Dedication of a Child to Our Lady of Guadalupe

 Dear Mary,

Your message of love and care on Tepeyac Hill

floated like a lilting lullaby

into the fresh golden dawn.

Softly you called to Juan Diego,

“least of your sons,”

a man of middle years,

but guileless and childlike in spirit.

Through him you invited all your children to come to you,

the ever-virgin Mother of God,

to look to you as a mother

who wanted only to show a mother’s love.

You would give them whatever they needed,

help and protection,

strength and comfort.

As a lasting proof you left us

your own marvelous picture,

unpainted by any human hand.

Today we bring to you

our child N.___________ (as yet Unborn).

May this little one always know

and love you as holy Mary,

Mother of the true God

in whom we live and have our being.

May this new soul,

fresh breathed forth from the creator,

giving life to the body,

be like the soul of Juan Diego,

simple, pure and good.

Dear Lady of Guadulupe,

touch this petal of our hearts

with the wintry roses of Tepeyac,

so that a fragrant joy and peace

may spread along its path of earthly life,

reminding men of you

and sweetly drawing them to your waiting heart.

Take this child as your own.

Lady lovely and demure,

enfolded in the mantle of your care,

until the day when in a new land,

all your children join with you,

their merciful mother,

endlessly giving praise and thanks

to God the Father,

Son and Holy Spirit.

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

 Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously 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.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the eternal Father, save us.

Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.

Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.

Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in Agony, save us.

Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.

Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.

Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us. 

Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.

Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.

Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.

Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.

Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.

Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us.

Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us.

Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us.

Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us. 

Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.

Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.

Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.

Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us. 

Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.

Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.

Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us.

Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord.

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.

R. And made us a kingdom for our God.

Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world and willed to be appeased by his blood. Grant, we beg of Thee, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in Heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer to Our Lady of the Expectation

“Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God.”

~Saint Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church

“How often in these situations must Mary have returned inwardly to the hour when God’s angel had spoken to her, pondering afresh the greeting: ‘Rejoice, full of grace!’ and the consoling words: ‘Do not be afraid!’ The angel departs; her mission remains, and with it matures her inner closeness to God, a closeness that in her heart she is able to see and touch.” ~Pope Benedict XVI

“Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our Ruler; she carried Him in whom we are; she gave milk to our Bread.”

~St. Augustine

Prayer to Our Lady of the Expectation

“Heavenly Mother, Mother expecting; and Mother bearing Christ in your holy womb! Shower thy blessings on us who venerate thee. Protect us from the treacherous Satan. Shelter us in the tabernacle of thy womb.

O Holy womb that bore our Lord Jesus Christ! Mold us as expected by your beloved Son. Let our families inculcate good virtues. Let thy peace fill our families. Let faithfulness be strengthened among couples. Let the voice of vocation be heard and answered. Let wisdom, understanding and knowledge be implanted in our children.

Bless us with employment and industrial development. Bless us with good rain, agricultural growth and decent shelter. Bless us with the gift of Children. Bless pregnant mothers with safe delivery. Bless our journeys with safety and bless us with a burden-less life.

Bless all those who have lost their spouse. Bless the orphans and the destitute, physically challenged and the socially afflicted; the poor and helpless.

Let the priests and the religious lead a holy life. Let there be peace in the world. Let love for mankind, solidarity among religions and justice be established. Make us depend on Jesus Christ in our day to day life as you expect and may we say ‘Yes’ to God’s Holy Will. Lord! Like the holy seeping blood which gushed out from the cross, Bless and make us Holy and faithful to you as we wait  for you in the life to come.

Amen.

Prayer to Surrender Everything to Jesus

God’s ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not ours (Is 55:8) And His timetable is often not ours. He may not answer our prayers in a timely manner or in the way we think He should. But we can trust Him to know better than we do what is good for us

Do you find yourself trying not to surrender to despair with all the chaos and confusion all around us these days? Surrender to Jesus instead! Let the Surrender Novena to Jesus help you. Jesus gave this novena to the Servant of God Father Don Donlindo Ruotolo

The novena itself follows:

SURRENDER NOVENA TO JESUS

 NOVENA DAY 1: 

Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care of your affairs to me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in truth that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to me produces the effect that you desire and resolves all difficult situations. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times) 

NOVENA DAY 2:

 Surrender to me does not mean to fret, to be upset, or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to me a worried prayer asking me to follow you and change your worry into prayer. It is against this surrender, deeply against it, to worry, to be nervous and to desire to think about the consequences of anything. It is like the confusion that children feel when they ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of those needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way. Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn away from thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in my care, so that only I act. Saying “You take care of it.” 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything! 

