On this Good Friday… 1. Please take a moment to watch this amazing video by Father Robert Barron. 2. Pray the short prayer my grandmother taught me (33x before 3pm — or sometime before the day is over) O my Jesus, my thy sorrowful passion and most bitter death, and that of thy sorrowful Mother,
The Last Supper (Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy (1498), by Leonardo da Vinci). 14 When contemplating the Last Supper, Jesus’ eager desire to eat this Passover with the Apostles (and us) always moves me. It expresses His eager desire to share Himself with us fully in Holy Communion — to live and move and fill each one of
St. John Paul II Medjugorje: In St. John Paul II’s Own Words When speaking with people regarding Medjugorje, I often find that people either know little to nothing about the reported apparitions of Mary that have lasted over 38 years and that continue to this day… Or, they have a vague negative perception fueled by
Help for fasting on this Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent: “Prayer is greatly aided by fasting and watching and every kind of bodily chastisement. In this regard each of you must do what you can. Thus, the weaker will not hold back the stronger, and the stronger will not press the weaker. You
“I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother” (True Devotion, 233). DAY 19 of 33: SECTION 3: Entering into the Mystery of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden Contemplating the Sorrowful Mysteries with Mary, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Mother Teresa and St. Louis
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