After the sixth century, more and more icons of various aspects of the Blessed Mother were seen, and attributes of military power were seen as people brought icons of Mary to the battlefield for protection against invaders. Prayers relating to Mary are found as early as the Gospel of Luke....
Why say prayers for priests? Because, as St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, once said “After God, the priest is everything.” (He also once referred to the priest “the steward of the good God, the distributor of His wealth.”) ...
Jesus Christ – Remember This Prayer For The Day Of The Warning Jesus Christ – The Confession Prayer For The Day Of The Warning – Forgiveness Of Sin Plenary Indulgence – Prayer For Forgiveness Of Sin Crusade Prayers for Priests – Clergy – Sacred Servants Prayers From The Bo...
Teaching about Catholic–Jewish relationships: interpreting Jewish hostility to Jesus in the gospelsHenry Wansbrough OSB
Given that the saints are fellow Christians, invoking their intercession is in principle not at all different from Paul in Romans 15:30 asking the Christians in Rome to pray for him: “Strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, that I may be delivered from the unbeliever...
49. As found in the sacrament prayers, God The Holy Spirit (the Holy Ghost) testifies — 50. that God Our Eternal Father blesses and sanctifies and like Abraham sacrifices His Beloved Son, except no ram was found in the thicket, and no angel prevented the Father from sacrificing His Son...
2 Thessalonians 3:13And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good. Ephesians 6:18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ...
Peace Arch News reports that the ‘House of Horrors’ is opening for 24th year in Surrey. Gibbons commented: “Halloween is growing by leaps and bounds, and I think it’s going to catch up to Christmas one of these days, in the way of spending and that sort of thing, decorating.” ...
One of the Lenten collects speaksof the “healing remedies” that the Lord offers us. Christ heals our unruly feelings. In his goodness he has given us the means of grace, the sacraments, the sacred scriptures, the examples and prayers of the saints, our friends and family, holy images, ...
for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are open to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Romans 14:19 advises us to “pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.” Peace is something ...