TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINTS OF THE DAY ~ FEAST DAY: SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

NOVENA TO SAINT THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX – THE LITTLE FLOWER: Starts September 22-30 – Traditionally, it is prayed from September 22nd through September 30th. Her Memorial Feast Day is October 1st. | Novena link below

Greetings and blessings, beloved family and Happy Wednesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time!

Today, on this special feast day, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Saints, we humbly pray for the safety and well-being of all those in captivity, we pray for God’s grace and divine mercy upon them. We pray for our children and children all over the world. For the poor and needy, for those seeking for the fruit of the womb, we pray for difficult marriages, for peace, love, and unity in our marriages, our families and our world.

We continue to pray for the sick and dying, especially those who are mentally and physically ill, and those suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases. We pray for those who mourn, for all widows and widowers. May the good Lord comfort them. We pray for the gentle repose of the souls of our loved ones who recently passed away, we particularly pray for the repose of the souls of all those who will die today, asking God to have mercy on their souls and to lead them into Eternal Life. We pray for the souls in Purgatory and we continue to pray for the repose of 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 and souls of all the faithful departed 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 and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen🙏

Watch “Holy Mass and Holy Rosary on EWTN on YouTube” | September 25, 2024 |

Watch “Holy Mass from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy” | September 25, 2024 |

Pray “Holy Rosary from Lourdes France” | September 25, 2024 |

Pray “The Chaplet of Divine Mercy in song”| September 25, 2024 |

Pray “Holy Rosary ALL 20 Mysteries VIRTUAL🌹JOYFUL🌹LUMINOUS🌹SORROWFUL🌹GLORIOUS” oùn YouTube |

Memorare Chaplet | Prayer in Difficult Times (Powerful Prayer) |

Today’s Bible Readings: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Reading 1, Proverbs 30:5-9
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163
Gospel, Luke 9:1-6

NOVENA TO SAINT THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX – THE LITTLE FLOWER: Starts today, September 22-30 – Traditionally, it is prayed from September 22nd through September 30th. Her Memorial Feast Day is October 1st. | https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/novena-to-st-theresa-the-little-flower-11867

MEMORIAL OF SAINT FINBARR, BISHOP: SAINT CLEOPHAS, DISCIPLE OF CHRIST; SAINT FIRMIN, BISHOP OF AMIENS AND MARTYR AND BLESSED HERMAN THE CRIPPLE, RELIGIOUS: Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Finbarr, Bishop; Saint Cleophas, Disciple of Christ; Saint Firmin, Bishop of Amiens and Martyr and Blessed Herman the Cripple, Religious. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, Mother of Mercy and the Saints on this feast day, we humbly pray for all those with disabilities, we pray for God’s grace and divine healing upon them. We pray for the sick and dying, especially those who are mentally and physically ill, those sick with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders 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 all widows and widowers. We pray for the poor and needy, 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 FINBARR, BISHOP: St. Finbarr (c. 550-623), also spelt Finbar, Finnbar, or Finnbarr, in Irish Fionnbharra, very often abbreviated to Barra. St. Finbarr was a native of Connaught (Connacht), a Bishop of Cork and abbot of a monastery in what is now the city of Cork, Ireland. St. Finbarr was born and lived in Ireland in the latter part of the 6th century to a lady of the Irish royal court and an artisan in Achaid Duborcon near Crookstown, County Cork and son of a Connacht father, Amergin of Maigh Seóla, a skilled craftsman (metalworker) originally from Galway who moved to Munster to find work. At Baptism he was given the name Lochan but later received the surname Fionbarr or Finbarr or Barr the White (“White-head”) from his educators, the monks of Kilmacahill, Kilkenny, on account of his light hair. He is reported to have visited St. David in Pembrokenhire in southern Wales and to have accompanied him to Rome. Pope St. Gregory is said to have wanted to make St. Finbarr a Bishop but to have been deterred by a vision notifying him that God had reserved that honor to Himself.

St. Finbar preached the Gospel throughout southern Ireland and founded a number of churches. He then went to live the life of a hermit on a small island in Gouganebarra. Later, he founded and instituted a monastery or school at Lough Eirc, soon candidates for the monastery began arriving in ever-increasing numbers, to which such numbers of disciples flocked, that it changed a desert into a large city. The school began to extend its influence over the whole of southern Ireland. This was the origin of the city of Cork, which was built chiefly upon stakes, in marshy little islands formed by the river Lea, called Corcaghmer from which Cork is derived. Out of the desert arose the great city of Cork, and St. Finbar is regarded as its founder and first Bishop. He was Bishop of Cork for seventeen years, and died in the midst of his friends at Cellnaclona (Cloyne) in Ballineadig, fifteen miles from Cork on September 25, 623. His body was buried in his own cathedral at Cork, and his relics, some years after, were put in a silver shrine, and kept there, this great church bearing his name to this day. St. Finbarr’s cave or hermitage was shown in a monastery which seems to have been begun by our Saint, and stood to the west of Cork. St. Finbarr is the Patron Saint of Cork.

