Tag: Jesus
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Sabbath Of Great Sorrow
This is perhaps the darkest period of Christian persecution since the early centuries when men and women, young and old were thrown to lions, burnt at stakes, cut apart, maimed, ostracised and chased away – all because they believed in Jesus Christ who rose from the dead. They believed that passion and death are followed …
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PRAYERS TO JESUS AND MARY
ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI PRAYER Our Blessed Lady said to St. Gertrude: Whoever shall devoutly recall to my mind the joy which I felt in uttering the words: Behold the handmaid of the Lord, I will most truly show him that I am his Mother, and will unfailingly succour him. O MOTHER of Blessedness and most…
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One Virus & Two Commandments
ONE VIRUS AND TWO COMMANDMENTS—————————————- Let’s have a quick recap of the COVID19 statistics. As of now the virus has reached almost all countries. The total number of persons affected with the virus stands at 4626000 as on 17 May and the number of persons succumbed to the disease is at 311000. In other words,…
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The Promises of Jesus to those who Pray the Chaplet
I promise that the soul that will venerate this image (of Divine Mercy) will not perish. I also promise victory over (its) enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory.” (Diary, 48) “The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My…
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Living the Faith When Public Worship is Prohibited
“We glory in tribulations” (Rom 5:3) Living the Faith When Public Worship is Prohibited Millions of Catholics in the so-called free Western world will, in the coming weeks or even months, and especially during Holy Week and Easter, the culmination of the entire liturgical year, be deprived of any public acts of worship due to…
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Act of Consecration to the Blessed Sacrament – A Thursday Devotion
I, (Name), the servant of Jesus Christ, acknowledging my great unworthiness, but confiding in divine grace, consecrate and devote myself with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength, to the worship and adoration of our Lord Jesus Christ, really, truly, and substantially present in the Most Holy Sacrament for the…
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PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE EUCHARIST
O Heavenly Mother, Our Lady of the Holy Eucharist, through thy most powerful intervention and since thou art the Mother of Our Saviour, we lay our petitions and necessities in thy hands, for through thee, all these favours will be granted. I humbly beseech thee, O Heavenly Queen, to cast out all doubt, anxieties and…
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LONG LIVE LOCKDOWN
I am not crazy. I have not gone out of my senses. Prolonged lockdown has not made me mad. After a few weeks of forced stay at home I can hear little whispers from here and there. It is the sound of those appreciating COVID19 which brought in the lockdown. It may seem strange to…
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An Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite…
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DIVINE MERCY, DIVINE GIFT
We are into the first week of Resurrection and on this Sunday we are going to celebrate the feast of Divine Mercy. For many of us this feast is not very familiar as it was included in the Church’s calendar only recently. When we think of the feast of Divine Mercy, the first name that…