Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
The Sorrow Mysteries - The Scouraging at the Pillar
The Sorrow Mysteries - The Scouraging at the Pillar
By Deborah Burton
Dear Jesus, You hung from that pillar for us and humbly accepted each painful lash of the whips until you did not have strength to stand. We stand before You with our bare souls striped with sin and ask Your forgiveness.
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Christmas Gift Guide For Catholics
Christmas Gift Guide For Catholics
By Starla Hester
Christmas is approaching soon, and what better way to keep Christ in Christmas than to give your loved one’s a gift that inspires hope in them. I have compiled a list of my top five favorite religious articles this year. I am sure you will love them too!
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On And On The Sermon On The Mount
On And On The Sermon On The Mount
By Catherine M. J. Mary Evans
I probably knew this as a kid, but was surprised to re-learn that the Sermon On The Mount in the Gospel According to St. Matthew is much longer than just the Beatitudes.
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Restoring the Sacredness of Simbang Gabi in Chicagoland Area
Restoring the Sacredness of Simbang Gabi in Chicagoland Area
By Rexcrisanto Delson
The season of Advent is upon us, and many Catholics in the Chicagoland area will be looking forward to the Filipino Advent tradition known as Simbang Gabi. It is a nine day novena of consecutive Masses that ends just before Christmas. Since its beginning in the Chicagoland area during the mid 1980’s, the Masses have only been done in the Ordinary Form, also known as the Novus Ordo Missae.
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What is necessary to be open to life?
What is necessary to be open to life?
By Flávia Ghelardi
To be open to life means let God, in his lovingly providence, determine the number of children each family is called to educate. The ones who defend this idea nowadays are called, at least, crazy or irresponsible, because we live in a culture totally against life.
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Waiting: For Christmas and the End of Time
Waiting: For Christmas and the End of Time
By Trish Irvine
I find myself waiting for a lot of things. Waiting for packages to arrive in the mail, waiting for conversations to occur, waiting for the end of the semester, or just waiting for something new to happen. Advent is filled to the brim with waiting.
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Advent or Lent Penitential Service: Some Observations
Advent or Lent Penitential Service: Some Observations
By Fr. Andrew Kooi
During each Advent or Lent Penitential Service, several matters keep cropping up and I feel it is necessary to take heart:
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Seeking the Face of God, Even in Tragedy
Seeking the Face of God, Even in Tragedy
By Trish Irvine
“We live in a crazy world,” I told my class near the beginning of a class period.
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When Families Meet
When Families Meet
By Sr. Christina M. Neumann
One of the most common questions outsiders ask about religious life relates to our families. Do we still have contact with them? Do our relationships change, etc. Might I share the following reflections, originally published on Our Franciscan Fiat, on family in my life as a religious Sister?
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Preach the Gospel at all times... and when necessary use words.
Preach the Gospel at all times... and when necessary use words.
By Lisa Mayer
This quote from Saint Francis of Assisi is pretty famous. But do we really understand what it means? Sometimes, the idea of being holy like a saint seems unattainable. Let’s face it. Not many of us will ever experience the need for that kind of heroism.
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They Left Everything and Followed Him
They Left Everything and Followed Him
By Sr. Christina M. Neumann
I recently heard again the beautiful story of the beginnings of St. Peter’s discipleship. To be accurate, this probably wasn’t the very beginning; he obviously had some familiarity with Jesus before he let him use his boat.
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Exchanging 5 c's for 2 c's
Exchanging 5 c's for 2 c's
By Fr. Andrew Kooi
Living on this earth can be a struggle and a challenge. We face different obstacles along the way and sometimes, we feel as if we are being pulled in different directions. On the one hand, we need to make a living to survive. On the other hand, we also need to maintain a good spiritual relationship with God. What do we do? What are we looking for?
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Stay With Me, Lord!
Stay With Me, Lord!
By Sr. Christina M. Neumann
I’m not usually one to have a ton of little devotionals and prayer cards around, but I got one just the other day that is really “a keeper.” My parents had come up to Grand Forks to help us with our annual fall sale and luncheon this weekend. Their presence was much appreciated.
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How to recognize Jesus when He comes this Christmas?
How to recognize Jesus when He comes this Christmas?
By Mar Camen
For Catholics, Advent is a period of four Sundays in preparation for Christmas. For some people, it seems like a long wait, but for the Jewish people it took approximately seven hundred years of waiting to finally have the Messiah among them.
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Sorrowful Mysteries - The Agony in the Garden
Sorrowful Mysteries - The Agony in the Garden
By Deborah Burton
Heavenly Father, as in Jesus' example, we all have to walk in our garden of Gethseamni. How great is the anguish of these moments, knowing what is eventually to be for a life we so love. It is not so much the end of the journey that is so excruciatingly painful, but the path to that end, which overflows our eyes with tears and leaves us so "sorrowful unto death."
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Oops! A Boo Boo in What Was Said
Oops! A Boo Boo in What Was Said
By Fr. Andrew Kooi
One day after celebrating the morning Mass, a couple approached me and asked me to pray over them because it was their wedding anniversary. The wife requested me to pray especially for her because they were already married for 5 years, and despite many attempts, they had not been able to conceive. I prayed over them as requested, and wished them all the best.
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Personal Prayers
Personal Prayers
By Deborah Burton
Our Father, who are in Heaven...and on this earth, right beside us, right now.. Hallowed by Thy name...from which everything came to be in birth to death, simply by Your Word...
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