TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
SAINTS OF THE DAY ~ FEAST DAY: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF SORROWS: Traditionally prayed September 7–15th. The Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows is September 15th | Novena link below
Greetings and blessings, beloved family and Happy Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time!
On this feast day, we continue to pray for our children and children all over the world. With special intention through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Saints, we pray for their safety and well-being, especially those beginning the new school year. May God grant them the courage to face new challenges and wisdom to make good choices. We pray for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding and for God’s guidance and protection upon them during this school year and always. We pray for safe travels, to and from school. We also pray for all teachers, staff and parents, and guardians. May the good Lord provide for those in need. And we continue to pray for the Clergy, persecuted Christians, for peace, love, justice and unity in our families and our world. May God keep us all safe and well. Amen 🙏
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” ~ Proverbs 3:5-6
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” ~ James 1:5
Through the intercession of the Saints on this feast day, we pray for the souls in Purgatory; lost souls; the sick and dying, especially those suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases. We particularly pray for our loved ones who have recently died and we pray for the repose of their gentle souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May their gentle souls through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace with our Lord Jesus Christ… Amen 🙏 ✝️🕯✝️🕯✝️🕯
PRAYER FOR THE DEAD: In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life, you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil, and bid them eternal rest. The old order has passed away: welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain, but fullness of peace and joy with your Son & the Holy Spirit forever & ever. Amen🙏
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Today’s Bible Readings: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Reading 1, First Corinthians 6:1-11
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9
Gospel, Luke 6:12-19
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF SORROWS: Traditionally prayed September 7–15th. The Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows is September 15th | https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/nine-day-prayer-for-life-novena-to-our-lady-of-sorrows-283
SAINTS OF THE DAY: MEMORIAL OF SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO (TOLENTINE), PRIEST; SAINT PULCHERIA, EMPRESS AND SAINT AMBROSE EDWARD BARLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR ~ FEAST DAY: SEPTEMBER 10TH: Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (Tolentine), Priest; Saint Pulcheria, Empress and Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow, Priest and Martyr. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Saints on this feast day, we humbly pray for the sick and dying, especially those who are physically and mentally ill and those suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases. We pray for the souls in Purgatory and the repose of the souls of the faithful departed. We pray for the poor and needy and for peace, love, and unity in our marriages, our families and our world. And we continue to pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Bishops, the Clergy, for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, for the Church, for persecuted christians, for the conversion of sinners, and Christians all over the world…. Amen🙏
SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO (TOLENTINE) PRIEST: St. Nicholas (1245-1305) was a simple Priest and Augustinian Friar known as the Patron of Holy Souls, particularly invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. He is an Italian Saint and Mystic who touched the lives of many. His sprit of prayer, penance, austerity of life and devotion to the Holy Souls were notable. His preaching brought many to Christ. St. Nicholas’ bread, a roll of dough with a cross in the center, has its origin in the bread he used to give to the sick to eat after he had prayed for the Virgin Mary’s healing intercession. Born Nicholas Gurutti in 1245 at Sant’Angelo, Pontano, Macerata, a town near Fermo in Italy. His family was rather poor. St. Nicholas was born in answer to his mother’s prayers. Childless and in middle age, she had made a pilgrimage with her husband to the shrine of St. Nicholas of Bari to ask for a son whom she promised to dedicate to God’s service. When her wish was granted, she named the boy Nicholas and he soon gave unusual signs of saintliness. St. Nicholas was blessed by innocence and the practice of more than ordinary virtue from his early infancy. Already at seven he would hide away in a nearby cave and pray there like the hermits whom he had observed in the mountains. As soon as he was old enough he was received into the Order of Augustinian friars. He joined the Order there shortly after the Grand Union. A sermon preached by an Augustinian friar, on the vanity of the world, persuaded him to enter religion. This was not a passing emotion, but a firm resolution, which he executed by entering the Augustinian Order at Tolentine, a small town in the Papal States. From this town, where Nicholas spent the great part of his life, he obtained his surname. He made his profession before he had completed his eighteenth year. Then he began to run the giant race of sanctity, in which he soon excelled, distinguishing himself especially by the virtues of humility and meekness. While he was still a young student, his extraordinary merit caused him to be appointed to a canonry in the Church of Our Savior, a position that was extremely pleasing to him, as it gave him opportunity of being constantly employed in God’s service. On account of his kind and gentle manner his superiors entrusted him with the daily feeding of the poor at the monastery gates, but at times he was so free with the friary’s provisions that the procurator begged the superior to check his generosity. He was sent successively to several convents of his Order, and in that of Cingole he was ordained priest at the hands of the Bishop of Osimo in 1271 and said his first Mass with exceptional fervor; thereafter, whenever he celebrated the holy Mystery he seemed aglow with the fire of his love. From that time he was employed in the works of the ministry, preaching, and hearing confessions. His preaching, instructions and work in the confessional brought about numerous conversions, and his many miracles were responsible for more, yet he was careful not to take any credit for these miracles. “Say nothing of this,” he would insist, “give thanks to God, not to me. I am only a vessel of clay, a poor sinner.”
