heaven, thou wert Mother

To the King of heav'n and earth, Now be Mother to thy subjects, In our souls give Jesus birth.

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Holy Queen, we come before thee

Holy Queen, we come before thee, Queen of purity divine, Make us love thee, we implore thee, Make us truly to be thine.

Thou by faith the gates unfolding Of the kingdom in the skies Hast to us, by faith beholding, Shown the land of Paradise.

Teach thy children, holy Mother, How to conquer ev'ry sin, How to love and help each other, How eternal life to win

Thou to whom a Child was given Greater than the sons of men, Coming down from highest heaven To create the world again.

Oh, by that Almighty Maker

Whom thyself a virgin bore, Oh, by that supreme Creator

Whom you praise forevermore, By the hope thy name inspires, By our doom reversed through thee, Help us, Queen of angel choirs, To a blest eternity.

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Sing of Joseph, strong and gentle

Sing of Joseph, strong and gentle, Nobly born of David's house. Just and upright, man of labor, Whom God chose as Mary's spouse.

Chosen, too, as Jesus' guardian, Guiding Him since Infancy. Holy Child of Holy parents, Holy is Their Family.

Sing of Joseph, foster father, To the incarnate Son of God. Loving husband for God’s mother, As toward David’s town they plod.

Filled with justice, strength and wisdom, Joseph was their rock and guide. Now he guards God’s pilgrim people, Steadfast patron at our side.

Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son. Glory be to God the Spirit, Glory to the Three in One.

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Holy God, we praise Thy Name

Holy God, we praise Thy Name;

Lord of all, we bow before Thee! All on earth Thy scepter claim, All in Heaven above adore Thee; Inﬁnite Thy vast domain, Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn

Angel choirs above are raising, Cherubim and seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising; Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train

Join the sacred Name to hallow; Prophets swell the loud refrain, And the white robed martyrs follow; And from morn to set of sun, Through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee; While in essence only One, Undivided God we claim Thee; And adoring bend the knee, 292

While we own the mystery. Thou art King of glory, Christ: Son of God, yet born of Mary; For us sinners sacriﬁced, And to death a tributary: First to break the bars of death, Thou has opened Heaven to faith.

From Thy high celestial home, Judge of all, again returning, We believe that Thou shalt come In the dreaded doomsday morning; When Thy voice shall shake the earth, And the startled dead come forth.

Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord: Help Thy servants whom, redeeming By Thy precious blood out-poured, Thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming. Give to them eternal rest

In the glory of the blest.

Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray, By a thousand snares surrounded: Keep us without sin today, Never let us be confounded. Lo, I put my trust in Thee; Never, Lord, abandon me.

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Holy Spirit, Lord of love

Holy Spirit, Lord of love, thou who camest from above, gifts of blessing to bestow on your waiting Church below, once again in love draw near to thy servants gathered here. From their bright baptismal day thou hast led them on their way.

When the sacred vow is made, when the hands are on them laid, come in this most solemn hour with your strengthening gift of power. Give them light thy truth to see: give them life to live for thee, daily power to conquer sin, patient faith, the crown to win.

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I am the bread of life

I am the bread of life, broken for all. Eat now and hunger no more. One faith, one hope, one symbol of love given to us in this one bread, one cup. O let us be one in the Lord.

You are my friends if you keep my commands, no longer servants but friends.

See how my people have nothing to eat. Give them the bread that is you.

As God has loved me so I have loved you. Go and live on in my love.

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I am the Vine

Refrain

I am the Vine, you are the branches

He who abides in Me and I in him

He it is that bears much fruit

For apart from Me you can do nothing (Repeat)

If you abide in Me and my words abide in you

Ask what you will and it shall be given to you

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I am the Vine, you are the branches

He who abides in Me and I in him

He it is that bears much fruit

For apart from Me you can do nothing

Refrain 3

He it is that bears much fruit

For apart from Me you can do nothing.

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Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord

Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord, and drink the holy Blood for you outpoured.

Saved by that Body and that precious Blood, with souls refreshed, we render thanks to God.

Salvation's Giver, Christ, the only Son, by his dear Cross and Blood the victory won.

Offered was he for greatest and for least, himself the Victim, and himself the Priest.

Victims were offered by the law of old, which in a type this heavenly mystery foretold.

He, Ransomer, from death, and Light from shade, now gives his holy grace his saints to aid;

approach ye then with faithful hearts sincere, and take the safeguard of salvation here.

He that in this world rules his saints and shields, to all believers life eternal yields.

With heavenly bread makes them that hunger whole, gives living waters to the thirsting soul.

Alpha and Omega, to whom shall bow all nations at the Doom, is with us now.

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Jesu, Dulcis Memoria

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! O joy of all the meek!

To those who fall, how kind Thou art! How good to those who seek!

But what to those who ﬁnd? Ah! this Nor tongue nor pen can show The love of Jesus, what it is, None but His loved ones know.

Jesus! our only hope be Thou, As Thou our prize shalt be; In Thee be all our glory now, And through eternity. Amen.

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Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear

Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear, as thou wast once an infant here, so give this child of thine, we pray, thy grace and blessing day by day.

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O holy Jesus, Lord Divine, we pray thee guard this child of thine.

As in thy heavenly kingdom, Lord, all things obey thy sacred word, do thou thy mighty succor give, and shield this child by morn and eve. Refrain

Their watch let angels round him keep where'er he be, awake, asleep; thy holy cross now let him bear, that he the crown with saints may wear. Refrain .

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My God, and is thy table spread

My God, and is thy table spread, and doth thy cup with love o'erﬂow?

Thither be all thy children led, and let them thy sweetness know.

Hail, sacred feast, which Jesus makes, rich banquet of his Flesh and Blood!

Thrice happy he who here partakes that sacred stream, that heavenly food.

Why are its bounties all in vain before unwilling hearts displayed? Was not for them the Victim slain? Are they forbid the children's bread?

O let thy table honored be, and furnished well with joyful guests; and may each soul salvation see that here its sacred pledges tastes.

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O Breathe on Me

O breathe on me, O breath of God, ﬁll me with life anew that I may love the things You love, and do what you would do.

O breathe on me, O breath of God, until my heart is pure; until my will is one with Yours, to do and to endure.

O breathe on me, O breath of God, my will to Yours incline, until this selﬁsh part of me glows with Your ﬁre divine.

O breathe on me, O breath of God, so I shall never die, but live with You the perfect life for all eternity.

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The Lord Whom earth and stars and sea

The Lord Whom earth and stars and sea With one adoring voice resound, Who rules them all in majesty, In Mary's heart a cloister found.

O Mother, blessed by God's command, The Lord Who made the earth and sky And holds the world within His hand, Within your body deigned to lie.

O Mother by the angel blessed, Made fruitful by the Spirit's grace, Within your womb He took His rest, Awaited by the human race.

Eternal glory to the Son Who came to earth through Mary pure, With Father and with Spirit one, While endless ages yet endure.

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The voice that breathed o'er Eden

The voice that breathed o'er Eden, that earliest Catholic day, the primal Catholic blessing, it hath not passed away.

Still in the pure espousal of Christian man and maid the Triune God is with us, the threefold grace is said.

For dower of blessed children, for love and faith's sweet sake, for high mysterious union which naught on earth may break.

Be present, loving Father, to give away this bride as thou gav'st Eve to Adam, out of his own pierced side;

Be present, Son of Mary, to join their loving hands as thou didst bind two natures in thine eternal bands.

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Be present, holiest Spirit, to bless them as they kneel, as thou for Christ, the Bridegroom, the heavenly Spouse dost seal.

Oh, spread thy pure wing o'er them, let no ill power ﬁnd place when onward to thine altar the hallowed path they trace.

To cast their crowns before thee in humble sacriﬁce, till to the home of gladness with Christ's own Bride they rise.

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Who is she ascends so high

Who is she ascends so high, Next the heav'nly King, Round about whom angels ﬂy, And her praises sing?

Who is she adorned with light; Makes the sun her robe? At whose feet the queen of night Lays her changing globe?

This is she in whose pure womb Heaven's Prince remained; Wherefore in no earthly tomb Could she be contained.

Heav'n she was, which held that ﬁre, Whence the world took light, And to heav'n doth now as pire: Flames with ﬂames unite.

She that did so clearly shine, Our Day once begun, See how bright her beams decline, Sitting with the Sun.

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Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, Alleluia!

Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, virtues, archangels, angels' choirs: Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

O higher than the cherubim, more glorious than the seraphim, lead their praises, Alleluia!

Thou bearer of th' eternal Word, most gracious, magnify the Lord: Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3

Respond, ye souls in endless rest, ye patriarchs and prophets blest, Alleluia! Alleluia!

Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong, all saints triumphant, raise the song: Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

O friends, in gladness let us sing, supernal anthems echoing, Alleluia! Alleluia!

To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One: Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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For all the saints

For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might; thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought ﬁght; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the apostles' glorious company, who bearing forth the cross o'er land and sea, shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee: Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the Evangelists, by whose blest word, like fourfold streams, the garden of the Lord, is fair and fruitful, be thy Name adored.

Alleluia, Alleluia!

For Martyrs, who with rapture kindled eye, saw the bright crown descending from the sky, and seeing, grasped it, thee we glorify. Alleluia, Alleluia!

O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, ﬁght as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win, with them the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia, Alleluia!

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O blest communion, fellowship divine! we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; all are one in thee, for all are thine.

Alleluia, Alleluia!

And when the strife is ﬁerce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong. Alleluia, Alleluia!

The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed. Alleluia, Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day; the saints triumphant rise in bright array; the King of glory passes on his way.

Alleluia, Alleluia!

From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, and singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, Alleluia!

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

Prayers for His Holiness

Pope Francis

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Pope Francis' Five Finger Prayer

Using the ﬁngers on your hand, start with the thumb and pray these intentions in this order:

1. The thumb is closest ﬁnger to you. So start praying for those who are closest to you. They are the persons easiest to remember. To pray for our dear ones is a "Sweet Obligation."

2. The next ﬁnger is the index. Pray for those who teach you, instruct you and heal you. They need the support and wisdom to show direction to others. Always keep them in your prayers.

3. The following ﬁnger is the tallest. It reminds us of our leaders, the governors and those who have authority. They need God's guidance.

4. The fourth ﬁnger is the ring ﬁnger. Even though it may

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surprise you, it is our weakest ﬁnger. It should remind us to pray for the weakest, the sick or those plagued by problems. They need your prayers.

5. And ﬁnally we have our smallest ﬁnger, the smallest of all. Your pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. When you are done praying for the other four groups, you will be able to see your own needs but in the proper perspective, and also you will be able to pray for your own needs in a better way.

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Pope Francis' prayer to Our Lady on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (1)

Immaculate Mother,

For the ﬁfth time I come to your feet as Bishop of Rome, to pay you homage on behalf of all the inhabitants of this city.

We want to thank you for the constant care with which you accompany us on our journey, the journey of families, parishes, religious communities; the journey of those who daily, and sometimes with difﬁculty, pass through Rome on their way to work; the journey of the sick, the elderly, the poor, the journey of so many people who immigrated here from places where there is war and hunger.

Thank you, because as soon as we turn our thoughts, or a ﬂeeting glance, towards you, or recite a quick Hail Mary,

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we feel your maternal presence, tender and strong.

O Mother, help this city develop the "antibodies" it needs to combat some of the viruses of our times: the indifference that says: "It’s not my business"; the unsociable behavior that despises the common good; the fear of the foreigner and those who are different from us; the conformism that disguises itself as transgression; the hypocrisy that accuses others while doing the same things; the resignation to environmental and ethical degradation; the exploitation of so many men and women. Help us to reject these and other viruses with the antibodies that come from the Gospel.

Let us make it a good habit to read a passage from the Gospel every day and, following your example, to keep the Word of God in our hearts, so that, like a good seed, it may fruit in our lives.

Immaculate Virgin, 175 years ago, not far from here, in the church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, you touched the heart of Alphonse Ratisbonne, who at that moment, from being an atheist and enemy of the Church, became a Christian.

You revealed yourself to him as a Mother of grace and mercy.

Grant that we too, especially in times of trial and temptation, may ﬁx our gaze on your open hands, hands that allow the Lord's graces to fall upon the earth.

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Help us to rid ourselves of all pride and arrogance, and to recognize ourselves for what we really are: small and poor sinners, but always your children.

So, let us place our hand in yours and allow ourselves to be led back to Jesus, our Brother and Savior, and to our Heavenly Father, who never tires of waiting for us and forgiving us when we return to Him.

Thank you, Mother, for always listening to us!

Bless the Church that is in Rome.

Bless this City and the whole world.. Amen.

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Pope Francis' prayer to Our Lady on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (2)

O Mary, our Immaculate Mother, On your feast day I come to you, And I come not alone: I bring with me all those with whom your Son entrusted to me, In this city of Rome and in the entire world, That you may bless them and preserve them from harm.

I bring to you, Mother, children, Especially those who are alone, abandoned, And for this reason are tricked and exploited. I bring to you, Mother, families, Who carry forward life and society

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With their daily and hidden efforts; In a special way the families who struggle the most For their many internal and external problems.

I bring to you, Mother, all workers, both men and women, And I entrust to you especially those who, out of need, Are forced to work in an unworthy profession And those who have lost work or are unable to ﬁnd it.

