I am going to ‘cheat’ a little for today’s Sacred Heart Friday and tomorrow’s Immaculate Heart Saturday posts and direct your attention to two articles posted on the EWTN Library on St. Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as ‘St. Padre Pio.’ His feast day is tomorrow, September 23. For today, please read “Padre Pio and …
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For this Sacred Heart Friday, I bring up the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. It recalls Mary’s seven painful sorrows throughout her life; I believe she often ‘pondered them in her Heart.’ The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34) The Flight into Egypt by the Holy Family (Matthew 2:13) The Loss of the Child Jesus …
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A funny thing happened while writing today’s Sacred Heart Friday post. I was writing this (brilliant) piece in my series of posts on the Alliance of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary and linking it to today’s feast day on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Unfortunately, after reading it and thankfully before …
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I have completed eight months of Sacred Heart Friday posts! Some fine, some perhaps not so much; those latter were typically during a week where despite all the reminders I set up, I forgot to get a Round Tuit and write something. But even those were hopefully edifying in some. You never know how something will …
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Creativity can be a divine grace; with it we participate in the divine act of creation. The ultimate act is procreation, of course, but the art of writing fiction and poetry, painting and making music can also be a grace if it leads people to God. Creativity can be therapeutic, it can also be redemptive …
For this Sacred Heart Friday, I bring to your attention that St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, founder of the Militia of the Immaculata, had as the focus of Marian Consecration the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here is a portion of the Consecration prayer that he wrote: Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and …
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On this Sacred Heart Friday, I remind you that the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe is coming up this Monday. He is an ideal patron for those of us who are growing in their devotion to the Immaculate and Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus. His method of consecration is deeply rooted in the Two …
This Sacred Heart Friday post is a brief review of the history of the Alliance of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The joint devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary was formally started in the 17th century by St. John Eudes who established the Society of the Heart of the Mother Most …
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One last Precious Blood Prayer for this Sacred Heart Friday to close out July. I say this prayer often while going up to receive Holy Communion; it is reputed to release thousands of souls from Purgatory every time it’s recited. The Church doesn’t endorse or approve this prayer, nor does it disapprove or discourage it …
For this Sacred Heart Friday I introduce you to a devotion I say every day. It is the Seven Days of Prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. It is from the Raccolta, which is a handbook of indulgenced prayers. You start with the “Preparatory Prayer for every day,” followed by the particular prayer for …
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