The early years of his life as a friar were devoted to preaching in various houses of his province, but his last thirty years were spent in Tolentine, where he was engaged principally as confessor, benefactor of the poor and diligent minister to the sick. At that time in Tolentine, the Guelfs and the Ghibellines were in constant strife. St. Nicholas saw only one remedy to the violence: street preaching, and the success of this apostolic work was astounding. “He spoke of the things of heaven,” says his biographer St. Antonine. “Sweetly he preached the divine word, and the words that came from his lips fell like flames of fire. Among his hearers could be seen the tears and heard the sighs of people detesting their sins and repenting of their past lives.” St. Nicholas was a man filled with compassion and charity toward his brothers in the monastery, great hospitality to visitors and generous attention to all in need. At the same time his life of prayer and recollection, of penance and fidelity to the common life won the admiration of all. His devotion to the faithful departed and his prayers for their salvation earned him the title Patron of the Souls in Purgatory. God favored St. Nicholas with many heavenly gifts, and the time he could spare from his labors he spent in prayer and contemplation. He had also much to suffer from various painful diseases. During the last years of his life St. Nicholas was bedridden and suffered grievously. He died peacefully surrounded by his community on September 10, 1305 and his body is venerated in his Basilica in Tolentine. In 1345 a lay Brother cut off the arms of his body intending to take them to Germany as relics, and the friars then hid his body to prevent further attempts of this kind. It has not been found to this day, but the arms have been preserved. It is recorded that they have bled on several occasions, usually, it is said, before some calamity that befell the Church or the world. The remains of St. Nicholas are preserved at the Shrine of Saint Nicholas in the city of Tolentine. St. Nicholas of Tolentine was canonized by Pope Eugene IV in 1446. Saint Nicholas is the first Augustinian friar to be canonized after the Grand Union of the Order of St. Augustine in 1256 and for much of the Order’s history served as the model – par excellence – of the perfect integration of a life of contemplation with that of active ministry among God’s people. St. Nicholas of Tolentine is the Patron Saint of the souls in Purgatory; lost souls; dying people; infants; mariners; against epidemic disease and against fires and animals.
QUOTE OF SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO:“The Heavens are not pure in the sight of Him Whom I serve; how then shall I, a sinful man, stand before Him?”
PRAYER: Almighty God, Your glory has shone upon the Church through the holiness and miracles of St. Nicholas of Tolentine. In answer to his prayers keep Your holy people in peace and unity. Amen 🙏
SAINT PULCHERIA, EMPRESS: St. Pulcheria (399-453), Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire, eldest daughter of the Byzantine emperor Arcadius (395-408) and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. St. Pulcheria was co-regent and adviser of her brother Theodosius the Younger (408-450). St. Pulcheria was born on January 19, 399. Her father died when she was 15. After the death of her father, Arcadius (408), her younger brother, Theodosius II, then only seven, became emperor under the guardianship of Anthimus. St. Pulcheria had matured early and had great administrative ability; she soon exerted salutary influence over the young and not very capable emperor Theodosius. On July 4, 414, she was proclaimed Augusta (empress) by the Senate, and made regent of the empire for her younger brother, Theodosius, until he was old enough to rule. St. Pulcheria took special care of her brother’s education, ensuring a strong religious background. She took a vow of chastity (virginity) and persuaded her sisters to do the same, and worked for religious reform and evangelization through the empire. The imperial palace thus becoming almost a monastery. At the same time she fulfilled all her duties as a ruler for about ten years jointly with her brother. When Theodosius took over the throne, St. Pulcheria faded for a while into court life. In 421 she arranged the marriage of Theodosius with Athenais, who assumed the name Eudocia (Eudoxia). After the marriage, the new empress sought to weaken St. Pulcheria’s influence over the emperor. Theodosius’ wife convinced him to exile St. Pulcheria and, with the aid of some courtiers, succeeded for a time. The two women quarreled about 440, and Eudocia in 443 withdrew permanently to Jerusalem. The grand chamberlain Chrysaphius then acquired the dominant influence over Theodosius. Court intrigues obliged St. Pulcheria (446) to leave the imperial palace and retire to a suburb of Constantinople, where she led a monastic life. When this adviser fell from power shortly before Theodosius’ death (in July 450), St. Pulcheria again came into prominence, she returned to Court about 449. At the emperor Theodosius’ death (on July 28, 450) she was proclaimed empress, and then married the able general, Marcian, but with the condition that her vow of virginity should be respected. At her order Marcian was proclaimed Augustus. She selected Marcian as Theodosius’ successor and agreed to become his nominal wife in order to preserve the Theodosian dynasty.