We are in need of your immaculate gaze, To rediscover the ability to look upon persons and things With respect and awareness, Without egotistical or hypocritical interests. We are in need of your immaculate heart, To love freely,

Without secondary aims but seeking the good of the other, With simplicity and sincerity, renouncing masks and tricks. We are in need of your immaculate hands, To caress with tenderness,

To touch the ﬂesh of Jesus

In our poor, sick, or despised brethren, To raise up those who have fallen and support those who waver.

We are in need of your immaculate feet, To go toward those who know not how to make the ﬁrst step, To walk on the paths of those who are lost, To ﬁnd those who feel alone.

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We thank you, O Mother, because in showing yourself to us You free us of all stain of sin; You remind us that what comes ﬁrst is the grace of God, The love of Jesus Christ who gave his life for us, The strength of the Holy Spirit which renews all things. Let us not give in to discouragement, But, trusting in your constant help, Let us engage ourselves fully in renewal of self, Of this city and of the entire world.

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God!

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Prayer of His Holiness Pope Francis for the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief.

Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman:

“If you knew the gift of God!”

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You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and gloriﬁed.

You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.

Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.

We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

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Pope Francis’ Prayer to the Holy Family

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love, to you we turn with trust.

Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches.

Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and division: may all who have been hurt or scandalized ﬁnd ready comfort and healing.

Holy Family of Nazareth, may the approaching Synod of Bishops make us once more mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer. Amen.

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A Christian prayer in union with creation

Father, we praise you with all your creatures.

They came forth from your all-powerful hand; they are yours, ﬁlled with your presence and your tender love. Praise be to you!

Son of God, Jesus, through you all things were made.

You were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother, you became part of this earth, and you gazed upon this world with human eyes. Today you are alive in every creature in your risen glory.

Praise be to you!

Holy Spirit, by your light you guide this world towards the Father’s love and accompany creation as it groans in travail. You also dwell in our hearts and you inspire us to do what is good.

Praise be to you!

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Triune Lord, wondrous community of inﬁnite love, teach us to contemplate you in the beauty of the universe, for all things speak of you.

Awaken our praise and thankfulness for every being that you have made.

Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined to everything that is.

God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is forgotten in your sight.

Enlighten those who possess power and money that they may avoid the sin of indifference, that they may love the common good, advance the weak, and care for this world in which we live.

The poor and the earth are crying out.

O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming of your Kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty.

Praise be to you! Amen.

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Pope Francis recalls present-day crosses at Way of the Cross

Lord Jesus, help us to see in your Cross all the crosses of the world:

The cross of those who hunger for bread and for love;

The cross of those who are alone or abandoned even by their own children and family members;

The cross of those who thirst for justice and peace;

The cross of those who do not have the comfort of the faith;

The cross of the elderly who are bowed down under the weight of years and loneliness;

The cross of migrants who ﬁnd doors closed because of fear, and hearts sealed by political calculations;

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The cross of the little ones, wounded in their innocence and purity;

The cross of humanity that wanders in the darkness of uncertainty and in the darkness of the culture of the ﬂeeting moment;

The cross of families broken by betrayal, by the seductions of the evil one or by murderous lightness and by selﬁshness;

The cross of consecrated persons who tirelessly seek to bring your light into the world and feel rejected, mocked and humiliated;

The cross of consecrated persons who, along the way, have forgotten their ﬁrst love;

The cross of your children who, believing in you and trying to live according to your word, ﬁnd themselves marginalized and discarded even by their families and their peers;

The cross of our weaknesses, our hypocrisies, our betrayals, our sins and our many broken promises;

The cross of your Church which, faithful to your Gospel, struggles to carry your love even among the baptized themselves;

The cross of the Church, your bride, who feels continually attacked from within and from without;

The cross of our common home that withers seriously before our selﬁsh eyes that are blinded by greed and power.

Lord Jesus, rekindle in us the hope of the resurrection and of your deﬁnitive victory against all evil and all death. Amen!

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Prayers of His Holiness the Pope

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him.

Show us your face and we will be saved.

Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief.

Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!”

You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy:

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let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and gloriﬁed.

You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error:

let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.

We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

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A Prayer for Our Earth

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures.

You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.

Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty.

Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.

O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.

Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth.

Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be ﬁlled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your inﬁnite light.

We thank you for being with us each day.

Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and peace.

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Visit to the Mother Teresa memorial

Prayer of the holy father - Tuesday, 7 May 2019

God, Father of mercy and all goodness, we thank you for giving us the life and the charism of Saint Mother Teresa. In your boundless providence, you called her to bear witness to your love among the poorest of the poor in India and throughout the world. She was able to do much good to those in greatest need, for she saw in every man and woman the face of your Son. Docile to your Spirit, she became the prayerful cry of the poor and of all those who hunger and thirst for justice. Taking up the words uttered by Jesus on

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the cross: “I thirst” (Jn 19:28), Mother Teresa sated the thirst of the cruciﬁed Lord by accomplishing works of merciful love.

Saint Mother Teresa, mother of the poor, we ask for your special intercession and help, here in this city where you were born, where you had your home. Here you received the gift of rebirth in the sacraments of Christian initiation. Here you heard the ﬁrst words of faith in your family and in the community of the faithful. Here you began to see and meet people in need, the poor and the helpless. Here you learned from your parents to love those in greatest need and to help them. Here, in the silence of the church, you heard the call of Jesus to follow him as a religious in the missions.

Here in this place, we ask you to intercede with Jesus, that we too may obtain the grace to be watchful and attentive to the cry of the poor, those deprived of their rights, the sick, the outcast and the least of our brothers and sisters. May he grant us the grace to see him in the eyes of all who look to us in their need. May he grant us a heart capable of loving God present in every man and woman, a heart capable of recognizing him in those who experience suffering and injustice. May he grant us the grace to become signs of love and hope in our own day, when so many are poor, abandoned, marginalized and migrants. May he grant that our love not only be on our lips, but that it be effective and genuine, so that we may bear credible witness to the

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Church whose duty it is to proclaim the Good News to the poor, freedom to prisoners, joy to the afﬂicted and the grace of salvation to all.

Saint Mother Teresa, pray for this city, for this people, for its Church and for all those who wish to follow Christ, the Good Shepherd, as his disciples, by carrying out works of justice, love, mercy, peace and service. To follow him, who came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life for many: Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Act of veneration to the immaculate conception at the spanish steps

Spanish Steps - Saturday, 8 December 2018

Immaculate Mother, on the day of your celebration, so dear to the Christian people, I come to pay you homage in the heart of Rome. In my soul I carry the faithful of this Church and all those who live in this city, especially the sick and those who due to various circumstances struggle harder to go on.

First and foremost we wish to thank you for the motherly care with which you accompany our journey: how often we hear those who have experienced your intercession describe with teary eyes the graces that you request for us from your Son Jesus!

I also think of an ordinary grace that you give to the people who live in Rome: that of patiently facing the discomforts of daily life.

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For this we ask you for the strength not to give in, but rather, to each do our part each day to improve things, so that each one’s care may make Rome more beautiful and livable for every one; so that each one’s duty properly fulﬁlled may ensure the rights of every one. And thinking of the common good of this city, we pray to you for those who play roles of great responsibility: may you obtain for them wisdom, foresight, the spirit of service and cooperation.

Blessed Virgin, I wish to entrust to you in a particular way the priests of this Diocese: pastors, assistant pastors, elderly priests who, with a shepherd’s heart, continue to work at the service of the People of God, the many student priests from every part of the world who cooperate in the parishes.

For all of them I ask you for the gentle joy of evangelizing and the gift of being fathers, close to the people, merciful.

To you, Lady wholly consecrated to God, I entrust the consecrated women in religious and in secular life who, thank God, are more numerous in Rome than in any other city in the world, and who form a marvelous mosaic of nationalities and cultures.

For them I ask you for the joy to be, like you, spouses and mothers, fruitful in prayer, in charity, in compassion.

O Mother of Jesus, I ask of you one last thing in this Season of Advent, reﬂecting on the days in which you and Joseph were in distress for the then imminent birth of your child, concerned

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because there was the census and you too had to leave your town, Nazareth, and go to Bethlehem.... You know, Mother, what it means to carry life in your womb and to feel indifference, rejection, at times scorn around you. For this reason I ask you to be close to families that today in Rome, in Italy, in the entire world, are experiencing similar situations, so that they not be abandoned to themselves, but protected in their rights, human rights which come before any other.

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Way of the cross at the Colosseum

Palatine Hill - Good Friday, 30 March 2018

Lord Jesus, our gaze is turned to you, full of shame, remorse and hope.

Before your supreme love shame pervades us for having left you alone to suffer for our sins:

shame for having ﬂed when tested despite having said to you a thousand times: “even if all leave you, I will never leave you”;

shame for having chosen Barabbas and not you, power and not you, appearances and not you, the god of money and not you, worldliness and not eternity;

shame for having tempted you with mouth and heart, each time that we faced a trial, saying to you: “you are the Messiah, save yourself and we will believe!”;

shame because many people, and even some of your ministers, have allowed themselves to be deceived by ambition and vainglory, losing their dignity and the love they had at ﬁrst;

shame because our generations are leaving young people a world fractured by divisions and war; a world devoured by selﬁshness in which the young, the children, the sick, the elderly are marginalized;

shame for having lost our shame;

Lord Jesus, grant us always the grace of holy shame!

Our gaze is also ﬁlled with remorse which before your eloquent silence implores your mercy:

remorse which germinates in the certainty that you alone can save us from evil; you alone can heal us from our leprosy of hate, selﬁshness, pride, greed, vengeance, avarice, idolatry;

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you alone can embrace us again, restoring our ﬁlial dignity and rejoicing in our return to home, to life;

remorse which blossoms from feeling our pettiness, our nothingness, our vanity, and which allows itself to be caressed by your pleasing and powerful call to conversion;

remorse of David who, from the abyss of his misery, found in you his unique strength;

remorse which arises from our shame, which is born from the certainty that our heart will always be unsettled until we ﬁnd you and in you its sole source of fulﬁllment and calm;

the remorse of Peter who, in meeting your gaze, wept bitterly for having denied you before men.

Lord Jesus, grant us always the grace of holy remorse!

Before your supreme majesty, in the obscurity of our despair, a glimmer of hope ignites because we know that your unique measure of loving us is that of loving us without measure:

hope because your message continues to inspire, still today, many people and peoples for whom good alone can conquer evil and cruelty; forgiveness alone can destroy rancour and vengeance; fraternal embrace alone can dispel hostility and fear of the other;

hope because your sacriﬁce continues, still today, to emit the perfume of divine love which caresses the hearts of many young people who continue to consecrate their lives to you, becoming living examples of charity and gratuitousness in this world of ours, devoured by the logic of proﬁt and easy earnings;

hope because so many missionaries continue, still today, to challenge humanity’s dormant conscience, risking their lives to serve you in the poor, the rejected, the immigrants, the invisible, the exploited, the hungry and the imprisoned;

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hope because your Church, holy and comprised of sinners, continues, still today, despite attempts to discredit her, to be a light that illuminates, encourages, comforts and witnesses to your boundless love for mankind, a model of altruism, an ark of salvation and font of certainty and truth;

hope because the Resurrection has sprung from your Cross, fruit of the greed and cowardice of many doctors of the Law and hypocrites, transforming the darkness of the tomb into the splendour of the dawn of the Sunday whose sun never sets, teaching us that your love is our hope.

Lord Jesus, grant us always the grace of holy hope!

Help us, Son of man, to strip ourselves of the arrogance of the robber placed at your left and of the shortsightedness of the corrupt, who have seen in you an opportunity to exploit, a condemned man to criticize, a defeated man to deride, another occasion to ascribe to others, and even to God, their own faults.

We ask you instead, Son of God, to identify us with the good robber who looked at you with eyes full of shame, remorse and hope; who, with the eyes of faith, saw divine victory in your seeming defeat and thus knelt before your mercy, and with honesty, stole paradise! Amen!

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Prayer before the relics of the peruvian saints

Cathedral of Saint John the Apostle, Lima - Sunday, 21 January 2018

God our Father, through Jesus Christ you founded your Church on the rock of the Apostles, that, guided by the Holy Spirit, she may be a sign and instrument of your love and mercy in the world: we thank you for the gifts you have bestowed upon our Church in Lima.

We thank you in a special way for the holiness that has ﬂourished in our land. Our Archdiocesan Church has been made fruitful by the apostolic labours of Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, enlarged by the prayer, penance and charity of Saint Rose of Lima and Saint Martin de Porres, adorned by the missionary zeal of Saint Francisco Solano and the humble service of Saint Juan Macías. It has been blessed by the witness of Christian life and ﬁdelity to the Gospel of many others of our brothers and sisters. We give you thanks for all that you have accomplished in our history and we ask you to keep us faithful to the heritage we have received.

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Help us to be a Church that goes forth, drawing near to all, especially the less fortunate. Teach us to be missionary disciples of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Miracles, living in love, seeking unity and practising mercy, so that, protected by the intercession of Our Lady of Evangelization, we may live the joy of the Gospel and proclaim it before the world.

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Pilgrimage of His Holiness Pope Francis to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

Chapel of the Apparitions, Fátima - Friday, 12 May 2017

The Holy Father: Hail Holy Queen, Blessed Virgin of Fatima, Lady of Immaculate Heart, our refuge and our way to God!

As a pilgrim of the Light that comes to us from your hands, I give thanks to God the Father, who in every time and place is at work in human history; As a pilgrim of the Peace that, in this place, you proclaim, I give praise to Christ, our peace, and I implore for the world concord among all peoples; As a pilgrim of the Hope that the Spirit awakens, I come as a prophet and messenger to wash the feet of all, at the same table that unites us.

