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Thursday, May 16, 2024

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž



The Litany of the Miraculous Infant of Prague is a prayer invoking Jesus under the title of the Infant of Prague, whose statue is venerated in the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague. This litany asks the Infant Jesus to have mercy, protect, and intercede for the faithful, recalling his divine birth, holy childhood, and miraculous powers. Devotion to the Infant of Prague emphasizes the humility and approachability of Christ, and this litany pleads for his aid and blessing in all life’s troubles and trials.

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

O merciful Infant Jesus, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, true God, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose omnipotence is shown in miracles, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose wisdom searches our hearts and minds, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose kindness is ever ready to send us aid, have mercy on us.

O Infant Jesus, Whose providence leads us to our final end, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose truth enlightens the darkness of our hearts, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose generosity enriches the poor, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose friendship is comfort to the sad of heart, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose mercy forgives the sins of men, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose strength invigorates us, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose power protects us from harm, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose justice deters us from evil, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose power conquers Hell, have mercy on us.

O Infant Jesus, Whose lovely image draws our hearts and minds, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose magnificence embraces the entire world with Thy hand, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose heart inflamed with love enkindles our cold hearts, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose outstretched little hand of mercy fills us with all blessings, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose sweetest and most holy Name rejoices the hearts of the faithful, have mercy on us.
O Infant Jesus, Whose glory fills all the world, have mercy on us.

Be merciful, spare us, O Infant Jesus.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.
From all evil, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
From all sin, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
From all distrust of Thine infinite goodness, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
From all doubts about Thy miraculous power, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
From all lukewarmness in worshipping Thee, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
From all want and need, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.
By all the mysteries of Thy Holy Childhood, deliver us, O Infant Jesus.

We poor sinners, pray to Thee, hear us.
Through the help of Mary, Thy Virgin Mother, and Joseph, Thy foster-father, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst bring us to true repentance, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst forgive us our sins, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst absolve us from punishment for our sins, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve and increase in us love and devotion to Thy Holy Infancy, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst never withdraw Thy merciful hand from us, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst keep us eternally grateful for the many graces we have received, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst move us more and more to love Thy divine Heart, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst graciously hear all who call upon Thee with confidence, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve peace for our country, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst deliver us from any evil that threatens us, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst repay with eternal life those who are generous toward Thee, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant us blessings at the hour of death, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst pronounce a merciful sentence on us at the Judgement, we pray Thee, please hear us.
That Thou wouldst remain our comfort through Thy holy image, we pray Thee, please hear us.

Jesus, Son of God and holy Mary, hear us, we pray.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Infant Jesus.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Infant Jesus.

V. Infant Jesus, hear us.
R. Infant Jesus, graciously hear us.

Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Let us pray.
O Miraculous Infant Jesus, prostrate before Thy sacred image, we beseech Thee to look mercifully upon our troubled hearts. Let Thy tender heart, so inclined to pity, be softened at our prayers, and grant us that grace for which we ardently implore Thee. Take from us all affliction and despair, all trials and misfortunes with which we are laden. For Thy sacred Infancy’s sake, hear our prayers and send us consolation and aid, that we may praise Thee, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

PRAYER TO SAINT GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL



๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ. ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ


St. Gabriel the Archangel, I venerate you as the “Angel of the Incarnation,” because God has specially appointed you to bear the messages concerning the God-Man to Daniel, Zechariah, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Give me a very tender and devoted love for the Incarnate Word and his Blessed Mother more like your own.

I venerate you also as the “strength from God,” because you are the giver of God’s strength, consoler and comforter chosen to strengthen God’s faithful and to teach them important truths. I ask for the grace of a special power of the will to strive for holiness of life.

Steady my resolutions, renew my courage, comfort and console me in the problems, trials, and sufferings of daily living, as you consoled our Savior in His agony and Mary in her sorrows and Joseph in his trials. I put my confidence in you.

St. Gabriel, I ask you especially for this favor:

(Mention your petition now)

Through your earnest love for the Son of God-Made-Man and for His blessed Mother, I beg of you, intercede for me that my request may be granted, if it be God’s holy Will.

