The mass consists of two principal rites: theliturgy of the Wordand theliturgy of the Eucharist. The first includes readings fromscripture, the homily (sermon), and intercessoryprayer. The second includes the offering and the presentation of bread and wine at thealtar, theirconsecrationby thepries...
Jesus himself warned us not to offend small children, because their guardian angels have guaranteed intercessory access to the Father: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven” (...
“The Mass and Real Presence are parts of one; the veneration of Saints and their relics are part of one; their intercessory power, and the Purgatorial State, and again the Mass and that State are correlative…. You must accept the whole or reject the whole; rejection does but enfeeble, ...
When Mary told Joseph that her time was drawing near and that he should now betake himself to prayer, he left her and turned toward his sleep-place to do her bidding. Before entering his little recess, he looked back once toward that part of the cave where Mary knelt upon her couch in...
Regarding St. Maximilian and retaining the memory of his death, perhaps he should be the patron saint of death row inmates. Even though he committed no crime deserving of death (just like Jesus!), those on death row need all the intercessory help they can get so that they can receive the...
Now, an indulgenced prayer is normally made foryour own benefit, but can be applied as a suffrage to the poor souls in Purgatory, thus reducing their sufferings in Purgatory and advancing them nearer to the one true goal of life: to be withGod in Heaven. Those souls are counting on our...
“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of”(Alfred Lord Tennyson) It is truly an amazing thing that God grants us the power to change the course of other people’s lives through intercessory prayer. We take this form of prayer for granted, but when you think about it...
“Prayer to St. Anthony for Lost Things” are not forms of worship to a god but simple requests for intercessory prayer. Protestant Christians ask their friends on earth to pray for them, but Catholic, Armenian, Copt, and Orthodox Christians also ask their friends in heaven, the saints, to...
He nodded and raised his hand over the flash drive and what came out of his mouth was a beautiful, profound blessing and intercessory prayer to the Lord, for wisdom, for healing, for conversions, for hope, peace and love. In my pastor’s blessing were the deepest desires of my heart. ...
1 Sam. 28:7-20 – the intercessory mediation of deceased Samuel for Saul follows Sirach 46:20. 2 Kings 2:1-13 – Elijah being taken up into heaven follows Sirach 48:9. 2 Tim. 3:16 – the inspired Scripture that Paul was referring to included the deuterocanonical texts that the Prote...