TUESDAY SUPPLICATION FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY: FILL THEM WITH THE JOY...
Jesus, You permitted Your Holy Face, on which the angels desire to look, to be blindfolded, spat upon and struck with blows. Through this Your incomprehensible patience I humbly beg You, have mercy on...
View ArticleGET THEE TO THE NAUGHTY CORNER
Our friend, Jen Fulwiler's stand-up comedy show The Naughty Corner has just been released on Amazon. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I especially liked Jen's funny takes on being an introvert. Jen said her...
View ArticleIMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY, OBTAIN FOR US THE GRACES AND FAVORS WE ASK DURING...
The Feast of the Miraculous Medal will be celebrated on Friday, November 27th. A novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will precede this beautiful celebration, and will start on November 18th...
View ArticleWEDNESDAY SUPPLICATION FOR THE HOLY SOULS: GRANT THAT THEY MAY SPEEDILY...
O Jesus, for our pride You were lacerated with scourges and ignominiously crowned with thorns. Through this Your extreme humility, I humbly beg You, have mercy on the Holy Souls in Purgatory,...
View ArticleTHURSDAY SUPPLICATION FOR THE HOLY SOULS: CONDUCT THEM TO THE FOUNTAINS OF LIFE
O Jesus, on departing this world You left us Your flesh and blood for food and drink. Through Your infinite love, I humbly beg You, have mercy on the holy souls in Purgatory, especially those for whom...
View ArticleWHY OUR LORD IS LESS LIKELY TO FREE THE SOUL OF A PRIEST OR NUN FROM PURGATORY
My all time favorite French saint is Margaret Mary Alacoque. While she is best known for receiving from Our Lord the devotion to His Sacred Heart, she also had a red-hot zeal to help the souls in...
View ArticleFRIDAY SUPPLICATION FOR THE HOLY SOULS: THROUGH THE ABYSS OF YOUR MERCY, I...
O Jesus, by a most unjust judgment You were condemned to a most bitter death, so that You might deliver us from eternal damnation. Through the abyss of Your mercy, I beg You, have mercy on the holy...
View ArticleSATURDAY SUPPLICATION FOR THE HOLY SOULS: "COME YOU BLESSED OF MY FATHER"
O Jesus, You bore our sins in Your body on the wood of the Cross. I humbly beg You to have mercy on the holy souls in Purgatory, especially those for whom I wish to pray. Let them speedily enter...
View ArticleTHE HOLY SOULS MIGHT HELP YOU FIND A JOB
France, 1827, at the height of the same time period Les Misérables was set. A young servant girl was working in a household 'til such time as her employers moved to Paris and took her with them. She...
View ArticleWHY IT IS BETTER TO HAVE CHARITY FOR THE HOLY SOULS THAN FOR SINNERS
On occasion I have been questioned by others as to the time and energy I give to the holy souls. I have been asked would it not be better to pray more for those who are alive, because they are in real...
View ArticleREMEMBER, O LORD, THY SERVANTS AND HANDMAIDS
Remember, O Lord, Thy servants and handmaids, N. and N., who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all who rest in Christ, grant,...
View ArticleHOW YOU MAY ESCAPE HELL AND BE FREED FROM PURGATORY ON THE SATURDAY AFTER...
St Simon Stock was one of the most noble sons of old Catholic England. By "old", I mean that Simon was born in the Middle Ages, circa 1165 and he was a child when England was the most Catholic and...
View Article"I LOVE GIVING THIS BOOK TO FRIENDS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS"
John Carmichael's Drunks & Monks garnered its 213th review from Michael DP:"This is the #1 book I’ve gifted to people. It is so well written, entertaining, and deep. I’ve read it twice. Both times...
View ArticleTHE POWERFUL PRIEST CONDEMNED TO PURGATORY BECAUSE HE PUNISHED HIS PRIESTS...
When I was arguing the case for prayers to be offered for the souls of dead Popes, I substantiated my argument with an account of the time Pope Innocent III appeared to St Lutgarda in her native...
View ArticleBLESSED BE THE NAME OF JESUS
As part of my preparation for Christmas, I am learning by heart the Divine Praises. This pious exercise is my homework for Advent, but t'will serve me well into the future, in whatever day or month I...
View ArticlePADRE PIO'S TWIN
Padre Pio in his 20s Padre Pio had a spiritual daughter, Raffaelina Cerase whose soul he knew was so similar to his, she was like his twin. Padre Pio and Raffaelina both had such painful darkness and...
View ArticlePADRE PIO: THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS IS OBEYED AND RESPECTED IN HELL
Padre Pio, the Italian friar was primarily famous for bearing the wounds of Christ. But Pio had an array of mystical gifts that are not as well known or even acknowledged. One such gift was that he...
View ArticlePADRE PIO ON HOW YOU MAY GET THE DESIRE FOR CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
In 1914, Padre Pio wrote an exceptionally important letter to his spiritual daughter, Raffaelina on how to attain Christian perfection. It is a long letter, and Padre Pio wrote it with the aim to...
View ArticleTHY NAME IS MUSIC TO THE HEART
O Jesus, Thou the beauty art, Of Angel worlds above!Thy Name is music to the heart, Enchanting it with love!Celestial sweetness unalloyed! Who eat Thee hunger still, Who drink Thee still feel a void...
View ArticleNO VOICE CAN SING, NO HEART CAN FRAME, A SWEETER SOUND THAN JESUS'S NAME
Jesus, the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills the breast!Yet sweeter far Thy Face to seeAnd in Thy presence rest.No voice can sing, no heart can frame,A sweeter sound than Jesus' Name,The Savior...
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