14 - Morning Prayer
At going out of your House say:

Show me, O Lord, Thy ways, and teach me Thy paths. Direct my steps according to Thy word, that no injustice may rule over me. Make perfect my walking in Thy paths, that my steps may not be moved.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
Prayers for Morning

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Litany of Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Mother of the Infant Jesus, pray for us.

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Litany of Our Lady of Prompt Succor
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Our Lady of Prompt Succor, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of all who invoke you with confidence, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of all who are devout toward the Infant Jesus, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining a lively faith, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for sustaining the hope of Christians, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining and persevering in charity, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for observing the law of God, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for observing perseverance in virtue and good works, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every spiritual necessity, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the revolt of self-will, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in the occasion of sin, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every temptation, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the evil spirit, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining contrition, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of those wishing to re-enter the path of salvation, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the conversion of sinners, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every temporal necessity, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every affliction, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of afflicted families, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of the sick and the poor, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against contagious diseases and epidemics, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every accident, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against destruction by fire, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against lightning and tempest, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against destruction by flood, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of travelers, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of navigators, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of the shipwrecked, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the enemies of our country, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in time of war, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of those aspiring to the holy priesthood and the religious life, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of laborers in the Lord's vineyard, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of missionaries who spread the faith, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of our Holy Father the Pope, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for those searching for the faith, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the enemies of the Church, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor at the hour of death, pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the deliverance of the Souls in Purgatory, pray for us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V: Our Lady of Prompt Succor, pray for us.
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O Almighty and Eternal God, Who sees us surrounded by so many dangers and miseries, grant in Thine infinite goodness that the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Thy Divine Son, may defend us from the evil spirit and protect us against all adversities, that always and with prompt succor she may deliver us from every evil of soul and body, and safely guide us to the kingdom of Heaven, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

Contemplation
If our eyes are always on Heaven and God, at the end of life we will find ourselves in His Presence.

[Recitation of the Rosary]


Imprimatur: Joseph F. Rummel Archbishop of New Orleans February 11, 1936

Notre Dame d'Esperance de Pontmain (Our Lady of Hope of Pontmain) ~ January 17, 1871

EJACULATION

Mary, our hope, have pity on us.

300 days, T.Q.
Pius X, January 6, 1902

~ The Raccolta (1910)

*Unless otherwise stated, e.g., "once a day," a partial Indulgence may be gained any number of times in succession. This is indicated by the letters t.q.

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PROPER OF THE SEASON

III. Time after Epiphany

This third part of the Christmas cycle begins with the 14th of January and ends with Septuagesima Sunday. The “Sundays after Epiphany“ may be reduced to one or two according as Easter is early or late in the year. The Sundays omitted after Epiphany are used to make up the number required after Pentecost.

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950

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This first of His signs Jesus worked at Cana of Galilee; and He manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. John 2, 11

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January 19th ~ SECOND SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY

ALMIGHTY and Eternal God, Who dost govern all things in heaven and on earth, in Thy mercy hear the supplication of Thy people, and grant Thy peace in our times.

Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

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OMNÍPOTENS sempitérne Deus, qui cæléstia simul et terréna moderáris: supplicatiónes pópuli tui cleménter exáudi; et pacem tuam nostris concéde tempóribus.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.


Collect, Second Sunday after the Epiphany

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950 - English
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937 - Latin

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January 19th ~ SECOND SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY

Our Lord at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee brings before our eyes the miracle of changing water into wine prompted by Mary, His Mother. This miracle establishes Mary, the Mother of God, as our Mediatrix.

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SECOND SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY
John 2, 1-11. At that time, a marriage took place at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now Jesus too was invited to the marriage, and also His disciples. And the wine having run short, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “What wouldst thou have me do, woman? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the attendants, “Do whatever He tells you.” Now six stone water-jars were placed there, after the Jewish manner of purification, each holding two or three measures. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them to the brim. And Jesus said to them, “Draw out now, and take to the chief steward.” And they took it to him. Now when the chief steward had tasted the water after it had become wine, not knowing whence it was (though the attendants who had drawn the water knew), the chief steward called the bridegroom, and said to him, “Every man at first sets forth the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, then that which is poorer. But thou hast kept the good wine until now.” This first of His signs Jesus worked at Cana of Galilee; and He manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. S. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

Gospel, Second Sunday after the Epiphany

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, (1950)

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January 18th ~ FEAST of THE CHAIR of ST. PETER at ROME
This Feast commemorates St. Peter’s inauguration into the See of Rome. The relics of the actual chair of the Prince of the Apostles, a symbol of the infallible authority of Peter’s successors, are contained in a much-adorned reliquary which is preserved in the Vatican Basilica.

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January 18th ~ FEAST of THE CHAIR of ST. PETER at ROME

O GOD, Who committing to blessed Peter, Thine apostle, the keys of the heavenly kingdom, didst bestow on Him the pontifical function of binding and loosing, grant that, by the help of his intercession, we may be delivered from the bonds of our sins,

Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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DEUS, qui beáto Petro Apóstolo tuo, collátis clávibus regni cœléstis, ligándi atque solvéndi pontifícium tradidísti: concéde; ut, intercessiónis ejus auxílio, a peccatórum nostrórum néxibus liberémur.

Qui vivis et regnas, cum Deo Patre in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, January 18, The Chair of St. Peter at Rome

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950 - English
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937 - Latin

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Thou art the salvation of my countenance
and my God,
whom I must love above all.

