Prayer N lunch

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.

Fourth Day-In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen Introductory Prayer (like the first day) Meditation on the words of the Our Father: “Thy kingdom come to us.” In this petition we ask that the kingdom of his grace and heav

February 5 St. Agatha (d. 251?)         Quote:  â€œLord, my creator, you have protected me since I was in the cradle. You have taken me from the love of the world and given me patience to suffer. Now receive my spirit.”

February 4 St. Joseph of Leonissa (1556-1612) Joseph avoided the safe compromises by which people sometimes undercut the gospel. Born at Leonissa in the Kingdom of Naples, Joseph joined the Capuchins in his hometown in 1573. Denying himself hearty meals a

February 3 St. Blaise (d. 316) Third Day In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen Introductory Prayer (like the first day) Meditation on the words of the Our Father: “hallowed be Thy name.” This is the first thing that we sho

February 2 Presentation of the Lord

February 1 St. Ansgar (801-865) The “apostle of the north” (Scandinavia) had enough frustrations to become a saint—and he did. He became a Benedictine at Corbie, France, where he had been educated. Three years later, when the king of Denmark became a conv

SECOND  DAY In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen Introductory Prayer (like the first day) Meditation on the words of the Our Father: « who art in heaven » While God is everywhere as Lord of heaven and earth, we say “who a

January 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus  Quote: “But when the kindness and generous love of God our Savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit,

Trust in God

January 25 Conversion of St. Paul  Blessed Apostle Paul, who labored so zealously for the conversion of the Gentiles in many lands, obtain for us a perpetual zeal for the salvation of souls and especially enkindle our interest in the conversion of our sep

January 24 St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Francis was destined by his father to be a lawyer so that the young man could eventually take his elder’s place as a senator from the province of Savoy in France. For this reason Francis was sent to Padua to stu

January 23 St. Marianne Cope (1838-1918) Though leprosy scared off most people in 19th-century Hawaii, that disease sparked great generosity in the woman who came to be known as Mother Marianne of Molokai. Her courage helped tremendously to improve the li

We pray for the unborn and to stop all abortion

January 22 St. Vincent of Zaragossa (d. 304) When Jesus deliberately began his “journey” to death, Luke says that he “set his face” to go to Jerusalem. It is this quality of rocklike courage that distinguishes the martyrs. Most of what we know about this

January 21 St. Agnes (d. 258?) Almost nothing is known of this saint except that she was very young—12 or 13—when she was martyred in the last half of the third century. Various modes of death have been suggested—beheading, burning, strangling. Legend has

January 20 St. Sebastian (257?-288?) Almost nothing is historically certain about St. Sebastian except that he was a Roman martyr, was venerated in Milan even in the time of St. Ambrose (December 7) and was buried on the Appian Way, probably near the pres

January 19 St. Fabian (c. 250) Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city from his farm one day as clergy and people were preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church historian, says a dove flew in and settled on the head of Fabian. This sign u

Happy Martin Luther King Day

January 18 St. Charles of Sezze (1613-1670) Charles thought that God was calling him to be a missionary in India, but he never got there. God had something better for this 17th-century successor to Brother Juniper. Born in Sezze, southeast of Rome, Charle

Prayers to Our Lord

Prayer Glory Be

January 17 St. Anthony of Egypt (251-356) The life of Anthony will remind many people of St. Francis of Assisi. At 20, Anthony was so moved by the Gospel message, “Go, sell what you have, and give to [the] poor” (Mark 10:21b), that he actually did just th

January 14 St. Gregory Nazianzen (329-390) After his baptism at 30, Gregory gladly accepted his friend Basil’s invitation to join him in a newly founded monastery. The solitude was broken when Gregory’s father, a bishop, needed help in his diocese and est

January 12 St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) God closes a door and then opens a window,” people sometimes say when dealing with their own disappointment or someone else’s. That was certainly true in Marguerite’s case. Children from European as well as