Refrain (sung by the assembly):

Ave O Clemens, Ave O pia! Salve Regina Rosarii Fatimae. Ave O clemens, Ave O pia! Ave O dulcis Virgo Maria!

The Holy Father: Hail, Mother of Mercy, Lady robed in white!

In this place where, a hundred years ago you made known to all the purposes of God’s mercy, I gaze at your robe of light and, as a bishop robed in white,

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I call to mind all those who, robed in the splendour of their baptism, desire to live in God and tell the mysteries of Christ in order to obtain peace.

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The Holy Father: Hail, life and sweetness, Hail, our hope, O Pilgrim Virgin, O Universal Queen!

In the depths of your being, in your Immaculate Heart, you keep the joys of men and women as they journey to the Heavenly Homeland. In the depths of your being, in your Immaculate Heart, you keep the sorrows of the human family, as they mourn and weep in this valley of tears.

In the depths of your being, in your Immaculate Heart, adorn us with the radiance of the jewels of your crown and make us pilgrims, even as you were a pilgrim.

With your virginal smile, enliven the joy of Christ’s Church. With your gaze of sweetness, strengthen the hope of God’s children.

With your hands lifted in prayer to the Lord, draw all people together into one human family.

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The Holy Father:

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary of Fatima!

Grant that we may follow the example of Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta,

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and of all who devote themselves to proclaiming the Gospel. Thus we will follow all paths and everywhere make our pilgrim way; we will tear down all walls and cross every frontier, as we go out to every periphery, to make known God’s justice and peace.

In the joy of the Gospel, we will be the Church robed in white, the whiteness washed in the blood of the Lamb, blood that today too is shed in the wars tearing our world apart. And so we will be, like you, an image of the column of light that illumines the ways of the world, making God known to all, making known to all that God exists, that God dwells in the midst of his people, yesterday, today and for all eternity.

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The Holy Father, with all the faithful:

Hail, Mother of the Lord, Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary of Fatima! Blessed among all women, you are the image of the Church robed in paschal light, you are the honour of our people, you are the victory over every assault of evil.

Prophecy of the merciful love of the Father, Teacher of the Message of Good News of the Son, Sign of the burning Fire of the Holy Spirit, teach us, in this valley of joys and sorrows, the eternal truths that the Father reveals to the little ones.

Show us the strength of your protective mantle. In your Immaculate Heart, be the refuge of sinners and the way that leads to God.

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In union with my brothers and sisters, in faith, in hope and in love, I entrust myself to you. In union with my brothers and sisters, through you, I consecrate myself to God,

O Virgin of the Rosary of Fatima.

And at last, enveloped in the Light that comes from your hands, I will give glory to the Lord for ever and ever. Amen. Refrain

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Prayer for young people in view of the forthcoming Synod of Bishops 2018

Lord Jesus, in journeying towards the Synod, your Church turns her attention to all the young people of the world. We pray that they might boldly take charge of their lives, aim for the most beautiful and profound things of life and always keep their hearts unencumbered. Accompanied by wise and generous guides, help them respond to the call you make to each of them, to realize a proper plan of life and achieve happiness.

Keep their hearts open to dreaming great dreams and make them concerned for the good of others. Like the Beloved Disciple, may they stand at the foot of the Cross, to receive your Mother as a gift from you. May they be witnesses to your Resurrection and be aware that you are at their side as they joyously proclaim you as Lord. Amen.

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Prayer for peace

Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!

We have tried so many times and over so many years to resolve our conﬂicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms. How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced; how much blood has been shed; how many lives have been shattered; how many hopes have been buried… But our efforts have been in vain.

Now, Lord, come to our aid! Grant us peace, teach us peace; guide our steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, and give us the courage to say: “Never again war!”;

“With war everything is lost”. Instil in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.

Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love, you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters.

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Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace; enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister. Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace, our trepidation into conﬁdent trust, and our quarreling into forgiveness. Keep alive within us the ﬂame of hope, so that with patience and perseverance we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation. In this way may peace triumph at last, and may the words “division”, “hatred” and “war” be banished from the heart of every man and woman. Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be “brother”, and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam! Amen.

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Prayer to the Immaculate

Virgin most holy and immaculate, to you, the honour of our people, and the loving protector of our city, do we turn with loving trust.

You are all-beautiful, O Mary! In you there is no sin.

Awaken in all of us a renewed desire for holiness: May the splendour of truth shine forth in our words, the song of charity resound in our works,purity and chastity abide in our hearts and bodies, and the full beauty of the Gospel be evident in our lives.

You are all-beautiful, O Mary! In you the Word of God became ﬂesh.

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Help us always to heed the Lord’s voice: May we never be indifferent to the cry of the poor, or untouched by the sufferings of the sick and those in need; may we be sensitive to the loneliness of the elderly and the vulnerability of children,and always love and cherish the life of every human being.

You are all-beautiful, O Mary! In you is the fullness of joy born of life with God.

Help us never to forget the meaning of our earthly journey: May the kindly light of faith illumine our days, the comforting power of hope direct our steps, the contagious warmth of love stir our hearts; and may our gaze be ﬁxed on God, in whom true joy is found.

You are all-beautiful, O Mary!

Hear our prayer, graciously hear our plea: May the beauty of God’s merciful love in Jesus abide in our hearts, and may this divine beauty save us, our city and the entire world. Amen.

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Tweets by His Holiness Pope Francis via Twitter

• The #Covid19 pandemic has shown that our societies are not organized well enough to make room for the elderly, with proper respect for their dignity and frailty. When the elderly are not cared for, there is no future for the young.

• While we are combating #coronavirus, we must continue the effort to prevent and cure #malaria which threatens millions of persons in many countries. I am near to all who are sick, to those who care for them.

• In many nations #Covid19 continues to claim many victims. I wish to express my closeness to those populations, to the sick and their families, and to all those who care for them.

• In light of the tragic events that have marked 2020, I dedicate my Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees – on internally displaced persons – to all those experiencing situations of precariousness and marginalization as a result of Covid-19.

• We are one human family. Let us bring all hostilities to a halt. May our joint ﬁght against the #COVID-19 pandemic bring everyone to recognize the great need to reinforce brotherly and sisterly bonds.

• We remember the difﬁcult task entrusted to healthcare providers, nurses and doctors, in caring for persons with

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disabilities who have come down with Covid-19. Let us #PrayTogether for persons with disabilities and those who assist them.

• I would like to remind you that on 14 May, believers of every religion are invited to unite themselves spiritually in a day of prayer, fasting and works of charity, to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus.

• May God have mercy on us and put an end to this tragedy, this pandemic, as well as the pandemics of hunger, war, and children without an education. This we ask as brothers and sisters, everyone together.

• God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is forgotten in your sight. Praise be to you!

• At this time, as indications emerge for a way out of quarantine, we pray that the Lord will grant us the grace of prudence and obedience to these indications, so that the pandemic does not return.

• Today is International Nurses Day. Nursing is more than a profession – it's a vocation, a dedication. During this pandemic, they have given an example of heroism. Some have even given their lives. Let us #PrayTogether for nurses.

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• Let us invoke the Holy Spirit. May He might give light and strength to the Church and society in the #Amazon region, sorely tried by the pandemic. I pray for the poorest of that precious Region and the world. And I plead that they may not lack health care.

• The Lord waits for us to offer him our failings so that he can help us experience his mercy.

• We want to respond to the virus pandemic with the universality of prayer, compassion and tenderness. Let us stay united. I invite all Christians to direct their voices together toward Heaven, reciting the Our Father on Wednesday, 25 March, at noon.

• Today we ask for the grace to allow ourselves to be amazed by God's surprises, to not hinder His creativity, but to encourage hearts to encounter the Lord.

• How do we root out hypocrisy? There's a good medicine that can help us not be hypocrites: point the ﬁnger at ourselves and say to the Lord "Look at the way I am, Lord!", and say it with humility.

• The Lord gives each of us a vocation, a challenge to discover the talents and abilities we possess and to put them at the service of others.

• The #GospelOfToday shows us that the ultimate goal is the encounter with Jesus. He alone frees us from evil and heals our hearts. Only an encounter with him can save, can make life full and beautiful.

• Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints. They walked by faith and now we invoke their intercession.

• Let us pray for our communities, that by giving witness to the joy of Christian life, they may see a ﬂowering of the call to holiness.

• The Lord always reminds us how precious we are in His eyes, and He entrusts us with a mission.

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• May the Holy Spirit, the builder of fraternity, give us the grace to walk beside one another. May He make us courageous as we experience unprecedented ways of sharing and of mission.

• Jonah is stubborn in his faith convictions, and the Lord is stubborn in His mercy. Because the Lord always wants to heal and to save, not to condemn.

• I ask you to accompany this important ecclesial event with prayers, so that it may be experienced in fraternal communion and docility to the Holy Spirit, who always shows the ways for bearing witness to the Gospel.

• In the #GospelOfToday, Jesus shows us that the measure of faith is service. "We are useless servants" is an expression of humility and availability that does so much good for the Church.

• The willingness of a Cardinal to shed his own blood, symbolized by the red colour of his clothing, is guaranteed when it is rooted in compassion, received from God, and given to his brothers and sisters.

• As we close the #SeasonOfCreation today, we entrust the #AmazonSynod to St. Francis of Assisi.

• The Word of God ﬁlls us with joy and this joy is our strength. We are joyful Christians because we have welcomed the Word of God in our hearts. This is the message for today, for all of us.

• May the memorial of our #HolyGuardianAngels strengthen in us the certainty that we are not alone. May it sustain us in proclaiming and living Christ's Gospel for a world renewed in God's love.

• May the Sunday of the Word of God help his people to grow in religious and intimate familiarity with the sacred Scriptures.

• The sweetness of God’s word leads us to share it with all those whom we encounter in this life and to proclaim the sure hope that it contains.

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• The elderly and the young, together. This is the sign that a people cherishes life, that there is a culture of hope: the care of the young and the elderly.

• It's not just about migrants, it's about all of us, about the human family, called to build together a world more in accord with God's plan.

• We need others in order to live and to share the love and trust that the Lord gives us.

• The true face of love is mercy. Practicing it, we become a disciple of Jesus and the heart of the Father shows itself.

• Let us ask the Lord that, by contemplating the martyrs of yesterday and today, we may learn to live the Gospel faithfully every day.

• Let us learn to call people by their name, as the Lord does with us, and to give up using adjectives.

• We are called to be witnesses and messengers of God's mercy, to offer the world light where there is darkness, hope where despair reigns, salvation where sin abounds.

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• The Apostle Paul exhorts ministers to closeness: closeness to God, prayer, closeness of the bishop to his priests; closeness of priests to each other; closeness to the people of God.

• Every human project can ﬁrst be approved and then end up shipwrecked. But everything that comes from above and bears the “signature” of God is destined to last.

• "The Lord was moved with compassion" (Luke 7:13). Our God is a God of compassion. Compassion is the weakness of God, but also His strength.

• St Paul asks us to pray "for all in authority" (1 Tim 2:2). We must learn to do this, even for politicians with whom we disagree. Christians must pray for all people in government, that they may work for the common good.

• God waits for us: He doesn't get tired, He doesn't lose heart. Because it is each one of us who is that child embraced again, that coin found again, that sheep caressed and put back on His shoulders (Luke 15:1-32).

• Today the Church asks us to contemplate the glorious Cross of Our Lord. Though He was God, Christ humbled Himself by becoming a servant. This is the glory of the Cross of Jesus!

• If they want to grow in His friendship, Jesus’ disciples, must not complain and look inward. They must act and commit themselves, certain that the Lord will support and accompany them.

• Christ is the hope of the world: His Gospel is the most powerful leaven of brotherhood, freedom, justice and peace for all peoples.

• What must one do to be a good Christian? The answer is simple: we have to do, each in our own way, what Jesus says in the Beatitudes.

• Let us turn in prayer to the Holy Virgin on this day when we remember her birth, the dawn of salvation for humanity.

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• Our life and our talents are the result of a gift woven between God and the many silent hands of persons whose names we will only know in Heaven.

• The Lord is the ﬁrst to trust in you, and He also invites you to trust in yourselves; He invites you to encourage one another, and join Him in writing the most beautiful page of your lives.

• A sower of peace and hope knows how to wait, he trusts; he realizes the limitations of his sowing, but he never stops loving the ﬁeld entrusted to his care.

• Jesus proposes a ﬁrst golden rule for everyone: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" (Lk 6:31); and he helps us to discover what is most important: to love us and help us.

• Try to keep quiet a moment and let God love you. Try to silence all the inner voices, and rest for a second in His loving embrace.

• The pursuit of lasting peace is a mission that involves everyone. It calls for strenuous, constant and unceasing effort, because peace is like a delicate ﬂower trying to blossom on the stony ground of violence.

• The Holy Spirit, when we invite Him into our wounds, anoints our painful memories with the balm of hope, because the Spirit restores hope.

• May God, the lover of life, grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin, or until it is too late.

• Creation, a place of encounter with the Lord and one another, is “God’s own social network”, which inspires us to raise a song of cosmic praise to the Creator.

• We are beloved creatures of God, who in His goodness calls us to love life and to live it in communion with the rest of creation.

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• This is the season to reﬂect on our lifestyles and to undertake prophetic actions.

• This is the season for letting our prayer be inspired anew by closeness to nature, which spontaneously leads us to give thanks to God the Creator.

• Now is the time to rediscover our vocation as children of God, brothers and sisters, and stewards of creation. In this #SeasonOfCreation, I invite everyone to dedicate themselves to prayer.

