General Intention: Access to Water. That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life. Missionary Intention: Health Workers. That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world’s poorest regions. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You [...]
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The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for February, 2012
February 1, 2012Fully Operational
January 6, 2012We’re all set up and ready for you to collect your official 2011-12 Mass Challenge t-shirts! Remember, to earn a shirt your kids need to: Learn the new Mass responses (in the gray, shaded boxes in the challenge booklets you received in October). Recite them to you. (You read the prompts from the non-shaded areas [...]
The Source and Summit!
January 5, 2012Preparation for receiving first Holy Communion begins in the classrooms this month, so if you think of it, say a prayer for all those who are preparing to receive and for those who are teaching their classes (and, of course, pray also for the parents who are preparing their children with the First Sacraments Home [...]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for January, 2012
January 2, 2012General Intention: Victims of Natural Disasters. That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild their lives. Missionary Intention: Dedication to Peace. That the dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all men and women of good will. O Jesus, [...]
One more fun fact about the O Antiphons
December 24, 2011Of course they each individually point the way to the coming of the Messiah, but if you look at them all together, you’ll see a not-so-secret message. Take the first letter of each of the titles in Latin and arrange them in order from last to first and you’ll get the words Ero Cras. Translate [...]
O Emmanuel
December 23, 2011“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
O King of the Nations
December 22, 2011“For a child has been born for us, a son given us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 “He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into [...]
O Radiant Dawn
December 21, 2011“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.” Isaiah 9:2 O Morning Star, splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
O Key of David
December 20, 2011“I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.” Isaiah 22:22 “His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold [...]
O Root of Jesse
December 19, 2011Today we remember that Jesse was the father of King David and that it was prophesied that the Messiah would be born into this line of ancestry. “A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” Isaiah 11:1 “On that day the root of Jesse [...]
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