St. Pulcheria supported Pope Leo the Great regarding the Monophysite controversy. On Oct. 25, 451, she sponsored and attended the Council of Chalcedon and supported the Church against the Nestorian and Eutychian heresies. She was loudly acclaimed by the bishops assembled there. Throughout her life she defended the Faith against various heresies. St. Pulcheria showed no less zeal in promoting other interests of the Church. She built three churches in Constantinople in honour of Mary the Mother of God; one, erected after the condemnation of the Nestorian heresy, was exceedingly beautiful. In other places also she built churches, hospitals, hospices, houses for pilgrims, and gave rich gifts to various churches and built a university in the city of Constantinople. She had the bones of Saint John Chrysostom, who had died in exile, brought back to Constantinople and buried in the church of the Apostles on January 27, 438; this led to the reconciliation with the Church of the schismatic party of the Johannines. St. Pulcheria had the relics of the forty martyrs of Sebaste, which were found near Constantinople, transferred to a church. Throughout her life St. Pulcheria remained a devout Christian. After giving away her wealth and all her possessions to the poor and to the Church, she died peacefully at the age of fifty-four in July 453 A D in Turkey of natural causes. She’s the Patron Saint against in-law problems; against the death of parents; empresses; exiles; orphans; people in exile; victims of betrayal.
Saint Pulcheria, Empress ~ Pray for us 🙏
SAINT AMBROSE EDWARD BARLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR: St. Ambrose Edward Barlow (1585-1641) was born near Manchester, England, to a noble family. He was baptized Catholic at his birth, but was raised Protestant when Catholicism was outlawed by the reigning monarchy. His grandfather died while imprisoned for his Catholic faith, and his father had two-thirds of his estate confiscated for refusal to conform to the Church of England. Ambrose returned to Catholicism as an adult, recognized his vocation to the priesthood, and traveled to France to enter seminary. He was ordained in 1617 in the Order of St. Benedict. He returned to England to minister to underground Catholics in his native south Lancashire for 24 years, being financially supported with a pension arranged by his grandmother.
St. Ambrose said Mass daily and administered the sacraments secretly to avoid detection by the authorities. He was arrested four times during his priesthood, each time being released without charge. When the king issued a decree that all Catholic Priests should immediately flee the country or be arrested and condemned as traitors, St. Ambrose chose to stay, reasoning that he could not die a better death than to be martyred for being a Catholic Priest. On April 25, 1631, just as he ended Easter Sunday Mass at Morley Hall near Manchester, he was arrested by a 400-strong armed mob led by the local Anglican Vicar He freely admitted to the charge of being a Catholic Priest and gave a defense of the true faith before his judge. He was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, quartered, and boiled in oil on September 10, 1641. His dead body was publicly displayed on a pike as a warning to other Catholic Priests. St. Ambrose Edward Barlow is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast day is September 10th.
Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow, Priest and Martyr ~ Pray for us 🙏
SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS
Bible Readings for today, Tuesday of the Twenty -Third Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading
Gospel Reading ~ Luke 6:12-19
“He spent the night in prayer. He chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles”
“Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.”