• In today’s Gospel, Jesus invites us to selﬂess generosity, to open the path towards a much greater joy: that of participating in God’s own love.

• In our daily relationship with Jesus, and in the strength of His forgiveness, we rediscover our roots.

• We ask for the grace not to be lukewarm Christians, living on half measures, letting love grow cold.

• The light of God enlightens those who welcome it.

• Whoever draws near to God will not stumble, but strives ahead: beginning anew, trying again, rebuilding.

• May God who remembers us, God who heals our wounded memories by anointing them with hope, God who is near to lift us up from within, help us to build up the good and to console hearts.

• All of us have been created in the image and likeness of God and have the same dignity. Let us stop slavery!

• May the Lord open our hearts to the needs of the poor, the defenseless, those who knock on our door to be recognized as a person.

• It takes more strength to repair than to build, to start anew than to begin, to be reconciled than to get along. This is the strength that God gives us.

• In the uncertainty that we feel both inside and out, the Lord gives us a certainty: He remembers us.

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• Today we remember all the brave women who go out to meet their brothers and sisters in difﬁculty. Each of them is a sign of God's closeness and compassion.

• In today's Gospel, Jesus reveals to us His most ardent desire: to bring to the earth the ﬁre of the Father's love: the ﬁre that saves, that changes the world, starting from the change of each one's heart.

• With God, the burdens of life rest not upon our shoulders alone: the Holy Spirit comes to give us strength, to encourage us, to bear our burdens.

• Let us ask Our Lady to protect and sustain us; that we may have a strong, joyful and merciful faith; that she may help us to be saints, to meet her one day in Paradise.

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• Only when we experience God's forgiveness are we truly reborn. We start again from there, from forgiveness. It is there that we rediscover ourselves: in confessing our sins.

• Today's Gospel invites us to abandon ourselves with simplicity and trust to God's will, and to keep "the lamps alight", so we can brighten the darkness of the night.

• Basically, the Christian witness announces this alone: that Jesus is alive and that He is the secret of life.

• In the midst of all those passing things in which we are so caught up, help us, Father, to seek what truly lasts: your presence and that of our brother or sister.

• The way of Jesus, which leads to peace, passes through forgiveness, for one evil never corrects another evil and no resentment is ever good for the heart.

• The Lord invites all of us to conquer resentment with love and forgiveness, and to live the Christian faith with consistency and courage.

• Holy Spirit, give us the joy of the resurrection, the perennial youth of the heart!

• The Lord does not perform wonders with those who believe themselves to be just, but with those who know they are in need and are willing to open their hearts to Him.

• Let us pray that the Lord will free the victims of human trafﬁcking and help us to respond actively to the cry for help of so many of our brothers and sisters who are deprived of their dignity and freedom.

• The Lord gives each of us a vocation, a challenge to discover the talents and abilities we possess and to put them at the service of others.

• Jesus looks for witnesses who say to Him every day: "Lord, you are my life".

• Faith is a gift that keeps alive a profound and beautiful

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certainty: that we are God’s beloved children.

• In today's Gospel Jesus tells us of the real joy of his disciples: "Rejoice because your names are written in heaven" (Lk 10, 20), that is, in the heart of God the Father.

• We need people and institutions that defend the dignity of workers, the dignity of work and the good of the earth, our common home.

• In difﬁcult times, even more than in times of peace, the priority for believers is to be united to Jesus, our hope.

• Through your attention to the little ones and to the poor, you can kindle stars in the night for those who suffer.

• The Bible is not just a beautiful book to keep on a shelf. It is the Word of life be sown, a gift that the Risen Jesus asks us to accept in order to have life in His name.

• We all go through difﬁcult days at times, but we must always remember that life is a grace. It is the miracle that God drew forth from nothing.

• Pray for all Priests and for my Petrine Ministry, that every pastoral action may be sealed with the love that Christ has for every person.

• Jesus looks at us, loves us and awaits us. He is all heart and all mercy. Let us go with conﬁdence to Jesus. He always forgives us.

• Blessed are those who believe and who have the courage to foster encounter and communion.

• Saying “yes” to the Lord means having the courage to embrace life with love as it comes, with all its fragility and smallness, with all its contradictions.

• The example of Saint John the Baptist invites us to be a Church that is always at the service of the Word of God; a Church that does not want to draw attention to itself, but to Jesus Christ.

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• Blessing is not about saying nice words or trite phrases; it is about speaking goodness, speaking with love. The Eucharist is itself a school of blessing.

• The Beatitudes are not for supermen, but for those who confront the challenges and trials of every day.

• Without communion and without compassion that is constantly nourished by prayer, theology not only loses its soul, but loses the intelligence and the ability to intepret reality in a Christian way.

• Dear young people, I would like to tell each one of you: God loves you; never doubt it, whatever happens to you in life; under any circumstances, you are inﬁnitely loved.

• Jesus became bread broken for us, and He asks us to give ourselves to others, no longer to live for ourselves, but for one another.

• May the Holy Spirit lead us to live more fully as children of God and as brothers and sisters.

• Faith is a relationship, an encounter, and under the impetus of God's love we can communicate, welcome, and understand the gifts of others and respond to them.

• Holy Spirit, harmony of God, You who transform fear into trust and hard-heartedness into gift, come into us!

• Each one of us has inﬁnite value for God: we may be small under heaven and powerless when the earth trembles, but for God we are more precious than anything.

• The Holy Spirit calls all of us and helps us discover the beauty of being together and of journeying together, each in his or her own language and tradition but happy to be amongst brothers and sisters.

• I am close to many elderly people who live hidden away, forgotten, neglected. And I thank those who are committed to a more inclusive society, which does not need to throw away

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those who are weak in body and mind.

• Holy Spirit, our harmony, You who make us one body, infuse your peace in the Church and in the world!

• The #poor save us because they enable us to encounter the face of Jesus Christ.

• Holy Spirit, make us artisans of harmony, sowers of good, apostles of hope!

• As adults we must not rob children of their capacity to dream. Let us seek to promote an environment of hope, where their dreams may grow and be shared: A shared dream opens the path towards a new way of life.

• Give freely that which you have received freely, so that God's graces may reach the hearts of all.

• Holy #MaryMotherOfTheChurch, help us to entrust ourselves fully to Jesus and to believe in His love, especially in times of trial, beneath the shadow of the Cross, when our faith is called to mature.

• To men and women missionaries, and to all those who, by virtue of their baptism, share in any way in the mission of the Church, I send my heartfelt blessing.

• Holy Spirit, breathe into our hearts and let us inhale the tenderness of the Father. Breathe upon the Church, so that she may spread the Gospel with joy. Breathe upon the world the fresh restoration of hope.

• Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother", and our way of life will always be: Peace.

• How do I know the Lord listens to me? We have a certainty: Jesus. He is the great intercessor. He ascended into Heaven, and He stands before the Father to intercede for us. His prayer of intercession is never-ending.

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Without wonder, faith, like life, becomes grey and routine.

• The Ascension of our Lord into Heaven inaugurates a new form of the presence of Jesus amongst us, and asks us to have the eyes and the heart to encounter Him, serve Him, and be His witness to others.

• Let us choose the way of Jesus. It is a way that demands effort, but the way that brings peace.

• May you be witnesses of freedom and mercy, allowing fraternity and dialogue to prevail over divisions.

• The feast of the Ascension urges us to raise our eyes to Heaven, to fulﬁl, with the grace of our risen Lord, the mission He has entrusted to us: to announce the Gospel to everyone.

• God loves with a Father’s love. Every life, and every one of us, belongs to him.

• Let us journey together, allowing the Gospel to be the leaven that permeates everything and ﬁlls our peoples with the joy of salvation!

• Dear parents, help your children discover the love of Jesus! This will make them strong and courageous.

• The Holy Spirit loves to shape unity from the most beautiful and harmonious diversity.

• With His ascension the risen Lord draws our gaze to Heaven, to show us that the goal of our journey is the Father.

• If you trust in the goodness of the Lord, you will understand the meaning of events and the purpose of your life.

• In our lives there are crosses, there are difficult moments. But in these difficult moments we feel that the Holy Spirit helps us to go forward and to overcome the difficulties.

• It is the Spirit who makes us arise from our limitations, from our deaths, because we have so many necroses in our life, in our soul. The message of the Resurrection is this: we must be reborn.

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• Mercy shown to those who can only receive, without giving anything in return, is precious in the eyes of God.

• Mary is a woman who walks with the grace and the tenderness of a mother; she unties all the knots of the many problems we manage to create, and she teaches us to stand upright in the midst of storms.

• Every creature has a function, none is superﬂuous. The whole universe speaks the language of God's love, of His boundless affection for us: soil, water, mountains, everything is God's caress.

• We pray for those who live with severe illness. Let us always safeguard life, God's gift, from its beginning until its natural end. Let us not give in to a throwaway culture.

• Let us remain united to the Lord Jesus through listening to the Word, through the sacraments, a life of fraternity and service to others.

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• It is the Spirit who is the protagonist of Christian life, the Holy Spirit, who is with us, accompanies us, transforms us, is victorious with us.

• Let yourself be transformed and renewed by the Holy Spirit, in order to bring Christ into every environment and to give witness to the joy and youthfulness of the Gospel!

• “The word of God is alive” (Hebrews 4:12); it does not die or get old, but remains forever.

• God proposes Himself, He never imposes Himself; He enlightens us, but never blinds us.

• Mary, Virgin of #Fatima, we are certain that each one of us is precious in your eyes and that nothing in our hearts has estranged you. Guard our life with your embrace, guide us all on the path to holiness.

• God has placed this plan in our hearts and in all creation: to love Him, our brothers and sisters, and the whole world, and to ﬁnd true happiness in this love.

• This is the time of mercy; this is the time of the Lord’s compassion. Let us open our hearts so that He may come to us.

• Today we ask for the grace to be docile to the voice of the Lord and for a heart open to the Lord; for the grace not to be afraid to do great things and the sensitivity to pay attention to the small things.

• If we live like children of God and we let ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit, we do good to all creation as well.

• Faith must lead us believers to see other persons as our brothers and sisters that we need to support and love.

• Mother Teresa, we ask you to intercede with Jesus, that we too may obtain the grace to be attentive to the cry of the poor, the sick, the outcast and the least of our brothers and sisters.

• May each of us, wherever we may be, in all that we do, be able to say: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace”.

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As Pope John XXIII said: “I never met a pessimist who managed to do something good”. The Lord is the ﬁrst not to be pessimistic. He constantly tries to open up paths of resurrection for all of us.

• Every morning, God comes to ﬁnd us where we are. He summons us to rise at his word, to look up and to realize that we were made for heaven.

• As Saint Cyril said: “With joy I set out for the Christian faith; however weary and physically weak, I will go with joy”.

• I ask you to accompany with your prayers my journey to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which I begin tomorrow as a pilgrim of peace and fraternity.

• May St Joseph, the humble workman of Nazareth, direct us toward Christ, support the sacriﬁce of those who do good, and intercede for those who have lost their job or who are not successful in ﬁnding a job.

• Let us ask the Lord to grant us the awareness that we cannot truly be Christians unless we walk with the Holy Spirit, unless we let the Holy Spirit be the protagonist of our life.

• God searches for you, even if you don’t search for Him. God loves you, even if you have forgotten Him. God looks for beauty in you, even if you think you have uselessly squandered all your talents.

• If we open our hearts to mercy and we seal forgiveness with a fraternal embrace, we proclaim before the world that it is possible to overcome evil with good.

• The Lord seeks everyone, He wants everyone to feel the warmth of His mercy and His love.

• Christ is risen, and with Him our creative hope arises to face the problems of our day, because we know we are not alone.

• The martyrs of all times, with their ﬁdelity to Christ, tell us that injustice does not have the last word: we can continue to

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hope in the risen Lord.

• May the proclamation of the Lord's Resurrection sustain our hope and transform it into concrete acts of charity.

• Let us welcome Christ’s victory over sin and death into our lives. In this way, we will draw His transforming power upon all creation as well.

• The resurrection of Christ is the true hope of the world.

• Look at the open arms of Christ cruciﬁed, and let Him save you. Contemplate His blood shed out of love and let yourself be puriﬁed by it. In this way you can be reborn.

• In the Eucharist you really meet Jesus, share His life, feel His love; there you experience that His death and resurrection are for you.

• Christ died because He loves each one of us: young and old, saints and sinners, people of His time and people of our time.

• Christ, out of love, sacriﬁced himself completely in order to save you. His outstretched arms on the cross are the most telling sign that he is a friend who is willing to stop at nothing.

• By his self-abasement, Jesus wanted to open up to us the path of faith and to precede us on that path.

• If we return to the Lord with our frailties, if we take the way of love, we will embrace the life that never fades. And we will experience joy.

• Fasting also means changing our attitude towards other people and towards all creatures: from the temptation to “devour” everything to satisfy our greed, to the ability to suffer for love.

• From the Cross, Jesus teaches us the powerful courage of renunciation. Because we will never go forward if we are weighed down by heavy loads.

• Almsgiving helps us emerge from the foolishness of living to accumulate everything for ourselves, under the illusion of

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securing a future that is not ours.

• May the Lord always give us hope for the future and the strength to keep going.

• Lenten fasting frees us from our attachment to things, from the worldliness that anaesthetizes the heart.

• Lent invites us to look upward with prayer, which frees us from a horizontal, ﬂat life, where we ﬁnd time only for our ego, but forget God.

• Lent is the time to rediscover our way back to life. The Lord is the destination of our journey in the world: the course must be set on Him.

