1st Martyrs of Rome 2020 - Peace

Jesus calms the storm, and can give us peace. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/38dxljG Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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13th OT Sunday 2020 - Love Multiples

We have a God who is jealous for us, asking us to love Him first, but when we do, we are able to love all. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/31pKc0S Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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12th OT Saturday 2020 - Humility

The first reading and Psalm speak of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, which occurred because the people were listening to what they wanted to hear, not the truth. We need humility to listen to the truth. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3i53HBR Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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12th OT Friday 2020 - Babylon

Babylon is never satisfied and so the last king of Judah, Zedekiah who was placed by Babylon, is deposed, excited, and his sons killed. The works, too, is never satisfied, but Christ is. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3i5cMdT Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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12th OT Thursday 2020 - Fear

It is not enough to be named Christian, but in deed. What could elicit more fear than standing before the Lord and hearing Him say that we failed to do His will? Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2VgFYos Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Nativity Of John Baptist 2020 - Called

The child born of Zachariah and Elizabeth is to be called John... despite the relatives objections. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2Z2O70P Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Nativity John Baptist Vigil 2020 - Formed

We celebrate the vigil of St. John the Baptist, who was formed to prepare the way for Christ. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3fOG6mU Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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12th OT Sunday 2020 - Father

God the Father protects, provides, and proves His people, and provides the model for all fathers. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3eh8wWi Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Sacred Heart 2020 - Loved

The celebration of the Sacred Heart is a celebration of the Lord's love for us, and His desire to be with us. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3fDt7Ey Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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11th OT Thursday 2020 - Forgiving

Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, and highlights the need to forgive. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2UVXkXn Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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11th OT Wednesday 2020 - Sought

We will find often what we seek. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3fxq2FV Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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11th OT Tuesday- Perfect

Loving our “enemies” can mean correction and seeking conversion, and when we do, we grow in perfection. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2zD9OvI Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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11th OT Monday - Boundaries

Three individuals with three different responses to King Ahab’s request for Naboth’s vineyard and Naboth’s denial. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2zAYtMF Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Corpus Christi 2020 - Feast

When we come to the Eucharist, we come to a Who who feeds us and unites us. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2AzrKI7 Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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St. Anthony 2020 - Words

Jesus tells us not to use oaths, but to let our words speak for themselves. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/37rNEcg Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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10th OT Friday 2020 - Listen

Elijah is able to listen for the still small voice because he is silent. In this days of chaos, we need to find silence, too. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3hkIX8I Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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St. Barnabas 2020 - Encourage

St. Barnabas lived up to his name. How are we called to sons or daughters of encouragement in our own day? Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2Yt7MXo Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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10th OT Wednesday - Decide

Elijah challenges the people to decide whom they will worship, and we too need to decide. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/30paKyS Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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St. Ephrem 2020 - Supplied

The Lord supplied the widow, her son, and the prophet Elijah through the famine, and He not only continues to supply us, but calls us to be salt and light in a world of need. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3hdacSs Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Trinity Sunday 2020 - Mystery

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and we reflect on the internal relationship of God in Himself. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2MHFliR Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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St. Boniface 2020 - Scripture

St. Paul tells St. Timothy that all Scripture is useful for teaching, and Jesus does exactly that. How can we use Scripture better, but also remembering we have something more: tradition? Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3gS1GZb Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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9th OT Thursday 2020 - Listen

The commandment to love God also entails the call to listen t0, not just hear, Him. Perhaps the same call to listen to our neighbor is how we can best love. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2UerG7o Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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St. Charles Lwanga And Comp. 2020 - Power

As we celebrate 22 Ugandan Martyrs, we need to remember that the Church has people from all nations. We face a nation divided, we recall that we need the Holy Spirit who gives power, love, and self-control. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/305UZge Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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9th OT Tuesday 2020 - Separate

What does it mean to render to Caesar what is his, and to God what is God's? Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3eJhco6 Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Sequence for Pentecost

Come, Holy Spirit, come! 
And from your celestial home 
Shed a ray of light divine! 

Come, Father of the poor! 
Come, source of all our store! 
Come, within our bosoms shine. 

You, of comforters the best; 
You, the soul's most welcome guest; 
Sweet refreshment here below; 

In our labor, rest most sweet; 
Grateful coolness in the heat; 
Solace in the midst of woe. 

O most blessed Light divine, 
Shine within these hearts of yours, 
And our inmost being fill! 

Where you are not, we have naught, 
Nothing good in deed or thought, 
Nothing free from taint of ill. 

Heal our wounds, our strength renew; 
On our dryness pour your dew; 
Wash the stains of guilt away: 

Bend the stubborn heart and will; 
Melt the frozen, warm the chill; 
Guide the steps that go astray. 

On the faithful, who adore 
And confess you, evermore 
In your sevenfold gift descend; 

Give them virtue's sure reward; 
Give them your salvation, Lord; 
Give them joys that never end. 

Amen. Alleluia.

Vigil Of Pentecost 2020 - Gathered

The Holy Spirit is the breath of the Church, conceived in the pierced heart of Jesus, and is power of God to gather us in to the one Church. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2XLqysH Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 9

We join in the final day of our novena.
NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost)
Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them Comfort when they die; Give them Life with Thee on high; Give them joys which never end. Amen
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit perfect the supernatural virtues by enabling us to practice them with greater docility to divine inspiration. As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous, the practice of virtue more perfect. Such acts of virtue leave the heart filled with joy and consolation and are known as Fruits of the Holy Spirit. These Fruits in turn render the practice of virtue more attractive and become a powerful incentive for still greater efforts in the service of God, to serve Whom is to reign.
Prayer
Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my heart with Thy heavenly fruits, Thy charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith, mildness, and temperance, that I may never weary in the service of God, but by continued faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united eternally with Thee in the love of the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.
To be recited daily during the Novena
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
(To be recited daily during the Novena)

7th Easter Friday 2020 - Love

Christ Jesus asks St. Peter if he loves Him. Peter responds in a truthful way, but needs growth. So do we. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/36HEQyt Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 8

We join in the eighth day of our novena.
EIGHTH DAY (Friday, 7th Week of Easter)
Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray!
The Gift of Wisdom
Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of wisdom it is written "all good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches through her hands." It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of virtue in the highest degree. Wisdom enlightens the mind to discern and relish things divine, in the appreciation of which earthly joys lose their savor, whilst the Cross of Christ yields a divine sweetness according to the words of the Saviour: "Take up thy cross and follow me, for my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Help me to attain them and possess them for ever. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.
To be recited daily during the Novena
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
(To be recited daily during the Novena)

7th Easter Thursday 2020 - Unity

On what, or who, is our Church's unity based? Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3errwkB Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 7

We join in the seventh day of our novena.
SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter)
Heal our wounds--our strength renews; On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away.
The Gift of Counsel
The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles furnished by Knowledge and Understanding to the innumerable concrete cases that confront us in the course of our daily duty as parents, teachers, public servants, and Christian citizens. Counsel is supernatural common sense, a priceless treasure in the quest of salvation. "Above all these things, pray to the Most High, that He may direct thy way in truth."
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide me in all my ways, that I may always do Thy holy will. Incline my heart to that which is good; turn it away from all that is evil, and direct me by the straight path of Thy commandments to that goal of eternal life for which I long.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.
To be recited daily during the Novena
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
(To be recited daily during the Novena)

7th Easter Wednesday 2020 - Deposit

Jesus prays that the disciples remain safe in the Deposit of Faith. Readings are found at https://ift.tt/2TFoSzI Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2
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