(Say 10 times)

NOVENA DAY 3: 

How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and material need, turns to me, looks at me and says to me; “You take care of it”, then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want. You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt to your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to. So do not act this way, but pray as I taught you in the Our Father: Hallowed be thy Name, that is, be glorified in my need. Thy kingdom come”, that is, let all that is in us and in the world be in accord with your kingdom. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, that is, in our need, decide as you see fit for our temporal and eternal life. If you say to me truly: Thy will be done. Which is the same as saying: You take care of it. I will intervene with all my omnipotence, and I will resolve the most difficult situations. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times) 

NOVENA DAY 4: 

You see evil growing instead of weakening? Do not worry, Close your eyes and say to me with faith: “Thy will be done, You take care of it”. I say to you that I will take care of it, and that I will intervene as does a doctor and I will accomplish miracles when they are needed. Do you see that the sick person is getting worse? Do not be upset, but close your eyes and say You take care of it. I say to you that I will take care of it, and that there is no medicine more powerful than my loving intervention. By my love, I promise this to you. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times) 

NOVENA DAY 5: 

And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s arms, on the other bank of the river. What troubles you and hurts you immensely are your reason, your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs to deal with what afflicts you. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times)

NOVENA DAY 6: 

You are sleepless; you want to judge everything, direct everything and see to everything and you surrender to human strength, or worse- to men themselves, trusting in their intervention,- this is what hinders my words and my views. Oh how much I wish from you this surrender, to help you and how I suffer when I see you so agitated! Satan tries to do exactly this: to agitate you and to remove you from my protection and to throw you into the jaws of human initiative. So, trust only in me, rest in me, surrender to me in everything. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times) 

NOVENA DAY 7:

 I perform miracles in proportion to your full surrender to me and to your not thinking of yourselves. I sow treasure troves of graces when you are in the deepest poverty. No person of reason, no thinker, has ever performed miracles, not even among the saints. He does divine works whosoever surrenders to God. So don’t think about it any more, because your mind is acute and for you it is very hard to see evil and to trust in me and to not think of yourself. Do this for all your needs, do this all of you and you will see great continual silent miracles. I will take care of things, I promise this to you. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times)

NOVENA DAY 8:

 Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away on the flowing current of my grace; close your eyes and do not think of the present, turning your thoughts away from the future just as you would from temptation. Repose in me, believing in my goodness, and I promise you by my love that if you say “You take care of it” I will take care of it all; I will console you, liberate you and guide you. 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times) 

NOVENA DAY 9: 

Pray always in readiness to surrender, and you will receive from it great peace and great rewards, even when I confer on you the grace of immolation, of repentance and of love. Then what does suffering matter? It seems impossible to you? Close your eyes and say with all your soul, “Jesus, you take care of it.” Do not be afraid, I will take care of things and you will bless my name by humbling yourself. A thousand prayers cannot equal one single act of surrender, remember this well. There is no novena more effective than this: 

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(Say 10 times)

Mother, I am yours now and forever

Through you and with you

I always want to belong

completely to Jesus

Need for Financial breakthrough to pay our debts and to obtain employment?

 Need for Financial breakthrough to pay our debts and to obtain employment? 

PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

(pray for 3 days or 3 hours straight)

Holy Spirit, You who make me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals, You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and You who are in all instances of my life with me, I want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Amen

In Jesus Christ, your Son's name, I ask that you grant me (State your specific request or intention here!)

While making the request, you must promise either:

(a) To publish this prayer or

(b) To circulate the favor

This prayer should be said for 3 consecutive days. After the 3rd day, the request will be granted, no matter how difficult it may be.