• Fasting from sin gives hope to creation too, which will be “set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God” (Rom 8:21).

• When we pray, let us recall that we do so with Jesus. Jesus is our courage. Jesus is our security, who in this moment intercedes for us.

• Through prayer we learn to renounce the idolatry and self-sufﬁciency of our ego, and to admit we need the Lord and His mercy.

• If you are young in years, but feel weak, weary or disillusioned, ask Jesus to renew you. With him, hope never fails.

• Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world.

• Let us not pass this favourable time of #Lent in vain! Let us ask God to assist us on a journey of true conversion.

• I thank all the Moroccan people for your warm welcome. May the Almighty, Gracious and Merciful, protect you and bless Morocco!

• Jesus invites us to contemplate the heart of our Father. Only from that perspective can we acknowledge once more that we

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are brothers and sisters.

• Charity, especially towards the vulnerable, is the best opportunity we have to keep working to build up a culture of encounter.

• Every human being has the right to life, to dream and to ﬁnd his or her rightful place in our “common home”! Every person has a right to the future.

• The courage to encounter one another and extend a hand of friendship is a pathway of peace and harmony for humanity.

• Brothers and sisters, God calls us once again to conversion: let us pray to obtain the grace of a new life in Christ the Lord.

• If we do not listen to the voice of the Lord, our hearts become like soil without water. That is why the Lord says: "Harden not your hearts".

• The culture of appearance, which leads us to live for passing things, is a great deception. Because it is like a ﬂaring blaze: once it is over, only ashes remain.

• It is worthwhile to welcome every life because every man and woman is worth the blood of Christ himself. We cannot have contempt for what God has loved so much!

• Today we remember in prayer the victims of modern forms of #slavery. Their suffering impels us to ﬁght against these inhuman scourges.

• Outward appearance, money, career, hobbies: these are sirens that enchant us and then set us adrift. #Lent is a time of grace to free our hearts from vanities.

• Let us thank God for "sister water", such a simple and precious element, and let us strive to make it accessible to all.

• Today we think of people with #DownSyndrome. May they be welcomed, appreciated, and never discarded, right from their mother's womb.

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the weakest will be asserted.

• I express my sorrow and closeness to the dear people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, affected by Cyclone Idai. I entrust the many victims and their families to the mercy of God.

• Lent is rediscovering that we are made for the ﬂame that always burns: for God, for the eternity of Heaven, and not for the world.

• Saint Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary, watch over the whole Church always, and protect Her in every moment.

• Prayer reconnects us to God, charity to our neighbor, fasting to ourselves. God, my brothers and sisters, my life: these are the realities that do not end in nothing, and in which we must invest.

• Lent is a journey of returning to the essential, during which the Lord asks us to follow three steps: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting.

• Lent is a reminder to stop, to return to the essential, to fast from all that is superﬂuous and distracting. It is a wake-up call for the spirit.

• I ask everyone to remember in prayer both myself and my collaborators in the Roman Curia, who this evening will be beginning the week of Spiritual Exercises.

• Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments in order to set out will ﬁnd the mystery of God.

• At the beginning of Lent, it would do us good to ask for the grace to preserve the memory of all that the Lord has done in our lives, of how He has loved us.

• The Lenten journey begins today, Ash Wednesday. I invite each of you to live this time in an authentic spirit of penance and conversion, like a return to the Father, who awaits us all with open arms.

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• Prayer gives consistency and vitality to everything we do.

• Let us hear the cry of the earth, wounded in a thousand ways by human greed. Let us allow her to remain a welcoming home, in which no one feels excluded.

• Sometimes we may feel we are alone in facing difﬁculties. But, even if He doesn’t intervene immediately, the Lord walks by our side and, if we keep going forward, He will open up a new path.

• In order to pray well, we need to have the heart of a child.

• If you believe in God you must try to live justly with everyone, according to the golden rule: “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12).

• Religious life consists in loving God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself.

• God’s love is the only power capable of making all things new.

• Every abuse is an atrocity. In people's justiﬁed anger, the Church sees the reﬂection of the wrath of God. It is our duty to listen attentively to this silent cry.

• Lord, focus our gaze on what is essential, make us strip ourselves of everything that does not help to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ transparent.

• Lord, you know how we resist placing the sufferings of others in our heart. Open our hearts and shape them in your image.

• Let us ask the Holy Spirit to sustain us during these days and to help us transform this evil into an opportunity for awareness and puriﬁcation.

• As of tomorrow, we will live several days of dialogue and communion, of listening and discernment. May it be a time of conversion. We don't proclaim ourselves, but He who died for us.

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• In the darkest moments of our history, the Lord draws near, opens paths, lifts up discouraged faith, anoints wounded hope, and awakens sleeping charity.

• Let us enter into the mystery of the sorrowful heart of God who is Father, and let us speak with Him as we witness the many calamities of our time.

• Christians promote peace, starting with the community in which they live.

• Jesus asks us to produce just one work of art, which is possible for everyone: that of our own life.

• Truth is the wonderful revelation of God, of His Fatherly face. It is His boundless love.

• Detachment from worldly appearances is essential to prepare ourselves for heaven.

• Thousands of children, forced to ﬁght in armed conﬂicts, are robbed of their childhood. Let us stop this abominable crime.

• A generous attitude towards the sick is salt of the earth and light of the world. May Our Lady of Lourdes help us to practice it, and obtain peace and comfort for all those who suffer.

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• If we practice seeing with the eyes of Jesus, we will always be able to recognize those who need our help.

• Love of God and love of neighbour are inseparable. They are two sides of the same coin: lived together they are the true strength of believers!

• Life has value when we give it, when we give it in love, in truth; when we give it to others, in everyday life, in the family

• Human trafﬁcking is a terrible violation of human dignity. Let us open our eyes to this shameful scourge and commit ourselves to ﬁghting it.

• We all need to be healed, and we can all heal others if we are humble and meek: with a good word, with patience, with a glance.

• This Visit to the United Arab Emirates belongs to the "surprises" of God. So let us praise Him and His providence, and pray that the seeds sown may bring forth fruits of peace.

• The Beatitudes are a roadmap for our life: they invite us to keep our hearts pure, to practice meekness and justice, to be merciful to all, to live afﬂiction in union with God.

• Saint Francis reminds us that Christians set out armed only with their humble faith and concrete love. If we live in the world according to the ways of God, we will become channels of His presence.

• Prayer puriﬁes the heart from turning in on itself. Prayer of the heart restores fraternity.

• God is with those who seek peace. From heaven He blesses every step which, on this path, is accomplished on earth.

• May the Lord give us the grace of memory and of hope, in order to go forward with perseverance on the journey of our life.

• Don Bosco had the courage to look at reality with human eyes and with the eyes of God. May every priest imitate him by

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seeing reality with human eyes and with the eyes of God.

• The secret to navigating life well is to invite Jesus on board. The helm of life should be given to Him, so that He can direct the route.

• Meekness and tenderness: these human virtues seem small, but they can overcome the most difﬁcult conﬂicts.

• Let us not forget the victims of the Holocaust. Their unspeakable suffering continues to cry out to humanity: We are all brothers and sisters!

• Only what is loved can be saved. Only what is embraced can be transformed.

• With her “yes”, Mary became the most influential woman in history. Without social networks, she became the first “influencer”: the “influencer” of God.

• Let us not quench our thirst with just any water but with the “spring of water welling up to eternal life”

• Friends, Jesus teaches us to believe. Seek out and listen to the voices that encourage you to look ahead, not those that pull you down

• This is the network we want, a network created not to entrap, but to liberate, to protect a communion of people who are free.

• Saying “yes” to God’s love is the ﬁrst step to being happy, and to making many other people happy.

• The Christian way is that of the Beatitudes: meekness, humility, patience in suffering, love for justice, ability to endure persecution, not judging others...

• What will remain on the threshold of eternity is not how much we earned, but how much we gave away.

• Today marks the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: all of us are asked to implore from God this great gift.

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• The Spirit of God speaks freely to each person through feelings and thoughts. The Spirit cannot be conﬁned with simple reasoning, but must be welcomed with the heart!

• Don’t let the sufferings you see frighten you. Place them before the Cruciﬁx and the Eucharist from which we draw patient and compassionate love.

• Let us look at our hands, often so empty of love, and today let us try to think of some gift we can offer freely.

• Baptism is the best gift we have received. Through it, we belong to God and we possess the joy of salvation.

• Smallness is freedom. One who is small, in the Gospel sense, is unencumbered and free from any urge to show off, and from any claim to success.

• The ﬁrst step in prayer is to be humble, go to the Father and say: “Look at me, I am a sinner.” And the Lord listens.

• The spirit of the world is conquered with the spirit of faith: believing that God is really in the brother and sister who are close to me.

• Do not be afraid to weep when you encounter difﬁcult situations: tears are drops that irrigate life. Tears of compassion purify hearts and feelings.

• Love does not tolerate indifference; love is compassionate. Love means putting your heart on the line for others.

• God became man in Jesus in order to share our lives. Let us keep this relationship alive with Him and with one another. Happy Christmas to our Christian brothers and sisters from the East.

• The Magi offered their precious gifts to the Christ Child. Today, let us ask God: Lord, help me rediscover the joy of giving.

• The Church grows in silence, in prayer, and with the good works that give witness.

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• Jesus is the gift of God for us. If we welcome Him, we too can be a gift of God to others.

• If we live as Jesus taught us, and in harmony with what we proclaim, our witness will bear fruit.

• To make peace is to imitate God, who wants to make peace with us: He sent us his Son, and He has forgiven us.

• Today more than ever, our societies need “artisans of peace”, messengers and witnesses of God the Father, who wills the good and the happiness of the human family.

• May Mary, Mother of God, protect and accompany us during this new year and bring the peace of her Son into our hearts and the world.

• Let us give thanks to God for the year drawing to an end, recognizing that all the good is His gift.

• May Jesus, Mary and Joseph bless and protect all families around the world, so that love, joy and peace may reign within them.

• Bring God’s tenderness and mercy to all those who are discarded by society.

• Let us welcome God’s love in the Christ Child, and let us commit ourselves to making the world more humane and worthy for the children of today and tomorrow.

• Looking at Jesus we see the face of the God who is Love, and we learn to recognize Him in the faces of our brothers and sisters.

• The Church grows with the blood of the martyrs, men and women who give their lives for Jesus. Today there are many, even if they do not make the headlines.

• Christ is born for us! Come, all of you who are seeking the face of God. Here He is, the Child lying in the manger.

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humility, tenderness and goodness.

• The lights of the Christmas tree remind us that Jesus is the light of the world, the light of our souls that drives away the darkness of hatred and makes room for forgiveness.

• Let us entrust ourselves to Our Lady so that she may help us prepare our hearts to welcome Baby Jesus at his birth.

• May the symbols of the nativity scene and the Christmas tree allow a reﬂection of God's light and tenderness to enter into family life.

• God enters history and does so in His original style: surprise. The God of surprises always surprises us.

• Advent is a time for us to prepare for the coming of Jesus, Prince of Peace. It's a time to make peace with ourselves and our neighbours

• Be like Saint Joseph: a man of dreams, not a dreamer; a man of silence, because he respects God's plan.

• Jesus knows well the pain of not being welcomed. May our hearts not be closed as were the houses in Bethlehem.

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"O Wisdom from the mouth of the Most High, you ﬁll the whole world. With strength and gentleness you order all things: come to teach us the way of prudence."

• Joy, prayer and gratitude are three ways that prepare us to experience Christmas in an authentic way.

• Our life spreads light when it is given in service. The secret of joy is living to serve.

• This is the ﬁrst step in order to grow on our journey of faith: listening. Before speaking, listen.

• Even when we pray alone, we pray together with all the people of God.

• Let us beg the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, to continue accompanying and protecting the peoples of the American continent.

• "Comfort, comfort my people" (Is 40,1). How does the Lord give comfort? With tenderness.

• Keep the faith. In this second week of Advent, we ask for the grace to prepare ourselves with faith to celebrate Christmas.

• Every human person, created in God’s image and likeness, is a value unto themselves and is subject to inalienable rights.

• Advent is a time to recognize that emptiness needs to be ﬁlled in our lives, a time to smooth the rough edges of pride, and to make room for Jesus who comes.

• What is the secret of Mary’s beauty, “tota pulchra”? Not appearances, or that which passes, but a heart totally centred on God.

• Loving God means serving our neighbour without reserve, and trying to forgive without limits.

• The beginning of faith is feeling the need for salvation: this is the way that prepares us to meet Jesus.

• This Advent, make yourself small, make yourself humble,

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make yourself a servant of others, and the Lord will give you the ability to understand how to make peace.

• Let us lift the veil of indifference that weighs on the destiny of those who suffer. Nobody can wash their hands when faced with the tragic reality of modern slavery.

• Advent is the time to welcome the Lord who comes to meet us, the time to look ahead, and to prepare ourselves for Christ’s return.

• There is no such thing as the perfect family. Only by the daily exercise of forgiveness can a family grow.

• Let us ask the Lord for the grace to leave everything in order to go forward in proclamation and witness, just as Peter and Andrew did.

• Faced with the tragedies of life, we are called to look to the horizon, because we have been redeemed and the Lord will come to save us.

• This week the Church invites us to ask ourselves: what state do I want the Lord to ﬁnd me in when He calls?

• Let us ask the Lord for the grace of being generous, so that our hearts may be opened and we may become kinder.