An Offering to the Holy Name of Jesus

LORD JESUS CHRIST, today I consecrate myself to Thy Most Holy Name. I consecrate to Thee all my thoughts, words and deeds; all my sufferings and labors; all my hopes, consolations and joys. I consecrate to Thee my body with all its senses, my soul with all its faculties, my entire being without reserve. In particular, I consecrate to Thee my heart, so that it may love only Thee and may be consumed as a victim in the fire of Thy Divine Love. Do with me what Thou willest, my Jesus. I place within Thy hands all my cares and anxieties. I place my trust in Thee. Take this offering of myself and give me the deepest love and respect for Thy most Holy and Sacred Name. I promise to love, honor, and serve Thee and to spread, with my whole heart, soul, mind and strength, devotion to Thy most Holy Name, until I draw my dying breath.

Amen.

INVOCATION

O Jesus, be to me Jesus, and save me.

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O Iesu, esto mihi Iesus et salva me.


An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, for the daily and devout recitation of this invocation through one month (S. P. Ap., Nov. 22, 1934).


~ The Raccolta (1943)

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DEVOTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK
A holy and ancient practice among the faithful has consecrated every day in the week to some particular devotion. It is with this spirit, that a prayer is here set down for each of these days. ~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
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Devotions for Every Day of the Week
SUNDAY
A Prayer to the most Holy Trinity

GLORY be to the Father, who, by his power hath brought us forth from nothing, and created us to his own likeness. Glory be to the Son, who, by his mercy, hath delivered us from hell, and opened heaven for us. Glory be to the Holy Ghost, who by his grace, which we every day receive from him, hath sanctified us. Glory, honour, and praise be to the three persons of the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever. We adore thee, O Holy Trinity, we worship thee; we most humbly give thee thanks for having revealed to us this glorious, this incomprehensible mystery: and for granting to those who shall persevere until death in the faithful profession of it, the reward of beholding and enjoying in heaven what we now believe and adore upon earth, one God in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839

EJACULATION

SWEET Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us and on our erring brethren.


An Indulgence of 300 days (Pius X, Rescript in his own hand, August 13, 1908, exib. October 13, 1908; S. P. Ap., May 7, 1934).

~ The Raccolta (1943)

Devotions for Every Day of the Week
MONDAY
A Prayer to the Holy Ghost

O SANCTIFIER of our souls! thou Spirit of love and truth! we adore thee as the principle of our eternal happiness; we thank thee as the dispenser of all heavenly favours; and we invoke thee as the source of that light and strength by which alone we can know what is good, and be enabled to practise it. Enlighten our understandings, fortify our wills, purify our hearts, regulate our movements, and make us attentive to all thy inspirations. Pardon us,thou Spirit of grace and mercy! pardon us our constant infidelities, and the shameful insensibility by which we have so often resisted the most touching impulses of grace. We are at length resolved to be no longer rebellious to it, but to obey it with such docility that we may taste those fruits, and enjoy those beatitudes, which thy sacred gifts can produce in our souls. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839

INVOCATION

Christ Jesus, my helper and my Redeemer. (St. Augustine)

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Christe Iesu, audiútor meus et redémptor meus (S. Augustinus).


An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, when this invocation is said with devotion daily for a month (S. P. Ap., Feb. 9, 1935).

~ The Raccolta, (1943)

I am Thine my God,
thine for ever, in life
and in death.

EJACULATION

Jesus, for love of Thee, with Thee and for Thee.
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Iesu, amóre tui, tecum et pro te.

An indulgence of 300 days (S. P. Ap., Feb. 9, 1922 and July 3, 1936).

~ The Raccolta, (1943)

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January 20th ~ FEAST of Sts. FABIAN and SEBASTIAN, Martyrs

LOOK down upon our infirmity, O almighty God, and, because the burden of our own deeds weigheth us down, let the glorious intercession of Thy blessed martyrs, Fabian and Sebastian, protect us.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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INFIRMITÁTEM nostram réspice, omnípotens Deus: et, quia pondus própriæ actiónis gravat, beatórum Mártyrum tuórum Fabiáni et Sebastiáni intercéssio gloriósa nos prótegat.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, January 20, Sts. Fabian and Sebastian

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937

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Devotions for Every Day of the Week
TUESDAY
A Prayer to our Guardian Angel

O Holy Angel, to whose care God, in his mercy, hath committed me, I return thee now my most sincere and humble thanks; I conjure thee, O amiable guide, to continue still thy care; to defend me against my enemies; to remove from me the occasions of sin; to obtain for me a constant docility to divine inspirations; to protect me, in particular, at the hour of my death; and then to conduct me to the mansions of eternal repose; where, in thy blessed society, I may praise our Creator forever. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839

Prayer Before Study or Work
From A Catholic Prayer Book

Direct, O Lord, we beseech Thee, all our actions by Thy holy inspirations, and carry them on by Thy gracious assistance, so that every prayer and work of ours may begin always from Thee, and by Thee be happily ended. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hail Mary. Glory be.*

V. Seat of wisdom,
R. Pray for us.
V. Saint N.**,
R. Pray for us.
V. Bless us, O Virgin Mary,
R. With thy Holy Child.

*When a prayer mentions the beginning words of another prayer (i.e. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be), pray that entire prayer.
**Any time a prayer mentions Saint N., you have the option to choose the saint(s) whose patronage you wish to implore.