Humility

O My Adorable Infant!

DVR Fatima2024-01-12T10:37:18-05:00

From the Sermon 'Day of Joy and Pardon' given on December 25, 2023 O My Adorable Infant - by St. Alphonsus Ligouri O my dearest Redeemer, for the sake of the suffering Thou didst endure and the tears Thou didst shed in the stable of Bethlehem, give me tears – give me a great sorrow – that may make me all my life long lament the displeasure I have caused Thee. Grant me love for Thee, but such love as may compensate for the offenses I have committed against Thee. I love Thee, my Infant Savior, my Infant God. O my [...]

O My Adorable Infant!DVR Fatima2024-01-12T10:37:18-05:00

O Immaculate Virgin Mary

DVR Fatima2023-12-16T17:17:45-05:00

From the Sermon 'Special Graces of the Immaculate Conception' given on December 8, 2019 O Immaculate Virgin Mary, conceived without sin! Thou wert miraculously preserved from even the shadow of sin, because thou wert destined to become not only the Mother of God, but also the mother, the refuge, and the advocate of man; penetrated therefore, with the most lively confidence in thy never-failing intercession, we most humbly implore thee to obtain for us that angelic purity which was thy favorite virtue, that purity of heart which will attach us to God alone, and that purity of intention which will consecrate [...]

O Immaculate Virgin MaryDVR Fatima2023-12-16T17:17:45-05:00

Immaculate Conception Prayer

DVR Fatima2023-12-07T10:25:08-05:00

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Mary, mystic rose of purity, I rejoice with thee at the glorious triumph thou didst gain over the serpent by thy Immaculate Conception, in that thou wast conceived without original sin. I thank and praise with my whole heart the ever blessed Trinity, Who granted thee that glorious privilege; and I pray thee to obtain for me courage to overcome every snare of the great enemy, and never to stain my soul with mortal sin. Be thou always mine aid, and enable me with thy protection to obtain [...]

Immaculate Conception PrayerDVR Fatima2023-12-07T10:25:08-05:00

Humility of Intellect and of Will

DVRodriguez2023-11-07T09:45:37-05:00

St. Francis is the first recorded instance of the stigmata. Suffering with Christ –the Cross!– is central to our faith. The Cross is the source of all blessings, the cause of all grace, and the only path to Heaven. Carrying our cross well is what it means to be Catholic. Yet pride leads us to reject the cross. So we must grow in humility. Humility of intellect (an honest acknowledgement of our total dependence on God and of our real incapability of doing anything good without His assistance) makes us faithful to prayer. Humility of will (the readiness of the heart [...]

Humility of Intellect and of WillDVRodriguez2023-11-07T09:45:37-05:00