Friday, January 22, 2010

O Salutaris Hostia


O Saving Victim opening wide The gate of heaven to all below. Our foes press on from every side; Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

To Thy great name be endless praise Immortal Godhead, One in Three; Oh, grant us endless length of days, In our true native land with Thee.

Amen.

O Salutaris Hostia Quae caeli pandis ostium Bella premunt Hostilia, Da roburfer auxilium.

Uni Trinoque Domino Sit sempiterna gloria Qui vitam sine termino Nobis donet in patria.

Amen

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tu Es Sacerdos

A Prayer for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep all Your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart where none may harm them.

Keep unstained their anointed hands which daily touch Your Sacred Body.

Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Your Precious Blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Your glorious priesthood.
Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion.

Bless their labors and abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they ministered here below be their joy and consolation, and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown. Amen.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; obtain for us a number of holy priests. Amen.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

I am the Living Bread


"Christ held himself in his hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying, 'This is My Body'. No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it."

Saint Augustine

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Jesus the King

King of the world, Prince of Peace

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Gloria in Excelsis Deo


Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas

"And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth. "

John 1:14

Thursday, December 24, 2009

The Nativity

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:19-20

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Our Lady of Maryknoll

"Inspire us, O Lady of Maryknoll, with that concern for people that fills your own Immaculate Heart. Teach us to see the image of God in all people; to cherish the most neglegted and despised among them, to labor for them as their servants; to die for them if need be, that they may live."
Excerpt from Prayer to Our Lady of Maryknoll
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers

Monday, December 21, 2009

Peace

Litany for PEACE

In faith we pray * Deliver us Lord

From every evil
From acts of terror
From all temptation
From acts of violence
From quarrel and strife
From war and danger
From thoughts of vengeance
From all our sins.

For peace in our world * Lord hear our prayer

For peace in Afghanistan
For peace in Israel
For peace in Palestine
For peace in Africa
For peace in Asia
For peace in Europe
For peace in the Americas
For peace in our hearts.

AMEN

*The Fathers and Brothers of Maryknoll

Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Good Shepherd

“The Lord is my Shepherd”.

Psalm 23:1