He IS Risen, hallelujah ...

The Month of April is dedicated to the Holy Eucharist.

We continue to pray for Pope Francis eternal soul.

It has taken us some time to find proper prayers for a deceased Pope. One of the common issues is that there are loads of prayers, but no reference to where the prayer is from, and then there are loads of websites which picked up the same prayer, and the prayer then becomes a "standard". This is something we have dealt with for nine years, and we do dislike it. If the source is the Roman Missale, ok, which page? which Roman Missale?.

We use the following prayer for Pope Francis - which is a Prayer for a Deceased Pope:

(The Office for the Dead, MDCCLXXI, The Baltimore Book of Prayers, 1889.)

 

 

O God, who among thy Apostolic Priests, has vouchsafed to bestow on Thy servant N. who was numbered among the Chief Bishops : grant we beseech Thee, that he may also be join’d with them in perpetual Society.

 

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord,

to the Soul of Thy servant N. Cardinal Bishop, the Pontifical Dignity : that he, who was Vicar of thine Only-begotten Son on earth, may receive a place among Thy holy Pontiffs who have entered into everlasting blessedness.

 

Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.

We finish the prayer for the Pope with Profundis, Psalm 129, which is for the poor Souls in Purgatory.

Pope Clement XII. was the first who, in order to move the piety of Christians to pray for the souls in Purgatory. The Raccolta, ed. 1866/St. Andrew Missal 1945.

 

 

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine:

* Domine, exaudi vocem meam.

Fiant aures tuae intendentes:

* in vocem deprecationis meae.

Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine:

* Domine, quis sustinebit?

Quia apud te propitiatio est:

* propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.

Sustinuit anima mea in verbum ejus:

* speravit anima mea in Domino.

A custodia matutina usque ad noctem:

* speret Israel in Domino.

Quia apud Dominum misericordia:

* et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

Et ipse redimet Israel:

* ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

 

 

Réquiem aetérnam

* dona eis, Dómine.

Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.

 

 

 

Orémus.

Deus véniae largítor, et humánae salútis amátor, quaésumus cleméntiam tuam: ut nostrae congregatiónis fratres, propinquos,
et benefactóres, qui ex hoc saéculo transiérunt, beáta María semper Vírgine intercedénte cum ómnibus Sanctis tuis,
ad perpétuae beatitúdinis consórtium perveníre concédas.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

 

Requiéscant in pace. 

Amen.

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"Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand:

Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels."

(Matt 25:41).

"As Our Lady spoke these last words, she opened her hands once more, ... The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires"

(The third apparition of Our Lady in Fatima 1917).

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

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'Step-by-Step Rosary soldiers of Christ in the service of our Lady'

You become a Soldier of Christ at your Confirmation, and we raised the question of how can we defend our Faith, if we are not informed of what it actually means to be a Soldier of Christ. Do we have the material to actually function as a solder of Christ? 

The Rosary is our only spiritual weapon.

It is not only for defence, but also for attack - to send your prayers deep down into enemy end-zone.

To keep them busy on their side, instead of hanging around on our turf.

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What a glorious day to die!

Are we ready to take such stand? Have we prepared ourself?

How about, are we ready to dig our boots into the ground, stand firm,

kneeling before God, with our Rosary in our hand, in the trenches and say:

So be it!

Let it be!

That is OUR own FIAT.

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Keep on praying the Rosary!

“For never will anyone who says his Rosary every day become a formal heretic or be led astray by the devil.

This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.”

Twenty-fifth Rose,St. Louis de Montfort

THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL PRAYER

English:

O MARY, conceived without sin,

pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Latin:

O Maria, sine labe concépta,

ora pro nobis qui ad Te confúgimus.

or

O Maria sine labe concépta,

ora pro nobis, qui confúgimus ad Te.

The family that prays together, stays together.

If a household do not have a "head of family", which is one man's obligation, who is actually the "head of family"?

Our signature "Step-by-Step Rosary" encompasses the traditional 15 mysteries, accompanied by historical Christian artworks depicting each scriptural scene. Religious art, language, and music are powerful tools in the battle against evil as they forge a connection between ourselves and God and serve as a constant reminder of the goodness in the world.

Our current Step-by-Step Rosary community offers the Rosary in eleven languages; English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian.

Not all versions are online, as they may be under a final local touch to complete each Rosary.

Make sure you have proper blessed gear; such as:

• Medals of your choice (St. Benedict and Miraculous medal is a good start ...). It may be a neclace, attached to your Rosary.
• Rosaries,
• Holy salt (pref. vigil of Epiphany) but salt can be exorcised and blessed all through the year. It is apparently stronger if it exorcised and blessed on the vigil of Epiphany due to January 5 being linked to the Baptism of Jesus.
• Holy water (pref. vigil of Epiphany). - see above.
• Blessed incence (myrrh or francincense, pref. Epiphany). - just like above, it can be blessed all year around but the three Magis came with gold, myrrh, and frankincense.
• Blessed candles. The candles should be blessed on Candlemas but can be blessed all year around. It should be beeswax but any candle works, as long as it is not electric or paraffin.

Our aim is to do four fasts per year, which are the following:

• 40-days St. Martin Fast.
• 40-days Lent.
• 20-days St. John the Baptist Fast.
• 14-days Assumption Fast. or 40-days St. Michael the Archangel Fast.