PRAYER: God, You made St. Finbarr an outstanding exemplar of Divine love and the faith that conquers the world, and added him to the roll of saintly pastors. Grant by his intercession that we may persevere in Faith and love and become sharers of his glory. Amen 🙏

SAINT CLEOPHAS, DISCIPLE OF CHRIST: St. Cleophas (1st c.) was one of Jesus’ seventy disciples, and one of the two disciples of Christ (the other is unnamed) who were traveling along the road from Jerusalem  to Emmaus, a town seven miles to the northwest, after the crucifixion and on the day of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, as recounted in Luke’s Gospel. The resurrected Jesus appeared and walked along the road with St. Cleophas and his companion, explaining the events of his Passion and how they fulfilled the Holy Scriptures. The two men were dejected and disillusioned by the terrible events of the last few days. Jesus approached them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. They spoke to Him about their fears, and He spoke to them about what referred to Him in all the Scriptures. Asked to join St. Cleophas and his companion at their evening meal, Jesus revealed Himself in the Breaking of the Bread, and then vanished. St. Cleophas and his friend brought the news to the other disciples, at which time Jesus appeared again to them all.

According to one tradition, Cleophas (also known as Alphaeus), was a relative of Jesus; he was the brother of St. Joseph, and therefore was Jesus’ uncle. Cleophas was the husband of St. Mary of Cleophas, and they had three sons we know by name: St. Simon, St. James the Less, and St. Jude. St. Cleophas, through his daughter Mary Salome, was also grandfather to St. James the Greater and St. John. Therefore three of his sons and two of his grandsons were among the Twelve Apostles. According to tradition, St. Cleophas was martyred by the Jewish authorities in the same home in which he received Jesus as a guest. His feast day is September 25th.

PRAYER: God, strengthen us in the faith that made St. Cleophas the disciple so loyal to Christ Your Son, and through his prayers let the Church become the sign of salvation for all people. Amen. Saint Cleophas, Disciple of Jesus ~ Pray for us 🙏

SAINT FIRMIN, BISHOP OF AMIENS AND MARTYR: St. Firmin († Beginning of Second Century) was the First Bishop of Amiens and Martyr. He was a son of a senator, was a native of Pampeluna in Navarre. With his father he was initiated and taught the Christian faith by Honestus, a disciple of Saint Saturninus, the bishop of Toulouse, himself the disciple of Saint Peter the Apostle. Saint Firmin, who had been confided by his father to Honestus for his education and had accompanied him on his apostolic journeys, was eventually consecrated bishop by Saint Honoratus, successor to Saint Saturninus at Toulouse. St. Firmin received the mission to preach the Gospel in the remoter parts of the Occident, or Gaul; thus he preached in the regions of Agen, Angers, and Beauvais. In what is now Clement-Ferrand, after long discussions with two ardent idolaters, he won them over. Error, wherever he passed, seemed to flee before him, as if the infernal powers feared to undertake a combat with this formidable adversary who was sure to defeat them. He had not yet suffered persecution. Desiring martyrdom, he decided to go to a center of paganism in the north, in what is now Normandy, near Lisieux. There he was arrested and imprisoned for a time by the pagans. When delivered, he continued on towards the north, to a region where Saint Denys of Paris had baptized many. He confirmed the Christians in their faith, and went wherever a soul might have need of him. The Roman authorities heard of him and arrested him; the Saint generously confessed Jesus Christ in their presence. Again he was imprisoned, but released when the prefect and his successor both died suddenly. He was obliged, however, to flee secretly.