Pray for us, St. Gabriel the Archangel, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Amen.

Sunday, April 3, 2022

DEDICATION OF A FAMILY TO MARY by St. Alphonsus Liguori

 


DEDICATION OF A FAMILY TO MARY 

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

Oh Blessed and Immaculate Virgin, our Queen and Mother, refuge and consolation of all those who are in misery, I, prostrate before thy throne with all my family, choose thee for my Lady, Mother, and Advocate with God.

I, with all who belong to me, dedicate myself forever to thy service, and pray thee, oh Mother of God, to receive us into the number of thy servants, taking us all under thy protection, aiding us in life, and still more, at the hour of our death.

Oh Mother of Mercy, I choose thee Lady and ruler of my whole house, of my relatives, my interests, and all my affairs. Do not disdain to take care of them; dispose of them all as it pleases thee.

Bless me, then, and all my family, and do not permit that any of us should offend thy Son. Do thou defend us in temptations, deliver us from dangers, provide for us in our necessities, counsel us in our doubts, console us in afflictions, be with us in sickness, and especially in the agonies of death.

Do not permit the devil to glory in having in his chains any of us who are now consecrated to thee; but grant that we may come to thee in heaven to thank thee, and together with thee to praise and love our Redeemer Jesus for all eternity. Amen, thus may it be.

Saturday, November 6, 2021

How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

 



Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

(for recitation on ordinary rosary beads)


Begin with:

Our Father

Hail Mary

Apostles' Creed


On the five large beads:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the ten small beads:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Conclude with (3 times):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.


Imprimatur:
Franciszek Cardinal Macharski
Cracow, August 1, 1994


Promises

The Lord Jesus attached great promises to this prayer provided that the conditions of the correct devotion to the Divine Mercy are met, that is, the spirit of trusting God and being merciful towards neighbour is required. Perseverance in praying is an expression of this trust; the greater the trust is, the greater the perseverance in saying the Chaplet is. The Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina that by saying the Chaplet one can obtain everything. However, apart from the grace of a good death, He has never claimed that everything can be obtained immediately, having said the prayer once. In her ‚Diary’ Sister Faustina describes situations, for instance, calming of a storm (Diary 1731), when her request had been granted after she had said the Chaplet once. She also writes about situations when she had been saying this prayer without interruption for many hours, for example, praying for rain (Diary 1128). When she prayed by the bedside of the dying, sometimes it was enough when she said the Chaplet once in order to obtain the grace of a happy and peaceful death and some other time, when a soul needed a lot of prayer, it was necessary for her to say the Chaplet many times (Diary 1035).
The Lord Jesus attached a promise of obtaining all graces to the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy said with trust – He said: It pleases Me to grant everything they [people] ask of Me by saying the chaplet (Diary 1541), adding: if (…) [it] is compatible with My will (Diary 1731). God’s will is an expression of His love for man, thus everything that is not compatible with it is either bad or harmful. Therefore, it cannot be given by the best Father, who desires only man’s good – from the perspective of eternity. This general promise pertains not only to supernatural graces but also to rewards in this world.
Apart from the general promise, there are promises that concern the hour of death, and to be more precise: the grace of a happy and peaceful death, in other words, death in the state of grace and without experiencing fear and terror. These graces can be obtained not only by those who say the Chaplet with trust themselves but also the dying by whose bedside others will say this prayer. The Lord Jesus promised: At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or [if] the Chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, then the indulgence [for the dying] is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God’s anger is placated and unfathomable mercy envelops the soul (Diary 811). The Lord Jesus promises to grant the grace of a good death, that is, of conversion and remission of sins, even if the whole Chaplet has been said once – it needs to be said in the spirit of the Divine Mercy devotion, thus, the attitude of trusting God (faith, hope, love, humility, sincere and deep contrition) and being merciful towards neighbour is required. He said: Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy (Diary 687).

What the Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina shows how great the graces attached to this prayer are: By saying the chaplet you are bringing humankind closer to Me (Diary 929). Priests are to recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation (cf. Diary 687).

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