Prayer N Lunch

December 14 St. John of the Cross (1541-1591) Reading: Isaiah 30:18 Prayer: O God, you are love, you are waiting for us us, you are our Father, who is good and loves us as a true father loves, who love us truly and forgives is as the Holy Spirit tells us

Reading: Philippians 4:4 December 13 St. Lucy  (d. 304) Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older books will have a lengthy paragraph detai

Reading: Psalm 96:8 Prayer: Mary, to you I consecrate my intention, that they may ever dwell on love that you merit. To you I consecrate my tongue that it may ever praise you and spread your devotion. To you I consecrate my heart, that, after God, I may l

December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story. A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old w

December 11 St. Damasus I (305?-384)  To his secretary St. Jerome, Damasus was “an incomparable person, learned in the Scriptures, a virgin doctor of the virgin Church, who loved chastity and heard its praises with pleasure.”Damasus seldom heard such unre

O God, you never forget us but watchfully and lovingly wait to see the desire to return home to be reborn in our hearts. And when you see this desire, even simply hinted at and so often almost unconsciously, immediately you are with us, and by your forgiv

I introduction: For Living The Holy Year Of Mercy-Season by Season

Virgin of Loreto, pray for us

O Lady of Guadalupe, we beg you that parents live a holy life and educate their children in a Christian manner; that children obey and follow the direction of their parents; that all members of the family pray and worship together. This we ask of you, o M

December 10 Blessed Adolph Kolping (1813-1865) The rise of the factory system in 19th-century Germany brought many single men into cities where they faced new challenges to their faith. Father Adolph Kolping began a ministry to them, hoping that they woul

Advent-Waiting to Encounter Mercy Incarnate

December 9 St. Juan Diego (1474-1548) Thousands of people gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe July 31, 2002, for the canonization of Juan Diego, to whom the Blessed Mother appeared in the 16th century. Pope John Paul II celebrated the ceremo

Reading: Colossians 3: 16-17 Prayer: O God, open our ears and teach us 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, especial

The Three O’ Clock Hour-The Hour Of Mercy

Honour Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe

“All Fair” Thou art all fair, O Mary: and the original stain is not in thee. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem; thou art the joy of Israel; thou art the honour of our people. Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord the Most High God above all women upo

December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception  A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the 11th century it received its present name, the Immaculate Concep

December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Reading: Luke 1:38 Prayer: Mary, virgin and mother, you who, moved by the Holy Spirit, welcomed the word of life in the depths of your humble faith. As you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One, hel

Mary, Meddiatrix Of All Graces

Holy Door in the Archdiocese of Miami- Cathedral, and five other churches: St. Mary Star of the Sea, La Ermita Gesu church, St Anthony, and Our Lady of Mercy