• While the great ones of the Earth build themselves ‘thrones’ for their own power, God chooses an uncomfortable throne, the cross, from which to reign by giving his life.

• None of us can survive without mercy. We all have need for forgiveness.

• Men and women bear God’s image within and are the object of His inﬁnite love, in whatever condition they were called into existence.

• In the eyes of God human life is precious, sacred and inviolable. No one can despise the lives of others or one’s own life.

• May the Virgin Mary help us joyfully follow Jesus on the way

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of service, the royal road that leads to Heaven.

• Since today is World Fisheries Day, let us pray for all seafarers and advocate for a global commitment to stop human trafﬁcking and forced labor in the ﬁshing industry.

• Faithfulness is the characteristic of free, mature and responsible human relationships.

• You cannot love only as long as it is “advantageous”. Love manifests itself when it goes beyond one’s own self-interest, and when it is given without reservation.

• Let us ask for the grace to open our eyes and hearts to the poor in order to hear their cry and recognize their needs.

• Do not follow Jesus only when you feel like it, rather, seek Him every day. Find in Him the God who loves you always, the meaning of your life and the strength to give of yourself.

• "The Kingdom of God is in your midst." It is not spectacular. It grows in silence, in hiding, through witness, prayer, and the attraction of the Spirit.

• Jesus is not pleased with a “percentage of love”: we cannot love him at twenty, ﬁfty or sixty percent. It’s all or nothing.

• The ﬁrst step to knowing Jesus Christ is to recognize our own poverty and our need to be saved.

• Let us pray today for bishops so that they may always be what Saint Paul calls them to be: humble, gentle, servants.

• Sunday is a holy day for us, sanctiﬁed by the celebration of the Eucharist, which is the living presence of the Lord among us and for us.

• Where there is sin there is also the merciful Lord God who forgives if you go to Him.

• May the Lord help us understand the logic of the Gospel, that of mercy with bearing witness.

• Praying means knocking at the door of a friend. God is our friend.

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• Jesus invites us to celebrate with Him, to be close to Him, to change our lives.

• Let us commit ourselves with prayer and action to distance our hearts, our words and our deeds from all violence in order to take care of our common home.

• Jesus loved us freely. Christian life is imitating Jesus' free love.

• Sunday Mass is at the heart of the Church’s life. There we encounter the Risen Lord, we listen to His Word, we are nourished at His table, and thus we become Church.

• Jesus made it so death does not have the last word: those who believe in Him will be transﬁgured by the Father's merciful love for an eternal and blessed life.

• Today we celebrate the feast of holiness. Let us strengthen the bonds of love and communion with all the Saints who are already in God's presence.

• We need smiling Christians, not because they take things lightly, but because they are ﬁlled with the joy of God, because they believe in love and live to serve.

• If you want to listen to the Lord’s voice, set out on the journey, live out your search. The Lord speaks to those who search.

• We are called to listen to what the Spirit tells us. The Holy Spirit is always something new.

• Faith is life: it is living in the love of God who has changed our lives. Faith has to do with encounter, not theory.

• I would like to say to the young people: forgive us if often we have not listened to you, if, instead of opening our hearts, we have ﬁlled your ears.

• You will build the future, with your hands, with your heart, with your love, with your passions, with your dreams. Together with others.

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• Saint Paul gives us very practical advice about preserving unity: "Bear with one another in love".

• It would be wonderful if, every day, at some moment, we could say: "Lord, let me know you and let me know myself".

• Health is not a consumer good, but a universal right: let us unite our efforts so that health services are available to all.

• This Synod is intended to be a sign of the Church that truly listens and that doesn’t always have a ready-made answer.

• Hope is not an idea, it is an encounter; like the woman waiting to meet the child who will be born from her womb.

• The company of the saints helps us to recognize that God never abandons us, so that we can live and bear witness to hope on this earth.

• Join Caritas and walk 1 million kilometres together with migrants & refugees. We are all on the Road to Emmaus being called to see the face of Christ.

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• The transmission of the faith, heart of the Church's mission, comes about by the "infectiousness" of love.

• God can act in any circumstance, even in the midst of apparent defeat.

• The leaven of Christians is the Holy Spirit that allows us to grow amidst the difﬁculties of the journey, but always with hope.

• The road of the disciple is one of poverty. Disciples are poor because their richness is Jesus.

• When we listen to the Word of God, we obtain the courage and perseverance to offer the best of ourselves to others.

• Open your heart and let the Lord's grace enter in. Salvation is a gift, not a way of presenting yourself outwardly.

• The world needs saints, and all of us, without exception, are called to holiness. We are not afraid!

• Let us defend ourselves from the risk of being actors rather than witnesses. We are called to be living memory of the Lord.

• Praying is not like using a magic wand. Prayer requires commitment, constancy and determination.

• The newness of the Gospel transﬁgures us inside and out: spirit, soul, body, and everyday life.

• Spend time before the Lord in contemplation, and do everything possible for the Lord at the service of others. Contemplation and service: this is our path of life.

• Each of us is the wounded man, and the Good Samaritan is Jesus, who approached us and took care of us.

• We ask the Lord for the gifts of dialogue and patience, of the closeness and welcome that loves, pardons and doesn't condemn.

• Let us ask the Holy Spirit to throw open the doors of our hearts so that Jesus can enter and bring us His message of salvation.

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Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother of our faith

Mother, help our faith!

Open our ears to hear God’s word and to recognize his voice and call.

Awaken in us a desire to follow in his footsteps, to go forth from our own land and to receive his promise.

Help us to be touched by his love, that we may touch him in faith.

Help us to entrust ourselves fully to him and to believe in his love, especially at times of trial, beneath the shadow of the cross, when our faith is called to mature.

Sow in our faith the joy of the Risen One.

Remind us that those who believe are never alone.

Teach us to see all things with the eyes of Jesus, that he may be light for our path. And may this light of faith always increase in us, until the dawn of that undying day which is Christ himself, your Son, our Lord! Amen.

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Prayer to Mary, woman of listening

Mary, woman of listening, open our ears; grant us to know how to listen to the word of your Son Jesus among the thousands of words of this world; grant that we may listen to the reality in which we live, to every person we encounter, especially those who are poor, in need, in hardship.

Mary, woman of decision, illuminate our mind and our heart, so that we may obey, unhesitating, the word of your Son Jesus; give us the courage to decide, not to let ourselves be dragged along, letting others direct our life.

Mary, woman of action, obtain that our hands and feet move “with haste” toward others, to bring them the charity and love of your Son Jesus, to bring the light of the Gospel to the world, as you did. Amen.

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Prayer to Mary, Mother of silence

Mother of silence, who watches over the mystery of God, Save us from the idolatry of the present time, to which those who forget are condemned.

Purify the eyes of Pastors with the eye-wash of memory:

Take us back to the freshness of the origins, for a prayerful, penitent Church.

Mother of the beauty that blossoms from faithfulness to daily work, Lift us from the torpor of laziness, pettiness, and defeatism.

Clothe Pastors in the compassion that uniﬁes, that makes whole; let us discover the joy of a humble, brotherly, serving Church.

Mother of tenderness who envelops us in patience and mercy, Help us burn away the sadness, impatience and rigidity of those who do not know what it means to belong.

Intercede with your Son to obtain that our hands, our feet, our hearts be agile: let us build the Church with the Truth of love.

Mother, we shall be the People of God, pilgrims bound for the Kingdom. Amen.

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Prayer proposed by Pope Francis for the Extraordinary Missionary Month

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Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations” and you remind us that through our Baptism we are made sharers in the mission of the Church.

Empower us by the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be courageous and zealous in bearing witness to the Gospel, so that the mission entrusted to the Church, which is still very far from completion, may ﬁnd new and efﬁcacious expressions that bring life and light to the world.

Help us make it possible for all peoples to experience the saving love and mercy of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen.

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Friday of Mercy: Pope blesses ‘Palace’ for the Poor

Pope Francis inaugurated the new Night and Day Care Center for homeless people near St. Peter’s Square, as part of his Friday of Mercy initiative.

A Palace for the Poor: That’s what Pope Francis blessed on Friday afternoon, just ahead of the World Day of the Poor.

The 4-storey Vatican property sits in a prestigious location right off the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square. It still carries the name of the Roman family that built it in the 1800s: Palazzo Migliori – “Palace of the Best”.

Acquired by the Vatican in the 1930s, the building was recently vacated by a congregation of religious sisters.

Pope Francis personally directed his Almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to turn it into a place where the homeless and poor of Rome can sleep, eat, and learn. The charitable operation is staffed and run by the Sant’Egidio Community.

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THE ORDER OF HOLY MASS ACCORDING TO THE CHALDEAN RITE

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Entrance Hymn

The celebrant enters, dressed in liturgical vestments, carrying the Gospel, in case there is no deacon, following altar boys with candles and incense. Once the celebrant reaches the bema, he stops facing the altar and the mass begins.

Standing

Cel.: Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, and good hope to mankind, now and forever.

People: Amen.

Cel.: Strengthen, O Lord our God, our weakness by your mercy that we may celebrate the holy Mysteries which have been given for the renewal and redemption of our weak nature, through the mercy of your beloved Son, Lord of all, now and forever.

People: Amen 391

Marmytha

Psalm 35 (18, 28) or the psalm of the Sunday or any other psalm from the appendix

Cel.: Then I will thank you in the great assembly.

People: I will praise you before the mighty throng.

Cel.: Then my tongue shall recount your justice.

People: Declare your praise, all the day long.

Cel.: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

People: From age to age, amen, amen.

Cel.: Halleluiah. Halleluiah. E-Halleluiah.

People: Let us pray. Peace be with us.

The Marmeetha won’t be prayed on Sundays and Feasts where morning or evening prayer are done.

Prayer before the Antiphon of the Sanctuary

Cel.: It is right at all times to thank, adore and glorify the great, awesome, and holy Name of your glorious Trinity, and your grace to us, Lord of all, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

People: Amen.

They chant the Antiphon of the Sanctuary that is proper for the day.

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Prayer Before Lakhu Mara

Cel.: O Lord our God, when the sweet fragrance of your compassion embraces us and our souls are enlightened by the knowledge of your truth, make us worthy to receive the revelation of your beloved Son from heaven, where we will thank and praise you unceasingly in your crowned Church, full of all graces and blessings, O Lord and Creator of all, now and forever.

Prayer over Incense in silence

Cel.: In the Name of your glorious Trinity, let the incense that we offer be blessed for your honor. Let it be pleasing to your will and for the forgiveness of the offenses of your people: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, forever.

The deacon then incenses the altar three times, the bishop three times and the priest once. He then also incenses the people.

People: Amen. Lakhu Mara d khulla maw-denan. W lakh Esho Msheehha mshab-hheenan. D attu mnahh-mana d paghrayn, w attu Paroqa d nawshathan.

We give you thanks, O Lord of all, we glorify you, Jesus Christ; you raise our bodies into life, you are the Savior of our souls.

Cel.: Ttawil mawdayul Marya, Wal-mizmar lashmakh mrayma.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord and praise his holy name (Psalm 92: 2).

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People: Lakhu Mara d khulla maw-denan. W lakh Esho

Msheehha mshab-hheenan. D attu mnahh-mana d paghrayn, w attu Paroqa d nawshathan.

Cel.: Shuhha l awa wal awra wal-ruhha d Qudhsha, min ’alam wa’dhammal ’alam. Amen wa men.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, forever and ever, amen and amen.

People: Lakhu Mara d khulla maw-denan. W lakh Esho Msheehha mshab-hheenan. D attu mnahh-mana d paghrayn, w attu Paroqa d nawshathan.

Deacon: Nsalle shlama amman.

Prayer befor Qaddysha Alaha

Cel.: Lord, you are truly the Giver of life to our bodies, the good Savior of our souls, and the faithful protector of our lives. So it is our duty to thank, adore, and glorify you, now and forever.

People: Amen.

Deacon: Arim qalkhun w shabbah kully amma la Alaha hayya.

People: Qaddeesha Alaha, Qaddeesha, Hhayil-thana, Qaddeesha la mayotha Ithra-hhama’layn.

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People: Qaddeesha Alaha, Qaddeesha, Hhayil-thana, Qaddeesha la mayotha Ithra-hhama’layn.

Cel.: Min ’alam wa’dhammal’alam Amen wa-men.

People: Qaddeesha Alaha, Qaddeesha, Hhayil-thana, Qaddeesha la mayotha Ithra-hhama’layn. (He, he, he, he. Ehe-heyye).

Deacon: N-ssalle shlama ’amman.

Prayer After Qaddysha Alaha

Sitting

Cel.: O holy, glorious, mighty, and immortal One, who dwells and delights in his saints, we implore you: pardon and have mercy on us, as always, Lord of all: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

People sit

Deacon: Amen.

Liturgy of the Word (Three Readings)

Cel.: Enlighten our minds, O Lord our God that we may understand and enjoy the sweet sound of your life-giving and divine commands. Grant, in your grace and mercy, that we may gain beneﬁts of love, hope and the salvation that beﬁts both body and soul. So we sing a perpetual praise to you, at all times, Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

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People: Amen.

Reader: Be attentive to the book of N… Barikhmar.

When the reader proclaims the reading of the day, the priest responds:

Cel.: May Christ enlighten you with his holy teaching [and make you a good messenger to your listeners].

Or: May almighty God bless you.

At the end of the 1st reading, the deacon intones the responsorial Psalm (Shuraya) that is proper for the day

People: Your word is a lamp for my steps and the light for my path.

Second reading, the Epistle

Reader: A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the ... barikhmar.