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus calls Twelve from among the wider group of His disciples to be His closest companions, a kind of inner circle of disciples. The calling of this small group of Twelve from among the larger group was done very carefully and was such an important moment that, according to the Gospel reading, He spent the whole night in prayer to God. Jesus’ choice of this significant group came out of His prayer. Each one of the Twelve was, in a sense, the fruit of His prayer. He prayerfully discerned those who would form this important group. Jesus felt the need of God’s sustaining and guiding presence as He made this momentous choice. We can all feel the need to spend time with the Lord in prayer before we make an important decision. In prayer we try to open ourselves up more fully to what the Lord wants for our lives. We ask that His will be done and His kingdom come in and through the decision we make. We invite the Holy Spirit to guide and shape our discerning and decision making. Moments of decision are times when we tend to seek the Lord with greater focus and energy. Even though Jesus spent the night in prayer to God before choosing the Twelve, yet, as St. Luke says in the Gospel reading, the leader of this group would go on to deny Him three times, and one of the group, Judas Iscariot, became a traitor, he went on to betray Jesua to His enemies. Not even Jesus’ prayerful choice guaranteed the faithfulness of those chosen. Just because we bring our decision to the Lord in prayer doesn’t mean that everything afterwards will run smoothly for us. The fact that we pray does not mean that all will work out just right. However, prayer deepens our communion with God, and if things do not work out as we might have hoped, we face all that in the strength that our communion with God gives us. In opening ourselves to the Lord in prayer at such moments of decision we are allowing Him to be at the heart of our decision making and at the heart of all that follows from it, even if what follows from our decision is not what we had expected. When Jesus was abandoned by those He had chosen, denied by one and betrayed by another, all of that brought Him pain. Yet, because of His prayerful communion with God He came through that dark experience into a new life, which He has opened up to all who turn to Him in faith.
In our first reading today from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Church and the faithful people of God in the city and region of Corinth, we are reminded that first of all, each one of us as Christians must always strive to live our lives away from the corruptions and wickedness of the world. All of us must be faithful to the teachings and ways of the Lord, observing wholeheartedly everything that He has called us all to do in completing His commandments and in walking down the path of righteousness and virtue. We must not give in to the temptations of evil and sin, of the corruptions of the flesh and worldliness which are always all around us, threatening to lead us all down the path towards ruin and destruction. At the same time, we must also not be divided against each other, fellow brothers and sisters in the same Lord, all of us fellow Christians, holy people of God. As one flock of the Lord’s people, His called and chosen ones, we must strive to live in harmony, respecting one another and caring for our fellow brethren. As what St. Paul had exhorted the Christians who lived in Corinth, each and every one of them must not accuse one another and hand over their fellow brethren to the pagan judges to be punished. They should instead settle their disagreements and divisions within their community, doing the best they could to restore the harmony and peace in the community of God’s faithful people. He reminded them all how those who were wicked and did not follow God’s Law and commandments would have to face the just consequences of their wickedness and be punished for their sins. That is why, each and every one of them, and hence, all of us as Christians should keep ourselves away from all sorts of immorality and corruptions of worldly desires, ambitions, from the allures of our human pride, ego and greed, from all the things that can easily lead us astray and bring us all to our downfall if we are not careful and vigilant. All of us have been bestowed with the blessings and grace of God, given and entrusted with His truth and love, and we should therefore commit ourselves to be filled with God’s love and to carry out our lives with great love and compassion for one another instead of with anger, jealousy and hatred. And instead of pride and greed, let us all be humble and be generous in giving and sharing our blessings and riches with one another, that everyone may be truly equally blessed by God.
As we reflect on the words of the Sacred Scriptures today, each and every one of us have been reminded by the Lord Himself that we should be righteous in all the things that we say and do throughout our whole lives, and we should be exemplary in how we carry out our actions throughout our lives that we may indeed be good and worthy role models, inspirations and strength for one another in faith. All of us have been reminded that as God’s people we must always live in accordance with His ways and adhere closely to Him and the path that He has shown us. We cannot contradict our faith with our wayward and wicked way of life and actions, which would have led us into the path towards our downfall and make us no better than hypocrites and unbelievers. Let us all therefore continue to do our best to love and serve the Lord, and to do our part in helping and guiding our fellow brothers and sisters around us. Let us all not be distracted anymore by any kind of worldly pursuits, attachments and excesses all around us. Instead, let us all strengthen our commitment to God and our love for Him, and let us all, in each and every moments of our lives be truly inspirational and exemplary, through the many virtuous and good words, actions and deeds we carried out. Let us all be true and worthy bearers of God’s light and grace at all times, in every opportunities that God has presented and given generously to us. Let us continue to walk faithfully in His Holy Presence now and always. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace and may the good Lord, our most loving God and Father continue to bless and guide us in our journey through life so that we may always be strong amidst the various temptations and challenges that we may have to face in our journey together as Christians, as God’s holy and chosen people, and as His disciples and followers, having been entrusted with the important missions to proclaim His Good News and truth, now and forevermore. Amen 🙏🏾
DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER:
MONTH OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS:
September is the Month of Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as our Mother of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa)! Since the 16th century, Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. The Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial the Church celebrates on September 15th. Devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary dates from the twelfth century, when it made its appearance in monastic circles under the influence of St. Anselm and St. Bernard.