When St. Firmin arrived at Amiens, he placed his residence there and founded a large church of faithful disciples. Amiens conserves the memory of the day he arrived and preached fearlessly there beside a temple of Jupiter, at a site where now the Basilica of Our Lady stands. He taught aloud the salutary doctrine of Christianity to all who came to listen. Many conversions followed, even among the authorities of the city, including the senator. He continued his preaching in that region for a number of years, while the pagan temples became literally deserted. And then two Roman officials, Longulus and Sebastian, heard of him and came to the city. The pagan priests saw their opportunity, when all the city residents were convoked to appear before the visitors. The two officials explained that the capital penalty was decreed for those who did not obey the imperial edicts, not offering incense to the gods and honoring them. The pagan priests then told them of one who always refused to do so, and Saint Firmin, after an eloquent defense of the religion of Christ, was imprisoned. He finally saw his most ardent desire fulfilled when certain soldiers decided on their own to accomplish the imperial orders, and came with swords to his prison at night, where they decapitated the bishop. He died, filled with joy at their coming. This occurred under the reign of Trajan in the first years of the second century. Faustinian buried him in his field called Abladana, where Firmin II (who is honoured on the 1st of September) built the first church under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin. Saint Salvius, in the beginning of the seventh century, translated his relics into the cathedral. Saint Godefrid made another translation of them about the year 1107, and Bishop Theobald put them into a gold shrine about the year 1200. The holy bishop, St. Firmin remains in the greatest honor in the city of Amiens. He’s the Patron Saint of Amiens, France, Lesaka, Spain, Navarre, Spain.

Saint Firmin, Bishop of Amiens and Martyr ~ Pray for us 🙏

BLESSED HERMAN THE CRIPPLE, RELIGIOUS: Bl. Herman, also known as Hermannus Contractus, or Herman of Reichenau, 1013-1054), monk, 11th century scholar, composer, musical theorist, mathematician, and astronomer. He was the Author of the “Salve Regina” and the “Alma Redemptoris Mater.” Blessed Herman was born into royalty in 1013, the son of a duke of Altshausen. From birth, it was apparent that he would be horribly crippled and disfigured, he was born with a cleft palate, cerebral palsy and spinabifida. He suffered from severe physical disabilities and could hardly speak. Reports indicate he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or spinal muscular atrophy. Because of these physical disabilities, earning him the less-than-pleasant name of “Hermannus Contractus” (“the Cripple” or “Herman the Twisted”). Without assistance, he could not move, and could barely speak, but within his body was a keen mind and iron will. At the age of seven, Herman’s parents left him at the Benedictine monastery of Reichenau, Switzerland where they arranged for him to be raised and educated by the Benedictine monks. He was a cheerful, friendly child. It is said that while he was still a youth, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and asked if he would rather have health or wisdom. He chose wisdom. He eventually became a Benedictine monk.

Bl. Herman became a celebrated mathematician and was known for his work in astronomy, history, and music. Bl. Herman’s chief contribution to Catholic posterity was his hymns used in the liturgy. He composed both the words and the music for the Marian hymn “Alma Redemptoris Mater” and the “Salve Regina”(also known as the “Hail Holy Queen”) which we pray each time we pray the Holy Rosary. He came out with religious poetry and musical compositions. Despite significant physical limitations and suffering, the bright and contemplative mind of Blessed Herman advanced not only our understanding of the physical world, but furthered our devotion to Our Blessed Mother. His contributions to both science and faith remind us that regardless of appearance or apparent physical abilities, we each possess immense God-given gifts and talents! He was called “The Wonder of His Age.” Blessed Herman died at the young age of 40 in 1054 , having succumbed to the symptoms of his many afflictions. He was beatified in 1863 by Blessed Pope Pius IX. He was a man who took joy in his struggles, and looked at each difficult day as an opportunity to grow closer to the Lord. Every time we pray the Holy Rosary, we end in prayer with Blessed Herman. The Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen) reminds us of our deep connection not only to Our Blessed Mother, but to all those who suffer alongside us in the world.

Blessed Herman the Cripple, Religious ~ Pray for us 🙏

SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS:

Bible Readings for today, Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading

Gospel Reading ~ Luke 9:1-6

“He sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick”

“Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.” Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere.”

In today’s Gospel reading, when Jesus sends out the twelve on mission, He calls on them to travel light. They are not to be too self-sufficient. Instead they are to depend on the hospitality of those to whom they preach the Gospel. Rather than be overly self-reliant, they are to leave space for themselves to become reliant on others, to become reliant on the Lord present to them in others. We all like to be independent and self-reliant to some extent, and, indeed, we need to be. However, today’s Gospel reading reminds us that we can never be fully self-reliant. We began life completely dependent on others, and as we come towards the end of our life we can find ourselves once more completely dependent on others. Yet, even between these two moments of high dependence, we continue to depend on others in so many ways. Throughout our lives we depend on others to bring to us what we do not have within ourselves. We can make the mistake of trying to go it alone and depriving ourselves of rich resources that others can bring to us. The Lord is always inviting us to be open to the service that He renders us in and through others. Each one of us has much to give and much to receive. The Lord who wants to serve others through us also wants to serve us through others.

