the prayer of no person for another can be heard, and all the more because the martyrs, though they cry for the avenging of their blood, have never been able to obtain their request. If Apostles and martyrs while still in the body can pray for others, when they...
The prayer of Azariah and the canticle of the three young men, which make up these verses, are inspired additions to the Aramaic text of Daniel, translated from the Greek form of the Book. Their original (in Hebrew or Aramaic) is not extant. The Church regards them as part of the ...
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This Pian Breviary (Breviarium Pianum), while still remaining the official prayer book of the Universal Church, has undergone certain slight alterations in the course of time, and these must here be noted, but without reference to the new feasts of saints which have been added to the Calendar...
On the other hand, while it is used in common parlance in the Church of England to cover several of the enumerated canticles, the Prayer Book applies it only to the “Benedicite”, while in its Calendar the word Canticles is applied to what is commonly known as the “Song of Solomon...
I look forward to hearing what you may think, or not think if the question totally bores you. So please let me know – am I the only one who asks these types of questions? Should I just chill out? Or what? In the meantime I think I will try to ask God in prayer. ...
LOURDES: UNITED IN PRAYER Tuesday, February 11 at 5:00 PM Cardinal François Bustillo presides over Holy Mass on the anniversary of the last apparition to Saint Bernadette at Lourdes... HOLY ROSARY LOURDES: UNITED IN PRAYER Tuesday, February 11 at 10:00 PM ...
Dan Fitzpatrick February 4, AD2025 2 Comments In Part 1 of “Say ‘Sex’ Not ‘Gender’,” I discussed how in recent generations, the word “gender” moved from the grammar lessons to the sex-ed Read More » The Truth Concerning Mary’s Perpetual Virginity Deacon Frank February 3,...
Thirsting for Prayerby Jacques Philippe may be the most helpful book on prayer I’ve ever read. Like Father Philippe’sInterior Freedom, which I’ve read and consulted numerous times,Thirsting for Prayerspeaks to mind, heart, and spirit: all three, with a combination of eloquence and practic...
One of the preachers took his Protestant prayerbook, and began to read it with a very solemn face. The devil laughed at him, and putting on a most comical look, he said: "Ho! Ho! My good friend; do you intend to expel me with your prayers and hymns? Do you think that they will...