Prayer to Saint Joseph

 

May 1st - The Feast Of 

Saint Joseph, The Worker

REMEMBER, O most pure Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, my great Protector, Saint Joseph, that no one ever had recourse to your protection, or implored your aid without obtaining relief. Confiding therefore in your goodness, I come before you. Do not turn down my petitions, foster Father of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, but graciously receive them. Amen.

Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

 SAINT JOSEPH THE WORKER

1 MAY

Today as the World celebrates Labor Day, the Church also remembers Saint Joseph the Worker. Saint Joseph was the foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ, refer to the Gospel of Matthew 1: 18-25.

He was a man of integrity and of great heart.

He taught the Lord Jesus real human life and He also taught us the importance of fulfilling our answer to every task we are assigned.

In 1870 Holy Father Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph as Patron saint and Holy Father Benedict XV also declared Saint Joseph to be the Protector of the Workers.

In 1955 Holy Father Pius XII officially sanctioned the festival to coincide with the International Workers' Day.

Reflection:

This life of Saint Joseph the Worker teaches us to value legitimate work as the basis and dignity of every human being in the eyes of men because unemployment is against the precepts and will of GOD, GOD himself also worked, refer to the book of Genesis about creation we read that GOD worked read Genesis 1: 1 -.The Apostle Paul in one of his sermons or writings to emphasize the importance of work and said that he who does not work should not eat.

We are invited today to be people to do and appreciate our legitimate work in order to be able to run our daily lives otherwise it would be a great sin to live without working.

These Saints are also remembered for today's date

St. Marculf

St. Aceolus

St. Acius

St. Aldebrandus

St. Amator

St. andeolus

St. Arigius

St. Asaph

St. Augustus Schoffler

St. Benedict of Szkalka

St. Bertha of Kent

St. Bertha of Val d'Or

St. Brieuc

St. Buriana

St. Ceallach

St. Cominus

St. Evermarus

St. Grata

St. Isidora

St. John-Louis Bonnard

St. Orentius

Sts. Orentius and Patientia

St. Panacea

St. Peregrine Laziosi

St. Riccardo Pampuri

St. Theodard

St. Ultan

Saint Joseph, Saints and Blessed pray to GOD that we may be people who appreciate our legitimate work for the well-being of the Family, the Community, the Church and the Nation as a whole. 

Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

 

This prayer is never known to fail and is to be said for three (3) consecutive days.

Prayer to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: 

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendour of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity (mention your request here). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands (3 times). Amen.

Do you find yourself in need of prayer looking for work? We offer this prayer to St. Joseph for Employment in the hope it might provide some relief and comfort to those of you caught in this position.

As we enter the month of May with the memorial of St Joseph the Worker on May 1st, let us turn to Saint Joseph to teach us the awareness of the presence of God in all circumstances. Of course, we also think of the Blessed Virgin Mary to whom we lovingly dedicate the month of May. Jesus is truth and Mary is trust!

A PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR EMPLOYMENT

Dear Saint Joseph, you were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety with my present inability to support my family. Please help me find gainful employment very soon, so that this great burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care. Help me guard against discouragement, so that I may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.

Prayer Of Command

 

Say this prayer to Jesus  for you and your family  protection when you are experiencing attacks from the enemies.  

Spiritual Warfare Protection Prayer

To Ward Off the Enemies 

In His name and by the power of His Cross and Blood, I ask Jesus to bind any evil spirits, forces and powers of the earth, air, fire, or water, of the netherworld and the satanic forces of nature.

By the power of the Holy Spirit and by His authority, I ask Jesus Christ to break any curses, hexes, or spells and send them back to where they came from, if it be His Holy Will.

I beseech Thee Lord Jesus to protect us by pouring Thy Precious Blood on us (my family, etc.), which Thou hast shed for us and I ask Thee to command that any departing spirits leave quietly, without disturbance, and go straight to Thy Cross to dispose of as Thou sees fit.

I ask Thee to bind any demonic interaction, interplay or communications.

I place N. (person, place or thing) under the protection of the Blood of Jesus Christ which He shed for us.

Amen.