St. Luke’s Gospel emphasizes that sharing in the Lord’s work, continuing the Lord’s mission, is not the preserve of a select few. All of us are called to do the Lord’s work, to do some labouring in the Lord’s plentiful harvest. What that might mean for any one of us is something we have to try and discern with the Lord’s help. In this morning’s gospel reading, Jesus not only sent out the twelve, he also gave them power. In sending them, he empowered them. If we respond to the Lord’s call to work in his harvest, we can be assured that the Lord will also empower us for the work He is calling us to do. In the Gospel reading, Jesus sends out His disciples in a very vulnerable state. They are to depend on others, rather than on themselves, trusting that they will be given hospitality when it is needed. They are, in a sense, to let go of the reins of control and hand control over to the Lord who will look after them in and through others. Although our own circumstances are very different from that of the twelve, there is a message here for all of us. It is, perhaps, in those situations, on those journeys, when we have to surrender control that the Lord can provide for us in the most surprising ways. At the end of the day, we are not self-sufficient; we depend on the Lord for everything.

In our first reading today from the Book of Proverbs the author spoke of the assurances of God’s Providence and help for His people, for those who are faithful and committed to Him. The author also spoke of seeking the Lord for His help and guidance, to provide us with just what is necessary for us lest we allow ourselves to be tempted by pride, desire and ego, all of which would end up leading us down the slippery slope of sin into our downfall and destruction. Each one of us are reminded not to give in to the temptation of evil all around us, of worldly pleasures and ambitions, of all the pursuits of fame and glory, and all the other things which can lead us into the path of damnation because of our desires and ambitions that may cause us to commit acts that are sinful against the Lord our God. Instead, we are all exhorted through what we have heard to be ever more committed to the Lord and to be faithful to the commandments that the Lord has given us. We should strive to resist the various temptations present around us so that we may not falter in our efforts and desire to follow the path that the Lord has put us to walk through in life. All of us as Christians have been called and expected to embrace wholeheartedly this path in life, to be always firmly rooted in our faith and obedience to God, to our trust and belief in His providence, love and grace. Without this strong faith and conviction, 

As we reflect on the words of the Sacred Scriptures today, each and every one of us are reminded of the mission which we have been given as Christians, as God’s holy and beloved people. All of us are reminded that we have been entrusted with various gifts, talents and abilities which we all should make good use of so that we may truly be good and worthy disciples and followers of His, in proclaiming His Good News and wonders at all times, by our exemplary actions, words and deeds. The Lord has given us all these gifts and opportunities so that we may touch each others’ lives and inspire more and more people to come towards Him with faith, and to be more committed and dedicated to His cause, and not to depend on our own strength and might, but rather to trust in Him ever more wholeheartedly from now on. Let us all continue therefore to do our very best at each and every moments in our lives, so that by all the things we do, by our every words and interactions with one another, by our commitments and dedications in the Lord’s path and commandments. Let us all spend more and more time to do our part to be faithful and committed disciples and followers of the Lord, to fulfil whatever it is that the Lord has entrusted to each one of us, making good use of the various blessings and opportunities that He had provided to us. We must no longer be idle or ignorant of our calling and mission, the parts that we can do in order to be the worthy bearers of God’s Good News to the world. Each one of us have been given this important mission in life, so that we may truly glorify Him by our lives. May the Lord, our most loving God and Father continue to help and strengthen us in our respective journeys, paths and efforts all throughout life. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace, as we all continue to do our best to follow His path, and may He continue to encourage and strengthen us in all the things we do, so that by our hard works and efforts in doing His will, and in proclaiming His glory and truth, His love and compassion towards each and every one of us, we may continue to be exemplary and inspirational examples for everyone around us, helping more and more people to come ever closer to the Lord, now and always. 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 all-powerful Lord, You have authority over evil, the power to heal and offer all the gifts of eternal salvation. Help me to be open to the ways that You desire to come to me. Please free me from the attacks of the evil one, bring healing and hope, and bring forth the abundance of Your glorious Kingdom in my life. 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; Mother of Mercy; Saint Finbarr; Saint Cleophas; Saint Firmin and Blessed Herman ~ 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 month of September!🙏

Blessings and Love always, Philomena💖