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Beautiful prayer from St. Padre Pio after Holy Communion “Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You. Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I
O Christ Jesus When all is darkness, And we feel our weakness and helplessness, Give us the sense of Your Presence, Your Love and Your Strength. Help us to have perfect trust, In Your protecting love, And strengthening power, So that nothing may frighten or worry us, For, living close
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your
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“O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me forget myself entirely so to establish myself in you, unmovable and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing be able to trouble my peace or make me leave you, O my unchanging God, but may each minute
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“Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to
Start and ending blessing of the meaningful address by Pope Francis in his 2020 Urbi et Orbis for the end of the Corona Virus, March 27, 2020 Start “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has
Merciful and loving Father, We beseech you, open our hearts so that we may provide hospitality and refuge to migrants who are lonely, afraid, and far from their homes. Give us the courage to welcome every stranger as Christ in our midst, to invite them into our communities as a
“Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are changing. God alone is changeless. Patience attains the good. One who has God lacks nothing. God alone fills all our needs.” — St Teresa of Avila
There are times in our lives when we feel attacked and persecuted. When people turn against us for no good reason. Perhaps out of jealousy, misunderstanding, the need for power and control, or many other reasons. We may feel victims of injustice. The situation may not make sense. Why are
A prayer for Lent from Catholic Fire “Heavenly Father, as I begin this journey into the desert with You, send Your Holy Spirit to enlighten me and to give me wisdom as to what it is You desire to change within me. Help me turn away from sin and come
Do you pray the Angelus? I have a small print of this same painting at my desk, honoring the time when people would actually stop their work and pray when they heard the Angelus bells playing from a distant church at 6:00 AM, noon, and 6:00 PM. I
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Lord Jesus Christ, for some reason some Christians seem to lack a sense of humor. They become so bogged down in the gravity of things that they are perpetually tense and serious-minded. I ask today that I may cultivate a sense of humor and use it to help others, as