When the reader proclaims the 2nd reading of the day, the celebrant responds:

Cel.: May Christ enlighten you with his holy teaching [and make you a good messenger to your listeners].

Or: May almighty God bless you.

At the end of the Epistle, the deacon proclaims:

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Deacon: Arise in preparation to hear the Holy Gospel.

People stand and sing:

People: Halleluiah. Halleluiah. E-halleluiah.

Deacon: Zomara of the Sunday

Deacon: Have mercy on me God according your kindness, and in the greatness of your compassion blot out my sins (psalm 51:1) Halleluiah

Procession of the Gospel

Deacon brings the Gospel to the celebrant, who reverences the Gospel while praying silently:

Cel.: O Radiance of the Glory of his Father, and Image of the Person of his Begetter, who was revealed in the ﬂesh of our humanity and enlightened the darkness of our mind by the light of his Gospel: we confess, adore and glorify you at all times, Lord of all forever, amen.

Celebrant carries the Holy Book in procession with incense and candle-bearers to read the Good News of the Lord (at the right side of the bema), starting by blessing the assembly with the Gospel and saying:

Cel.: Shlama ‘amkhon.

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People: ’Ammakh, w’am Ruhhakh.

Cel.: Ewangalyyun Qaddeesha d- Maran Esho Mshihha

Karuzutha…d

People: Shuhha lam-sheehha Maran. Amen, Shlaw heyya.

At its conclusion celebrant blesses the people saying:

Cel.: Shuhha L-Alaha ammeena-eet

People: Shuhha lam-sheehha Maran

People sit.

Homily

Petitions – universal prayer

People stand for the petitions of the day, followed by a pause of silence

People sit.

Deacon: Let us entrust our souls to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Cel.: Lord God almighty, we beg and plead to you: perfect your grace in us, make your Gift abound in our hands. May your Divine mercy and compassion be for the forgiveness of sins of your people, whom you have chosen by your grace, Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

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Is the time for offering Bread and Wine and ascending of the celebrant to the Altar, while the altar veil/curtain is opened (if exists). Faithful should be seated while praying the ‘Onytha D-Raze (Hymn of the Mysteries) that is proper for the day, while the celebrant prays silently:

Cel.: When our hearts are washed and puriﬁed of wicked intentions, please Lord make us worthy to enter the high and exalted Holy of Holies, so as to offer you a spiritual and pure sacriﬁce in true faith.

At the altar, celebrant takes the chalice with his right hand and the paten with his left hand and crosses them; he then prays out loud

Prayer on the oblates

Cel.: Christ, who was sacriﬁced for our salvation and commanded us to make a Memorial of his death, burial and resurrection, may God the Father accept this Sacriﬁce from our hands in His grace and mercy, amen.

Celebrant strikes the paten with the chalice thrice, saying with each strike:

Cel.: By your command, (three times) O Lord our God these Mysteries are placed upon the altar of forgiveness until the second coming of our Lord from heaven, to whom be glory now and forever, amen.

Celebrant places the oblates on the altar with the chalice on the left and the paten on the right and covers them with the veil.

People: May this Sacriﬁce be accepted with unveiled faces

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and sanctiﬁed by the word of God and the Holy Spirit, that it may be for our help, salvation, and everlasting life in the kingdom of heaven, through the grace of Christ.

Cel.: Shuhha L-awa W-lawra Wal-Ruhhad qudhsha, ’al madhbahh ... yimmed Alaha.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Let us remember the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, upon this holy altar.

People: Min ’alam w a’dham-mal ’alam amen wa-men. Shleehaw dawra, wrahhmaw deehheedha, ssal-law d-nihwe, shayna baw-reetha.

From the beginning and unto all ages, amen. Apostles of the Son and friends of the Only-Begotten: pray for peace on earth.

Cel.: Nemar kulle ’amma… amen w-amen, Let all people say, amen. May the remembrance of Mar Toma (or patron) be upon the holy altar, with the just who triumphed and the martyrs who were crowned.

People: Ha sh-khiw ’al-ssawrakh, kul-hon ’anneedhe d waqyam-takh shwihhta, b shuhha tqeem innon. All the deceased are resting in a hope that you may raise them by your glorious resurrection.

The Creed

The people stand; the priest then descends before the altar and facing the people, he stretches out his hands and says 400

Cel.: We believe.

People: in one God, the Father almighty, Maker of all that is visible and invisible; and in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God and First-Born of all creatures, who was begotten from his Father before all the ages and was not made: true God from true God, one in substance with his Father, through whom the world was ordered and everything was created, who, for us men and for our salvation, descended from heaven, took flesh by the power of the Holy Spirit, was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary and became man, who suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate, who died, was buried and rose on the third day, in fulfillment of the Scriptures, who ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of his Father, and who will come again to judge the living and the dead; and in one Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father and the Son: the Life-Giving Spirit; and in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.

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The Rite of the Second Anaphora GHANTA

1 First Prostrating Prayer

Cel.: Glory to you who ﬁnds the lost, who gathers the scattered, who brings near the distant, who turns the erring to the knowledge of the truth. Glory to you, O Lord, who called me in spite of my weakness, brought me near to you by your tenderness, and appointed me as a member of your Holy Catholic Church, to offer this living, holy, and acceptable Sacriﬁce, the Memorial of the passion, death, burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, through whom you were pleased to forgive the sins of all humankind.

Canon

For to you, God the Father of Truth, to your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and to your living, holy and life-giving Spirit, we lift up glory, honor, thanksgiving and adoration, now and forever.

Celebrant signs himself. People: Amen.

Rite of Peace

Cel.: Peace be with you. People: With your spirit.

Deacon: Brethren, give peace to each other in the love of Christ.

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Hymn for peace

If there is incense, the priest stands with his hands raised in supplication and incenses his hands and his face saying:

Deacon: Let us all pray on behalf of all patriarchs, bishops, priests, and deacons, all the Church members who have died. Pray also for peace of the world, for the environment, and those who are celebrating this mass by sharing the communion. Please God accept their offering now and forever, amen.

Canon

Cel.: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all, now and forever.

Celebrant signs the oblates.

People: Amen.

Cel.: Lift up your minds, where the great glory exists with the non-stop praise of the cherubim and seraphim.

People: To you, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, O glorious King!

Cel.: The living and spiritual sacriﬁce of Jesus Christ and the oblation of the Son of our race, is being offered to God, the Lord of all creation.

People: It is ﬁt and right.

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Deacon (Qolasa): May you recall the wonderful providence of Christ our Savior that has been completed for our sake, who gladdened our sadness through his Body, and sprinkled our hearts with his living Blood. Be attentive and pray. Peace be with us

GHANTA 2 Second Prostrating Prayer

Cel.: Lord Almighty God and eternal: You are worthy of gratitude, praise, adoration, exaltation and glory. For you are the true God, uncontainable, indescribable, invisible, uncompromising, and not subject to pain and death. Please God, open our lips to offer you the fruits of our spiritual service, with a deprived heart and a humble spirit, for you are our God, the father of our King, Savior and hope Jesus Christ, who is the fountain of all the treasures of wisdom and understanding. It is through Him that we receive the knowledge of the Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth, who proceeds from you Lord, through whom all the speaking creatures are strengthened, sanctiﬁed and complete. You have made everything from nothing and created us. When we stumbled, fell, and sinned, you renewed us again, resurrected us and showered us with your gifts. We thank you for all these graces and for your tenderness in making us worthy for your eternal kingdom. Therefore, we implore that you accept from our hands this sacriﬁce.

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angels stand chanting loudly for your glory and saying:

People: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty. Heaven and earth are ﬁlled with His glories! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who came and will come in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!

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Third Prostrating Prayer

All Celebrants.: Merciful God, here we are, chanting with these heavenly hosts: that You are truly Holy, glorified and surpassed everyone by your transcendence. We bless the invisible Lord, the Word, the image of your Essence and eternally begotten, who did not exploit His equality with you, but emptied himself and took the form of a servant. He became a perfect Man with a rational, soul and mortal body. He paved the way for salvation with the light of God’s knowledge, and gave all those who accepted Him authority to become children of God. He purified us with the water of holy baptism, and blessed us with it. He sanctified us by the Holy Spirit gift and left this mystery that we are offering now as a reminder for our salvation.

Cel.: On that night on which he was betrayed for the sake of the life of the world, after celebrating “Paschal Supper” with his disciples according to the law of Moses, He established and handed to us His own Passover. He took bread (Celebrant carries the paten with both hands), with his holy hands; blessed, broke, ate and gave it to his disciples, and said: take this all of you and eat it, this is

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my Body, which will be given up for you, for the forgiveness of sins.

People: Amen.

The celebrant bows then stand and continues.

Cel.: In the same way, He took the cup with His Holy hands (Celebrant carries the chalice with both hands), mixed wine with water, blessed, gave thanks, drank, gave it to his disciples and said: take, drink of it all of you; this is my Blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

People: Amen.

Celebrant bows then stand and continues.

Cel.: Do this in memory of me until I come again.

People: We believe and confess.

He signs the mysteries

Deacon: Pray silently. peace be with us.

People sit, and the celebrant prays the following with his arms outstretched.

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GHANTA 4

Fourth Prostrating Prayer

Cel.: We also, O Lord Almighty God and Father, as we remember this command given for our salvation, and all that you have done for us, we declare our faith and recognition of you, O true God, your only eternal and equivalent Son, and the Holy Spirit, the spirit of righteous that proceeded from you. So, it is right to worship, honor, and thank you by offering this holy, living, sacred, acceptable, glorious, awesome, and transcendent sacriﬁce that has no blemish.

Remembrances

One of the Priests: We pray for the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church throughout the world that you may protect her from all perils. For our fathers, His Holiness, Mar ___, the Pope of Rome, His Beatitude, Mar ___, the Catholicos - Patriarch, His Excellency, Mar ___, the Bishop (Metropolitan) of our Diocese, and all bishops in every place who preach the true faith. For all priests who serve you in righteousness and purity, all deacons who hold the Mysteries of faith with a pure intention, all those who take care of your Holy Church with charitable deeds and help those in need generously.

Another Priest: For the sake of establishing piety in the hearts of State Ofﬁcials, instilling in them your right, invalidating wars from the face of the earth. Guiding people of violence to the right path, so that we live a quiet, gentle life with chastity and piety.

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Another Priest: For the fruits of the earth, environment and mild weather. For this country (…..) and its inhabitants, bless them Lord and preserve them with your tenderness. We pray Lord to show your mercy in healing all those afﬂicted with chronic diseases, harsh suffering and tested by adversities.

Absolution Prayer

Cel.: O Lord, absolve us perishable human being, forgive and pardon our sins, so we will give you glory, honor, thanksgiving and prostration, now and forever.

Sign cross on himself.

People: Amen.

Deacon: In silence and reverence, stand and pray that peace be with us.

People stand

Invocation of the Holy Spirit

All Celebrants: We implore you Lord to send the Holy Spirit to bless, sanctify, dwell and rest upon this Oblation that we offer before you; and transform these Mysteries to the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, so we all enjoy the bond of love and peace and become one body and one spirit, as we have been called, by the one hope through which you called us.

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Canon

When we stand before the Throne of your Majesty in that glorious judgment day, we ﬁnd mercy and compassion, rejoicing with all who pleased you, now and forever.

Cel.: Lord our God, perfume the stench of our impurity with the sweet scent of your love. Wash us therein from the stain of sin, O Good Shepherd who searched for us, found us lost and rejoices in our return. Forgive our faults and sins, intentional and unintentional, in your grace and mercy.

Deacon: Amen, barekh-mar.

The Liturgy of Signing and Breaking

Cel.: O Lord our God, the mercy of your grace draws us near to these glorious, holy, life-giving and divine Mysteries, unworthy though we are.

People: Unworthy though we truly are.

The celebrant takes the host with both hands and raises it saying:

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Cel.: With true faith in your Name, we draw near to these holy Mysteries. In your mercy we break and in your compassion we sign the Body and Blood of our Life-Giver, the Lord Jesus Christ: in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

While making the sign of the Trinity, the priest carefully breaks the host into two pieces. Holding them in both hands, he places the piece in his left hand on the paten with the tear facing the chalice. The other piece held in the right hand is then signed by intinction with the blood in the chalice. He signs moving from east to west and then from north to south making sure that only a third of the piece is dipped and dipping the tear side of the host moving from east to west that is facing him while reciting the following prayer:

Cel.: The precious Blood is signed with the life-giving Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, forever.

People: Amen.

In the same fashion, he signs the body on the paten with the piece that is in his hand saying:

Cel.: The holy Body is signed with the forgiving Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, forever.

People: Amen.

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He places the piece in his hand on the paten over the ﬁrst piece in the fashion of a cross where the tear is facing the west, that is towards the priest. The priest bows and gets up and elevates the chalice with both hands saying:

Cel.: These Mysteries have been set apart, sanctiﬁed, perfected, completed, united, and sealed in the adorable Name of the glorious Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [That they may be for the remission of debts, the forgiveness of sins, the great hope of resurrection from the dead, and new life in the kingdom of heaven, for us and for the holy Church of Christ, here and everywhere, now and forever.

The celebrant lifts the veil that surrounds the chalice and the paten.

Hymn

People sit.

Cel.: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all; now and forever.

People: Amen.

