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Penance and Reparation
Penance and Reparation: A Lenten Meditation [1] by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Penance and reparation are the consequence of sin. Or again, penance and reparation are the price we have to pay for our own and other people’s sin. Penance and reparation, finally, are what God requires from sinners as a condition for showing…
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The Communion in Reparation of the First Five Saturdays
The Communion in Reparation of the First Five Saturdays as taught to Sister Lucy During her July 1917 apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucy, “I shall come to ask… that on the First Saturday of every month, Communions of reparation be made in atonement for the sins of the world.” Request of the Two…
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The Nine First Fridays Devotion to The Sacred Heart
What is meant by the expression “Sacred Heart”? We mean the Person of Christ, but viewed under a special aspect. Because of the richness and grandeur of Christ’s being, we can consider Him under many titles. Thus, we can think of Him as the King of all creation, and represent Him in statue or picture…
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The Litany of the Saints
The Litany of the saints is one of the oldest Catholic prayers still in use. It was prayed in earlier forms in the procession of St. Mamertus, the Bishop of Vienna, in the fifth century, and in St. Gregory the Great’s Litania Septiformis (“sevenfold procession”) of the clergy and the faithful, which followed a terrible spate of…
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The Litany of St. Joseph
The Litany of St. Joseph, one of only six approved by the Church for public as well as private use, sums up qualities that made him such an important part of the Holy Family. Although he does not appear much in scripture, this “just man” (as he is called in Matthew 1:19), a humble carpenter,…
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The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary
The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Litany of Loreto, is a popular prayer of supplication, once prayed in processions to atone for sins and to prevent calamities. Pilgrims at the famous Marian Shrine in Loreto, Italy used it in the 16th century, and it was approved in 1587 by Pope…
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Meditation Ten – How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life.
Meditation Ten – How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life. Preparation. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God. Humble yourself before Him, and ask His Aid. Considerations. Once more imagine yourself in an open plain, alone with your guardian Angel, and represent to yourself on the left hand the Devil sitting on a high and…
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Meditation Nine – On the Choice Upon to You Between Heaven and Hell.
Meditation Nine – On the Choice Upon to You Between Heaven and Hell. Preparation. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God. Humble yourself before Him, and ask His inspiration. Considerations. Imagine yourself alone with your good angel in an open plain, as was Tobit on his way to Rages. Suppose the Angel to set before…
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Meditation Eight – On Paradise.
Meditation Eight – On Paradise. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God. Invoke His Aid. Considerations. Represent to yourself a lovely calm night, when the heavens are bright with innumerable stars: add to the beauty of such a night the utmost beauty of a glorious summer’s day, —the sun’s brightness not hindering the clear shining…
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Meditation Seven – Of Hell.
Meditation Seven – Of Hell. Preparation. PLACE yourself in God’s Presence. Humble yourself, and ask His Aid. Picture to yourself a dark city, reeking with the flames of sulphur and brimstone, inhabited by citizens who cannot get forth. Considerations. Even so the lost are plunged in their infernal abyss; —suffering indescribable torture in every sense…
Knights Prayer
Our Lady, Queen of the Knights, bless all the activities of our Order. Keep us true to our pledge, to extend the kingship of thy Divine Son on earth. Through Thine intercession, win for us the grace, ever to exemplify in our public and private lives, the virtues that should characterize those especially dedicated to the service of the heavenly court. Make us always aware that as your Knights, we are constantly observed, our faith judged, and our Order appreciated. Accept, O Mary, this renewed pledge of fealty and devotion, of Thy Servants, the Knights of the Precious Blood.
