Now a time of reflection before praying the Rosary.
God, come to my assistance.
— Lord, make haste to help me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Psalm 36
The malice of sinners and God’s goodness
No follower of mine wanders in the dark; he shall have the light of life (John 8:12).
Sin speaks to the sinner in the depths of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.
He so flatters himself in his mind that he knows not his guilt.
In his mouth are mischief and deceit. All wisdom is gone.
He plots the defeat of goodness
as he lies on his bed.
He has set his foot on evil ways,
he clings to what is evil.
Your love, Lord, reaches to heaven, your truth to the skies.Your justice is like God’s mountain, your judgments like the deep.
To both man & beast you give protection.O Lord, how precious is your love.My God, the sons of menfind refuge in the shelter of your win
They feast on the riches of your house; they drink from the stream of your delight.In you is the source of life & in your light we see light.
Keep on loving those who know you, doing justice for upright hearts.
See how the evil-doers fall! Flung down, they shall never rise.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Antiphon: In you is the fountain of life; we drink from the streams of your goodness.
Psalm 61
Prayer of an exile
The prayer of the just man who places his hope in the things of heaven (Saint Hilary).
O God, hear my cry!Listen to my prayer!From the end of the earth I call:my heart is faint.
On the rock too high for me to reach set me on high, O you who have been my refuge, my tower against the foe.
Let me dwell in your tent for ever and hide in the shelter of your wings. For you, O God, hear my prayer, grant me the heritage of those who fear you.
May you lengthen the life of the king:
may his years cover many generations.
May he sit ever enthroned before God:
bid love and truth be his protection.
So I will always praise your name
and day after day fulfill my vows.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. When my heart grew faint, you raised me up
The Magnificat, The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Great Canticle, Luke 1:46-55.
Antiphon: The Lord has lifted us up and drawn us to his heart, for he has remembered his promise of mercy, Alleluia.
What we’re up against is more than a political problem, it’s much larger, deeper, and ancient, it’s a spiritual problem.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bishop Macram Gassis. I watched him on EWTN on The World Over a few times. He loved God and the Nigerian people very much.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve…
Leonine Prayers of Pope Leo XIII
Let us pray. O God, our refuge and our strength, look down in mercy on Thy people who cry to Thee, & by the intercession of the glorious & immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her Spouse, of Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul…
V. Most Sacred Heart of (bow head) Jesus,
R. Have mercy upon us.
(3x)
Optional Closing Prayers
O Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here.
Ever this night be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule, and to guide.
Amen.
Optional Closing Prayers
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood Of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, sinners everywhere, in the Universal Church, within my own home…
Optional Closing Prayers
The USCCB asked the faithful to add this prayer after the Rosary (by Pope Leo XIII) during the Year of St. Joseph. I’m keeping it here in our Rosary. 🙏🏻
Prayer of Command, from Fr. Ripperger, from Deliverance Prayers:
Optional Closing Prayers
The Collect
Optional Closing Prayers
May the Divine Assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
+JMJ+ Thank you for praying the Rosary with me. Let us help each other draw ever closer to His Sacred Heart always, on our way to union with Him, bringing ever more of His Light to shine into this world of darkness. +JMJ+
What we’re up against is more than a political problem, it’s much larger, deeper, and ancient, it’s a spiritual problem.
Hey, #CatholicTwitter: I'm trying to find works by (hopefully translated into English) and more info about a Catholic author of the early to mid 20th century: Fr. Mager, OSB. Works: Mystik als Lehre und Leben, and Theosophie und Christentum. My web search yielded nothing.
Well, as soon as I sent out this tweet, I tried searching with the search terms of that first title up there and Fr Mager OSB and I found something. At last! Fr Alois Mager, OSB, lecturer at Salzburg. Now to find writings of his in English. Why didn't I take German, why, oh, why?
"Hildebrand fled Munich at the time of the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, helped by his confessor, Fr Alois Mager, a Benedictine monk who would later be a key figure in the spiritual Gemeinschaft to which Hildebrand, Marguerite Solbrig, & Theodor and Frieda Kern all belonged."
+JMJ+ Welcome to our live Rosary thread! Praying to cultivate a civilization of Light, Life, Love, Truth, Goodness & Beauty, for the conversion of sinners & the salvation of souls.
The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for these times. —Padre Pio
interview with Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi, concerning the alleged messages of Fr. Rodrigue provides strong theological and pastoral confirmation of the 10 point negative assessment provided earlier by Dr. Mark Miravalle
+JMJ+ Welcome to our live Rosary thread! Praying to cultivate a civilization of Light, Life, Love, Truth, Goodness & Beauty, for the conversion of sinners & the salvation of souls.
The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for these times. -Padre Pio
+JMJ+ Welcome to our live Rosary thread! Praying to cultivate a civilization of Light, Life, Love, Truth, Goodness & Beauty, for the conversion of sinners & the salvation of souls.
The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for these times. -Padre Pio
In honor of the Queen of Rock's death, a video thread. First up, from the Princes Trust Rock Gala 1987. Lemme tell ya, the energy went to a whole new level when this lady entered from stage left. I wore out the VHS tape I had.
This one I've only discovered tonight, gonna watch it on the Roku instead of the laptop. All I can say is, how did she keep her voice all these years? How did she keep dancing like that as long as she did?