Sermon Prayer

Prayer to the Sacred Heart

2025-06-11T07:33:51-04:00

The prayer from the sermon given on June 28, 2019 (The Feast of the Sacred Heart) Prayer by St. John EudesO my Lord God, my Savior and my Redeemer, take away all my sins and destroy in me everything displeasing to Thee; pour from Thy Heart into mine whatever will please Thee most.  Wholly convert me and take full possession of everything within me, to use it according to Thy good pleasure and for Thine own sake.  Unite my heart with Thine, my will with Thy will, so that I may never will and may never be able to will anything [...]

Prayer to the Sacred Heart2025-06-11T07:33:51-04:00

Prayer to Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and Earth

2025-06-06T16:20:59-04:00

The prayer from the sermon 'The Queenship of Mary' given on May 7, 2016 O Mother of my God, and my Lady Mary; as a beggar, all wounded and sore, presents himself before a great queen, so do I present myself before thee, who art the Queen of heaven and earth.  From the lofty throne on which thou sittest, disdain not, I implore thee, to cast thine eyes on me, a poor sinner.  God has made thee so rich that thou mightest assist the poor, and has constituted thee Queen of Mercy in order that thou mightest relieve the miserable.  Behold [...]

Prayer to Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and Earth2025-06-06T16:20:59-04:00

Passion Sunday Prayer

2025-04-06T00:24:54-04:00

The prayer from the sermon 'Passiontide and the Mass' given on April 7, 2019 Good and merciful Jesus —my blessed Savior!— what marvelous virtue Thou dost display in the flood of sorrows, sufferings, and humiliations, which overwhelmed Thy Sacred Heart in Thy passion from Gethsemane to Calvary!  What humility, what meekness, what resignation to the divine will, what patience, what charity!  Thou dost pray for those who outrage Thee.  Thou offerest Thy sufferings for those who persecute and afflict Thee.  How unlike I am to Thee, my divine Model!  How great is the change that must be effected in me, if [...]

Passion Sunday Prayer2025-04-06T00:24:54-04:00

O King of Glory, Jesus My Savior

2025-03-31T10:34:34-04:00

From a sermon given on the Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent O King of glory, Jesus my Savior! what marvelous virtue Thou dost display in this flood of sorrows, sufferings, and humiliations, which overwhelmed Thy Heart!  What meekness, what resignation, what patience, what charity!  Thou dost pray for those who outrage Thee.  Thou offerest Thy sufferings for those who persecute and afflict Thee.  How unlike I am to Thee, my divine Model!  How great is the change that must be effected in me, if I wish to be Thy true disciple and to bear a resemblance to Thee!  In [...]

O King of Glory, Jesus My Savior2025-03-31T10:34:34-04:00

Prayer to Our Lady

2025-03-24T08:58:44-04:00

From the Manual for the Total Consecration to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Eternal Father!  Hail  Mary, admirable Mother of the Son!  Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost!  Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign!  Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! Destroy in me all that may be displeasing to God, root it up and bring it to nought; place and cultivate in me everything that is pleasing to thee.  May the light of thy faith dispel the darkness of my mind; may thy [...]

Prayer to Our Lady2025-03-24T08:58:44-04:00

Our Lady of Sorrows and the Passion – Prayer

2025-03-12T11:18:24-04:00

The prayer from the sermon 'Crux Fidelis' given on February 21, 2021 Holy Mary, Mother of sorrows, whose heart was pierced with a fresh sword of grief at every Station on the Way of the Cross, obtain for us, we beseech thee, O most loving Mother, a perpetual remembrance of our Blessed Savior’s cross and death, and a true and tender devotion to all the mysteries of His most holy Passion.Obtain for us the grace to hate sin, even as He hated it in the Agony of the Garden; to endure wrong and insult with all patience, as He endured them [...]

Our Lady of Sorrows and the Passion – Prayer2025-03-12T11:18:24-04:00

Prayer to St. Joseph

2025-03-03T10:35:26-05:00

From a sermon given on the Feast of St. Joseph (March 19, 2019) Hail Joseph, image of God the Father. 
Hail Joseph, father of God the Son. 
Hail Joseph, temple of the Holy Ghost. 
Hail Joseph, beloved of the Holy Trinity. 
Hail Joseph, most faithful helper in the great plan of Redemption. 
Hail Joseph, most worthy spouse of the Virgin Mother. 
Hail Joseph, father of all the faithful. 
Hail Joseph, guardian of holy virgins. 
Hail Joseph, greatest lover of poverty. 
Hail Joseph, example of meekness and patience. 
Hail Joseph, mirror of humility and obedience.  Blessed art thou among all men.  And blessed are thine eyes, which have seen what thou hast [...]

Prayer to St. Joseph2025-03-03T10:35:26-05:00

Prayer to Our Lady of Buen Suceso

2025-02-02T14:48:01-05:00

From the sermon Light, Salvation and Glory given on February 2, 2017 O most Excellent and Immaculate Queen of Heaven, Holy Mary of Good Success, most favored Daughter of the Eternal Father, most beloved Mother of the Divine Son, most cherished Spouse of the Holy Ghost, sublime throne of the Divine Majesty, august Temple of the Holy Trinity, in whom the Three Divine Persons have placed the treasures of their power, wisdom, and love! Remember, Virgin Mary of Good Success, whom God has made so great, so that thou canst give succor to miserable sinners; remember that thou has often promised [...]

Prayer to Our Lady of Buen Suceso2025-02-02T14:48:01-05:00

Prayer to the Infant Jesus

2025-01-19T16:01:46-05:00

From the sermon Twelve Lights of Epiphany given on January 6, 2017 O most sweet and amiable Infant Jesus, though I see Thee in this cavern lying on straw poor and despised, yet faith teaches me that Thou art my God, who camest down from Heaven for my salvation.  I acknowledge Thee, then, for my sovereign Lord and Savior; but I have nothing, alas! to offer Thee.  I have no gold of love, because I have loved creatures instead of Thee.  I have not the incense of prayer, because I have lived in a miserable state of forgetfulness of Thee.  I [...]

Prayer to the Infant Jesus2025-01-19T16:01:46-05:00

Maranatha – Come Lord Jesus

2024-12-18T12:09:55-05:00

From the sermon given on Gaudete Sunday in 2014 Almighty and ever-living God, let all the assembly of Christ’s faithful ones laud the graces that are near, and sing their highest praises to Thee, our Creator. When Thy only-begotten Son, through Whom Thou created this world, redeemed us, He fulfilled the promises which Thy prophets spoke in the ages past. The Word, having come down from Heaven, and shown Himself to men, took away the punishment due to our sins; and assuming our nature, though but dust, He vanquished the prince of death. Born of a Mother in time, but begotten [...]

Maranatha – Come Lord Jesus2024-12-18T12:09:55-05:00
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