This devotion recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spiritual martyrdom in virtue of her perfect union with the Passion of Christ. This was her role in salvation history and what merited her place as the spiritual Mother of all Christians. This is symbolized by a single sword, or seven swords, piercing Mary’s suffering heart, as foretold in Simeon’s prophecy. Traditionally the Church meditates on the “Seven Sorrows” of our Blessed Mother: the prophecy of Simeon; the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt; the loss of the Child Jesus for three days; the meeting of Mary and Jesus as He carried His cross; Jesus’ crucifixion and death; Jesus’ sacred body taken down from the cross; and Jesus’ burial. All the sorrows of Mary (the prophecy of Simeon, the three days’ loss, etc.) are merged in the supreme suffering at the Passion. In the Passion, Mary suffered a martyrdom of the heart because of Our Lord’s torments and the greatness of her love for Him. “She it was,” says Pope Pius XII, “who immune from all sin, personal or inherited, and ever more closely united with her Son, offered Him on Golgotha to the Eternal Father together with the holocaust of her maternal rights and motherly love. As a new Eve, she made this offering for all the children of Adam contaminated through his unhappy fall. Thus, she, who was the mother of our Head according to the flesh, became by a new title of sorrow and glory the spiritual mother of all His members.” The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) is September 15th.
INVOCATIONS: Mary most sorrowful, Mother of Christians, pray for us. Virgin most sorrowful, pray for us 🙏🏾
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=762
THE POPE’S MONTHLY INTENTIONS FOR 2024: FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER – FOR THE CRY OF THE EARTH: We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.
https://www.usccb.org/prayers/popes-monthly-intentions-2024
PRAYER FOR PEACE ~ POPE FRANCIS:
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”. Instill 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. 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 🙏🏾
During this Ordinary Time, please let us all continue to pray for peace all over the world, particularly in Africa, Nigeria, the Middle East, for an end to the current war in Israel-Palestine, and the Ukraine-Russia conflicts and for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. Amen 🙏🏾
Prayers for Peace | https://mycatholic.life/catholic-prayers/prayers-for-peace/
PRAYER INTENTIONS: During this season of the Ordinary Time, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and all the Saints on this feast day, we humbly pray for our children and children all over the world, we pray for their health, safety and well-being, we particularly pray for those who have no one to care for them and those who are terminally ill, we pray for God’s Divine healing upon them. We pray for all mothers, wives, those going through challenges in their marriages, Victims of verbal and spousal abuse, and we pray for peace, love and unity in our families and our world. Every life is a gift. We pray for God’s deliverance from impossible causes or situations. We pray for the souls in Purgatory and the repose of the gentle soul of our beloved family members who recently passed away and the souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom. For all widows and widowers. And we continue to pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Bishops, the Clergy, and all those who preach the Gospel. We pray for Vocation to the Priesthood and Religious life. We particularly pray for all Youths and all Seminarians, with special intention for those Seminarians who will be ordained into Priesthood. For the Church, for persecuted Christians, for all the innocent who suffer violence due to political or religious unrest, for the conversion of sinners and Christians all over the world. Amen 🙏
Let us pray:
My miraculous Lord, please draw me to Yourself, teaching in the wilderness of my interior life of silence and solitude. Help me to seek You out so that I can hear Your Word, spoken to me to give me new life. May I always listen to You so that Your holy Word will transform me more fully, making me into the new creation You desire me to be. Jesus, I trust in You ~ Amen 🙏
Save Us, Savior of the World. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Most Precious Blood of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Blessed Mother Mary; Saint Nicholas of Tolentine; Saint Pulcheria, Empress and Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow ~ Pray for us 🙏
Thanking God for the gift of this day and praying for justice, peace, love, and unity in our families and our world and for God’s Divine Mercy and Grace upon us all. Have a blessed, safe, and grace-filled week and fruitful month of September!🙏
Blessings and Love always, Philomena💖