Penitential and Communion Rites

Deacon: Let us all, with awe and reverence, approach the Mystery of the precious Body and Blood of our Savior

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with a pure heart and true faith. Let us recall his passion and draw comfort from his resurrection. [It was for us that the Only-Begotten of God betook of man a mortal body and a rational, intellectual and immortal soul. By his life-giving laws and holy commandments, he led us from error to the knowledge of the truth. After having fulﬁlled his entire plan for us, the First-Born of our race endured the cross, rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. He handed his holy Mysteries over to us, in which we ought to recall all his goodness to us.] so, with abounding love and humble will, let us receive the Gift of eternal life. With sincere prayer and contritional sorrow, let us participate in the Mysteries of the Church. In penitential hope, let us quit our wrongdoings and repent of our sins, and ask mercy and forgiveness from God the Lord of all, as we forgive the faults of our brethren.

People: Lord, forgive our sins and offenses.

Deacon: Let us cleanse our intentions of all divisions and conﬂicts.

People: Lord, forgive our sins and offenses.

Deacon: Let our souls be puriﬁed of hatred and hostility.

People: Lord, forgive our sins and offenses.

Deacon: Let us receive the Eucharist and be sanctiﬁed by the Holy Spirit.

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People: Lord, forgive our sins and offenses.

Deacon: Let us receive these Mysteries united and in harmony.

People: Lord, forgive our sins and offenses.

Deacon: That they may be for the resurrection of our bodies and the salvation of our souls.

People: For life everlasting.

Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us.

It is proper that there be silence for a short amount of time. The priest then prays out loud while prostrated:

Cel.: O Lord, forgive our sins and faults in your mercy, sanctify our lips in your grace, and make us worthy to stand before you blameless, with pure hearts and unveiled faces. And, in the conﬁdence you have granted us all, we call upon you together, saying:

People stand

For the Feasts

Cel.: O Lord, send your peace and serenity into our hearts, and let our tongues proclaim your truth, [may your cross protect our souls] as we make our mouths new harps and chant with fervent lips. Make us worthy, O Lord, to pray with the conﬁdence that comes from you,

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the pure, holy prayer which you taught your disciples, the children of your Mysteries, when you said that whenever you pray, you should give thanks, saying:

People: 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. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever.

Cel.: Lord God almighty, our merciful Father, we plead and implore your great compassion: do not, O Lord, allow us to fall into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one and his hosts, for thine is the kingdom, the power, the strength, the greatness and the authority in heaven and on earth, now and forever. He signs himself.

People: Amen.

Cel.: Peace be with you.

People: with your spirit.

He continues while extending his hands a bit towards the people:

Cel.: The Sacrament is ﬁt for the holy ones living worthily.

People: One is the Father, one is the Son, one is the Holy

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Spirit. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, amen.

On the Feast of Our Lord, after they pray One Holy Father…, they chant the Canon D-hilat.

Deacon: Glorify the living God.

People: Glory to him in his Church, and upon us his mercies and compassion, at all times and ages.

They then recite the hymn of the Bema (‘Onytha d-wem) that is proper of the day.

Cel. & All: Sanctify our bodies by your holy Body, and pardon our sins by your precious Blood. Purify our consciences by your mercies, O Christ, the hope of the human race, forever and ever, amen.

The celebrant onsumes the host and drinks the blood.

Deacon: Barikhmar.

Cel.: May the gift of grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be consummated in all of us in his mercy.

People: Forever and ever. Amen.

Deacon: Brethren, receive the Body of the Son, says the Church, and drink his Cup with faith in his Kingdom.

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After the congregation receives communion, the priest blesses the people saying:

Cel.: Save your people and bless your inheritance, shepherd them and guide them forever. People sit.

1. O Lord Jesus, O adorable King

2. O Son of God who promised us

3. Protect us from all kinds of harm

4. The Day you dawn, let us arise

5. We praise your Name with “hosanna”

6. Your mercies abounded on us

7. You forgave all of our sins

8. Your Honor shines from your abode

9. By your goodness make us worthy

10. Offer you, at every time

by whose passion has conquered death a full new life in his kingdom peace and mercy let dwell in our land to come meet you, as is your will for your goodness towards our race your love has shone on us mortals

glory to you for your great Gift as you forgive sins in mercy to thank and adore your Majesty eternal praise; amen, amen

Hymn of Thanksgiving

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1. Strengthen, O Lord, the hands that extend

2. Make them worthy that, every day

3. The mouths that cried “halleluiah”

4. The ears that heard the sound of your praise

5. The eyes that saw your great mercy

6. All the tongues who cried “holy”

7. The legs that walked within the church

8. The ﬂesh that ate your Living Flesh

9. Our gathering that adores you as God

10. May your great love dwell within us

11. Open the door to all our needs

receive the Host that forgives their sins they may bear fruit for Divinity make them worthy to sing your praise let them not, O Lord, hear the sound of wrath let them also, Lord, see your blessed hope tune them also to speak the truth let them also walk in the land of light renew it in newness of life

increase every beneﬁt for it

let us compete to repay you praise

be pleased, as well, with our Service.

The priest places the extra host in the tabernacle and the deacon proclaims:

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gift of grace of the Holy Spirit, to approach and participate in these glorious, holy, life-giving and divine Mysteries, let us all unanimously thank and glorify God, who has given them.

People: Glory to him for his indescribable gift.

Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us.

It is proper that there be silence for a moment. The priest then ascends to the altar and prays out loud:

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Cel.: It is right, O Lord, every day, proper at all times, and ﬁtting at every moment to thank, adore and praise the awesome Name of your Majesty, for you made the weak race of mortals worthy to proclaim your holiness with spiritual beings, participate in the Gift of your Mysteries, enjoy the sweetness of your words and lift up songs of praise and thanksgiving to your sublime Divinity at all times, O Lord of all: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Or

Cel.: May Christ our God, our King and Savior, our Life-giver and Absolver of our sins, who has made us worthy in his grace to receive his precious and sanctifying Body and Blood, grant us to please him in our words, deeds, thoughts, and actions. May the Mysteries that we

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have received obtain the pardon of our debts, the forgiveness of our sins, the great hope of resurrection from the dead, and new life in the kingdom of heaven with all who have pleased him, through his grace and mercies, now and forever.

People: Amen, barekh-mar.

People stand.

FINAL BLESSINGS

The celebrant on the altar blesses the assembly saying:

Cel.: God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing through Jesus Christ our Lord (repeat), giving us his Body and Blood as a pledge of eternal life. May he now bless our assembly +, protect our community + and exalt our people + who have come to be renewed by the power of these glorious, holy, life-giving and divine Mysteries. Thus, may you be sealed by the living sign of the lordly cross and be guarded from all dangers, hidden or manifest: now and forever. The priest signs the people.

People: Amen.

They bow before the altar and recess in procession.

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What is Prayer?

CHAPTER ONE: BASIC CATHOLIC PRAYERS The Sign of the Cross

Act

Evening Prayer

Closing Prayer before Sleep

The Ten Commandments

The

INDEX

The “Hail Mary” The Nicene Creed Morning Prayer The Morning Offering Short Morning Prayer Morning Hymn of Saint Ephrem The Prayer of St. Ephrem Te Deum: Hymn of Joy and Thanksgiving

of Faith

of Hope

The “Our Father”

Act

of Love

Act of Giving Thanks Consecration to Mary

Daily Prayer to Guardian Angel Prayers to One's Patron Saint

Precepts of the Church

The Sacraments of Faith

The Seven Sacraments of the Church

Prayer before Meals Prayer after Meals Prayer for our country Christians United in Heart and Voice A Bond of Unity in the Body of Christ 14 18 18 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 24 26 28 28 29 29 30 32 32 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 38 422

The theological virtues The cardinal virtues The Spiritual Works of Mercy

Prayer for Peace of Pope Francis

Prayer for Rain

Episcopal Blessing

Prayers for Vocations

Prayer for the Family

The Seven Penitential Psalm

An Act of Contrition

Penitential Act

An Act of Spiritual Communion

An Act of Hope

An Act of Charity

Prayer Before Mass

Prayer After Mass

Thanksgiving Prayer after Mass 1

Thanksgiving Prayer after Mass 2

Act of Adoration

Prayer of St. Faustina Before the Eucharist

Prayer While Visiting The Most Blessed Sacrament

Litany of the Holy Eucharist

The Lord's Prayer

Benediction

CHAPTER FIVE: PRAYERS TO SACRED HEART OF JESUS

TWO: CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATION PRAYER Novena to the Divine Child Jesus Litany to the Infant Jesus Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus CHAPTER THREE: PRAYERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Come, Holy Spirit The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit Litany to the Holy Spirit

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CHAPTER FOUR: PRAYERS TO THE HOLY EUCHARIST

An Act of Consecration to The Sacred Heart of Jesus A Novena of Conﬁdence to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sweet Heart of Jesus 39 41 42 42 43 45 54 55 56 56 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 62 64 67 70 70 70 71 74 74 76 77 79 80 81 81 83 84 423

Aspiration to the Sacred Heart

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

An act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart

Invocation to the Sacred Heart

Memorare to the Sacred Heart

For the Help of the Sacred Heart

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Church

CHAPTER SIX: PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST

Meditations on the Passion of Christ Litany of the Passion Litany of the Most

Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Virgin Mary

The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Stations of the Cross Lenten Litany CHAPTER SEVEN: MARIAN PRAYERS The Angelus How to pray the Rosary Rosary Prayer Joyful Luminous Mysteries Sorrowful Mysteries Glorious Mysteries Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary The AL- Sahrana (vigilant) Prayer Salat Al-Sahrana The Magniﬁcat Memorare

Consecration to Mary Prayer of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart Litany to Our Lady of Fatima Prayer of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary 84 84 87 88 88 88 89 90 90 92 96 98 98 101 134 138 138 141 145 146 151 156 161 166 170 173 176 178 179 181 183 184 187 188 424

Precious Blood

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Prayer to Our Lady of Hope

Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians

CHAPTER EIGHT: NOVENA PRAYERS

Divine Mercy Novena

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

Prayer to Saint Bernadette

Prayer of Basil of Caesarea

Litany to St. Therese of the Child Jesus

A Prayer to Saint Anne, Mother of Mary

Prayer in Honor of Saint Anne

Prayer

Novena to St. Rita Prayer to St. Rita in Special Need A Prayer to St. Joseph Memorare to St. Joseph Act of Consecration to St. Joseph Litany of St. Joseph CHAPTER NINE: LITANY OF THE SAINTS Litany to St. Francis of Assisi St. Pio Prayer of Trust and Conﬁdence CHAPTER TEN: CATHOLIC HYMNS Make me a channel Sh-lamukh Marya K-yawit-tan Here I am Lord O Lord Jesus O Come, All Ye Faithful O come, all ye Faithful Silent Night Silent Night (Chaldean Version) Angels We Have Heard on High Once in royal David's city What Child Is This? 192 193 194 196 196 198 199 200 201 204 206 207 209 212 214 215 216 217 218 221 226 229 230 230 231 232 233 236 238 239 240 241 243 245 425

Grandparent’s Prayer to Saint Anne

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Joy to the World

Hark! the herald angels sing

All Glory, Laud and Honor

Yali D-Orishlem

Kullawkhun ‘Amme

Hayyo ‘Azyze

Gardner, O Gardner

Gardner, O Gardner (Chaldean Version) Em-marly ‘Eta

All is Well With My Soul Holy Is His Name At the Cross her station keeping Come O spirit from above Because you live again, O Rose O Virgin all lovely Ocean star, we greet you Sounds of joy When Mary, immaculate, tender and mild All of seeing As I kneel before you Bring Flowers of the Rarest City of God Immaculate Mary Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly Daily, daily sing to Mary Hail Holy Queen Enthroned Above Hail, O Star of the Ocean Heart of Mary I'll sing a hymn to Mary Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing Mother of God O heart of Mary O Mary, Mother full of grace O most Holy One 247 249 250 251 252 253 254 256 257 258 259 260 262 263 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 277 279 280 281 282 282 283 284 284 426

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O Mother Blest, Whom God Bestows

O purest of creatures

O Queen of the Holy Rosary

Holy Mary now we crown thee

Holy Queen, we come before thee

Sing of Joseph, strong and gentle

Holy God, we praise Thy Name

Holy Spirit, Lord of love

I am the bread of life

I am the Vine

Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord

Jesu, Dulcis Memoria

Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear

My God, and is thy table spread

O Breathe on Me The

Pope Francis’ Prayer to the Holy Family A Christian prayer in union with creation

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(2) Prayer of His Holiness Pope Francis for the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Francis recalls present-day crosses at Way of the Cross Prayers of His Holiness the Pope A Prayer for Our Earth 285 287 288 289 290 291 292 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 305 306 307 309 310 312 315 318 320 322 324 327 329 427

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- Pray Like This 2002 - 2017 (Arabic edition)

- www.vatican.va

- www.usccb.org

- www.ewtn.com

- www.catholic.org

- www.ourcatholicprayers.com

Chaldean Catholic Church

- Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon

Visit to the Mother Teresa memorial Act of veneration to the immaculate conception at the spanish steps Way of the cross at the Colosseum Prayer before the relics of the peruvian saints Pilgrimage of His Holiness Pope Francis to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima Prayer for young people in view of the forthcoming Prayer for peace Prayer to the Immaculate Tweets by His Holiness Pope Francis via Twitter Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother of our faith Prayer to Mary, woman of listening Prayer to Mary, Mother of silence Prayer proposed by Pope Francis for the Extraordinary Missionary Month Friday of Mercy: Pope blesses ‘Palace’ for the Poor THE ORDER OF HOLY MASS - ACCORDING TO THE CHALDEAN RITE 330 333 336 339 341 345 346 348 351 385 386 387 388 389 390

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