Merry Christmas

Lord, I welcome you into my life with the joyful and hopeful abandon with which Mary and Joseph welcome you into theirs.

God our Father, may we love you in all things and above all things and reach the joy you have prepared for us beyond all our imaging.

The Assumption of Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace.

He came to pay a debt

 he did not owe.

For us, who had a debt

 we could not pay.

Good Friday

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Today

Eternal Father,

help me to choose my words lovingly

 in the presence of my friends,

carefully in the presence of my enemies,

and freely in the presence of your Son.

Beginning Lent

Thou art dust and unto dust

 thou shalt return.

I wish you a good lent and I beg you your good prayers. 

Valentine's Day

Today is also the Feast Day of St. Valentine, a Priest, martyred in 269 at Rome and was buried on the Flaminian Way. He is the Patron Saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travelers, young people. He is represented in pictures with birds and roses.

 

 

Blessings to you on this Valentine's Day.

May you love and know that you are loved.

Another Day

You bring us joy by

the light of another day.

Let the morning star rise in our hearts.



January 22nd - A Special Day of Prayer and Pennance

Prayer to End Abortion

Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life,

And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.

I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,

Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death

by the Resurrection of Your Son.

I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.

Today I commit myself

Never to be silent,

Never to be passive,

Never to be forgetful of the unborn.

I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement,

And never to stop defending life

Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,

And our nation once again becomes

A nation with liberty and justice

Not just for some, but for all,

Through Christ our Lord. Amen!



The Solemnity of Mary, The Mother of God - January 1st

Loving Mother of the Redeemer,
Gate of heaven, star of the sea,

Assist your people who have fallen
yet strive to rise again,

To the wonderment of nature
you bore your Creator,

yet remained a virgin
after as before,

You who received
Gabriel's joyful greeting,

have pity on us, poor sinners.

-Ancient Liturgy of the Hours Prayer