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May 16, 2024 · Personal Prayer. Dear Jesus, I pray for you and everyone in heaven, I hope that they are just as happy as I am. I pray that one day we can all get along and be happy together. I pray for people that are not as kind that they become closer to you and everyone around them. I pray for people that have less or nothing that they can still be happy ...
May 14, 2024 · For the 170,000 Roman Catholics in the four-county Diocese of Gary, one of the holiest seasons of the church calendar begins with an ashy smudge on the forehead as a reminder of mortality and ...
6 days ago · But this year, Ash Wednesday lands smack-dab right on the calendar at Feb. 14. Ash Wednesday, when we remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return, kicks off the season of Lent, a period of penance, abstinence and fasting. There’s nothing romantic about Ash Wednesday — or is there? What is a Catholic to do?
May 10, 2024 · The very first rite of the Easter Vigil presupposes darkness. One does not kindle a fire in daylight. The Easter Vigil begins outside the church with the kindling of the Easter fire. The church itself is dark, as dark as that night when Jesus lay in the tomb. In the evening chill — like the chill of the tomb — a light is kindled.
May 8, 2024 · St. Augustine's Prayer to the Holy Spirit. Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Apr 28, 2024 · Prayer before a Crucifix. Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus. while before Your face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech You. to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments. of faith, hope, and charity; true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment.
3 days ago · The Church requires adults ages 18-59 to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. According to the USCCB, “The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.” However, the Church exempts certain groups from these requirements and asks them to make an alternative sacrifice.
